Streats, 27 November 2002

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    9 1 Streats Wednesday, November 27,2002 E-masi: streats@sph.com.sg MITA (P) 240/03/2002
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    Lock icon More byte for taxman
    349 1  -  Iras to replace Iris with Irin to improve tax processing By Choong Choon Yee THE taxman is to get more computer muscle to serve taxpayers better, faster and more reliably. A new computer system will be installed next year to more accurately process tax returns, assess
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    Lock icon S’poreans tops in low libido – again
    255 1 S’poreans tops in low libido again THE libido of the Singaporean is in the news once more. And he is again shown to be low on the go in bed. The latest survey, of 50,000 people over 16 years old in 22 countries, rated Singaporean lovers the least active. They
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  • Morning Rush
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      411 2  -  Crowds, chanting and bells shatter Seletar Hills peace By Jane Ng EVERY Tuesday and Friday night, a quiet street in Seletar Hills comes alive as a stream of people make their way to one of the terrace houses there. Inside, a man who says he is a Hindu
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      Lock icon Miss S Korea goes home
      197 2 LONDON The South Korean contestant in this year’s Miss World has gone home, after the contest was moved to London in the wake of religious violence in Nigeria in which more than 220 people died. Ananova.com quoted Ms Jang Yu Kyong, 19, as saying: “I
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      Lock icon Picking up the pieces
      455 3  -  Action against firm in heritage tree uproar By Julie Sim WHEN nature lover Tan Beng Chiak learnt that the recently found 150-year-old Hopea sangal tree thought to have been extinct had been cut down, she was horrified. “It was heartwrenching,” Ms Tan, 40, a biology teacher,
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      Lock icon Bosses took pay cuts, too
      531 4  -  Senior management had their wages reduced the most By Deepa Vijiyasingam FAT bonuses for fat cats, you say? Not true, showed a recent survey conducted by the Singapore National Employers Federation. A September poll of 407 firms revealed that, of the 3.3 per cent of
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      Lock icon Battle of the buns in Toa Payoh
      397 4  -  By_ Gary Lim THREE bakeries are causing quite a stir at Toa Payoh Central. They have slashed their prices and pulled in the crowds in a bread battle that’s seeing buns fly off the shelves. Cake History, Fresh Bakery and Bread Talk are
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      Lock icon No more free condoms
      90 6 BUZZSTOP HOW do you help the Philippines keep its growing population in check? Not by giving out free condoms, it seems. The US will withdraw donations of subsidised contraceptives to the Philippines from next year because of a “low usage rate”. Only a tenth of the
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      Lock icon SMOKE ON THE WATER
      43 6 This scene could have inspired a pretty painting but for the destruction in the ocean. The source of the smoke is burning out-of-control freighter Huai Europe, carrying 4,000 vehicles, which ran aground off Oshima island, south of Tokyo, yesterday
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      Lock icon M1 priced at $1.25
      145 6 No 3 IPO opens today MOBILEONE'S initial public offering (IPO) the third largest here will open to retail investors today, with shares offered at $1.25 apiece, a 5 per cent discount on the 1.32 price institutional investors will pay. Bankers handling the Ml sale said the
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      Lock icon SPH to launch charity foundation
      146 6 To promote learning SINGAPORE Press Holdings (SPH) is to set up a charity foundation as part of its broadening corporate social responsibility to help build a learning community in Singapore. Announcing this in his statement to shareholders in the SPH's 2002 annual report, executive chairman
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      Lock icon Four suspects nabbed in Johor
      151 6 JI suicide squad Reuters FOUR suspected members of a Jemaah Islamiah suicide squad that had planned to bomb US interests in Singapore have been arrested. The four were arrested in Johor between Nov 16 and 20. Three were Malaysian and one was Singaporean. The squad
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      Lock icon Phased GST raise, please
      88 6 SINGAPORE manufacturers prefer to have the goods and services tax (GST) raised in phases. The Singapore Confederation of Industries (SCI) said yesterday that the administrative cost of repricing goods more than once is negligible since manufacturers deal in big-ticket items. But if given a choice, it
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      Lock icon Giro ez-link
      96 6 COMMUTERS can now use Giro to automatically top up their ez-link cards. With Giro, the card will top up when its value falls to zero or below. The change comes as magnetic farecards, including Giro farecards, are replaced by ez-link cards on Sunday. To use the Giro feature,
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      Lock icon Easier medical claims
      96 6 BOTH Medisave and MediShield schemes are being adjusted so that more can be withdrawn or claimed for medical conditions that are on average more expensive to treat. The Medisave daily withdrawal limit for hospital charges is now $3OO for inpatient cases and $l5O for day surgery. Depending
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      Lock icon No maid-levy ‘needs test’
      102 6 THE Ministry of Manpower will consider the economic climate during a review of the domestic worker levy next month, but it will bypass suggestions that employing a maid be based on a household’s needs. To a proposal by Nominated MP Jennifer Lee, Dr Ng Eng Hen,
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  • Financial
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      Lock icon Electronics surge pushes up output by 11.8%
      260 9 Wire services SINGAPORE The manufacturing sector got a boost from a surge in electronics output last month, raising fresh hopes that the economy could avoid a return to recession before the end of the year. Output rose a higher than expected 11.8 per
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      Lock icon Yes, future is bright
      484 9  -  US GDP’s 4% growth bolsters Tharman’s ‘good recovery’ forecast By Khushwant Singh AFTER months of despair, there is finally some good news for Singaporeans. The economy is looking up, four economists told Streats yesterday. They were supporting Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam’s prediction that the economy is likely
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      Lock icon Astra creditors’ no-show
      83 9 Bloomberg SINGAPORE PT Astra International shares tumbled yesterday after creditors couldn’t vote on the rescheduling of US$BOO million (Ssl.4 billion) of debt because not enough people attended a Singapore meeting. But Mr John Slack, finance director at Indonesia’s biggest carmaker, said he was confident of getting creditors
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      Lock icon Hour Glass profit down
      97 9 Bloomberg SINGAPORE The Hour Glass, Singapore’s biggest publicly traded watch and jewellery retailer by sales, said that profit in the first half of its fiscal year fell a third as profit margins narrowed. In the six months ended Sept 30, profit fell to $2.2 million, or
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      Lock icon Ascott's Europe move
      87 9 Bloomberg SINGAPORE The Ascott Group, Asia’s biggest operator of service apartments, is in talks to acquire a chain of shortstay apartments in Europe. The target is the Citadines chain, which runs apartment-hotels in the UK, France, Spain, Germany and Belgium, Ascott told the Singapore Exchange yesterday. Ascott,
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      Lock icon Creative’s retail deal
      83 9 Bloomberg SINGAPORE Creative Technology’s Cambridge Sound Works unit will sell its home-theatre speaker systems through US stores run by Fry’s Electronics, it said yesterday. Cambridge Sound Works, maker of Newton speakers, previously sold its speakers primarily through catalogues and its own chain of 25 stores in California
      – Bloomberg  -  83 words
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      Lock icon Suzhou park gains ground
      369 10 Written off by investors here, the S’pore-China initiative is back on track SINGAPORE There’s light at the end of the tunnel for Singapore companies which have invested in the Suzhou Industrial Park (SIP) in China. Just ask Mr Barry Yang. The 38-year-old is part of the
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      Lock icon Wickes acquittal a blow for UK watchdog
      264 10 Reuters LONDON Britain’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has sufffered one of its most serious setbacks. Three former officials of British home improvement retailer Focus Wickes were cleared of fraud on Monday after a six-year probe and one of the longest trials in British
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      Lock icon Beware mid-life maladies
      489 11  -  Insurance against critical illnesses helps bring peace of mind when the barrage of middle-age diseases strikes Sound advice, sound decisions brought to you by Manulife Rnanciai By_ Janice Wong, HARDY as your body is, it takes a beating as you age. Your metabolic rate slows, lean tissue
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      Lock icon SIA denies eyeing Qantas
      399 12 Bloomberg SYDNEY SIA has dismissed as speculation a report in yesterday’s South China Morning Post that it may buy British Airways’ stake in Qantas. Qantas, a member of the Oneworld airline grouping, on Monday agreed to buy as much as 22.5 per cent of Air New
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      Lock icon Techs, banks pull market down
      401 12 STI: 1,405.27 18.25 Reuters SHARES finished lower as yesterday’s positive manufacturing data failed to counter the impact of profit-taking that hit technology and banking shares. The Straits Times Index ended 1.28 per cent, or 18.25 points, lower at 1,405.27. “The market’s not looking at the
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      Lock icon FOREX RATES
      23 12 *AS AT NOVEMBER 26 US$:S$l.767 552.764 EURO: 551.751 Ss: 69.06 YEN Ss: RM2.151 Ss: HK54.415 Ss: 24.57 BAHT Ss: 5,077 RUPIAH
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      Lock icon Renong gets nod to sell $185m of new stock
      254 12 Bloomberg KUALA LUMPUR Renong Bhd shareholders approved a plan to sell RM4OO million (S$ 185 million) of new stock to help keep one of Malaysia’s most indebted companies afloat, a stockholder said. Renong shares surged 14 per cent, their biggest move
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      Lock icon Honesty is the best policy
      468 14  -  Comment By DAVID PAULY Bloomberg NEW YORK -Its as if they’d never been swindled by manipulative companies and Wall Street analysts. Investors still wait breathlessly for companies’ quarterly earnings estimates and then buy or sell their shares accordingly. This is sad. Many earnings estimates are
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      Lock icon Porn trade booms despite US economic gloom
      272 14 -AP LOS ANGELES In the vast, suburban expanse of the San Fernando Valley, one of the US’ largest industries thrives quietly inside unmarked warehouses, walled estates and hidden studios. The region is home to most of the US’ pornography industry videos, websites, phone
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  • Comment
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      Lock icon Time to suspend HDB upgrading?
      789 16  -  Delaying the programme for a year or two will help HDB dwellers who are cash-strapped By LEE HAN SHIH The Business Times HERE is a good way for the Government and many Housing Board estate residents to save some much-needed money suspend the main upgrading
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  • Vocal
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      Lock icon Don’t blame media for Nigeria violence
      428 18 YOUR report “Nigeria lesson for the young” (Streats, Nov 25) focuses on irresponsible journalism and its potentially disastrous consequences. While there is a lesson to be learnt, there is also present a paradox which has been obfuscated by the report’s primary theme of insensitive
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      Lock icon When it’s not right to name names
      224 18 IN response to “Financial advisers” debate: Reveal vested interests” (Streats, Nov 22), a letter by Mr Joseph Chong, I would like to point out that in my earlier letter, I was merely quoting from the UK’s Sandler, Pickering and Charles River Associates’ reports,
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      Lock icon Air-con under control: SMRT
      108 18 TO address letter writer Goh Ming Boon’s points (“Losing my cool in hot trains”, Streats, Nov 21), we must explain that air-conditioning in trains is controlled by thermostats and passenger-load sensors, which are set to keep the temperature comfortable. The sun shining on the train and
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  • Medical
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      Lock icon Don’t panic about slight jaundice in baby
      146 20 Reuters NEW YORK Parents should not worry if their baby is slightly jaundiced. New research suggests that jaundice may be a newborn’s mechanism against damaging substances called free radicals. Bilirubin, the yellow pigment that causes jaundice when it accumulates in the body, serves
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      Lock icon Open spaces for life
      195 20 The environment affects mortality LONDON If you’re lucky enough to live near an open space or park, make use of it. Researchers have found that pensioners of cities who live near green open spaces tend to live much longer than those stuck in the “concrete jungle”,
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      Lock icon HEALTH FORUM
      136 20 Qls Vitasoy a good source of protein and calcium? A regular-sized packet (240m1) of A Vitasoy soya drink contains 5g protein (about 10 per cent of daily protein needs), 20mg calcium (about 3 per cent of daily calcium needs), 15g (or 3 teaspoons) of sugar (about 30 per
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  • Global
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      43 25 So conscious are they of their looks that Miss World contestants Angela Drousiotu (left) of Cyprus and Katerina Georgiadou of Greece find even CDs handy to check their appearances. The two were attending a press conference in London on Monday AFP
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      Lock icon Police rescue rape victim in Johor raid
      240 25 Kuala lumpur Police °n Monday rescued an 18-year-old girl who had been kidnapped last week and taken to Johor, where she was raped. The Malay Mail reported that the businessman’s daughter from Shah Alam was a bducted last Wednesday in a staged accident.
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      Lock icon Terror attack could cripple Internet: study
      183 25 -AFP Washington A terrorist a ttack or other disaster could disrupt the Internet the way severe storms at airport hubs he up air traffic, according to a study released yesterday. The study by Ohio State University researchers showed fhat major cities that serve as
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      Lock icon 'I'm no sponsor of terror'
      347 25 Saudi princess goes on the record WASHINGTON The wife of the Saudi ambassador to the US broke with protocol yesterday to personally reject suggestions that she had indirectly funded the 9/11 attacks. “I heard US lawmakers in the American media today say that money that
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      Lock icon Bali suicide bomber was on jihad
      128 25 DENPASAR The suicide bomber who killed a crowd of holidaymakers in Bali’s Paddy’s Bar last month left a note for his parents explaining that his action was his contribution to jihad, The Australian newspaper reported yesterday. “I want to say sorry to you, but
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    • The bad girls
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        Lock icon British girls’ booze binges
        172 27 One in 10 women here drunk herself unconscious, c ording to a survey that confirms e ‘girls behaving badly” syndrome. The Daily Telegraph reported that l hird of the so-called Bridget Jones deration also had unprotected sex Hi 'e drunk. s .Of those aged 16-34, 40
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        Lock icon Girls sell eggs to pay for studies
        149 27 LONDON Two students sold theneggs to pay for their university education. A fertility agency which arranged the sale to American couples paid the students US$6,OOO (S$ 10,596) and US$B,OOO for their eggs, the BBC reported yesterday. Egg Donation Inc is now planning to
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        Lock icon Bush girls can drink legally now
        187 27 Reuters kAWFORD, Texas Underage Jinking problems became a thing of past for US President George W iish’s twin daughters on Monday when he y turned 21, the legal age to drink, and Barbara Bush made °rldwide news last year after they were with underage
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      Lock icon Firemen’s strike ‘We have mouths to feed’
      242 29 Reuters LONDON British firefighter John Vale finds it hard to tell his two small children why he does not have time to do all the things other dads do. When he explains he works up to 80 hours a week doing two jobs
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  • Easy Streats
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      Lock icon It's working at MediaWorks
      1054 30 Media Works boss Man Shu Sum talks to GREGORYLEOWabout the station's best numbers yet WHEN actor Adrian Pang appeared at the James Bond premiere on Monday night, the photographers’ heads immediately snapped up and they started clicking away. Although the veteran actor has appeared on stage
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      256 31 WEDDING bells will soon ring for Hongkong actor Francis Ng and his Singapore girl. The actor, the Golden Horse Best Actor winner in 2000, will be walking down the aisle with Ms Ong Lay Pheng, a model and 1991 Star Search finalist, in
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      365 33 Attitude You Wear Jeans can look hip and fashionable, downright floppy or smart and snazzy. It’s all up to you! used to be that you’d pull ol your favourite pair of jeans j* you were heading for the keach, going to catch a movie r shopping with your
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      174 33 MS Karen Toh, advertising and promotions executive at Lea International Clothing Co, explains how jeans have progressed to become work wear. “Our Workwear or Black Tab range came about because we wanted to provide the same good quality fit and sewing to a
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        37 34 FLAMING BUTTERFLIES Friday till Sunday, 7-30 pm and 8.45 pm Landscape concourse, Novena Square Shopping Mall, free Be spellbound by The Flaming Butterflies as they captivate you with their dynamic firedancing which uses special pyrotechnic effects
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        44 34 UNIFEM WOMEN FOR PEACE FRINGE EVENT Tomorrow, 7pm, library@orchard (#O5-22/26Ngee Ann City podium block), free Talented young Singaporeans channel their emotions and opinions through an intricate weave of poetry, music and video. Expect alternative pop/rock performances and carefully-crafted 3-D animations and guerilla-style videos.
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      87 34 IT’S winter in the mountains of north Pakistan and about 15,000 people are sleeping out in the open following J a 5.5 magnitude earthquake that killed 21 people last week. In Singapore, it’s cloudy in the south and east, I with afternoon thunderstorms in other areas.
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        47 34 9pm, Channel U The Honghua Hui members capture the Hui tribe’s tribute. To get it back, Kexiu agrees to let Jialuo meet Tailai. The members storm the Li residence where Tailai is being held. Yutong becomes disfigured the attempt to rescue Tailai.
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        67 34 llpm, Channel 5 Harry, Lana’s charge at an old folks’ home, falls into a pond filled with kryptonite. That, and the electricity from his wheelchair, de-ages Harry, who goes on a killing spree to avenge himself on the children of the jurors who put him away decades ago. When
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      32 31 Watch ure Planet’ Win $BBB Everyday! Simply attach your Treasure Planet’ ticket stub and answer a question for your chance to win! Visit Golden Village Cinemas for more details. Disney Enterprises, Inc.
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      123 32 Temptation. Give in to 8 k,\B i w •£i wm Village Restaurant, You’ll find it hard to say ‘no’ to a meal at the new S.E.A. Village Restaurant on Sentosa. And we don’t mean just the all-you-can-eat Asian Buffet at truly appetising prices. Feast your eyes on the stunning views
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      70 34 For quick sore throats and mouth ulcers. r BS E2Cfo/ a At the first sign of sore throat and mouth ulcers, use Bactidol. It has Hexeditine. an antimicrobial and antibacterial agent proven to effectively fight bacteria. Formulated to soothe the inflamed mucous membrane. Bactidol provides fast relief from sore throats
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      408 34 Remember... The break-fast time for Muslims today is 6.54 pm. Yourda 3 yhoroscope by Kelli Fox at Astrology.com AQUARIUS JAN 20 -FEB 18 There’s some question about whether this is a first attempt or a last chance. If you want more slack, it’s available, but be ready to explain why
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      183 35 m v. m r mm S» m GRAND OPENING PROMOTION! NO WORRIES NO GIMMICKS THE BEST DEAL IN SINGAPORE! Only $298 for 10 sessions of INTERMEDIATE SUMMING PROGRAMME* Usual Price 1,800 (10 sessions) 30-minute programme with 2 varied currents (AC and DC) 11 wave patterns designed to treat different conditions
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      211 36 **m3ar’%’ per bread 20 0 2 some of: er\» rsr t m v' ;J nks for making BreadTalk ££aJ Mi m u r--51 115 Rollercoaster Himala-yes! Crisp danish complemented by Chikuwa (Japanese fishcake) and tuna flakes, it's a definite melt-in-your-mouth! Generously topped with cheese chunks, its unique fragrance will change
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      749 37  -  Australian swimming master offers unique lessons to budding stars from Ace Swim Club s*/ Lim Han Ming J OEL Tan used to find it hard to break his personal best time of 2min 13sec in the 200 m freestyle. That was until the 13-year-old the High
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      582 39  -  Uruguayan legend Ruben Sosa not impressed with Man U striker §y 'Adam Hashidy Forlan will not become a Manchester United legend. That is the frank opinion of former Uruguayan striker Ruben Sosa (above). The 36-year-old is in Singapore with current club Shanghai Shenhua for the Asian Football
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      129 39 DESPITE taking a three-goal advantage into the second leg of the AFC Champions League match tonight against Geylang United, Shanghai Shenhua is not taking the match lightly. Said general manager Lou Shifang on his team’s 3-0 win in Shanghai two weeks ago: “The scoreline means
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      161 39 Bloomberg LONDON Four out of 10 professional soccer players hurt their muscles and ligaments before the season even starts, according to a study published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. The injuries require an average absence of 22 days to treat and may
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      377 40 -AP WASHINGTON Frustrated by a three-game losing streak, Michael Jordan sounds ready to increase his playing time in the NBA. Jordan said on Monday he isn’t necessarily lobbying to start, but he said his minutes should no longer be limited by concerns over his knees, especially
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      220 42 Wire services LONDON Leeds manager Terry Venables is set for showdown transfer talks with chairman Peter Ridsdale to find out if another six players need to be trimmed from the squad. Venables has already indicated that Leeds’ precarious financial position now around £7B million
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      608 42 Robson needs to fix the back four fast Wire services CHAMPIONS LEAGUE (2ND PHASE Newcastle v Inter Milan NEWCASTLE Newcastle United is grappling with defensive problems. The 3-5 defeat to Manchester United last Saturday gave valuable insight into the club’s frailties. Captain Alan Shearer scored his 100th goal
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      560 43 Arsenal’s French quartet set to sign long-term contracts Wife services CHAMPIONS LEAGUE (2ND PHASE) 45 Roma v Arsenal Rome Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger was handed a huge boost on the eve of the Champions League second phase, when four of his top players agreed to long-term contracts.
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      230 43 Bloomberg Barcelona -After Barcelona exited die Spanish Cup to an amateur team in September, a sports daily demanded the a Test of coach Louis van Gaal. The 51-year-old Dutchman’s second s hnt in charge was never going to be easy. After his
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        119 43 -Wire services LONDON Robbie Fowler handed under-pressure Leeds boss Terry Venables a much-needed boost by making a scoring return to action in the reserve-team clash with Sunderland. The England international striker, who suffered a reaction to a hip operation in the summer in his only other outing a
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        107 43 Wire services LONDON Veteran Arsenal defender Martin Keown has continued his recovery from a hamstring injury by returning to reserve-team action. The England centre-back, who has been out for exactly two months, played 67 minutes in the 1-1 draw against Watford at Barnet. Ironically, the 36-year-old woke up
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      97 43 MOTOR RACING Reuters LONDON Austrian Niki Lauda has been replaced as team principal of the Jaguar Formula One team, the threetime world champion said yesterday. “I am surprised by this decision that was made last night,” the 53-year-old told Austrian television. Ford, which owns the Jaguar brand and
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      37 43 IN THE LIVING ROOM SOCCER: Uefa Champions League, Group Phase 2: Newcastle United v Inter Milan (Star Sports Ch 24, tomorrow, 3.30 am), Roma v Arsenal (tomorrow, ESPN Ch 23 and RTMI, 3.30 am, Chs, 3.35 am).
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      203 44 tickets to 'Santa Clause 2'. Will. rI M ALL E N i m A &.-V V A jf< p V: 1 M f f ©DISNEY Distributed by Buena Vista International Hi- mSIsA'A- I With Cashline Cine Magic, you'll always get the star treatment. Tim Allen is back this heart-warming holiday
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