Streats, 24 December 2003

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    10 1 Streats WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 2003 E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg mita (p> 111/03/2003
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    Lock icon Another run-in
    764 1  -  Star sprinter UK Shyam snubs SAAA order to sign up with national squad By Lim Han Ming NATIONAL sprinter UK Shyam is on a collision course with the Singapore Amateur Athletic Association (SAAA) yet again. This time over a directive by the association’s president. Last week, SAAA president
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      48 1 wishes you a Me <3 u 'ViO y_ There will be no publication tomorrow, but look out for our paper on Boxing Day WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 2003 E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg mita (p> 111/03/2003 There will be no 1 bu Tickets sold out for LA-based singer Corrinne May’s shows here
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  • Morning Rush
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      Lock icon Sports Council to run diploma course
      481 2  -  Tie-up with UK college covers all areas of sports development By Sarah Ng SINGAPORE has joined hands with a prestigious British college to offer a Diploma in Sport and Exercise Sciences programme for people keen on upgrading their skills with a broadbased sports qualification.
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      Lock icon Chia failed to meet voters’ standards: MPs
      293 2  -  By_ Julie Sim THREE PAP MPs said yesterday that the resignation of Non-Constituency MP Steve Chia from his party post was the result of his failure to meet Singaporeans’ expectations. Asked about the move yesterday by Mr Chia, 34, the former secretary-general of
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      Lock icon Be passionate about what you say
      481 3  -  S’pore’s top debater shares secrets as World Universities Debating Championships set to start here By_ Zubaidah Nazeer QUICK WIT and repartee. These were what Ms Chitra Jenardhanan used to win the best speaker award at the World’s Universities Debating Championships (WUDC) in Princeton, USA,
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      Lock icon Newborn in plastic bag falls 6 floors
      205 4 AFP SHANGHAI A newborn baby plunged to its death from a sixth-floor window here when the security bars from which it was hanging in a plastic bag gave way, Chinese state media said yesterday. The baby’s 16-year-old mother put the child in the
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      Lock icon No Sars drugs side-effects here
      161 4  -  By, Julie Sim ALTHOUGH steroids and drugs such as ribavarin were used to treat Sars patients in Singapore, no severe sideeffects have been reported. But in Beijing, Guangzhou and Hong Kong, many Sars survivors are now suffering from avascular necrosis, a serious irreversible bone disease.
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      Lock icon No cover for HK health workers
      514 4 Reinsurers there refuse to renew some contracts FEARING a return of the deadly Sars virus, Hong Kong insurers are denying medical cover to some health workers there. The move could see all private hospitals and many homes for the aged shut in the New
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      Lock icon Xmas is second jolliest holiday, after CNY: poll
      396 6  -  By Khushwant Singh SINGAPOREANS have picked Christmas as their second favourite holiday after Chinese New Year. In a survey by ACNielsen Research from Dec 2-5, Christmas scored 24 per cent compared to Chinese New Year (37 per cent), with Hari Raya Puasa
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      Lock icon Egypt minister downplays attack
      186 6 Reuters CAIRO Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Maher has played down an assault on him by Palestinian Muslims at Jerusalem’s A 1 Aqsa Mosque, saying that his country would still push for peace. After arriving at the Egyptian capital yesterday, he said that he did not want
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      Lock icon ‘Getting along is important’
      496 6  -  PM Goh accepts Abdullah’s invite for CNY open house in JB: Malaysian minister B y Cfuxmg Choon Yee SINGAPORE and Malaysia still depend on each other to do well, and that is why ties need to be good. This was said by Malaysian Tourism Minister Kadir
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      Lock icon Singapore businessmen now complain about ‘arrogant’ Chinese
      119 8 BUZZSTOP THE contention that Singapore businessmen are arrogant in their dealings in China was turned on its head recently when company owners here said that some of their counterparts in China had grown so confident on the back of the country’s runaway economic
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      Lock icon TALL ORDER
      68 8  -  Text and photo by Edwin Koo Professional Lego model builder Nguyen Anh Tien yesterday showing off his 2m-tall replica of the Eiffel Tower, which stands tall between the Centennial Tower and the Millenia Tower. Mr Nguyen, 27, took 60 hours to construct this for the Lego Masterbuilder's Hunt
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      Lock icon PKMS leader on khalwat charge?
      123 8 ANOTHER whiff of scandal is emerging in the ranks of the opposition politicians, hot on the heels of the resignation of Non-Constituency MP Steve Chia over semi-nude photographs of his maid. The Straits Times reports today that two members of the Singapore Malay National Organisation
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      Lock icon Green vehicles’ rebate extended
      179 8 Only 35 such vehicles on road GREEN vehicle rebates have been extended till the end of 2005, The Straits Times reports today. The extension was announced in a joint statement issued on Monday by the Land Transport Authority (LTA) and the National Environment Agency. Introduced in
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      Lock icon Worker racketeer pleads guilty
      150 8 He provided fall guys to hawkers ALAN Wong Eng Kwee, 45, the brains behind a syndicate that supplied fall guys to hawkers employing illegal workers, pleaded guilty yesterday to the 10 charges of corruption that were read out to him, The Straits Times reports today. He
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      Lock icon Mild inflation in November
      98 8 Reuters SINGAPORE’S consumer prices rose in November, as a revival in domestic demand pushed up food and other costs and signalled the return of mild inflation. November’s consumer price index (CPI) rose 0.1 per cent from October after adjustment for seasonal patterns and was up 0.6
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      Lock icon Bane of doing business
      95 8 AFP RAMPANT corruption, inefficient bureaucracy and poor industrial relations are the main obstacles to doing business in Indonesia, a business chief was yesterday quoted as saying. The Jakarta Post said that Mr Aburizal Bakrie, chairman of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, cited a University
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      Lock icon Big Splash turnaround
      91 8 A $1 MILLION makeover a year ago has transformed the Big Splash water amusement from a flop into a popular spot for fun-seekers and corporate getaways. The success of the park in the wake of its revamp has emboldened its management so much that there is now
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      Lock icon Sex ban for China expats
      108 8 ap AN Israeli company has made thousands of Chinese workers sign a contract promising not to have sex with Israelis or try to convert them, a police spokesman said yesterday. According to the document, male workers cannot come into contact with Israeli women including prostitutes
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  • Financial
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      Lock icon A-Reit’s $45m buy
      83 10 Bloomberg SINGAPORE Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust plans to buy Changi International Logistics Centre for $45.6 million, the fourth purchase it has announced since Nov 20. The complex of some 40,000 sq ft, which includes two buildings containing warehouses and offices, is located near Changi International Airport.
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      Lock icon 'NO' to APP debt plan
      68 10 Bloomberg JAKARTA Creditors of Asia Pulp Paper (APP) have rejected a plan to let it buy back US$BBO million (Ssl.s billion) of its debt, Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency deputy chairman Mohammad Syahrial said. Last week, the state-run bank rescue agency said that Singapore company Orleans
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      Lock icon Tenaga to cut debt
      69 10 Bloomberg KUALA LUMPUR Tenaga Nasional, Malaysia’s biggest electricity company, plans to reduce its debt by about 6 per cent to RM29 billion (Ssl3 billion) in the fiscal year ending August 2004. It plans to raise more than RM4 billion from the sale of its minority stakes
      – Bloomberg  -  69 words
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      Lock icon Parmalat crisis
      120 10 Wire services MILAN/ROME A four billion euro (558.47 billion) accounting scandal at Parmalat deepened on Monday when the Italian food group’s founder and three former finance directors were targeted in a criminal probe. Parmalat exploded into one of Europe’s worst corporate crises last week when the firm said
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      Lock icon 'Be happy and love what you do'
      687 10  -  Simple philosophy pays off for boss of electronic components distributor By Choong Choon Yee WHEN Excelpoint Technology founder Albert Phuay Yong Hen was just eight years old, he was reprimanded by his school teachers for selling sugar cane to classmates for five cents
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      Lock icon Big gains from tiny drives
      526 12 Parts makers see boom as demand outstrips supply Reuters SINGAPORE There’s a new popular stocking stuffer around this Christmas gadgets equipped with tiny hard disk drives. And Singapore firms are cashing in. From video cameras to portable music players, consumer electronics manufacturers are increasingly incorporating
      – Reuters  -  526 words
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      Lock icon ST Telemedia pledges Indosat stake
      131 12 Bloomberg SINGAPORE Singapore Technologies Telemedia, a government-owned investor in phone companies, said it pledged its 42 per cent stake in PT Indonesian Satellite Corp as collateral for a US$4BO million (SSB2O million) loan that is tied to its purchase of the shares. A group of
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      Lock icon Schering-Plough's new projects here
      139 12 ScheringPlough's new projects here Bloomberg SINGAPORE ScheringPlough Corp, which lost exclusive marketing rights last year for the Claritin allergy pill, said it will open its first Asian research centre and a plant to make a new cholesterollowering drug in Singapore. The new projects bring investments here by the Kenilworth, New
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      Lock icon Pay-TV's big boy to use its clout
      365 14 Murdoch’s News Corp to slash prices of set-top boxes, programming rates at DirecTV Reuters NEW YORK Mr Rupert Murdoch (pictured) is gearing up to throw his weight around as the world’s largest pay-TV provider, just days after US regulators approved his takeover of
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      Lock icon HK's Victor Li gets Air Canada stake
      261 16 Reuters MONTREAL Hong Kong-based businessman Victor Li has secured the leading equity stake in Air Canada, the insolvent airline said on Monday after its board chose Mr Li’s sweetened offer over a rival bid from New York buyout firm Cerberus Capital Management. The
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      Lock icon Credit card units in crisis
      655 16 Analysts fear financial woes of Korea’s KEB Credit, LG Card may spread Wire sevices SEOUL Two of South Korea’s biggest credit card issuers are in touble. Yesterday, South Korea’s third largest credit company, KEB Credit Service, suspended most of its short-term cash loans for a
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      Lock icon Shares down in lacklustre trade
      351 18 STI: 1,720.92 1.57 Reuters SHARES edged lower in holidaythinned trade yesterday, led by dips in blue chips such as DBS Group. “The trading is quite featureless as most people are in a holiday mood. Unless something very exciting comes about, the natural inclination would be
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      Lock icon FOREX RATES
      24 18 *AS AT DECEMBER 23 US$: 551.708 553.014 EURO: 552.121 Ss: 62.85 YEN Ss: RM2.225 Ss: HK54.545 Ss: 23.20 BAHT Ss: 4,978 RUPIAH
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      Lock icon Little emperors, big consumers
      427 18 China’s ‘spoilt’ youngsters redefine marketing strategy AFP BEIJING Paying 399 yuan (SsB2) for a pair of jeans may seem extravagant to the average Chinese consumer with his meagre 640 yuan of monthly disposable income, but not to Mr Jimmy Xue. Not if the jeans have a
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  • Comment
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      Lock icon Some names are rather beastly
      635 20  -  By KHUSHWAM SINGH THE use of animals in brand names is nothing new think Tiger Beer, Tiger Balm and Lion Air. In Australia, there’s a regional airline that’s called Emu Airways. The irony is that the emu is a flightless bird. An airline named after
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  • Vocal
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      Lock icon No fines before auto fare-stage updating
      317 22 WE refer to the letters, “Any penalty for overcharging on bus fares”, by Mr Tan Choon Siong, “Free ticket to ride”, by Mr Yew Kian Huat, and “Overcharged many times in several months”, by Ms Michelle Png (Streats, Dec 18, 19 and 22). We
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      Lock icon Many cabbies still choosy
      212 22 THE move by by City Cab to stagger the introduction of the latenight surcharge belies a much greater problem within the Singapore taxi industry. As a regular taxi commuter for the last four years, I have found it almost impossible to attract a cab (except by
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      Lock icon No need for a late-night surcharge
      120 22 CITYCAB’ S proposed graduated fare structure, although not complicated, is a pain in the neck. In the first place, why must there be a surcharge? If there are taxi drivers who are unwilling to ply their trade during this hour, then the Land Transport
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      Lock icon Tiger? Beer, show or airline?
      182 22 NOW we learn that there is a Tiger Airways in the United Kingdom. Here is the chance for Singapore Airlines to change the name of its upcoming budget airline, also called Tiger Airways, without embarrassment. Why should it aim for a switch? As awesome a
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      Lock icon Crack down on slipshod researchers
      147 22 ROBIN Ganguly, in his commentary, “Sars: Let’s be 100% tough” (Streats, Dec 23), has asked the still unanswered question that my friends and I have also been asking: Why did the health authorities take the case of the careless researcher at the Environmental Health Institute
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      Lock icon Oops
      83 22 THE headline, “8 in 10 fail to pay maintenance”, which accompanied one of our reports yesterday, was incorrect as the report actually said that eight of every 10 men who fail to pay maintenance for their ex-wives or children cite lack of money as a reason. Also yesterday, the
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      85 22 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
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      Lock icon At Shanghai bar, only Japanese are welcome
      247 24 -AFP SHANGHAI Chinese are being refused service at a Shanghai bar that caters to a Japanese clientele because of their nationality, a state press report said yesterday. In one instance, a man invited a client to Club J, a Chinese-owned bar in downtown
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      Lock icon Envious cabby kills call girls
      184 24 Wire services BEIJING Chinese police have arrested a Beijing taxi driver who they say killed and dismembered five prostitutes because they had an easier time earning a living than he did. Li Pingping, 41, allegedly had sex with the women he picked up at nightclubs
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      Lock icon Christmas is OK, Christianity no way
      421 24 China profits from the festival as its Christians remain under siege afp BEIJING Millions of Christians who belong to “underground churches” in China will celebrate Christmas tomorrow shivering in farm fields or quietly singing hymns in parishioners’ homes, praying that the Chinese police will
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      Lock icon Quake rocks California
      153 26 Bloomberg SAN FRANCISCO Rescuers (left) are searching for more victims of a 6.5-magnitude earthquake that struck the central California coast on Monday. Two women were killed and 50 others were injured. One person is reported missing, said Ms Cecilia Fontes of the San Luis Obispo County Office
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      Lock icon Ex-volleyball player on murder rap
      189 26 KUALA LUMPUR Former Malaysian national volleyball player and one-time vice-president of the Malaysia Amateur Volleyball Association Hanif Basree Abdul Rahman was on Monday charged with the murder of Ms Noritta Samsuddin. Hanif, 36, an engineer with the Shah Alam City Council, was previously known only
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      Lock icon Look East policy to go on
      328 26 Mahathir’s policy has equipped M’sians with greater knowledge, skills: Abdullah KUALA LUMPUR The Look East policy started by former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad will continue, Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said on Monday. The policy, which began in 1982, had played an important
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      Lock icon Abdullah slams PAS’ Jews remark
      190 26 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has slammed Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat, the spiritual leader of opposition Parti Selslam Malaysia (PAS), for accusing the government of being “proxies” of Jews. Datuk Seri Abdullah said that the callous remark had hurt the
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      Lock icon ‘Pakistan not passing on nuke know-how’
      273 28 Reuters WASHINGTON Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has assured the US that his government is not at least “in the present time” providing any nuclear secrets to countries like Iran and North Korea, Bush administration officials said on Monday. White House spokesman Scott McClellan called
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      Lock icon Gaddafi’s son in spotlight
      495 28 Saif al-Islam is leading the charm offensive to give Libya a new image Reuters RABAT When Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi wants to send a message to the world, he often chooses his son as messenger in an apparent bid to groom him for succession. This was
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      Lock icon SADDAM'S GREETINGS
      42 28 Captain Warner of the 1-22 Battalion of the US Fourth Infantry Division pointing at a Christmas card made by US soldiers in Iraq. It features the face of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein manipulated to look like Santa Claus Reuters
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      Lock icon UK may give new dads six months’ unpaid leave
      187 28 LONDON New fathers in Britain could be given six months off work to care for their babies, Trade and Industry Secretary Patricia Hewitt said yesterday. And new mothers are entitled to higher maternity pay for six months and another six months’
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  • Page 30 Miscellaneous
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  • Medical
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      Lock icon Get slim, beat prostate cancer
      291 31 LONDON Following two studies in the US which found that prostate cancer hits the obese harder, experts have said that these men may give themselves a better chance to fight the disease by losing weight. “(Obesity) may be one of the few modifiable risk factors
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      Lock icon HEALTH FORUM
      144 31 QI feel bloated whenever I drink water, so I have cut down to three cups a day. How do I drink the recommended eight glasses daily and not feel bloated? Alt is advisable to drink about six to eight glasses (1.5 to 2 litres) of fluid a day.
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  • Easy Streats weekender
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      Lock icon Still flying
      679 32 Local singer-songwriter Corrinne May, based in t/ Los Angeles, is back in Singapore to perform this weekend. GREGORYLEOW catches up with her THERE is nothing stopping local folk singer-songwriter Corrinne May. Her upcoming shows at the Esplanade have sold out which is no surprise given the success of
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    • going out
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        615 34  -  Ala Vrf s E Amy Van AFTER the closure of its fancy restaurant, The Lighthouse, the Les Amis Group has once again expanded its casual dining concept (apparently to appeal to a wider audience). Amuse Bouche (loosely translated as “palate teaser”) was launched earlier this month. Located at
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        320 34  -  By' YVONNE KWOK UNDER THE TUSCAN SUN Starring Diane Lane, Lindsay Duncan, Sandra Oh Directed by Audrey Wells ooo®® IF you had wanted to get away for Christmas but couldn’t, no thanks to demanding friends and family, this movie is the best form of escapism you
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        277 36  -  By JillLim THE DESPERATE HOURS GOO®® VCD REVIEW A WELL-filmed, old-fashioned movie, this 1955 classic stars Humphrey Bogart as a villain and escaped convict. He and two others break into a middle-class home in Ohio and more or less take the family of four hostage while they
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        247 36  -  By Gary Lim RAHXEPHON GOO®® VCD REVIEW WHEN Japanese robots are fighting one another to save the world, you know it is time for a visual spectacle. RahXephon is no exception, with its beautifully-crafted graphics and life-like animation. Fast forward to the year 2012. The peace of
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        287 38 SUMMER SCENT 000^0 By Gary Lim THE wait is over for fans of Korean soap operas Winter Sonata and Autumn In My Heart. The VCD for the highlyanticipated Summer Scent, the third instalment of the fourseason series, is now out. Continuing in the same vein as its
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          96 38 Home for Christmas? Here are two shows worth catching on TV on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Today on Channel i, 9pm BASED on Stephen King’s novels, this three-hour-long film stars Tom Hanks as Paul Edgecomb, the man in charge of death row at Cold Mountain jail.
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          85 38 Tomorrow on Channel i, 9pm A SWEET, whimsical story about a boy from a northern, working-class British family who becomes interested in ballet. But the prevailing wisdom is that boys who like ballet are sissies. So Billy Elliot (Jamie Bell) has to find ways and means to persist
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      113 39 The old Chinese belief that an egg can stand on its end on winter solstice, which was on Monday, has got as far as Maine, in the US. The Kennebec Journal wrote yesterday that one Mr Joe Karter, a shopowner, was going to test this out,
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        54 39 6pm, Channel i It is nearly 30 years since Inspector Jacques Clouseau managed to get Maria Gambrelli off from a murder charge. Maria has moved on and now lives in a seaside town. When Princess Yasmin of Lugash is kidnapped, Chief Inspector Dreyfus is called
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        50 39 10pm, Central Jackie O’Shea, a resident of the tiny Irish coastal village of Tully More, discovers that one of his neighbours, Ned Devine, has won the lottery. But Ned is in no position to collect the jackpot so Jackie devises a way to share the good fortune.
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        69 39 SENTOSA ARTIST VILLAGE ANNUAL SHOW Sentosa Artist Village (7, Artillery Avenue, Sentosa) Last day tomorrow, llam-6pm Exhibition is free, island admission applies Featuring recent works by the SAV’s four resident artists and one guest artist Teh Chan Kerk, Milenko Prvaki, Max Kong Kum Chuen, Koeh Sia Yong and Chung
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        55 39 OPEN HOUSE Tomorrow, 10am-7pm Singapore Art Museum Free Join in the festivities and decorate the giant Christmas tree at the museum. You will be given materials to design and create your own special Christmas ornaments. Then take in some of the current exhibitions which include 200 works from Cultural
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      141 38 More To Warm The Heart This Festive Season! Come and celebrate this festive season at Premier Thai with good food for the soul and a little wine to warm the heart! Tr y out our promotional dish at only sB.Bo++ and savour a glass of Viu Manent Cabernet Sauvignon 2000
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      143 39 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. In The Spirit Of Giving... Yours, an elegant Schott Zwiesel wine glass Come and savour wines from Australia, Chile, France, Germany and South Africa
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      471 39 Yourdailyhoroscope PAQUARIUS JAN2O-FEB 18 PISCES FEB 19 MAR 20 by Kelli Fox aI Astrology.com P© ARIES V/ MAR 21 -APR 19 An old tradition feels fresh but comfortable. Annual events would be less special if they happened every week. Unless you have definite plans tonight, go to bed early for
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      607 40  -  Adam Hashidy IT’S Christmas time again. A time for Santa to load his sleigh with goodies and make house calls. I have a few chimneys for Santa to slide down. They are mostly at the homes of athletes who deserve to have their stockings filled for their
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      280 41 LONDON Manchester United have decided not take the Rio Ferdinand case to the courts for fear of being expelled from competitions by Fifa. The club have also advised Ferdinand to take whatever punishment is handed out after appeal to avoid a huge legal bill.
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      436 41 Unsung Nedved comes of age with European Footballer of the Year award AFP PARIS Golden boy Pavel Nedved’s (right) European Footballer of the Year award was the result of dazzling performances for both Juventus and the Czech Republic. Roving midfielder Nedved, only the second Czech to win this
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      297 41 AFP LONDON Liverpool manager Gerard Houllier has been given some vital moral support as he leads the English Premiership underachievers into the crucial Christmas period. Houllier’s side have slipped to ninth in the Premiership, 18 points adrift of arch rivals Manchester United. That
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      500 42 The former champions dominated the news on and off the court this year AFP WASHINGTON From sexual assault charges against star Kobe Bryant (below) to their return to the top after being dethroned, the Los Angeles Lakers dominated National Basketball Association news this year. An amazing
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      268 42 EL SEGUNDO, California Karl Malone will miss at least three games because of a sprained knee ligament, a rare injury for the Los Angeles Lakers’ star forward. Malone, who has missed only 11 games in 18-plus NBA seasons, had a medical examination on
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        102 42 Reuters MANCHESTER A late header by substitute Antoine Sibierski earned Manchester City a deserved 1-1 draw against Leeds United in a Premier League match on Monday. City climbed to joint 11th in the table despite nine consecutive matches without a win. They dominated throughout but levelled
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        102 42 AFP LONDON Chelsea midfielder Damien Duff could be out for six weeks after dislocating his shoulder during last Saturday’s game against Fulham, the club said. The 24-year-old Ireland winger had his shoulder put back in place in the dressing room at Loftus Road by club doctor Neil
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        128 42 AP LONDON Surprise, surprise: David Beckham, the most recognisable face in the world’s most popular game, was the biggest newsmaker in international sports this year. The England captain’s blockbuster transfer from one global soccer powerhouse to another Manchester United to Real Madrid was voted the top sports
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      535 43  -  Tee-off with Godfrey By GODFREY ROBERT EVER since the economy went into a spin in 1997, sponsors have been pulling out of major sports events. But one company, Accenture, has stood by golf through thick and thin. The management consulting and technology services company is honouring its
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      33 42 IN THE LIVING ROOM GENERAL: Sports News: Sportscenter Asia (ESPN Ch 23, Bpm). DELAYED TELECAST SOCCER: European Soccer Show (Super Sports Ch 22, 9pm). Spanish Primera Liga highlights (Channel i, tomorrow, 12.30 am).
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      86 43 Lianhe Zaobao Do gifted students integrated over gifted programme 9 im --:rni WHO SAYS NOTHINGS FORFREIP Look ouf for these goodies in the Boxing Day edition of The New Paper on sale from 6.30 am on Dec 26 Find out how you can get a free limited edition The Lord
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