Streats, 18 July 2003

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1 76 Streats
  • 11 1 Streats FRIDAY, JULY 18, 2003 E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg mita <p> 111/03/2003 I
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  • 624 1  -  US study says kids who spend more time in day-care end up being aggressive, but S pore experience paints... By Choong Choon Yee CHILD experts and parents here disagreed yesterday with a US research finding that younger children are likely to become overly aggressive if they spend
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    • 77 1 FRIDAY, JULY 18, 2003 ill SCHOOL DISCIPLINE One way to instil it is to humiliate errant kids in front of peers, says MAGDALENE PHANG PAGE 22 POSTER PUT-OFF Breastfeeding ad may not be sending the right signals, says CHITRA RAJARAIVf PAGE 24 NURTURE NATURE are I arsons to be learnt
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  • Morning Rush
    • 436 2  -  800-boo at S’pore Expo leaves Consumer Paradise exhibitors, visitors fuming By Zubaidah Nazeer THE air-conditioning was not on, the doors were locked and some 2,000 people were waiting outside. This was the scene at Hall 4B at the Singapore Expo where the Consumer Paradise
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    • 249 2 SYDNEY Details of how Jemaah Islamiah bomb expert Fathur Rohman A 1 Ghozi escaped, and the subsequent handling of the episode, are beginning to reveal a very confusing state of affairs in the Philippines. In fact, Philippine President Gloria Arroyo was kept in the
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    • 347 3 Pasir Ris residents pestered into making ‘donations’ TWO men who masqueraded as monks and went door to door in Pasir Ris to collect donations have been arrested by the police. Suspicious residents who saw the two, dressed in robes, on Wednesday morning called the police.
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    • 449 4  -  Police passes financial portal’s licensing issue to MAS By Conrad Raj THE Commercial Affairs Department of the Police Force has closed its investigations into the affairs of financial portal WallStraits.com and its founder Curtis Montgomery. WallStraits.com shut down its seminars last year following a complaint to
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    • 333 4 THE next time you buy the herbal root, cordyceps, check to see if pieces of lead have been inserted in them to make them heavier. Madam Ni Hui Zhen, 34, a production worker, had a shock when she found that the one
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    • 388 6  -  Toa Payoh drink stall operator offers foreign beers, top service By Khushwant Singh COME with a bottle of wine to the comer coffee shop in Block 116 Toa Payoh Lorong 2, and you won’t have to settle for coffee-shop glasses. Mr Ben Wilson, 42, the drink
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    • 281 2 “If you are not defeated within,your external setbacks will have to turn around in line with the victory within.” Words of Encouragement by Pastor Rev Dr John Lim §5708 SUNDAY WORSHIP SERVICE 20th July 2003, Sunday 9:3oam English Service 11:30am English Service with Mandarin interpretation via headsets Pastor: Rev Dr
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  • Financial
    • 469 10  -  Stanchart spends $3.5m to revamp priority banking centre By t Chua Kong Ho MS Foo Mee Har walks with a lighter step these days. The 3 8-year-old banker, who is Standard Chartered’s group head of priority banking, saw the launch of her “baby” yesterday, the
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    • 292 10 Bloomberg SINGAPORE A wrangle over water prices between Singapore and Malaysia can only be good for water-treatment companies such as Hyflux and Dayen Environmental, some investors said. Malaysia’s advertising blitz in regional newspapers saying in effect that Singapore pays too little for its imports
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    • 106 10 Bloomberg SINGAPORE Sing Tel is interested in selling its 12.15 per cent stake in Belgacom, a government-controlled phone company in Belgium, Mr Lee Hsien Yang said yesterday. “We’ve made it clear”, said the Sing Tel CEO, declining to comment on the initial share sale. “It’s non-core.”
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    • 106 10 Bloomberg SINGAPORE SembCorp Logistics yesterday said that it will form a venture with a unit of Heung-A Shipping to distribute and store goods in South Korea. SembCorp Logistics will have a 51 per cent stake in the venture, with Kukbo Transportation taking the rest. Kukbo will transfer
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    • 85 10 Bloomberg SINGAPORE SMRT Corp may sell bonds to help pay for the maintenance of its trains, which will cost an estimated $2OO million between 2005 and 2007. A sale would help it refinance some of its $5OO million of bonds, said Ms Catherine Kuan, the company’s
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    • 67 10 Bloomberg SINGAPORE Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust (A-Reit) yesterday said that unit holders would get 14 per cent more than previously forecast in the fiscal first quarter. For the three months ended June 30, the owner of nine industrial buildings said it will give shareholders $10.7 million,
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    • 425 12 Wire services SINGAPORE To Western policy makers such as US Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan, it’s an open-and-shut case that China should let its currency rise to slow a disruptive surge of foreign-exchange inflows. Seen from Asia, though, things are not so simple. To
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    • 25 12 *AS AT JULY 17 US$: S$ 1.759 EURO; 551.977 Ss: RM2.161 Ss: 23.67 BAHT 552.807 Ss: 67.23 YEN Ss: HK54.435 Ss: 4,702 RUPIAH
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    • 396 12 STI: 1,585.92 10 Reuters SHARES closed lower yesterday as investor enthusiasm began to wane after four straight days of gains, but the key index closed off its lows due to some late-session buying. The Straits Times Index ended down 10 points, or 0.63 per cent, at
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    • 512 14 Business travellers are returning to region’s stricken hotels Bloomberg SINGAPORE Free Swedish massages, Rolls-Royce rides and dining vouchers are helping to refill hotel rooms in Asia, prompting investors to buy stocks such as Marriott International Inc and Starwood Hotels Resorts Worldwide. Hotels from Hong Kong to
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    • 189 14 Wire services SHANGHAI Investigators have taken into custody the brother-in-law and nephew of Chinese tycoon Zhou Zhengyi, widening a probe into fraud and loans at the property mogul’s flagship company, state media said yesterday. Mr Mao Heping, the elder brother of Mr Zhou’s
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    • 662 16 Job cuts helped to reduce telecoms company’s Q 2 loss excluding reorganisation costs by 38 per cent Bloomberg STOCKHOLM Ericsson AB chief executive officer Carl-Henric Svanberg is winning over investors and analysts after accelerating cost cuts at the world’s biggest maker of wireless-network equipment in
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    • 791 20 Oil the world’s largest addiction Countries eyeing safer, more stable sources of fuel Reuters NEW YORK Earlier this year, fears about energy security fuelled a 33 per cent rise in oil prices, pushing the cost of a gallon at US petrol stations to an all-time high and threatening an alreadysoft
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  • Comment
    • 1007 22  -  mm By R MAGDALENE PHANG THE scene kept playing over and over again on television this week. You know the one I’m referring to: of the teacher railing at her student for handing in mediocre work. Another student caught the act on his
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    • 668 24  -  By CHITRARAJARAM Tamil Murasu THERE is a very thin line between class and crass. Sometimes, what we think is classy and fashionable may unwittingly result in something with quite the opposite quality. I have to say that the new poster to promote breast feeding strikes me
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    • 852 26  -  By PHILIP LEE AS someone who had the seeds of the sweet sentiment for nature planted in him during schooldays, I cannot but disagree with the views of Streats columnist Lee Han Shih earlier this week on Victoria School’s $200,000 eco-garden. Mr Lee probably needs
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  • Vocal
    • 108 28 WE would like to thank Mr S Raghunathan for his interest in and support for the Giro services for public transport payment (“I can’t get a Giro link”, Streats, July 16). To allow us to understand why Mr Raghunathan was unable to link his ez-link
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    • 191 28 and are you a foreigner? IN reply to Mr S Raghunathan’s letter, “I can’t get a Giro link” (Streats, July 16), about his trouble with getting approval for Giro funding of his ez-link card, I would like to ask whether he is a Singaporean. Foreigners cannot apply at general ticketing
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    • 426 28 THE bold view expressed in the letter, “Today’s taboo is tomorrow’s norm” (Streats, July 15), is that time will change perceptions and bring about acceptance. Perhaps so in many cases, and perhaps not in many others. In Singapore itself, we have moved a long
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    • 277 28 I REFER to Ms Michelle Ong’s letter, “Don’t make me a homeless, grey old PR” (Streats, July 9). The writer wanted to know whether she can continue to co-own her HDB flat with her brother under the Siblings Scheme if her brother gets
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    • 249 30 I REFER to the letter, “No taxis at stand but plenty for phone bookings” (Streats, July 15), in which Mr Joe Peter mentions that taxis responded only to phone bookings. Demand for taxi bookings has been on the increase since the Sars situation has
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    • 308 30 WE refer to the letter, “Puzzled by skills course rejections” (Streats, July 15), by Ms Alice Loh. We wish to thank Ms Loh for her feedback, which has given us an opportunity to review our procedures and improve our service. We contacted Ms
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    • 188 28 HAVE YOUR SAY E-mail us at streats@sptiHeciiii.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
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  • my HOME YOUR WEEKLY GUIDE TO BUYING AND SELLING
    • 486 33 Need to a place to stay for a while? CHUA KONG HO tells you why some Singaporeans are choosing to stay in service apartments, instead ofmth relatives or at a hotel WHEN you renovate or sell your home, you will likely find yourself in a pickle,
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  • INTERIOR
    • 508 42 An unforgettable memory of paradise goes into Holland Road condo unit NOT a home away from home but a paradise at home is what Bruce Tang set out to create when he found that memories of his holiday’s I idyllic surroundings just wouldn’t fade. Now he
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  • Global
    • 207 44 REEBOK has just made an ad featuring a bouncing baby boy, Mark Walker, an American basketball prodigy. It has also offered to pay the school and college fees of Mark, aged three. Mark, from Missouri, can score baskets from 10 metres out using a full-sized basketball
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    • 386 44 Beleaguered HK leader’s Beijing trip makes him appear weak, say analysts Wire services HONG KONG Chief Executive Tung Chee Hwa’s position is looking increasingly weak despite claims yesterday that he would not resign. Analysts said that his decision to travel to Beijing at the weekend
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    • Article, Illustration
      39 44 Children looking at colourful parrot fish swimming in a tank during a fish show in Taipei yesterday. More than 80 kinds of fish and turtles were exhibited during the show organised by the Taipei city government AFP
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    • 246 44 LONDON Sars might re-emerge in the autumn, say some health experts. This is the conclusion of a report that had sought the opinion of nine experts, published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, the Guardian reported yesterday. When
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    • 300 46 NEW YORK The American space agency, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa), has too many astronauts. According to a scathing internal audit, the uncertainty surrounding future space shuttle flights since the Columbia tragedy on Feb 1 has worsened an already depressing situation for the 53
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    • 111 46 -AFP TOKYO Takara Co of Japan will launch a device that translates cats’ meows into human speech in November after the smash-hit success of its dog-language electronic interpreter, Bowlingual. The nation’s No 2 toymaker aims to sell 300,000 units of the hand-held gadget by March 2004.
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    • 442 48 US military commander contradicts Rumsfeld Washington Post WASHINGTON In his first Pentagon briefing since taking charge of the US Central Command last week, General John P Abizaid has contradicted his boss, US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. In his briefing on Wednesday, the US
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    • 243 48 LONDON The death of Canadian journalist Zahra Kazemi, 54, in Iranian police custody on Friday has exposed a widening rift between hardliners and moderates in Iran. On Wednesday, the Iranian government defied attempts at a cover-up by the hardline judiciary and admitted that
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    • 330 50 World’s resources may not be enough for most populous nation: UN official Reuters SYDNEY China’s ambitious economic growth plans may be environmentally unachievable because the world does not have enough resources to allow its 1.3 billion people to become Westernstyle consumers, a UN official has said.
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    • 284 52 Aussie doctors wary of procedure after court awards couple compensation -AFP SYDNEY Australian doctors warned yesterday that the profession could refuse to perform sterilisations following a landmark court ruling that awarded compensation to a couple who conceived a child despite having the surgery. The High Court in
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    • 229 52 Reuters SYDNEY Frequent masturbation may be a lifesaver, researchers have found. A study by Australia’s Cancer Council Victoria found that the more often men ejaculate between the ages of 20 and 50, the less likely they are to suffer prostate cancer, which kills more than
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    • 131 49 Mummy told Kenny Kangaroo: “Ketamine is very bad.” But Kenny didn’t listen to her. And now he’s gone quite mad. W/, A m f '*i% v* ,'r 1&BĔ, ?i II f f pti I,', t M S' f a, 4 '■•.■'v I i v V s v < V f
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    • 50 52 REMAKING SINGAPORE «§r^ 111 111 I ys iSBS: 1 if S Si| l l ife «NGAPORt <P a#** W#** g^gSg^ Singapore as a design centre? Is that possible, considering how many companies still see design as an unnecessary cost? KARL HO discusses the issue ■v i i n SMS mm
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    • 259 53 P j Mf* jL Private Brands More Fun Greater Valu Choice Toys"R"Us introduces its very own Private Brands. An exclusive range of high-quality international toy brands with a wider choice, more fun, more playtime and greater value than ever before. Every toy is carefully selected for all ages from babies
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    • 92 54 SORRY, fellas, male menopause is a myth, according to Professor John McKinlay from the New England Research Institutes in Massachusetts. And the hot flushes, depression and lack of libido that some ageing men experience attributed to hormone changes are more likely due to laziness and unhealthy
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    • 266 55 be sharp X/-'' Co-sponsor of National Day Parade 2003 a qu° s Midsummer Drearr Draw ~7 June to 20 July 2003 Win a dream holiday, gorgeous gifts and cash rewards Live a fairytale dream this summer. Simply purchase an AQUOS LCD TV for your chance to enter the lucky draw.
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  • EasyStreats
    • 540 56  -  Jaree Poteet of the infamous Tian and Jaree team share with us some things we never knew about The Amazing Race 4. And this time, her best friend, Tian Kitchen, backs her up Yvonne Kwok THERE’S always that couple everyone loves to hate in each season of
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    • 127 56 FANS of veteran local actress Zheng Wan Ling will be delighted at news that she will be back from Panama for a new Channel U production. The actress lives there after marrying a Panamanian. She will team up with other local artistes such as Ann Kok, Apple
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    • 116 56 FORMER footballer Eric Cantona’s film career seems to be shaping up well French film critics have praised him in the new film L’ Outremangeur (The Excessive Eater), a modem remake of the Beauty and the Beast fairy tale. Cantona, who previously acted in Elizabeth (pictured), plays a
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    • 100 56 Reuters BIG-NAME stars of Australia’s bestknown soap operas such as Neighbours have walked off their sets to join hundreds of lesser-known actors in a 24-hour strike for better employment terms. Previous demands by the Media, Entertainment Arts Alliance union, that included higher pay, had already been
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        680 58 They’re all you need for a versatile wardrobe. Here’s how to cut your wardrobe clutter and look classic every day -IPS EVERY woman wants to look her best. But unfortunately for many women, their budgets don’t stretch to having a new outfit every day. So, here’s a
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      • WHAT'S NEW
        • 213 60 IT’S hard to do a collection of just black and white clothes and still look fresh. But new-in-town label Naturally Jojo achieves that, and the clothes look so good you want to wear them on the spot! The secret is in the clean lines, clever but unfussy details,
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        • 128 60 ROMANTIC colours light up midprice watch brand Solvil et Titus’ latest collection of classic round and trendy tonneau (or barrel-shaped) timepieces. The tonneau made popular again by luxury watch brands such as Franck Muller comes in polished steel. The sporty chronograph version features three round sub-dials
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        • 131 60 GOLDHEART Jewelry’s new Precious solitaire ring is doubly eye-catching. For one thing, the setting is made of lustrous platinum, the most durable metal in the world. But what really shines are Goldheart’s trademark Crisscut diamonds. Normally, in a well-cut diamond, light I is reflected from one facet to
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        • 83 60 TRENDY toddlers, kids and juniors aged six months to 12 years now have another shoe label to add to their designer wardrobe IfcPolo Ralph Lauren. The fall/winter 2003 collection offers lots of variety, from sporty, sassy and fun in natural, muted solid colours to understated chic
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    • 575 62  -  Adam About Town ADAMHASHIDY EVER since Adam made his infamous move on Eve, men have been cursed. They live shorter lives while women survive longer, thanks to the poisoned apple. In Singapore, men’s lifespan average 77 years < and women’s 81. As if that’s not gloomy enough,
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    • 411 64  -  Stylish eating on a shoestring JUDILOW SOME friends you share a hobby with, some you party with. And then there are the select few with whom an exchange of thoughts simply flows. Cafes are often too noisy for comfortable conversation. So why not invite these special friends
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    • 100 67 A heat wave gripping Europe caused a surge in demand for power to run air-conditioners, risking blackouts in Italy and Spain as temperatures rose to around 32°C from London to Athens, Bloomberg reported. Grape growers in Spain warned of potential losses with the parched crop, and
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      • 37 67 7pm, Channel i When Erin’s rebellious niece comes to stay, Christopher tries to get out of “teensitting”. And for good reason too. Fifteen-year-old Amy comes with attitude, a stun gun and a huge stash of pot.
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        57 67 llpm, Channel 5 Eleven-year-old lan Michael Smith plays Simon, who is afflicted with Morquio’s syndrome, a genetic disorder which causes dwarfism. Simon is so tiny that his classmates pass him about like a doll. His best friend is Joe (Joseph Mazeello). Joe’s mother (Ashley Judd) becomes his surrogate
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    • Happenin'
      • 66 67 ASSISI HOME AND HOSPICE CARNIVAL Sunday, 10am-spm Central Mall (1 Magazine Road) Admission free, carnival tickets at $lO Highlights of the carnival include the launch of Wei Hao’s Battle With Cancer, a book written by a 16-year-old about his fight with cancer since he was 12. Staff from Mount
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        48 67 CHIJMES JAZZ SERIES Sunday, 6pm-Bpm Chijmes lawn Free Enjoy the grooves of smooth jazz, deep house, nufunk and acid jazz, just to name a few styles from Liquid. The band features Eddy Elias on electronic groove boxes, Clinton Carnegie on midi guitar and Steven Rufus on saxophone.
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    • 137 57 Life is 1% inspiration and 99% iv I Vi?. WSlllliiii m ismm 1 I !R wHHm tap" *-*»>** m ,;VC A JT IP JP*™* JP* 1 s*—*" As much as you like to work up a good sweat, this creates a warm and humid condition on your skin. Such a
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    • 26 67 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.
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    • 448 67 Yourd aily horoscope by Kelli Fox at Antrology.com Sl# J» AQUARIUS JAN 20-FEB 18 Followers watch their leader make all the mistakes for them. Now that you know what could happen, it’s your job to keep it from happening to others. A high profile gives you a platform for your
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  • Sports
    • 583 68 Abramovich’s deep pockets alone may not win silverware for Chelsea Wire services LONDON Roman Abramovich (above) has launched a spectacular financial assault to transform Chelsea into cheque-book champions. The £l7 million (Ss47 million) fee agreed with Blackburn Rovers for Damien Duff is a drop in the ocean when
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    • 343 68 AFP SANDWICH, England Tiger Woods made an indifferent start to his bid for a second British Open title yesterday, struggling to a scrappy first-round 73 after losing his ball on the way to a triple-bogey seven at the first hole. At press time, unknown South African
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    • 487 70  -  Sprinter Lin has found success, albeit a bit late in the day By. Adam Hashidy AS a sprinter, Lin Jingze (right) did not win anything in school. His mediocre times did not help him qualify for the finals. He was so disheartened that he gave up athletics
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    • 418 70 -AFP NEW ROCHELLE, New York Annika Sorenstam might have stolen the thunder from Suzy Whaley by beating her to a PGA Tour event. But Whaley can have the last laugh by improving on the Swedish LPGA star’s performance. Whaley plays
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      573 72 Australian Rogers tipped to win Tour de France sooner or later AFP NARBONNE, France Michael Rogers may well have to wait a few years before matching Lance Armstrong on the yellow jersey stakes but the talented Australian is making fine progress on his debut Tour de France. The
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    • SOCCER
      • 57 72 HOME United opened a 13-point lead at the top of the S-League table after they defeated Geylang United 2-0 at the Bishan Stadium last night. Brazilian midfielder Peres de Oliveira scored both the goals in the 28th and 72nd minutes. In the other match at the Tampines
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      • 78 72 WANT to watch the final of the FA Premier League Asia Cup live in Kuala Lumpur? Local tour operator A 1 Firdaus Travels is organising a three-day-two-night trip to the Malaysian capital for the final on July 27. Chelsea, Newcastle, Birmingham and the national team of Malaysia
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    • 90 72 INLINE HOCKEY SINGAPORE’S under-12 and -14 teams won three medals at the World Inline Cup (WIC) and Canam (Canadian Amateur) Cup last weekend. They won bronze in the under-12 division of the WIC and the under-14 team emerged champion from a pool of more than 70 teams.
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    • 512 75  -  Vroom Vroom By ADAM HASHIDY “DAVID Coulthard (right) can win the FI world championships”. The man who made that prediction was no ordinary racing pundit but McLaren supremo Ron Dennis himself. He said that after Coulthard finished second overall in 2001. Dennis might have been tempted to
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  • Page 72 Miscellaneous
    • 103 72 IN THE LIVING ROOM BASKETBALL: WNBA: Seattle Storm V Connecticut Sun (ESPN Ch 23, Bam). GOLF: British Open Championship, 2nd rd (ESPN Ch 23, spm, 8.30 pm, 10pm and 12mn and Channel i, 10pm). HORSE RACING: From Kranji: Singapore Derby (Super Sports Ch 22, 9.30 pm). MOTOR RACING: FI British
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