Streats, 18 July 2002

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    12 1 Streats THURSDAY, JULY 18, 2002 Hotline: 1800-844-5566 E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg MITA (P) 240/03/2002
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  • Article
    Lock icon Crisis of confidence?
    688 1  -  Govt must do more to lift flagging spirits, saysMPs n By Sarah Ng FEELING down? Yes. Losing your confidence? Maybe. Lost your nerve? No. The latest Straits Times Consumer Confidence Index points to a worrying dip in confidence. A Streats poll of 50 commuters yesterday reflected pessimism.
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  • MORNING RUSH
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      Lock icon PTC MEMBERSHIP NOT CRUCIAL: SMRT CHIEF
      80 1 SINGAPORE Mass Rapid Transit (SMRT) president and CEO Boey Tak Hap said yesterday that it would not make much difference if the transport operators were dropped from the Public Transport Council (PTC). “There will not be a big difference because our participation there is
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      Lock icon PETTY CRIME UP IN FIRST HALF
      114 1 OPPORTUNISTIC crime is on the rise, with snatch theft, robbery and shoplifting making up the bulk of the 10.4 per cent jump in seizeable offences. Releasing provisional figures for the first half of this year, the police said that if the trend continues, Singapore
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  • STREATS local
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      Lock icon ‘Give us a break from bad news’
      350 2  -  CRISIS OF CONFIDENCE? 4 in 5 polled are pessimistic over prospects B&. Yen Feng ALMOST four out of five working adults aged 25 to 55 who were picked at random by Streats said they were not upbeat about their economic prospects. The finding
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      Lock icon Health worry
      58 2 ‘Of course I am worried about ike future. Every day, I tell myself I must not get sick, because my family will not be able to pay for the medical bills. ‘lf I get an incurable disease, I would rather die, and leave the money for my family
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      Lock icon Family worry
      77 2 ‘In Singapore, only the rich people are living the good life. For us who are still slogging to make ends meet, the future looks very bleak. 7 am worried for my son, because I do not know how much longer I can pay for his expenses, especially as
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      Lock icon Future worry
      56 2 What’s with all the upgrading and new buildings, why is the Government putting our money into walls and bricks when they should be using it to help the people? ‘There is no future here for me and my family, I plan to leave here once I get the
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      Lock icon Good news: COE down again
      159 2 IN another sign of the hard times, prices have dipped for certificates of entitlement (COE) for all vehicles except motorcycles. The price of a motorcycle COE almost doubled, to $lOl, in a fortnight. The biggest fall, of $1,855, was in the cost of COEs in
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      Lock icon SRS an option Top earners can save on tax
      250 3  -  By_ Deepa Vijiyasingam TOP earners worried about paying more tax due to the reduced cap on tax-deductible CPF contributions have an option. They can put their money in the Supplementary Retirement Scheme (SRS), ERC Sub-committee chairman Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam said yesterday.
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      Lock icon CPF boon for low earners
      174 3 LOW-WAGE earners can look forward to higher takehome pay, thanks to the lowering of the salary floor for Central Provident Fund (CPF) contribution from S2OO-5363 to $5OO-$750. These will mostly be parttime workers under the age of 20, according to recruitment agencies interviewed by Lianhe
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    • Article
      Lock icon BAC proposals form basis of stem cell laws
      149 3 THE Health Ministry will draft regulations to licence, control and monitor all human stem cell research conducted here, Deputy Prime Minister Tony Tan said yesterday. Accepting all 11 recommendations made by the Bioethics Advisory Council, DPM Tan stressed that the suggestions are
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    • Article
      Lock icon He pleads guilty to maid’s death
      199 4 TOUR guide Ng Hua Chye, 47, was in the High Court yesterday on charges of murdering his Indonesian maid last year and for'assault. But the murder charge, which carries the death penalty, was reduced to one of culpable homicide as he had agreed to
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      Lock icon Feeling is believing
      162 4  -  By Yen Feng THE Thinker couldn't have been doing much thinking yesterday as he was poked, pressed and prodded by 16 pairs of enquiring hands. Nor would the “molestation” have been sanctioned, if not for clean latex gloves being worn and watches and jewellery removed, so as
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      Lock icon FREE ...and still so few takers
      388 4  -  Computers Shopping vouchers By Zubaidah Nazeer FREE computer. Free NTUC shopping vouchers. IT course rebates. Even with these thrown in, only 30 people have signed up for a new six-day Mendaki life-skills course called Leam-To-Eam since April. This is from a target of 35,000
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      Lock icon Repeat offender gets 5 years
      165 4 WHEN odd-job labourer Azman Mohamed Ali walked into the Clementi Police Station on Aug 24 for a routine urine test for drugs, he was drunk. Questioned by a Central Narcotics Bureau officer about this, he became loud and aggressive and when the officer tried to
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      198 2 Solid Returns with lower risk Want to earn better returns on your cash and CPF savings? Here is an attractive investment the Singapore Bond Fund. Tel: 6788 1777 Web: streats.income.com.sg Email: mkg@income.com.sg Expected Yield of 4%* Projected yield over next 5-10 years is about 4%* p.a. more attractive than bank
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  • STREATS financial
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      Lock icon Accounting worries keep STI down
      412 6 STI: 1,583.30 2.55 Reuters SHARES see-sawed yesterday before ending lower for the third straight session as early buying interest after US Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan’s comments petered out. Mixed earnings data from US technology companies and persistent worries over US accounting scandals did not
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      Lock icon Port has to focus on next phase of development: Temasek ‘PSA needs new strategy’
      357 6 Reuters SINGAPORE Government investment company Temasek Holdings yesterday said that port operator PSA Corp, which is fighting hard customers, must have a regional focus even as it seeks to grow globally. PSA, which just appointed new
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      Lock icon CapitaMall Trust gains 3% on debut
      313 6 Reuters SINGAPORE Singapore’s first real estate investment trust (Reit), Capita Mall Trust, ended 3 per cent higher yesterday in moderately active trade as some ftmd managers voiced concerns about future liquidity. Capita Mall ended at 99 cents against its offer price of 96 cents
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      Lock icon FOREX RATES
      24 6 •AS AT JULY 17 US$: 551.740 552.733 EURO: 551.756 Ss: 66.82 YEN Ss: RN12.184 Ss: HK54.484 Ss: 23.24 BAHT Ss: 5,144 RUPIAH
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    • MONEY SCAN
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        Lock icon KEPPEL IN $32M DEAL
        71 6 Reuters KEPPEL Corp Ltd said yesterday it was expanding its presence in the North Sea by acquiring a shipyard in Rotterdam for $32 million. It said its offshore rig-building division Keppel Fels Ltd signed a preliminary agreement to acquire an 85 per cent interest in Dutch
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        Lock icon BID HELPS HYFLUX
        82 6 Reuters SHARES of Hyflux Ltd surged yesterday, riding on sustained hope that the water treatment firm could win the contract for Singapore’s first desalination plant. Hyflux ended 4.24 per cent higher at $1.23 in active volume of more than 2.9 million shares. Hyflux with the water and
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        Lock icon MOTOROLA’S $4B LOSS
        69 6 AP AFTER racking up nearly US$7 billion (5512.1 billion) in net losses since 2000, Motorola chief executive Christopher Galvin insists his slimmed-down technology company is “prepared to prosper” again. But the losses still keep coming. It announced a record net loss of US$2.3 billion (Ss4 billion) in
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  • STREATS medical
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      Lock icon HRT increases risk of ovarian cancer
      224 8 Reuters NEW YORK The image of hormone replacement therapy received another blow from researchers this week. They report that women who take oestrogen-only HRT for a long period of time have a higher risk of developing ovarian cancer. However, Dr James Lacey at the
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      Lock icon Supergerm threat to Asia
      181 8 -AFP SEOUL Asia’s medical world has been put on alert with a warning that superbacteria resistant to the toughest antibiotics are spreading in the continent. There is no effective weapon against the deadly bacteria because their unique enzyme destroys antibiotic substances, a Korean medical research team
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    • Spot the killer
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        Lock icon Preventing that first heart attack
        107 8 Reuters NEW YORK The American Heart Association (AHA) has released guidelines that advise doctors to routinely evaluate the risk of heart attack and stroke in people as young as 20. When a patient turns 40, doctors should start calculating his estimated risk of getting cardiovascular
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        Lock icon Patients can help detect cancer
        110 8 Reuters LONDON A questionnaire and computer scoring system could help doctors identify more patients suffering from colon cancer, British surgeons said this week. Instead of doctors taking detailed medical histories, the patients fill in forms describing their symptoms and how long they have had them.
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        Lock icon Simple test for bladder cancer
        137 8 LONDON A simple urine test could revolutionise the way bladder cancer is diagnosed, BBC Online reported. Experts think it could be twice as accurate in detecting tumours than the standard urine analysis now used. It may also provide a better way of diagnosing prostate cancer,
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  • STREATS vocal
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      Lock icon Hands off mature workers
      189 11 THE Central Provident Fund contribution system changes are very painful and depressing for workers aged from 50 to 55. Ouch! Threat of contributions being capped at 32 per cent of their salaries with a 16 per cent cap on employers’ contributions. Ouch! Threat of ceiling on
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      Lock icon Online banking too rigid to be secure
      109 11 BANKS supposedly want to work with their customers to make Internet banking secure. But the banks’ own rigid procedures actually create potential security issues. For DBS Internet banking, only numeric passwords are accepted. It makes stealing die passwords easier for hackers who use
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    • Article
      Lock icon Who'll tackle the dodgy ‘tradesmen’?
      87 11 A PLUMBER misled me into believing that he was licensed and then tried to quadruple the fee he had quoted for clearing a blocked drain. He quoted $5O, and the task took his two men about five minutes. I finally paid $6O after much haggling.
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      Lock icon Recycling waste is just half the job
      76 11 I WAS glad to read the comments in “National Environment Agency committed to recycling success” (Streats, July 15), a letter by the agency’s Mr Edward John Tailford. However, the recycling process in Singapore will never be complete if we bother only to collect
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      Lock icon Let’s call maids something nicer
      80 11 THE first step we should take in changing our attitudes towards our maids is to call them housekeepers or nannies. I refer to “Some people just shouldn’t have maids” (Streats, July 12), a commentary by Philip Lee, who said that maids should be treated with
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      Lock icon Part-time degrees worthless ?
      138 11 Part-time degrees worthless AFTER reading Irwan Jamil’s letter, “Commercial schools watchdog needed” (Streats, July 16), I am concerned that studying for a degree at such institutions might not be worth the struggle. With increasing public transport fares, CPF issues, and other rising costs to battle against while I save for
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      54 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 ToaPayoh North, Singapore *****4. You should include your name, address and contact number. Contributions should comprise no more than 200 words. Letters sent to other publications
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  • STREATS regional
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      Lock icon By-election in Mahathir’s home state Who is more Islamic?
      322 13 PENDANG Who is the true bearer of Islam in Malaysia? Is it Umno or opposition Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS)? The answer lies in the results of today’s by-election for Pendang and Anak Bukit seats in Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad’s home
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      Lock icon It’s crude campaiging: M’sian election body
      117 13 ALOR STAR The Malaysian Election Commission has described the campaigning in Pendang and Anak Bukit constituencies as “crude and callous”, the New Straits Times reported. Commission secretary Wan Ahmad Wan Omar said party workers of both Umno and PAS should “learn from past elections
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      Lock icon SUMMER CANDY
      33 13 A polar bear trying to reach ice blocks with frozen fish inside at the Beijing Zoo yesterday. Zookeepers freezefood inside ice to cool animals off during the sweltering summer months -Reuters
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      Lock icon Thai quest for perfect public loo
      169 13 AP BANGKOK The recent 100 summit in Singapore has sent ripples far to the north. In Thailand, Mr Sirithan Pairojboriboon, director-general of the Pollution Control Department announced yesterday that the country would hold its first public toilet design contest to try to clean up
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    • Article
      Lock icon Another harmful diet supplement
      146 13 AFP TOKYO Japan’s health authorities have found another harmful diet supplement imported from China, officials said yesterday, less than a week after fatal weight-reducing Chinese capsules made headlines. A woman in her 50s visited a hospital in the central Japanese city of Nagoya as she felt
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  • STREATS global
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      Lock icon Cvil service strike hits UK utilities
      170 15 Reuters LONDON Thousands of British local government workers stayed away from work yesterday in a pay dispute that has raised the spectre of strikes that brought down the last Labour government more than 20 years ago. State schools were closed, rubbish lay uncollected and
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      Lock icon IRA says sorry for 30 years of attacks
      150 15 -AP DUBLIN The Irish Republican Army issued an unprecedented apology on Tuesday for hundreds of civilian deaths during 30 years of bombings and other attacks, a surprise gesture that could ease a crisis threatening the survival of Northern Ireland’s government. British Prime
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      Lock icon Russia, UN, Europe: Palestinians will decide his fate US isolated over Arafat
      266 15 Wire services WASHINGTON Mr Yasser Arafat is proving to be a problem for the US. President George W Bush wants him out, but his allies are refusing to toe the line. On Tuesday, the US and the European
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      Lock icon TREASURED ISLAND
      52 15 A Spanish military aircraft flying over the disputed islet ofPerejil on Tuesday. The islet, occupied by a handful of Moroccon soldiers on last Friday, was recaptured by the Spanish forces yesterday. There were no casualties. Spain took action after consulting with the UN Security Council and the country’s
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      Lock icon Moustachioed wives are hot
      115 15 BUCHAREST Residents of a Romanian village say that women with moustaches are the most sought-after wives, reported Ananova.com yesterday. Villagers in Baleni-Sirbi, Dimbovita county, say that moustaches are a sign of fidelity and fertility. Maria Nitoi, 47, told the Libertatea newspaper: “I like how I look
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  • easy STREATS
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      Lock icon 'We paid Anthony Ler to strip’
      480 16  -  By_ Diana Ser Actress Eileen Wee, who plays murdered insurance agent Annie Leong in a Channel U crime series, talks about her brush with the convicted murderer THE grisly murder and the trial gripped the entire nation. Insurance agent Anthony Ler was sentenced to
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      Lock icon Real stories, real drama
      108 16 TONIGHT I Will Tell is a series of crime dramas based on real life court cases. Other than carefully-researched reenactments, commentators such as social workers, psychologists and even MPs will provide perspectives on the crimes. Such as Mr Chan Soo Sen, Minister of State for Community
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      Lock icon Another HK star accused of assault
      127 16 AFTER Nicholas Tse, it’s the turn of another Hongkong singer. Jordan Chan has been accused of assaulting a photographer and making away with his camera as well. Nicholas Tse was last Saturday accused of assault by a photographer for Hongkong’s Sudden Weekly. Jordan’s accuser
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      Lock icon Leave my kids alone: Kenny Bee
      116 16 Reuters HONGKONG Chase me, but not my two young children. This was veteran Cantopop singer Kenny Bee’s appeal to the press yesterday. Fighting back tears, the man who was once a heartthrob for thousands of teenage girls and now has filed for bankruptcy, said
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      Lock icon Takuya shelters pregnant wife
      74 16 THE star known as J-Pop’s sexiest man, Takuya Kimura, has one fervent wish: A safe pregnancy for his wife Shizuka Kudo. The couple are expecting their second child. To keep Shizuka away from his over-zealous fans, Takuya is thinking of sending her overseas. When she was
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    • STREATS beauty
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        Lock icon Growing pains
        465 17  -  Beatrice Liew started her teenage daughter on skincare routine. Vanity? No, all part of growing up By Diana Ser WHEN Carolen Liew, 16, had an acne attack last year, it was her mother, Mrs Beatrice Liew, who panicked. “I was very anxious,” said the mother of four. “I
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        Lock icon Why your child’s acne is your problem
        163 17 ACCORDING to Mrs Florence Lim, the director of Covenant Family Service Centre, talking to your child about problems that they will encounter during puberty, such as acne, can help build up their self-esteem. “Basically, we are caught up in a race whereby beauty
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        Lock icon SPOT-FREE ZONE
        279 17 Ask CliniqiLe anything you want about anti-blemish solutions. E-mail your questions to streats@sph.com.sg Q Besides hormones, what else can trigger or exacerbate blemishes? A LINKS to our lifestyle can exacerbate blemish conditions. The four S’s of blemishes are: Sun Triggers thickening of epidermis and increased follicular plugging after
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      Lock icon The Men are back, but are they better?
      155 18 ‘Large budget notwithstanding, the movie is such a blip on the year’s radar screen that it’s tempting just to go with it for the ride. But this time, the old MIB label stands for Milder Isn’t Better.’ USA Today reviewer Mike Clark
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      Lock icon Men In Blah
      380 18  -  MEN IN BLACK II Stephanie® the movies By I STEPHANIE GOH Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld Starring Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones, Rosario Dawson, Lara Flynn Boyle, Tony Shalhoub, Rip Tom I SWEAR I’ve been “neuralised”. Ask me anything about Men in Black part deux, and all you’ll
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      Lock icon Our weather girl says...
      147 20 IT’S the 100th anniversary of cool. On July 17, 1902, one Mr Willis Carrier invented modem mechanical air conditioning. The company set up its plant in Brooklyn, New York, turning out systems “to address man-made control over temperature, humidity, ventilation and air quality”. Singapore mall crawlers
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    • Just a minute
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        83 20 Phase 2B of registration of children for admission to Primary 1 next year begins today and ends tomorrow. This phrase is for children whose parents have given at least 40 hours of voluntary service at the school between July 1, 2001 and June 30, 2002; or whose
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        Lock icon Remember...
        43 20 If you’re feeling stressed or depressed, pick up some tips on how to unwind from Ms Sophie Chua, an occupational therapist at the Institute of Mental Health. Tomorrow, 7.30pm-8.30pm, Bedok Community Library (21 Bedok North Street 1, tel: 6332-3255). Admission is free.
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    • Happenin’
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        Lock icon CONCERT
        90 20 HARVARD DIN TONICS 2002 DBS Arts Centre Sunday and Monday, Bpm Tickets at $3O, $25 and $2O Call Ticket Charge at 6296-2929 Jazz legend Ella Fitzgerald once endorsed this a cappella group of Harvard undergraduates, saying: “I enjoyed tremendously seeing you perform... Not only were you entertaining and witty,
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        Lock icon CELEBRITY
        44 20 FOSSIL ROADSHOW Suntec City Mall Thursday, 6pm Here is your chance to get up close and personal with Stefanie Sun, Fossil’s new spokesperson. You’ll also stand a chance to win tickets to her Malaysia concert next month and even have supper with her.
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        Lock icon CHARITY
        72 20 SHARE A HEART CHALLENGE: PHOTO COLLAGE BUILDING Plaza Singapura Saturday and Sunday, 10.30am-9-30pm Donations of minimum $2 are welcomed Undergraduates from Hall of Residence Four, Nanyang Technological University, are behind this charity event to build a wall of photo collage. The materials: 4R photos taken by residents of the
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        Lock icon FESTIVAL
        70 20 DISCOVERY FOOD FEST Singapore Discovery Centre Saturday and Sunday, llam-spm Admission at $9, $6 (senior citizens) and $5 (children) Visit www. dazzlingdiscovery. com.sg Discover the joys of racial harmony when food and culture meet. Besides Singaporeans’ favourite hawker fare, there will also be cultural performances like Bhangra dance, traditional
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        Lock icon THEATRE
        71 20 THE CONFERENCE OF THE BIRDS AGF Theatre, Alliance Francaise (1 Sarkies Road) Friday and Saturday, 7-30 pm Tickets at $lO Call Kai Ching at 9362-0205 or e-mail papaconference@yahoo.com Undergraduates from the Nanyang Technological University School of Communications and Information present this intriguing play where beauty of the form meets
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        Lock icon DANCE
        41 20 CHJIMES JAZZ SERIES Chjimes Lawn Sunday, 5.30 pm Free The Lindy Hop Ensemble shows you how to shape up free of charge. Starting from July, there will be free dance classes on every third Sunday of the month till September.
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    • Tune in TV & MOVIE NEWS
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        Lock icon MEN BEHAVING BADLY
        70 21 11.30 pm, Central Tony now has three girlfriends on the go and Gary’s dad is visiting for the week. Gary is trying his best to find a partner for a special party in the weekend, but dad manages to spoil his plans. If you haven’t watched this
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        Lock icon CROSSING JORDAN
        61 21 Bpm, Channel i The discovery of a slain mother and her two young sons pulls Jordan into an investigation in which the distraught husband and father, a former hockey star, is the only suspect. And Garret comes to grips with forgotten memories when his ex-wife wants to sell
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        Lock icon KOPI-O II
        54 21 7pm, Channel 8 Jinbao persuades Lifeng to renovate the coffeeshop. Jianren thinks that Yuyan is having an affair when she dresses up to go to a karaoke lounge and gets jealous when he sees Sunny send Yuyan home. Things get worse between husband and wife when Jianren misses
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        Lock icon A KINDRED SPIRIT
        61 21 7pm, Channel U Siqin is furious with Dasheng for causing a scene after he spots her wearing a dress which he bought for his late sister. She sets him up, causing Yun to fall out with him when she thinks that he frequents prostitutes. In retaliation, Dasheng
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        232 21 WHAT’S scarier? The jaw-dropping, acidblooded Alien that nearly put away Sigourney Weaver (below) or the near invisible Predator that whipped Arnold Schwarzenegger? How about the two squaring off against each other? A movie combining two of Hollywood’s baddest space monsters is finally about to take off, reported
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      99 21 BALACLAVA #01-0lB Suntec Convention Centre Tel: 6339-1600 CHECK out celebrity singer Wendi Koh and guitarist Catherine Ong who will be performing tonight from 9pm onwards. Called the Toxic Acoustic, the gig is part of the Locomotion Party series which will be featured at different nightspots with a special
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      568 22 -AFP MUIRFIELD, Scotland As sure as night follows day, Tiger Woods (right) will be holding the Auld Claret Jug come Sunday night and one major away from achieving the impossible, the Grand Slam. Never has a player
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      411 22 X\ Tiger Woods (US) Age: 26 World ranking: 1 Number of British Opens: 7 Best British Open finish: Winner at St Andrews (2000) On course for the first professional Grand Slam of all four Majors in a calendar year. 2 Phil Mickelson (US) Age: 32 World ranking: 2
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      393 25 Wire services LONDON English Premiership giant Leeds United rejected its star defender Rio Ferdinand’s transfer request yesterday. The 23-year-old English international had upped the stakes earlier yesterday by officially requesting a transfer putting an end to weeks of speculation over his future. Ferdinand admitted that
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      494 25  -  It took 14 years for S pore captain to score a match-winner By. Adam Hashidy HE made his international debut for Singapore in 1988. Since then, Nazri Nasir had harboured hopes of landing the winning goal for his country in much the same way as an
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      161 25 -afp PAU, France France’s Patrice Halgand, riding for the Jean Delatour team, won the 10th stage of the Tour de France, a 147 km run between Bazas and Pau yesterday. His compatriot Jerome Pineau was second with Ludo Dierckxens of Belgium third. Spain’s Igor Gonzalez de
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          103 27 AP PHILADELPHIA Even if he does not spend another minute in jail, Allen Iverson will have to answer to the Nationl Basketball Association (NBA). The Philadelphia 76ers’ star guard was arraigned on Tuesday on charges that he stormed into a cousin’s apartment with a gun and threatened
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          88 27 -AFP CLEVELAND Chinese top draft pick Yao Ming has yet to close a deal with Houston Rockets. Yao, who led Shanghai Sharks to the Chinese title, will make U 5510.26 million (S$ 17.84 million) in a three-year contract under NBA rookie salary terms. But there
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        110 27 CYCLING -AFP BORDEAUX, France Former world No 1 Laurent Jalabert, the most popular rider in France, announced here on Tuesday he has decided to pull down the curtain on what has been a “fulfilled” career at the end of this year. Jalabert, who rides for the Danish
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      542 27  -  Singapore star will have work cut out at Commonwealth Games Bn r Lim Han Ming A LEANER, meaner and fitter Ronald Susilo (right) is ready to launch an assault on the Commonwealth Games badminton singles gold medal. The 23-year-old has just returned from a two-week training
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