Streats, 16 May 2003

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  • 10 1 Streats FRIDAY, MAY 16, 2003 E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg mita (p> 111/03/2003
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  • 624 1  -  Pakistani militant group looking for suicide volunteers By Zubaidah Nazeer AS the world reels from another terrorist attack in the capital of Saudi Arabia on civilians, another outlawed organisation has revamped its website to include an invitation to supporters to volunteer for suicide missions. The move, by
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    • 87 1 t READ US DAILY NEGATIVE FOR NOW Lab tests so far on IMH staff show they do not have the Sars virus, reports SARAH NG PAGE GETTING IN SMU’s Prof Pang Yang Hoong and a dozen others pick 800 people from the 5,800 applicants for this year’s intake, reports SARAH
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  • Morning Rush
    • 524 2  -  Record number of applications partly attributed to controversial ad campaign Sarah Ng THE fate of a record number of applications to enrol in one of this year’s most talked-about educational institutions Singapore Management University (SMU) is in the hands of only a dozen or
      Jonathan Wee  -  524 words
    • 407 3  -  Driver caught with 1,750 kg of pig innards By Julie Sim EVEN as Singapore puts in place checks to spot suspected Sars cases as they enter the country, still unscrupulous people here and across the Causeway try to beat systems established earlier to stop
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    • 477 4  -  BreadTalk’s George Quek is no stranger to food business he founded foodcourt operator Food Junction By, Janice Wong TRENDY bakery BreadTalk’s managing director manages his time as deftly as he runs his business. Yesterday, Mr George Quek, 47, went puppy-shopping with his three children and then
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    • 206 4  -  By_ Zubaidah Nazeer IT was her first try, but it was enough to win Ms Jaime Chern Meei Fang $l,OOO in the Streats “Who Reads Wins” Challenge. Ms Chern, 22, has been reading this newspaper since it was launched in 2000, to keep herself updated
      Francis Lee  -  206 words
    • 118 10 BUZZSTOP WHEN it comes to telecommunications connections, we’re as competitive as others, says the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA). It was responding to complaints from five international telcos, reports The Straits Times today. AT&T, Equant, Macquarie, MCI Worldcom and Reach
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    • Article, Illustration
      52 10 The Sulawesi Forest turtle of Indonesia is one of 25 species of turtles facing extinction, unless the Tortoises Conservation Fund has its way. The fund hopes to raise US$5.6 million (559.69 million) for a protection programme over the next five years in conjunction with groups such as Conservation
      AFP  -  52 words
    • 114 10 S’pore-JB bus route A MALAYSIAN bus company has broken SB S’ monopoly on the Singapore-Johor Barn bus route. Yesterday saw the start of Handal Indah’s bus service to and from Johor Barn. But fares which match the ones that SBS charges have to be paid
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    • 108 10 ST Telemedia deal Bloomberg GLOBAL Crossing has said that its proposed sale to Singapore Technologies Telemedia is in the public interest, as it tries to win US government support of the transaction. The investment would put it on a better financial footing and would not
      – Bloomberg  -  108 words
    • 112 10 Japanese cult MEMBERS of Japanese cult Pana Wave Laboratory spent yesterday preparing their headquarters in Fukui prefecture for their leader Yuko Chino, 69, to move in. Earlier, they had predicted that the earth would be devastated by a major catastrophe yesterday when the North and
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    • 77 10 -AFP GLOBAL credit rating agency Fitch yesterday upgraded Singapore’s longterm foreign currency rating to the highest possible grade, but said the local economy remains vulnerable to external shocks. Singapore’s long-term foreign currency rating improved to AAA from AA, Fitch Ratings said, citing the country’s ability to weather
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    • 89 10 -AP A MANHATTAN court has ordered a model agency to pay U 555.27 million (Ss9 million) to a former employee who said that she was fired after she complained about cigarette smoke in the agency’s offices. It awarded the money on Wednesday to Ms Victoria Gallegos, 32,
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    • 95 10 Reuters STRIKES wreaked a third day of transport havoc in France yesterday, but there was a glimmer of hope for commuters as the government invited unions for more talks on pension reforms. Labour Minister Francois Fillon announced fresh talks yesterday in a bid to persuade the
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    • 111 10 THE Philippine military, reeling from allegations that some officers had colluded with the Abu Sayyaf gang, has vowed to ferret out the truth. The authorities hope to finish the investigation, the second such probe in two years, by the end of next month, The Straits Times
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    • 142 3 There's a lesson tobe learnt from the current uncertainties. Protect your loved ones. Our staff and representatives will be contributing a portion of their salary/commission to the If you already have any of Great Eastern's wide variety of protection plans*, rest assured you're covered against SARS. And if you don't,
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    • 7 4 FOR THIS WEEK’S CHALLENGE, SEE PAGE 61
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  • SARS UPDATE
    • 475 6  -  &U_ Choong Choon Yee MS Tang Li Ping is one of six female American Express employees who has turned to making costume jewellery during lunch hour and at night. No, these women from officers to a senior analyst are not moonlighting as part-time jewellers. In
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    • 410 6  -  Group will continue to be managed for Sars By Sarah Ng LAB test results so far have shown that 15 patients from the Institute of Mental Health (IMH) do not have the coronavirus, believed to be the cause of Sars, while three other patients
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    • 57 6 Change from yesterday TREATED AND DISCHARGED 157 IN HOSPITAL 19 (IN CRITICAL CONDITION 7) -1 DEAD 28 TOTAL NO OF CASES 205* INDEX CASES 7 Change from yesterday SUSPECT CASES 1 -1 UNDER OBSERVATION 14 -1 IMH CLUSTER [UNDER OBSERVATION) 43 +6 UNDER HOME QUARANTINE 720 +143 includes
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    • 80 8 A doctor going through chest X-ray scans with a patient at a hospital in Hangzhou on Wednesday. China reported that day the lowest number of Sars cases since it admitted to covering up the extent of the epidemic. Yesterday, four deaths and 52 new cases took the
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    • 379 8 Quarantine-breakers face death sentence in China Wire services BEIJING In China, getting Sars may no longer be as bad as breaking a quarantine. Hardly a matter to be sneezed at considering the high Sars mortality rate. Under the new Chinese regulations, the authorities will execute or
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    • 85 6 HEALTH ALERT 1 Ambulance Hotline (24 hours) at 993. If you feel unwell and have symptoms such as fever, cough, muscle aches and chills, stay at home. Do not go to work or school. Call the MOH Special An ambulance will take you to Tan Tock Seng Hospital for screening
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    • 103 8 Help Needy Sars Patients and Their Families $8,404,043.06 (as at May 14) TO DONATE BY CHEQUE A crossed cheque made out to “The Courage Fund" should be sent to The Courage Fund, c/o National Healthcare Group, 6, Commonwealth Lane, Level 6, GMTI Building, Singapore *****7 BY PHONE Members of the
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous

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  • Financial
    • 390 12  -  By_ ChuaKongHo THE Sars outbreak has done what a thousand insurance agent presentations could not shock some people into re-examining their health insurance coverage. But the virus isn’t the only reason for the recent spike in health insurance sales. The new standardised definitions of critical
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    • 643 14 AMP chairman admits to angry shareholders: Wire services SYDNEY AMP chairman Peter Willcox admitted to shareholders yesterday that Australia’s largest insurer totally misjudged a disastrous expansion into Britain that has cost investors billions of dollars. Mr Willcox faced around 1,000 angry shareholders at the AMP annual
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    • 456 16 Virgin Blue’s profit triples to sl77m even as other airlines flounder Wire services SYDNEY Mr Richard Branson’s discount Australian airline Virgin Blue yesterday defied the turmoil of the global aviation industry by turning in a 233 per cent jump in its year-on-year profit. The flamboyant British part-owner
      – Wire services; AFP  -  456 words
    • 398 18 Bloomberg TOKYO Japan has no “instant, cure- all” remedy for its stock market and the government will focus on quickly implementing measures announced on Wednesday to shore up share prices, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said yesterday. “Stock prices are
      – Bloomberg; AP  -  398 words
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  • Global
    • Article, Illustration
      56 21 Employees working last Tuesday at the Chicago FBl's newly built Joint Operations Center in the grounds of the Argonne National Laboratory a national research facility in Illinois. The centre is part of US security against an event like 9/11 and will be staffed by about 100 officials from
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    • 449 21 He fought for terror network in Afghanistan’s Tora Bora LONDON The man believed to have masterminded the suicide bombings in Saudi Arabia fought for A 1 Qaeda in the Tora Bora caves in Afghanistan. Intelligence officials believe Kahled Jehani is the leader of a sleeper
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    • 472 23 US fears attacks in 3 Asean countries, Kenya WASHINGTON Senior US government officials said that they were extremely worried about the possibility of terrorist attacks in Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines and Kenya, the Washington Post reported yesterday. The US State Department on Wednesday
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    • 178 23 Reuters KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia said yesterday that Washington was creating “scares all over the world” after it warned Americans to beware of a terrorist threat from groups linked to A 1 Qaeda. On Wednesday, just hours after the suicide attacks on foreign residents in Saudi Arabia,
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    • 419 24 Indian woman in dowry wrangle a national heroine Wire services NOIDA, India A 21 -year-old woman who packed off her fiance to jail minutes before their wedding because he demanded more dowry has become an instant celebrity. Hundreds of women have been rushing to software engineering student
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    • 374 26 Study on the high number of teenage pregnancies in Britain leaves absent dads carrying the baby LONDON Teenage girls from single-parent families without fathers become sexually active earlier and are more likely to get pregnant, researchers said on Wednesday. Reuters reported that psychologist
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    • 147 26 -afp SYDNEY A Beijing-born painter who emigrated to Australia less than two years ago yesterday won the People’s Choice Award of the prestigious Archibald Prize for a portrait of a former Australian ambassador to China. Dalu Zhao’s portrait of diplomat Stephen Fitz Gerald was selected by the more
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  • my HOME YOUR WEEKLY GUIDE TO BUYING AND SELLING
    • 393 29  -  By Janice Wong PROPERTY valuation is an art rather than a precise science. The true value of a property depends on demand and supply. But the valuer’s advice is the basis for many real estate judgments, such as when a bank or HDB administers property loans. So it
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    • 191 29 PEBBLE Bay, The Pier at Robertson (pictured above) and possibly Central why are these condominiums by rivers sought after? Valuers estimate that a building overlooking a river commands a premium of between 10 and 15 per cent. “A view of the Singapore River is considered a plus sure
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  • INTERIOR
    • 350 43 WHEN it comes to dolling up their homes, Singaporeans know what they want a contemporary look with a variety of themes. They like their living room to be “chic”, their dining room “fusion” and their bedroom “Zen”. In a three-week-long campaign last month, Straits
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    • 539 45 Wire services NOBODY could have imagined inflatable churches when British Poet Laureate Alfred Tennyson wrote these words in 1850. But then neither do you think of coffee shops when you think of the centuries-old walls of the old city of Jerusalem. The shops are built into
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    • 529 45 0 The Colonial Mi safe AIRELATED 6532 5686 Courage of Singapore Tours Daily Departure MpxisltoQ»' i Departure Time(s): 9.30 am 2.30 pm Ob Xu Multi-racial Singapore Is home to numerous temples, mosques and churches with gloriously fine architecture steeped in history. Includes visit to Thien Hock Keng Tempi», Cathedral of
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  • Comment
    • 586 46  -  Comment By MATTHEW LYN Bloomberg THE story has a quaint 1990 s bubble feel to it. Credit Suisse First Boston earlier this month poached a team of London-based media analysts from JP Morgan Chase, and one of them is reported to be earning US$4 million (556.86
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  • Vocal
    • 256 48 AFTER reading the report, “Poor standing” (Streats, May 12), I don’t understand what all the fuss is about. In the first place, pregnancy is not an illness, so I don’t understand why all these pregnant women were complaining. Sure, it is hard to carry the extra
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    • 210 48 I REFER to the report, “The good, the bad and the selfish” (Streats, May 12). I am always hearing such complaints from my female colleagues, who lament that Singaporeans (guys especially) are selfish and do not give up their seats on MRT trains. I
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    • 77 48 I REFER to the report, “The good, the bad and the selfish” (Streats, May 12). It says that we should be more considerate towards pregnant women. However, sometimes I feel that our gesture of consideration is very much taken for granted. I have
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    • 253 50 I REFER to the letter, “Peg taxi rentals to earnings’ (Streats, May 2), by Yuen Wee Chian, and thank the writer for suggesting how to help taxi drivers through the current difficult times. On May 5, Comfort introduced a taxi rental deferment scheme for our
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    • 599 50 I REFER to the commentary, “Why so slow, transport firms?” (Streats, May 2), by The Business Times senior correspondent Lee Han Shih. Mr Lee stated that, on April 23, a full month after the Sars outbreak, taxi operators told their drivers to keep windows down while
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    • 74 50 IN our report, “Poverty was her driving force” (May 12), we said that United Parcel Service Singapore managing director Mary Yeo completed a vocational institute course in commerce at Maris Stella High School. She has since clarified that she graduated from Hai Sing Dewasa Institute. This institute was jointly
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    • 524 48 HAVE YOUR SAY E-mail us at streats sph.com.sg or write to The Editor, Streats, News Centre, 1000 Toa Payoh North, Singapore *****4. You should include your name, address and contact number. We reserve the right to edit your letters for brevity and clarity. By your writing to us, it shall
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    • 105 48 Don’t Gamble on Your SAT GMAT GRE TOEFL To avoid the risk of being rejected by their choice University, thousands of students and MBA applicants come to High Q (Singapore) every year for help in getting a high score. Since 1983, High Q has guided over 250,000 HIGH (I Education
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    • 309 49 tea good rea/oa/ to aad hca/e /un. Experience the thrills of Underwater World and Dolphin Lagoon, both 50% off Save 50% when you discover Singapore’s surprising history at museums and The Battle Box 50% off admission to the Bird Park, Night Safari and Zoo will be a treat for your
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    • 295 52 Levels earlier believed normal now deemed ‘pre-hypertension’ in US AP WASHINGTON The US has altered blood pressure guidelines, saying that patients with levels once considered normal or borderline actually have “pre-hypertension”. This affects some 45 million Americans, who are now being urged to exercise, avoid salt and
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    • 106 52 Q Is pumpkin high in starch? Where can I get more information about it? A No, it is not. Starchy foods are mainly rice, bread, pasta and potatoes. Pumpkin contains considerable amount of water, fruit sugars (fructose) and is rich in vitamins and minerals, such as vitamin C.
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    • 683 54 Three cheers for Hollywood comic-book movies which are helping to boost the sales in shops here. GREGORYLEOWreports THE recent rash of superhero movies Spider-Man, Daredevil and X-Men are more than enough proof that Hollywood is getting hooked on comics. But movie producers and studios are not the
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    • 469 56  -  What looks old is new again, thanks to a jewellery designer’s lovefor romance THE 1 By Samuel Wong YOU see them everywhere now pretty, antique-looking I earrings, rings, pendants, necklaces, brooches and the like made of clusters of little coloured stones. Who started the craze?
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      236 58 THE one big trend from the recently concluded Australian Fashion Week in Sydney? Nothing, reported the Sydney Morning Herald this week. “That’s right,” wrote Anthea Loucas, “no clothes are the new clothes. Near nudity revealed itself as the week’s most arresting trend.” Tiny bikinis, baby-doll frocks and short,
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    • 642 58 It pays to stay sun-sawy in sun-drenched, sun-loving Singapore. Sort out the myths from the truth and save your skin THE 1| -IPS Layering your SPFs gives extra protection. FALSE: It’s not true that adding, say, an SPF 6 suncream to an SPF 4 moisturiser will give
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    • 146 60 LEGENDARY Hollywood producer Dino De Laurentiis intends to do a Silence of the Lambs (above) prequel, titled The Lecter Variation: The Story of Young Hannibal Lecter. According to E!Online, he revealed at the Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday that author Thomas Harris is working on the story,
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    • 148 60 KENNETH Branagh and Eddie Izzard are to star in a £l4 million (5538.9 million) film of E Nesbit’s classic i children’s novel Five Children and It, I reported Ananova. The film will I blend live action with I computer graphics, I will no longer
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    • 230 62 EmpText CANNES, France Hollywood’s long-awaited sci-fi blockbuster The Matrix Reloaded yesterday hogged the spotlight at the prestigious Cannes Filin Festival. But the question on everyone’s lips will be whether the much-publicised, hugely expensive sequel matches the first release, which, though preceded by little
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    • 350 62 CINEMA-GOERS here certainly can’t complain about not being able to catch The Matrix Reloaded, which opens here today. Singapore is one of a sprinkling of countries screening it this early. In the UK general release is next Friday. And taking an unprecedented step is Golden Village. Its Plaza
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    • 96 63 AFTER weeks of heavy afternoon thunderstorms, today is looking good, with the weatherman seeing partly cloudy skies, for the whole island. Temperatures, however, will be the same 24°C-33°C. The first high tide will be 2.9 m, at 11.24 am, and the second 3m, at 11pm. The
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        49 63 8.30 pm, Channel i How can a man who hasn’t left his bed in 11 years, who can’t even fit through his bedroom door, be a murder suspect? When a judge is found murdered, all the evidence points to a massively overweight reclusive tycoon, nicknamed Dale the Whale.
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      • 64 63 3pm, Channel i In the first episode of this drama, Lydia, a 32-year-old New Jersey bartender goes back to university to get her degree. She gets little encouragement from her hyper-critical parents (Ellen Burstyn and Paul Sorvino) and brother Paul (Kevin Dillon), so she turns to her best
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        48 63 FACES ON THE FLOOR Today, lpm City Square, Raffles City level one Free Lose yourself in the quirky world of the 3.14 Company as they use masks to portray quirky characters such as a hopelessly indecisive shopper and a tourist on the hunt for the perfect photograph.
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      • 71 63 AIDS CANDLELIGHT MEMORIAL Sunday, 7pm Youth Park (Somerset Road) Free Held in tandem with the International Aids Candlelight Memorial that is taking place in 300 cities worldwide, Singapore’s observation will focus on the plight and anguish of women living with HIV/Aids. There will be speeches from Ms Dana Lam,
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    • 80 60 W' N ’4w V» C y|, f ■V s ill Picture idol books have seen a resurgence in popularity, thanks largely to Taiwanese sensation F 4. CLARA CHOW notes that less photogenic stars are also putting out their own books, but with a twist. omorrow AIRFARE PROMO Fares Exclude Service
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    • 207 61 StreatS Who Reads Wins Challenge Retrenched, the talented scriptwriter is now using his skills to help people polish their resumes.” Tell us who and win $lOOO The answer can be found in this week's issues of Streats. We'll be giving away $lOOO each week to one lucky reader who can
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    • 214 62 vC A EUROPEAN HOLIDAY JUST MINUTES AWAY FROM HOME. You don’t have to travel for miles to relish the old-world grandeur of Europe. Built by Germans a century ago, the regal architechture, luxurious furnishings and delectable cuisines of Goodwood Park Hotel beckon from bustling Orchard Road. Come experience warm hospitality
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    • 193 63 If you wish to have your event highlighted in Happenin’, e-mail Streats at streats@sph.com.sg or fax 6319-8191. Please check with organisers for latest status of events. INTRODUCING GORDON GRILL’S AMERICAN KOBE BEEF BURGER, SKILFULLY HAND-CRAFTED WITH EXTRAORDINARY CARE. A much-enamoured delicacy in Europe and America, the great American Kobe Beef
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    • 439 63 Yourdailyhproscope jP AQUARIUS JAN2O-FEB 18 PISCES FEB 19 -MAR 20 by Kelli Fox at Astrology.com ARIES MAR2I -APR 19 Luck comes to your aid after you’ve given up on it. Late in the day the elements shift and your spirit rises. You might not know exactly where you’re going, but
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    • 177 65 -AFP IT was Juventus which drew first blood, thanks to David Trezeguet in the 12th minute. Czech playmaker Pavel Nedved (above) broke free on the right wing and delivered an inviting high ball into the box aimed for Alexssandro del Piero. The Italy international outjumped his
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      552 65 Juventus to meet AC Milan in first all-Italian final Wire services CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SEMI-FINALS (2ND LEG) Juventus 3 Real Madrid 1 (Juventus win 4-3 on aggregate) TURIN Show Italian football the respect it deserves. That’s what Juventus coach Marcello Lippi demanded after his side swept aside defending champion
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      202 67 ARSENAL Goalkeeper David Seaman, 39 Tipped to retire at the end of his 13th season at Highbury and take up a coaching post at the club, Seaman remains the holder’s first choice despite the occasional lapse. Defender Martin Keown, 36 An ageing warhorse, but his combativeness and experience
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    • 506 67 Beattie hopes to emulate Saints hero Bobby Stokes by scoring winner against Arsenal Reuters FA CUP FINAL Arsenal v Southampton SOUTHAMPTON Underdog Southampton is sure to confer legendary status on striker James Beattie (right) if he emulates Bobby Stokes and scores the winner in tomorrow’s FA
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    • 82 67 ARSENAL 3rd round Arsenal 2 Oxford United 0 4th round Farnborough Town 1 Arsenal 5 sth round Manchester United 0 Arsenal 2 Q-final Arsenal 2 Chelsea 2 Q-final replay Chelsea 1 Arsenal 3 S-final Arsenal 1 Sheffield United 0 SOUTHAMPTON 3rd round Southampton 4 Tottenham Hotspur
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    • 484 69  -  Geylang United fan club members may lose roof over their head By Tan Kim Han GEYLANG United’s clubhouse (above) at Bedok North Avenue 3 may pull down its shutters for good in August. The three-storey clubhouse belongs to former sponsor Ponggol Marina, which is facing financial difficulties.
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    • 79 69 GOLF SINGAPORE’S Lam Chih Bing earned his second victory on home soil, and $7,000, when he clinched the Tiger Challenge at the Palm Course of Raffles Country Club yesterday. He fired a second-round score of 68 for a combined total of 134 over the two-day competition, pushing
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      • 72 69 AFP LONDON Manchester United striker Ruud van Nistelrooy was named Barclaycard Player of the Year by the Premiership sponsor on Wednesday. The Dutch forward scored 44 goals in all competitions this season, 25 of them in the league. He also scored more goals in the league this
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      • 68 69 SINGAPORE’S Young Lions ended their five-match winless run in the S-League with a 1-0 victory over Jurong FC at the Jalan Besar Stadium last night. In the other match at Jurong Stadium, goals from midfielder Chen Chenyu (sth, 82nd) and leading scorer Chang Hui (25th, 91st penalty)
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      576 70 Anti-tobacco legislation forces Austria’s Al Ring to bid farewell to Formula One Reuters LONDON The hills will be alive with the sound of Formula One engines for the last time in Austria this weekend. Austrians have been told that their Grand Prix will be struck off the
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    • 188 71 On Tuesday, Streats ran an article headlined ‘S-League matches on Sundays?’ Several readers responded to the Talking Point column. Today, we print their views. SUNDAY is a day of rest for busy people, workers, homemakers and students. It is also family day. There are other social
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    • 153 71 IT’S no secret that the S-League will always play second fiddle to the English Premier League on Saturdays. More so as most Saturday evenings feature an Bpm live telecast of a top English game. (S-League matches kick off at 7.15 pm on Saturday) So, yes, I’m
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    • 64 71 I FULLY support having some SLeagues matches on Sunday. I suggest they begin at 6.45 pm or 7pm instead of the usual 7.15 pm. There should be four matches on Sunday and only one each on Thursday and Friday. Dinner is no problem fans can buy food inside
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    • 105 71 OUR mindset for improving the S-League must change. We should not be looking at all the present teams but maybe seriously look at just one or two super S-League teams that can win the Asian Football Confederation Champions League. There is no point having S-League
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    • 227 71 LOS ANGELES He sat out the first dozen games of the season because of toe surgery, causing irritated team-mates to begin their journey with a limp. Fear not, Los Angeles Lakers star Shaquille O’Neal said. I will be there when it counts. He
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    • 49 69 The StmitsTi mes INCLUDES News, views, and hot gossip Portuguese panache or Scottish sauciness, which is better? Find out more about a different offering of football, to be played by Portugal's FC Porto and Scotland's Celtic, in next week's Uefa Cup final. Only in The Straits Times next Tuesday.
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    • 52 69 IN THE LIVING ROOM BASKETBALL: NBA Conference Playoffs s-finals, Game 6: LA Lakers v San Antonio Spurs (Ch 24, Bam) GOLF: PGA Eds Byron Nelson Championship, 2nd rd (Ch 24, tomorrow, 4am) MOTOR RACING: FI Austrian GP, qualifying (Ch 24, 7.55 pm) TENNIS: Masters Series, Germany Q-finals (Star Sports Ch
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    • 37 71 Comeback babes mm ms. Cherie Lim are returning to the small screen. They tell us why Hotline: isoo-7 33 44 55 e-mail: tnp@sph.com.sg paper Lianhe Zaobao fa zbNOW brought you the coolest games at Los Angeles iliiil
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