Streats, 14 June 2002

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    11 1 Streats JUNE 14. 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
    24 1 group c Costa Rica 2 Brazil 5; Turkey 3 China 0; group g Mexico 1 Italy 1; Ecuador 1 Croatia 0
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    Lock icon Your cellphone, their fortune
    627 1  -  Just 22, S’pore duo to market breakthrough software to global phone giants By_ Yen Feng YOU are looking at two upstarts who may each be the next Bill Gates... or at least Sim Wong Hoo: Mr Chandrasekar Rathakrishnan and Mr Sam Hon Kong Lum. One holds
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  • MORNING RUSH
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      Lock icon US CITIZENS HELD IN PAKISTAN
      117 1 AS many as a half-dozen men “of US origin” with links to A 1 Qaeda have been captured in the tribal areas of Pakistan near Afghanistan and handed over to the US authorities, Pakistani sources said. The men were arrested following tip-offs by tribal chiefs.
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      32 1 i». Hotline: 1800-844-5566 E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg MITA (P) 240/03/2002 FRIDAY. JUNE 14. 2002 INSULT IN INJURY TIME Italy 1 Mexico 1: Lovey-dovey delay tactics draw fire U J J J 'w PAGE 32
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  • STREATS local
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      Lock icon 2 Singapore women murdered in Hawaii
      317 2 TWO Singapore-born women were killed in Hokulani naval housing area outside Pearl Harbor Naval Base, Hawaii on Monday. The bodies of Zaleha De Armond, 31, and her mother, Saniah binte Abdul Ghani, 75 or 76, were found on the second floor of their home.
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      Lock icon Fare structure under review
      455 2 PTC, LTA studying new pay-by-zone system PAY a flat fare if you travel by bus or MRT within a designated zone. Cross zones and you pay for the sum of the number of zones crossed. Such a zonal fare structure is being studied by the Public
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      Lock icon Tekong BMT centre wins quality award
      252 2 NEW soldiers taking the boat out to Pulau Tekong can look forward to an enhanced training experience in an award-winning centre, a far cry from the rougher times when their fathers made the same journey. Back in 1999 modern ferries took over from the
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      Lock icon One OS to rule them all
      362 3  -  By 'Yen Feng FRUSTRATED that your computer crashed again? Worried about having to download a plug-in to view your favourite movie online? Helpless that your Windows file can’t open on a Mac? Intramedia said it has come up with a revolutionary operating system that
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      Lock icon Two remittance houses have licences revoked
      183 3 THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) yesterday revoked the licences of two remittance houses. CKE Holdings, which has outlets in Golden Mile Complex, Sembawang MRT station and Jalan Pari Burong in Bedok, and Express Money Change in Jurong Point Shopping Centre were found to
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      Lock icon ‘I’m guilty, give me my phone’
      220 4  -  He was more worried about numbers in SIM card than jail By Khushwant Singh HE had seven criminal charges hanging over him and faced up to 14 years jail. Yet all sales executive Wong Kwong Weng, 25, worried about was his cellphone. He was
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      Lock icon 7,800 VCDs seized in raid
      139 4 POLICE have seized a large haul of pom and other VCDs worth about $77,000. About a third of the 7,800 illegal VCDs seized on Wednesday evening were pornographic. Police believe that the VCDs came from Malaysia. “This raid is our biggest haul so far this
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      Lock icon Sports goods kickbacks
      90 4  -  Khushwant Singh AS an administrator at Tao Nan School, Lee Tsun Shyong, 32, allegedly received kickbacks from Mr Phua Kwee Meng, proprietor of Best Sports Supplier, for buying sports goods from him since 1999 Yesterday, he was charged with four counts of graft: Accepting $2OO from Mr
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      Lock icon His 112kmh spin turned lethal and killed best friend
      268 4  -  Khushwant Singh ONLY 41 days after getting his driving licence, Bernard Lim Chin Heng, 20, was speeding at more than 112kmh. The result: His car became “a lethal weapon” that took the life of his best friend and maimed a young
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      37 2 HOTLINE 1800-844-5566 FAX 6319 8191 E-MAIL streats@sph.com.sg ADDRESS SPH, 1000 Toa Payoh North, Podium Block, Level 1 8(*****4) circulation Customer Service 6388 3838 marketing Nalini@sph.com.sg, Juanita: 6319 2072, Adeline: 6319 1627 classified advertisements cats@sph.com.sg recruitment advertisements recruits@sph.eom.sg
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  • STREATS financial
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      Lock icon Profit worries keep STI subdued
      410 7 STI: 1,639.94 M 6.05 Reuters SHARES finished weaker for the third straight session yesterday, with the Straits Times Index (STI) hitting fresh five-month lows ahead of US economic data and nagging worries over corporate profits. Most technology stocks closed lower except for Venture Manufacturing. The
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      Lock icon Andersen trial deadlocked
      271 7 Judge orders jury to press ahead for verdict Reuters HOUSTON The jury in accounting firm Andersen’s federal trial yesterday said it was deadlocked on whether Andersen criminally obstructed justice by shredding Enron Corp records during an investigation, and the judge ordered jurors to resume discussions once again.
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      Lock icon Enron now a textbook case of failure
      183 7 Reuters LOS ANGELES Enron Corp, once hailed by academics as a paragon of the new economy, is back in the American business school classroom this time as a lesson in failure. Academic case studies on Enron are selling like megawatts on a parched
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      Lock icon FOREX RATES
      26 7 *AS AT JUN 13 US$: 551.787 552.627 EURO: 551.685 Ss: DM1.240 Ss: 70.32 YEN Ss: RM2.127 Ss: HK54.365 Ss: 23.64 BAHT Ss: 4,893 RUPIAH
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      Lock icon MONEY SCAN
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      Lock icon EXPORTS MAY DIP
      91 7 Reuters GROWTH in Singapore’s non-oil domestic exports could come to a halt in May after a surprisingly strong April, as electronics shipments remain sluggish and other goods struggle to repeat April’s surge, analysts said. However, some economists don’t rule out a possible rise in May given recent
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      Lock icon 3% GROWTH PREDICTION
      70 7 Reuters WHITE House chief economist Glen Hubbard said yesterday he expected US economic output to expand 3 per cent this year, helping to drive a pick up in the labour market. Economic growth for the rest of the year would fail to match the first quarter’s 5.6
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      Lock icon TOP DBS EXEC TO STAY
      71 7 Reuters DBS Group Holdings Ltd announced yesterday thqt senior managing director Frank Wong was staying put at Southeast Asia’s largest bank after media reports said he may be in line for a government post in Hongkong. The DBS statement came after recent newspaper reports in
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  • STREATS vocal
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      Lock icon Transport services: A tale of 3 cities
      402 8 WHENEVER there is a price increase in any service in Singapore, we are always told that we are still the cheapest compared to other countries. Same with the recent transport fare hike. Since the Public Transport Council (PTC) is interested in comparisons, let
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      Lock icon Useless to protest
      96 8 WHY is manpower cost increase cited by the PTC as a reason for the fare increase? Did these transport companies not implement management pay cuts and staff wage freezes? Since the last feeder service fare increase, I have not seen any improvement in the service. What a
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      Lock icon Too little, too late
      109 8 IT HAS been reported that our MPs will raise the issue of the fare increase on July 8, but the hike takes effect on July 1. This shows they are merely paying lip service just to be heard expressing concern. Frankly, it will be a waste
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      Lock icon We have lost the fight
      131 8 WE HAVE no choice but to take the bus and MRT to work. We cannot boycott the buses and trains. If we could, we would to show our displeasure. But we have lost the fare war. My salary has not increased, but GST and fares
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      Lock icon Commutters have no voice
      118 8 THE transport companies should spend money more judiciously. Why install TVMobile on buses? It takes up seat space and only earns profits through ads for the company. But where have the profits gone? They spend money to build the Changi Airport-Expo link and buy more trains
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      Lock icon No moral right to up fares
      134 8 THERE have been reports about the need for SMRT, SBS Transit and other public transport companies to balance their duty to shareholders and the travelling public. I don’t see any balance. The fact that there is the PTC to oversee fare increases indicates clearly
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      Lock icon Is Govt’s relief package enough?
      104 8 I AM very disappointed with the PTC and am amazed that the reason for the increase in fares is to defray higher operating costs. I do not understand where the increased costs are coming from. In this downturn, companies are implementing wage cuts or wage
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      Lock icon Littering: The silent witness
      222 12 I AGREE wholeheartedly with Philip Lee’s comments in “We are litterconscious? Rubbish!” (Streats, June 12) that many people in Singapore are still litterbugs. I have witnessed people, both young and old, throwing rubbish indiscriminately despite the anti-littering campaigns and fines. I have seen so many offenders
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      Lock icon No Tamil classes in some schools
      127 12 THERE are many Tamil pupils who, after completing their PSLE, are posted to secondary schools where no Tamil is taught as the second language. As a consequence, these students have to go to another school twice a week for their mother tongue classes. Why
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      Lock icon Tell the police about it
      62 12 I REFER to the letter “I was a prisoner of slick talk” (Streats, June 13) by Ms Jessie. Can Ms Jessie contact Mr Deep Singh, deputy head of investigation, Tanglin Police Division, at 639-***** to provide more information so that we may determine if an
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      50 8 Have Your Say Streats is pleased to publish your views. E-mail us at streats@sph.com,sg or write to The Editor, Streats, 1000 Toa Payoh North, Singapore *****4. Include your name, address and contact number. Contributions should comprise no more than 200 words. Letters sent to other publications will not be published.
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  • STREATS medical
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      Lock icon Hormonal option
      202 14  -  New intra-vaginal contraceptive By_ Yong Hui Mien WOMEN in the US have one more contraceptive to choose from. The Nuvaßing is a scm-wide, flexible ring which a woman can insert and remove from her vagina. The monthly combination contraceptive slowly releases the “female” hormones progestin and oestrogen into
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      Lock icon HEALTH FORUM
      145 14 Q What are the early symptoms of pregnancy? How can a woman confirm that she is pregnant? A Although early symptoms of pregnancy are nausea (or morning sickness), headache, abdominal pain, breast tenderness and sometimes spotting, many women do not experience any symptoms at all, other than missing
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      Lock icon It’s no fun being a teenage mum
      155 14 Reuters ATLANTA Complications in pregnancy occur more often in teens than in adult women, a new study shows. A team at Atlanta’s Emory University found that teens were more likely than women over 20 to have a preterm delivery birth less than 37
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      436 15 ADVERTISEMENT that swallowed Star Hub mobile phone still missin WITNESSES ALL ACROSS SINGAPORE SHOCKED TO HEAR RINGING TONE COMING FROM SMALL DOG Written by MATT GELLAR JUST a week ago, dog owner Jeff Tan found his mobile phone missing after falling asleep in a public park at Marina South. When
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  • STREATS regional
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      Lock icon Hunt for kidnapped Korean
      267 17 Army denies that Abu Sayyaf took new hostages Wire services GENERAL SANTOS Philippine troops have stepped up a manhunt for a kidnap gang holding a South Korean hostage on the main southern island of Mindanao, the military said yesterday. Additional special forces troops have been sent
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    • REGIONAL DEBRIEF
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        Lock icon AUSSIE-US FTA
        60 17 ap AUSTRALIAN Prime Minister John Howard, speaking before a joint meeting of Congress, has said that the US and Australia should open negotiations leading to a free trade agreement. “A comprehensive free trade agreement, by boosting trade and investment between us, would add a stronger economic dimension to
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        Lock icon 'I SPIED FOR CHINA'
        65 17 -AFP A FORMER Taiwan air force officer has confessed using his son, now a naval radio operator on a missile destroyer, to gather military information for China. Liu Jen-kuo, 54, who was arrested on June 5 on charges of passing military secrets, admitted he had been
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      Lock icon After PAS, Umno leader fined for invalid marriage
      186 17 KOTA BARU First it was the Kelantan assembly speaker from the Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS) who was convicted for unapproved marriage. Now the state’s Umno information chief, Datuk Ismail Mamat, is to face the same rap, the New Straits Times reported yesterday.
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      Lock icon ISA detainee’s wife released
      95 17 AP KUALA LUMPUR Ms Sejahratul Dursina, the wife of detained Malaysian terror suspect Yazid Sufaat, allegedly linked to the Al Qaeda network, was released yesterday. The 37-year-old was among 14 people arrested in April under the Internal Security Act on suspicion of involvement with an Islamic
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      Lock icon Voluntary retirement
      310 18 Indon military, police to quit politics by 2004 JAKARTA The move to remove the Indonesian Military (TNI) and police from politics by 2004 has won massive backing of legislators, the Jakarta Post reported yesterday. Even those from the TNI/Police faction in the House of Representatives (DPR) have supported
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      Lock icon GAOL GOALS
      50 18 A security man keeping an eye on transvestite prisoners dressed in Victorian costumes at a football match between Nigerian and Japanese inmates at Bangkok's infamous Klongprem Central Prison yesterday. Thai andforeign inmates swopped prison stripes for football kits as they kicked off the inaugural prisoners' World Cup A^l
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      Lock icon Insurer ‘sorry’ for harassing dead girl
      262 18 MELBOURNE An insurance company has issued a formal apology after demanding money from a dead teen for damages to a car that hit her, The West Australian reported yesterday. Allianz Australia said that it had erred in sending a letter to Fiona Herbst, 15,
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  • STREATS global
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      Lock icon ‘More US Al Qaeda suspects held’
      287 21 Detainees believed to be part of madrasah ISLAMABAD Several US citizens are believed to have been detained in Pakistan in the last few weeks, the New York Times has reported. The men, suspected of being linked to A 1 Qaeda, were picked up along
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    • GLOBAL DEBRIEF
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        Lock icon NEPALI TWIN CAN’T EAT SOLIDS
        67 21 -afp NEPALI Siamese twin, Ganga, separated from her sister in a marathon surgery here last year urgently needs more treatment as she cannot take solid foods, her grandfather said yesterday. Ganga and Jamuna were divided at a Singapore hospital in a 97-hour operation. The doctors
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        Lock icon NOT SO DIRTY BOMB: OFFICIALS
        37 21 US Attorney General John Ashcroft overstated the potential threat posed by “dirty bomb” suspect Abdullah A 1 Muhajir, US officials told USA Today this week. Mr Ashcroft’s remarks annoyed the White House.
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        Lock icon KARZAI NAMED FOR TOP JOB
        32 21 -AP INTERIM Afghan leader Hamid Karzai was formally nominated yesterday as a candidate for head of state by the Loya Jirga meeting to choose a government. ap
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      Lock icon CRYING FOWL
      33 21 Workers of chicken supplier Brasilena de Pesquisa Agropecuari protesting on Wednesday in front of the National Congress, in Brasilia. They were angered by the suspension of government investments in agriculture m
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      Lock icon Man with testicles in fridge ‘no criminal’
      135 21 Reuters DETROIT A Taiwanese man who claims to have castrated about 50 people and was caught over the weekend with human testicles in the refrigerator of his suburban Detroit home may not have committed any crime, police said yesterday. Lt Bruce Smith of
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      Lock icon Powell suggests, White House dithers
      149 23 Wire services VANCOUVER US Secretary of State Colin Powell has suggested an interim Palestinian state but the White House doesn’t seem to go that far. “If it is going to be a state, it will have to have some structure ...to have something that looks
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      Lock icon Gamblers dice with death in Israel
      140 23 AP JERUSALEM Police are investigating reports that an illegal Israeli gambling ring is taking bets on where the next Palestinian suicide bomber will strike. The Maariv daily and Israel Radio reported yesterday that the ring in the town of Kiryat Malachi is distributing betting
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      Lock icon New Delhi’s own battle
      282 23 ‘lndia troops capable of fighting Al Qaeda’ Wire services SRINAGAR, India India has ruled out the deployment of foreign troops on its territory to help flush out Al Qaeda fighters which US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said are likely to be operating in Kashmir. “Our troops
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      Lock icon DOWN TO EARTH
      38 23 A Colombian staging a protest by burying himself up to his neck in a south Bogota neighbourhood on Wednesday. Nine people buried themselves to protest against a hike in the rates of public services Reuters
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      669 26  -  By, Jay Ming IF you can’t beat them, join them. Audiences around the world are forsaking the usual TV shows to catch the World Cup. And the stars are joining them. Stars such as top Korean actress Kim Hee Sun, of Korean blockbuster Bichunmoo. Known
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      431 26  -  By ADAM I LAS HIDY CAUGHT up in World Cup fever, we’re wishing how great it would be if our other half joins us to watch a game of football. No more grumbling in the background; no more cooking up one
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      375 28  -  From construction worker to singing star, A-do’s living the stuff of dreams By Yen Feng CLAD in a rugged leather jacket, I faded jeans and a floppy do framing his chiselled good looks, local crooner Andy Toh, or A-do (pronounced A-du), was a picture of macho
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      251 28  -  Stylish eating on a shoestring JUDI LOW Looking to impress in the kitchen on a budget? Judi Low’s recipes for stylish, nutritious, yummy meals that are easy to do and cost $lO or less for four servings, mil see you through these tough times. TODAY’S
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        129 31 Singaporeans and permanent residents aged 50 and above are entitled to a low-cost health-screening programme. For $5, they will be checked for diabetes, hypertension and high blood cholesterol. At Nanyang CC (60 Jurong West Street 91) and Block 138 Bedok North Street 2, #Ol-147, 8.30am-2pm, this Sunday.
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        70 31 POLY DEGREE FAIR Marriot Hotel, level 2 Tomorrow, 9-30am-9.30pm Free Find out more about programmes from reputable universities in Australia, UK and the US at this fair organised by the Informatics Group. The fair will also feature e-leaming opportunities through Informatics’ e-leaming portal, purpletrain.com. Up for grabs: Movie tickets
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        125 31 CHINESE OPERA SUNDAYS Haw Par Villa Sunday, 11am, 2pm and 4pm Free (admission applies) The Pei Yan Ling Opera Arts Troupe reenacts popular Chinese folklore such as The Eight Immortals and Monkey God Versus the White Bone Spirit. Focusing on acrobatics and the art of Chinese opera body language,
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        181 31 DANCE: OPAL-D Victoria Theatre Tomorrow and Sunday, 8pm Tickets at $43, $33, $23 Call Sistic at 6348-5555 Opal-D is an abstract work of contemporary dance, video art and design. It conjures a psychedelic world built from the elements of time, space, movement and visuality. Created by Arja Raatikainen
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        80 31 10pm, Channel i Based on the novella by Stephen King, director Bryan Singer presents a harrowing psychological thriller about the relationship that forms between a boy and a neighbour whom he discovers is a Nazi war criminal. Instead of reporting Dussender to the authorities, Todd decides to use
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        130 31 9pm, HBO (SCV6O) The heist of a $2O million diamond goes south and Miles Logan is captured by the police. But he remembers where it was left “Third floor, north side, comer of Fifth and Grand, in an unfinished building”, a line he memorised since being locked up.
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      652 45 Shaq and gang match Bulls’ three-in-a-row feat Wire services NBA Finals Los Angeles Lakers 113 New Jersey Nets 107 (Lakers win championship) EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey Los Angeles Lakers clinched their third consecutive NBA championship on Wednesday, beating New Jersey Nets 113-107 to complete a fourgame
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      250 45 Wire services EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey Shaquille O’Neal said he wanted to win in the city he used to call home. And on Wednesday he got his wish, joining Michael Jordan as only the second player to win three-straight post-season Most Valuable Player awards. O’Neal
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      177 45 -AFP FARMINGDALE, New York Tiger Woods tees off here today in the 102nd US Open in a bid to become only the fifth man to win it and the Masters in the same year. It would also put him halfway to a calendar-year Grand Slam
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      39 45 GRANT Holt’s injury-time goal helped Sengkang Marine force a 2-2 draw against Home United at Bishan Stadium last night. In the other S-League match, host Woodlands Wellington beat Balestier Central 2-1 with a brace from Agu Casmir.
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      351 47  -  By f Adam Hashidy SENGKANG Marine, one of the best supported clubs in the S-League, has revealed the secret of its successful crowd attendances. “It’s because of our schools outreach programme which we started four years ago,”
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      246 36 With the World Cup taking away dad's attention, it’s little wonder that moms and kids prefer to go to White Sands for a weekend of fun and games. its *ari< j mKTI, 'J Li*jjV Magician Joe Yu, Funnyman Mustapha and The Mad Scientist will entertain you and your family this
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      295 43 f 4 NOKIA Connecting People Soccer mania! Have you caught the bug yet? 1 V 35 35 35 Have a ball with exciting World Cup ringing tones and graphics. RINGING TONES PICTURE MESSAGES Boom Charged Up Let's Get Together Now We Are The Champions Anastacia Leon Lai Various Artists Queen
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      59 45 IN THE LIVING ROOM GOLF: US Open Championship, 2nd rd (ESPN Ch23,llpm and TV3, tomorrow, 2.20 am). SOCCER: World Cup Tunisia v Japan (RTMI, 2.15 pm, Ch2s--2.20 pm); Belgium v Russia (TV3, 2pm and Super Sports Ch 22, 2.20 pm); Portugal v South Korea (Ch2s-28, 7.20 pm). Poland v USA
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      548 48 Get the IT training that II propel youahead. Obtain a Microsoft Certification from the credible source. At Informatics, we offer Microsoft Certification which makes you an expert on Microsoft applications. That’s because only Informatics has the necessary teaching faculty and training resources to give you all the skills. The Informatics
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