Streats, 5 July 2002

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  • 12 1 Streats FRIDAY, JULY 5, 2002 Hotline: 1800-844-5566 E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg MITA (P) 240/03/2002
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  • 588 1 DPM Lee: Changing mindsets, expectations a difficult human problem NUMBERS can be crunched. Strategies can be switched. And policies can be redefined or refined. But in a time of breakneck, disquieting change, there is a wildcard that stands in Singapore’s way: human emotion. It is, said Deputy
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  • MORNING RUSH
    • 133 1 SINGAPORE has scored a world first. Now, from the comfort of their homes, families of prison inmates can “visit” their jailed kin. Through a pilot scheme Home Tele-Visit which entails setting up computers in the homes of 60 well-behaved inmates, their families can televist them.
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    • 96 1 ANOTHER person, besides former Fateha chief, Mr Zulfikar Mohamad Shariff, is being investigated in connection with criminal defamation in articles posted on the Internet. Police yesterday interviewed Mr Robert Ho, 51, in connection with two articles that appeared last month. One article questioned the rise of Deputy
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  • STREATS local
    • 135 2 13 malls offer free bus rides AT least 13 shopping malls here are providing free shuttle services from bus interchanges and MRT stations. This is good news for shoppers, as well as for people who work or live near the shopping centres, bearing in mind the recent public
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    • Article, Illustration
      190 2 FOR two hours today, 14 coffeeshops will sell their kopi-o at 1950 s prices 10 cents a cup. This is their way of saying “thank you” to shoppers for their support during the Great Singapore Sale, which ends this Sunday. The kopi tiams are at six locations and
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    • 183 2 Heres your cut-and-keep guide to shopping-mall free shuttle services GINZA PLAZA Clementi MRT station, 10am-10pm, weekends and public holidays GREAT WORLD CITY Orchard and City Hall MRT stations, 10.30am-10.30pm daily IKEA Sengkang New Town, llam-7pm, weekends IMM BUILDING Jurong East MRT station, Bam-11pm daily JURONG
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    • 285 2  -  Reports by Cara van Miriah FREE tickets to the National Day Parade will be distributed from 2pm this Sunday but people must register their names first, starting at Bam. The tickets won’t be given out at last year’s five distribution centres Khatib Camp, Bedok Camp, Clementi
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    • 109 2 WEAR a charity pin to this year’s National Day Parade on Aug 9 as well as its preview on July 27 and you could be among 74 winners of mystery prizes. The Spot-A-Pin contest organised by the National Council of Social Services (NCSS)
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    • 310 3  -  Only 1 in 10 obesity cases due to genes By Karen Chen MOST overweight Singaporeans got that way all on their own, with no help from genes and hormones. They eat too much or eat the wrong food, and do not exercise. Only one in every 10
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    • 198 3 A CABBY had just finished watching television at 4am on Wednesday and was preparing for bed when he was stunned by the sight of a 3m python in his living room. The snake was coiled around a stool. Frightened, the 5 8-year-old cabby, who would only give his
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    • 112 4  -  Khushwant Singh WHILE helping police to look for the man who robbed him of his wallet and cellphone, Mr Farhan Mohamed Zahri, 19, heard a familiar ring tone. He knew it was his as he had composed it himself. But Mr Sivakumar Validus, 27, who held the
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    • 74 4 THE High Court will now hear the case of Lam Chen Fong. Lam, who allegedly swindled more than 1,000 Chinese workers of their salaries, now faces 62 more charges filed by the prosecution, which moved to get the case transferred from the Subordinate Courts. Of these,
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    • 333 4  -  Hostess bought jewellery with client’s credit cards By Khushwant Singh A LOUNGE hostess who went to a hotel room with a customer found his wallet on the floor-as she was leaving. Goh Hwee San, 24, took it with her and used the two Visa credit cards in it
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    • 130 4 THE body of a 1 6-year-old boy was found at the foot of Block 489 Jurong West Avenue 1 at 5.30 am on Wednesday. Student Tong Ming Kuah of Chestnut Drive Secondary had apparently fallen from the kitchen window of his 12th-floor home, Shin
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    • 101 4 ACCORDING to Stanford University, sleepwalking happens during slow-wave sleep. Features include: Difficulty waking the person. No memory of the episode. Sitting up in bed, or running and screaming. The patient may urinate in an inappropriate place or use obscene words that he would not use when
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    • 230 4 THE Institute of Technical Education (ITE) has established a new three-tier system of certification to better reflect the new education profile, quality and competency of its graduates. Announcing this yesterday, Minister for Education Teo Chee Hean said a streamlined system based on the
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
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  • STREATS financial
    • 422 6 STI: 1,598.75 15.61 SHARES finished higher day, helped by Wall Street’s rise, restructuring hopes and funds moving to a market deemed more defensive. The Straits Times Index ended up 0.99 per cent or 15.61 points at the day high of 1,598.75 on some last-minute buying.
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    • 260 6 Port operator posts 9% growth in June despite stronger competition -AFP SINGAPORE Singapore port operator PSA Group, fighting back against increasing competition from neighbouring Malaysia, yesterday reported strong growth in its domestic and international operations. Last month, PSA saw 9.6 per cent growth in Singapore compared
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    • 301 6 Reuters PARIS A heavyweight team of French business veterans seized power at Vivendi Universal on Wednesday, pledging swift action on liquidity problems as shares in the world’s second largest media firm took another hammering. Vivendi, home to Hollywood’s Universal Studios and global music labels, named revamp
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    • 26 6 *AS AT JULY 4 US$: 551.770 552.699 EURO: 551.728 Ss: DM1.252 Ss: 67.93 YEN Ss: RM2.147 Ss: HK54.407 Ss: 23.48 BAHT Ss: 5,012 RUPIAH
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    • MONEY SCAN
      • 79 6 Reuters CHANGES expected this month to Singapore’s CPF rules will focus on allowing the private sector to manage retirement savings and may help boost banks and property stocks, Salomon Smith Barney said yesterday. Talk of changes that would restrict funds for home purchases have hurt property stocks
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      • 70 6 -AFP A JUDGE on Wednesday named a corporate monitor to oversee finances at World Com as the embattled telecom firm struggled to stay out of a potentially devastating bankruptcy. Former Securities and Exchange Commission chairman Richard Breeden was named by US District Judge Jed Rakoff in New York
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      • 62 6 AP MALAYSIAN mobile phone company Technology Resources Industries (TRI) yesterday named a new chairman who has ties with the country’s largest telecoms company, ending a bitter takeover struggle. Mr Munir Abdul Majid, 54, a former executive chairman of Malaysia’s market watchdog Securities Commission, succeeds embattled tycoon
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  • STREATS vocal
    • 614 8 A SATIRIST in America this week posed the rhetorical question of how often do so many egregious events concur. He was referring to the string of corporate shenanigans that have made headlines and rich fodder for his satirical website, as well as cartoon strips,
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    • 159 10 “FARE accompli” (Streats, July 2) details the typical, helpless reaction of Singaporeans to unpopular government policies. The bo pian (resigned to a fate) Singaporean is so used to the autocratic and monopolistic style of policymaking Whenever unpopular policies are forced down the throats of the people,
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    • 210 10 THE recent murder case involving Indonesian maid Sundarti Supriyanto has highlighted the inadequacy of regulations governing domestic help agencies. In this case, the maid agency withheld information about the maid from the employers, the late Ms Angie Ng and her family. If the agency
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    • 89 10 WE refer to “I paid for a free bus ride” (Streats, July 2), a letter by Vincent Poon. We replied to Mr Poon’s feedback on the same day that we received it. We would like to clarify that when ez-link card readers malfunction, passengers
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    • 210 10 I WOULD like to admit that I have not been using Streats for its intended purpose. Like that Adonis who emerges from the shower in the TV ad, the sight of Streats in the newsstand never fails to capture my attention en route
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    • 157 10 IT is disconcerting to see a major bank such as DBS direct the blame to its customers when there is a security breach. After a hacker stole funds from the accounts of 21 DBS/POSB Internet banking customers by accessing their PCs, the bank
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    • 104 10 I WAS appalled to learn that the Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) may pick up the tab for SingTel’s legal costs after the latter won its recent court battle. IDA should have admitted its mistake and apologised for overcompensating Sing Tel with $3BB million of taxpayers’ money in
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    • 123 10 WE refer to “Police officer was discouraging” (Streats, July 2), a letter by Alice. We apologise to Ms Alice for the erroneous advice given by the officer she approached. He should have attended to the complaint and referred it to the Traffic Police for
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    • 55 10 Have Your Say Streats is pleased to publish your views. To be heard, email 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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  • STREATS medical
    • 243 12 Genetics plays major role in autism onset Reuters STOCKHOLM Pregnant women who smoke may increase the risk that their child will have autism, a Swedish study suggests. Autism, which affects about one in 500 children, impairs the ability to communicate and form relationships with other
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    • 174 12 Reuters JESUS MARIA, Argentina Exposure to pesticides or solvents increases the risk of male impotence up to 12 times, a study has found. “I never thought that we were going to find such a strong association. We had to check the results several times,”
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    • 202 12 QI eat 5-7 fruits daily. Is this too much? How should I wash fruit with pesticide or wax on the skin? A You should eat two servings of fruit and two servings of vegetables daily. Examples of a serving of fruit include an apple or an orange or
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    • 186 12 AP BREDA, Holland Most healthy couples trying for a baby will conceive within two years, a new study shows. Couples should not rush to the fertility clinic too fast, said lead author Dr David Dunson of the US National Institute of Environmental Health
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  • STREATS regional
    • 397 14 Wire services KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has dropped the hint on who will be the country’s next deputy prime minister. He has suggested that Defence Minister Najib Razak “may be” in line to become the country’s No 2 leader after Datuk Seri
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    • 154 14 -AFP MANILA President Gloria Arroyo has announced that she will assume extra duties as foreign minister on July 15. She takes over the job from Vice-President Teofisto Guingona, who announced on Tuesday he was giving up his second post as foreign secretary after a
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    • Article, Illustration
      36 14 A Taiwanese motorcylist carrying a fishing net passing by the Nanshih river during Typhoon Rammasun in the town ofWulie yesterday. The typhoon brushed Taiwan, unleashing heavy rains to relieve the worst drought in years
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    • 236 14 KUALA LUMPUR The oppostion Parti Islam SeMalaysia will go ahead with its plan to implement its version of the hudud law in Terengganu, although the party acknowledges the strong protests against the move, its acting chief Haji Abdul Hadi Awang said. “We will overcome
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    • 160 14 AFP SHANGHAI A man was sentenced to eight months jail here after he threw his sick son into a creek thinking he was dead, state press said yesterday. Liu Zonghua, a farmer from the south-western province of Guizhou living in Shanghai, had taken his
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    • 214 17 AP CANBERRA Australia would be at the “front of the line” for a two-way free trade pact with the US once Congress grants President George W Bush power to broker a deal. Tom Schieffer, Washington’s envoy in Canberra, yesterday said he expected US lawmakers to grant Mr
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    • REGIONAL DEBRIEF
      • 51 17 AP A JOBLESS man took sleeping pills to kill himself after racking up debts from betting on the World Cup, the New Straits Times reported yesterday. The 20-year-old was found unconscious on Tuesday and rushed to Penang Hospital, where he’s in a stable condition.
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      • 37 17 Reuters INDONESIA’S army insisted yesterday that an explosion at a Jakarta shopping mall owned by its elite special forces was caused by a home-made bomb. Police have dismissed it as a firecracker. Reuters
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      • 62 17 AP A PROTESTANT pastor has been given four years jail for having oral sex with three teenage girls at a rehab centre he managed. Lin Chin-you, 48, had oral sex with the girls, aged between 14 and 16, several times over six months until
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    • 104 17 AP JAKARTA More than half of the front-line aircraft in the Indonesian air force have been grounded and a third of its radar stations are inoperable due to a lack of funding, media reports said yesterday. Air Force Marshal Chappy Hakim told a parliamentary panel on
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    • 60 17 -afp COPENHAGEN Asian finance ministers start a two-day meeting in Copenhagen today with European counterparts amid lingering concern over Japan’s flagging economy and the impact of a weakening dollar on export-dependent economies in Europe and Asia. The Asia-Europe Meeting of finance ministers will also focus on the
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    • Article, Illustration
      41 17 South Korean war veterans yesterday smashing a burning life-sized picture of North Korean leader Kim Jong II during a Seoul rally held by about 5,000 war veterans and anti-communists to blame North Korea for a recent naval clash Reuters
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  • STREATS global
    • 413 19 1 wept, but they tore my clothes’ Wire services MEERWALA, Pakistan She wept and pleaded for mercy as she was gangraped in a shocking scene straight out of the Dark Ages. The four men didn’t listen. They took turns raping her in a mud hut
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    • 196 19 OTTAWA Business degrees from prestigious schools do little more than add an impressive name to a student’s resume, a Stanford University professor has said. Little of what is taught prepares them for the corporate workplace, Professor Jeffrey Pfeffer, an expert in organisational behaviour who has
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    • 144 19 -AFP ZURICH Swiss authorities recommended a week ago that the country’s civilian radar system was old and must be changed. The Swiss authority BEAA, which investigates aviation accidents, said it had made the recommendation to Skyguide, the private company in charge of air traffic
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    • Article, Illustration
      471 21 Party on, says White House as Americans defy July 4 terror fears Wire services WASHINGTON It was the American Independence Day, but there were fewer freedoms for the superpower’s citizens as threats from A 1 Qaeda and other Islamic terror groups saw unprecedented precautions being taken by
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    • 86 21 AP MANILA Wary of possible terrorist attacks, Americans staged low-key Independence Day celebrations around Asia yesterday. In Manila, only a two-hour reception was planned at the embassy. There were to be no fireworks, with the festivities to end before dark. In Indonesia, the venue was switched from
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    • 106 21 ap JERUSALEM Turmoil threatened the Palestinian Authority after two security chiefs defied dismissal orders, mounting a challenge to Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. In a rare challenge to his authority, West Bank Preventive Security commander Jibril Rajoub and Gaza police chief Ghazi Jibali
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    • 193 21 AP MIAMI Mr Saddam Hussein’s stepson has been arrested on immigration charges in Florida, where he had enrolled at a flight school, authorities said. According to US immigration officials, the Iraqi leader’s stepson was travelling as a tourist and had not applied for a student
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    • GLOBAL DEBRIEF
      • 61 21 Reuters AN Afghan bride and groom, reported killed when US forces bombed a wedding, are alive and well, the groom said on Wednesday. The groom, identified as Malick, told a reporter that he and his fiancee were due to be married the day after the party, and
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      • 61 21 ‘BLOODY HEAD MELTS A SCULPTURE of a head made from nine pints of the artist’s frozen blood has been destroyed accidentally by builders who switched off the freezer in which it was stored. Marc Quinn’s Self in which he filled a mould of his head with his blood was one
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      • 53 21 ITALY’S interior minister, Claudio Scajola, resigned yesterday after causing outrage by calling a government aide murdered by terrorists “a pain in the *****” after his death. Claudio Scajola Mr Scajola’s departure was forced after remarks he made were widely published in the Italian press. Mr Scajola did
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  • STREATS people
    • 355 22 Setbacks just ups and downs, he says Reuters WASHINGTON US Secretary of State Colin Powell, widely seen as the odd man out in a conservative administration, said yesterday his job had its “ups and downs” but 18 months in office had not ruffled him. He appeared to
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    • 335 22 NEW DELHI India’s new deputy prime minister, Lai Krishna Advani, is a political tortoise with a single-minded aim to win the race for power. More than anyone else, it is Mr Advani, 74, the Economic Times of India reported yesterday, who scripted the
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    • 209 22 AP WASHINGTON As a Texas oilman, US President George W Bush engaged in some of the same kinds of business practices he’s now promising to clean up in response to a wave of corporate scandals. Mr Bush was a board member of Harken
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  • easy STREATS
    • 241 24 IT might have been a small detail. But the identical amulets spotted on the wrists of Nicholas Tse and ex-girlfriend Faye Wong were enough to start the Hongkong press speculating: Are they back together? Nicholas was snapped with a yellow string on
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    • 565 24 Nicholas Tse has been hogging the headlines by crashing cars and lashing out at the media. But, surprisingly, localjownalists tell DIANA SER that he’s not so bad BRAT. Sullen. Rude. These are the words that come to mind after reading recent newspaper reports about Hongkong
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    • 124 24 “I don’t know and I don’t really care. I always said that if you’re going to stop supporting me because I have a girlfriend then go ahead. It means you only like me because I’m single, so you can go screw yourself,” he replied when asked by
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    • 173 26 AP ACTRESS Julia Roberts married her cameraman boyfriend Daniel Moder yesterday at her estate near Taos, Mexico. The wedding was Roberts’ second trip down the aisle. The star of hits such as Pretty Woman, Runaway Bride and My Best Friend’s Wedding was married for 21 months to
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    • Article, Illustration
      353 26  -  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 make and cost $lO or less for four servings will see you through these tough times SOME say the hamburger
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    • 144 26 STEFANIE SUN, not known for her tact, apparently hurt the feelings of one of her male fans during an autograph session in Malaysia recently. The ardent fan had presented her with his guitar, which he wanted her to sign on. But the songstress rejected him point
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    • 111 28 IT’S a “B” day today. Mr Booth, William, formed the Salvation Army in 1865 in London. In 1946, just after WWII, and just as the first baby boomers were appearing, the bikini was also bom. The tiny two-piece was worn by a model at a party
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    • Just a minute
      • 115 28 Meet some 20 dogs, 20 cats and 10 rabbits, make a new friend and adopt a pet. An animal trainer and veterinarian will offer tips on pet care. Give Me A Home is organised by the Action For Singapore Dogs, Cat Welfare Society and House Rabbit Society
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    • Happenin’
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        217 28 ASIAN DUB FOUNDATION Fort Canning ParkToday, 8pm Tickets at $41 Call Sistic at 6348-5555 After their record-setting concert here two years ago, this British group is back to thrill hardcore fans at Womad. Fans can look forward to an eclectic mix of sounds raga rhythms, dub basslines and sitar-inspired
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      • 91 28 FAME THE MUSICAL Kallang TheatreTill July 14, Bpm Tickets at $lll, $9l, $76, $7l, $6l, $5l, $4l (student) Call Sistic at 6348-5555 Nominated for two London Laurence Olivier Awards (Best New Musical and Best Choreography), Fame the Musical traces the lives of a group of students attending New York’s
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      • Article, Illustration
        58 28 WINDOWS OF HOPE Raffles City Shopping Centre Till Sunday Very Special Arts holds its annual exhibition of disabled artists. This year’s guest contributor is blind sculptor and print-maker, Chng Seok Tin (below). Enjoy artwork by more than 80 artists and read about how they cope with their challenges. You
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    • Tune in TV & MOVIE NEWS
      • 71 30 10pm, Channel i This sequel to the Blues Brothers comedy/musical makes good use of celebrity cameos, which include appearances by James Brown, Aretha Franklin, Eric Clapton, Bo Diddley and Isaac Hayes. The story is similar. Upon his release from prison, Jake Elwood (Dan Aykroyd) puts the band
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        67 30 8.30 pm, Channel 5 Ahh, Vincent Ng’s English-speaking debut role on Channel 5 is here. It took more than half a year in production, but here finally is the 13-part series about law enforcers led by Cpl Ricky Soh (Ng) who keep the peace in an HDB estate. In
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      • 132 30 MEN in Black 2 which opened in American cinemas on Wednesday has been panned by critics who say the chemistry between Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones is not as convincing as in the first film. “The sequel dearly misses the jauntiness,” said the
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    • Article, Illustration
      120 30 TRIPLE NOIZE From Where We Sit triplenoize. cjh. net THE hip-hop boys from Talentime 2001 have finally put together this 15-track collection. The album is produced by the trio and NiKK Eu and mastered by American sound engineer Glenn Schick. Hip-hop may not be everybody’s cup of tea
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    • 465 30 Yourdailyhoroscope by Kelli Fox at Astrology.com AQUARIUS JAN 20-FEB 18 Direct your anger at someone or something that deserves it. Enlist the aid of innocents rather than targeting them. In the time that it takes to read this, you could already have started making changes for the better. jU. PISCES
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      433 32  -  England-born defender follows in footsteps of Goncalves, Grabovae By- Lim Han Ming ENGLAND-BORN defender Daniel Bennett (right), 24, will take up Singapore citizenship. In doing so, the reigning S-League Player of the Year will follow in the footsteps of Home United’s Brazil-bom Egmar Goncalves and Singapore Armed Forces
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    • 420 32 ap WIMBLEDON A German accused of stalking Serena Williams in several countries was released from custody yesterday after being arrested outside the entrance to Wimbledon. Albrecht Stromeyer, 34, appeared in court yesterday on charges of breaching the peace and criminal damage following an altercation with
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    • 321 34 PARIS Three-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong (left) can be beaten, but not this year. So said former Tour de France winner Bjame Riis, who has warned that Armstrong’s stranglehold over the race, starting tomorrow, is on the verge of coming to an end. Riis, the
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    • 432 34 World No 1 to meet Henman for place in the final Wire services WIMBLEDON World No 1 Lleyton Hewitt (right) had to dig himself out of a deep hole yesterday, before beating determined Dutchman Sjeng Schalken 6-2, 6-2, 6-7 (5), 1-6, 7-5 to enter the semi-finals. He
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    • 295 34 -AFP BRUSSELS Jamaica’s World Cup referee Peter Prendergast has asked Fifa to open an enquiry into allegations made by Belgian football star Marc Wilmots that he had apologised to him for overruling his goal in the second round clash against Brazil. Prendergast
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    • 460 37  -  ‘lt’s possible to combine studies, sports’ Lim Han Ming MAKE a successful example out of one athlete and the others will follow suit. That is the advice from one of Australia’s most decorated swimmers, Kieren Perkins (above), when asked how to convince Singapore athletes to
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    • 417 37 AP SILVERSTONE, England With a Formula One victory two weeks ago in Germany and Brazil’s win over Germany in last weekend’s World Cup final, Rubens Barrichello (below) is on a roll. A third success could come in Sunday’s British Grand Prix, with Barrichello
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        • 111 38 -AP LEEDS Leeds United denied reports yesterday it had interviewed former England coach Terry Venables for the vacant manager’s job at Elland Road. Venables was said to have met Leeds chairman Peter Ridsdale and officials on Wednesday night, but the club told its official website no such
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        • 100 38 Reuters SEOUL South Korea’s strong World Cup performance has sparked a squabble over player bonuses, a football association spokesman said yesterday. The players are urging the Korea Football Association (KFA) to pay all 23 members of the squad a 300 million won (*****,070) bonus. But the association
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        • 119 38 Reuters LONDON Defender Alpay Ozalan, who helped Turkey finish third in the World Cup, has questioned the ambition of his Premier League club Aston Villa. “The thing missing at Villa is that the club has no definite aim or ambition. From time to time that has driven
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    • 361 38  -  After the World Cup, crowd hungry for more action By. Adam Hashidy NTUC INCOME S-LEAGUE Gombak 0 Tampines Rovers 4 AFTER a month of near empty football stadiums, the fans are slowly making their way back to the S-League. Last night saw crowd attendances of 1,437
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    • 296 38  -  By_ 'Adam Hashidy THERDSAK Chaiman, one of the S-League’s top players, may pack his bags and head home at the end of the month. The reason is that Singapore Armed Forces FC and his Thai club, BEC Tero Sasana, cannot agree on his transfer fee.
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    • 297 39  -  Woodlands invites school clubs for home matches By Tan Kim Han WHEN the idea of Streats-NTUC Income S-League Schools’ Outreach programme was first mooted, its intention was to enable S-League clubs forge closer ties with the community. To achieve this, they have run coaching clinics at neighbouring
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