Streats, 2 April 2002

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  • 12 1 Streats TUESDAY, APRIL 2, 2002 Hotline: 1800-844-5566 E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg MITA (P) 429/03/2001
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  • 500 1  -  PERCEPTION: EM3, ITE students are hopeless PERCEPTION: Talk of freedom of speech is just talk By Diana Ser CALL it the sixth “C” after the five Singapore obsessions career, car, condo, cash and credit card. Enter cynicism. Now, this is one “C” the Government does
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  • MORNING RUSH
    • 122 1 APOLOGISE and you’re in the clear, opposition politician JB Jeyaretnam was told yesterday by Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew and nine other People’s Action Party leaders who are suing him for defamation. The 10 leaders made their offer to drop seven lawsuits through senior counsel Davinder Singh,
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    • 122 1 THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) will not tighten rules governing remittance houses in the wake of a recent high-profile cheating case here. Lam Chen Fong, a partner in Wen Long Money Changer, is alleged to have pocketed about $B.B million entrusted to him for remittance overseas
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    • 39 1 Arsenal on top of the world PAGE 20 A terrorist is anyone who attacks civilians, says Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad. Thus Palestinian are terrorists, as are Israeli Agree? DR M S DEFININ MOME page 14 ifiltfi iiS -V-
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  • SIREATS local
    • 294 2  -  By Karen Chen THE Trade Development Board (TDB) is stepping up efforts to help local companies break into China’s hugely lucrative education market. It believes that the number of Singapore companies and educational centres on the mainland will double within two years.
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    • 339 2  -  By Sarah Ng DON’T expect any spoon-feeding, and please, cast away the crutch mentality. This was the clear message several MPs made in Parliament yesterday about the need for Singaporeans to be flexible and resilient in the new world of changes and uncertainty. They
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    • PARLIAMENT SCAN
      • 79 2 THERE was no need for Singapore to apologise to Malaysia for the land reclamation work now going on at Pulau Tekong, said Mr Loh Meng See (Jalan Besar GRC). This is is because the Singapore Government had an obligation towards its own citizens to cater to their
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      • 82 2 SINGAPORE’S public housing policy should be reviewed to keep up with the changing needs and aspirations of singles here, new MP Indranee Thurai Rajah (Tanjong Pagar GRC) said in her maiden parliamentary speech. “There is a greater desire for personal space. They (the singles) are not any
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    • 509 3  -  Shock 1: Kidnapper sacks lawyers Shock 2: She pleads with court... By Kkushwant Singh IN a dark brown pant suit, Agnes Ng Lei Ng stood ramrod straight in the dock yesterday and asked to be hanged. The thought of spending her remaining years in prison
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    • 96 3 ONE KIND ACT Molly Chua I would like to thank the kind lady who helped my eight-year-old son when he became separated from his granny at Tanah Merah MRT station on March 23. Granny alighted, grandson did not. After a failed bid to reunite them, the lady
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    • 268 3  -  By Cara van Miriah THE scheme goes like a chain letter: Each recipient passes the message on and it gathers strength as it goes. The “product” of the five-day Pay It Forward (PIF) scheme will be acts of kindness. Each person to whom some kindness
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    • 305 3 THEY planned the kidnapping for about a week, but police cracked the case in less than 12 hours. Agnes Ng Lei Leng, 52, Chng Teo Heng and Ng Soon Teck, both 45, had conspired to kidnap Mr Tay Teng Joo, 33, a company director of Singapura
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    • 429 4 IT WAS one of the more “heartrending” cases the judge said he had dealt with in recent years. Justice MPH Rubin said this yesterday when he sentenced the mother who threw her eight-year-old daughter down a
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    • 381 4  -  By Sonny Phua THE staff of the Ang Mo Kio Community Hospital (AMKH) were all smiles yesterday when Sing Health officially transferred the management of the hospital to Thye Hua Kwan Moral Society and Chee Hoon Kog Moral Promotion Society. This is in contrast
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    • 237 4  -  By Deepa Vijiyasingam YOU want to rent out your flat and a prospective tenant hands you a Singapore identity card, as proof that he’s Singaporean. How do you know it belongs to him? That he didn’t doctor one that someone had lost? With
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    • 250 4  -  By Karen Chen A MAN who left his wallet containing $19,000 cash on a bus at Bam yesterday can count himself lucky that an honest bus captain found it. A routine check by bus captain Cai Shuxiong of his SBS Transit service 31 bus at
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  • STREATS financial
    • 432 6 STI: 1,789.09 14.13 Reuters THE Straits Times Index (STI) closed just shy of its session low of 1,786.31 yesterday, as banks succumbed to profit-taking despite a slight improvement in loan growth. The STI closed at 1,789.09 points, down 0.78 per cent, or 14.13 points after fetching
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    • 234 6 Box traffic falls, but overseas ventures doing well Wire services SINGAPORE PSA Corp’s net profit declined 9 per cent to $732.1 million on revenue of $2.3 billion, as it handled fewer containers at Singapore’s port, the company reported yesterday. The traffic volume fell 8.9 per cent
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    • 278 6 Wire services SINGAPORE Residential property prices fell 1 per cent in the first quarter of this year for the seventh consecutive quarter, the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) said yesterday. A URA statement said prices fell to 116 points in the first quarter from
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    • 22 6 US$: 551.847 552.637 EURO: $1,614 Ss: DM1.200 Ss: 72.12 YEN Ss: RM2.057 Ss: HK54.223 Ss: 23.59 BAHT Ss: 5,282 RUPIAH
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    • MONEY SCAN
      • 61 6 Reuters SINGAPORE Exchange Ltd said yesterday it would extend the borrowing period and waive rollover fees for securities lending from April 8. It also said that it was developing the next phase of the securities lending programme, which offers strategic lending where borrowers can request securities for
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      • 84 6 AFP MALAYSIA’S trade surplus dropped 13.6 per cent in February from the month before, mainly due to the decline in exports of electrical and electronic products, government statistics showed yesterday. The country registered a surplus of RM3.B billion ($l.B bilion) in February from RM4.4 billion in January,
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    • 310 8 Growth prospects still uncertain: Tankan poll AFP TOKYO Japanese business confidence stopped deteriorating for the first time in 15 months last month, but hopes of an economic rebound were offset by uncertainty, a survey showed yesterday. Corporate sentiment in the index of large manufacturers in the
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    • 201 8 AFP NEW YORK US retailing giant Wal-Mart Stores has become the largest US company, leaving behind leading US carmakers as well as energy and financial conglomerates, according to the annual Fortune 500 survey made public on Sunday. Wal-Mart also became the first service company to rise to
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    • 32 6 ABN AMRO Bank Find out how to make your money work for you. Look out tomorrow for Streats and ABN-AMRO Bank’s Working Money, a weekly 13-part series to address your financial concerns.
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 273 8 Strea Festival details: Fort Canning Park Saturday, 6 April, spm to lam Sunday 7 April, spm to 11 pm Admission: Single $25 Concessions $2O Family of 4(2 adults 2 children age 7-12) $6O Tickets are available at all Ticket Charge Outlets, ,i Call our hotline: 6296 2929 i Or book
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  • STREATS vocal
    • 193 9 I HAVE been trying to file my income tax return via the Internet, not because I could win $lO,OOO in the lucky draw, but because I thought it would be fast and convenient. My attempts have been futile. I am a Netscape 6.1 user, but, due
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    • 204 9 I WAS very disappointed to find out that the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) will assist only employees who earn 1,600 or less in an employment dispute that is referred to the Labour Court for adjudication. Senior management and “confidential employees”, who deal with their employer’s
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    • 87 9 I OBJECT to the inference in “Hips misses” (Streats, March 26) that female movie stars with less-than-perfect figures need to improve their looks. Gwyneth Paltrow looks like a beautifully confident woman and has refused to follow the rest of Hollywood by going under the knife for a
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    • 97 9 I DON’T understand why the Housing and Development Board needs to impose such high levies 22.5 per cent on a four-room flat on the proceeds of an HDB dwelling’s sale. If I remember correctly, this policy was introduced to thwart speculators who might buy and sell HDB
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    • 74 9 QANTAS Airways mishandled a recent decision to cancel all of its flights to India from April l. There was no proper announcement in local newspapers. I found out about it by chance while surfing an Indian news website. Customers with tickets were not contacted, and the options
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    • 38 9 Have \bur Say Streats is pleased to publish your views. To be heard, email us at streats@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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    • 225 9 I just started working in 2001... If you do not receive an EF-PIN letter from IRAS by mid March and your total income for 2001 is more than $ll,OOO, please call 1800-356 8300 to request for it. I haven't got my IRBA, so what do I fill in? You can
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  • STREATS medical
    • 263 11 Cutting back, even for a wnile, helps Reuters THIS one’s for the heavy drinkers. If you’ve been trying to cut down but finding it an uphill battle, hear this: Even if you don’t stick with it, drinking less for a while can do you good. A
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    • 104 11 Heart attack AN aspirin a day can significantly reduce the risk of a heart attack. Check with your doctor if this regime is suitable for you. Aspirin is an anti-coagulant. If you feel chest pain and suspect you are having a heart attack, take an aspirin even before
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
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  • STREATS regional
    • 421 13 Mainland abode seekers resist HK deportation order AFP HONGKONG Hundreds of mainland Chinese and their families who are seeking the right of abode ignored deportation orders and staged a sit-in outside a Hongkong immigration office yesterday. But the government insisted it would go ahead with
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    • 96 13 AFP JAKARTA Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri has extolled the virtues of North Korean-style discipline for her own people. “Apart from their problems, I notice that their dedication to the nation and state and their national discipline are worthy of praise,” she said in a
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    • 209 13 AFP JAKARTA Street gangs here are stealing fuel from tanker trucks stuck in traffic, a newspaper reported yesterday. The Jakarta Post carried a photograph of a teenager opening the fuel tap of a tanker and draining two litres of diesel into a plastic bag. It
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    • 165 13 Reuters TAIPEI Taipei earthquake victims assessed the damage yesterday as aftershocks rippled across Taiwan and, briefly, through its financial markets. The quake, measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale, toppled buildings in the capital, killed five people and injured 272 others. The five were killed
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    • REGIONAL DEBRIEF
      • 61 13 A GIRL claims she was raped several times by five different people, including four relatives, over the last eight years, the Star reported. The girl, now 13, from near Ipoh, claims she was first raped by a relative when she was five years old. Police said they
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      • 55 13 AP INDONESIAN prosecutors have asked judges to continue the case against parliamentary speaker Akbar Tandjung, saying they could prove conclusively that he misused public funds. “Our indictments clearly show that the defendant violated the law,” said Mr Fachmi, one of the prosecutors. The judge later adjourned the
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      • 46 13 AFP A YOUNG independent candidate has scored a major upset to win Yokohama’s mayoral election. Former MP Hiroshi Nakada, 37, beat Mr Hidenobu Takahide, 72, in Sunday’s election. The result stunned Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, who said the result showed people wanted change. afp
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  • STREATS global
    • 351 14 Wire services JERUSALEM Calling Mr Yasser Arafat “the enemy of the entire free world”, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon declared Israel on Sunday to be in a war. “The state of Israel is in a war against terrorism,” he said. “This is a war over our
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    • 99 14 ALL is not lost in the IsraeliPalestinian conflict. Take the case of Brooklyn-born Adam Shapiro, a volunteer medic. Mr Shapiro, who doesn’t consider himself a Jew despite his roots, was released by the Israelis after treating Palestinian wounded and dining with Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat
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    • 350 14 Dr M’s definition riles some Muslim nations AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad’s definition of terrorism has annoyed a few Islamic countries. His comments at the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) meeting raised a few eyebrows when he said “attack(s) against civilians must be
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    • GLOBAL DEBRIEF
      • 108 14 ABU Zubaydah, a top commander under Osama bin Laden, was seriously wounded when he was captured last week in Pakistan and is now in US custody, a US official said yesterday. A senior US official told the New York Times that the US is now
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      • 80 14 WE’RE NOT SCUM -AFP PAKISTAN President Pervez Musharraf yesterday warned India against treating his country like “scum”. In an interview with India’s Hindu newspaper, Gen Musharraf blamed Indian intransigence for the continued border face-off and said he could see no way out of the current impasse. Gen Musharraf slammed India’s
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      • 111 14 Reuters THE plane that smashed into the Pentagon on Sept 11 never existed and the world has been duped by a US government plot, according to The Frightening Fraud, which has topped French bestseller lists. The president of a respected leftwing think tank, Thierry Meyssan
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    • 144 14 PALESTINIAN leader Yasser Arafat’s Ramallah headquarters was built by the British as a prison complex in the *****. Known as the Muqataa, the walled compound has been used for military purposes and has often held Palestinian detainees, BBC Online reported. The compound has
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    • 472 15 NOKIA Connecting People m Mm mm m \JL". U W" I r fl-. I v A Vt'i ,i l are the A Y wgmsm Light of my life my Sunshine s mmms-z C. r* 1 ■D 3 ■D Being with you is s o n Express your deepest passion without
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  • easy STREATS
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      696 16  -  w Latin music and dance is steadily gathering more fans in Singapore. Its time to learn to salsa at the clubs By_ Yvonne Kwok Salsa students recommend catching some serious dance action at: Brix, Grand Hyatt hotel every Monday night Union Square, The Amara shopping centre every
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    • 221 17 THERE’S a Chinese saying that goes: When you fail in love, you flourish in your career (qing chang shi yi, shang chang de yi). But this does not appear to be so for Hongkong diva Faye Wong. She seems down on her luck in love and work.
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    • 119 17 DAYS after Halle Berry’s victory at the Oscars, her official site www.Hallewood.com was hacked into. The hacker added a moustache and beard to Halle’s photo from Monster’s Ball and left an e-mail address that included the letters “KKK”, reported the New York Daily News. The scrawlings also
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    • 109 17 WHEN you’re a comedian, you don’t need to wait until April Fool’s Day to pull a good one. The LA Weekly reported that Robin Williams recently substituted himself for John Travolta’s chauffeur. Robin drove erratically and made all the wrong turns. He also spoke in a thick
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    • 89 18 How much of the sun you’ll see depends on where you’re at. It’ll be partly cloudy in the south and east. Showers are expected in the central region while there will be afternoon thunderstorms in the north and west. The temperature will be at a high
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    • Just a minute
      • 72 18 National University Hospital (NUH) patients can pay their bills at Singapore Post branches, Self-Service Automated Machines (SAM) and AXS stations, and via vPOST electronic billing and payment on the Internet. The toll-free numbers for CPF Board branch offices will no longer be operational. Instead, call the CPF
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    • Happenin’
      • 111 18 15TH SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL April 11 to 27 Prince 1 and 2 and Jade 2 (Shaw Towers, Beach Road) and Alliance Francaise Auditorium (1 Sarkies Road) Visit www.filmfest.org.sg or call Ticket Charge at 6296-2929f0r ticketing information Now in its 15th year, the festival offers almost 390 features, shorts,
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      • Article, Illustration
        165 18 JEWEL THIS WAY TOUR Suntec City Friday, 8pm Tickets at $151, $121, $101, $71, $51 Call Sistic at 6348-5555 The multi-talented singer, songwriter, author and actress will charm with hit songs like Foolish Games, You Were Meant for Me, Hands, Morning Song and Standing Still. You can also expect
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      • 73 18 MATHA University Cultural Centre Theatre, NUS Friday, Bpm Tickets at $20,515,512 Call Sistic at 6348-5555 Matha is an exciting artistic journey based upon choreographer and Cultural Medallion Winner Santha Bhaskar’s extensive research to produce a dance drama for dancer Ambujah Thiru to depict the epic theme of motherhood. The
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        48 18 ALEGRIA Till Sunday The Grand Chapiteau (Comer of Beach Road and Rochor Road) Tickets at $l2l, $Bl, $6l Call Sistic at 6348-5555 The season has been extended for another week. Looks like Singaporeans just cannot get enough of traditional circus combined with live theatre and performance arts.
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      • 56 18 LES DE SAXES DBS Arts Centre 20 Merbau Road, Robertson Quay Friday and Saturday, Bpm $36, $3l, $26 Call Sistic at 6348-5555 Hot from Montreal’s Just For Laughs for the Singapore International Comedy Festival, four saxophone virtuosos present an evening of musical comedy, jazz and fantastic music. They’re high
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    • Tune in TV & MOVIE NEWS
      • 54 19 jm| I Streats Latin Festival Fort Canning Park Saturday Sunday CallTicketChargeat 6296-2929 Or check out our ticketing booth outside Heeren Move to the beat of anchor bands Inka Marka and Salsa Celtica, or part}’ till late with J DJ Don Carlos from Havana
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      • 71 19 i 9pm, STAR Movies f (SCV58) Based on the true story M of the only 20th century M exorcism sanctioned by the W Catholic Church. The family of Robbie Mannheim a boy possessed by a violent demonic spirit that also threatens those around him turns to the Church and
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      • 35 19 10.30 pm, Channel U Yun massacres everyone at Xia Wang Mansion and kidnaps Bing Po. He seeks vengeance on Xiongba but is defeated, loses an arm and escapes l with Shuang’s help.
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      • 70 19 8.30pm, Channel 5 Billy’s old fixtures and fittings are leaky and falling to pieces, but he’s too cheap to fix them. Lydia and Billy bicker over this, turning it into a cold wan The children hatch a plan to bring them back together. They stage a fake
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      • 138 19 HE’S set to hit phenomenal fame and Hayden Christensen couldn’t be more afraid. The dishy 21-year-old beat more than 400 other actors to win the role of Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars Episode II: Attack Of The Clones, and now that the release of the
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    • Article, Illustration
      130 19 Singapore Zoological Gardens When: April 6,13, 20 and 27 at 3.15 pm Reservations needed one week in advance Tel: 6360-8560 or e-mail letchmi@zoo.com.sg SAMPLE Ethiopian coffee and cuisine, and enjoy a view straight out of Africa all without having to leave Singapore. Organised by the Singapore Zoological Gardens
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
    • 439 18 Yourdailyhoroscope by Kelli Fox at AstTology.com If today’s your birthday, you share it with... Brent Spiner AQUARIUS JAN 20-FEB 18 Work each connection as it opens for you. These days you gain a lot of career and social mileage. Differences are a source of fascination. A two-dimensional sketch comes to
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  • STREATS sports
    • 252 20 Charlton Athletic 0 Arsenal 3 (Thierry Henry 16, 25, Freddie Ljungberg 21) Derby County 0 Middlesbrough 1 (R Mustoe 12) k Everton 3 (A Pistone 41, Tomasz Radzinski 57, Nick Chadwick 86) Bolton Wanderers 1 (N'Gotty 75) k Fulham 0 West Ham United 1 (Kanoute 45) k Ipswich
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    • 297 20 Henry’s two goals take his Premier League tally to 24 Wire services ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE Charlton 0 Arsenal 3 LONDON Arsenal moved to the top of the English Premiership yesterday when it crushed Charlton 3-0 to move a point clear of Liverpool and two ahead of Manchester
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    • 310 20  -  Tan Kim Han FIRST-CHOICE goalkeeper Rezal Hassan (below) has ruled himself out of the Singapore-Maldives football friendly next Tuesday because of a hand injury. He fractured the little finger on his right hand during training last month, and had a metal plate inserted into
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    • 723 21  -  Three women among high-profile professionals in election panel By Lim Han Ming A DOCTOR, a lawyer and an associate professor. Businessman Steven Lee, 51, showed that he means serious business when he named high-profile professionals in his nine-man election team yesterday. The Singapore Amateur Athletic Association
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    • 305 21 -AP NBA CHAMPIONSHIP Lakers 96 Spurs 95 LOS ANGELES After eight days of furious action that began in Sacramento and ended with Shaquille O’Neal diverting San Antonio’s last shot, Lakers was uncertain of where it was heading. It defeated Spurs by a point on
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    • 30 22 Quarter-finals (Ist leg) Today (tomorrow, Singapore time) Bayern Munich v Real Madrid Deportivo Coruna v Man. United Tomorrow (Thursday, Singapore time) Liverpool v Bayern Leverkusen Panathinaikos v Barcelona
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    • 323 22 Wire services. LIVERPOOL Liverpool expects Emile Heskey to be fit for the quarter-finals against Bayer Leverkusen, after he limped out of the Premiership against Charlton last Saturday. Assistant manager Phil Thompson told BBC that the striker had suffered a badly bruised foot. But he
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    • 643 22 This time, United is determined to survive longer in Europe Deportivo is confident it can contain the threat from the star-studded United squad, and prove that Spanish football is no longer about Real or Barcelona Wire services CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Q-FINALS Deportivo Coruna v Man United MADRID Manchester
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    • 558 23 Figo out, Zidane doubtful The current Real and Bayern lineups know each other inside out after meeting in the Champions League semi-finals for the past two seasons. But this time one of the giants will have to go out earlier than that -AFP CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Q-FINALS
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  • Page 21 Miscellaneous
    • 46 21 IN THE LIVING ROOM SOCCER: Uefa Champions League quarter-final, Ist leg: Deportivo La Coruna v Manchester United (tomorrow, ESPN Ch 23, 2.30 am and Chs, 2.35 am). DELAYED TELECAST SOCCER: Uefa Champions League q-final 2,lst leg: Bayern Munich v Real Madrid (ESPN Ch 23, tomorrow, sam).
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