Streats, 30 August 2002

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  • 12 1 Streats FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 2002 Hotline: 1800-844-5566 E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg MITA (P) 240/03/2002
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  • 442 1 A NEW threat clouds the calm in the neighbourhood and it is armed, dangerous and linked to Osama bin Laden’s A 1 Qaeda (The Base) network. Details of this radical network were uncovered just when Philippines investigators in South-east Asia thought they had zeroed in
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  • 79 1 A MAN, believed to be on yaba, or “crazy drugs”, held a terrified young woman hostage at knifepoint for more than four hours in Bangkok yesterday. Paitoon Puthiporn, 29, had tried to rob a passerby and was struck on the head and chased by taxi drivers before
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  • MORNING RUSH
    • 105 1 YOU should receive letters on your Economic Restructuring Shares allotment by the middle of next month. Distribution of the shares from Jan 1 is part of a s4billion package to help offset the impact of the Goods and Services Tax increase from 3 per cent
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    • 109 1 SINGAPOREANS will now be able to use CPF savings for non-Singapore dollar investments from Sept 1. All products must, however, comply with investment guidelines, the CPF Board said yesterday. Non-Singapore dollar investments will be allowed in professionally managed products: unit trusts, investmentlinked insurance products, exchange
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  • STREATS local
    • 355 2  -  By_ Wendy Tan FOREIGN talent is welcome as long as they are more “talent” than “foreign”. Otherwise, Singaporean talent might be lured overseas. And if they are indeed forced to go elsewhere, they should not be labelled “quitters”. A young bank
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    • 249 2  -  By YongHuiMien THE students of Montfort Secondary School may be young, but they are acutely aware of how precious water is to Singapore. And all 1,400 of them, along with their teachers, will be toasting each other with Newater as a symbolic act of independence after
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    • 131 2 SINGAPORE slipped one place in the rankings of countries perceived as the world’s least corrupt even though the level of corruption was reduced. Sweden and Singapore came in joint fifth in the annual Corruption Perceptions Index compiled by Transparency International, an international anticorruption organisation of
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    • 338 3  -  Corridor collapse: Inquiry next week By Chua Kong Ho AN inquiry will start next week into Tuesday’s collapse of six fire escape corridors of a JTC flatted factory in Toa Payoh North. JTC chief executive Chong Lit Cheong said yesterday that the board of inquiry
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    • 210 3 JTC Corporation yesterday assured the tenants of Block 970, Toa Payoh North, a flatted factory next to Block 998 where six corridors collapsed on Tuesday, that the building is structurally safe. It said that the rest of Block 998 and nine other JTC factory blocks of
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    • 413 4  -  By 'Gary Lim EYU SHUET MUI turned up in court yesterday still looking sickly but was at least able to nod her head to acknowledge the judge when her case was mentioned. Eyu, already facing six charges, was slapped
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    • 160 4  -  Gary Lim A 15-YEAR-OLD girl, sent to a children’s home to protect her from family violence, fell victim again, this time to a dirty old man. On July 13 last year, van driver Chua Soo Tuan, 60 assigned to drive her from the home to another
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    • 166 4 JOHOR BARU Yeo Ming Hong, the three-year-old boy abandoned at a bus stop here on Aug 14, has to face yet trial paperwork. The boy, now in a welfare home, and who has been asking for his mother since he was found, will
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    • 263 4  -  By Gary Lim A GANG of 14 youths brutally attacked a 15-year-old student on a MRT train in front of horrified passengers. The student was left bleeding from injuries to his eyes, nose and ears. A court heard yesterday that the youths boarded a
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    • 91 4 PRIME Minister Goh Chok Tong, Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew and Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday accepted Bloomberg’s offer of damages for libelling them. Bloomberg news agency will pay PM Goh $210,000, SM Lee $lBO,OOO and DPM Lee 180,000 as damages, and $25,000
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  • STREATS financial
    • 413 8 STI: 1,490.35 14.55 Reuters SHARES closed lower for the fifth straight day yesterday, with weakness in the US technology sector dragging on local stocks and futures expiries keeping a lid on volumes. The Straits Times Index ended down 0.97 per cent, or 14.55 points, at
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    • 330 8 Top editorial changes at SPH reflect changing priorities SINGAPORE Press Holdings yesterday announced a reshuffle of top editors at The Straits Times and The Business Times. The Straits Times’ editor Leslie Fong will be replaced by its political editor Han Fook Kwang. The Business
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    • 70 8 Reuters SINGAPORE Port operator PSA Corp said yesterday one of its units has agreed to buy a 20 per cent stake in Australian offshore support company Mermaid Marine Australia Ltd. State-owned PSA said Mermaid Marine will issue 23.48 million new shares to PSA
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    • 24 8 •AS AT AUGUST 29 US$: 551.748 552.696 EURO: 551.723 Ss: 67.33 YEN Ss: RM2.174 Ss: HK54.463 Ss: 24.17 BAHT Ss: 5,077 RUPIAH
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    • 197 8 Bloomberg SINGAPORE Mobile One Asia (Ml), Singapore’s No 2 cell phone company, plans to sell shares in an initial public offering, after earlier attempts to sell the company failed. Ml, which controls about one-third of Singapore’s cellphone market, will probably sell more than 50
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    • 275 10 Furniture firm’s Hi net doubles to $10.6m Reuters SINGAPORE Singapore furniture firm HTL International Holdings said yesterday its firsthalf net profit doubled from a year earlier on higher margins and forecast an even better second half. HTL, which specialises in tanning leather and making sofas, said
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    • 145 10 TECHNOLOGY Resources Industries (TRI) Bhd has demanded the return of RM38.7 million (5517.8 million) in severance payments made to the founder of the company Tan Sri Tajudin Ramli, his brother Bistamam Ramli and Datuk Lim Kheng Yew, the Malay Mail reported. It
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    • MONEY SCAN
      • 94 10 -AFP TAIWAN Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) has become the first chipmaker from the island to sign a deal to build a plant in China after saying yesterday it had reached agreement with Shanghai authorities. The world’s largest contract microchip maker declined to disclose the contents of
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      • 75 10 Reuters ABOUT 4,000 former Enron Corp employees abruptly laid off when the company plunged into bankruptcy will receive more severance pay, a New York bankruptcy judge ruled. US bankruptcy judge Arthur Gonzalez on Wednesday approved a US$2B.B million (5550.3 million) plan that will fund payments of
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  • STREATS medical
    • 339 12 HSA tests clear slimming supplements OVER-THE-COUNTER health supplements meant for slimming purposes have been given the all-clear by the Health Sciences Authority (HSA). But consumers should also be cautious and more discerning when taking slimming products, it advised. Especially when manufacturers claim results which sound too
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    • 147 12 Q My five-year-old lactose-intolerant son has switched to soya milk powder. Will this affect his growth? A Lactose is a natural sugar found in milk and dairy products. As he is lactose-intolerant, he’s unable to effectively digest lactose. The degree of lactose intolerance varies from person to person.
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    • 239 12 -AFP BOSTON Children can get hooked on nicotine within days, with addiction starting with the first cigarette, a new US study shows. Children get hooked on nicotine with amazing speed and at levels of tobacco so low that nobody had even considered it possible,
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    • 140 12 Reuters DETROIT A bacterial infection dangerous to infants can be spread by oral sex, a new study shows. While group B streptococcal infection (GBS) rarely makes healthy young adults sick, the bug can cause health problems for pregnant women and babies, the study’s lead
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  • STREATS vocal
    • 295 14 I FOUND Yvonne Kwok’s article “Cruel and unusual creatures” (Streats, Aug 27) interesting, and I certainly agree with her that most TV productions tend to stereotype teachers as sweet and caring people. However, I do not agree with the pessimistic view that actor Jack Neo’s
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    • 105 14 I REFER to “Rude driver on service 170” (Streats, Aug 22), by Soh Khim. We would like to take this opportunity to explain that service 170 stops only for boarding at the bus stop near the KTM railway station on the return journey to Singapore.
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    • 278 14 IN “It’s all about the lOAs” (Streats, Aug 28), your writer, Yong Hui Mien, suggests that there is nothing wrong with focusing on our lives and careers now before we contribute to our country, in politics or community work, perhaps 10 years
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    • 152 14 I DISAGREE with Tan Lin Neo’s sentiments stated in his letter “Good riddance to ungrateful quitters” (Streats, Aug 28). He has either completely misunderstood the true intentions of Maximus, your reader who plans to emigrate, or has chosen to ignore them. Maximus
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    • 154 14 AFTER reading the letter “High wages will cost us our jobs” (Streats, Aug 27), I would like to point out to the writer, Kent Cheng Mun Hey, that he has not gone through the hardships that his father’s and grandfather’s generation endured to
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    • 101 14 Say Streats is phased to publish your views. To be heard, e-mail 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 publications will
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  • STREATS regional
    • 171 19 AP KUALA LUMPUR The opposition Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS) in the state of Terengganu scored a victory yesterday in its fight to sue the federal government and the state oil company for royalties worth millions of dollars. High Court judge Arifin Zakaria dismissed
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    • 29 19 Tomomi Kudo yesterday showing off a glass ‘Cinderella Bra after she was chosen as a winner at underwear maker Triumph’s Cinderella Bras Contest in Tokyo
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    • 387 19 China demands acknowledgement Reuters BEIJING Japan must acknowledge that it conducted germ warfare in China during World War 11, China said yesterday. The demand came after a Tokyo court rejected the calls of relatives of Chinese victims for compensation. The court, however, on Tuesday
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    • REGIONAL DEBRIEF
      • 78 19 AP A MAID in Hongkong was given a 20month jail sentence for hitting her boss’ baby girl on the head with a toy phone because the girl was crying, reports said yesterday. Calling the Indonesian maid’s act “evil”, Judge Maggie Poon sentenced Widarti on Wednesday, the Sing Tao
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      • 78 19 AP AIR quality in parts of Borneo hit record lows yesterday as forest fires continued to belch out thick smoke, weather officials said. In Palangkaraya, visibility was down to 30m, said Mr Hidayat from the town’s meteorology department. Meanwhile, Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi is
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      • 69 19 -AFP A THAI woman who underwent an operation to remove a tumour, only for the surgeon to discover she was pregnant with twins, has given birth to healthy boys, hospital officials said yesterday. Doctors at Phra Buddhalertla Hospital performed a successful Caesarean section on Bang-Om Mieprasert on
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    • 282 20 AP KUALA LUMPUR China’s top trade negotiator said yesterday that his country and South-east Asian nations must build a free trade area to avoid becoming “victims” of Western trade protectionism. Mr Long Yongtu, China’s ViceMinister of Foreign
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    • Article, Illustration
      50 20 A Muslim Filipina mother returning home with her child on a ferry from Malaysia s Sabah state yesterday. Manila lodged a formal protest on Tuesday over reports that at least three Filipino children died and thousands of workers had been mistreated in Malaysia’s crackdown on illegal immigrants Reuters
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    • 158 20 JAKARTA Indonesia appeared to be wavering between outrage and reconciliation over the issue of Malaysia’s recent action against illegal immigrants. While Indonesian legislators sought a harsher stance against Malaysia, Indonesian Vice-President Hamzah Haz on Wednesday called for self-restraint and a cordial solution to
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  • STREATS global
    • 216 21 LONDON US efforts to get rid of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein were on Wednesday compared to Winston Churchill’s warnings about Adolf Hitler before World War 11. “It was not until each country got attacked that they said maybe Winston Churchill was
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    • GLOBAL DEBRIEF
      • 86 21 COMMUTERS in London will face sticky summer journeys for some time after London Underground said this week that fitting air conditioning to its trains was difficult and “phenomenally expensive”, the Telegraph reported yesterdday. The comment came after a survey revealed that summer conditions on the
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      • 63 21 -AFP TWO Canadians are suing Air Canada for losing their cat on flight from Toronto, the airline said on Wednesday. Andrew Wysotski and Lori Learmont filed the lawsuit on Aug 16 in San Francisco when their cat failed to turn up at the city’s airport.
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      • 38 21 -AFP VIRGINIA judge Leonie Brinkema, who is hearing the case of Zacarias Moussaoui, the only man charged for the Sept 11 attacks, on Wednesday criticised the FBI for holes in their investigation. afp
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    • 271 21 Efforts to freeze cash have failed: UN report Reuters WASHINGTON The global campaign to separate A 1 Qaeda from its money has stalled, giving Osama bin Laden’s network access to a fresh infusion of tens of millions of dollars, The Washington Post reported yesterday,
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    • 128 21 LONDON The US is likely to restrict foreign aircraft from flying over New York and Washington on Sept 11 and 12, the Financial Times reported yesterday. The restrictions are likely to entail a flight ban 50km around Washington’s three international airports from 8.30 am
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    • Article, Illustration
      52 21 Max Whatley, 24, and Meg Zakreta, 22, taking part in a live art show in the Blink Gallery in Soho, London, on Wednesday. The couple will, for a week, eat, sleep and make love in the room as part of the No Inhibitions exhibition, created by artist
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    • 455 23 Bad news from Germany, France, Spain, Belgium dampens sentiment LONDON Europe’s hesitant economic recovery is grinding to a halt, the Times of London reported yesterday. On Wednesday, fears of a “double dip” European downturn sparked one of the largest falls in London shares since Sept 11.
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    • 227 23 -afp JOHANNESBURG Asian countries seeking to meet ambitious targets on growth and the environment will have to shoulder much of the funding burden themselves, a top aid official warned yesterday. The region must learn to stand on its own feet and
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    • 120 23 -AFP WASHINGTON In a bid to better understand the roots of anti-Americanism and develop ways to combat it, the US State Department is hosting a conference of scholars to discuss the phenomenon. About 20 leading US and foreign scholars are to descend on the department’s
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    • 465 25 i 9/n -AFP CANTON, Michigan The Ahmad family is apprehensive about the coming anniversary of the Sept 11 terrorist attacks. “Whenever they show videos of the planes flying into the World Trade Center, there will be people uneducated people who will be incited into doing things they
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  • SIREATS people
    • New hand at the helm of the WTO
      • 241 26 -AFP BANGKOKThailand’s Supachai Panitchpakdi (right), who takes the helm of the World Trade Organisation on Sunday, is expected to offer developing nations a longed-for voice at the top table of global commerce. The former Thai commerce minister replaces outgoing director Mike Moore of New Zealand. In 1999, the
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      • Article, Illustration
        253 26 -AFP GENEVA -New Zealander Mike Moore (right) is a former trade unionist who, during his three years heading the WTO, repeatedly said he wanted to see the “smaller guys” getting a bigger bite at the multilateral trading apple. He oversaw probably the most turbulent period in the short
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    • 219 26 AFP BANGKOK The son of Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was caught cheating in a university exam yesterday and faces being banned from his studies for up to a year, officials said. Mr Panthongtae Shinawatra (right), 22, was caught with study notes during the
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  • easy STREATS
    • 114 28 Streats passed some samples around the newsroom for some women to try. These are their comments Triumph Body soft l lt’s as soft as the name suggests. It’s low enough for my lowest jeans. I would buy one or two pairs to wear occasionally, hut not daily as
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    • 498 28 Ever been caught with your pants down? These days, with hipster pants in fashion, women are more conscious of a very different kind of visible panty line. And lingerie makers have rushed in to help in the cover-up, as JANICE WONG discovers FLASHING fanciful G-strings above hipster
      Ji»»s Lee; Triumph International  -  498 words
    • 414 28  -  Adam About Town By ADAM HASHIDY ENOUGH talk about stayers and quitters. What Singapore needs is more superheroes, such as the one I came across a few days ago on the MRT. Don’t get me wrong. No caped crusader or spandex-clad marvel with underwear on the
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    • 200 29  -  Yvonne Kwok EMPLOYEES of five infocomm companies here will see a typical underling’s dream come true tomorrow their bosses will be swimming in a tank full of sharks. At the inaugural Sharkathon 2002, a special charity event to support the President’s Challenge
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    • 203 29 AS part of The Straits Times’ Got Life! campaign, readers will see a revamped Life! section beginning this Sunday. The revamp is a branding exercise and is part of The Straits Times’ efforts to continually improve itself and be more relevant to its readers and
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    • 257 29  - Dating card spiced-up romance By_ Cara van Miriah COUPLES tired of going to the movies, watching TV and visiting nightclubs, there’s a new game in town. The Social Development Service (SDS), Lianhe Zaobao and North East Community Development Service have co-published a dating tips guide, Dare to Date, to spice
      Clarence Chan  -  257 words
    • 68 29 MEDIACORP yesterday said Channel 8 is Singapore’s most popular TV channel. Quoting statistics from research company Taylor Nelson Sofres, it said Channel 8 had 54 per cent of the prime time Mandarin audience in July, compared to Channel U’s 46 per cent. It was reacting to
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    • 128 29 TAIWANESE actress Ruby Lin Xinru and Hongkong director Stanley Tong are an item. The pair was spotted at the arrival hall of a Taiwan airport on Tuesday (above), after a four-day trip to Thailand. They were seen leaving the airport last Friday. Casually dressed
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    • 444 30  -  Stylish eating on a shoestring JUDI LOW Looking to impress in the kitchen on a budget? Jncti Low’s recipes for stylish, nutritions, yummy meals that are easy to do and cost $lO or less forfour servings. YELLOW tail fusilier (ikan keledek) is a good-value fish. The meat is
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    • 150 36 OZONE is it good or bad? Depends on where it is. Far is good, near is bad. Most ozone lives in the stratosphere (the layer 10 40km above us), where it shields Earth from the sun’s harmful ultraviolet radiation. With a weakening of this shield (the
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      • 45 36 Help the Residents’ Committees refresh their image with a new logo. Design a new one, to capture their mission to promote neighbourliness, racial harmony, community bonding, volunteerism, and to connect residents. There are cash prizes totalling $lO,OOO. Details at www.pa.gov.sg and all community centres/clubs.
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      • 72 36 A 3 5-member troupe from Turkey perform at a Turkish Fest from today to Sunday. There will be folkloric dances, a drum show, belly dancing and solo singing. You will also see the Whirling Dervishes, dancers in white who spin at dizzying speed, and the Janissary Military
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      • 44 36 FORT CANNING PARK GUIDED TOUR Tomorrow 4pm onwards Free To register, call 6332-1302 or fax 6339-9715 Explore the rich heritage and nature trails of this once forbidden hill. This 90-minute walk of the historic Fort Canning Park will be conducted by volunteer guides.
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      • 63 36 WINE FAIR Aerides Room, Level 1, Copthome Orchid Hotel Saturday and Sunday 10am-Bpm Free The Australian Trade Commission will hold the Wines of Australia fair that will have more than 16 distributors exhibiting more than 30 brands. Taste at your own pace at the booths and learn about wines
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        54 36 SHIN SHOWCASE CUM AUTOGRAPH SESSION Heeren (outdoors) Tomorrow, spm Free Taiwanese rock band Shin, who are in town for the Singapore Hit Awards, will sing and sign autographs. Their hits, the angst-filled End Of The World, the melancholic All’s Ended and hard-partying Lovable Bad Ways, have been zooming up
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        185 36 PARAMPARA: KUCHIPUDI INDIAN CLASSICAL DANCE Victoria TheatreSunday, 7pmTickets at $56, $46, $36 and $26 Call Sistic at 6348-5555 Parampara refers to the tradition of preserving and handing down spiritual values to future generations. The stars of the show are Raja and Radha Reddy, India’s supreme dancers in the Kuchipudi
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        54 37 10pm, Channel i In one of his most famous movies, director Oliver Stone uses his experience as an infantryman in Vietnam to convey the horrors of war. Charlie Sheen stars as Chris, a raw recruit, or “new meat”, who serves as the film’s narrator. The movie won a clutch
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      • 57 37 10.30 pm, Channel U Before there was So Close, there was the Heroic Trio: Tung (Anita Mui), Chat (Maggie Cheung) and Ching (Michelle Yeoh). Initially, they’re on opposing sides of the law. But unknown to them, all three women have something in common in their past. Fast and
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      • 130 37 -AFP SYDNEY Nicole Kidman has re-teamed with her director on the spooky film, The Others, to make a series of TV commercials for a Spanish department store chain. The Australian actress has become the new face of the chain in an eerily-lit campaign that recalls her
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      • 135 37 INKA MARKA is an Australian band getting more well known in the Latin American music scene. In Melbourne, these five talented musicians are growing in popularity. They play the music of the Andes, traditional music from Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador and Chile. As many would
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    • 454 37 Yourdailyhoroscope by Kelli Fox at Astrology.com AQUARIUS JAN 20-FEB 18 There’s no time for dreaming when your dreams are already coming true. Succulent promises are fulfilled just in time for the weekend. In a positive environment, everyone makes a difference. PISCES FEB 19 -MAR 20 Voices fall silent as Pisces
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    • 233 42 Beyond the Game To lead the development of the digital entertainment culture by promoting harmony of humankind through e-sports and its embodiment in the "Cyber Olympics" ELECTRONICS Co-Sponsors WCG 2002 World Cyber Games SINGAPORE CHAMPIONSHIP Worldwide Sponsor Samsung Electronics 29 AUGUST 1 SEPTEMBER 2002 NGEEANN CITY, CIVIC PLAZA Time 10
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    • 661 43  -  SAFFC’s makcik brigade works tirelessly behind the scenes B y Lim Han Ming THEY may not be greeted with pop-star hysteria. But they help turn pumpkins into coaches and mice into men. Every S-League club needs them: Fans who volunteer their time and money to ensure that
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    • 285 43  -  By Adam Hashidy SINGAPORE’S Li Jiawei and Jing Junhong will need home crowd support to spur them beyond the round-robin stage of the women’s World Cup table tennis tournament starting today. The more passionate and noisier the better, said the Singapore Table
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    • 115 43 (Aug 30-Sept 1) Group A: Zhang Yining (China), Li Jiawei (Singapore), Tie Yana (Hongkong), Jie Schopp (Germany) Group B: Tamara Boros (Croatia), Li Nan (China), Jing Junhong (Singapore), Chang Gaojun (USA) Group C: Niu Jianfeng (China), Mihaela Steff (Romania), K Toth (Hungary), Berta Rodriguez (Chile) Group D:
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    • 468 44  -  Soccer smart By TAN KIM HAN IF you are a Chelsea fan, you would be better off being a sailor. Then, you are unlikely to become seasick as your club takes you on a turbulent ride of the Premiership. Last week, against the giants of Manchester
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    • 188 44 -AFP BEIJING Chinese striker Qu Bo is likely to have his dream move to Tottenham Hotspur shattered after British authorities refused the 21-year-old a work permit, it was announced yesterday. Tottenham spokesman John Fennelly told China’s state Xinhua news agency: “I am very
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    • 377 44 TOMORROW: Birmingham v Leeds United Head-to-head: Birmingham won 27, Leeds 26. Draws: 23. Previous meetings: Feb 14, 1998 Leeds 3 Birmingham 2; Feb 25,1996 Leeds 3 Birmingham 0 Team news: Birmingham Vickers injured; Leeds Fowler injured Verdict: Leeds win Manchester City v Everton Head-to-head: Man City won 53,
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    • 738 45 Wire services ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE Blackburn 2 (Dunn 16, Grabbi 83) Liverpool 2 (Murphy 31, Riise 77) LONDON England striker Michael Owen will soon be firing on all cylinders again after failing to find the target in the opening
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    • 212 45 Aston Villa 1 (Vassell 64) Manchester City 0 Everton 1 (Unsworth 90) Birmingham 1 (John 50-pen) Leeds 0 Sunderland 1 (McAteer 46) Southampton 1 (Fernandes 51) Chelsea 1 (Lampard 80) P W D L F A Pts 1. Arsenal 3 2 1 0 9 4 7 2. Liverpool
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    • 175 45 -AFP MONACO Manchester United has a chance to avenge its elimination at the semi-final stage of last season’s Champions League when it was drawn with German club Bayer Leverkusen in the first phase here yesterday. United also faces a Group F match against Israeli qualifier
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    • 579 47 Tennis no longer the only focus of former world No 1 -afp NEW YORK Pete Sampras (below) no longer takes his satisfaction from a tennis scoreboard. And he could not be happier, even if his days of dominating on the court are giving way to changing diapers.
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    • 328 47 -AFP NEW YORK Anna Koumikova has become Russia’s best-known female tennis player for her beauty and failure to win a WTA title. But there are a host of rising Russian teen stars making a bigger mark at the US Open. Russia’s Elena Bovina pulled
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      • 118 47 TENNIS Reuters NEW YORK With the flag recovered from the rubble of the World Trade Center fluttering overhead, Pakistani Aisum-ul-Haq Qureshi and Israel’s Amir Hadad offered another reminder of the Sept 11 attacks on Wednesday. While Qureshi and Hadad were more anxious to talk about their 6-4,6-2
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        • 99 47 -AFP LONDON Republic of Ireland international Damien Duff finally ended weeks of negotiations by signing a new four-year deal at Blackburn Rovers yesterday. The Premiership club also completed the signing of former Liverpool midfielder David Thompson from Coventry on a four-year deal after the player had agreed
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        • 45 47 HOME United has confirmed the appointment of Stephen David Darby as its new head coach. The 47-year-old English coach has an impressive track record having coached in Bahrain, Australia, Fiji, Malaysia and Vietnam. He will replace Jason Withe, who left earlier this month.
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    • 71 47 IN THE LIVING ROOM SOCCER: Uefa Super Cup: Real Madrid v Feyenoord (ESPN Ch 23, and Chs, tomorrow, 2.30 am). TENNIS: US Open: 2nd rd (7am). Men’s 2nd rd/Women’s 3rd rd (10.30 pm and tomorrow, 7am) Star Sports Ch 24. DELAYED TELECAST GOLF: PGA Air Canada Championship, Ist rd (Star
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