Streats, 11 June 2002

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    12 1 Streats TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 2002 Hotline: 1800-844-5566 E-mail: streats@sph,com.sg MITA (P) 240/03/2002
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    Lock icon World Cup 2002
    22 1 group d South Korea 1 USA 1; group h Belgium 1 Tunisia 1; group d Portugal 4 Poland 0
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    Lock icon Fare appeal not fair: Case
    664 1  -  Bad timing, says consumer watchdog By. Sarah Ng YOU are still making money, so why are you asking for fare increases especially in these hard times? This was the question Singapore’s consumer watchdog is asking two leading transport operators here about their moves to raise
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    Lock icon US FOILS AL QAEDA NUCLEAR PLOT
    116 1 MORNING RUSH -AFP US INVESTIGATORS have arrested an American citizen closely linked to the A 1 Qaeda network and suspected of planning a radioactive dirty bomb attack on the US, Attorney General John Ashcroft said yesterday. “After tracking by US authorities, he was arrested
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      37 1 ts MITA (P) 240/03/2002 Skating the issue First South Korean Ahn Jung Hivan punched the air after scoring the equaliser against the US. Then he began to skate in protest. Why? PAGE 22 ft 1 AP WmMMm
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  • STREATS local
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      Lock icon SMRT and SBS facing unexpected financial difficulties
      186 2 SMRT and SBS Transit asked the Public Transport Council (PTC) for fare increases after running into unexpectedly severe financial difficulties. The New Paper quoted a report from Kim Eng Securities which said that the two transport companies would probably be among the main
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      Lock icon ‘Public interest before profits’
      386 2 Fare increase will make bad times worse, firms told BITE the bullet. Wait a while. Don’t increase transport fares now. This was the plea to transport operators, SBS Transit and SMRT from Mr Chandra Mohan Nair, who heads civic discussion group The Roundatable and Ms Ho
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      Lock icon Terengganu mufti may testify in tudung case
      162 2 TWO Malaysian expert witnesses may testify in the legal battle against the Education Ministry by the four parents involved in the tudung issue. One of them is the mufti of Terengganu, one of the parents involved in the tudung debacle, Mr Mohd Nasser
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      Lock icon BOYS HELPED HANDICAPPED MAN TO CLEAN UP
      156 2 ONE KIND ACT Ms Mary Lim Two boys, one of them from Nanyang Technological University, did a good turn at the NTUC Bukit Merah recently. A handicapped man selling lottery tickets outside the supermarket had soiled himself and the two boys helped him
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      Lock icon Click for schools near your home
      320 3 Website offers primary school distance info PARENTS choosing schools for their Primary 1 children used to have to call the schools to find out how far they were from their home. Or they could drive the distance themselves to see, or they could plot
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      Lock icon Locks ‘tooth-picked’
      172 3 THE flat was the right one, the front door key was the right one yet many flat owners in Block 4, Telok Blangah Crescent, could not get into their homes recently. And those who were home couldn’t unlock their doors to leave. A prankster had been stuffing toothpicks
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      Lock icon A hug, a fight and then jail
      192 4  -  §u_ Kkuskwant Singh TEO Seng Hock, 46, a driver, tried to hug his wife from behind at about 5.30 am on Nov 29 last year. Ms Ng Guan, 43, shouted at him and Teo turned violent. She had obtained a Personal Protection Order
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      Lock icon Maid held for double murder
      166 4 THE maid who worked for the woman murdered at her Bukit Merah Central office was arrested yesterday afternoon. Sundarti Supriyanto, 22, was arrested after her discharge from the Bums Unit of the Singapore General Hospital yesterday. Ms Angie Ng Wee Peng, 34, and her daughter
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      Lock icon Ambulance ride ends in death
      191 4 Patient, 85, killed in accident AN 85-YEAR-OLD man being taken by private ambulance to Changi General Hospital to be treated for breathing difficulties on Sunday night died when the ambulance collided with a car. The accident happened at the junction of Serangoon North Avenue 1
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      Lock icon Mercedes driver causes carpark car-tastrophe
      205 4 THE driver of a Mercedes-Benz went on the rampage in a Bishan carpark over the weekend and crashed his vehicle into five cars there. At 10.35 pm, residents and passers-by heard loud bangs from the carpark near Block 239, Bishan Street 22. A Mercedes-Benz, which
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      Lock icon Family hurt as speeding Hat Yai bus crashes
      310 4 ONE minute the teenage student was in the tour bus on the way to HatYai. The next, he was sitting on the ground outside, bruised and shocked. ITE student Muhammad Fairul Anwar and his family of 12 made up half the passengers
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      159 2 Incomeshield $450,000 medical cover till age 80 with 30%* premium savings Call: 6788 1777 Visit: streats.income.com.sg Email: mkg@mcome.com.sg $450, 000 N SS SB SB SB w^SSS $300,000 $270,000 May 2000 1 Dec 2001 1 Mar 2002 Use your CPF to extend $450,000 medical cover for each of your family members
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      634 3 AN INVESTMENT IN KNOWLEDGE SGX Securities Courses C Analysing Financial Ratios For A Better Understanding Of Corporate Profitability Course Level: Basic Trainer: Mr Gabriel Yap, CFA Four 3-hr lectures on: 1,3, 8 10 Jul 2002 Mon Wed, 7pm -10 pm Fee: $226.60 C Strategies For Investing In The Stock Market
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      331 4 Engineering is our specialty Tyndale Education Group (Since 1990) have Language, M/A mo lx Business and Engineering Schools in Singapore. Ip y(7 Lr C7#l fffCffiw ft Jr Lr UI O China and Vietnam. Our School in Singapore consists of 18 Classrooms, Computer Labs, Electronics Lab, Library,Teachers' and Students’ Study Rooms.
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      168 5 :Vv :v;a.a: w®s® 4 ;\i** n§ u *t Jin n *Ql SinfloV Manor Essay Writing Competition What can you do to contribute to the community while enjoying yourself during this holiday period? Be a Mayor, that's what! If you are a Primary, Secondary or Post-secondary (ITE/jC/Pre-U/Poly) student, this is a
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  • STREATS financial
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      Lock icon NatSteel names adviser to study buyout deal
      242 6 Reuters NATSTEEL Ltd said yesterday it had appointed Salomon Smith Barney Singapore as its financial adviser on a $294 million buyout offer from an investment holding firm formed by its senior management. The investment firm bidding for the company and its assets, Crown
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      Lock icon FOREX RATES
      26 6 •AS AT JUN 10 US$: 551.794 552.615 EURO: 551.689 Ss: DM1.235 Ss: 69.55 YEN Ss: RM2.118 Ss: HK54.348 Ss: 23.65 BAHT Ss: 4,883 RUPIAH
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      Lock icon Shares make modest gains
      434 6 STI: 1,664.44 11.99 Reuters SHARES carved out small gains at the close of yesterday’s trade, with select blue chips such as banks lending support to one of the lightest trading sessions this year. Dealers expect the market to tread water for the rest of the week,
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      Lock icon Dr M’s recipe to avoid post Sept 11-type crisis: Diversify exports
      331 6 ZURICH Malaysia is trying to diversify its export market. Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said this on Sunday while explaining why being largely dependent on one country could be disastrous in times of trouble. Illustrating his point, Datuk Seri
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      Lock icon Petronas still keen on BP’s SRC stake
      157 6 Reuters MALAYSIA’S state-run oil company Petronas said yesterday it was still interested in picking up British Petroleum’s one-third stake in Singapore Refining Company (SRC) if the opportunity arises. “It’s common knowledge that their interest in the refinery in Singapore has been offered for
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    • MONEY SCAN
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        Lock icon JAKARTA LET OFF
        97 6 AFP INDONESIA has won a further reprieve in efforts to tackle its massive foreign debt burden, it was announced yesterday. Bank Indonesia said it has reached a rescheduling agreement with the steering committee of the London Club of commercial creditors to extend the repayment period of a
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        Lock icon PLUS SHARE OFFER
        77 6 Reuters MALAYSIAN toll road operator PLUS launched the country’s second biggest share sale of the year yesterday to raise as much as RM2.6 billion ($1.2 billion) to help its parent cut towering debt. Projek Lebuhraya Utara Selatan said in its initial public offer document it would sell
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        Lock icon RUPIAH INTERVENTION
        57 6 AP INDONESIA’S central bank intervened in the foreign exchange market, selling US dollars to help support the rupiah, the bank’s deputy governor Anwar Nasution said yesterday. The dollar closed Friday at 8,925 rupiah, down from 9,060 rupiah at Thursday’s close, and lower than an 9,040 rupiah intraday high
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  • STREATS vocal
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      Lock icon Single pleads for HDB flat
      235 8 lAM 31 years old and earn about $33,000 a year. I have no credit card, no car, no club membership and do not smoke or go to night clubs. I also do not have a home to call my own. I live with my sister,
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      Lock icon Don’t blame Gleneagles
      223 8 ORGANISATIONS such as Gleneagles Hospital need clearly defined policies to run well. We can’t blame the hospital for the death of liver failure victim Lee Yee Kiong, just because the hospital tried to observe its policy which it set down for good reason. Staff will be at
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      Lock icon Teen pregnancy: Adoption not the answer
      115 8 NEO Pang Lee’s letter, “Let babies from teen pregnancies be adopted” (Streats, June 5) overlooks a vital point. To have such babies adopted would mean that all pregnant teens, aged 13 to 19, must carry their pregnancies to full term. As most at this
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      Lock icon CPF Board very careful about members savings
      284 8 WE REFER to the letter “CPF changes hurt some” by Mr Peter Tan (Streats, May 20 Mr Tan suggested that the Government should evaluate the impact of policy changes before implementing them and mentioned as an example the changes made over the years
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      80 8 IN our article “Stressed lawyers give up practice” (Streats, June 10), we stated that Ms Nuraliza Osman, the reigning Miss Singapore Universe who is also a lawyer, was thinking of taking a long leave of absence from law practice to break into TV and return to law later. We
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      27 8 Sillllsjl s «a e ETIREMENT AFTE Work stops. Fun starts. Or does it? Retirees reveal what life is like without deadline pressure and monthly pay cheques. today
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      55 8 Have Your Say Streats is pleased to publish your views. To be heard, e-mail us at streats@sph.comsg 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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      329 9 mmmmmm\ 2.5% sales charge and a free* night stay at the Shangri-La Rasa Sentosa Resort TAKE YOUR CPF FURTHER WITH TOP-PERFORMING AIGIF EQUITY FUNDS. Be on the forefront of the expected economic recovery with top-performing AIGIF Equity Funds. Included in the CPF Investment Scheme Ordinary Account, the Funds cover a
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      165 10 UNIVERSITY OF LONDON Lead College: London School of Economics and Political Science 3-YEAR PART-TIME PROGRAMME WITH THE BEST OF CLASSROOM E-LEARNING E-SUPPORT RESOURCES UNIVERSITY OF LONDON Lead College: London School of Economics and Political Science. The University of London (UOL) has an outstanding international reputation. In a recent survey of
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  • STREATS medical
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      Lock icon Ear wax gene found
      145 11 Reuters NAGASAKI Researchers have found a region of DNA that may contain the gene for ear wax. The discovery could shed light on the function of apocrine glands fluid-secreting cells found throughout the body and may even have implications for breast cancer. There are two types
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      Lock icon Breast milk, fat link
      273 11 Obesity risk high for formula-fed babies Reuters GLASGOW A new study adds to evidence that breast-fed infants are less likely than their peers to become obese as children. Children who were exclusively breast-fed as infants are about a third less likely to be obese than those
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      Lock icon Computer can gauge cancer risk
      165 11 Reuters NEW YORK When it comes to figuring out who is most at risk of developing breast cancer, computers may do as good a job as human experts, a new study suggests. Computers are as accurate as humans at working out which women might be
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      158 11 3D OSAKA jfUflll 3D TOKYO QUITCH Daily Departure SD Tioman Island 2J2222JJCEDES! $2lB $268 Tour Highlights: Mt. Fuji Tokyo Disneyland Tokyo Disney Sea •Huis Ten Bosch Asakusa Kannon Temple Dep:,2y& 16 June, 7 21 July, 4 8 Aug, 1 Sept 5D Nikko Onsen Tour Highlights: Hakone-lzu National Park «Lake Kawaguchi
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      132 11 A STORY OF PASSION, YOUTH TRIUMPH tHEMU§ I 0 S i a Feel-G° oC A Triumph _M».'»" Sunda L d n B a,l T a h eener g y;s astound^ aS i^en,— sf-/ K.l >-*■* i m b fpS i London's WesTtnd Hit Musical Nominated for two London's Laurence Olivier
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      100 12 OPENING SPECIAL Now till 15 July 2002 (No 10% Service Charge) Usual M PM *s 5* n. 1 s It r Mh* T: ft or A «K* f *r T «5" H 0 w E BK,» ntitled to only 1 per table, for dine-i Ed I Lunch Dim Sum ?Ĕl30
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  • STREATS global
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      Lock icon Fighting the haze
      306 13 Asean signs first anti-pollution treaty ap KUALA LUMPUR Fighting forest fires that have in recent years blanketed South-east Asia in smog will be the priority of a new international treaty to combat air pollution, environmental officials said yesterday. Environment ministers from the Association of South-east Asian Nations
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      Lock icon Peanut butter did the Abu Sayyaf in
      108 13 -AFP MANILA Peanut butter and bread proved the undoing of Abu Sayyaf rebels and led troops to them after a year-long hunt, a newspaper said yesterday. The crisis ended in a firefight on Basilan island on Friday. Filipina nurse Deborah Yap and US
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      Lock icon Air, water, CPF to top S’pore-KL talks
      112 13 JOHOR BARU Three bare necessities will top the agenda at talks between Singaporean and Malaysian officials in Kuala Lumpur next month. The Star reported Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar as saying here that the meeting, on July 1 and 2, will
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      Lock icon Pledge eases tension
      309 16 India reopens its airspace to Pakistani flights Wire services NEW DELHI-India has reciprocated positively to Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf’s pledge to stop militants from infiltrating into Indian Kashmir. In a goodwill gesture, acknowledging Islamabad’s promise, India yesterday announced the reopening of its airspace to Pakistani flights. Indian
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      Lock icon Pentagon to adopt policy of pre-emptive strikes
      100 16 Wire services WASHINGTON -The George W Bush administration is drafting a formal military policy that supports pre-emptive attacks against terrorists and hostile states with weapons of mass destruction, the Washington Post reported yesterday. The new strategic doctrine, which moves away from the Cold
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      Lock icon UK plans anti-terror unit
      71 16 LONDON Britain is planning a 6,000-member reaction force to assist authorities in the event of a Sept 11-style terror attack. The proposal has been drawn _.p in the light of potential terrorist threats against Britain. The new force would give a new role to the 50,700
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      Lock icon Arafat makes changes; Israel unimpressed
      265 18 Reuters JERUSALEM Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat on Sunday pared down his Cabinet and his police arrested a senior Palestinian militant leader in moves that appeared designed to answer Israeli and US demands that he halt “terrorism”. But hours after Mr Arafat shuffled his government, his
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      Lock icon BULL RUN
      30 18 A rider trying to hold on to his bucking mount in the ox racing event at the annual Bavarian Championships in the German town ofLangenpettenbach on Sunday AP
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    • GLOBAL DEBRIEF
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        Lock icon FRENCH RIGHT WINS FIRST ROUND
        63 18 AP FRANCE’S right won a solid victory in a first-round parliamentary vote, putting President Jacques Chirac on course to push through his agenda. The extreme right, meanwhile, suffered a setback in Sunday’s vote, which came more than a month after its leader, Mr Jean-Marie Le
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        Lock icon AFGHAN LOYA JIRGA DELAYED
        84 18 AFP THE Afghan loya jirga was in trouble even before it was to begin yesterday. The 1,550 delegates, among them 200 women, were to convene yesterday to begin the task of electing a head of state, deciding the framework of the transitional government and naming ministers
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      Lock icon Saudis may ban ‘spy-camera’ cellphones
      154 18 RIYADH Saudi Arabia may ban a new cellphone that can be used to take digital photographs, WorldTribune.com reported. Saudi men have been reported to use the phones to photograph women. Religious police have already confiscated shipments of the new cellphones. Officials said Saudi women had
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      362 15 i ill Employment Assistance LOOKING FOR A JOB? The Marine's knocking on your door MOM and the Association of Singapore Marine Industries (ASM!) will be organising a 1 1 /2-day Marine Industry Work Orientation Programme at shipyards for those interested in a career in the industry. You can look forward
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  • easy STREATS
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      Lock icon Take our cash, but question the quality
      647 19  -  Tellytubby By YVONNE KWOK I LOVE taxi drivers. I really do. I love that they get me to work on time. I love that they are so willing to share their opinions on everything and anything. Especially when I utter the magic words:
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      Lock icon Runaway surprise
      94 19 YESTERDAY, we asked you to match the beauties to the legs. But surprise, surprise: Hongkong singer Leslie Cheung is the thorn among the roses. That was difficult, wasn’t it? His clean shaven legs don’t give much away. Leslie, who told Time magazine last year that he was bisexual,
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    • Just a minute
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        101 21 Turn setbacks into comebacks. This talk will give step-by-step strategies to help you take immediate and positive actions to transform troubles into triumphs. Tonight, 7pm-Bpm, the courtyard, National Library, Stamford Road. Give the gift of life. There is a blood donation drive today at DBS Bank, 12
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    • Happenin’
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        Lock icon ARTS FESTIVAL
        145 21 COMPAGNIE CHARIEROI PLAN K: METAPOLIS-PROJECT 972 Kallang Theatre Today and tomorrow, 8pm Tickets at $53, $43, $33, $23 Call Sistic at 6348-5555 A poetic union of dance and architecture, Metapolis is an elaborate collaboration between Flemish choreographer Frederic Flamand and the visionary architecture diva Zaha Hadid. It combines
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        Lock icon MUSIC
        64 21 EXPLORE ACAPPELLA FESTIVAL 2002: THE COMPANY Chjimes Hall Thursday, Bpm Tickets at $35 and $25 (student) Call Ticket Charge 6296-2929 From the Philippines, The Company is the most recognised recording vocal J group with 35 industry J awards. The versatile sextet works with all M music genres, including S
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        Lock icon OUTDOORS
        80 21 THE SCORPION KING ‘LIVE’ Siloso Beach, Sentosa Island Till June 23,10am-Bpm Tickets at $13.90 (adult) and $11.90 Call Ticket Charge 6296-2929 This world-class interactive theatrical attraction takes you through multiple scenes and sets from the original movie, including the infamous Desert Storm, Valley of the Dead and Memnon’s Palace.
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    • Tune in
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        Lock icon STRANGE DAYS
        96 21 10pm, Channel i A virtual-reality pusher sells escapist clips of other people’s experiences to image-addled junkies in this punishing, darkly stylish cyberpunk thriller set during the final 48 hours of 1999. Ex-vice cop Lenny Nero is a loser who deals in VR clips captured straight from the cerebral
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        Lock icon CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG
        74 21 10pm, Central What? You haven’t watched this classic kid’s movie yet? Then tune in and watch two children discover an old wrecked vintage racing car which their inventor father turns into a wondrous flying car. They name it Chitty Chitty Bang Bang after the noises it
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        Lock icon THE VOLCANO THAT BLEW THE WORLD AWAY
        89 21 9pm, National Geographic (SCVII) Could a real island have inspired the myth of Atlantis? About 3,500 years ago, a catastrophic volcanic eruption sent half the island of Santorini into the Mediterranean Sea. Now, forensics and modem technology join forces as scientists attempt to
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      452 21 s If todays i AQUARIUS JAN 20-FEB 18 You enter a timeless state of production, creativity or ecstasy. Success is easy and a natural result. Your brain and body are of equal value use both to achieve utmost satisfaction. LEO JUL23-AUG22 Ik You’ve done a !ot aheady, and still you’re
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  • STREATS sports
    • Worl Cup 2002
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        Lock icon Ahn’s dance of revenge
        175 22 Wire services j| DAEGU, South W Korear Goalscorer Ahn Jung Hwan’s speed l§ skating celebration dance j| pointedly reminded the United States that I yesterday’s match was not just about football. Team-mates shared the I joke as a jubilant Ahn acted out the movements of a
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        Lock icon Red tide rising
        497 22 Half-time pep talk did the trick for Hiddinks men Group D South Korea 1 (Ahn Jung Hwan, 79) USA 1 (Mathis, 24) DAEGU, South Korea A halftime pep talk by captain Hong Myung Bo and veteran striker Hwang Sun Hong helped lift South Korea’s spirits and drove
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        Lock icon The stuff of heroes
        444 23  -  by PETER SIOW Sports Editor AS the door to the next stage of the World Cup seemed to be creaking to a close in its face, South Korea battered its way to keep the door ajar. The United States, which thought it had securely locked that
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        Lock icon Draw throws lifeline to impressive Tunisia
        194 23 Reuters Group H Tunisia 1 (Bouzaine, 17) Belgium 1 (Wilmots, 13) OITA, Japan Tunisia found an unlikely World Cup lifeline and plunged Belgium into trouble as the north Africans came from behind to earn a deserved draw yesterday. Another defeat would have eliminated Tunisia
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        Lock icon Winning in the rain
        437 23 Pauleta hat-trick adds lustre to his finest season Wire services Group D Portugal 4 (Pauleta 14, 65, 77, Rui Costa 87) Poland 0 JEONJU, South Korea On a night when the heavens opened, it was the hat-trick from Portuguese striker Pauleta (right) which poured cold water
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        Lock icon DID YOU KNOW...
        29 24 THE opening match between England and Uruguay in the 1966 World Cup finals was delayed because seven English players left their identity cards in the hotel.
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        Lock icon Arsenal dumps Inamoto
        107 24 -AFP LONDON English Premiership champion Arsenal will release Japanese midfielder Junichi Inamoto at the end of the month. The Gunners told the 22-year-old star it will offload him after he failed to break into the Arsenal side during its double-winning campaign. An Arsenal spokesman told the BBC
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        71 24 Goal 2010 director and national coach Jan Poulsen: DENMARK 0 FRANCE 1 ‘Denmark-France games have always been very close. Player for player, France is better than Denmark. The fact that Zinedine Zidane will most probably be playing will give France confidence. The pressure will be very big on
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        544 24 France coach Lemerre hopes midfielder will be ready PREVIEW: France v Denmark Wire services HEAD-TO-HEAD Aug ’01: France 1 Denmark 0 June ’00: France 3 Denmark 0 June ’9B: France 2 Denmark 1 Nov ’96: Denmark 1 France 0 June ’92: France 1 Denmark 2
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        64 25 Howie, WKRZ deejay and self-confessed clueless football fan: CAMEROON 0 GERMANY 1 ‘ITI ride on Germany. It was a little complacent after the 8-0 thrashing of Saudi Arabia and had a shocker in the 1-1 draw with Ireland. The Germans will take a one goal lead, sit on
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        421 25 A draw against Cameroon will see Germany through PREVIEW: Germany v Cameroon Wire services YOKOHAMA, Japan A World Cup campaign which kicked off with a historic 8-0 rout could end in disaster if Germany loses to Cameroon as Group E reaches its climax today. Ireland striker Robbie
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        206 25 Reuters INAGE, Japan Ireland finds itself in the uncustomary role of favourites in its make-or-break tie against Saudi Arabia today. But its phlegmatic coach Mick McCarthy has asked his players to keep their minds focused on the Saudi clash rather than dreaming of
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        152 25 Tan Kim Han Senegal 1 Uruguay 1 Denmark 1 France 2 Cameroon 0 Germany 1 Saudi Arabia 0 Ireland 2 Lim Han Ming Senegal 1 Uruguay 0 Denmark 1 France 3 Cameroon 1 Germany 2 Saudi Arabia 0 Ireland 2 Adam Hashidy Senegal 1 Uruguay 0
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        81 26 IT’S CRUNCH time in World Cup Groups A and E. Will Germany top Group E? Will France make it? Four matches today will decide matters. I Thunderstorms are expected all over Singapore today. Temperatures will climb from 25°C to a high of 34°C in the early j
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          47 26 A MIDFIELD dynamo for Germany, Michael Ballack has kept his scoring boots on when he netted six goals from nine games in the qualifiers. In a team traditionally reputed for ferocity and dogged determination, the 26-year-old’s artistry and skill have been much appreciated by the fans.
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          38 26 Group A: Senegal v Uruguay 2.30 pm (Ch 22) Group A: France v Denmark 2.30 pm (SCV 25-28) Group E: Cameroon v Germany 7.30 pm (SCV 25-28) Group E: Ireland v Saudi Arabia 7.30 pm (Ch 22)
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          44 26 Brewerkz 30 Merchant Road'#ol-05/06 Riverside Point, Singapore *****2 Tel: *****438 www.brewerkz.com.sg SECURE the best seats for the World Cup. Book the new Trophy Room complete with a 51-inch screen for only 542 per person. This includes free flow of beer for two hours.
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        494 26  -  Cara van Miriah RETAIL revenues are generally up this month, but businesses’ fortunes are mixed, research showed. This was attributed to a combination of the weak economy and a strong dose of World Cup 2002. A survey by market researcher ACNielsen showed that almost 1.5
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      540 27 Hony, George play big role in defending champion’s comeback Wire services NBA FINALS Los Angeles Lakers 106 New Jersey Nets 103 (Lakers lead best-of-seven series 3-0) EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey Robert Horry hit the go-ahead basket and Devean George played a major role down the
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      252 27 MONTREAL Michael Schumacher won again in Canada on Sunday to take Ferrari’s 150th Formula One victory and end any pretence of a championship contest. The Ferrari driver is 43 points ahead with only 90 still available for the rest of the season. It now must be
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      51 27 IN THE LIVING ROOM SOCCER: World Cup: Denmark v France (RTMI, 2.15 pm and Ch2s-28, 2.20 pm). Senegal v Uruguay (TV3, 2pm and Ch2s-28, 2.20 pm). Cameroon v Germany (Ch2s-28, 7.20 pm), Saudi Arabia v Ireland (RTMI, 7.15 pm). DELAYED TELECAST SOCCER: World Cup Highlights Show: World Cup Boom! (Ch2s-28,
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