Streats, 11 July 2003

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      428 1 FRIDAY, JULY 11, 2003 E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg mita (pj 111/03/2003 If you’ve got it, flaunt it... Strap up, Singapore A. JL O JL By Triumph International Summer is here and the temperature's soaring! What better reason to strap on Triumph's fabulous range of summer wear and step out for a good
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    10 3 Streats FRIDAY, JULY 11, 2003 E-mail: streats@sphxom.sg MITA (P) 111/03/2003
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    Lock icon You can’t beat the ‘bandits’
    627 3  -  Gamblers will continue trying their luck despite reports that the machines are rigged By_ t Choong Choon Yee DIEHARD gamblers in Singapore will continue to try their luck with fruit machines even when they know their chances of winning the jackpot are near impossible. Even
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      69 3 mh k-\' «k v; Wirt' til ,/M'. When the natural look does not mean no make-up IN OUR EASYSTREATS INSTYLE: PAGES 62&G4 IT’S ABOUT FUNDAMENTALS PHILIP LEE says that poor grounding is root cause of bad English PAGE 50 TAKE A BOW, GUYS ADAM HASHIDY says men don’t mind marrying
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      Lock icon Iran in deep mourning
      425 4 Twins’ adopted father blames medical team Wire services TEHERAN Dr Alireza Safaian doesn’t care what the world is saying. The adoptive father of Iranian twins Ladan and Laleh Bijani is furious and just wants his daughters back. “I plan to lodge a complaint against the hospital
      – Wire services; Pics: AP,  -  425 words
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      Lock icon New age soya drink from YHS
      525 5  -  12 months of research went into creating soya bean milk which looks like coffee with cream By Julie Sim SINGAPOREANS have long been familiar with the creamy off-white soya bean drink, a favourite with many. But now comes its swarthy cousin the black soya
      Ashlelgh Sim  -  525 words
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      Lock icon Hi-tech system is par for this course
      550 6  -  Beneath ssm Bukit Batok Golf Range is Asia’s first automated ball-retrieving system By Khushwant Singh THE Bukit Batok Golf Range may look like a golf course, with its immaculate greens, sandy hazards and flowing streams. But besides its nylon turf, which does not
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      Lock icon United Asean needed
      349 8  -  Inter-embassy games among activities that can increase cohesion By Zubaidah Nazeer THE recent outbreak of Sars and wave of terrorism in Asia have shown that Asean countries can rally together to meet these threats. Giving this assessment was Philippine Ambassador to Singapore Ernesto V Llamas, 60, who
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      Lock icon Drumming up colours
      380 8  -  By Khushwant Singh ONLY one of the three drummers has musical training. Ms Yvonne Wong Pui Shan, 18, who plays drums in the Institute of Technical Education jazz band, has that advantage over her fellow players, Mr Boey Chuen Yee, 23, and Ms Goh Liting, 17. But
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      Lock icon PA offers older employees early retirement deal
      114 10 BUZZSTOP WORKERS at the People’s Association (PA) are being offered an early retirement package of half a month’s salary for every year of service, capped at 25 years. The Straits Times reports today that the offer is understood to be for employees over
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      Lock icon FUR-NISHING PROOF
      60 10 Humane Society International (HSI) spokesman Nicola Beynon displaying a toy cat, whose face is made of real cat fur, in Sydney yesterday during a press conference. HSI also announced there that an 18-month investigation revealed that more than two million dogs and cats are killed each year for
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      Lock icon Retrenched have new option
      138 10 Home Office Scheme NOW that home-owners can set up a business at home under the Ministry of National Development’s Home Office Scheme, some retrenched workers are thinking of doing just that. Out of the 50 participants at the Northeast Community Development Council’s (CDC) seminar this week
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      Lock icon Unmanned war machines on TV
      133 10 ST Kinetics showcases wares SINGAPORE Technologies Kinetics is showing off some of its unmanned systems for land warfare in a television drama series. The Frontline, a Channel U production in Mandarin, will showcase machines such as the Spartan, a jeep-sized allterrain vehicle capable of operating
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      Lock icon Death for fake drug makers?
      139 10 Indian minister moots severe penalty AP PEOPLE who make counterfeit medicines could soon face execution under Indian law. Indian Health Minister Sushma Swaraj said on New Delhi Television news yesterday that she plans to propose the death penalty for some such cases. Thousands of small
      AP  -  139 words
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      Lock icon Freed, but still a suspect
      94 10 POLICE in California have released a murder suspect because they do not have enough evidence to detain him further, reported The New York Times. Vincent Brothers had surrendered to the police shortly before midnight on Tuesday following a nationwide manhunt sparked by the killings of
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      Lock icon Rembrandt goes for $19m
      98 10 Reuters A REMBRANDT self-portrait that lay unseen for hundreds of years under layers of overpaint sold for £6.9 million (5519.7 million) in London yesterday. Auction house Sotheby’s said that the price was the highest paid for a selfportrait of the Dutch master at auction. Dating from
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      Lock icon We’ll take Kedah: PAS
      93 10 Bernama PARTI Islam SeMalaysia (PAS) has expressed confidence that it will take Kedah in the coming Malaysian general election. “God willing, we should be able to take Kedah as there are other issues which can draw the people’s support for PAS. In politics, there is nothing
      – Bernama  -  93 words
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      Lock icon More bootleg CDs
      90 10 AP PRODUCTION of pirated recordings of music increased by 14 per cent last year and now accounts for a third of all CDs sold around the globe, an industry group reported yesterday. This worked out to some 1.1 billion compact discs, according to the International Federation of
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      382 4 Brisbane, Australia “If you are not defeated within,your external setbacks will have to turn around in line with the victory within. mmm, Words of Encouragement by Pastor Rev Dr John Lim] SUNDAY WORSHIP SERVICE 13th July 2003, Sunday 9:3oam English Service 1T :30am English Service with Mandarin interpretation via headsets
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      451 12  -  KPMG survey finds little overstatement of profits among companies By_ Shervin Seah CONTRARY to popular belief, there is little abuse of stock options and overstatement of profit by companies here, according to a survey by international auditing firm KPMG. The survey by its Singapore office also
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      408 12 AP SEATTLE Even Microsoft must obey the physics of age. The software giant once set the standard for explosive growth with Gulliver-like leaps in stock price that transformed thousands of employees into millionaires. But in recent years, the company has had to grapple with the
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      Lock icon ST Telemedia expects to get US nod
      265 12 Bloomberg SINGAPORE Singapore Technologies Telemedia Pte said that it is confident that its agreement to acquire Global Crossing Ltd will be approved over potential objections from US defence agencies. “We are working towards getting the regulatory approval and remain optimistic,” Singapore Technologies Telemedia
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      Lock icon ‘Saddam’s millions’ cyber scam
      139 14 AFP SINGAPORE Get a piece of Saddam’s millions, a new Internet scam is promising the gullible in Asia. It is offering potential “business partners” a share of the fallen Iraqi dictator’s fortune, a security firm said here yesterday. Risk management consultants Hill Associates released a warning
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      Lock icon ST Engg CEO upbeat
      470 14 With air travel picking up, worst is over for aerospace unit Bloomberg I SINGAPORE Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd, which earns about half its profit from servicing planes, said that the “worst is over” for its aerospace unit as air travel starts to recover from the war
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      Lock icon Asian central banks act to take on China
      374 14 Bloomberg ASIAN central banks are weakening their currencies in a possible attempt to compete with China, say analysts. South Korea’s central bank cut interest rates and Singapore’s targeted a weaker currency after both Asian nations announced contractions for the second quarter. Meanwhile,
      – Bloomberg  -  374 words
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      Lock icon MAS lowers Sing dollar trading band
      138 14 Bloomberg SINGAPORE The Monetary Authority of Singapore yesterday cut its target for the Singapore dollar to support exports and reinvigorate the battered economy. MAS lowered the trading band for the currency following a 1 per cent drop in the its value in 2003. The
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      Lock icon Fraud cases in KL could have been avoided
      179 16 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Many reported fraud cases in Malaysia could have been avoided if the companies’ senior personnel had been more alert and responded to the red flags or warning signs that were present prior to the fraudulent activites. KPMG Malaysia’s Fraud
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      Lock icon Merger talks may spark fresh deals
      278 16 KL’s Commerce Asset courts AMMB Holdings AP KUALA LUMPUR Merger talks between two of Malaysia’s largest banking groups will spur further consolidation in the sector ahead of 2007, when restrictions on foreign banks are due to be lifted, analysts said. Unlike a previous round
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      Lock icon What will they think of next?
      134 16 PHONES are getting ever smarter. Two were unveiled yesterday, an NEC one which is also a TV set (top), and a DoCoMo one which allows users to log in with a fingerprint. The NEC device, a prototype, can receive digital TV broadcasts. It was
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      Lock icon Li’s 75 and still going strong
      665 18 From selling plastic flowers, HK tycoon now deals in ports, energy, retail, property and telecoms -Reuters HONG KONG If Mr Li Ka Shing is weary of the recent knocks to his global empire, Asia’s richest businessman doesn’t show it as he nears his 75th
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      Lock icon Ellison in dogged takeover pursuit
      179 18 AP REDWOOD SHORES, California Oracle Corp chairman Larry Ellison made a colourful case for his business software company’s hostile US$6.3 billion (Ssl 1 billion) bid for rival People Soft, vowing to go to extreme lengths to devour his prey. If People Soft continued to resist
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      Lock icon Market gives up 7-day winning streak
      398 20 STI: 1,519.76 3.39 Reuters SHARES snapped a seven-day winning streak to end lower yesterday as investors pocketed gains in tech counters such as ST Assembly, which had enjoyed a run-up on hopes of a sector recovery. News of Singapore’s poor second-quarter economic performance barely
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      24 20 *AS AT MARCH 19 US$: 551.751 EURO: 561.990 Ss: RM2.170 Ss: 23.77 BAHT 552.860 Ss: 67.08 YEN Ss: HK54.454 Ss: 4,689 RUPIAH
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  • Global
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      Lock icon Dr M urges Muslims to catch up
      438 22 Use technical development for defence, not aggression, he says -AFP KUALA LUMPUR Muslims must learn again how to “put fear in the hearts” of their enemies because false religious teachings have left them backward and easily oppressed, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said
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      Lock icon Dad awakes from 18-year coma
      147 22 AP MOUNTAIN VIEW, Arkansas The last time Mr Terry Wallis was conscious of the world around him, Ronald Reagan was US president and the World Trade Center was still standing. Thrown into a coma after a 1984 car accident, he recently spoke his first words
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      Lock icon Local chow off menu for GIs as security fears bite in Iraq
      353 22 afp BAGHDAD Some won’t touch it, many crave it and others have died for it. It’s Iraqi food, and US troops are being ordered off the khuboz bread and kebabs amid security fears here. “No local chow,” warned
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      378 24 Officials to seek views on controversial Bill AP HONG KONG Worried about Hong Kong’s escalating political crisis, China’s government has dispatched officials to the territory to assess the situation, a pro-Beijing politician said yesterday. The mainland officials, including some from the Hong Kong and
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      Lock icon Long work hours not bad for dads
      136 24 MELBOURNE Fathers who spend most of their waking hours at work don’t suffer. In fact, there’s a bunch who thrive on it and so do their families, says a study by the Australian Institute of Family Studies. Its research contradicts popular belief that
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      180 28 LONDON With teenage singers such as Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera (pictured) flaunting their tanned midriffs on every other billboard, it’s no wonder that women in the US, and some men too, are now having their belly buttons reshaped. In the past five years, Dr Mark
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      Lock icon NZ motel curry ban raises a stink
      126 28 WELLINGTON New Zealanders need educating that Indian people do not eat just curry, a community leader said yesterday after a motel keeper refused a family accommodation because their cooking might smell. “Plenty of Indian people eat Western food, too, you know,” Mr Gulab
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      Lock icon Sister fights state to save brother
      441 28 Death sentence for alleged link to militant Islamic group AP TASHKENT, Uzbekistan Gripping a plastic bag full of copies of her petitions for mercy and the official refusals an archive of her fight to save her brother’s life Ms Dilobar Khudayberganov spends her days
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      296 30 Company demands licensing fees from e-tailers WELLINGTON Thousands of Internet retailers in Singapore, New Zealand and the US could potentially be besieged by licensing fee demands. This follows moves by a tiny Montreal-based company with patents covering international e-commerce transactions in the three countries, the
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      161 30 -AP NEW YORK Hewlett-Packard Co and Compaq, now merged, both got terrible ratings in the annual PC Magazine user satisfaction survey released yesterday, while Dell continued to shine. Dell led the desktop PC category for the 12th time in 13 years, scoring an A-plus.
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  • my HOME YOUR WEEKLY GUIDE TO BUYING AND SELLING
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      565 33 With the number of hours most Singaporeans spend in front of the computer, the computer table may be the most underrated piece of furniture in the home. SHERVIN SEAH tells you how to choose the right table for maximum comfort COMPUTERS have become a musthave at home, very
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      370 35 Lighten up with white, cream or pastel paint to magically make a small space feel larger MOST of us live in HDB apartments and do not have the luxury of space. So what’s a homeowner to do if all he’s got is a mere 700 sq ft to
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      452 46 New Zealand couple’s items collected from around the world give their home the appeal of a mini art gallery FURNISHINGS and ornaments from around the world fill the Singapore home of Linda Jeff and her husband, which is quite a feat when you consider that they
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      919 49  -  By WILLIAM PESEK Jr Bloomberg SINGAPORE Asia is wondering if it has a new crisis on its hands the flipside of 1997’5. This time, it’s not plunging currencies that are causing trouble, but rising ones. Ironic, isn’t it? Policy makers are scrambling to halt
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      768 50  -  By PHILIP LEE “FREE, come over.” Say this to a visitor from England or the US, and he will blink. Or if the visitor overhears “why you so like that one”, he would be similarly confused. While the first is the local way of inviting
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      371 52 I WOULD like to highlight a re'cent. unpleasant experience that I had with Club Med and its representative travel agency in Singapore. I purchased a travel package (June 26-30) to Club Med Faru, Maldives, and paid in full on May 31. But on June
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      141 52 I REFER to the commentary, “My weekend break with cockroaches and crowds” (Streats, July 4). Our officers carried out inspections of Downtown East and Costa Sands Resort at Pasir Ris together with the respective managements. We did not detect any evidence of cockroach infestation during our inspections.
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      159 52 WE refer to the report, “Language advantage” (Streats, July 8), in which writer Janice Wong said that Ms Reene Ho-Phang was “the founding partner of food guide Makansutra”. We wish to point out that this is not true. Makansutra was founded in 1997 by Mr KF
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      168 52 IN response to the letter, “Stop airing wrestling on TV” (Streats, July 10), I would like to say that there is no doubt that more consideration,should be given to the time when wrestling is broadcast. But I also feel that the responsibility of the parents
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      99 52 I REFER to “Cabby yelled down the phone at me” (Streats, June 19), a letter by Ms Fiona Khim. Our records show that there were two bookings made by Ms Khim. After Ms Khim left in the first taxi, the second taxi waited for 12 minutes
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      132 52 I APPLAUD Ms Adeline Woon for her “open-mindedness” expressed in the commentary, “Get this straight: Bigotry is not a family value” (Streats, July 10), but she may have been misguided by Western propaganda. I have nothing against gays, but let’s
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      245 54 IT was disheartening to see the front page report, “Victoria principal faces parents’ ire” (Streats, July 10), about an issue not of great public interest and based on comments from a few parents. Your reporter should have investigated thoroughly before writing this negative article at a
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      176 54 NOW that the Ministry of Education is tightening school budgets, I don’t agree with the Victoria School principal’s decision to spend $200,000 on an ecogarden. He argues that it is a teaching facility, but surely there is no need to build such a garden in
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      82 52 E-mail us at 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 be deemed that you
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      226 53 PARENTS ARE MAKING THEIR KIDS SMARTER THIS WEEKEND! ***** 9DQ SOQQ9QOB DQ ********** DON’T MISS OUT ON THIS EXCITING WEEKEND OF MIND-BOGGLING AND BRAIN-TWISTING FUN! HEAD-TO-HEAD WITH SCRABBLE* 18 to 20 July 2003 Suntec City Mall, Tropics Atrium (between Suntec Tower 1& 2) FREE ADMISSION Inter-School Scrabble Championship 2003 In
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      239 54 iHTWKtwr it* WssW»B 'Ttr^a*^w"- mr^w*w* ip«wWvWWiF v >&W'p»rv sxr>%m? ’«ropet&tpw' ae o De Grandeur Restaurant m m. v4 :rn r# i M fi 4 i. r~ -4C-M» V& ;Jfe <.; *3* flu Savour our wide spread of innovative seafood dishes such as Signature dishes Grandeur Curry Crab served w/ Roti
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      49 55 Mr. Sun was a happy bear who liked to sleep in bed. One day, he took some heroin Now that happy bear is dead. 9 m There’s never a happy ending in drug abuse. For more information, call 1800 732 4444. FORA DRUG FREE SINGAPORE created by work drugfree.org.sg
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      292 56 The Washington Post WASHINGTON “Everywhere anybody goes, there is food these days and lots of it,” said Dr Marion Nestle, food and nutrition studies lecturer at New York University and author of Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health. “What
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      36 56 THE OFFICE AS A m Hi Animals have invaded the management book market, it's a wild world out there, reports HO Ai LI. i 3 1 mm m s y 1111 l msssaßSSm In Life! tomorrow
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      109 57 Farm fv >-V*£’ ?v3r f imnniiintriflr ;jujM i m umii \X* jf TM v. FUTURE HEALTH TODAY t Conta/n$ DHK for brain Ke/alib U/ 2 Orr 6^ 3-3 f oil v’/th taste '1 J? Available at all Nature's Farm stores: CENTRAL: Chinatown Point Ngee Ann City Tanglin Mall People's Park
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      657 58 The upcoming Üblues Festival seeks to spark interest in the blues here. SHERVINSEAH speaks to the man behind it all DONNING an Afro wig and an outrageous pair of sunglasses, Danny Loong looked nothing like the passionate musician who co-founded local band Üblues in 1999. Danny, 31, was
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      283 58  -  By Jill Lim ACTRESS Pamela Oei regularly sang it as a child but don’t ask her to belt it out at the Actors’ Concert tomorrow. The National Anthem wouldn’t quite match the fun mood of the concert, a fundraiser organised by the
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      643 60  -  Adam About Town By ADAM HASIIIDY GUYS, take a bow. Go ahead. You deserve it. Why? Because you are far more magnanimous than women when it comes to the dating game. You are prepared to give more than you take. Women? Let’s just say they tend to
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        673 62  -  The natural look, the next hot thing in make-up, is the foolproof way to accentuate your finest features By Kaylene Tan THE over-powdered ghostly look is out. And if you’re over-painted, you need to brush up on what’s in style for your face. Don’t be square, go nude
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          160 64 SHE sings, acts, dances, owns a restaurant, has a clothes label, a perfume and Ben Affleck. And now, she’s the high-profile model in luxury label Louis Vuitton’s Autumn-Winter 2004 ad campaign. Busy Jennifer Lopez may be, but LV’s artistic director, American designer Marc Jacobs, wanted an international
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          104 64 OLD designs can be classic. In 1903, Alfred Dunhill filed a patent for “horological instruments”, paving the way for the first Dunhill timepiece a car dashboard clock. A hundred years on, the company is reintroducing its original marque A Dunhill Ltd. London -on all its timepieces,
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          111 64 DO you think Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore and Lucy Liu look supercool in the Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle movie? It’s probably the futuristic shades, a la Keanu Reeves’ Neo. For Full Throttle, it’s three Ray-Ban styles selected to reflect the character and spirit of each angel. Diaz’s
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          91 64 IF you said Guess?, you’re right. Only this is a new line of more sophisticated and refined Swiss-made watches under the Guess Collection way upscale from the trendy Guess Watches line. The entire range is made of stainless steel. Swiss movements, mineral crystals, textured dials and
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      425 66  -  Looking to impress in the kitchen on a budget? Judi Low's recipes for stylish, nutritious, yummy meals that are easy to do and cost $lO or less for four servings, will see you through these tough times Stylish eating on a shoestring By JUDILOW TOMAN,
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      109 67 Town councils in New South Wales are ironing out laws to keep laundry in flats both dirty and clean out of sight. Natural air drying of such washing is “unsightly”, one report said... worse when it’s stained bedding and underwear that’s out on view. But sunshine
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        50 67 llpm, Channel 5 Joe Weber is an anthropologist and divorced dad who takes his son to Salem’s Lot in an attempt to strengthen their relationship. When they get there, they find that all the townspeople have turned into vampires. Starring Michael Moriarty and Ricky Addison Reed.
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        50 67 9pm, Channel U Fuming and Jixiang meet a woman who resembles Yugui. When they ask Inspector Zhang about her, he gives a vague answer. Everyone related to Zhigang is ambushed. Zhigang knows that*Jackie is behind all the incidents, so he arranges to send his parents overseas.
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        55 67 RUNNING CLINIC Tomorrow, 3pm Ocean Ballroom, The Pan Pacific Hotel Free admission by registration at www.singaporemarathon.com The organisers of Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon have arranged for running clinics to help runners prepare for the event in December. Learn about diet, establishing a good training programme, technique and theimportance of
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        67 67 DRIVE-IN MOVIES Today, Bpm Carpark B, Downtown East (entrance via Aranda Country Club along Pasir Ris Drive 3) $3 entry This drive-in movie has real-time sound that you can tune in to FM radio (87.5) for. Tonight’s screening is Anger Management, where mildmannered Dave Buznik (Adam Sandler) is sent
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      88 61 Bactidol. For quick relief of sore throats and mouth ulcers. W m Sympto ns Be e// e HOUTHto v es ash •Ho uth s ore Wcers thr, oats Ma, At the first sign of sore throat and mouth ulcers, use Bactidol. It has Hexeditine, an antimicrobial and antibacterial agent proven
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      234 67 Yourdaflyhoroscope Jp AQUARIUS JAN20-FEB 18 PISCES FEB 19-MAR 20 by Kelli Fox at Astrology.mm ARIES MAR 21 -APR 19 and future attempts. LEO JUL 23 AUG 22 You generate enough heat to be your own weather system. A new role fits naturally, as if you’ve been planning to assume it
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      692 68  -  Veteran Rafi Ali is not reading too much into his call-up By Tan Kim Han NOT too long ago, his international career was in limbo. Dropped from the Lions’ line-up this year, Rafi Ali (below) thought he would not wear Singapore’s colours again. He was wrong. Yesterday, the
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      281 68  -  By r Adam Hashidy NTUC INCOME S-LEAGUE Sembawang 1 Home 1 (Sembawang win 8-7 on penalties) SEMBAWANG Rangers were trailing by a goal with just six minutes left to play. Who could save Sembawang from almost certain defeat by S-League leaders Home United? Coach Vorawan
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      664 70 US Postal rider claims first yellow jersey for Colombia ■AFP ST DIZIER, France Lance Armstrong looked good for a fifth successive Tour de France crown here on Wednesday after seeing team-mate Victor Hugo Pena (right) become the first Colombian to pull on the yellow jersey. On the
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      284 70 Reuters ST DIZIER, France The normally impassive Lance Armstrong (right) whooped with joy after leading his US Postal team to victory in the Tour de France team time trial for the first time. Armstrong hugged each of his team-mates in celebration after they won
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      93 70 Reuters NEVERS, France New Italian sprint maestro Alessandro Petacchi humbled his rivals to earn his third Tour de France stage win in the 196.5 km fifth stage from Troyes to Nevers yesterday. Winner of Sunday’s first stage in Meaux and Tuesday’s third in St Dizier, Petacchi
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      617 72 Americans confident of beating back Australian challenge in world meet Reuters BARCELONA Michael Phelps (right) leads American ambitions to wrest supremacy from lan Thorpe’s Australia in the forthcoming world swimming championships which start here on Sunday. Thorpe won a record six gold medals at the last world
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        100 72 Reuters TOKYO Japan midfielder Hidetoshi Nakata has landed himself a new job with a candy company undergoing a corporate make-over. He won’t, however, be leaving the soccer pitch anytime soon. The 26-year-old, now playing for Parma in Italy’s Serie A, is the new chief branding officer
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        112 72 Reuters LONDON The top league division in every soccerrplaying country will be limited to a maximum of 16 clubs if a proposal from Fifa president Sepp Blatter is agreed next year. He said measures needed to be taken to cut the number of matches that players
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      93 72 BASKETBALL AP LOS ANGELES If Karl Malone chooses to play for the Los Angeles Lakers, he could wear Magic Johnson’s No 32 jersey, retired for more than 11 years. Johnson has given Malone permission to wear it, one of eight Los Angeles Laker jerseys that hangs
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      265 75 AFP HONG KONG Hong Kong lawmakers endorsed a bill to legalise soccer gambling yesterday in a controversial move to tackle the problem of illegal betting in the punting-crazy territory, the government said. The Legislative Council (Legco) gave the bill its third and final reading
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      525 75 Chelsea manager Ranieri clears the air with owner Abramovich Wire services LONDON Manager Claudio Ranieri is looking forward to helping Roman Abramovich build Chelsea into one of Europe’s top clubs. The Italian was all smiles following his clear-the-air talks with Abramovich, the Russian who has bought a
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      223 75 AFP PARIS Paris St Germain completed the signing of Portuguese striker Pauleta (right) from Bordeaux for 8 million euros (Ssl6 million) yesterday, opening the way for their Brazil World Cup winner Ronaldinho to go to Manchester United. However, PSG president Francis Graille has
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      574 77  -  New silver boots help Geylang striker Duric reach personal landmark of 100 goals Tan Kim Han ALEKSANDAR Duric (right) notched his 100th S-League goal on Tuesday and thanked his new silver boots for helping him to the much-envied tally. The Geylang United striker was stuck
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      134 69 North East Community Development Council Presents M The Singapore Fashion Fusion aic y-n n NORTHEAST/ COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL Handing Heart and Monie Craving for something exciting over this weekend?! Hop over to.Merlion Park and tease your senses with an alluring and vibrant fashion show featuring colourful, bold and uniquely Singaporean
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      41 72 IN THE LIVING ROOM BASKETBALL: WNBA: New York Liberty v Indiana Fever (ESPN Ch 23, Bam). GOLF: PGA Greater Milwaukee Open, 2nd rd (Star Sports Ch 24, tomorrow, 4am). DELAYED TELECAST GOLF: EPGA Barclays Scottish Open, Day 2 (Super Sports Ch22,10.30pm).
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      1997 73 siN&APope wwTess festival 200? Literal Magnetism 21 27 AUGUST 6 FORUMS The Imagery of Brutality Violence in Contemporary Literature Acclaimed writers Dominique Sigaud, Ronny Someck, Hong Yina, Mawar Shafei and Sivakami confront the harrowing topic of violence, both real and imaginary. Chaired by Eleanor Wong. Date >2l August, Thursday Time
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      271 74 s-tf Sas Sg% Singapore Press Holdings RE «3» VISA €88^ m nvot o* 0A pU 5U H jpOTVW' i g&jt >s t < 4 Look out for this decal at participating J outlets Newspapers A Km»»»» TO WIN! eat Singapore Sale $30 minimum in a single receipt at participating outlets.
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      130 76 WE DO HAVE CENTURIONS OF OUR OWN. Owen, Raul, Vieri, Egmar, Mirko and Indra. One thing in common: They all have more than 100 goals to their names. And congratulations to Aleksandar Duric for making it into the 100th goal club. Catch our very own centurions in action in Round
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      35 77 il PCK, is that you? Why is Gurmit Singh dressed like this? 733 44 55 e-mail: tnp@sph.com.sg Lianhe Zaobao More stude turn to MOE for financial help a helping han For Subscription, call 6388 3838
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