Streats, 23 October 2003

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  • Article, Illustration
    606 1  -  US students build world-beating supercomputer out of Apple desktops By Shervin Seah A GROUP of technicians and students at a US polytechnic has put together one of the world’s most powerful supercomputers (right) by linking 1,100 Apple Macintosh personal computers. The group, from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute,
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    • 63 1 > m i m m s 4 n Hpw V m §i > V.*» 1 II Im re %i« -4 Jr* RE WILL BE NO PUBLICATION TOMORROW LONG HAUL. Taxi ride, a journey by minivan and coach before the Air Asia flight from Senai to KL, then to the city.
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  • Morning Rush
    • 600 2  -  Only 116 0f1,297 lost dogs were reunited with owners over one year By Shervin Seah IF Fido is missing, you could take some cold comfort from the fact that he is in quite large company: An average of three dogs are reported lost
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    • 508 3  -  More brides-to-be are opting to celebrate at spas and beauty centres before the big day By Zubaidah Nazeer WHEN Media Corp artiste Andrea De Cruz threw a “hen party” (pictured) last Friday, on the eve of her wedding, she got her mother, sister, bridesmaids and
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    • 265 4 TO encourage the use of newspapers in creative and meaningful ways for teaching and learning, the Press Foundation of Singapore and News for Kids are organising a conference for 300 primary and secondary school teachers. The conference, to be held on Nov 17,
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    • 368 4  -  US students bypass local bookshops for bargains By Julie Sim MANY American and Asian students in the US are turning to other countries, including Singapore, for textbooks. It all started with students Richard Sarkis and David Kinsley from Williams College stumbling upon a cheaper source on
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    • 350 6  -  Good idea, says film-goer. Not really, say distributors By_ JillLim ONE film, two ratings. On the face of it, it sounds like good news to both audiences and cinema operators, leading to more choice and, maybe, more cinema-goers. But two distributors that Streats spoke
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    • 230 6  -  By Zubaidah Nazeer SOCIAL worker Madam Winnie Tang, 62, had a stroke three years ago. It took her 10 months to recover. The former nurse, who retired as a deputy director in the Ministry Of Community Development and Sports, continues to be a volunteer,
      Edw/n Koo  -  230 words
    • 750 8  -  Seven hours, including a 40-minute Air Asia flight, to get to Malaysia’s capital Reports by CJma Kong Ho ONE taxi, a minivan, three 40-seater tour coaches and a refurbished Boeing 737-300. That was the logistics it took to get me from my warm bed in
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    • 182 8 TONY Fernandes is clearly unhappy that he is not getting his direct bus links between Senai Airport and Singapore. And the Air Asia chief executive vented his frustrations yesterday to the Singapore media. Asked why he took the matter to the
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    • 173 8  -  By Khushwant Singh GOOD zoos do not make animals perform human tricks, or confine species which are used to wide open spaces. Mr Louis Ng, president and founder member of the Animal Concerns Research and Education Society (Acres), said this yesterday when he urged
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    • 106 8 AFP WELLINGTON A very relieved female duck is being blamed for an intriguing mystery in which a New Zealand house was splattered with a foul smelling substance. A house under the main flight path here was splattered with the material two months ago, prompting the owners to
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    • 132 10 BUZZ STOP -AFP THE big semiconductor manufacturers are showing signs of recovery after three rocky years, in a sign of a pickup in technology spending accompanying improving global economic conditions. Chipmakers such as Intel, Motorola, Advanced Micro Devices and
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    • Article, Illustration
      53 10 Since the start of this month, Serangoon Road has been a riot of colour. Last night was no different as bulbs in many hues, and arranged in intricate designs depicting peacocks and jewels, decorated the stretch of road starting from the junction of Bukit Timah Road and Serangoon
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    • 156 10 COE prices PRICES of certificates of entitlement (COE) for all categories of car fell yesterday, but are likely to increase in coming tenders. Despite a bullish stock market, the premium for cars up to 1,600 cc fell by 2 per cent to $28,300, while that for
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    • 148 10 STBC financial scandal THE former general manager of Singapore Tenpin Bowling Congress (STBC), Leonard Michael King, 44, was yesterday charged with three counts of abetting its former president, Ong Teck Thian, to commit criminal breach of trust. King is accused of helping Ong to cash
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    • 139 10 Kashmir dispute -AP INDIA stunned Kashmiris yesterday with a slew of announcements from agreeing to talk with separatist politicians to a proposed bus service connecting the portions of Kashmir controlled by India and Pakistan. In a dramatic and sudden change of policy, the Indian Cabinet authorised
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    • 90 10 NAT STEEL has been asked by the Singapore Exchange to discuss the issues that the Securities Investors Association of Singapore (Sias) had raised in connection with a takeover battle earlier this year, The Straits Times reports today. Sias wanted to know whether minority shareholders had all the
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    • 96 10 Reuters CHINA’S minister of land and natural resources has been sacked, a ministry spokesman said yesterday, the second cabinet minister to be axed since the new administration took office in March. Mr Tian Fengshan, 63, was relieved of his duties as minister of land and natural resources
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    • 91 10 -AFP A JAPANESE researcher said yesterday that his team had found that an extract from a common seaweed fights the flu virus better and with fewer side effects than existing medicine. The same agent, which stops the virus from multiplying, might also be effective against other viral
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    • 88 10 -AFP BINGE-DRINKING among young people is a growing problem across Europe with two-thirds of 16-year-olds admitting to intoxication, according to a report published yesterday. “Across the EU and candidate countries, alcohol is the mind-altering substance used most by young people,” the Lisbon-based European Monitoring Centre for Drugs
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  • Financial
    • 611 12  -  Megacfwm’s policy of paying suppliers first hitfounders’pockets in the early days Amli LUC 1 r fi'' By Choong Choon Yee SOMETIMES, a company can grow too fast for comfort. Just ask the three founders of Megachem Mr Sidney Chew, Mr Philip Lim and Mr Jeffrey Tan.
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    • 111 12 Bloomberg SINGAPORE GE Capital Corp, Gramercy Advisors LLC and Oaktree Capital Management LLC won a New York court judgment against Asia Pulp Paper Co, threatening a US$6.5 billion (5511.3 billion) debt-restructuring plan 31 months in the making. Singapore-registered Asia Pulp, which defaulted on almost US$l4 billion
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    • 82 12 Bloomberg SINGAPORE Keppel Corp said its Amfels Inc unit won a US$73 million (Ssl26 million) contract from Boeing Co to modify an oil-drilling platform for use in the US missile defence system. Keppel said its unit will build the living quarters for the vessel and undertake electrical
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    • 98 12 Reuters SINGAPORE Seagate Technology HDD Holdings, the largest US maker of computer hard disk drives, yesterday said that its share of revenues from Asia was growing, thanks to rising PC demand and production in the region. Seagate posted US$679 million (S$ 1.18 billion) in Asia-Pacific sales for
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    • 65 12 -AP HONG KONG Freighter service provider Air Hong Kong Ltd, partowned by Cathay Pacific Airways, said yesterday that it will begin operating a cargo service between Hong Kong and Singapore on Sunday. The Hong Kong-based company will operate the new route five times a week, expanding its
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    • 362 14 They prefer less-complex equity market Reuters SINGAPORE Small investors in Asia are shunning hedge funds, turned off by the complexity of the products and lured away by the rebounding equity market. In Singapore, they have invested just $47 million in the three retail hedge
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    • 398 14 Reuters LOS ANGELES Steel and appliance makers are joining the battle against bacteria with antimicrobial doorknobs and coffee makers. There is even a gleaming bug-free house on a hillside near here to show what the future may hold. The 11,000 sq ft home in
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    • 455 18  -  MDIS is first educational institute here to offer cybersecurity course leading to a diploma By Zubaidah Nazeer LIKE others hit by the Soßig.F and the Blaster worm virus recently, Mr R S Subramaniyan’s firm was not spared. Earlier this month, he had to manage
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    • 397 18 Reuters SHANGHAI Mr Robert Wang, a Taiwan-born American, paid cash on his first viewing of a luxury apartment at the unfinished La Cite project and he wasn’t the only buyer that morning. Another man with a stainless steel suitcase stuffed with about 10 million
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    • 186 18 Bloomberg THE Singapore Exchange, which operates the country’s securities and futures markets, may use tax credits to return about Ssl3o million to shareholders, its chairman, Mr JY Pillay, said. The exchange has 38 million tax credits which will expire in 2007, he said at
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    • 477 21 US buyers descend on HK in search of hottest toys for the holiday season Reuters HONG KONG Barbie may not be the most popular girl under Christmas trees this year. Dolls with big hair, urban chic clothing and names such as Cloe, Jade and Sasha
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    • 308 22 Bloomberg NEW YORK Four New Jersey cities say they have become the first in the US to enter into a leveraged leaseback transaction for their sewers. Weehawken, Hoboken, Union City and West New York, four cities along the west bank
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    • 526 22 Showbiz whiz ditches Hollywood for cyberspace with mixed results Bloomberg SAN FRANCISCO In a Hollywood career that’s spanned 30 years, Mr Barry Diller has run the Paramount Pictures studio that produced Raiders of the Lost Ark, among the top-grossing films ever. He also started
      – Bloomberg; Bloomberg  -  526 words
    • 284 22 Reuters SEATTLE Microsoft Corp offered a new version of its Office software on Tuesday, betting that its spam-fighting capabilities and enhanced features will recharge growth for its second largest cash cow. Now in its 11th version since launching more than a decade ago, the
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    • 399 24 STI: 1,771.26 21.6 Reuters SHARES fell yesterday, snapping a five-day winning streak, as investors pocketed gains in blue chips such as UOB ahead of a holiday weekend. “There’s a long weekend coming up and shares have gone up for a number of days, so there
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    • 24 24 *AS AT OCTOBER 22 US$: 551.741 EURO: 552.037 Ss: RM2.182 Ss: 22.94 BAHT 552.917 Ss: 62.87 YEN Ss: HK54.453 Ss: 4,861 RUPIAH
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  • Comment
    • 824 26  -  By DEEPA VIJIYASINGAM THIS year I’ll be celebrating Deepavali with my eyes wide open. And I have my non-Indian friends to thank for that. Usually Deepavali celebrations at my house are for relatives and close friends of the family. But this year, for the first time,
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    • 692 28  -  Soh what? By SOH WEN LIN The Straits Times PROVIDING my peers and me hours of endless amusement of late: Friendster. If you are between 18 and 35 and still have no idea what Friendster is, even after a huge write-up in the Sunday Times, it’s time
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  • Vocal
    • 173 32 IF EZ-Link earns from usage and not the sale of its cards, then the cards should have been sold at cost in the first place, without a subsidy. However, I am sure that commuters would have baulked at paying $6 apiece. And why
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    • 243 32 THE unhappiness of EZ-Link’s Nicholas Lee (“EZ-Link’s financial drain”, Streats, Oct 22) stems from problems the company brought on itself. Unlike at restaurants, shopping centres and many other places where consumers pay the same amount whether by card or cash, EZ-Link has a system whereby
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    • 336 32 IT is a real drain to watch our land transport operators and regulator work within a very narrow paradigm of passing costs to commuters. The wholly owned subsidiary of LTA, EZ-Link, is clearly leaning in that direction as the number of
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    • 157 32 EZ-LINK’S mulling over a higher deposit for its cards raises a host of questions. Here’s a sampling: Does EZ-Link have the right to increase the deposit? What if that still doesn’t cover its costs? Does that mean a further increase? Who is the approving
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    • 249 34 AFTER a flyer from Star Hub, about its new digital cable TV service, arrived in my HDB flat’s mail box about a fortnight ago, I read it closely and realised that Star Hub will earn hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars
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    • 165 34 I REFER to the report, “No expenses spared to get Fido on his feet” (Streats, Oct 20), which carried the sub-headline “Petcare services on the rise as more owners consider massage and physiotherapy as necessities for their dogs”. Physiotherapy is not a mode of treatment. The
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    • 85 32 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 be
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  • Global
    • 418 38 US may extend Amercians’ right to remain silent Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON “You have the right to remain silent”. This is what US police officers tell suspects while they are being taken into custody. But soon Americans may be able to choose to remain silent even
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    • 274 38 ATLANTA Hundreds of sick and wounded US soldiers back from fighting the Iraq war are staying in poorly furnished barracks, with some having to wait for weeks to see a doctor at the Fort Stewart military base. “Some of these soldiers are certainly
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    • 436 42 Chinese women must retire at 55, but men stop working at 60 BEIJING Chinese women are increasingly protesting against the country’s different retirement ages for men and women. Women in China retire at age 55, five years earlier than their male colleagues. The policy
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    • 345 44 Stiffer visa rules, higher tuition fees put off foreign students NEW YORK Thirteen male students from the Middle East who gained admission to Penn State University decided shortly before the term started that they would study in Britain instead. “The decisions had nothing to
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    • 47 44 A group of children in Halloween costumes parading in Hong Kong during a charity fund-raiser. Hong Kong has fast caught on to the Western tradition of Halloween, which falls on Oct 31, and the festival is marketed as heavily as other festive events AFP
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    • 543 48 Baby powder heir a social outcast after making HBO film of rich kids talking about their family fortune LONDON The secret world of the super rich was blasted open recently by a young member of the group. But the heir to the Johnson Johnson
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    • 541 45 Manga evolution reloaded Catch your piece of Manga Mania Singapore Art Museum! Typhoon manga has just hit Manga Mania takes centrestage on 24 October 2003. Gear up for an odyssey into manga evolution Meet manga mascots from around the world at SAM Let your creativity flow at the manga workshop
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    • 347 50  -  By JillLim WHEN it comes to face-washing, many people follow the “cleanser-toner-moisturiser” routine religiously. But don’t do it blindly, advised Dr Ang Chee Beng, a dermatologist in private practice. He told Streats: “People who have sensitive and dry skin should skip the toner because it
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    • 106 50 What is shower oil? A Shower oils are a special category of cleansing products that combine the refattening properties of an oil bath with the cleansing properties of a shower gel. As soon as the nearly water-free formulae come into contact with water on the skin, they form
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    • 375 52  -  By Janice Wong SOON, you will be able to live on Sentosa, and we don’t mean just a stay at one of the resort island’s hotels. Sentosa Cove, nestled on the eastern shore, offers a marina-themed residential lifestyle, just like Port Grimaud on the French Riviera,
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    • 1070 56  -  Its E-l body and Zuiko series are the first SLR camera and lens system designed and built ground-up using a new standardfor digital photography By GEOFFREY PEREIRA The Straits Times THERE’S a new and different kind of camera that has been discussed on Internet sites
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  • Travel
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      452 58  -  58 By Low Eng Sim, IT IS the southern summer, and while day temperatures can soar to 38°C at the beach, evenings can be chilly, and it may be cold in the highlands. All deliciously different from Singapore, and good varied weather to enjoy good varied pursuits PORT
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    • 28 58 So you have been Down Under, but there is still much more to discover. and Streats map out an unforgettable holiday for you in a six-part series High!
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  • EasyStreats weekender
    • 739 62 A month-long \new media festival that zooms in on the digital realm culminates with a multimedia theatre production on chatroom relationships. JILL LIM reports THREE years ago, they looked at the happier side of internet chatrooms, with a production that culminated in love arid transcontinental
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      • 487 64  -  k m Wf k l”'f a ~jk s By 'Amy Van THERE are two essential things to remember for flawless, feather-light tempura: temperature and timing. That’s what I learnt after meeting Inagiku Tokyo executive chef Kenichi Yanagawa, who was here this month to launch the Sizzling
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        • 67 64 Your update on the latest products and services in town LOOK out for the new limited edition Coke light Silver Sensation bottles and join the contest to win a Silver i Sensations $lO,OOO Master Card. Details can be found on cans, 390 ml bottles and 1.5
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        • 57 64 PEPSI’S latest, Pepsi X, isn’t i just another soft drink it’s positioned as a “functional cola”, a drink to give you refreshment and energy. Its ingredients include caffeine, taurine (an amino acid-like compound) and the caffeine-like guarana extract (from a South American berry.) Available at 7-Eleven
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      • 500 67  -  GREGORY LEOYV KILL BILL VOL ONE Directed and written by Quentin Tarantino Starring Uma Thurman, Lucy Liu, Daryl Hannah, Sonny Chiba QUENTIN Tarantino has lost the p10t... quite literally. For his first film in a six-year hiatus since Jackie Brown (1997), Kill Bill Vol One (KBV1) is
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      • 296 67  -  By Yvonne Kwok IF you’re game for an evening with a little history lesson thrown in, a degree of cultural immersion and a whole barrel of entertainment in one show, consider going for the latest musical at the Esplanade, Umoja: The Spirit of Togetherness. Umoja, which means unity,
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      • 566 68  -  n mein to flg& I BK w i I w g I lit fg «Mr *1 By_ Julie Sim AT first glance, the book comes across as a bible for bra-burning feminists, or so I thought. However, Working Woman’s Art of War by Chin-Ning Chu proves
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      • 159 68 THE poor, the rich, colonialism, cricket and love. That’s the rich, exciting story of Bollywood film Lagaan, which was nominated for an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film and won seven titles at the Indian version of the awards, including best picture, best
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      • 407 68  -  Review by Calvin Low YOUR seat starts rattling and the ceiling threatens to collapse on your head, as if under the collective weight of a thousand pounding hooves. When the hair on your nape starts to stand and goosebumps appear, it’s hard not to be distracted from the
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      • 264 70  -  VCDs by JillLim THE IIFE OF DAVID GALE ©OO©® REVIEW ADMITTEDLY I do like both Kevin Spacey and Kate Winslet, who take the two main roles in this film. I also thought that Spacey was much more interesting here than in American Beauty, and this whodunnit
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      • 246 70  -  VCDs by i Gary Lim LOVE LETTER ©oo®® REVIEW THE Koreans are still scoring. And on the evidence of Love Letter’s strong performance, they are going to do so for quite some time. This Korean drama has all the elements of a romantic tear-jerker. The storyline endears
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    • 95 72 Romania is getting a new weather system. The Carpathian Mountains block ordinary weather radar, Yahoo Finance reported yesterday, so the new programme, developed by Lockheed Martin, will integrate several types of radar with lightning detectors, weather stations, hydrological buoys and satellites to “see” across the whole
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        51 72 10pm, Channel i A hilarious yet moving story of the Khans, a mixed-race family of seven young Brits whose lifestyles clash with the plans that their traditional Pakistani father has made plans for them. Starring Archie Panjabi, Chris Bisson, Emil Marwa, Emma Rydal, Gary Darner and Om
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      • 41 72 Bpm, Channel U A-Sheng takes a photo of Swee Swee crying on Jiaming’s shoulder. Panicking, Swee Swee hits Jiaming and he faints. Swee Swee and A-Sheng decide to kidnap Mary, demanding that Jiaming pay a ransom for her.
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        57 72 UIM FI POWERBOAT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP Saturday and Sunday, 10am onwards Marina Bay $l2l for two-day pass from Sistic The 2003 campaign makes its final push towards the championship with three races to go in the season. Will current points leader and defending World Champion Guido Cappellini of the Zepter
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      • 68 72 CHARITY FIESTA 2003 Today and tomorrow, 9am-6pm Open space near Jurong East MRT station $2 ticket (which can be used to buy goods) There will be booths selling food, handicrafts, accessories, stationeries, ornaments, and much much more. Proceeds will go to 24 adopted welfare groups benefiting the elderly, disabled
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    • 757 65 rP^ I F n JURONG POINT THE MAGIC OF JAT JURONG POINT Our Kind Of Place 1 Jurong West Central 2, Singapore *****6 Tel: 6792 5662 Website: www.jurongpoint.com.sg (next to Boon Lay MRT Station/Bus Interchange) 2Jun ‘O3 -lUan 'O4 i CL O m to 3 «iff SESfSv HHHi Win i
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  • Page 72 Miscellaneous
    • 465 72 AQUARIUS PISCES ARIES JAN 20-FEB 18 FEB 19-MAR 20 Your motives are obscure. Your methods are chaotic. If you’re working alone, the situation is perfect. When you take on a partner, though, allow extra time for repeated explanations. s?r>/TAURUS APR 20-MAY 20 Reach beyond your perfect cocoon. Make someone’s day
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  • Sports
    • 487 74  -  S-League penalty shoot-outs fail to achieve objective By Tan Kim Han THE penalty shoot-outs in S-League matches following a draw are likely to be scrapped. It was introduced this year to add excitement to the matches. But, ironically, it had the opposite effect, as weaker teams often loaded
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    • 159 74 ASIAN CUP QUALIFIER Palestine 0 Singapore 0 IT was a nightmarish second leg Asian Cup qualifier for Singapore at the Jalan Besar Stadium last night. The Lions, who had carved out a gutsy 2-0 win in the first leg on Monday, were expected to win again. But that
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      614 76 Premiership leaders Arsenal have the will but just cannot find their way in Europe Wire services CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Dynamo Kiev 2 Arsenal 1 KIEV Arsenal’s latest Champions League setback has left Arsene Wenger’s side needing a dramatic improvement if they are to avoid an embarrassing exit from European
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    • 147 76 Group A Lyon (Fra) 1 (Luyindula 88) r Bayern Munich (Ger) 1 (Maakay 25) b Anderlecht (Bel) 1 (Dindane 72) w Celtic (Sco) 0 Group B Lokomotiv Moscow (Rus) 3 r (Loskov 2, Ashvetia 50, Khokhlov 57) Inter Milan (Ita) 0 L Dynamo Kiev (Ukr) 2 r (Shatskikh
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    • 392 78  -  Housewife’s impressive average could help her challenge Sorenstam By Lim Han Ming HOUSEWIFE Lyn Lee (above) has something in common with world No 1 women’s golfer Annika Sorenstam. Both are not afraid to take on the men. Sorenstam became the first woman in 58 years to tee
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    • 93 78 WANT to take on women’s world No 1 golfer Annika Sorenstam in a longest drive shootout at the Tiger Skins next month? Then head to Orchid Country Club and Raffles Country Club on Saturday to try your luck at the Longest Drive Challenge. The winners of both the
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      563 80 For Fiji and Japan, victory will go a long way towards survival mum RUGBY WORLD CUP 2003 Live: Fiji v Japan, Star Sports Ch 24, today, 6pm -AP TOWNSVILLE, Australia Fiji is famous for running rugby. Japan also favours spreading the ball wide and letting its wingers loose.
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    • 370 80 Reuters SYDNEY Chris Whitaker (below) will captain a second-string Australian side against Namibia on Saturday. Namibia is one of the weakest sides in the tournament. Coach Eddie Jones retained only four of the players who started in last week’s 90-8 demolition of Romania to give his
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    • 558 83  -  Boeca returns to the venue where he won his only Fl Powerboat world title By- Adam Hashidy SINGAPORE is Fabrizio Bocca’s favourite hunting ground. It was here that the Italian won his one and only FI Powerboat world title in 1992, fee last time Singapore hosted a leg
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    • 89 83 ATHLETICS Reuters LONDON British sprinter Dwain Chambers, the European 100 m record holder, has reportedly tested positive for the banned designer steroid tetrahydrogestrinone (THG). The Guardian newspaper reported yesterday that traces of the drug were found in a urine sample given by the athlete in an out-of-competition test
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    • FOOTBALL
      • 98 83 -AFP LONDON Former England skipper Alan Shearer scored twice and set up another as Newcastle came back from 0-2 down to beat Fulham 3-2 at Loftus Road in the English Premiership on Tuesday. Fulham were two goals ahead early in the game, thanks to Lee Clark (sth
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      • 92 83 LONDON Football star Jody Morris was on Tuesday arrested for a second alleged sex attack, The Sun reported yesterday. The Leeds United ace, held two weeks ago after a girl claimed she was raped in a layby, was being quizzed over serious allegations dating back several years. The
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  • Page 83 Miscellaneous
    • 63 83 IN THE LIVING ROOM GOLF: PGA Funai Classic, Ist rd (Star Sports Ch 24, 3am). RUGBY: World Cup: Rji v Japan (Live on Star Sports Ch 24, 6pm). DELAYED TELECAST FOOTBALL: Champions League: Glasgow Rangers v Manchester United (ESPN Ch 23, 6pm). Champions League highlights (Channel 5,6 pm). GOLF: EPGA
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