Streats, 3 July 2002

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  • 12 1 Streats WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 2002 Hotline: 1800-844-5566 E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg MITA (P) 240/03/2002
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  • 499 1 52 gifted Russian kids killed after two jets collide in mid-air tragedy Wire services THEY were Russia’s “gifted” children on a dream vacation to Barcelona as a reward for their outstanding academic performance. But their Unesco-sponsored trip ended in a terrible tragedy because of an apparent pilot error.
    – Wire services  -  499 words
  • MORNING RUSH
    • 108 1 NINE Nominated MPs received their Instruments of Appointment from President SR Nathan in a simple ceremony held at the Istana yesterday. The five women and four men will get their first taste of action when Parliament sits on Monday. The nine are Ms Gan See Khem,
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    • 122 1 I. -AFP ASIAN stock markets were gloomy yesterday, with most taking their lead from overnight falls in the US where World Com shares plummeted after resuming trade for the first time since the telecoms giant revealed a vast accounting scandal. In Japan, the Nikkei-225
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    • 52 1 GOVERNMMENT-LINKED company PWD Corporation which has changed its name to CPG Corporation would like to go in for a management buyout like Nat Steel. Chief executive officer Khor Poh Hwa said yesterday that his “personal preference” was for Temasek Holdings to divest the group through
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  • STREATS local
    • 294 2 CPF rejects invalid’s HPS claim A HOME Protection Scheme (HPS) insurance claim has been rejected because the claimant, who is incapacitated with a left knee injury, failed to declare a problem with his right knee. The Central Provident Fund Board, which operates the
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    • 86 2 IN addition to registering the vehicle under a company’s name, the following information must also be displayed on the sides of the vehicle: Name of vehicle owner; Company/business address; Company/business registration number or hawker’s licence number; Passenger capacity. Motorists who fail to comply with
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    • 192 2 EYEING a light goods vehicle to use as your private runabout? Forget it. Buyers of such vehicles as the Renault Kangoo and Citroen Berlingo are now required by the Land Transport Authority to show proof of business. This is to stop such vehicles being put
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    • 152 2  -  By_ Karen Chen AN insurance deal being offered by NTUC Income to private bus operators may stave off an increase in school bus fees next year. Premiums are 20 per cent lower than the revised prevailing market rate. The average premium for comprehensive
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    • 248 3 KL drops water, bridge from package BILATERAL talks yesterday could not resolve a package of longstanding MalaysiaSingapore disputes. The price of water is the key problem, said Malaysian Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar, adding that it needs to be revised. Singapore has agreed to consider
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    • 289 3 THREE fresh faces among Nominated Members of Parliament (NMPs) are three professional women who plan to fight the cause of local enterprise. Businesswomen Gan See Khem, 56, and Ms Olivia Lum, 41, and accountant Fang Ai Lian, 52, aim to encourage more
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    • 249 4 THE Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) has admitted that it made a $3BB million error in including a provision for tax in compensation paid to Singapore Telecom in 1997. No one at the authority had checked with the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore about the
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    • 247 4 Reinforced rooms protect only against bullets, shrapnel: architect THE so-called bomb shelters in many Singapore homes can only offer protection from bullets and shrapnel, not bombs. So why bother to build these expensive features which are a design hindrance, asked Mr John Ting, president of
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    • 88 4 MANY firms here are set to hire again, according to two surveys. Layoffs are down and salaries are set to increase, the Mercer Human Resource Consultancy surveys show. Six in 10 employers polled in March said that they planned to begin hiring again, with those in pharmaceuticals
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    • 222 4  -  B v Zubaidah Nazeer LIM Tiong Hock, 47, bought two motorcycles and let two Indonesian thieves use them in robberies. After each theft, Lim would meet a third Indonesian called Bentar in Batam to collect his share of the loot. On May 3 last
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    • 134 4  -  Reports by. Zubaidah Nazeer TV MEDIA, the marketing company in the centre of the Slim 10 controversy, was yesterday hauled to court to face the first three of 55 charges. Two charges were for selling 180 bottles of the slimming pills over two
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    • 123 4 THREE charges of theft were yesterday added to the double murder charge Indonesian maid Sundarti Supriyanto faces for the deaths of Madam Angie Ng Wee Peng, 34, and her three-year-old daughter Crystal Poh Shiqi, on May 28. Sundarti, 22, was accused of stealing a
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    • 75 4 GOLD jewellery worth $7,300 and $7OO in cash were stolen from a Tampines flat while its owner slept in the next room. The thief entered the Block 833, Tampines Street 83 flat through a window. Cellphone trader Seah Keok Huat, 35, was home alone when the break-in
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  • STREATS financial
    • 425 6 STI: 1,552.73 2.37 Reuters THE Straits Times Index (STI) ended a touch higher yesterday but stocks were broadly lower in light trade as investors paid more attention to upcoming company results than the saga of US accounting scandals. Selective buying of blue chips like
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    • Two IPOs in search of $11.2m
      • 252 6 Reuters SINGAPORE Information technology company aspnetcentre Ltd said yesterday day it was offering 67 million shares at $0.20 each for a listing on the main board of the Singapore Exchange. The offer, which represents 25.4 per cent of aspnetcentre’s enlarged share capital, comprises 25 million
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      • 251 6 Reuters SINGAPORE Darco Water Technologies said yesterday it was offering 27 million new shares at 30 cents each for a listing on Sesdaq. It is the third water treatment specialist to list, following Hyflux and Dayen. A company statement said it plans to raise
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    • 198 6 Reuters SINGAPORE Hopes of an earnings recovery by most Singapore technology companies in the second half of 2002 have all but evaporated, with their share prices tumbling more than 30 per cent in the last three months. “Tech share prices are telling you that market
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    • 26 6 •AS AT JULY 2 US$: 551.771 552.697 EURO: 551.740 Ss: DM1.252 Ss: 67.98 YEN Ss: RM2.146 Ss: HK54.405 Ss: 23.46 BAHT Ss: 4,970 RUPIAH
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    • MONEY SCAN
      • 67 6 Reuters SINGAPORE’S investment arm Temasek Holdings is expected to signal its intentions toward some of the 40 major companies under its charge when it unveils a new charter or mission statement today, analysts said. The statement is being widely watched for what it says about the
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      • 60 6 AFP KEPPEL Telecommunications and Transportation (Keppel T&T) yesterday announced its foray into the Japanese market through a joint venture with Japan’s MVNO Kabushiki Kaisha. Keppel T&T said its wholly owned subsidiary Keppel Communications has signed a memorandum of understanding to form a joint venture with MVNO, a
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    • 82 8 ABN-AMRO has introduced what they believe is Singapore’s lowest floating rate mortgage refinancing. The package “ABN Amro Flexible Home Loan” is a floating rate package with a first-year rate of 2.68 per cent a year. The rates are 2.75 per cent for the second year and
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    • 248 8 SEC chief uhappy with telecoms giant’s response AP WASHINGTON -The chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission derided as “wholly inadequate and incomplete” a sworn statement by World Com Inc explaining how it came to inflate earnings by nearly US$4 billion (Ss7 billion). The criticism from Mr
      – AP  -  248 words
    • 314 8  -  By_ Yen Feng YOU will never have a second chance to make a good first impression. But what if even after spending hours agonising over what to wear, you still can’t seem to get it right? According to Ms Suzenne Zheng, principal consultant for image
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  • STREATS medical
    • 252 10  -  Surgery to fix Takuya’s turnoff in vain? By Karen Chen MENTION J-pop king Takuya Kimura and many girls swoon after all, he’s cool, handsome, charming and so on. His friends went faint when they were near him too, but for the wrong reason Takuya
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    • 158 10 VALENCIA Genetic tests on embryos can help women who keep miscarrying, the BBC reported this week. Chromosomal abnormalities seem to be key, said researcher Carmen Rubio. Her team at Valencia’s Instituto Valenciano de Infertilidad screened embryos for such abnormalities during IVF and placed only normal
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    • 63 10 HEALTH FACT STRESS affects us all differently. We can get anxious, defensive, depressed, withdrawn, aggressive or excited. Stress can give rise to fast heartbeat, tense muscles, aches, diarrhoea, feeling tired and trouble concentrating, eating disorders, insomnia, migraine, stomach ulcers and skin rashes. If stress continues, it may
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    • 131 10 QThe whites of my eyes have red veins. Using eye drops doesn’t help. A The red veins are blood vessels, which are usually inconspicious. But these vessels may dilate and become visibly engorged in cases such as dry eyes, contact lens wear, infections and inflammations. Consult a doctor
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    • 268 10 You Can Achieve More From Life Master breakthrough financial principles to transform your life and help you break free from the cycle of debt and deprivation BIBLICAL FINANCIAL WISDOM BREAKTHROUGH SEMINAR If you are not defeated within, your external setbacks will have to turn around in line with the victory
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  • STREATS vocal
    • 662 11  -  Comment By PAUL CHEONG IT was the first home I have ever owned and everything was going to be perfect. That was until I met my renovation contractor. Everyone warned me that renovating would bring headaches. But I was hoping that wouldn’t be true for me. After
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    • 277 11 I HAVE been following the unabashed views of the public about the increase in public transport fees and I must say that the comments are becoming increasingly sceptical, contemptuous and even ludicrous. I refer to Desmond Chng’s “Come take a bus ride, Mr Yeo” (Streats,
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    • 95 11 I WONDER how many of those who comment on the public transport fare increases are really struggling financially. I believe that it’s not hard to survive here as long as we’re not continually striving for the 5Cs. It’s a matter of your expectations. I’m sure
      Francis Lee  -  95 words
    • 187 11 PAYING a dollar less for a pack of 20 cigarettes is a discount of more than 10 per cent. If a cigarette manufacturer can cut its prices despite tax increases, why is it that some companies and organisations can’t even keep prices down when there
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    • 101 11 AFTER the UOB takeover of OUB, my bank, the latter’s banking services were converted to those of the former. So when I recently tried to do an online funds transfer, I found out that “third party funds transfers are only available from 7am to 9.30 pm”.
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    • 35 11 IN yesterday’s report “Just add will and goodwill”, we said that Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar is the Malaysian Prime Minister. Mr Syed Hamid is the Foreign Minister. We are sorry for the error.
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    • 55 11 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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    • 176 12 THE MACAU TOURISM FAIR f s Join us for fun-filled days of performances, games, complimentary snacks and a photo exhibition! Date: 03 and 04 July 2002 Time: 12noon to 6pm Venue: Suntec City Mall (Atrium in front of Carrefourl o o o o o m 0 Q I Q 0
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  • STREATS regional
    • 391 13 Now’s not the right time for Islamic law: Dr M’s religious adviser KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia is not against hudud but feels that it can be implemented only if the environment is right and when people are ready for it, the Star yesterday quoted prime minister’s religious
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    • 237 13 Wire services kuala lumpur Malaysians are planning a hero’s welcome and a grilling for Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad when he returns today from a European holiday after stunning the nation with his resignation. His party, the United Malays National Organisation (Umno), says some 10,000 members are
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    • 122 13 -AFP SEOUL North Korea yesterday accused the United States of committing “provocations” at the tense Korean border truce village of Panmunjom which it warned could spark conflict. With the peninsula still on high alert after a battle between the navies of North and South Korea
      -AFP  -  122 words
    • REGIONAL DEBRIEF
      • 59 13 Reuters GUNMEN in the Philippines freed a Korean businessman yesterday after holding him hostage for five months, officials said. Some 50 sacks of rice were given to the gunmen as ransom, the officials said. They said local officials secured the release of Yoon Jae Keun, 43, with
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      • 48 13 A FACTORY worker who became unconscious for 49 days shortly after taking a prescribed slimming drug has died of brain damage at Penang Hospital, the Star reported. Ms Halimah Md Ibrahim, 30, died of hypoxic encephalopathy (reduction in blood flow to the brain) on Sunday.
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      • 49 13 Reuters US President George W Bush authorised giving Manila up to US$lO million (5517.7 million) in military equipment and services to help it fight terror, US officials have said. About 1,000 US troops are in the Philippines training local troops in jungle warfare and counter-terrorism. Reuters
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    • 50 13 Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri helping East Timorese President Xanana Gusmao into position for a photo-op at the presidential palace in Jakarta yesterday as first lady Kir sty Sword Gusmao looks on. This is Mr Gusmao’s first visit to Jakarta as leader of the newly independent nation Reuters
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    • 118 13 AP TAIPEI A Taiwanese mother mistook a small bottle of instant glue for ear drops and poured the glue into her son’s inflamed ear, a newspaper reported yesterday. The 14-year-old screamed in pain and later underwent a 20-minute operation to have the congealed
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  • STREATS global
    • 460 15 Wire services KABUL The US military was yesterday fighting to stave off criticism over Monday morning’s mistaken bombing of an Afghan wedding celebration in Dherawad. Forty people were killed and 120 wounded as US bombers, escorted by ground
      – Wire services; AP  -  460 words
    • 333 15 Wire services WASHINGTON The US is “cursed” with unfair charges of unilateralism, Secretary of State Colin Powell said on Monday. “Every time we do something that is not in sync with everyone else, we’re being accused of unilateralism,” Mr Powell said.
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    • 199 15 Reuters MIAMI Two America West pilots taxiing for takeoff from Miami were ordered to return to the terminal on Monday and arrested on charges of operating a plane while drunk. The pilot and co-pilot got into a dispute with a security screener who tried
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    • GLOBAL DEBRIEF
      • 47 15 -AFP THE US State Department has warned that it has credible information that Americans worldwide face imminent terror attacks, including suicide assaults. “The US government continues to receive credible indications that extremist individuals are planning additional terrorist actions against US interests,” it said. afp
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      • 55 15 -AFP US adventurer Steve Fossett, 58, has made aviation history by completing the first solo round-the-world balloon flight, his mission control said yesterday. The millionaire crossed the finish line in Western Australia from where he took off on June 19 on his sixth attempt at one of
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      • 29 15 THE Israeli government wants to help ensure that relief reaches the Palestinians by bypassing Yasser Arafat’s “corrupt” authority, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s spokesman said on Monday.
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  • STTREATS peopIe
    • 448 16  -  By YongHuiMien SINGAPORE’S Dr Doolittle, the man who walks with the animals and talks to them, is calling it quits after 29 years on the job. Mr Bernard Harrison, 50, the chief executive officer of Wildlife Reserves Singapore (WRS), couldn’t have chosen
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    • 482 17 Slim down without giving up your dinner fading LCD t h f rp s Wo rid SJSJS?- ipe« Z 3 Pm irday A i. ecas t or Y 6 Jul at 8.00am Lose the unsightly bulk of your TV set. Switch to the future of TV. And you don’t have
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  • easySTREATS
    • 811 18  -  They are local TV’s unsung heroes, some with more than 30 years of acting experience. Yet they are never honoured with awards and when times are bad, they are the firstto suffer ?y Yvonne Kwok HE has survived subsistence wages, job uncertainty and three near-death experiences
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    • 307 20 Reuters GEORGE Michael is at it again. The British singer has had his share of controversy. The lowpoint was in 1998, when he exposed himself to an undercover police officer in a Los Angeles toilet. But his latest single, released on Monday, will make
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    • 134 20 WILLIAM So has until today to inform Taiwan authorities on whether he is returning to face further investigation on his alleged Ecstasy possession. The original deadline was yesterday, but his lawyer had asked for more time to discuss the case with him. This has led
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    • 179 20 F 4 member Vic Zhou has put his studies on hold to concentrate on his showbiz career. Juggling schoolwork and a busy singing-cum-acting career is just too tiring for the 20-year-old, Taiwan’s United Daily News said yesterday. Vic, one-fourth of Taiwan’s most popular boy
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    • 109 22 AMERICAN playwright, songwriter and producer George M Cohan, who is best known for the song Give My Regards To Broadway, was bom on July 3, 1878. He also wrote Yankee Doodle Dandy which is fine and well for the Independence Day celebrations in the US tomorrow
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    • Just a minute
      • 119 22 You can send and receive short text messages using a fixed-line telephone. You will need a new SMS phone with an LCD panel to display SMS messages. They cost $BO to $lOO and are available at Sing Tel retail outlets. The messages are free. But only messages
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    • Happenin'
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        64 22 MACAU TOURISM FAIR Suntec City Mall Today and tomorrow, noon to 6pm Find out more about the former Portuguese colony of Macau and what are the best travel package deals that will take you there. Today, you can get up close and personal with Channel U stars Bryan Wong
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      • Article, Illustration
        127 22 ARTS IN THE CITY: THE PHILHARMONIC WINDS Raffles City Shipping Centre Friday, lpm Free A group of passionate young wind music enthusiasts make up the two-year-old Philharmonic Winds, or Phil Winds. Members come from diverse backgrounds, ranging from working professionals to undergraduates to teachers. All are bound by their
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      • 63 22 PHOTOGRAPHY: SEVEN FIVE NINE ARTrium@Mita July 10 to 15,11am-Bpm Free The people who bring you the news in pictures in Singapore Press Holdings’ newspapers every day have got together for this exhibition. It will showcase 49 full-frame photographs taken by nine photographers took over a period of two years.
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      • Article, Illustration
        85 22 AWARE GODDESS WALK Haw Par Villa July 14, spm-7-30pm $lO, $5 (senior citizens) and $25 family) Call Aware at 6779-7137 or e-mail aware@pacific.net.sg Take part in a charity walk that aims to raise funds for Aware, a non-governmental advocacy group that works for women’s rights and gender parity. Six
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    • Tune in TV & MOVIE NEWS
      • 90 23 10pm, Channel i This futuristic thriller centres on a courier (Keanu Reeves), who loads vital data straight into his brain for storage and safe transport. Johnny has given up the brainspace that his childhood memories occupied in order to save space for his chosen profession. He wants to
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      • 74 23 Midnight, Channel 5 When Trip is dispatched to assist an alien ship with power source problems, he is delighted to have a friendly encounter with one of the ship’s female engineers. But after discovering that their special moment has resulted in his becoming pregnant, he realises he’s
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      • 122 23 -AP A NEW documentary about Bruce Lee has reconstructed the finale to the late martial-arts star’s unfinished film, Game of Death, nearly 29 years after his death. Bruce Lee: A Warrior’s Journey debuts on American cable TV tonight, featuring 33 minutes of finished
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    • Article, Illustration
      119 23 OPERA BABES Beyond Imagination FROM scraping a living with mimes and poets in the Piazza at Covent Garden, Karen England and Rebecca Knight went on to sing the track Abide With Me at the FA Cup final. After that, the classically trained musicians performed the Flower Duet from
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  • Page 22 Advertisements
    • 92 22 If you wish to have your event highlighted in Happenin’, e-mail Streats at streats@sph.com.sg or fax 6319-8191 START YOUR MORNING RIGHT AND, l-D/j/jJ: Cl b'Jln iJi-y.il iiiJjJ Sedßuß C **«*ioWy«eSßC m at Your Mining t SPORTS CONNECTION STORES Show your Red Bull 6-bottle promotion cluster pack and enjoy some of
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    • 77 23 KEEP THE PRIZES ROLLING IN cash prizes and the Grand Prize of a Ford Ranger XLT when you submit your Red Bull bottle cap together with a contest form. k Available at: BOTTLE OF RED BULL Date 3 July 2002 Time B.ooam to 9.00 am Venue: Galleria Foyer at Suntec
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  • Page 23 Miscellaneous
    • 455 23 Yourdailyhoroscope by Kelli Fox at Astrology.com AQUARIUS JAN 20-FEB 18 You’ve come a long way, and you’re eager to keep on going. Maybe you can’t yet walk through walls, but you can certainly see through them. Consider how to make your first million or, better yet, how to save the
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  • STREATS sports
    • 482 24 About 100,000 Brazilians line up to greet World Cup heroes Wire services BRASILIA, Brazil Escorted by four air force fighters, Brazil’s victorious World Cup team landed in the capital yesterday as thousands of fans exploded into shrieks of delight with their returning soccer heroes. Dressed head-to-toe in
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    • 406 24 Wire services MADRID In a little under four years as Spain’s national team coach, Jose Antonio Camacho managed to restore pride and passion. But there was no silverware to show. The 47-year-old stepped down yesterday knowing he had missed a golden opportunity
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    • 486 25 German captain edges Ronaldo for Player of the World Cup Wire services TOKYO German goalkeeper Oliver Kahn (right) lost his showdown with Ronaldo during the World Cup Final, giving up two goals to die Brazilian. But yesterday, Kahn got some consolation: He edged the striker in
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    • 344 25 SEOUL Hundreds of thousands of people lined the streets of Seoul yesterday to pay tribute to Guus Hiddink (right) and the South Korean football team as the Dutch coach confirmed that he would return to Europe. Hiddink sat at the front of the
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    • SPORTS SCAN
      • SOCCER
        • 71 26 Reuters MILAN Parma has played down speculation that it plans to hire former Leeds United manager David O’Leary as coach. Several British newspapers reported yesterday that the Serie A club was to hold talks with O’Leary, 44, who was sacked by Leeds last week. A Parma spokesman said
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        • 86 26 Reuters LONDON Former England captain Paul Ince has left Middlesbrough after turning down the offer of a new contract, the English Premier League club said yesterday. The combative midfielder rejected a new two-year deal on the grounds that Middlesbrough, in the north-east of England, was too far
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        • 90 26 -AFP LONDON Republic of Ireland striker Robbie Keane rejected a move from Leeds to rival Sunderland yesterday even though the clubs had agreed a fee earlier in the day. Said Keane: “I do not want to speak to any other club. I am happy at Leeds and
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    • 408 26  -  Warriors’ defender gets offer from several English clubs By Tan Kim Han S-LEAGUE Player of the Year Daniel Bennett is likely to return to England for a second stint. The 24-year-old defender has received a few offers, including from First and Second Division clubs. He will
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    • 272 26  -  By Lim Han Ming FIVE athletes have made a last-ditch effort to be included for the Asian Games in Pusan, South Korea, in September. They are Mohd Rizal and Serene Lee (squash), Adrian Tan (billiards and snooker), Muhd Qashyim (rowing), and Rano Izhar Rahmat
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    • 443 27 Top seed American yet to drop a set in five matches Wire services WIMBLEDON Top seed Venus Williams (right) moved closer to a third straight Wimbledon crown here yesterday, blasting past unseeded Russian Elena Likhovtseva in straight sets 6-2, 6-0 in just 47 minutes. Venus admitted
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    • 258 27 -AFP WIMBLEDON Britain’s Tim Henman is relying on his fans’ potent and curious mixture of passion and desperation to help carry him through to the Wimbledon title. The wilting fourth seed, dogged by a stomach bug and an equally resilient opponent
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    • 177 27 -AFP WIMBLEDON Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi and Amir Hadad, the Pakistani Muslim and Israeli Jew who teamed up to play men’s doubles here and caused an international stir in the process, have promised to keep playing together. The pair’s great adventure came to an end on
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