Streats, 12 July 2002

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  • 12 1 Streats FRIDAY, JULY 12, 2002 Hotline: 1800-844-5566 E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg MITA (P) 240/03/2002
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  • 531 1  -  Fussy logic of piety workers: Pay too low, hours too long, office too far v Wendy Tan THEY have been out of work for 15 months, yet some of them continue to thumb their noses at job offers. Why? The pay was too low. The office
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  • MORNING RUSH
    • 181 1 INVESTORS ducked out of equities yesterday, snapping up ultra-safe government bonds, while the dollar struggled as yet another probe into the accounting practices of a major US firm Qwest hammered sentiment across the globe. The dollar hit its lowest level against the yen since late
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    • 107 1 AP FACED with some of the world’s strictest anti-drug laws, some addicts in Malaysia are sniffing fresh cow dung to get high. An official at the National Narcotics Agency said yesterday the problem was small but growing among addicts who cannot buy drugs.
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  • STREATS local
    • 179 2 NEWATER has been declared a safe and sustainable water source for Singapore by a panel of international experts after an intensive two-year study. The panel found the reclaimed water to be well within the requirements of the United States Environmental Protection
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    • 149 2 ALL 21 DBS/POSB customers who had their online accounts hacked into on June 19 were broadband users, police revealed yesterday. A Chinese national, using a Trojan Horse program, stole the customers’ online banking user names and passwords and transferred between $2OO and $4,999 from the
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    • 279 2 Keen response to provide feeder services A PRIVATE bus operator has wheeled out a challenge. It says it can take up the slack in feeder bus services and do it in style, with one air-conditioned bus every five minutes, for only 60-70 cents a ride.
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    • 164 2  -  By_ Zubaidah Nazeer ON July 20, 1,215 primary and secondary school students will meet at Tampines Junior College to take part in a three-hour ceremony to mark the first Racial Harmony Games Day. It will coincide with Racial Harmony Day, which is held every July
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    • 297 3 AFTER serving two years in a Paris prison for drug trafficking, he was put on a plane and sent back to Singapore on Wednesday. This morning, Robson Tay Teik Chai, 38, will be charged for his alleged role in the murder of a
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    • 184 3  -  Reports by Knushwant Singh BECAUSE there is no logical connection between ice cream and oral sex, psychiatrist Dr Daniel Fung concluded that a girl who made that link probably had been sexually abused as she claimed. Dr Fung, a consultant and deputy chief of the
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    • 130 3 HE was 54. She was 16. But that did not stop Jackson Yong from declaring his love for a co-worker at 3.45 pm on March 11 when they were alone in the storeroom of the fast-food restaurant where they worked. White-haired Yong, who has been married
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    • 101 4  -  Khushwant Singh A GERMAN banker who beat a red light and mowed down a 75-year-old cyclist, killing him on the spot, was yesterday fined the maximum of $lO,OOO and disqualified from driving for six years. Driving home at 10.15 pm on July 17 last
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    • 67 4 MORE than 1,700 jobs will be offered at the Northwest Community Development Council’s jobs fair this Saturday. They include openings for engineers, sales and tour executives, technicians, retail assistants, cleaning crew, and restaurant kitchen and service workers. The fair will be held at Woodlands Civic Centre,
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    • 385 4  -  Employees dance, watch TV at the office By Yong Hui Mien HOW would you like free fruit, time off to dance, watch a TV comedy or get your laundry picked up all during office hours? Some enlightened employers are doing these things, including getting singles
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    • 258 4  -  By Gary Lim YESTERDAY was the dreaded pink letter day for some 90 United Overseas Bank (UOB) employees. At about 9.30 am, those to be laid off were each given an envelope containing their notice. The bad news didn’t surprise some of those
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    • 139 4 SIX tonnes of smuggled elephant tusks and other ivory pieces worth more than $1.5 million have been intercepted at the port. The 532 tusks and 40,810 ivory pieces made up one of the largest such hauls here. The ivory was en route to
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  • STREATS financial
    • 137 6 -AFP SINGAPORE Singapore will maintain a neutral foreign exchange policy as the economy charts an uncertain recovery path, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) said yesterday in its semi-annual policy review. “The domestic economy is expected to continue on its recovery path, although some uncertainty
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    • 24 6 *AS AT JULY 11 US$: 551.750 552.707 EURO: 551.730 Ss: 67.06 YEN Ss: RM2.171 Ss: HK54.457 Ss: 23.51 BAHT Ss: 5,165 RUPIAH
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    • 683 6 STI: 1,608.19 23.75 US stocks tumble to 5-year lows, leaving equity players in jitters Wire services SINGAPORE Financial markets were in turmoil after a deepening crisis of confidence in corporate accounting sent US stocks tumbling to five-year lows, entrenching fears that the slump could damage the
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    • 267 6 ap WASHINGTON Stiff new penalties for corporate fraud and document shredding have been adopted by a unified Senate insistent on adding enforcement teeth to US President George W Bush’s plan to stem a wave of accounting scandals. In a rare series of
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    • 132 6 -AFP WASHINGTON Telecoms giant Qwest Communications, already being scrutinised by regulators for accounting practices, acknowledged on Wednesday it was also the subject of a federal criminal probe. Qwest acknowledged in a statement that the US Attorney’s office in the western US city of Denver, Colorado,
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    • 226 8 Reuters SINGAPORE Capita Land Ltd’s real estate investment trust (REIT) public offer has been five times subscribed and the units priced at 96 cents each, sources familiar with the offering said yesterday. Capita Mall Trust (CMT) had offered 213 million units in its public offer
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    • 194 8 Reuters SINGAPORE DBS Group Holdings is expected to shake up its senior ranks today after a number of top managers followed former chief executive Philippe Paillart out the door, sources said yesterday. “A whole lot of senior management people that he (Mr Paillart) brought in are
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    • MONEY SCAN
      • 76 8 Reuters NATSTEEL Ltd said yesterday that the mid-July deadline for a management buyout offer (MBO) will be extended to Aug 16. Nat Steel said the extension, the second for the MBO, will provide its financial adviser, Salomon Smith Barney Singapore, the opportunity to conduct a competitive sale
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      • 67 8 Reuters HONGKONG Hutchison Whampoa and ST Telemedia said yesterday they will not submit bids for bankrupt wholesale telecoms carrier Global Crossing. A court-ordered deadline for bids to buy the assets of the Bermuda-based firm expired yesterday. Hongkong conglomerate Hutchison and ST Telemedia walked away in May from
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  • STREATS vocal
    • 850 12  -  Comment By PHILIP LEE EACH time another foreign domestic maid becomes a victim of physical abuse, it never fails to make me wonder why it is so difficult for their employers to be more patient. More to the point, why this impatience should manifest
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    • 228 12 MINISTER of State for National Development Vivian Balakrishnan was reported as saying that cats’ nomadic instincts prevent them from being confined inside flats. Domestic cats certainly can be kept in flats, as has been proved by hundreds of loving owners. They enjoy
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    • 69 12 I REFER to “Keep up the good work, LTA” (Streats, July 11), a letter by Eunice Kng. All I can say is that Ms Kng must have never experienced rude bus drivers, waiting 15 to 30 minutes for a bus, error messages on
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    • 64 12 I’M not a regular Internet user, but I would like the speed of broadband. I’m interested in converting to broadband, but the sheer monthly cost is too high for someone who uses it infrequently. Can’t broadband providers come up with a more economical package for people
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    • 97 12 I AGREE with Eunice Kng (“Keep up the good work, LTA”, Streats July 11) that the ez-link system is a good idea. In one year’s time, almost everyone will be very grateful for it. But the authorities had no right to use public transport users as
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    • 55 12 Have Your Say Streats is pleased to publish your views. To be heard, email us at streats@sph.com.sg or write to The Editor, Streats, 1000 Toa Payoh North, Singapore *****4. You should include your name, address and contact number. Contributions should comprise no more than 200 words. Letters sent to other
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  • STREATS medical
    • 122 14 .-AP BOSTON Women with menopausal miseries should keep taking hormones, but not for more than a couple of years, US doctors advised this week. Many women rely on an oestrogen-progestin pill to make menopausal life more bearable by easing hot flashes, night sweats and sleeplessness. A recent
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    • 89 14 -AFP SINGAPORE At the end of a two-day seminar, the health experts said that the current Body Mass Index (BMI) for people considered overweight, now at 25kg/m2 and 30kg/m2 for those deemed obese, was “not appropriate for Asian adults”. “For Asian adults aged
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    • 166 14 A JUMP in the number of hepatitis A cases reported here is due mostly to people eating raw or undercooked cockles, the National Environment Agency (NEA) said yesterday. A total of 21 cases of hepatitis A were reported here in the past three weeks. That’s
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    • 233 14 Reuters HOUSTON Mothers who breast-feed their newborns for a long time are less likely to abuse them, a new study suggests. “The longer the mother breast-fed her infant, the less likely her risk of being reported for subsequent abuse,” said Dr Lane Stratheam
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    • 172 14 Q The whites of my eyes are yellowish. Does this mean I have hepatitis or some other disease? A THE yellow discolouration in the whites of your eyes could be caused by a higher than normal bilimbin level in your blood, which is in turn, caused by jaundice.
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  • STREATS regional
    • REGIONAL DEBRIEF
      • 103 16 AP CHINA has announced plans to make entry into China easier for “high-profile foreign visitors” considered helpful to the country’s development, the China Daily reported yesterday. Eligible foreigners include highly qualified professionals, academics and wealthy investors. China would also eventually provide green cards to qualified foreigners
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      • 55 16 -AFP A PROFESSOR resigned yesterday as vice-chancellor of Melbourne’s prestigious Monash University after admitting to plagiarising other academics’ work, officials said. Briton David Robinson had come under growing pressure from Monash students and staff to quit since he acknowledged last month having twice plagiarised when working in
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      • 58 16 AP THAI Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said yesterday that the rash of violence in Muslim-dominated southern Thailand had been caused by disgruntled officials, not by bandits or terrorists as suspected earlier. Mr Thaksin said that the violence, which has left at least 12 policemen and two civilians dead
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    • 258 16 AP JAKARTA An Indonesian military commander yesterday confirmed that senior A 1 Qaeda leader Ayman A 1 Zawahiri had visited Aceh in 2000. Major General Djali Jusuf, the province’s army chief, told the Jakarta Post that the visit did not result in an A
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    • 343 16 Move will encourage cuts in private sector, argue Bill’s critics Wire services HONGKONG After heated public debate and protests, the legislature approved a Bill to cut civil servants’ salaries yesterday. The government argued that reductions will bolster state finances and serve as a sign of support
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    • Article, Illustration
      50 16 A young Korean couple on a date arranged by a matchmaking company making their pet dogs kiss in Seoul yesterday. The company had organised a first date between 14 young single female and male dog owners, hoping to create seven human couples ana seven dog pairs AFP 1
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    • Going all out to woo travellers
      • 98 16 -afp SINGAPORE The first online travel portal in the Asia-Pacific owned by Asian and US airlines was launched yesterday to ride on an industry rebound after last year’s global terrorism scare. Zuji, Mandarin for “footprint”, offers travel planning, airfare price-tracking, airline and hotel bookings, stopovers and car
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      • 106 16 -AFP BANGKOK Thai Airways International invited some 300 disgruntled passengers to a party yesterday aimed at wooing them back to die troubled national carrier. “If sometimes we’ve neglected great friends like you, please spare your time to meet us at the ‘Sama Mahamitr’ (Love and Friendship) event,”
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    • 301 18 Xinhua BANGKOK A framework deal for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Asean and China will be completed by November, a Thai trade official has said. Thailand, which represents Asean in the FTA talks, and China have agreed on a November target, Thai
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    • 202 18 PENDANG Don’t judge my leadership on the basis of a single by-election, Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi was yesterday quoted as saying. He was talking to reporters at the nomination centre for a by-election here in Pendang. Leading the Barisan
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    • 112 18 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR A Malaysian firm plans to launch Asia’s first interactive television network on July 30. The homegrown “eTV” system will offer Internet, multimedia messaging, banking and other services, said developer Enhanced TV Technologies. The system allows users to surf the Internet, send and
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  • NATAS China Travel Fair
    • 712 21  -  Go beyond the usual tourist spots to uncover the gems that China offers By_ Evelyn Yap THERE is more to China than the terracotta warriors of Xi’an, Harbin’s snow and cheap shopping in Shanghai. Head up north and west for frontier experiences. Cruise down the Yangtze from
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    • 508 23  -  By Simon Rowe i A TEAHOUSE revival in Shanghai has i been quietly transforming the decrepit, down-at-heel neighbourhoods between i Renmin Lu to the north and Zhonghua i Lu in the south into a popular hangout for university students, business people i and tourists. Exotic, cockle-warming beverages
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    • 92 23 SINGAPORE Airlines flies to Shanghai twice daily. Explore Shanghai with SlA’s EZ Holidays four-day package. Stroll down the picturesque Bund, with its towering modem skyscrapers. Pass Nanpu Bridge, the fourth largest double-tower and double-cable slant-drawn bridge in the world. Find out why Shanghai is dubbed the Oriental
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    • 701 24 Few chn claim to have slept and woken up on one of the wonders of the world, but THNG LAY GEOK survives the adventure to tell the tale WHEN English adventurer Anthony Willoughby opened the Great Wall Centre of his outdoor adventure training company,
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    • 117 25 SINGAPORE Airlines flies to Beijing twice daily. Visit the Great Wall with SlA’s EZ Holidays package. The five-day tour includes stops at attractions such as Tian An Men Square, one of the largest squares in the world, the imperial gardens at Beihai Park and the
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  • STREATS global
    • 192 27 -AP LONDON Leaning on to the tolerant approach towards drug use that is spreading across Europe, the British government said on Wednesday that it will effectively decriminalise the possession and use of marijuana. British Home Secretary David Blunkett told parliament that police
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    • 216 27 WASHINGTON The next destination of the US military machinery could soon be Iraq. According to United Press International (UPI), US President George W Bush and his advisers are reviewing plans for a massive, full-scale military conquest of Iraq, which is to
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    • Article, Illustration
      62 27 While controversy over the police heating of a black teenager is yet to die down, two Oklahoma city police officers were caught on tape heating an unarmed man during an arrest on Tuesday. The tape, shot by Video Vigilante, Brian Bates, showed officers repeatedly striking Donald Reed
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    • 367 27 Bill may not go through Senate, White House Reuters WASHINGTON To the delight of pilots and chagrin of the White House, the US House of Representatives has overwhelmingly approved the idea of letting commercial airline pilots carry guns in the cockpit. The measure, a
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    • GLOBAL DEBRIEF
      • 65 27 Reuters REMOVING US import barriers would throw about 175,000 Americans out of work but benefit the US economy as a whole, according to a new study by the US International Trade Commission. The report comes as a disagreement in the Senate continues to block progress on a
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      • 51 27 -AFP POLICE in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu yesterday arrested lawmaker and federal government ally M K Vaiko under a tough anti-terror law for supporting Sri Lanka’s Tamil separatist guerrillas. He was arrested immediately he stepped off a flight from India’s western commercial hub of Bombay.
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      • 64 27 -AFP A FRENCHMAN has been arrested at Miami airport after dropping his pants while being searched and yelling to screeners: “is this good enough”, according to a police report issued on Wednesday. Banker Marc Danselme, 61, “appeared very disturbed that he was being bothered by the screener and
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  • STREATS people
    • 195 30 Wire services SEOUL South Korea has got its first woman prime minister. Dr Chang Sang, 62, was appointed by President Kim Dae Jung yesterday in the hope that she will restore faith in his administration after a spate of scandals. “President Kim appointed a woman
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    • 81 30 AP WASHINGTON A 1996 videotape has surfaced that has US Vice-President Dick Cheney praising the now-disgraced firm Arthur Andersen for its audits for the company he ran for five years. The oil services firm that Mr Cheney once headed, Halliburton Co, is being investigated over how it
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    • 93 30 NEW YORK Ex-mayor Rudolph Giuliani reached a divorce settlement with his wife only hours before it was due to be heard in open court, the Telegraph reported yesterday. Mr Giuliani had petitioned in 2000 to end the 16-year marriage, complaining of Ms Hanover’s “cruelty’ to him while
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  • easy STREATS
    • Article, Illustration
      642 32  -  Local designers give denim an image overhaul this season, but companies here still divided over its use in the office By_ Diana Ser THIS could give your bosses a heart attack: Denim is hot, and cool enough for corporate wear, say trend-setters. Denim, that laid-back, relaxed
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    • 178 34 JUSTIN Timberlake isn’t weeping over Britney Spears. He’s found solace in the arms of an older woman. The N’Sync star, 21, was spotted last wekend locking lips with Janet Jackson, 36, at rapper Missy Elliott’s birthday party at Miami Beach. Sixty guests, including Leonardo DiCaprio
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    • 132 34 SINCE he was arrested for drug possession last month, Hongkong singer William So has been depressed and even lost weight. But that has not prevented him from planning a “comeback” concert at the end of this month. Lianhe Wanbao yesterday reported that So,
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    • 405 34  -  Stylish eating on a shoestring B y, 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, will see you through these
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    • 126 36 WAY back in 1970, Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl crossed the Atlantic Ocean in his raft, the Ra, and docked in Barbados on this day. In 1993 a 7.8 Richter earthquake hit Hokkaido, killing 160 people. Who was bom on this day? Mr Gaius Julius Caesar Roman
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      • 39 36 Need some encouragement to stop smoking? Smoke’s No Joke a lighthearted performance on the harmful effects of smoking might give you a boost. On Sunday, 2pm-3pm, library@orchard (#O5-22/26 Ngee Ann City podium block). Admission is free.
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      • 46 36 Senior citizens have difficulties applying for their ez-link card can get help from the Star Hub roadshow at Woodlands, Lavender and Choa Chu Kang MRT stations till July 15, 10am-Bpm. Staff manning help booths will be on hand to assist senior citizens with their applications.
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        72 36 ÜBLUES FEST 2002 Fort Canning Park Saturday and Sunday, spm onwards Tickets at $25 and $2O (student) Call Ticket Charge at 6296-2929 This two-day blues, soul and funk festival will feature musicians from the US, Australia and Asia. From Singapore, five-member group üblues will thrill their fans, together with
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        157 36 GEMS OF THE MIDDLE KINGDOM Tonight and tomorrow, 8pm SCO Concert Hall, Singapore Conference Hall $32, $26, $19, $16, $12 Call Sistic at 6348-5555 or hook online at www.sistic. com.sg The Singapore Chinese Orchestra takes you on a whirlwind musical tour across China with a programme featuring composers Liu
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      • 86 36 AWARE GODDESS WALK Haw Par Villa Sunday, 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 nongovernmental advocacy group that works for women’s rights and gender parity. Six
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      • 95 36 CHINA FILM FESTIVAL Tomorrow, 9pm GV Grand $4B Call 6391-1953, fax 6398-1701 or e-mail filmfest@chinafilmfest.com The festival opens with Touched By Love. When a widowed father realises that he is terminally ill, he decides to teach his young son how to fend for himself. The film’s director, Jiang
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        66 38 8.30 pm, Channel 5 Two rival bubble tea shops in the neighbourhood compete for business, enticing customers with loud music, free pearls and bikini babes. The rivalry turns deadly when customers fall sick and one shop accuses the other of poisoning their pearls. Gina finally files a complaint against
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      • 60 38 Bpm, Channel i Life is good for Jack, Carter and Harlan, three inept ne’r-do-wells who help run Malcom’s flourishing marijuana plantation. When Malcom is suddenly bumped off by a mysterious assailant, the naive trio decide to take over the business. Stars John Lithgow, Jon Tenney, Ryan Phillippe, Hank Azaria,
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      • 125 38 AP MADONNA will make a cameo appearance in the latest James Bond movie. The singer’s spokeswoman, Liz Rosenberg, said she was on the London set of Die Another Day this week to film her scenes. London’s Evening Standard newspaper said Madonna, 43, will wield a
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      106 38 QUE PASA 7 Emerald Hill Road Tel: 6235-6626 www. emerald-hill, com Nearest MRT: Somerset ONLY at trendy Emerald Hill Road will you find a 1910 Peranakan shophouse harbouring an old Spanish style store cum wine bar. Its intimate setting resembles a Spanish provision shop with a wine cellar-cum-tapas
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    • 476 38 AQUARIUS JAN 20-FEB 18 The Leo moon fills you with more energy than you can safely contain. Libra brings you peace, and all that you need is the wisdom to deploy it. Lightning may strike twice if you give it an available target. by Kelli Fox at Astrology .com te
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    • 667 40  -  Post-World Cup, betting on S-League football continues By- Adam Hashidy IT’S official. S-League betting Score is on the rise again after a plunge last month following the World Cup frenzy. Strike!, the betting arm of the World Cup, is reported to have raked in about $5OO
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    • 70 40 SEMBAWANG Rangers striker Noh Alam Shah continued his prolific run last night. His 75th minute equaliser against Tampines brought the score to 1-1 and boosted his tally to 17. Tampines’ Demetrios Bakis scored in the 55th minute for the visitors. In the other match, Jurong FC managed to
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    • 401 42  -  Games village in Pusan has something for every athlete By Lim Han Ming YOU name it, the athletes’ village in Pusan has it. That’s what Singapore National Olympic Council (SNOC) secretary-general Chris Chan (right) found out after a three-day trip to the South Korean city early
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    • 376 42 Wire services ROUEN, France Jaan Kirsipuu of Estonia won yesterday’s fifth stage of the Tour de France, speeding past a small group of rivals at the end of the course through the farmlands of northern France. Kirsipuu, of the AG2R team, clocked a
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    • 282 42 LONDON Martin Keown (below) celebrated signing a two-year deal with Arsenal on Wednesday. That effectively signalled the retirement, still unannounced, of Tony Adams after 23 years at Highbury. England central defender Keown had been contemplating a move when only a one-year extension was
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    • 334 44 Reuters GULLANE, Scotland The possibility of a complete sweep of this year’s four major championships by Tiger Woods is the intriguing sub-plot for the 131st British Open, which starts at Muirfield next Thursday. The 26-year-old American is already halfway towards completing the first professional
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    • 425 44 Jones keen to wrest fastest woman tag from Ukrainian -AFP ROME Marion Jones (right) will continue the process of rebuilding her unbeatable reputation when she lines up in the 100 metres in the Golden League meeting here today. The Olympic champion had her crown knocked off
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        • 132 44 Reuters TOKYO German keeper Oliver Kahn may have won the Golden Ball award, but he couldn’t match David Beckham for the platinum ball. A small slice of a platinum soccer ball signed by the England captain fetched more than three million yen (5544,560) at a Japanese charity auction.
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        • 96 44 Reuters TOKYO Japan midfielder Junichi Inamoto, recently released by English champion Arsenal, has agreed to join Premier League rival Fulham, Japan’s Kyodo news agency reported yesterday. Italian clubs Perugia and Atalanta had also expressed interest in hiring the 22-year-old playmaker, who scored two goals in an impressive
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        • 82 44 AP NYON, Switzerland European soccer’s governing body yesterday decided to change the format of the Champions League from the 2003-2004 season. It has decided to maintain a field of 32 participants, but has scrapped the second round group stage to reduce the number of matches clubs have
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    • 338 47  -  School coaches can pick up tips from professionals bh. Adam Haskidy IT’S not just the kids who have to learn the art of football. For Singapore football to develop as a whole, teachers in charge of the sport in primary schools also need to upgrade their skills
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    • 30 44 IN THE LIVING ROOM GOLF: EPGA Barclays Scottish Open, Day 2 (Super Sports Ch 22, 10pm). DELAYED TELECAST CYCLING: Tour de France highlights: Stage 5 (ESPN Ch 23, 12.30 pm).
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