Streats, 15 August 2002

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    12 1 Streats THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 2002 Hotline: 1800-844-5566 E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg IVHTA (P) 240/03/2002
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  • Article
    Lock icon Have you become too? soft and spoilt?
    695 1  -  Of Elephant Island and a Little Red Dot By Zubaidah Nazeer WANTED: Men for hazardous journey. Small wages, bitter cold, long months of complete darkness, constant danger, safe return doubtful. Honour and recognition in case of success. This ad appeared in a London
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  • MORNING RUSH
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      Lock icon ASIAN STOCKS DOWN ON U.S. CONCERNS
      164 1 Wire services ASIAN share prices were depressed yesterday in lacklustre trading after the US Federal Reserve shifted its stance on interest rates to an easing bias. The major losers were Tokyo and Hongkong as concerns about the outlook for the US rattled investors. Tokyo’s
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  • STREATS local
    • Targets for building a world-class transport system in Singapore
      • Article
        Lock icon Efficient private operators
        267 2  -  By Deepa Vijiyasingam THE Public Transport Council (PTC) has released its guidelines for private transport operators who want a bite of the feeder service market in HDB estates. The guidelines received mixed responses from prospective and incumbent operators. The PTC said that even though it still believes
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        Lock icon PTC’s minimum service standard guidelines
        75 2 NEW private feeder bus operators must provide: Bus services within 400 m of every resident (subject to a minimum level of daily passenger trips as stipulated by die PTC). Direct bus connections to bus interchanges. Service between 6am and midnight daily. Service frequencies during peak
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        Lock icon Efficient public operators
        178 2 SINGAPORE wants to see more people taking public transport, but this can be achieved only if bus and train services are convenient, efficient and of high quality. Transport Minister Yeo Cheow Tong said yesterday that the aim was to increase the proportion of public transport trips to
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    • Article
      Lock icon The Straits Times tops in Pacific
      132 2  -  B y ChuaKongHo THE Straits Times has been picked as the best newspaper in the Pacific region this year. It won the Pacific Area Newspaper Publishers’ Association (Panpa) award as the Newspaper of the Year, beating papers from 14 countries, including Australia and New
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    • Article
      Lock icon ‘Better way to solve seat issue’
      333 3 Ministers speak on SIA pilots’ plan TWO government ministers said yesterday there was a better way to solve the dispute between SIA and its pilots than for the pilots to resort to industrial action. Transport Minister Yeo CheowTong, who described the deadlock as “disappointing”,
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      Lock icon Something fishy about this car
      114 3 THIS flowerhom fish lives in a Jaguar the luxury car, not the big cat. The novelty aquarium is the creation of flowerhom fish dealer Ruan Guangqi, 42. He spent $22,300 to transform the car into an aquarium fully equipped with air pumps, filters, crystal and
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    • Article
      Lock icon Energy task force set up
      263 4  -  Panel will review operations to prevent blackouts b>l Khushwant Singh FOLLOWING last week’s blackout, a task force has been set up to review operating procedures and identify all likely factors that could cause a similar incident. This was announced by Mr Khoo Chin Hean, chief
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      Lock icon $30,000 grant only for CPF downpayment
      287 4  -  Deepa Vijiyasingam IF you are a first-time executive condominium (EC) buyer, you will not be able to use your $30,000 CPF housing grant to offset the 10 per cent cash downpayment. You can, however, use it to pay for the 10 per cent CPF
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      Lock icon Grandad takes on the Himalayas
      398 4  -  By Cara van Miriah HE’S going to walk 43km a day for 18 days on end. And at altitudes of over 1,500 m most of the way. That would take the air out of even the most seasoned hiker. But the combined prospect of blistered
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      Lock icon She lied about grades to get job
      156 4  -  Gary him SHE was a temporary clerk whose future looked about to brighten when she was offered the post of management support officer. But when she learnt that her salary would be based on her O-level grades, she decided to doctor her certificate.
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    • Article
      Lock icon They lied about home alarms
      172 4  -  Yong Hui Mien BEWARE of people selling security systems knocking on your HDB door. The Consumers Association of Singapore (Case) has received over 60 complaints over the last three months against the hardsell tactics of representatives of Amshire, a company selling the ADT Alarm System.
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      607 5 Stansfield produces Top Results for again UNIVERSITY OF LONDON LSE Diploma in Economics Lead College: London School of Economics Stansfield School of Business is pleased to have produced the highest number of Distinction, Merit and Credit passes for the recent Diploma In Economics examinations set and marked by the world
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  • STREATS financial
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      Lock icon STI ends a shade lower
      413 6 STI: 1,527.03 2.0 Reuters SHARES closed a touch lower yesterday as some buying in blue chips helped counter an early retreat after a grim day on Wall Street. Dealers said the market had largely expected the US Federal Reserve’s decision on Tuesday to leave interest
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      Lock icon SembCorp H1 profit dip 41%
      321 6 Utilities division biggest contributor to bottom line Bloomberg SINGAPORE SembCorp Industries said first-half profit fell 41 per cent in the absence of one-time gains from asset sales that boosted earnings a year earlier at South-east Asia’s biggest engineering group. Net income fell to $95.7 million,
      – Bloomberg; ills  -  321 words
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      Lock icon IBM cuts 15,600 jobs to cope with tough times
      206 6 Bloomberg NEW YORK International Business Machines (IBM) said yesterday it has eliminated about 15,600 jobs, or less than 5 per cent of its staff, as the world’s largest computer maker cuts costs to cope with a drop in sales and profit.
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      Lock icon FOREX RATES
      24 6 *AS AT AUGUST 14 US$: 551.746 552.685 EURO: 551.722 Ss: 67.20 YEN Ss: RM2.176 Ss: HK54.466 Ss: 24.01 BAHT Ss: 5,059 RUPIAH
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      Lock icon MAS seeks feedback on unit trust rules
      182 6 THE Monetary Authority of Singapore proposes to let buyers have a chance to cancel their purchase of units in unit trusts. The proposal envisages giving investors the right to cancel the agreement to purchase units in a unit trust, where the right must
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      Lock icon S’poreans upbeat
      69 6 MORE than 70 per cent of Singaporeans mostly males expect to see a recovery from global recession by mid-2003. In the previous survey by AC Nielsen, conducted six months earlier, only 54 per cent of Singaporeans expected to see a recovery in a year. This online survey of
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      Lock icon Oil up 2% on supply slump
      335 8 Fears of Iraq attack also propping up prices Reuters SINGAPORE Oil prices jumped almost 2 per cent to a 13-week peak yesterday as US fuel supplies fell heavily across the board, leaving spare supplies of crude in the world’s biggest consumer at the lowest
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      Lock icon US firms dither in vouching for accuracy of accounts
      214 8 ap WASHINGTON Many of the biggest US companies are waiting until the last minute to comply with a new government order requiring executives to swear to the accuracy of their recent financial reports. Of the 307 companies that had filed, from
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    • MONEY SCAN
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        Lock icon RECORD US BANKRUPTCIES
        65 8 Reuters US corporations set a record for bankruptcies this year after US Airways Group Inc sought protection from its creditors on Sunday. Assets of publicly traded companies filing for bankruptcy have reached U *****.6 billion (***** billion) this year, according to bankruptcydata.com. Assets in bankruptcy year-to-date have
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        Lock icon JAPAN BANK LOSSES UP
        62 8 ’-AFP LOSSES at Japanese banks exploded to 4.9 trillion yen (Ss73 billion) in the year to March from 0.1 trillion yen previously as they stepped up efforts to erase bad loans, the Bank of Japan said yesterday. “Japanese banks recorded large net losses because they disposed
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        Lock icon CELEBS SINK RESTAURANTS
        41 8 AP PLANET Hollywood International wrote off US$5 million (SsB.7 million) in loans to celebrities and created a “tangled web” of insider deals that benefited top executives and other insiders, an independent review of the bankrupt company shows. ap
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      Lock icon On a Bali high
      564 10  -  A new home renovation series on stylish HDB living. Brought to you by OCBC Bank Sarah Ng Lush greenery, gurgling water features and natural materials bring Balinese-style resort living right into your home HAD a humdrum day at the office? Never mind, let the goodness of
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  • STREATS vocal
    • Article
      Lock icon Call for law to fight ageism
      154 12 I SYMPATHISE with 48-year-old Ms Mango’s predicament in her fruitless job hunt, which she recounted in her letter “Retained but rejected” (Streat, Aug 13). It seems that our Government’s gentle persuasion in urging our employers to hire older workers often falls on deaf ears.
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      Lock icon Restore CPF? Not anytime soon
      662 12 Comment THE BUSINESS TIMES SOME see the glass as half-full, others as half-empty. That might be oversimplifying things, but clearly, a perception gap has resurfaced on Singapore’s economic front. To many economists, the surprise in the second quarter (Q 2) economic results isn’t so much
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      52 12 OUR report “Step this way to fitness” (Streats, Aug 12) said that an average person loses one calorie climbing one step. The loss is 0.1 calorie walking up a step and 0.05 calorie walking down a step. The Step-Fit programme would be extended to all constituencies within three to
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      Lock icon Discrimination law would help
      99 12 IT WAS indeed sad to read about the trials of “Mango” in her attempts to get a job after her retraining. Unfortunately, such outright age discrimination is prevalent. It makes me wonder whether Singapore should adopt some of the employment practices of Western countries. There, the
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      218 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 regional
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      Lock icon Indon intelligence tells CNN: 'Al Qaeda fuelling Sulawesi violence’
      327 15 Wire services JAKARTA The conflict between Muslims and Christians in the troubled region of Sulawesi is being allegedly fuelled and funded by the A 1 Qaeda, CNN reported yesterday quoting Indonesian intelligence officials. An internal Philippine police document obtained by CNN
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      Lock icon Umno defends Chinese stand
      117 15 KUALA LUMPUR Umno Youth chief Hishammuddin Hussein has defended his organisation’s accusations against the United Chinese School Committees Association, the New Straits Times (NST) reported yesterday. He said the association’s chairman, Dr Quek Suan Hiang, was trying to inflame the sentiments of the Chinese while debating
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      Lock icon Jail for former E Timor governor
      139 15 -AFP JAKARTA Indonesia’s rights tribunal yesterday gave its first verdict for human rights violations in East Timor in 1999, ordering former governor Abilio Jose Osorio Soares to a three-year jail term that has been criticised as too light. The sentence handed down to Soares
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      Lock icon Arroyo to woo back ex-minister
      123 15 -AFP MANILA Philippine President Gloria Arroyo yesterday sought to woo back her potential challenger in the 2004 election who quit the Cabinet after being “humiliated” by a corruption inquiry. Executive secretary Alberto Romulo, Mrs Arroyo’s chief aide, said that he will meet Mr Raul Roco
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      Lock icon ‘Lu’s Indon trip is not political'
      358 17 Taiwan V-P denied entry into Jakarta JAKARTA/TAIPEI Taiwan’s vicepresident flew to Indonesia yesterday for a visit likely to ruffle China’s feathers, but Jakarta said her trip was unofficial and a Taipei representative said it had nothing to do with politics. Ms Annette Lu arrived
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      Lock icon Koreas to hold new talks
      240 17 Wire services SEOUL The two Koreas agreed at high-level talks this week to hold new negotiations. A television news report yesterday said that negotiators from the North and South had agreed to hold Red Cross talks on Sept 15 to organise new reunions of families
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    • REGIONAL DEBRIEF
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        Lock icon OCTOPUS ICE CREAM BEATS THE HEAT
        123 17 -AFP TOKYO It would probably have to be a really hot summer before most people would be tempted to try ox tongue or octopus flavoured ice cream but Japanese are lapping up the unusual flavours at a special ice cream exhibition. Odd varieties such
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        Lock icon THAI SPIDEYS SQUASHED
        85 17 -AFP A COOKING-GAS salesman agreed yesterday to stop dressing his employees in Spider-Man costumes after he was warned by the Thai agent of Marvel Comics that they would take legal action against him. “I am a bit disappointed but I understand it’s about copyright,” said Thai shop
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        Lock icon CHINA SPACESHIP NO 4
        38 17 Reuters CHINA is planning to launch its fourth unmanned spacecraft by the end of the year, hurtling its space programme ever closer to manned flights and moon missions, the China Daily reported yesterday. Reuters
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        Lock icon KL TO PUSH ASEAN +3
        41 17 AP MALAYSIAN foreign minister Syed Hamid Albar said late on Tuesday that his government would continue to push for a new secretariat for the grouping of Asean with China, Japan and South Korea, despite opposition. ap
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  • STREATS global
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      Lock icon UK cleric threatens terror attacks
      337 18 ‘lf Iraq is attacked, Muslims must respond’ Wire services LONDON Radical Islamic leaders in Britain have issued what a newspaper yesterday described as a threat of terrorist attacks if the country attacks Iraq. Sheikh Omar Bakri Muhammad, a north London cleric, told the Daily Telegraph
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      Lock icon Barghouti charged in Israeli court
      155 18 AP TEL AVTV In Israel’s first major court case against a Palestinian leader, Marwan Barghouti (left) was yesterday charged with orchestrating terror attacks. But the leader of the A 1 Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigade was defiant. “The uprising will be victorious,” he shouted in Hebrew to
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      Lock icon Musharraf slams Islamic terrorists
      84 18 -AFP ISLAMABAD Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf yesterday vowed to “root out the scourge of terrorism” gripping his country. Speaking on Pakistan’s 55th independence day, General Musharraf tore into Islamic extremists blamed for the recent killings of Christians and Westerners. The attacks “are the most shameful and
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    • GLOBAL DEBRIEF
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        Lock icon PIG ON THE RUN
        59 20 AP A PIG has saved its bacon by escaping from a Scottish slaughterhouse, and police warned the public to beware of the fugitive. The boar’s bid for freedom occurred at an abattoir in Dunblane, 40km north-east of Glasgow on Tuesday. The black boar, which weighs about
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        Lock icon DIET PILL ALERT IN U. S.
        47 20 DIET PILL ALERT IN U S. Reuters AMERICAN health officials on Tuesday warned their citizens not to use two potentially deadly Chinese weight-loss pills that may contain fenfluramine, a diet drug pulled from the US and many Asian markets after it was linked to heart problems. Reuters
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        Lock icon RAIL MAN DRIVES ’EM HOME
        63 20 -AFP A TRAIN driver took three passengers home in his own car after forgetting to stop at their station, a spokesman for Swiss railways said on Tuesday. The driver realised his mistake on Friday night after arriving at the train’s final destination of Fribourg from
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      Lock icon FLOOD RELIEF
      43 20 Even animals weren’t spared the fury of floods that have submerged most of Europe. In Czech capital Prague, a crane and a sling is being used to transfer a rhinoceros from the flooded pavilion in the city’s zoo on Tuesday AP
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      Lock icon Asia may lose out
      305 20 ‘Fed cut could have boosted growth’ Reuters SINGAPORE Most Asian analysts said yesterday that the reluctance of the US Federal Reserve to leave interest rates unchanged shows that the US economy is heading towards weaker territory. “While the market would certainly have been happy with a
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      Lock icon Website tells you how big he is
      107 20 FRANKFURT A website to work out the size of a man’s penis has been launched by a European condom firm, BBC Online reported yesterday. The secret formula uses the relative sizes of a man’s nose, hands and feet, said condom maker Condomi. The
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      Lock icon Oxford don flees ‘oppressive’ government
      134 20 OXFORD An Oxford don has said that he’s quitting his job to work in the US to escape an “oppressive” government, the Telegraph reported yesterday. Classics don Richard Jenkyns, who has been a tutorial fellow for 21 years, said morale in top British universities was
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      Lock icon A-level results ‘misleading’
      86 20 LONDON The A-levels are only slightly better than tossing a coin as a way of predicting who will do well at university, a professor of educational assessment has told the Telegraph. Prof Dylan Wiliam, of King’s College, London, said that at King’s, one in 10 students who
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      602 23 ADVERTISEMENT Three Foolish Reasons Why Men Let Themselves Go Bald MANY MEN ALLOW THEMSELVES TO LOSE THEIR HAIR THROUGH MISINFORMATION, OUTDATED BELIEFS AND LACK OF FACTS. If you wake up in the morning and your tooth hurts, you go to a dentist. It's the sensible thing to do. But when
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  • STREATS people
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      Lock icon America's 'greedy' bunch
      393 24 NEW YORK -Fortune magazine has released a list of America’s 25 greediest executives. These 25 made the most money through stock sales from January 1999 to May 2002, the magazine reported in its Sept 2 issue, which is available on its website. “All over corporate America, top
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      Lock icon Business crime buster fingered for fraud
      297 24 -AFP SAN FRANCISCO The US official charged with cleaning up Enron-like corporate scandals stands himself accused of corporate fraud in a lawsuit scheduled to be filed yesterday by an anti-corruption watchdog group, the group said in a statement. The lawsuit names Deputy Attorney-General Larry
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      173 24 o Singapore Quality Institute Certified Quality Training for ALL Levels UPGRADE YOUR SKILLS at SINGAPORE QUALITY INSTITUTE INDUSTRIAL DIPLOMA IN QUALITY3rd Intake Commencing 2 Sep 2002 Participants will be equipped with in-depth quality concepts, tools, techniques, strategies and practical skills which can be used directly in their work. Graduates of
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  • STREATS travel
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      Lock icon Touched by nature
      584 26  -  Be touched by nature www.westernaustralia.net %y_ Tan Kim Han IF Mother Nature has one last bastion in this increasingly urban planet, it is probably Western Australia. It comes as no surprise, for much of the largest state in Australia, just about five hours’ flight from Singapore, is
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  • easy STREATS
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      Lock icon Old heroes never die...
      658 28 Hollywood isfrantically searching for its next action hero, staking huge budgets and reputations on up-and-coming names, such as Vin Diesel and The Rock. But, YVONNE KWOK asks, are the action heroes of yesteryear ready to hang up their guns? 5 fists Even his flying toenail can
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      Lock icon Not much to talk about
      393 29  -  Stephanie@ the movies By STEPHANIE GOH GUNS TALKS Directed by Jang Jin Starring Shin Hyun Joon, Jung Jae Young, Shin Ha Gyoun, Won Bin ALL guns and no talk makes an action movie a dull watch. That’s what Korean writerdirector Jang Jin thinks. So, his
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      Lock icon Reality series focuses on teachers
      142 29  -  Yvonne Kwok MEDIAWORKS is chronicling stories of real life teachers in a new reality mini-series starting Aug 21. Thank You Teacher, hosted by Evelyn Tan, has four episodes two in Mandarin and two in English. The series focuses on teachers who have made a difference
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      152 29 A-DO is finally coming home. The contruction supervisor-tumed-pop idol will be back in Singapore on Aug 22 to promote his debut album, Nightfall. His fans have booked 10 taxis to welcome him at the airport. They also plan to follow him around as he visits promotional
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      149 29 -AFP WINONA Ryder’s ordeal is getting worse. Her shoplifting case is unlikely to be resolved anytime soon. A California judge on Tuesday declined to set a trial date. He instead asked lawyers to debate the evidence against her on Aug 26. Winona, 30, has been accused of
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      128 30 MUCH of the world has been hit by floods, with at least 1,700 people dead and millions homeless in Asia and Europe, after weeks of heavy rains. What’s wrong? Some blame it on the burning of fossil fuels. Others say it’s El Nino. Yet others point
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        119 30 www.kampungnet.com.sg the first Singapore Muslim Community website launched in 1995 has been revamped and relaunched. New features include a multilingual interface, personalised page designs for users and more interactivity. Content has also been expanded and includes book and movie reviews and online glossaries which users can read
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        127 30 JUST FOR LAUGHS COMEDY TOUR SINGAPORE 2002 Suntec Convention Hall 602 Saturday and Sunday, 8pm Tickets at $106, $86, $66, $56 Call Sistic at 6348-5555 One way or the other, your funny bone will be tickled during this five-day comedy festival which features comedians Louis Ramey, Chris Bliss, John
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        83 30 CHJIMES JAZZ SERIES: THE ELDEE YOUNG QUARTET Chjimes Lawn Sunday, 6pm-9pm Free Eldee Young, the original bassist of the Ramsey Lewis Trio, which won a Grammy for The In Crowd back in the ’6os, is back. Be entertained by the combination of Eldee’s swinging bass, diverse vocal style and
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        65 30 KOREAN FESTIVAL Asian Civilisations Museum (1 Empress Place) Saturday and Sunday, 10am-spm Free After the wildly successful World Cup in Korea, K-fever hits town again with this twoday cultural festival. Feast on kimchi and ginseng, enjoy cultural performances and movies. The award-winning Busan Metropolitan Traditional Music Orchestra, the Gyeonggi
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        78 30 OLEANNA Singapore Art Museum Last day today, Bpm Tickets at $29 Call Sistic at 6348-5555 Set in a North American college campus, Oleanna relates a case of purported sexual harassment. As the play progresses, one realises that its dramatic conflict lies in David Mamet’s obscure presentation of whether the
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        83 31 lam, Channel 5 Marcy continues to fret over Johnny’s attraction to Courtney, even though Courtney finds him disgusting. Hunter suggests that Marcy forget about Johnny, as he was never interested in her. Rob and Hope obtain security camera footage of Hunter shoplifting and threaten to fire her unless
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        58 31 10pm, Channel i In this update of the 1933 classic, an expedition team in search of petrol finds a giant gorilla, King Kong, in a strange island. They capture King Kong and bring the giant back to the United States, where it becomes restless and goes on a
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      213 31 ROBERT PUNT Dreamland ROBERT Plant and his new band Strange Sensation have resurrected a selection of vintage folk, blues and psychedelic tunes. Only thing is, they are reworked using Middle Eastern scales, Asian drones and hard rock. Now there’s fusion music for you. Plant says he is reinventing
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      456 31 Yourdaflyhoroscope by Kelli Fox at Astrology.com ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ll AQUARIUS JAN 20-FEB 18 Indoctrinate a likely candidate in the ways of your secret society. A solid alliance all but guarantees your advancement. Hard work distracts you from problems that might vanish on their own. A PISCES FEB 19-MAR 20 Through the noise
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      32 32 ‘I have won two (majors) this year... If I could somehow sneak another one out this week, I think this would he considered one of the top years!
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      34 32 I know my chances out there. I know what I can do. I know that if I’m playing well and Vm doing what I have to do I can beat him.’
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      538 32 in major myoiiK; y/Qidd Reuters US PGA CHAMPIONSHIP CHASKA, Minnesota Tiger Woods’ (above) tilt at a unique calendar Grand Slam foundered at last month’s British Open, but the world No 1 will still be the dominant figure at the US PGA championship beginning today. The 26-year-old
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      48 32 6-4 Tiger Woods 10-1 Ernie Els 14-1 Phil Mickelson 16-1 Sergio Garcia 25-1 David Toms 28-1 Retief Goosen 33-1 Padraig Harrington, Vijay Singh 40-1 David Duval, Justin Leonard, Davis Love, Nick Price 50-1 Scott Hoch, Jim Furyk 66-1 Colin Montgomerie, Justin Rose, Darren Clarke 80-1 Others
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      350 32 .-ap CHASKA, Minnesota When the world caught its first glimpse of Sergio Garcia (above), he was a 19-year-old nicknamed “El Nino” who pranced down fairways and took on Tiger Woods in the PGA Championship when it seemed no one else would. Three years and millions
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        394 34  -  Newcastle has played excitingfootball all these years, but its trophy cabinet remains empty. Despite talented youngsters, the drought is set to continue this year, too. Tomorrow: Leeds United By TAN KIM HAN LIKE a spumed lover, Newcastle United has been wooing the Premiership for decades without mych
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        67 34 New Faces: Titus Bramble (from Ipswich Town, undisclosed fee); Hugo Viana (from Sporting Lisbon, £8.5 million) Out: Karl Colley (to Sheffield Utd); Mark Boyd (Port Vale, free); James Coppinger (Exeter, free); Gary Caldwell (Coventry, on loan); Stuart Green (Hull, on loan) Highest paid player: Alan Shearer (reportedly
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      376 37  -  Local favourites hope to repeat Commonwealth Games feat at Singapore Open By Lim Han Ming SINGAPORE’S badminton star Ronald Susilo has set himself a quarter-final target for the Yonex-Sunrise Singapore Open from Aug 19-25. But the 23-year-old has to battle fast and furious. For standing
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      124 37 MORE than 200 fans, officials, coaches, athletes, their families and friends turned up at the Indochine on the Waterfront restaurant at Empress Place yesterday evening to celebrate the success of Team Singapore athletes at the 17th Commonwealth Games in Manchester. Singapore won a total of four gold,
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      762 39  -  Alam Shah’s back from hell, and scoring his way to the top By_ Adam Haskidy NOH Alam Shah’s one helluva lucky guy and he knows it, too. The 22-year-old striker has hauled himself back from a seemingly bottomless pit: A broken home, a father in jail, brushes
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          106 39 Wire services LONDON Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson believes captain Roy Keane has “no case to answer” over the claims in his book that he intentionally injured Alf-Inge Haaland. Keane placed himself in the centre of a storm on Monday with his boast that he “had waited
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          120 39 -AFP PARIS Japanese World Cup stars Shinji Ono and Junichi Inamoto both made major contributions as their clubs took big strides towards European riches on Tuesday. Ono struck the only goal of the game as his Dutch side Feyenoord defeated Turkey’s Fenerbahce 1-0 in their Champions League
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          119 39 STRIKE! is back. Football fans can now get into the thick of action with Singapore Pools’ English Premier League betting this weekend. The sale of Strike! will start tomorrow for the following matches on Saturday Everton v Tottenham, Manchester United v West Bromwich and Leeds United v Manchester
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      361 33 Stak c (\tiises Sunday Parade Animal Magic Show Teens Kids Bingo o Giant Boardgame Contest Golf Putting Challenge Scavenge! Hunt Star Search Singing Contest Imagine what fun you’ll have over the September school holidays! t.i SsfiiS mm StA at. V?. F 7 .< -A «m. ’V> This holiday, take the
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