Streats, 29 May 2002

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    12 1 Streats WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 2002 Hotline: 1800-844-5566 E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg MITA (P) 240/03/2002
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  • Article
    Lock icon Maid to order
    668 1  -  Maid agency accreditation scheme: House call rule riles agents By Sonny Phua PROBLEM with your maid? Tell your agent when he next visits your home. Yes, you can expect a visit from your not-so-happy maid agency at least three times every six months. It is one of
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    Lock icon PAKISTAN IS ‘EPICENTRE OF TERRORISM’: INDIA
    104 1 MORNING RUSH Wire services INDIA yesterday labelled Pakistan as “the epicentre of international terrorism” in its reaction to President Pervez Musharraf’s speech on Monday. Indian Foreign Minister Jaswant Singh’s statement came as British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw held talks with the Pakistan President. Mr
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      60 1 Is Jiang Zemin going or holding on? ?>. PAGE 16 THIGH Zinedine Zidane may miss ALL of France's first-round matches because of a torn thigh muscle PAGE 37 FOOT David Beckham recovers just in time and will play against Sweden on Sunday PAGE 32 AND MOUTH Irish players tell off
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  • STREATS local
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      Lock icon Kindergarten ‘a time for curiosity, friends’
      394 2 Don’t use pre-school to prepare for Primary 1: Tharman THE kindergarten should not be used to prepare children for primary school. It should be a period when kids, aged four to six, are imbued with a love for learning and are allowed to develop
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      Lock icon Teens taught to just say no to sex
      366 2  -  By Wendy Tan SAY “no” to pre-marital sex. That was the loud and clear message of a new sex-education programme called No Apologies: The Truth About Life, Love and Sex, which was launched yesterday by Minister of State for Community Development and
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      Lock icon Piece of skull could belong to drowned boy
      159 3 A PIECE of human skull, found 1.5 nautical miles from where a woman and her two young children drowned near Kranji Reservoir last month, will be sent to the US for DNA tests to see if it matches that of the child
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      318 3  -  Wedding in a tank full of sharks B v Cara van Miriah EVERY couple wants a memorable wedding. Some like it extravagant and grand, with music, dry ice for a smoke effect, the works. But there are a few who opt for something out of the
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      Lock icon Liver search still critical
      353 4  -  Monk among many who offer to help dying woman By Zubaidah Nazeer A MONK keen on making a Vesak Day gesture is one of many offering hope for liver failure victim Ms Raja, 43. Ms Raja, another victim of the banned drug Slim 10, could die
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      Lock icon Student used another’s ID to access Net
      257 4  -  By Khushwant Singh AN Indonesian student was sentenced yesterday to jail for computer-related offences committed against a fellow student. Boy Christian Indra, 20, an electrical engineering student at Ngee Ann Polytechnic, was jailed for four months after pleading guilty last week to three
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      Lock icon China Vice-Premier, PM hold talks
      153 4 SOLID bilateral ties between China and Singapore were further cemented by a constructive meeting between China’s Vice-Premier Li Lanqing and Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong, the Prime Minister’s Office said yesterday. The two men discussed international terrorism and the proposed free trade agreement between China
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      Lock icon Chee, Zulfikar in court today
      140 4 SINGAPORE Democratic Party leader Chee Soon Juan and activist Zulfikar Mohamad Shariff will face charges of wilful trespass in court this morning. Dr Chee, secretary-general of the SDP, was arrested on May 1 after he tried to hold a Labour Day rally in front of
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      Lock icon PowerGrid to retrench 59 on Friday
      251 4 SINGAPORE Power subsidiary Power Grid will retrench 59 employees from its Public Lighting department on Friday, following its failure to clinch a street lighting contract in February. The contract was lost to Brightßeam Pte Ltd, one of three companies in Singapore engaging in the
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      Lock icon Nine firms charged for hiring fraud
      165 4 Bernama NINE companies and 25 foreigners were charged in court last year with breaching employment rules including overstating salaries and faking education credentials to obtain permits to work here, the Manpower Ministry (MOM) said today. A director of an engineering company was sentenced to
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  • STREATS vocal
    • Article
      Lock icon HDB carparks run in the black
      815 5  -  Comment By LEE lIAN SIHH Deficit shows because development costs are brought into the equation CONTRARY to popular belief, the Housing and Development Board does not lose money on its carparks. In fact, it is making good profits out of them. HDB, which houses
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      Lock icon Tailor public healthcare to users’ needs
      275 6 THE recent case in which a couple ended up with a $209,000 bill for the birth and post-natal care of their baby is likely to strike a note of alarm in most Singaporeans. But whether or not this case will be a catalyst for
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      Lock icon Why not fix CIE?
      119 6 LOY Joon How’s contentions in his letter “Don’t charge us for CTE’s flaws” (Streats, May 24) are spot on. Many people have been telling the Government for years, not only recently, that the Central Expressway’s design causes traffic congestion. There is little doubt that this is
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      Lock icon Air-con station: SBS will try to defray cost
      151 6 WE refer to “How much for this comfort?” (Streats, May 24), a letter by Christopher Teo Kian Lam. We are pleased to know that Mr Teo appreciates the cool comfort that our new air-conditioned Toa Payoh Bus Interchange provides. As Mr Teo
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      Lock icon Slim 10 distributor getting off lightly
      114 6 I WAS relieved to hear that actress Andrea De Cruz is on the mend after her operation. But what about the others who had health complications after taking Slim 10 diet pills? I also took the pills, but didn’t finish the bottle. After hearing
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      Lock icon Nothing to crow about
      622 6  -  Comment By PHILIP LEE I USED to live in a house with a garden that had a rambutan tree. It produced the most succulent and sweet fruit, the kind that is crunchy and whose flesh does not stick to the seed. During the rambutan season, I
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      441 5 I PRIFYSGOL CYMRU UNIVERSITY OF WALES MBA University of Wales Established in 1893, the University of Wales has established itself as one of UK's foremost centres for scholarship and scientific research with nearly 80,000 students. University of Wales is the second largest university in the Great Britain. BSc (Hons) in
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      36 6 HavetourSay Streats is pleased to publish your views. To be heard, email us at streats@spkcom.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 fiancial
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      Lock icon Manufacturing index up 8.1%
      182 8 Reuters SINGAPORE’S manufacturing production rose an unexpectedly robust 8.1 per cent in April year-on-year, boosted by a turnaround in electronics output and continuing strength in biomedical sciences and chemicals. The Government said yesterday that more segments within the key electronics sector were climbing out of a
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      Lock icon Vodafone spending spree costs $51b in write-offs
      181 8 -AFP LONDON British cellphone giant Vodafone yesterday announced one of the biggest write-offs in corporate history as it counted the cost of an aggressive spending spree. It announced pre-tax profits before exceptional items of £6.2 billion ($16.2 billion) an increase of 54 per
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      Lock icon FOREX RATES
      26 8 ♦AS AT MAY 28 US$: 551.794 552.617 EURO: 551.659 Ss: DM1.235 Ss: 69.47 YEN Ss: RM2.118 Ss: HK54.346 Ss: 23.78 BAHT Ss: 4,942 RUPIAH
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      Lock icon Favourable data ignored as STI dips
      421 8 STI: 1,708.63 .t. 13.68 Reuters SHARES yesterday sank to their lowest level since February, ignoring a robust April production number, as banks and other blue chips sank. The Straits Times Index was down 0.79 per cent or 13.68 points at 1,708.63 by the close.
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      Lock icon ‘S'pore FTA by Oct’
      330 8 Thaksin also seeking deal with Australia Reuters CANBERRA Australia and Singapore are aiming to sign a free trade agreement (FTA) in October when their leaders attend a regional summit in Mexico, Trade Minister Mark Vaile said yesterday. The two countries concluded a seventh round of bilateral
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    • MONEY SCAN
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        Lock icon SINGTEL SEES REVENUE
        79 8 Reuters SINGTEL said yesterday it expects revenue from data hosting services to reach As2oo million 199 million) a year by 2005 as it taps into 10 key markets in the region. Sing Tel also said it expected to win 5 to 8 per cent of the region’s
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        Lock icon US CONSUMER NOs UP
        64 8 AP AMERICAN consumers opened their pocketbooks and wallets wider in April and increased their spending by 0.5 per cent. Incomes rose modestly by 0.3 per cent. Consumers, whose spending accounts for two-thirds of all economic activity in the US, splurged on big-ticket items. Low interest rates
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        Lock icon TV BOOSTS ADVERTISING
        96 8 Reuters TELEVISION stations helped keep Singapore’s advertising market buoyant in the first quarter of the year, Nielsen Media Research said yesterday. Overall ad spending rose 8.3 per cent to $366.8 million compared to January to March 2001. TV ad spending leapt 28.2 per cent to $138.6 million.
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  • WORKING money
    • A financial series on matters close to your heart. Brought to you by ABN AMRO Bank
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        Lock icon Making your CPF work for you
        586 9  -  Deepa Vijiyasingam IF YOU leave your CPF savings idle, chances are you won’t be able to bankroll that cozy retirement you have in mind. Currently, CPF Ordinary Account balances return a mere 2.5 per cent a year, while savings in the Special Account earn
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        Lock icon MONEY TALK
        276 9 QI am turning 55 this month and will be withdrawing my CPF savings. How best should I invest the money? A You will have to set aside a Minimum Sum of $70,000 with the CPF Board upon reaching age 55. You can either: Do nothing and leave it
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  • STREATS medieal
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      Lock icon An apple a day Keeps cancer away
      416 10 Vitamin C helps cut risk: study Reuters WELLS-NEXT-THE-SEA, England Eating an extra apple or orange a day could significantly reduce the risk of dying early from heart disease or cancer, scientists from England’s Cambridge University said on Monday. Researchers from Cancer Research UK,
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      Lock icon Fruit and veg for healthy heart
      97 10 -afp LONDON Eating more fruits and vegetables helps reduce blood pressure, British doctors reported this week. Volunteers were told by Oxford University researchers to eat at least five servings of vegetables or fruit a day. After six months, the volunteers’ blood pressure fell substantially.
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      Lock icon Another reason to eat broccoli
      221 10 Reuters WASHINGTON Broccoli is not only loaded with vitamins and minerals it may carry a substance that kills bacteria that cause stomach cancer, French and American researchers said in a report published this week. A compound that helps give broccoli its distinctive taste, which some
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      Lock icon HEALTH FORUM
      225 10 QDoes apple cider vinegar promote weight bss and relieve sore throats? Is it also a natural antiseptic that cleanses the body? A Apple cider vinegar consists of weak acids. The common belief is that the acid speeds up the body’s metabolism and “melts” away body fat. There is
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      Lock icon Stomach cancer
      113 10 HEALTH FACT THIS is the third most common cancer in Singaporean men and the fifth most common cancer among women here. Rates in Asia are among the highest in the world. Stomach cancer is most commonly found in men aged 50 to 70 years. Those with stomach cancer
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  • STREATS regional
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      Lock icon S’poreans selling Johor homes
      238 12 There’s no demand, say property agents JOHOR BARU The economic recession in Singapore has caused some Singaporeans to sell their properties in Johor. The Malay daily Utusan Malaysia reported that many of them have asked property agents to sell their houses and factories. But the Johor
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      Lock icon Thai ministers beat censure
      112 12 AP BANGKOK Thailand’s parliament yesterday voted to reject censure motions against 15 cabinet ministers in Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s government. The 15 each easily got more than the half majority needed in the 500-seat elected lower house. They received between 355 and 360 votes. The ruling
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      Lock icon FOWL PLAY
      31 12 Penguins in soccer jerseys ‘playing a game in Seoul yesterday to celebrate the World Cup. South Korea and Japan are co-hosts of the soccer tournament which starts on Friday
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      Lock icon Dr M to raise Mid-East crisis with Pope
      157 12 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad yesterday said he will raise the Palestinian issue with Pope John Paul II during talks early next month at the Vatican. Dr Mahathir, 76, said the Palestinian problem concerns not only Muslims but also
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      Lock icon 3 dead, 5 missing in M’sia boat mishap
      79 12 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Three people died and five were missing after their boat capsized in a lake during a motivational camp retreat in Malaysia’s northern Perak state. No one on board was wearing a lifejacket and police has not ruled out negligence,
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      Lock icon Cops ‘need to cooperate’
      307 15 Asean fights terrorism AFP PHNOM PENH Asean efforts to combat terrorism moved to the local police yesterday. Cambodian Interior Minister Sar Kheng warned police chiefs at the 22nd annual Asean police conference that Sept 11 had added a new dimension to terrorism that dictated stronger cooperation
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      Lock icon US experts join Taiwan plane crash investigation
      237 15 Wire services TAIPEI US crash experts who took part in an investigation into a mid-air explosion of a Trans World Airlines plane in 1996 arrived here yesterday to help find the cause of a China Airlines (CAL) crash that killed 225 people. A
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      Lock icon Jurassic Park, Aussie style
      130 15 AFP SYDNEY Genetic engineering could bring back the extinct Tasmanian Tiger. The striped animal, named scientifically as the thylacine, was the largest known carnivore marsupial (a creature with a pouch to carry its young) until it was pronounced extinct in 1936 after decades of being hunted
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    • REGIONAL DEBRIEF
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        Lock icon THAIS TO JOIN WAR ON HAZE
        56 15 Xinhua THAILAND will sign an Asean deal on haze pollution next month, the first regionwide attempt to deal with the haze from forest fires and agricultural burning. The Science, Technology and Environment minister will go to Malaysia on June 10 to sign the Asean
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        Lock icon V-P: NO MARTIAL LAW FOR MALUKU
        75 15 VICE-PRESIDENT Hamzah Haz denied on Monday that Indonesia’s plan to form a new security command body in Maluku is an attempt to impose martial law in the conflict-tom province. The Jakarta Post quoted Mr Hamzah as saying that the new command would work with
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        Lock icon JAKARTA PUTS OFF GUSMAO VISIT
        72 15 -AFP INDONESIA postponed yesterday a visit by East Timor’s new leaders because of what it described as a scheduling problem. President Xanana Gusmao had planned to make his first overseas trip as head of state to Indonesia to symbolise a new chapter in relations. He
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      Lock icon Is Jiang fighting to stay in power?
      864 16 Handover powerplay in China AFP BEIJING Months before China’s President Jiang Zemin is due to begin a handover to a new generation of leaders, speculation is mounting that he might be fighting a rearguard action to keep hold of the reins of power.
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      592 15 Ringtone not listed SMS song name to 9749 5176 to get ringtone ID supports Samsung (N 500,1100, R 220, N 620). Siemens (545, ME4S. C 45), Motorola (Tl9l, Tl9O, TlB9, VBOBB. VBoBB+. P7SB9, V 100) ..Alcatel 511, 512 All Nokia except 51XX JP per mm Only takes 1 min on
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  • STREATS GLOBAL
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      Lock icon Israel raids Jenin after attack
      473 17 Top militant leader arrested Reuters JENIN Israeli forces swept into the West Bank city of Jenin yesterday and arrested a senior militant after a Palestinian suicide bomber killed an 18-month-old girl and her grandmother at a cafe in Israel. US President George W Bush condemned
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      Lock icon Russia joins Nato as junior partner
      335 17 ap ROME Nato, the alliance v set up more than a half century ago for the Cold War containment of Moscow, formally accepted its old enemy as a junior partner yesterday. “We have come a long way from confrontation to dialogue, and from confrontation
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    • GLOBAL DEBRIEF
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        Lock icon 80 HELD IN IRAN OVER PHOTOS
        74 17 AFP EIGHTY Iranians who went on a bus trip were found to have been indulging in group photography and carrying contraceptives and were arrested, a newspaper reported yesterday. Accused of “illegal and immoral behaviour,” they were in a party of some 200 who had
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        Lock icon DEAD POET MOURNED
        69 17 AFP ROMANIA is in mourning after the death of leading poet and literary figure Stefan Augustin Doinas, followed a few hours later by the suicide of his wife, ballerina Irinel Liciu. Eighty-year-old Doinas, who wrote some 20 volumes of poetry and literary criticism, died of a heart
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      Lock icon Gujarat prepares for Muslim backlash
      762 19 Revenge on the minds of many after months of religious violence Reuters AHMEDABAD, India Fourteen-year-old Javed looks intently at the ground as he vows revenge against a Hindu mob that burned his mother, father and sister alive. “Wouldn’t you?” he asked, lounging against the stone
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      Lock icon Musharraf speech dangerous: India
      573 22 New Delhi condemns Islamabad’s ‘nuclear war threat’ Wire services NEW DELHI Dangerous and disappointing. That’s how India, making its first official response, described Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf’s speech made on Monday. Indian Foreign Minister Jaswant Singh yesterday said the speech would only increase tension between the
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      Lock icon Pakistan moves N-warheads to border
      291 22 Wire services LAHORE Pakistan has moved its forces to battle-ready positions along the international border with India, according to The News daily. The paper, quoting from a survey conducted by a Western intelligence agency, said Pakistan has moved its tactical nuclear warheads to the Line
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      Lock icon 'Al Qaeda hiding in Pakistan Kashmir’
      303 22 Wire services NEW DELHI A 1 Qaeda and Taleban fighters are among the militants hiding in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir, Indian Defence Minister George Fernandes said yesterday. “We have information that the number of terrorists who are on the other side of the border... (are) people
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      650 21 ir -i w m V”IF We're Moving to Toa Payoh ousi From 10 June 2002, HDB will operate from its new headquarters at the HDB Hub at Lorong 6 Toa Payoh. Getting to HDB Hub We are located above the Toa Payoh MRT. With the integration of the Toa Payoh
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  • STREATS people
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      Lock icon ‘Romeo’ bomber honoured
      653 24 Prevented from seeing girlfriend, he joined Hamas afp TULKAREM, West Bank On the evening of March 27, Abdelbaset Odeih, 25, walked into the restaurant of the Park Hotel in the northern Israeli coastal town of Netanya and detonated a powerful bomb. He killed himself and 29 mostly
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      Lock icon Popular soldier named Australian military chief
      176 24 AFP CANBERRA Australia’s best-known soldier, Lt-General Peter Cosgrove, was named the new Chief of the Defence Force yesterday. Lt-Gen Cosgrove led the international force in late 1999 to restore peace after Indonesianbacked militias rampaged through East Timor following its vote to split from Jakarta.
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  • easy STREATS
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      Lock icon The man behind Swing-apore
      827 25 Edmund Cheng battled strait-laced bureaucrats and Singapore’s boring’ image to lead a nightlife revolution HE’S the man who put the swing into Singapore. It’s gone from being the most boring place on earth, according to the Economist magazine years ago, to the funky town on the
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      Lock icon U can be a star, too, on Channel U
      285 25  -  Bu Yvonne Kowk ORDINARY Singaporeans are getting another stab at fame, courtesy of Channel U again. Two new programmes will be launched next month, focusing on the man in the street. Also, Kym Ng and Bryan Wong will return to search
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      189 26 POP idol Robbie Williams has revealed the sizzling secret behind his romance with model Rachel Hunter. “Rachel’s a loin tamer she’s hot, hot, hot, especially in bed,” Robbie, 28, told friends, according to The Sun. Rachel, rocker Rod Stewart’s former wife, once described sex
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      340 26 THE bad boy of Canto-pop is at it again zooming down Hongkong streets in a Ferrari at a breakneck speed of 200kmh. This time Nicholas Tse tried to blame the paparazzi, saying he was trying to escape them. He left his apartment at 6.30 am on
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      181 26 THIS popular Taiwanese duo has a softer side. Stars Li Wei and Lin Youwei have adopted a Singapore charity the Metta School for mild intellectually disabled (MID) children. And to raise funds, fans and donors are invited to see the stars up close when they host a
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      213 26 BORED of watching World Cup action on TV at home? Well, then head down to the Padang and cheer your favourite World Cup team. The tournament’s last four games will be telecast on a sm-by-4m screen, facing the Singapore Recreation Centre. The atmosphere promises
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      116 28 It can rain on some of Singapore all of the time, and all of Singapore some of the time, but it can’t rain on all of Singapore all of the time. This famous quote (with a lot of liberties) is said to have been uttered by
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        107 28 Take care of yourself, find out about the importance of nutrition in stress management. The talk on Friday, 7pm-8pm, at the Caimhill Community Centre (1 Anthony Road, behind Newton MRT station) costs $4 for the CC’s youth group members and $5 for non-members. Register online at www.pa.gov.sg
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        42 28 INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL CHORUS Chijmes Hall Today, Bpm Tickets at $2l Call Sistic at 6348-5555 or log on to www.sistic.com.sg The chorale ensemble will present sacred choral masterworks from the Renaissance to the contemporary, including music by Britten, Byrd, Mozart and Rutter.
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        66 28 AMELIE FROM MONTMARTRE AGF Theatre, Alliance Francaise, 1 Sarkies Road Today, 9pm Tickets at $7 (non members), $5 (members) Call Sistic at 6348-5555 or book online at www.sistic.com.sg Amelie is a timid girl who has an extraordinary passion for helping those around her. She becomes an agony aunt for
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        24 28 NUS INDIAN ENSEMBLE ARTrium @MITA Today, lpm Free Have Indian for lunch with the rich sounds of the sitar, veena, violin and tabla.
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        47 28 LINDY HOP COURSES YMCA, 1 Orchard Road Thursday $66 (non-member), $63 (member) A new course starts this tomorrow from 7pm-Bpm. You should be twinkle-toed by the time the weekly course ends in six weeks. Register at the member services counter of the YMCA or call 6430-2288.
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        84 28 THE INITESTAND COMEDY CLUB Tonight till May 31, Bpm Anywhere Music Pub (Level 4, Tanglin Shopping Centre) Tickets at $5l Call 6296-2929 or book online at www. ticketcharge. com. sg Three jokers for the price of one. Paul Tonkinson’s act centres on the cartoon figures that dominate his life.
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        73 28 MASTERS OF FASHION PHOTOGRAPHY Art Seasons, 5 Gemmill Lane till June 22, llam-Bpm Monday to Friday and 12pm-7pm on Saturday Free A photographic exhibition by Helmut Newton (Germany), Frank Horvat (Italy, his work is pictured above), William Klein (USA) and Francois Rousseau (France). Their works have appeared in Vogue,
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        35 31 llpm, Channel 5 The skeletal remains of a woman who was buried in a concrete wall 20 years ago baffles the CSI team. Katherine’s ex-husband, meantime, is the prime suspect in a rape case.
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        63 31 9pm, Cinemax (SCV 59) Oscar-nominated actor Edward Norton puts in the performance of his life in this drama about racism. It tells the story of two men a re-formed neo-Nazi (Edward) putting the pieces of his life together after three years in jail, and his delinquent younger
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        77 31 Bpm, Channel i After a rough turn at Kirk McGee, Nick is back at Fallin Associates just as Burton is looking into the case of Susan Newberg, deceased daughter of a longtime client and family friend. What begins as an investigation into the vast estate left to Susan’s
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        384 31 ACTORS who want to stay marketable will soon have to learn how to play their parts alone on the set. Jeroen Lapre, technical director of US visual effects company Industrial Light and Magic (ILM), said in an interview with the Sydney Morning Herald published yesterday: “In the
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      129 31 Bar Sa Vanh 49 Club Street Singapore *****6 Tel: 6323-0503 www.IndoChine. com.sg JAZZ singer Lara Rose and DJ Wayne Sealey will be performing their Smooth Grooves at Bar Sa Vanh tonight from 8.30pm. Lara’s tour here coincides with the British release of her latest single Free, which she
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