Streats, 16 May 2002

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    12 1 Streats THURSDAY, MAY 16, 2002 Hotline: 1800-844-5566 E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg MITA (P) 240/03/2002
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    Lock icon Disco terrorists
    753 1 How Hambali’s religious classes turned moderate, US-educated M’sian couple into extremists AP SHE swooned over Hollywood movies, loved discos and shopping. He was into designer clothing. Both were top Malaysian students in the US, where they met and fell in love. Theirs is a story of a young,
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    Lock icon CHANNELS U AND i DRAW MORE VIEWERS
    158 1 MORNING RUSH NEW statistics for the TV-ratings war show that SPH Mediaworks’ channels U and i have improved their positions. Channel U’s prime-time rating was up by 1.3 per cent, to 8.3 per cent, while Channel i advanced to 0.95 per cent, up
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  • STREATS local
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      Lock icon Businesses voice GST-hike fears
      315 2  -  Extra help package sought to soften impact Zubaidah Nazeer FINANCE Minister Lee Hsien Loong has spoken, but businessmen are still worried about the impact of the goods and services tax (GST) hike. They voiced this concern loudly and clearly at a two-hour dialogue session organised by
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      Lock icon Changi direct train back on line
      126 2 FROM today, you’ll be able to ride the MRT direct to Changi Airport again. Because the direct service between Boon Lay and the airport has been resumed, the MRT shuttle service between Tanah Merah and Changi Airport stations will-cease. Trains on the Boon Lay-Changi
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      Lock icon Deutsche Bank lays off staff
      137 2  -  By_ 1 Sonny Phua DEUTSCHE Bank in Singapore retrenched an undisclosed number of employees on Tuesday as part of its ongoing global cost-cutting measures, Fifteen bank branches worldwide were affected. The Singapore branch has about 1,300 employees, and a bank spokesman said the number axed
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      Lock icon Man found killed
      89 2 A 73-YEAR-OLD Chinese man was found dead yesterday in the hall of his two-room HDB flat. The police received a call at about 12.50 pm from a man saying that his father was lying motionless in his home at Block 31 Taman Ho Swee. When they arrived,
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      Lock icon Lee Hsien Yang 0n...
      91 3 Counsels request not to repeat his case You asked me why, I’m telling you why. If you don’t want me to repeat that, then don’t ask me that question.’ The sl.sb payout ‘Once the transaction was concluded, I assumed it was closed and assumed that it
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      Lock icon Same side, different stay
      265 3  -  Day 5 of the SingTel-IDA trial B v Wendy Tan EYEBROWS were raised in the High Court yesterday when two top Sing Tel officials contradicted each other in the ongoing battle between the telco giant and regulator Info Comm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA). In the
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      Lock icon 173 nabbed in drug bust
      160 3 THE taxi stand near Tampines Mall was the scene of an ambush on Monday night. Acting on a tip-off, officers from the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) laid in wait for suspected drug offenders. At about 8.50 pm, two men on a motorcycle were seen surveying
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      Lock icon S’pore’s champion couch potatoes
      214 4  -  By_ Cara vanMiriah NEARLY half of Singapore’s young adults spend at least four hours a day watching television, with people in their late 20s the biggest couch potatoes. This was the main finding of a Singapore Polytechnic student survey of 700 Singaporeans aged between 15 and
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      Lock icon Licences for health devices
      188 4 Govt to regulate market to ensure global standards AFP SINGAPORE will regulate the market for medical devices to ensure that they comply with global standards. The Health and Sciences Authority (HSA) yesterday said it is developing a regulatory framework in accordance with global harmonisation efforts and
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      Lock icon Poly student caught up in cellphone scam
      260 4  -  Khushwant Singh A THIRD-YEAR Ngee Ann Polytechnic student was sentenced to one-year probation yesterday, no thanks to Tay Kok Wee, 23, an exemployee of Star Hub who thought he had hit paydirt with his illegal cellphone scam. Tay registered cellphones using photocopied ICs
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      Lock icon Experts torn over sex education results
      328 4  -  By Sonny Pkua SEX education won’t help curb teen pregnancies or unsafe sex. Focusing on studies is a better bet. That is the finding suggested by new American research. But counsellors in Singapore disagree. It is still relevant, they say. In the May 14
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  • STREATS parliament
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      Lock icon Talk first, complain later
      464 6  -  Grassroots leaders and volunteers to be trained as mediators By Ph ilip Lee THERE are some Singaporeans neighbours, stallholders, family members who are so embittered by disputes that they stubbornly refuse to allow a third party to help them settle matters amicably. Now, measures are being
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      Lock icon Twin SAP schools and madrasahs for CCA, ECA: Inderjit
      228 6  -  WHY NOT... By_ Sarah Ng SPECIAL Assistance Plan (SAP) schools and madrasahs should be twinned with other schools to strengthen racial understanding and hence harmony, suggested Mr Inderjit Singh (Ang Mo Kio GRC) yesterday. Good idea, replied Deputy Prime Minister Lee
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      Lock icon It’s fair to put GST on all goods
      397 6  -  By Deepa Vijiyasingam IF essential goods are exempt from the goods and services tax, the GST rate will have to increase, Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said yesterday. Responding to a suggestion from NCMP Steve Chia to exempt a selection of
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      Lock icon Lawyers poll results soon
      182 8  -  By: Sarah Ng THE findings of a comprehensive and in-depth survey of the legal industry and profession will help explain why more lawyers are opting out and help the Government to address the issue. Law Minister Professor S Jayakumar (right) told the House yesterday that the
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      Lock icon Data may be shared
      183 8  -  By_ Sarah Ng THE Government will be scrupulous in keeping personal data confidential, but at times it may need to share data with other agencies to provide good service. Mr Lim Hng Kiang, Second Minister for Finance, told the House yesterday that the Government didn’t intend
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      Lock icon Banks warned against touting
      341 8  -  Weekend stalls draw complaints By. Deepa Vijiyasingam BANKS which set up roadside stalls and aggressively push their products to passersby may well be inviting attention from the authorities. Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said that he had received several complaints about the high-handed tactics of
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  • STREATS financial
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      Lock icon Small counter sales pare STI gains
      415 10 STI; 1,747.32 5.07 Reuters SHARES closed mixed yesterday as investors looked for leads and buying in select blue chips was countered by selling in smaller capitalised counters. SLA, Fraser Neave and its unit Asia Pacific Breweries all due to release results tomorrow saw some
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      Lock icon S’pore retail sales in March DOWN 4.6%
      174 10 Reuters SINGAPORE’S retail sales index in March fell 4.6 per cent on the year, a sign that recovery for the battered sector was distant, analysts said yesterday. “The retail sector is still quite weak... it could have been affected by worries that the
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      Lock icon US retail sales in April UP 4%
      175 10 Wire services WASHINGTON US retail sales year-on-year rose 4 per cent in April. This follows a rise in retail sales of 1.2 per cent over the previous month, the largest increase since last October and well ahead of the 0.6 per cent increase
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      Lock icon FOREX RATES
      27 10 •AS AT MAY 15 T. US$: 551.807 552.616 EURO: 551.632 Ss: DM1.227 Ss: 70.88 YEN Ss: RM2.103 Ss: HK54.317 Ss: 23.74 BAHT Ss: 5,124 RUPIAH
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      Lock icon Starhub, SCV agree on merger
      127 10 Reuters SINGAPORE Star Hub Pte Ltd and cable operator Singapore Cable Vision (SCV) said yesterday they have agreed to merge. Under the deal, SCV will become a unit of the telecoms operator when the merger is completed next month, the statement said. “The merger transaction
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      Lock icon 10% of GIC funds in Japanese assets
      195 10 Reuters THE Government of Singapore Investment Corp (GIC), which manages reserves of more than US$lOO billion ($180.7 billion), has about 10 per cent of its money in Japanese assets, its managing director said yesterday. Speaking at the launch of the Singapore Exchange’s (SGX)
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  • STREATS medical
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      122 12 QCan I still have a hath or shower when I have a high fever? A You should have a bath or shower even when you are suffering from a high fever. Having a bath or shower does not make you “catch a chill”, as is traditionally believed by
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      Lock icon Nicotine replacement
      107 12 HEALTH FACT NICOTINE replacement is recommended for those whose addiction to nicotine is a major barrier to stopping smoking. This is more likely in smokers who smoke more than 20 cigarettes a day. You are also likely to be highly dependent on nicotine if you: Need a cigarette
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      Lock icon Some seats don’t help
      351 12 Design flaw can be fatal for kids Reuters DETROIT Small children in some types of car seat may be thrown out of cars in rollover crashes, experts report. The findings are important for families with sport utility vehicles, especially prone to rollovers. Rollovers make up only
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      Lock icon Eating fatty foods increases cancer risk for smokers
      116 12 Reuters ASHLAND, Ohio Smokers who consume lots of fatty food may be at increased risk of pancreatic cancer, a deadly disease that kills 19 out of 20 sufferers within five years of diagnosis. Initially symptomless, pancreatic cancer usually spreads to the lymph
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      Lock icon Veggie diet may protect breasts
      132 12 Reuters LONDON Life-long vegetarians may have a reduced risk of developing breast cancer, a new study suggests. Vegetarian women who had migrated to Britain from South Asia or East Africa had a slightly lower risk of breast cancer than peers who adopted a Western-style diet,
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      237 13 \.y-& mmmm mm* IS**' The Rice Table The centrepiece of Indonesian cuisine is the 'rijsttafel', a phase coined by the Dutch which literally means 'rice table'. Developed by the Dutch the story goes that they first approached Indonesian food with a great deal of caution, first sampling one dish and
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  • STREATS vocal
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      Lock icon GST hike makes grass look greener elsewhere
      212 14 WITH the GST (goods and services tax) due to go up while the cost of living is already soaring, we need to think hard about the future and what changes to make in our lives. For some people, increased GST must result in
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      Lock icon Crack down on bikers’din
      260 14 AS a regular visitor to your beautiful island, which I have known and loved for 50 years, I have recently been disturbed by rising levels of noise pollution, especially that caused by thousands of mainly Malaysian-registered motorcycles. Some years ago I wrote to the Ministry of
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      Lock icon Un-ez about rude bus drivers
      110 14 I CAN tolerate the inconvenience, expense and irritation of the ez-link glitches even having to alight from a bus before reaching my destination on two separate occasions because of a complete breakdown in the system. But it’s intolerable that most bus drivers are inadequately trained
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      Lock icon Clarification
      116 14 IN yesterday’s article “GST a key strategy”, we reported of the GST hike: “He (Finance Minister Lee Hsien Loong) assured the House that it would remain unchanged for five years and added that there were no plans for further increases. “However, he said he could not make any promises
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  • STREATS regional
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      Lock icon Handshakes, smiles as tensions thaw
      545 17 Bush praises Mahathir’s leadership in anti-terror fight -AFP Wire services Thank you, Mr PM WASHINGTON US President George W Bush is all praise for visiting Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad’s efforts in combating terrorism. “I’ve been looking forward to this visit to publicly thank the
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      Lock icon SOCCER SORCERERS
      33 17 Young Buddhist monks and children from the US playing football at the Chogye Temple in Seoul on Tuesday. The game was held in celebration of Buddha’s birthday, coming up tomorrow AFP
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      Lock icon $650 million aid for East Timor
      182 17 Wire services DILI International donors pledged some US$36O million ($650 million) in new aid for poverty-stricken East Timor at the end of talks yesterday, meaning that a total of US$44O million in assistance will be available for the first three years of independence. East
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      Lock icon Hamzah hosted dinner for Abu Bakar, Jaffar
      186 17 AP JAKARTA Indonesian officials and Western diplomats say that VicePresident Hamzah Haz has asked President Megawati Sukarnoputri to move cautiously in rounding up alleged terrorists, reported the Washington Post. And so far Ms Megawati appears to be heeding that message. The Post said
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      Lock icon Nurses viewed with distrust following curry murder
      209 19 ap TOKYO A murder case involving Japanese nurses has hit a raw nerve not only because of the clinical manner in which it was carried out but because it comes amid a growing distrust of the medical profession. Four nurses are accused of
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    • REGIONAL DEBRIEF
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        Lock icon ASEAN-CHINA ACCORD
        65 19 -AFP CHINA and Asean aim to conclude an outline accord on setting up a huge free trade zone by the Dec 31, officials said yesterday. Delegates from the two sides have agreed to set up a joint working committee to thrash out details. Leaders of Asean and China
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        Lock icon JAPAN-CHINA TALKS
        72 19 -AFP JAPAN and China agreed yesterday to seek an early solution to a conflict triggered by China seizing North Korean defectors at a Japanese consulate, an official said. But the Japanese foreign ministry official denied news reports that the two sides had already agreed that the five North
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        Lock icon ACEH GIRLS HELD
        88 19 -AFP ACEH rebels said yesterday they had detained nine women students because of their “close relationship” with soldiers. Eight high school girls and a university student were detained last week at the request of their parents, said a Free Aceh Movement (GAM) spokesman. He said the nine
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  • STREATS global
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      Lock icon Senate takes away Bush’s power to negotiate trade deals
      296 22 AP WASHINGTON US President George W Bush suffered a major setback in his fight to win expanded trade negotiating authority yesterday as the Senate approved a proposal that his aides had said would cripple his ability to cut new trade deals.
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      Lock icon CHILD'S PLAY?
      51 22 A man letting his son cast his electronic ballot at a polling station in Rotterdam in the Dutch general elections yesterday. Security was tight here where murdered right-wing politician Pirn Fortuyn would have cast his vote. Mr Fortuyns party is predicted to win a big share of seats
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      Lock icon Vajpayee wants retaliation
      453 22 Muslim militants must stop crossing over from Pakistan: US Wire services NEW DELHI Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee said yesterday New Delhi must retaliate over a bloody guerilla raid in disputed Kashmir in which 34 people died and which has stoked tensions with Pakistan. “Whatever has
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      Lock icon US plans high-tech Kashmir ceasefire line
      186 22 WASHINGTON The Kashmir ceasefire line may soon be equipped with high-tech US monitoring equipment which hopefully will prevent a ftill-scale conflict between South Asia’s two nuclear powers. Yesterday’s killings by Islamist insurgents in Jammu lent urgency to the matter, Britain’s The Times reported yesterday.
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    • GLOBAL DEBRIEF
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        Lock icon ANNA’S NIPPLE SAME AS TOPLESS WOMAN’S
        103 22 Reuters THE man who sold Penthouse magazine a video of a topless woman has testified he thought she was tennis star Anna Koumikova because of the size of her nipples. Judith Soltesz-Benetton, 28, daughter-in-law of fashion designer Luciano Benetton, who said that the video
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        Lock icon UNWANTED BABIES, NAMELESS MUMS
        57 22 GERMAN women who don’t want their new babies will be able to leave them in hospital without ever having to register as the mother, under a law proposed by Germany’s main parties. The plan would allow mothers to leave an explanatory note that would be given
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        Lock icon 'NITTY GRITTY' NOT OK IN UK
        69 22 -AFP A BRITISH minister has come under fire for using the phrase “nitty gritty”, British newspapers reported yesterday. On Tuesday, Home Office Minister John Denham said it was time to “get down to the nitty gritty” on police training. “Nitty gritty” originates from a
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      Lock icon ‘Paedophile’ priest shot
      229 24 Reuters BALTIMORE -A Roman Catholic priest who has admitted to having sex with a teenage boy was shot and wounded by a 26-year-old man on Tuesday. In what Catholic officials believe is the first violent assault on an accused priest since the current Church sex-abuse scandal erupted
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    • Article
      Lock icon US ‘super squad’ to fight terror
      173 24 WASHINGTON -A new US anti-terrorism “super squad” to lead all major investigations worldwide has been proposed by FBI director Robert Mueller. The proposal is part of plans to revamp the bureau post-Sept 11, officials told the Washington Post on Monday. If the proposal is
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      Lock icon Arafat: We'll change
      334 24 Palestinian Authority to be overhauled -AFP RAMALLAH Bowing to international pressure, Mr Yasser Arafat yesterday agreed to overhaul his Palestinian Authority, while shouldering the blame for unpopular deals to break the Israeli siege of his compound. “I will present a new formula for the administration of the
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      Lock icon PLAYING THE FIELD
      47 24 Cuban President Fidel Castro calling for time as former US president Jimmy Carter prepares to throw the first pitch in a baseball game in Havana on Tuesday. Mr Carter called < for democratic reform in Communist Cuba, urging Mr Castro to allow political change «I
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      Lock icon Saudi prince tutors Bush on Mid-East troubles
      243 24 Reuters RIYADH US President George W Bush doesn’t know too much about the Middle East, but he’s a good guy. That’s the impression Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah got when he met Mr Bush for the first time last month. “I found a man
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  • STREATS people
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      Lock icon Mindanao dreaming
      614 26 Defiant Misuari keeps homeland hope alive FORT SANTO DOMINGO Detained Muslim leader Nur Misuari said yesterday he was innocent of rebellion charges and vowed that Muslims in the southern Philippines would one day get their own homeland. The defiant 65-year-old former governor of a semi-autonomous Muslim region in
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      249 26 AP TAIPEI Taiwan’s first lady says she has warned her husband that if he gets mired in sex scandals like former US president Bill Clinton, she’ll campaign against him in the next election. “If you run for something, I’ll run for it, too,”
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      768 29 LAT '-WP WHAT can anyone possibly tell the die-hardest of Intemet-sawy Star Wars fans about Episode II Attack of the Clones that they don’t already know? Maybe this: Keep your eyes focused and for heaven’s sake don’t blink, and in the comer of one scene you’ll spy
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      171 29 -lat -WP FANS always look for insider jokes, puns and clues while watching Star Wars flicks. Here’s just a sampling of what’s in Episode II Attack of the Clones: About those Millennium Falcons: Three forerunners of Han Solo’s ship appear during the sequence when Anakin Skywalker
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      639 31 STAR WARS: EPISODE II ATTACK OF THE CLONES Directed by George Lucas Starring Ewan McGregor, Hayden Christensen, Natalie Portman, Christopher Lee The original Star Wars trilogy was epoch-defining, 25-year-old Star Wars fan CHRISTIAN HO tells STEPHANIE GOH. He explains why the new trilogy might not
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      104 32 Taking the kid to playschool this morning? Here’s an idea for show and tell. US kindergarten pioneer Elizabeth Palmer Peabody was bom on this day in 1804. She started the first kindergarten as we know it in Boston in 1860, inspired by German educator Friedrich Froebel’s
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        112 32 Let your dog have its day this weekend. Bring your pooch to the two-day dog show at Downtown East to compete for the fastest dog, most obedient pet and highest jumper. Your pet might get inspired by the duck herding demonstrations. Registration forms for the contests can
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        79 32 JUNOON FIGHT FOR LITERACY CHARITY CONCERT Kallang Theatre Saturday, Bpm Tickets at $196, $126, $7l, $46 Call Sistic at 6348-5555 Q magazine called them “one of the biggest bands in the world”. Billboard credited them with being the Indian subcontinent’s “biggest crossover success after the late Nusrat Fateh Ali
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        55 32 ARTS IN THE CITY: ‘D’ JAZZ ENSEMBLE City Square, Raffles City Tomorrow, lpm Free This six-piece band will play popular standards, Latin, bebop jazz and some original material. Given that jazz is increasingly becoming part of mainstream fare, the group says it will take every opportunity including your lunchtime
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        154 32 BALLET UNDER THE STARS Fort Canning Green Friday to Sunday, 7-30 pm Tickets at $l5 Call Sistic at 6348-5555 One of the original outdoor events that started the party trend at Fort Canning Green, Ballet Under The Stars is back. This season features two acts Mozart’s Requiem and Serenade
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        55 32 MIXED MEDIA ON CANVAS: SYLVIA NUGROHO CoChine Gallery (49C Club Street) Tomorrow to June 4,12pm-10pm (except Sunday) Indonesian artist Sylvia Nugroho has an eclectic style with diverse influences Her canvases exude a calm and exotic South-east Asian ambience while incorporating French elements. This exhibition showcases 25 oil paintings weaved
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        83 32 THE SECOND CITY DBS Arts Centre May 21 to May 26, Bpm Tickets at $55, $45, $4O and $35 Call Ticket Charge at 6296-2929 Get an insight into one of the finest comedic traditions in North America. The Second City is an eight-member ensemble including Tom Flanigan (above). It
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        83 33 10pm, Channel 5 In early 1981, two children were found murdered in Toa Payoh. Adrian Lim, his wife Tan Mui Choo and girlfriend Hoe Kah Hong were subsequently arrested and charged for the murders. Their case became the second longest trial in Singapore
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        26 33 7pm, Channel U Jing’s house is set ablaze by the ruffians. She phones Lisheng for help but he has turned off his cellphone.
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        80 33 9.30 pm, Channel News Asia Slimming pills seem to be a no-sweat way to lose weight but they can have deadly side effects, as top PGA Golfer John Daly found out. He suffered a mini-stroke, brought on by slimming pills. Singapore actress Andrea De Cruz
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        325 33 AP MOVIE director Steven Spielberg has finally finished one of his few incomplete projects getting his university degree. He enrolled at California State University, Long Beach, in 1965 but dropped out three years later to pursue his filmmaking career. After re-enrolling nearly a year
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      113 33 CHUMES 50 Victoria Street Tel: 6336-1818 xmmv.chijmes.com.sg Nearest MRT Station: City Hall ON Sunday, the Chijmes Jazz Series will present the Tots Tolentino Jazz Band at the Chijmes Lawn from 6pm to 9pm. Tots, an established Filipino saxophonist, has performed in many jazz festivals across the US and
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      413 32 AQUARIUS JAN 20-FEB 18 You have a few more days before you’re free to collapse and rebuild. Save your energy for decisions that matter. Someone still needs your hand for support and your shoulder for crying. by Kelli Fox at Astrology.com PISCES FEB 19-MAR 20 Pisces does best among the
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      477 35  -  Cool response to Uruguay match prompts price slash By Tan Kim Han SINGAPORE meets World Cup finalist Uruguay in a football friendly at the National Stadium on Tuesday but tickets have yet to be snapped up. It is believed that only a few thousand tickets
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      496 37 Changes to Argentine squad will be made only in case of injury Reuters BUENOS AIRES Argentina has left Barcelona’s Javier Saviola (right) and Boca Juniors playmaker Juan Roman Riquelme out of its World Cup squad, according to local media which has been following the team’s preparations
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      286 37 AFP NBA SEMI-FINAL PLAY-OFFS Western Conference LA Lakers 93 San Antonio 87 (Lakers win series 4-1) LOS ANGELES Kobe Bryant scored 10 of his 26 points in the fourth quarter to spark Los Angeles Lakers past San Antonio Spurs 93-87. Shaquille O’Neal contributed 21 points
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        100 37 LONDON Germany coach Rudi Voeller has admitted that his side will struggle in the World Cup after its humiliating defeat to Wales on Tuesday. “I learnt that some of my players are not yet up to the challenge,” he said. Germany hit the post twice late on, but
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        108 37 -AFP DUBAI England’s “upbeat” football squad braved scorching temperatures and stifling humidity in Dubai yesterday for its first pre-World Cup training session. “Training was fine. It lasted about an hour or so. It was a gentle workout, just a bit of running,” Paul Newman, English Football Association (FA)
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        624 38 Target for Spain get past quarters Camacho calls on players who always fall short to be aggressive in attack and mean in defence AP MADRID Mixing a sparkling array of talents from clubs like Real Madrid, Valencia and Deportivo La Coruna, coach Jose Antonio Camacho hopes the 2002 World Cup
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        231 39 r a SPAIN SLOVENIA PARAGUAY SOUTH AFRICA VV* days to go Streats continues with its World Cup countdown, focusing on Spain, the likely mnner in Group B. Despite boasting the planet’s top clubs and players, it has failed to make an impact on the world stage. It is
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          128 39 TIME and time again, the tiny alpine country with only 12 years of footballing history has raised eyebrows with its performances on the world stage. Four years ago, it floundered on the road to France’9B, losing seven of eight qualifying matches. But Srecko Katanec has since transformed the team
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          132 39 THE impoverished South American nation qualified for the finals with two games to go. But embarrassing defeats to Venezuala (1-3) and Colombia (0-4) in its last two qualifiers cost Sergio Markarian his job. Sacking the coach who guided the country to its sixth World Cup appearance may not be
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          122 39 PREPARATIONS for its second World Cup has been hampered by the withdrawal of leading scorer and skipper Shaun Bartlett. But consolation could come in the form of former skipper Lucas Radebe if the Leeds United defender regains his fitness. The “Bafana Bafana”, as the South Africans are affectionately
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      44 37 South Korea declares war on America, Poland and Portugal Prepare for a month of battles with the compact guide to World Cup 2002, brought to you by Fujifilm. Get your copy on 22nd May 2002. FUJIFILM OFFICIAL IMAGING SPONSOR 2002 FIFA WOULD CUP www.fu|ifilm.com.sg
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      35 37 IN THE LIVING ROOM BADMINTON: Thomas Cup s-finals (RTM 1, 7 pm and Star Sports Ch 24, 7.30 pm). SOCCER: Pre World Cup friendly: Republic of Ireland v Nigeria (SuperSports Ch 22, tomorrow, 2.25 am).
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      367 40 Getting an Honours degree in only a year? Makes business sense to me.” w Jessica Yong THAMES STUDENT, BA (Hons) in Accountancy Studies University of Portsmouth A r Walk the direct path to a degree in Accountancy. At Thames, we have mapped the shortest and most direct path for those
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