Streats, 27 August 2002

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    12 1 Streats TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 2002 Hotline: 1800-844-5566 E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg MITA (P) 240/03/2002
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  • MORNING RUSH
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      Lock icon NEWATER FOR AIR-CON SYSTEMS PLANNED
      100 1 NEWATER will soon be piped to offices, shopping centres and other buildings as well, for use in their air-conditioning systems. Newater is to start flowing in stages from January, to wafer fabrication plants in the east and north. Now, real estate developers have been told
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    Lock icon Hell no, I’ll still go
    679 1  -  Streats reader cited by PM as quitter has he changed his mind about leaving? By Khushwant Singh THE Streats reader cited by Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong as an example of a fair-weather Singaporean or quitter remains adamant about leaving Singapore for Australia. But he
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      107 1 WATER IRONY Water, water everywhere... nor any drop to drink. As floodwaters rise, Asia faces acute shortage page 13 EMIGRATION IRONY Exit Brits enter S’poreans: More S’poreans moving to Britain 120 in 1998 to 230 in 2000 -as more Brits want to leave page 14 cashline. now turbo charged. Fastcash
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  • STREATS local
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      Lock icon ITE makes scents to MP guests
      249 2  -  By Wendy Tan STUDENTS became teachers yesterday as a group of MPs visited the Institute of Technical Education campus at Bukit Batok. Miss Chua Hui Qin, 17, and fellow chemical process technology students spent an afternoon explaining to two MPs Mrs Yu-Foo Yee Shoon
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      Lock icon It’s 20 years now
      145 2 A MAN with a long history of crime, and who most recently set fire to his home, where his ailing mother was found dead, will be put away for 20 years. Syed Hamid A Kadir Alhamid, 40, had been given a four-year jail term in June
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      Lock icon Indians join Rally debate
      268 2  -  PM must address concerns of all groups: feedback participants By_ Deepa Vijiyasingam THE Prime Minister spoke about the Chinese and the Malays in his National Day rally speech but he seemed to have overlooked the Indian community. This observation was made when 60 members of the
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      Lock icon House to debate plan for SMEs
      128 2 A DEBATE on how the Government can help small and medium-sized firms grow and even go international starts when Parliament sits this afternoon. A motion, tabled by businessmen MPs Leong Horn Kee (Bishan-Toa Payoh GRC) and Indeijit Singh (Ang Mo Kio GRC), that the
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      Lock icon Technician gets jail, caning for molesting maid
      298 3  -  By_ Zubaidah Nazeer A TECHNICIAN forced open a locked bedroom door, which also had a mattress and an ironing board propped against it, and molested his maid. Salim Hassan, 46, a father of three girls, aged one to 15, claimed that after entering
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      Lock icon Suspect trapped by own complaint
      137 3  -  Deepa Vijiyasingam HE thought he was being smart using his motorcycle in a spate of robberies and then reporting it stolen. But his nervous manner and incoherent responses gave him away and helped police crack a series of snatch thefts and robberies. Since early this
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      Lock icon ‘Sex snoop video legal’
      301 3  -  Suspicious wife was within her rights, say lawyers By Gary Lim DANCE instructor Xie Yu Ying, 50, wanted proof that her husband was being unfaithful. So she spent $3,000 to install a spy camera in a vase of silk flowers in her bedroom and caught her
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      Lock icon Cold cell for hot bookie
      241 3  -  Zubaidah Nazeer WORLD Cup season tempted Fong Tong Hon, 31, to seek profit from his passion for football by organising a betting pool at his home. The pool exceeded $300,000 after about 20 people placed bets on six matches over four match nights. But on
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      Lock icon Brag dealers target Thai workers
      120 3 CONSTRUCTION workers here are being targeted by overseas drug syndicates peddling Yaba pills. The Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) has seized more than 31,000 pills in four instances in the last month alone. So far this year, the total is around 51,000 tablets more than double
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  • STREATS financial
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      Lock icon Wall Street losses keep STI down
      415 4 STI: 1,516.04 15.86 Reuters SHARES closed weaker yesterday after Friday’s losses on Wall Street and in spite of slightly better than expected July manufacturing data. The Straits Times Index was down 1.04 per cent, or 15.86 points, at 1,516.04. Among technology stocks, Chartered Semiconductor
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      Lock icon July output rises
      377 4 Manufacturing up 17.8% on biomedicals, electronics Reuters SINGAPORE Singapore’s robust manufacturing output in July signals a buoyant start to economic growth in the second half with new industries such as pharmaceuticals helping to propel the economy, economists said yesterday. “It’s a strong start for the second half,
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      Lock icon FOREX RATES
      24 4 •AS AT AUGUST 26 US$: 551.758 552.673 EURO: 551.706 Ss: 68.07 YEN Ss: RM2.161 Ss: HK54.436 Ss: 24.08 BAHT Ss: 5,082 RUPIAH
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      Lock icon Thai banks turn to noodle vendors, factory workers
      276 4 Reuters BANGKOK Thai credit providers are focusing more on noodle vendors, taxi drivers and factory workers because they believed such clients were more reliable borrowers than the rich, fuelling a spending boom and helping economic growth. Banks and finance firms said many
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      Lock icon Evergreen moves into PTP
      117 4 Bloomberg KUALA LUMPUR Evergreen Marine Corp, Taiwan’s biggest shipping company, has started to move containers through Malaysia’s Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP) as it gradually shifts most of its services from Singapore. Evergreen, which was the Malaysian port’s second big customer won over from PSA Corp,
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      637 5 Stansfield produces Top Results again! UNIVERSITY OF LONDON 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 renowned London
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  • STREATS medical
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      Lock icon HEALTH FORUM
      152 6 QCan diabetics eat sugar? How much sugar is too much? A Diabetics can eat food containing sugar. The intake of sugarcontaining foods should be spread throughout the day. Very sweet foods, particularly those containing added sugar, should be consumed in small amounts at any one time to prevent
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      Lock icon Basic test for Alzheimer’s
      291 6 Memory task best at detecting disease early: Toronto researchers Reuters TORONTO A simple verbal memory test may be the best way to detect Alzheimer’s disease before its symptoms appear, MSNBC reported on Sunday. There’s no real cure for Alzheimer’s, so early diagnosis is of much interest,
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      Lock icon Schools’fat fight shows results
      251 6  -  By_ Chug Kong Ho IN Los Angeles, the second largest school district in the US is expected to ban the sale of soft drinks at its 677 campuses, hoping to combat childhood obesity. In Singapore, the battle of the bulge is already underway in school tuckshops,
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      Lock icon Soya, garlic pills may not work
      149 6 Reuters. WASHINGTON Soya and garlic supplements may have no health benefits at all, experts meeting in Maryland said on Friday. Garlic and soya may have beneficial effects on the heart, but it’s not clear how, the experts agreed after a conference last week. Recent
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
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  • STREATS vocal
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      Lock icon A poser for groaners: Are you proud of S’pore?
      521 8  -  Comment By ROBIN GANGULY WHAT’S wrong with you? Why do you keep picking on your Government? Don’t you realise that without the tremendous vision that Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew and Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong have shown, Singapore would be
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      Lock icon Gentle persuasion can sway cynics
      297 8 I REFER to the recent statement by MP Vivian Balakrishnan that it is every Singaporean’s birthright to emigrate. At first glance, the statement seemed almost sacrilegious, but on deeper reflection, his point hit home and put a different spin on the entire issue of migration
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      Lock icon High wages will cost us our jobs
      316 8 THE current wage level in Singapore is at least twice that of Malaysia and 10 times that of Indonesia. Such i high wage costs have already caused many multinationals and smaller companies to relocate their operations, which has significantly increased unemployment in Singapore.
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  • STREATS travel
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      Lock icon City of celebrations
      701 9 A destination with multi-cultural heritage and modern style. Brought to you by Macau Government Tourist Office THE eclectic variety of year-round festivals and events is one of Macau’s many attractions. Legend has it that Macau began with a festival, when Chinese fishermen gave thanks to A-Ma, the
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  • STREATS regional
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      Lock icon M’sia upbeat about water talks, but if all else fails... ‘KL may go to court’
      257 10 Wire services KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia’s dispute with Singapore on water supplies could end up in arbitration if both sides fail to agree on a pricing formula, Malaysian Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar said yesterday. “Our
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      Lock icon HELLO DOLLY
      28 10 A Chinese hoy kissing a girl mannequin dressed in a traditional ‘qipao’ dress in Beijing yesterday. The hoys were window-shopping in a district near Tiananmen Square
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      Lock icon Women will decide M’sia’s future, says Mahathir
      148 10 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said that his country’s future will be determined by women who have demonstrated their ability to outshine men, the Star reported yesterday. Paying tribute to Malaysian women at a meeting to mark Women’s Day, he said
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      Lock icon Manila set to rescue hostages
      91 10 -AFP ZAMBOANGA, Philippines The gunmen led by Moin Sahiron, a nephew of Abu Sayyaf leader Radullan Sahiron, have been given an ultimatum to free their hostages by today or face a massive assault. Some 4,000 Marines, army scout rangers and elite counter-terrorism troops have been
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      Lock icon Taiwan to brainy ex-citizens: You get your way
      221 11 AP TAIPEI Taipei is offering high-tech specialists who have emigrated to the US exemption from compulsory military service if they return to Taiwan, officials said yesterday. A Taiwanese government delegation is visiting San Francisco and Silicon Valley to attract expats to return
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      Lock icon Australia on asylum seekers: Do it our way
      153 11 -AFP SYDNEY Australia wants the world to follow its lead and get tougher with illegal immigrants and asylum seekers. Of 570 “refugees” in detention in Australia only four are awaiting a decision on claims for asylum. The rest are awaiting deportation, or
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      Lock icon KL tells its citizens to avoid Indonesia Rage follows purge
      333 11 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Stay away from Indonesia. That was the advice given to Malaysians yesterday by their Foreign Minister, Datuk Syed Hamid Albar, who told reporters: “Don’t travel (to Indonesia) unless it is necessary.” Datuk Syed Hamid was responding to
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      Lock icon Filipinos flee M’sian crackdown
      109 11 -afp ZAMBOANGA The Philippines is grappling with an influx of its own citizens fleeing a Malaysian crackdown on illegal immigrants. About 60,000 sun-drenched returnees, some packed like sardines in small, leaky boats, have arrived in recent weeks. They are being dubbed “boat people”. Officials say the
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    • REGIONAL DEBRIEF
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        Lock icon PANTIES EXPOSED
        65 11 TWO 20-something sisters were busy shopping in a Petaling Jaya shopping centre in Sunday when they noticed an unusual level of interest being shown in them by men around them, the Star reported yesterday. Unbeknownst to the two young women, minutes before a man in his 30s had
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      • Article
        Lock icon EROTICA FOR LIBRARY
        55 11 AFP The National Library of Australia may add erotic Internet sites to its collections, according to its latest newsletter. The National Library shelves already include an extensive collection of published erotica, including what librarian Edgar Crook described in the newsletter as “weighty volumes” such as Big ’n’
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        Lock icon SICK SPEED PILL PLAN
        29 11 Reuters THAILAND is considering manufacturing fake speed pills that cause headaches and vomiting to stop people abusing drugs, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said yesterday. Reuters
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      • Article
        Lock icon DONGTING DOWNPOUR
        61 11 -AFP A DOWNPOUR dumped more rain onto China’s Dongting Lake yesterday, leaving millions of locals hoping the waters, which had started to recede, would not surge again. Just before dawn, 59mm of rain fell around the lakeside city of Yueyang, which had remained dry and mainly sunny for
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      81 11 For Fun For Future For Success LEARN FRENCH Children adults From beginners to advanced levels Conversation, Phonetics, Grammar, Literature FRENCH LANGUAGE CLASSES Commencing from 2nd SEPTEMBER 2002 Two months course once a week 229 twice a week 296 Do you know that anybody speaking French fluently can study in French
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      412 12 i m ss is* Believe in yourself Never underestimate what you can achieve. Eugene Ng’s belief, applied in life m mmmm mm a «1 m in the ever competitive race to stay ahead, knowledge holds the key to great success. Empower yourself with the best education and discover unlimited opportunities,
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  • STREATS global
    • Drinking water drying up
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        Lock icon Asian shortage could spark conflict: ADB
        665 13 PHNOM PENH A rapidly increasing population is putting a huge strain on Asia’s freshwater supplies, heightening the risk of conflict between countries which have water resources and those which don’t. The situation is worst in South-east Asia, home to more than one-sixth of the
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        Lock icon US, UK on collision course at Earth Summit
        194 13 Wire services LONDON Tensions between Britain and the US have emerged ahead of the Earth Summit in Johannesburg, which remains shrouded in pessimism ahead of its official start, the Times of London reported yesterday. As the gloom deepened, it seems many delegates
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        Lock icon ‘Dwindling supplies will hurt global growth’
        243 13 NEW YORK Dwindling water supplies will be a major factor inhibiting global economic growth, the World Bank said' in a recent report. From the searing plains of Mesopotamia and the steadily expanding deserts of northern China to the cotton fields of north-west Texas, the
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      Lock icon They’d quit, if they could
      471 14 Most Britons want to migrate, says poll Reuters LONDON More than half of Britons would like to emigrate from their homeland, fed up with the price of living and terrible weather, and would prefer to live in the US or Spain, a survey published yesterday
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      Lock icon BEACH BUMS
      19 14 Contestants getting ready for the skm Bare Bums Run on Zandvoort nude beach, near Amsterdam, on Sunday
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      Lock icon Bush, father differ over Iraq strike
      245 14 WASHINGTON The rift between US President George W Bush and his father’s advisers over whether to invade Iraq came to light yesterday when former secretary of state James Baker said a unilateral US attack on Saddam Hussein would be economically and politically perilous. The
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      Lock icon 9/11 remembered 'We feel sorry... but the US is arrogant’
      375 14 AP JAKARTA From half a world away they watched, mesmerised like everyone by televised images of the soaring twin towers of the World Trade Center disintegrating into pillars of smoke, dust and ash. Nearly a year later, a group of
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  • STREATS people
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      Lock icon ‘Call me Ah Chung’
      493 15 Love, money turn HK financial chief into wild card ap HONGKONG Love and money have tangled Hongkong’s financial chief in notoriety. Antony Leung is trying to sort out a stock fiasco that hurt thousands of small investors while dodging media hungry for a glimpse of him
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      Lock icon Jail mozzies rile Tommy
      60 15 -AFP JAKARTA Tommy Suharto has complained of mosquitoes in his new jail, the Jakarta Post reported yesterday. Tommy was moved to Batu jail on Nusakambangan island off Java on Aug 15. Jail chief Sumantri was quoted by the Post as saying that Tommy had asked for
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  • easy STREATS
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      Lock icon So close... or not
      777 16  -  By Yvonne Kwok The top two questions on our minds at a press conference yesterday were: How close were the three leads on the sets of So Close and just how close did Vicki Zhao get to Karen Mok in that infamous kissing scene? WE thought
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      Lock icon Cruel and unusual creatures
      405 16  -  TeUytubby By YVONNE KWOK Most shows depict teachers as sweet and caring. But I agree more with the portrayal in JackNeo’s I Not Stupid TEACHERS-you either love ‘em or hate’ em. More often than not, you end up hating them, even though TV productions and government
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      Lock icon Hi-tech devices to replace deejays?
      266 17  -  By Cara van Miriah WITH the array of electronic gadgets now on shop shelves, you too can be a deejay. Push aside those jukeboxes and turntables of decades past. Today, a computer or MP3 player is all you need to fulfil your dream of manning
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      Lock icon Rosamund splurges on boyfriend
      194 17 A WHOPPING $660,000 that’s how much Hongkong actress Rosamund Kwan recently splurged on model boyfriend Jimmy Wong. Rosamund, 39, is on an upgrading spree, said Hongkong’s The Sun. She forked out almost $16,000 in rent per month for a newer and bigger apartment which she shares
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      Lock icon Mick Jagger wants a makeover
      97 17 MICK Jagger is attempting the impossible. He wants his PR firm to change his image of a sex-crazed, skirt-chasing wild man, pagesix.com reported yesterday. It is believed that the Rolling Stones frontman wants to get some respect to bolster his chances of being knighted. Jagger
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      Lock icon Kylie denies Bali wedding
      106 17 AUSTRALIAN songbird Kylie Minogue has denied marrying ex-boyfriend James Gooding in a Hindu marriage ceremony in Bali. The couple are rumoured to have revived their relationship after a split in May. Britain’s The News of the World reported that the marriage ceremony was presided over by
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      Lock icon So you want to be an amateur deejay
      110 17 YOU can create a non-stop playlist using computer software such as the PCDJ Red MP3, priced at $340. Another application, the TraktorDJ Studio 2.0, even allows users to preset and dictate how you want to “scratch” and manipulate tracks. Deck master Richie
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      Lock icon Our weather girl says...
      118 18 THE PSI reading in this weather report recently because of i the smoke haze is the air quality i Pollutant Standards Index, developed by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). It converts the measured pollutant concentration in the air to a number on a scale of
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    • Just a minute
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        Lock icon Remember...
        47 18 Look after the health of your eyes. When you use the computer, give your eyes a break of about three minutes every half-hour by looking at distant objects. Avoid reflected glare on the monitor screen, and sit about 50cm away from it in a well-lit room.
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        Lock icon Check this out...
        64 18 The Eye Institute will give two talks on Lasik and the latest “wavefront” technology. These will be on Saturday, in Mandarin at the National University Hospital Auditorium, Kent Ridge, from 2-4 pm and in English at the Hwi Yoh Community Centre, Serangoon North, from 7.30pm-8.30pm. The NUH
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    • Happenin’
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        Lock icon EXHIBITION
        80 18 WHAT’S THE BIG GOOLOO Sculpture Square (155 Middle Road) Saturday till Sept 25, llam-6pm Free Ask 100 children “What’s the Big Gooloo?” and what you get is Singapore’s only annual children’s sculpture exhibition. In May, more than 7,000 participants took part in the annual Sculpture Carnival organised by Sculpture
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        Lock icon CONCERT
        130 18 SSO: ANGEL ROMERO PLAYS VIVALDI AND CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO Victoria Concert Hall Friday till Sunday, 8.15pm Tickets at $38, $28, $22, $17, $12Call Sistic at 6348-5555 World renowned Americanbased Spanish guitarist Angel Romero makes his Singapore debut with two delightful guitar concertos employing chamber-sized orchestral forces. The concertos of Vivaldi and
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        Lock icon DANCE
        59 18 A NIGHT OF PASSION.LOVE.HUMOUR Victoria Theatre Tomorrow till Sunday, Bpm Tickets at $4B, $42, $36, $3O, $24 Call Sistic at 6348-5555 The Singapore Dance Theatre will feature internationally acclaimed choreographer Jiri Kylian and European choreographers Joachim Schloemer and Thierry Malandain. Music including Stravinsky’s Petruskha, Gustav Mahler’s Lieder eines fahrenden
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        Lock icon FOOD
        82 18 BREADTALK SALE All Breadtalk outlets Thursday 50 per cent off storewide It was voted Most Popular Brand in Singapore by Lianhe Zaobao readers. This Thursday, Breadtalk, the bread boutique that has taken Singapore by storm, will celebrate by cutting prices by half. Breadtalk managing director George Quek said it’s
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    • Tune in TV & MOVIE NEWS
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        Lock icon THE REVENGERS’ COMEDIES
        58 19 10pm, Central Henry and Karen meet on a bridge over the River Thames. Both have been cruelly betrayed and are intent on leaping off. But why suffer when revenge is at hand and there’s fun to be had? Henry and Karen agree to trade victims. Starring Helena
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        Lock icon EAST IS EAST
        55 19 10pm, Channel i In early 1970 s England, a traditional Pakistani father (Om Puri) finds his family spinning in decidedly nontraditional directions. His brood six sons and one daughter are all moving in independent-minded directions, a trend that started when his eldest son ran away from home
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        Lock icon Bachchan mobbed in California
        121 19 AP FREMONT, California Thousands of crazed fans mobbed the horse-drawn carriage carrying Indian actor Amitabh Bachchan during a parade celebrating the Festival of India in California last Saturday. The mob clung to Bachchan’s carriage, trying to touch him. Mothers placed their children in front of the
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      Lock icon Chill out
      103 19 LAMYA Learning from Falling www. lamya. com Everyone is talking about this sassy lady. The Los Angeles Times has compared her to Sade and Jill Scott. Some say she is a classic pop star. Others have described her uncanny lyrical sensibility to Kate Bush’s. But one thing’s for
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
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      453 19 Yourdailyhoroscope by Kelli Fox at Astrology.com AQUARIUS JAN 20-FEB 18 Casual conversation leads to a budding friendship. Your special talent benefits bystanders as well as the intended recipient. Even first-time players find ways to stay ahead of the game. PISCES FEB 19-MAR 20 Aloof people find themselves on the outside
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  • STREATS sports
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      Lock icon QUAH'S STAND ON
      247 20 Sunday > “In this day and age, we still have one-man shows that belong to my amateur days of 30 years ago. “We cannot afford such management in professional football, but we have it John Yap at Gombak, Charles Siahaan at Sembawang, S Thavaneson at Balestier. Sembawang
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      698 20  -  FAS official says comment on three S-League chairmen were not meant to be malicious By Tan Kim Han QUAH KIM SONG, the Football Association of Singapore’s (FAS) acting competitions director, yesterday apologised to three S-League club chairmen for his comments on them. He had, in an
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      329 21  -  By Adam Hashidy THE rolling good times are back for Singapore badminton. The signs are in the stands, judging from Sunday’s men singles final between Singapore’s Ronald Susilo and China’s Chen Hong in the Yonex-Sunrise Singapore Open. There were about 5,000 partisan spectators (right)
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      493 21 Sisters Venus and Serena in a class of their own at the US Open AP NEW YORK -So far, just one player has been able to contain Venus Williams, and match her blend of power and court coverage: Serena Williams. The sisters have taken over women’s tennis and
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      593 22 Defeat would be financially disastrous for Manchester United CHAMPIONS LEAGUE QUALIFYING (Second leg) Manchester United v Zalaegerszeg MANCHESTER It is more than a match. It is a moment of destiny with £2O million (Sss3 million) at stake. Manchester United’s superstars know that failure to conquer Hungary’s Zalaegerszeg
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      202 22 AFP MANCHESTER Should Zalaegerszeg pull off a major shock and send Manchester United crashing out, skipper Florian Urban will celebrate by cracking nothing stronger than a soft drink. The 34-year-old defender, who has the job of keeping United striker Ruud Van Nistelrooy quiet, is
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      466 23 Premier League side among those consulting insolvency firms LONDON A leading Premiership club and a clutch of top First Division clubs have consulted insolvency firms with a view to applying for a period of voluntary administration as football’s financial crisis begins to bite. It has emerged that
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      243 23 MADRID FC Barcelona and Chelsea were to begin discussions about transferring Dutch international striker Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink to the Catalan powerhouse, news reports said yesterday. The leading daily Marca said yesterday that Barcelona was willing to pay the Premier League club 6 million euros (Sslo million)
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          103 23 Reuters SEOUL A USs3. lmillion (555.45 million) move by South Korea’s Ahn Jung Hwan to Blackburn Rovers is off, his agent said yesterday after British authorities refused a work permit. Said Kim Hyung Wook, managing director at Ahn’s agent Eplayers: “Ahn did not meet the requirement which
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          71 23 SINGAPORE under-23 team will face Thailand under-23 in the next Tiger Beer International Series match on Sept 10. The match at the Choa Chu Kang Stadium is part of a series of friendly matches aimed at preparing the Lion Cubs for next year’s South-east Asia Games in
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        122 23 GOLF AFP SAMMAMISH, Washington It took Craig Parry 236 tournaments, and more than a decade, to win on the US PGA Tour. But when he finally won, he did so in style. The chunky little Australian putted superbly to compile a flawless six-under-par 65 final round to
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