Streats, 30 May 2002

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  • STREATS local
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      Lock icon S$ bound for Shanghai
      344 2 Three investors out of 10 pick Chinese city SINGAPORE businessmen investing in China are putting their money mainly in Shanghai, the country’s commercial centre. The most popular ventures are in advertising, banking and financial services. But they are not ignoring the less developed western region of
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      Lock icon S’pore investment in China doubles
      206 2 SINGAPORE is now China’s fifth largest investor behind the US, Taiwan, Japan and Hongkong with a cumulative total of U 5537.3 billion ($66.9 billion). In the first quarter of this year alone, more than US$B3O million was invested. The Singaporean businessman has also become more
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      Lock icon GREAT CUSTOMER SERVICE
      123 2 ONE KIND ACT Richard Lim I was overcharged at Carrefour but didn’t realise until I got home. Mr Sivakumar, the head of the cashier’s department, was extremely helpful when I telephoned to report the problem. He acted on it immediately after I gave him my particulars and
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      Lock icon Retirees become businessmen
      292 3 Brainwave turns into moneymaker A BRAINWAVE struck six retirees who meet regularly for chats at a void deck in Pasir Ris Street 52: Why not help promote good neighbourly ties among residents and make some money at the same time? The senior citizens comprising one man and
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      Lock icon Need a job? Check this out
      102 3 IF you want work, hit Tampines MRT station on Saturday. More than 1,000 services, hospitality, logistics and manufacturing jobs will be on offer at a job fair run by the Manpower Ministry and the North-east Community Development Council. Take your pick of jobs such
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      Lock icon China travel fair a first in Singapore
      156 3 IF you are planning a trip to China, you might want to check out a travel fair specialising on the country the first of its kind organised by the National Association of Travel Agents Singapore (Natas). The China travel fair is a result
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      Lock icon Char kway teow and durian way to conquer the world
      302 4 THE annual pre-university seminar on how Singapore can reinvent itself and stay ahead in the changing world began yesterday at the Nanyang Technological University. And the suggestions from the 500 first-year college students were varied. The students believe that Singapore
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      Lock icon Chee, Zulfikar claim trial
      296 4  -  By Khushwant Singh IN addition to the defamation suit he is facing, Dr Chee Soon Juan has another battle on his hands. Yesterday, he claimed trial to the charge of trepassing on the Istana grounds on May 1 and of trying to provide public entertainment there
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      Lock icon Pubs join smoking fight
      290 4  -  Patrons can smoke, but some nightspots won’t sell cigarettes for a day By Cara van Miriah THIRTY nightspots will support World No-Tobacco Day tomorrow by not selling cigarettes on that day. .g* The places include Bistro Turf Cafe, The Beach Bistro, JJ Pub, Next Page pub,
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      Lock icon He hid weapons at home
      122 4  -  Khushwant Singh ON FEB 26, when police arrested Mohammed Iskandar Shah Ibrahim, 32, at home for his involvement in a fight, they were in for a surprise. In his flat at Block 608 dementi West Street 1, they found a kris, a walking stick with
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      Lock icon Chatline friend a thief
      135 4  -  Khushwant Singh JOBLESS woman Chua Siew Lian, 22, got to know tour leader Liew Fatt Ping, 41, through an Internet chatline in December. They met soon after, and Mr Liew invited the 1.7 m-tall, slim and attractive woman to his Block 3 Jalan Batu flat. Chua
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      Lock icon 70 7-series BMWs recalled
      162 6 SOME of the new BMW 7-series cars can’t go faster than 70kmh way below their top speed of 220kmh. This is due to a fault which affects the car’s engine power. Some 70 cars here which may have that fault are being recalled by distributor Performance
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      Lock icon Threats... then death
      340 6 Mother-daughter murder in office A SMOKESCREEN meant to hide a double murder on Tuesday night thickened yesterday with allegations of death threats against the victims. A small fire in front of an office was intended to cover up the fatal stabbing of a mother and daughter, police
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      Lock icon Housebreaker gets a bit of luck in court
      255 6  -  By Khushwant Singh SALESMAN Shameer Bekaram, 24, who has a history of criminal offences, was yesterday jailed for seven years and seven strokes of the cane for housebreaking. Although he also stole a motorcycle on the night he and two accomplices broke
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  • STREATS financial
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      Lock icon Tech stocks, blue chips sink
      428 8 STI: 1,684.42 24.21 Reuters SHARES closed lower for the second day in a row yesterday as technology firms and blue chips, such as SIA and the banks, dipped in thin volumes, pushing the main index to a new three-month low. The absence of buying support
      – Reuters  -  428 words
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      Lock icon ‘S'pore can tap new sectors’
      438 8 Look at insurance, tourism in western China: Vice-Premier Ii Reuters SINGAPORE firms can tap new opportunities in western China and areas such as insurance and tourism as the nation seeks foreign expertise and investment, Chinese Vice-Premier Li Lanqing said yesterday. Mr Li, the third senior
      – Reuters  -  438 words
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      Lock icon China Netcom mum on Global Crossing offer
      215 8 Reuters SHANGHAI China Netcom Group, the country’s second fixed-line operator, said yesterday it wants to expand overseas but declined to say whether it will bid for troubled wholesale carrier Asia Global Crossing. “We have to move outwards,” China Netcom president Xi Guohua said
      – Reuters  -  215 words
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      Lock icon FOREX RATES
      26 8 *AS AT MAY 29 US$: 551.793 552.617 4 EURO:SSI.663 Ss: DM1.236 Ss: 69.46 YEN Ss: RM2.119 Ss: HK54.349 Ss: 23.72 BAHT Ss: 4,923 RUPIAH
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    • MONEY SCAN
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        Lock icon CEREBOS PROFIT $16.71M
        82 8 Reuters CEREBOS Pacific Ltd yesterday reported a net profit of $16.71 million for the six months to March, down from $30.59 million previously. Cerebos said revenues for the first half of $259.2 million, against the year-earlier $258.26 million, included an exchange gain of $4.8 million. Without the
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        Lock icon IMF UPS THAI FORECAST
        81 8 -AFP THE International Monetary Fund has revised its economic growth forecast for Thailand this year to 3.2 per cent from 2.7 per cent, reports said yesterday. The IMF revised its forecast on the strength of strong consumer spending, a rebound in exports and a recovering global
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        Lock icon JAPAN OUTPUT RISES
        66 8 -AFP JAPAN’S industrial output in April rose 0.2 per cent from the previous month, the trade ministry said in a preliminary report yesterday. The April figure followed a 0.8 per cent increase in March, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said. The rise came in below
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  • STREATS medical
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      Lock icon Amino acid linked to shrinking brain
      260 10 Reuters RUSTON, Louisiana High levels of the amino acid homocysteine may increase the risk of brain shrinkage and blood vessel disease, researchers report. In a study published in this week’s Neurology, Dr Joshua Miller and the team at the University of CalifomiaDavis compared homocysteine
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      Lock icon Gut bug, aspirin a bad combo
      128 10 Reuters TUMAHOLE, South Africa Aspirin’s harmful effects on the stomach’s lining are more damaging in the presence of Helicobacter pylori, the bacteria that can cause ulcers, according to new findings. While both H pylori infection and aspirin are known to damage the stomach lining,
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      Lock icon Circumcision cuts infection
      329 10 Study may help develop HIV therapies Reuters GILLETTE, Wyoming Circumcision, or removal of the penis foreskin, is known to reduce the risk of HIV infection, and now we may know why. New findings could help in the development of therapies to prevent the spread of HIV Mr
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      Lock icon Explosive temper ‘a brain disorder’
      150 10 WARMINSTER, Pennsylvania People with an explosive temper may be suffering from a brain disorder, BBC Online has reported. Violent acts could be caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain, say US researchers. This is the first time that uncontrollable anger has been linked to
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      Lock icon Aids and HIV
      156 10 HEALTH FACT Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (Aids) is caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The HIV infection gradually destroys the body’s immune system. Aids is the final and most serious stage of HIV infection. This could take up to 10 years. The HIV virus weakens the
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      Lock icon HEALTH FORUM
      187 10 QDoes a pap smear need to be performed at a certain time of the month, for example, a specific number of days after menstruation, to get an accurate result? A Doctors recommend having a pap smear about a week after your period has finished. You should have the
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  • STREATS voval
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      Lock icon So, the 'real world’ is sick?
      130 12 I DISAGREE with the writer of the letter ‘Teach kids to deal with the real world” (Streats, May 15). Is the “real world” one filled with semi-nude women and sexually stimulating images? The real world that the writer referred to, I feel, is one
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      Lock icon Slim 10 culprit should pay
      190 12 THE writer of the letter “Slim 10 distributor getting off lightly” (Streats, May 29) is right in saying that people who bought the product in the belief that it was safe should get more than just a refund for unconsumed pills. After actress Andrea De
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      Lock icon Skilled foreign workers deserve medical subsidy
      136 12 DAVID Soh, in his letter “Tailor public healthcare to users’ needs” (Streats, May 29), suggested that subsidised specialist treatment should be available only to Singaporeans I disagree. His views are selfish and lean towards being nationalistic. Foreign talent plays a substantial part in building
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      Lock icon HDB should sell surplus flats to PRs
      130 12 THE Housing and Development Board’s (HDB) struggle to meet the housing needs of Singaporeans is a thing of the past. Public housing supply now exceeds demand, with 17,000 unsold flats but only 8,800 people in the Registration for Flats (RFS) Scheme queue. Singaporeans’
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      Lock icon What’s wrong with gender preference?
      103 12 JAMES Chi, who wrote the letter “Outlaw gender discrimination” (Streats, May 28), seems to have overlooked an important basic principle companies have the right to hire whoever they want. And why shouldn’t they? After all, the company is the paymaster. If companies prefer to hire
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      Lock icon Oops
      103 12 IN our report “Will anyone save my sister?” (Streats, May 28), we said that the NUH Liver Transplant Team also approached families of braindead patients asking for a liver donor, but every family they approached turned them down. During the press conference, NUH had actually said there was a
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      459 12 Have Your Say Streats is pleased to publish your views. To be heard, email us at streats@sph.com.sg or write to The Editor, Streats, 1000 Toa Payoh North, Singapore *****4. You should include your name, address and contact number. Contributions should comprise no more than 200 words. Letters sent to other
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  • STREATS regional
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      Lock icon Business-putras
      575 14 New M’sia Inc leaders shun patronage CALL them Generation X. That’s how Malaysia’s new-breed business leaders can be best described. Shedding the baggage of the past, these young guns are not averse to trimming corporate flab that has built up as a result of easy handouts from the government.
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      Lock icon Dili tells Jakarta to drop compensation claims
      204 14 DILI Newly independent East Timor urged former ruler Indonesia yesterday to drop its compensation demand for assets left behind after Jakarta ended its two-decade occupation of the country. But Foreign Minister Jose Ramos Horta played down Jakarta’s decision to postpone indefinitely a visit
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      Lock icon US offers $9m for capture of Abu Sayyaf men
      333 16 AP MANILA -The US government yesterday offered a reward of up to US$5 million (558.95 million) for the capture of leaders of a Philippine Muslim extremist group that kidnapped two Americans and killed another. US Ambassador Francis Ricciardone said that the
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    • REGIONAL DEBRIEF
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        Lock icon CHINESE LOVE OZ
        71 16 -AFP BEIJINGERS rate Australia as their top choice for a foreign holiday, followed by Singapore and Thailand, according to a new survey by the Australian Tourist Commission. The newly released survey, which was conducted last month in Beijing, showed about one in three respondents chose Australia. Singapore
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        Lock icon SUU KYI PAPER
        33 16 PRO-DEMOCRACY leader Aung San Suu Kyi, recently freed from 19 months of house arrest, plans to start a newspaper in Myanmar, according to an interview published yesterday in The Nation.
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      Lock icon ‘KL, Jakarta keen on US-Manila type exercise’
      117 16 ISABELA, Philippines The military exercise being conducted here between US and Philippine troops could be repeated in other trouble spots in the US-led war on terrorism. The Los Angeles Times reported yesterday that leaders in Malaysia and Indonesia are watching the venture for
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      Lock icon Aceh rebels vow to kidnap more
      186 16 Reuters JAKARTA Rebels in Indonesia’s troubled province of Aceh yesterday said they would kidnap more students and civilians suspected of working with security forces, a day after releasing a group of female hostages. Tengku Ishak Daud, one of the spokesmen of the Free Aceh
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      Lock icon Ratings plummet, Delta breaks off codesharing More trouble for CAL
      290 17 -AFP TAIPEI Taiwan’s China Airlines (CAL) was in for more trouble yesterday as its corporate rating was cut and a key tie-up dissolved. It also faced more flak from relatives of those killed in the weekend crash. They leased their
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      Lock icon Beijing demands surrender of asylum seekers
      181 17 BEIJING China has demanded that four North Koreans who broke into South Korea’s consulate here over the past week be handed over. The demand, by Foreign Ministry spokesman Kong Quan, marked a hardening of China’s stand against the recent attempts by North Koreans attempting
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      Lock icon Saved from the dining table
      127 17 THIS puppy, for one, is happy that South Korea is co-hosting the World Cup. A Spanish journalist rescued it from ending up on a Korean dining table. He named it Camachin, after Spain’s football coach Jose Antonio Camacho, hoping it will bring good luck to
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  • STREATS global
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      Lock icon An uncertain future ahead
      788 19 Cold War buried, but Nato and Russia are hollow partners Reuters PRATICA DI MARE, Italy -Nato and Russia sang the last rites of the Cold War on Tuesday, with a security cooperation forum that enshrines their unprecedented amity since Sept 11. The new partnership, forged by
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      Lock icon New formula calculates how much you’re worth It’s official: Time IS money
      510 21 LONDON Would buying appliances or hiring other people to do your chores save you money in the long run? For instance, could you earn more money in one day than it costs you to pay a maid for
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      Lock icon W Bank attack kills 3 Israelis; Sharon mulls new strategy
      277 21 Wire services JERUSALEM A Palestinian gunman killed three Israeli youngsters at a Jewish religious seminary in the West Bank before a settler shot him dead. In a separate incident hours earlier on Tuesday, a Palestinian killed an Israeli resident of
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      Lock icon WTC’s last standing girder cut down in ceremony
      185 21 AP NEW YORK The last steel beam left standing at the World Trade Centre site was cut down in the first of three ceremonies to mark the end of a sorrowful, eight-and-a-half-month clean-up. The 9m girder survived when the twin towers collapsed
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    • GLOBAL DEBRIEF
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        Lock icon CHANDRA WAS MURDERED
        85 21 Reuters INTERN Chandra Levy, whose decomposed body was found last week, was murdered, but how she died may never be known, Washington DC’s medical examiner said this week. He said Ms Levy’s death was ruled a homicide largely because of where her body was found and the
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        Lock icon PORN KING COMING FOR TEA AT NO 10
        74 21 BRITISH Prime Minister Tony Blair has invited a wealthy pomographer for tea. Mr Richard Desmond, publisher of Big Ones and Homy Housewives, and who also has a “live” sex website, is a major donor to Britain’s Labour Party. He will meet Mr
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        Lock icon ASIANS FORCED TO TAKE OFF BRACELETS
        74 21 AP PLIERS have been used to remove jade bracelets from the wrists of Asian women workers in a US factory. This month, Consolidated Container in Trexlertown, Pennsylvania, having banned jewellery in the workplace, forced its workers to take the bracelets off. Phuong Le, Van
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      Lock icon Sign of Muslim backlash
      268 22 11 injured as blasts rock riot-hit Gujarat AHMEDABAD Three bombs exploded in India’s western Ahmedabad city yesterday, wounding 11 people and stoking fears of fresh religious violence in the state of Gujarat. Police said there was no claim of responsibility for the crude devices that went
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      Lock icon REAL PICTURE
      47 22 An editor at a Nepalese television station in Kathmandu working on news footage showing the bodies of Maoists who were killed in clashes with governmentforces in Khara village, 320 km south-west of Kathmandu, on Tuesday. Nepal is waging a bloody war against Maoist rebels AFP
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      Lock icon A1 Qaeda trying to ignite Kashmir war: Report
      183 22 Wire services WASHINGTON A 1 Qaeda and Taleban members are helping organise a terror campaign in Kashmir to foment conflict between India and Pakistan, USA Today reported, citing US intelligence officials and foreign diplomats. The strategy of the terrorist network and its
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      Lock icon Musharraf a marked man in Pakistan
      168 22 ISLAMABAD Despite his recent hawkish pronouncements on Kashmir, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf is a marked man. Security around him has been tightened and his movements are kept secret because of fears he may be assassinated like Anwar Sadat, the Egyptian president, after he made
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      Lock icon No money to crash families: Libya
      137 22 Wire services NEW YORK Libya has denied reports that it had offered a US$2.7 billion ($4.8 billion) compensation package to families of the victims of Pan Am Flight 103, which exploded over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988. A law firm representing families had reported that
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  • STREATS people
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      Lock icon Mask of Hindu extremists
      456 24 Vajpayee sees himself doing his bit against terrorism in Kashmir NEW DELHI Slow, dogged, uncharismatic, yet a competent orator in the right setting, Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee, 77, sees himself as the head of a regional power doing its bit in the global war on terrorism
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      Lock icon Prime minister and poet
      198 24 THE Indian Prime Minister has disclosed his innermost musings on the prospect of nuclear war in poetry, the Telegraph Online writes. Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee has written several volumes of verse, the most recent of which, 21 Poems, includes The Agony of Hiroshima, which has the
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  • easySTREATS
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      589 26  -  Stephanie@ the movies STEPHANIE GOH PANIC ROOM Directed, by David Fincher Starring Jodie Foster, Kirsten Stewart, Forest Whitaker, Jared Leto, Dwight Yoakam RELAX. Don’t panic. Break into a sweat you won’t not at David Fincher’s latest outing. The flash-gnash master of showy camera movements and gimmicky effects
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      159 26 \Panic Room might he entertainingfor those who like seeing a terrified teenage girl watch a loved one get beaten to a pulp while she slides into a diabetic coma. For the rest of us, it’s both stagnant and vaguely unpleasant Salon.com reviewer Charles Taylor
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      339 28 CHINA-BORN composer Tan Dun wants to make a big splash literally. The Oscar-winning composer is here to conduct the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, and the audience at tomorrow’s debut can expect to be soaked, said Tan. The piece he will conduct Concerto for Water
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      361 28  -  Fans of Matthew Tan can find him now at Elizabeth Hotel By_ Yvonne Kwok HE might now be singing more easylistening evergreens such as Twilight Time than old country tunes like High Noon. But veteran local musician Matthew Tan insists that he’s still the Singapore
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      114 30 The World Cup kicks off in Seoul tomorrow. Korean soccer was bom when departing British sailors left a football behind at Incheon docks. It was picked up and in May 1928, Korea’s first soccer association was set up. In Singapore, we’ll see thunderstorms over most of
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        155 30 The Hougang Sheng Hong family Service Centre (Block 237 Hougang Street 21, #01-406) will run a six-week marriage preparation workshop starting on June 4. It takes place every Tuesday, 7.30pm-8.30pm. Find out how to handle personality differences, effective communication, conflict resolution techniques, financial planning, in-laws and child-bearing
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        69 30 THE BOEHMER FAMILY JUGGLERS Today till June 9, lpm and 7pm Level 2 Centrestage, Marina Square Free Meet what is probably America’s most creative family. There’re 12 of them the youngest is just five years old making them the world’s largest family of jugglers. They will perform balancing and
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        95 30 FESTIVAL VILLAGE Fort Canning Park Today till Saturday, 7-30 pm Tickets at $l3 Call Sistic at 6348-5555 or log on to www.sistic.com.sg Step out of the hustle and bustle of the city and into the mystical and magical world of the Festival Village. Watch the ritual dance
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        100 30 IMRAN library @orchard (#05-22/26, Ngee Ann City podium block) Today, 7-30pm Free Hip-hop to Imran’s grooves, which are influenced by African-American and Indonesian music. Imran has been actively involved in the underground hip-hop scene for the past three years from being featured by popular rap groups to performing at
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        98 30 CHINESE ***** Today, 2pm-spm (public talk) Tomorrow and Saturday, 11 am-2pm (master classes) Dance Studio, the Substation Free Register with Sher Yen at 6337-***** or e-mail sheryen@substation.org Chinese ***** mixes three disciplines contemporary dance, music and video images. Centred on dance, it also employs new digital technologies as tools,
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        68 30 PATRICIA BROWN DESIGNS 2nd floor, Art Seasons Gallery, 5 Gemmill Lane Till June 22, llam-Bpm Monday to Friday and 12pm-7pm on Saturday Free Graphic designer Patricia Browne moved into jewellery and fashion accessory making because she felt she needed to have a more hands-on approach to her work. Her
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        46 31 9pm, Channel U Tian is guilt-striken for causing Qiang to be fired. Meanwhile, he is stunned to see Biao taking bribes from Liang. Xin is moved when Biao renovates his dream house to make it just as she likes it.
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        50 31 llpm, STAR Movies (SCV 58) A non-stop chase movie directed by Dennis Hopper starring Tom Berenger and William McNamara as a navy duo assigned to escort a prisoner. Things get hot when the prisoner turns out to be a gorgeous, sultry young woman played by ex-Baywatch bunny Erika Eleniak.
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        98 31 10.30 pm, Channel i George and Kathy Lutz and their three children move into a Long'lsland house that they hope will be their dream home, unaware that a murder took place in the house years back. Soon, the haunting begins. George and Kathy turn to their family
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        323 31 SYDNEY It is deep into the shoot for the two sequels to The Matrix at Fox Studios here, but producer Joel Silver says the toughest leg is still to come. “The most complicated sequence of the entire movie will not start shooting for
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      143 31 Asian Restaurant and Bar 50 Eu Tong Sen Street Old Thong Chai Building Singapore *****3 Tel: 6532-6006 www.tunglok.com IF you are no football maniac and can’t find a bar to unwind with your friends without the screams from hordes of World Cup fans, here’s the good news. Asian
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      405 30 AQUARIUS JAN 20-FEB 18 You may be right after all, but it will be hours before anyone else catches on to the idea. Personal interests become topics of general importance. End your week by making an improvement. by Kelli Fox at Astrology.com Illillllßßllllilllßlll PISCES FEB 19-MAR 20 Destiny is diverted
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      388 39  -  Twenty three-year-old pips Jesmine Ho in all-Singaporean final By Lim Han Ming IT’S unbelievable but true. Singapore yesterday produced its second world bowling champion in as many years when Jennifer Tan (below) struck the right chord to dethrone compatriot Jesmine Ho in the final of the
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      321 39 Reuters PARIS Top seed Jennifer Capriati opened the defence of her French Open title with a solid 6-3, 6-4 victory over American compatriot Marissa Irvin in the first round yesterday. Demoted to court two after persistent rain during the opening two days caused
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      340 39 -afp NBA SEMI-FINAL PLAY-OFF WESTERN CONFERENCE Sacramento Kings 92 LA Lakers 91 (Kings lead best-of-seven series 3-2) SACRAMENTO, California Mike Bibby had 23 points, including 17 in the second half, to spark Sacramento Kings past Los Angeles Lakers 92-91 on Tuesday. The defeat put
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      35 39 IN THE LIVING ROOM BASKETBALL: NBA Play-offs Conference Finals Eastern, Game 5: Boston Celtics v New Jersey Nets (ESPN Ch 23, 9am). TENNIS: French Open, Early round coverage, Day 4 (Super Sports Ch 22, spm).
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