Streats, 2 May 2002

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    12 1 Streats THURSDAY, MAY 2, 2002 Hotline; 1800-844-5566 E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg MITA (P) 429/03/2001
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  • Article
    Lock icon Govt Soothes Tax worries
    526 1  -  Offset package will help people deal with GST hike: DPM Lee By Sonny Phua RELAX. Don’t worry. Any GST increase will not affect most of you. Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong gave this assurance yesterday when he promised that most households, especially those with monthly
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  • MORNING RUSH
    • Article
      Lock icon TAIPEI PROSECUTORS SUMMON SQ006 PILOTS
      89 1 THREE SQOO6 pilots will have to appear at a hearing in Taipei next Wednesday. Taipei prosecutors issued a summons to them on Monday after Taiwan’s Aviation Safety Council (ASC) blamed them for the October 2000 crash which killed 83 people. News of the summons was
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    • Article
      Lock icon STORE FIRM NETS STEM CELL DEAL
      100 1 ES CELL International, a Singaporelinked firm, could soon become one of the world’s biggest suppliers of human embryonic stem cells. Formed with investments from an Economic Development Board-managed fund and a private Australian investor, it has been granted US government funding and the green
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      Lock icon DEAL TO END ARAFAT SIEGE FINALISED
      95 1 Wire services RAMALLAH A deal has been struck to free Mr Yasser Arafat in exchange for the transfer of six Palestinians to international supervision, Chief Negotiator Saeb Erakat said yesterday. He said security details are being worked out on the transfer of the six
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  • STREATS local
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      Lock icon Pilots association raises funds
      342 2 Low on cash but it’ll help SQOO6 pilots LEGAL fees for the three SQOO6 pilots have cost the Air Line Pilots Association Singapore (Alpa-S) $300,000 and it is running out of money. But it has pledged to carry on helping Captain Foong Chee Kong and first
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      Lock icon Return of the bus fare cheat
      208 2 HELLO ez-link, bye bye fare cheats? Not necessarily. Some ez-link passengers are still trying to underpay for their journeys. Instead of selecting a lower fare on the ticket validator with the old magnetic farecards, they now tap their contactless smart cards before reaching their
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      Lock icon GREAT S'PORE HOEDOWN
      108 3  -  fy. Zubaidah Nazeer IT was arguably the world’s biggest line-dance party 11,967 local cowboys and cowgirls, both young and old, packed Singapore Expo’s halls to “yee-ha” their way to a new world record yesterday. The earlier record was set by 6,275 Australians in 2000, now in the
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      Lock icon 'Tie firm's CPF contribution to results’
      197 3 OWNERS of small and medium enterprises had a bold suggestion to make to the Feedback Unit on Tuesday: Let the employer’s contribution to the Central Provident Fund (CPF) be fixed at 10 per cent, and allow employers to determine how much the remaining portion
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      Lock icon S’pore firms ‘need world-class expertise’
      175 3 SINGAPORE companies need to develop their own world-class intellectual properties. And in order to compete with the best, workers here must learn from the best. Mr Lim Hng Kiang, Minister for Health and Second Minister for Finance, said this at a dinner yesterday to mark
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    • Article
      Lock icon Mayday alert
      202 3  -  DPM: Security threats may mar economic recovery By Sonny Phua SINGAPORE’S economy, which is showing signs of recovery, could be derailed by security threats in the region and abroad, said Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. Addressing some 900 unionists at the NTUC’s May Day Rally yesterday, he
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    • Article
      Lock icon Picky, picky
      71 3 ‘ST Microelectronics tells me that in early March, they tried to recruit 400 wafer fab specialists and NTC-2 technicians... However, only 87 Singaporeans turned up for interviews. Twenty-three walked off immediately when they heard that the job involved working shifts in a clean r00m... Thirty-five were offered jobs.
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      Lock icon Singapore hotspot’s hot again
      142 4  -  Cara van Miriah FOR two months, their favourite water hole was out of bounds. When it finally reopened yesterday, Singaporeans flocked to it, carrying pails and basins. An overcast sky didn’t keep them away from the Sembawang hot spring at Gambas Avenue, where many soaked their
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      Lock icon SM Lee meets Bush
      160 4 WASHINGTON Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew met President George W Bush yesterday at the White House. Mr Lee is here to renew contacts and meet, for the first time, members of the Republican Administration, Congress and corporate community. The talks will be mainly about security and
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    • Brush with police
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        Lock icon Chee held for illegal rally
        234 6 OPPOSITION leader Chee Soon Juan was arrested yesterday for trying to hold a May Day rally outside the Istana without a permit. He did this despite being warned by the police that they would take firm action. They had told him earlier to reapply to
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      • Article
        Lock icon Meeting that became a party
        210 6  -  B y Wendy Tan MORE than 200 residents of Waterfront View condominium at Bedok Reservoir Road gathered yesterday to vent their grievances over the privatisation of their estate. They met at the void deck of Block 736 in the afternoon to discuss their “strategy” in
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      Lock icon PRESIDENTIAL HANDSHAKE
      56 6 The weather was gloomy, hut that did not dampen the excitement as the public got to meet President SR Nathan during yesterday’s open house at the Istana. Visitors also tromped around the grounds and staterooms, which are usually out of hounds to them, and were entertained hy hands
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      Lock icon ‘Reasonable doubt’ clears another molest suspect... And justice prevails
      382 6  -  By_ Khushwant Singh IF you’re a man who thinks that men are disadvantaged in “the woman’s word against mine” molest cases, rest easy. This notion was once again busted on Monday when swimming instructor Tang See Keong was acquitted of outraging
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      Lock icon She said, he said...
      119 6 She said she was swimming breaststroke slightly after 9am. She saw another swimmer approaching her. Soon after, she felt a hand grab and squeeze her left breast. He said he arrived at about 9.45 am. He was swimming freestyle with a float between his thighs and
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  • STREATS financial
    • Mergers and rejections
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        Lock icon Tears as Hynix deal rejected
        447 8 Wire services SEOUL The South Korean government has been embarrassed by Hynix Semiconductor Inc’s rejection of a US$3 billion ($5.4 billion) asset sale to US rival Micron Technology Inc, Korea’s Yonhap news agency reported yesterday. The decision by Hynix’s board on Tuesday to reject the
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        Lock icon Court clears HP-Compaq merger
        252 8 Reuters WILMINGTON A Delaware court on Tuesday cleared the way for Hewlett-Packard Co’s US$lB billion ($32.6 billion) purchase of No 2 personal computer maker Compaq Computer Corp, quashing an attempt by dissident shareholder Walter Hewlett to block the deal. Mr Hewlett conceded defeat just hours after
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      Lock icon Time for Hewlett to call it quits
      128 8 Reuters LOS ANGELES It may be time for Walter Hewlett to leave the snake pit of corporate politics and become “invisible” again. After a bruising six-month battle, Mr Hewlett on Tuesday gave up his fight to stop the company his father co-founded, Hewlett-Packard
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      Lock icon Dayen reiterates profit warning
      173 8 Reuters SINGAPORE Newly listed waste and water treatment firm Dayen Environmental Ltd, puzzled by rising share prices, reiterated yesterday its warning of a profit drop. “We wish to inform the exchange that the company and directors are not aware of any reason for the increase in
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    • MONEY SCAN
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        Lock icon OSIM PROFIT UP 23%
        121 8 Reuters OSIM International Ltd yesterday reported a 23 per cent rise in firstquarter net profit to $3.2 million as demand for the company’s healthcare and lifestyle products increased. Osim, which makes products like vibrating sofa and reflexology machines, said turnover improved 22 per cent to $42
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        Lock icon SIA CUTS NEPAL FLIGHTS
        91 8 AP SIA said yesterday it will suspend flights to Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu. It will stop its three flights a week to Kathmandu starting May 31. The suspension was due to the “uncertain global operating environment” for airlines. Violence has recently escalated in Nepal, where Maoist rebels
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  • STREATS medical
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      Lock icon Contraceptive pill more likely to fail heavier women
      169 10 Reuters SEATTLE A woman’s weight has a bearing on how likely she is to become pregnant while on the Pill, according to a new report. Women who weigh 68kg or more are 1.6 times more likely to experience a Pill failure as
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      Lock icon HEALTH FACT
      136 10 Diabetes: Common killer DIABETES is a common chronic disease and one of the top 10 killer diseases in Singapore. As many as one in 11 Singaporean adults had diabetes in 1998, according to the National Health Survey. It was more common in females (9.6 per cent) than males
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      Lock icon Better have baby early, to be sure
      271 10 Fertility rates dip after women hit 27: study SAN FRANCISCO In the latest warning for women hoping to delay childbirth, European researchers reported this week that fertility begins to wane in women from age 27. Previous studies have suggested that most healthy women
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      Lock icon HEALTH FORUM
      145 10 I suffer from urinating drip, and feel a burning pain each time I pass urine. The drip occurs when I exert force. My doctor treated me, but the pain persists. How can I stop the pain and drip? A The problem sounds like a urinary tract infection. If
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      Lock icon Diabetes spreads in Asia
      276 10 -afp HONGKONG Diabetes will sweep Asia, with dire social and economic consequences unless swift action is taken, experts have warned. By 2050, the number of diabetics in the world will double to 300 million, said Professor Paul Zimmet, co-chairman of the Asia Pacific Type 2 Diabetes
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  • STREATS vocal
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      Lock icon Women can’t beat the clock
      834 12  -  Comment By ABIGAIL TRAITOR!) The Washington Post IT’S started again: Babies vs Career! That’s the cover of Time magazine. And on 60 Minutes you would learn from a segment on women at Harvard Business School that smart women can’t get dates. “Warning: Higher education is
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      Lock icon Let’s look to international heroes
      169 12 I SUPPORT Philip Lee’s suggestion that we should put up statues of icons (Let’s immortalise our heroes, Streats, April 30). But, instead of focusing on Singaporeans, we should look towards international figures of great virtue for inspiration. Men such as: Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948). He lived
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      54 12 Have M)ur Say Streats is pleased to publish your iriews. To be heard, email us at or write to The Editor, Streats, 1000 Toa Payoh North, Singapore *****4. You should include your name, address and contact number. Contributions should comprise no more than 200 words. Letters sent to other publications
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  • STREATS regional
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      Lock icon Hu’s ‘coming out’ tour
      362 14 Taiwan issue dominates China leader’s Washington trip Wire services WASHINGTON China must adopt policies that will ease tensions with Taiwan, US Secretary of State Colin Powell told China’s leader-in-waiting Hu Jintao on Tuesday. On the eve of talks with President George W Bush, Mr Hu made
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      Lock icon Suu Kyi release: No word yet
      243 14 Wire services YANGON Myanmar’s media was silent yesterday on reports that pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi would be released soon after 19 months of house arrest. Myanmar newspapers, however, only carried May Day messages by junta leader General Than Shwe, who urged people
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      Lock icon BIG DEAL
      43 14 Miss Jumbo Queen contestants lining up yesterday at aptly an elephant ground and zoo in Nakhom Pathom, near Bangkok. The contest selects a winner who best resembles the characteristics of an elephant by virtue of her grace, elegance and size Reuters]
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      Lock icon Australia ‘insures’ worried doctors
      159 14 AP CANBERRA The government yesterday guaranteed that doctors and surgeons would be covered despite the collapse of Australia’s largest medical indemnity insurer. United Medical Protection, which insures about 60 per cent of Australia’s 32,000 physicians against medical malpractice lawsuits, said on Monday that it was going
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    • REGIONAL DEBRIEF
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        Lock icon 2 DEAD IN DAVAO RAID
        73 14 -AFP TWO people died and three others were arrested after Philippine police yesterday raided a house near Davao. Guns, homemade bombs, a grenade, fuel oil, ingredients for explosives and a map of Davao were seized. Also found were tapes bearing the name of Hashim Salamat,
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        Lock icon AUSSIE-JAPAN FTA TALK
        68 14 -AFP AUSTRALIA and Japan have taken the first steps towards a free trade agreement, their leaders announced yesterday. In talks in Canberra, Australian Prime Minister John Howard and Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, on his first official visit to Australia, agreed to launch negotiations on an FTA
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        Lock icon NO TO MARTIAL LAW
        74 14 -AFP THE governor of Maluku has rejected calls for martial law to be imposed in the strife-tom region, despite the massacre of 13 Christians at the weekend. “I don’t see any need for a military emergency,” Governor Saleh Latuconsina said in the capital Ambon. Jakarta has
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        Lock icon THAI MEN CAN PERK UP
        51 14 -AFP THAIS injured in attempts to enlarge their penises need not shell out an arm and a leg for corrective medical treatment, doctors said yesterday. Doctors at Bangkok’s Chulalongkom Hospital said penis repair is now an operation accepted under Thailand’s new universal health care scheme.
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        Lock icon FRIEND-KILLER JAILED
        95 14 Reuters ABORIGINE Damian Rictor, whose tribe speared him 12 times for killing his best friend, was jailed for only five years after a Perth judge accepted his tribal punishment as a mitigating factor. Rictor, 20, killed his erstwhile best friend Christopher Jackson by hitting him over the head
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      Lock icon Pomp, protests and jobs on their minds
      483 17 Mixed May Day celebrations across Asia Wire services BEIJING Once a celebration of workers’ rights and an opportunity for communist nations to flaunt their military might, May Day was marked around the world with pomp and protests. In China, communist authorities showed how
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      Lock icon US urged to restore Indon military aid
      234 17 -AP JAKARTA -A senior civilian Indonesian official said on Tuesday that the United States should drop restrictions imposed almost three years ago on assistance to the Indonesian military and help restore the “tarnished reputation” of the army. Mr Laksamana Sukardi, a close adviser
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      Lock icon Mega is worth $11.6m
      58 17 Xinhua JAKARTA Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri and her husband Taufik Kiemas’s wealth amounted to 59.8 billion rupiah ($11.6 million). The Public Servants’ Wealth Audit Commission (KPKPN) did not find any discrepancy with the report submitted by Ms Megawati when she was still vice president. The KPKPN
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  • STREATS global
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      Lock icon FBI links US Muslim charity chief to Osama
      258 19 Wire services CHICAGO In a sweeping complaint that alleges that Osama bin Laden’s influence has reached into middle America, US officials accused a Muslim charity of lying about its ties to the A 1 Qaeda chief. Mr Enaam Amaout, the executive director
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      Lock icon UN chief is fed up
      412 19 Annan may scrap Jenin fact-finding team after Israel’s stonewalling Wire services NEW YORK UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has ran out of patience. Faced with Israel’s refusal to allow a fact-finding team into the Jenin refugee camp, he is thinking of disbanding the team. Mr Annan
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      Lock icon Massive anti-Le Pen protests in France
      111 19 -AFP PARIS More than 600,000 people demonstrated against far-right presidential candidate Jean-Marie Le Pen in May Day protests across France, according to police. The turnout dwarfed the 10,000 people who marched in support of the 73-year-old National Front (FN) leader in central Paris, police
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      Lock icon I made mistakes: Vajpayee
      362 21 PM’s admission comes during bruising debate over Gujarat riots Wire services NEW DELHI India’s Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee yesterday admitted he made mistakes in not reacting faster to the torching of the train in the town of Godhra. The Godhra incident which claimed 59 lives
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      Lock icon Musharraf wins vote
      319 21 Reuters ISLAMABAD Pakistan’s President Pervez Musharraf won a landslide victory in a referendum to extend his rule for five years, official figures showed yesterday, but allegations of poll fraud looked set to tarnish his win. Latest results collated by state media showed that more than 98 per
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      Lock icon Teacher checks girls for skimpy panties
      139 21 Wire services SAN DIEGO A US vice-principal is under fire for forcing girls to lift up their skirts and show their underwear at a school dance. After making the check, vice-principal Rita Wilson sent home girls who were wearing skimpy panties, parents said. According
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  • STREATS people
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      Lock icon Did he engineer religious violence?
      411 22 Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi GANDHINAGAR The man in the centre of the political storm in Gujarat is its chief minister, Mr Narendra Modi. He has been accused by critics of having a hand in Gujarat’s recent religious clashes and some even say he indirectly
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      Lock icon Bush the ‘humble sinner’
      221 22 LOS ANGELES The American President put his religious side on show here yesterday, declaring himself “just a humble sinner”. President George W Bush surprised a black inner city audience by talking about how faith had rescued him from heavy drinking, the Daily Telegraph reported yesterday. Speaking
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      669 24  -  Hollywood? No thanks, says Taiwan-based filmmaker Tsai Ming-liang, who unlike Taiwanese director Lee Ang, scorns Hollywood By_ Stephanie Goh RESIST Hollywood, urged Kuching-born director Tsai Ming-liang, who is based in Taiwan. The man behind the critically-lauded and award-winning What Time Is It There? was in town for
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      391 26  -  Stephanie@ the movies STEPHANIE GOH SPIDER-MAN Directed by Sam Raimi Starring Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunset, Willem Dafoe, James Franco The Good 1. WHO better to indulge in cartoonish camp than the cult director of The Evil Dead and Army of Darkness Sam Raimi? Hey, the man’s made
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      101 26 ‘This long-awaited future franchise is a competent seatwarmer at the box-office table for the two weekends preceding George Lucas Attack of the Clones.’ Village Voice reviewer J Hoberman No rating available ‘Director Sam Raimi has tackled an incredibly difficult task, taking a beloved comic book which
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      81 28 IF you come across cheap VCDs of Hollywood blockbuster Spider-Man, don’t waste your money buying one. You may the old TV series instead of the movie as some Taiwanese recently found out. Crooked vendors had slipped VCDs featuring the TV version of the 1962 comic
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      106 28 SOMETIMES fans do help in more ways than one. Hongkong singer Joey Yung discovered this while shooting an advertisement for Nissin instant noodles, where she performs on stage to screaming fans. The producer of the commercial hired some temporary actors to play her fans,
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      181 28 THE lead singer of one of Taiwan’s most successful rock bands, Mayday, is back in showbiz. Ashin, who was discharged from national service duties in March, will report to work at Rocks Records, Mayday’s record label, as a producer. Mayday was disbanded last September as
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      89 30 Hi, my name is Christine Tan and I’m your weather girl for May, which is good because it’s my birthday month. My birthday was yesterday; I’m in my 20s. I’m a car sales agent and sing in a four-piece rock band. There will be more thunderstorms
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        78 30 ISRAELI FILM FESTIVAL Golden Village, Great World City May 6 to May 11 Tickets at $8.50 The festival features eight international award-winning films, including Late Marriage, which was a hit at the Cannes Film Festival last year. It is a story of life and love in Tel Aviv’s Georgian
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          147 30 The Sembawang hot spring has reopened after two months of construction and renovation. Taps and drainage pipes have been installed and the area around the spring has been cemented. There’s also a new cement path leading from the gate in the new perimeter fence at Gambas Avenue
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        96 30 DANCESPACE 2002: A TIME FOR DRUNKEN HORSES Friday to Sunday, 8pm Guinness Theatre, The Substation Tickets at $10 and $8 In the Iranian film of the same name, a group of smugglers fed their horses alcohol in order to keep the beasts of burden warm while transporting goods across
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        74 30 BURMESE DREAMSCAPES Art Seasons Gallery Till May 26, llam-8pm 12pm-7pm on Sundays and public holidays Free This exhibition gives an insight into the works of two Phillips Awards finalists Min Zawand Myaw Kyawt, as well as renowned artist Nyein Chan Su. The works capture the extensive and and seemingly
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        208 30 JACKY CHEUNG 2002 MUSIC ODYSSEY Singapore Indoor Stadium May 17 and 18, 8pm Tickets at $176, $146, $126, $76 Call Sistic at 6348-5555 The God of Songs, as Jacky Cheung is known, will hold court at the Indoor Stadium for two nights. He may be better known for his
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        39 31 7pm, Channel U Lisheng is unhappy with his job and also detests the intense care and concern showered upon him. He tries for many other jobs, fails to land any, and blames Hao for his plight.
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        31 31 llpm, Central It’s Stewie’s first birthday and Lois has a party arranged... until Peter messes up her plans. Stewie runs away and Peter tries to kidnap an entire circus.
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        47 31 10pm, Channel 5 York finds his daughter, while Kim meets her captors’ employer. Meanwhile, Mason intercedes before Jack can question the cop killer. Senator David makes a last attempt to diffuse a publicity nightmare that could arise if he cannot prove that his son is innocent.
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        52 31 10pm, V VEntertainment (SCVS6) Ying’s husband divorces her when their son is bom deaf. She takes on the responsibility of supporting herself and her son and devotes herself to teaching him to talk. This heartbreaking film earned Gong Li her Best Actress Trophy at the 2000 Montreal
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        293 31 AP SPIDER-MAN creator Stan Lee, 79, was among the Hollywood celebrities at the Los Angeles premiere of the movie based on his comic. He wrote the original series 40 years ago and has a cameo role in the film. “The film not only does the comic
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      187 31 HOLES IN THE WALL The Electric Soft Parade www.electricsoftparade.com THIS psychedelia-tinged rock act hailing from Brighton, United Kingdom, may be in their teens, but they are no small fry. The siblings have previously recorded four albums under various monikers. Much of this 12-track album was recorded in their
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      439 30 AQUARIUS JAN 20-FEB 18 Your so-called enemies may actually be trying to help. Allies would like you to be an equal partner. It’s time for Aquarius to rethink the role that they have been playing lately. by Kelli Fox, at Astrology .corn If today’s your birthday, you share it with...
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      511 34  -  S-League clubs object to Bennett going to SAFFC or Home Tan Kim Han CAN an S-League club stop another from signing a player of its choice? The question cropped up recently when a few S-League clubs attempted to stop England-born permanent resident Daniel Bennett (right) from
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      385 34  -  By- Lim Han Ming REMY Ong (left) aims to steel his mind long enough to claim the World Bowling Masters in Aalborg, Denmark, from May 26-30. Last year, it unnerved him in five consecutive tournaments when he finished runner-up. This year, the 23-year-old is
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      385 36 Leverkusen coach Toppmoller hails injury-ravaged team CHAMPIONS LEAGUE S-FINAL (2nd leg) Bayer Leverkusen 1 Man United 1 (Bayer wins 3-3 on away goals rule) LEVERKUSEN Bayer Leverkusen coach Klaus Toppmoller could not contain his joy as his injuryravaged side battled past Manchester United to claim a
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      455 37 Germans’ first half stoppage-time equaliser proves decisive -AFP LEVERKUSEN Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson yesterday was coming to terms with having his Champions League dream shattered by Bayer Leverkusen. Ferguson had hoped to lead his players out for the final at Hampden Park in his native
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      335 37 -AFP LONDON British newspapers poured scorn on Alex Ferguson’s tactics yesterday after Manchester United’s hopes of reaching the Champions League final were scuppered by Bayer Leverkusen. “Fergie dream is destroyed,” said The Mirror tabloid, while The Daily Mail simply said “Journey’s end”. Ferguson has enjoyed a
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      560 38 Defence apart, it is Arsenal’s attack that has pundits purring Reuters LONDON Thierry Henry’s goalscoring instinct and a tungsten-tough team spirit have powered Arsenal to within touching distance of an English league and FA Cup double. Arsenal believes it has finished second to Manchester United far too
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      194 38 Wire services LONDON Dennis Bergkamp has reiterated his desire to remain at Arsenal next season and help its Champions League bid. The Gunners’ double quest has gained momentum thanks to the growing bond between Bergkamp and Freddie Ljungberg. Bergkamp laid on both goals for the
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      344 38 LONDON Chelsea manager Claudio Ranieri has taken the unprecedented step of asking Roberto Di Matteo to lead his side out for the FA Cup final against Arsenal. The Italian midfielder retired in February after failing to recover from a broken leg suffered last season.
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      455 39  -  Home striker looks good for the Golden Boot this season Adam Hashidy WILL Egmar Goncalves (right), the perennial “bridesmaid”, finally capture the coveted Golden Boot this year? After missing the boat on several occasions, the Brazil-bom local striker looks like he will not miss the party this
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      329 39 ’-AFP NBA PLAY-OFFS Hornets 102 Magic 85 (Hornets win best-offive series 3-1) ORLANDO, Florida Baron Davis had 28 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists for his second consecutive triple-double as Charlotte Hornets advanced to the Eastern Conference semi-finals with a 102-85 victory over
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          161 39 -AFP LAGOS Nigeria coach Adegboye Onigbinde alleged on Tuesday that an agent offered him a bribe to include several of his players in the Super Eagles’ World Cup squad. “I was offered US$2,OOO ($3,624) per player by an agent, but I refused and warned him to stay
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          95 39 -afp TOKYO Japan coach Philippe Troussier is in the running for a top post at former European champion Olympique Marseille, the Frenchman said yesterday. Troussier, who has indicated that he will leave Japan after the World Cup, said he was “very honoured” to have been approached about
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        104 39 ATHLETICS -AFP SYDNEY Olympic 400 m champion Cathy Freeman’s hopes of running at the Commonwealth Games in Manchester in July looked doubtful yesterday when a latest scan revealed her thigh injury had not healed. But Australia’s national athletics coach Keith Connor refused to give up hope, saying: “We’ll
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