Streats, 25 August 2004

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  • 10 1 Streats WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25, 2004 E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg MITA (P) 196/03/2004
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  • 721 1  -  Lower fertility, higher risks of complications, deteriorating eggs and sperm add to maternity bill By, Sarah Ng IF the package of pro-family measures to be unveiled by Trade and Industry Minister Lim Hng Kiang today isn’t enough to get more women to have babies early, here’s
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    • 226 1 Streats WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25, 2004 E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg mita <p) 196/03/2004 IWSi m A ft ftiUliinV Kin if n: ««w. Brian Lent could have been worth $2.5b if he hadn’t passed up a chance to be an early Google JHP WWH Khushwant Singh wonders where all the hours time-saving devices gave
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  • Morning Rush
    • 492 2 Early Google associates rue their lack of foresight MR Brian Lent knows the meaning of missed opportunity. As a graduate student at Stanford University in 1990, he was part of a group of academics who met regularly to discuss the early work of Google co-founders
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    • 503 3  -  Special reinforcements to be used for 150 m of new section By_ Christopher Lim DRIVERS can look forward to cruising along Nicoll Highway again by the end of the year, when a $3 million repair project that started yesterday is due for completion. Four
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    • 314 4 llegal deals found in projects covering 65% of zoned land Wire services BEIJING China has cancelled more than 4,800 of the country’s nearly 7,000 industrial development zones after an investigation found a variety of illegal transactions, state press reported yesterday. The campaign to rein in
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    • 159 4 Los Angeles Times ATHENS They’re just one win from a medal. But now Iraq’s Olympic soccer players, and many of their fans, are complaining that their team has become a political football in US President George W Bush’s re-election campaign. The problem began
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    • 187 6 Wire services NAJAF, Iraq Shi’ite militia leader Moqtada A 1 Sadr will be killed or captured if he resists Iraqi troops, the government warned yesterday. But, setting the stage for a confrontation, the cleric’s spokesman said that Sadr would never accept humiliation. “If
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    • 439 6 Ambitions may spark tension with foreign partners SHANGHAI In keeping with its rapidly growing global status, some big state-owned Chinese car companies are taking a serious look at expanding overseas, according to a news report. To this end, Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp is in
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    • 136 8 B UZ2OHS TOP A 40-YEAR-OLD woman here is today three times more likely to contract breast cancer than was the case in 1968, and the risk will increase by another 50 per cent in four years’ time. These statistics
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    • 69 8  -  Text and picture by Edwin Koo Redßull’s mobile energisers Alaina Lim (left) and Karen Chua, both 22, giving out samples of the Austrian-made energy drink as they drive around in a Volkswagen beetle. Retailing at $2.60, the drink which comes in a silver and blue
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    • 146 8 Indonesia, M’sia show declines DIVORCE rates among Muslims in Singapore have risen since the *****, to top those of Indonesia and Malaysia where divorce rates have actually fallen since the 1980 s, The Straits Times reports today. The rise is due in part to new
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    • 142 8 Another bomber gets 10 years Wire services MUSLIM cleric Abu Bakar Bashir, the alleged leader of the Jemaah Islamiah terrorist group, is to face trial for last year’s bombing of a Jakarta hotel, police and prosecutors said yesterday. Bashir, re-arrested in April immediately after
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    • 131 8 Taiwan media urges govt TAIWAN’S major dailies yesterday called on the government to sit up and take note of Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s cross-strait conflict comments, The Straits Times reports today. In his National Day Rally speech on Sunday, Mr Lee reaffirmed Singapore’s
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    • 108 8 Bloomberg SILKAIR will cut fares and market its higher service standards to fight competition from new budget airlines, chief executive Mike Barclay said yesterday. “On a route-by-route basis we’ll work out what gauntlet is laid down and we’ll react to it,” Mr Barclay said in an
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    • 109 8 NO one dies alone. This has become a watchword at Alexandra Hospital, where nurses keep an eye on dying patients to see if they receive visitors. Those who do not will be visited by staff who volunteer to befriend them as part of a programme called
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    • 93 8 AFP LABORATORY tests on an experimental vaccine to protect poultry from a deadly strain of bird flu are set to begin in Australia, researchers said yesterday. The genetically-modified vaccine aims to contain the virus that killed 27 people and led to the slaughter of an estimated
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    • 71 8 IRAN’S Foreign Minister, Dr Syed Kamal Kharrazi, is to make a transit halt in Singapore today. Dr Kharrazi will be accompanied by senior government officials. He will pay a courtesy call on Foreign Affairs Minister George Yeo during his short visit. Dr Kharrazi’s trip follows last
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    • 656 7 NTUC Income Advertisement What would you do if you were ever retrenched? HOW would you cope if you lose your job tomorrow? Who would provide for your family? Will you be able to get a loan from financial institutions? If you do, will you be paying very high interest rates
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  • Financial
    • 489 10  -  Tie-up with subsidiary will help construction company compete in tough market By Janice Wong LISTED Koh Brothers Group managing director and CEO Koh Tiak Chye wants to be a bigger boy to fight competition in the construction industry. Koh Brothers and its listed 65.22
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    • 283 10 Bloomberg SINGAPORE China Aviation Oil (Singapore) Corp, which last week agreed to buy one-fifth of a refinery here, said that it may increase its stake in the plant, said Mr Chen Jiulin, chief executive of China Aviation. “If we can, of course we
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    • 73 10 Reuters SINGAPORE Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust said yesterday that it had entered into a deal to buy the light industrial property Exklusiv Centre, located at 247 Alexandra Road, for $44.8 million. Ascendas, one of four Singaporelisted property trusts, said in a statement that the property will
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    • 81 10 Bloomberg CANBERRA Telstra Corp’s scope to increase charges such as fixed-line telephone access will remain limited, Communications Minister Helen Coonan said, hindering efforts for Australia’s biggest phone company to increase growth. Ms Coonan’s comments came as the nation’s anti-trust regulator, which is trying to increase competition in
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    • 97 10 Reuters SINGAPORE J P Morgan downgraded Singapore Post to “underweight” from “overweight” yesterday, citing potential earnings erosion from a possible hike in operating expenses. The US investment bank said in a report that Sing Post could see operating expenses rise by $6.5 million if a proposal to hike
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    • 74 10 Reuters SEOUL Malaysia’s economic growth will probably top the government’s forecast of up to 6.5 per cent this year, Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said during a visit to South Korea yesterday. “I have a feeling it will be better than that,” he said at a news
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    • 429 12 Planned overseas IPOs may have sparked unprecedented move to save D’Long AP SHANGHAI The Chinese government is launching its first rescue of a private company, putting a state agency in charge of a corporation that once was China’s biggest private stock market investor, state
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    • 170 12 Wire services KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian car maker Proton Holdings will select a foreign partner by year-end to help it compete without government support, said former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad, the company’s special adviser. “They should be able to identify a good partner,” Tun Dr
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    • 264 12 Bloomberg JAKARTA PT Astra International, Indonesia’s biggest automobile distributor, said yesterday that it is studying a plan to expand into coal-mining, part of a move to boost growth. The company wants to buy a coal-mining company, chief executive Budi Setiadharma told reporters after an
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    • 401 14 US Fed officials say expansion will slow but not halt Reuters WASHINGTON Near-record oil prices will slow US economic growth but won’t be enough to derail a selfsustaining expansion, US Federal Reserve officials said on Monday. “There’s going to be a little bit of a
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    • 407 14 STI: 1,905.40 4.17 SHARES pared early losses to end at a three-session high yesterday as a positive broader market sentiment due to lower oil prices and gains in bourses elsewhere pushed the index out of red in the last minute. The market was weighed
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    • 24 14 *AS AT AUG 24 US$: 551.711 553.091 EURO: 552.078 Ss: 64.17 YEN Ss: RM2.221 Ss: HK54.558 Ss: 24.26 BAHT ss: 5,435 RUPIAH
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      76 14  -  Text and picture by Edwin Koo Hewlett Packard’s regional managing director for Asia-Pacific and Japan, Mr Paul Chan, and 27 senior executives yesterday served food and dessert in the company cafetaria to raise funds for Jungiathon, the infocomm industry’s charity initiative for the President’s Challenge 2004. Employees coughed
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    • 229 14 -AP LOS ANGELES Applause LLC chief executive Bob Solomon was found dead hours after speaking optimistically to a newspaper about saving his toy company from financial ruin. Mr Solomon, 50, shot himself at his Woodland Hills home on Friday, authorities said. He had
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    • 470 15 Butt Paste named to sell Diaper rash ointment works well, but the name does sales no harm: druggist -AP COVINGTON, Louisiana Retired Louisiana pharmacist George Boudreaux hasn’t needed advertising pitchmen to get the word out about his. concoction to treat diaper rash. He just lets the name do it for
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  • Comment
    • 708 16  -  By\ KHUSHWANT SINGH WITH the array of time-saving appliances available today, we should have loads of free time on our hands, like some Donald Trump flushed with millions of minutes in “time deposits” to spend any way we choose. There sits the super-duper computer
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  • Vocal
    • 459 17 THE Public Trustee provides a service to people who die intestate, that is without a will, by administering their estate for a fee of about 2.4 per cent to 6 per cent of the value of their estate. This is only available for small
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    • Article, Illustration
      48 17 A big hit in Taiwan, the taste of golden 1 tomatoes is unlike that of the regular thick ketchup-like red tomato juice. High in Vitamins A, C,E and containing the eye-friendly antioxidant-Lutein, this premium fruit will excite your tastebuds with its aromatic fragrance and exotic taste.
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    • 142 17 I REFER to Ms Kelly Teo’s letter, “Give us parking-fee relief” (Streats, Aug 20). Every Saturday, I visit my father in Pandan Gardens with my two children. As I live on the eastern side of the island, I usually try to be at my dad’s place
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    • 96 17 I WAS excited when PM Lee mentioned lift-upgrading to help old folks during his first National Day Rally speech on Sunday. I lived in Pandan Gardens, the estate which rejected the main upgrading programme. Do we still have a chance to get our lifts upgraded on
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    • 192 18 WE refer to Mr Andrew Yap’s letter, “Do car-seat rules apply to taxis?” (Streats, Aug 18). Under the law, children below the age of eight are required to be properly secured by approved child restraints. This applies to children travelling in both private
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    • 124 18 I HAVE a very inconsiderate and selfish family living above me who hang out their dripping clothes from their flat windows. They even wash their windows on non-rainy days and the water comes into our flat. I tried talking to them a few times, but they neither
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    • 155 18 IT is indeed heartening to know that Mr Han Kok Juan of the Ministry of Finance, in his letter, “Standards for charities under study” (Streats, Aug 20), has taken the initiative to ensure that charity dollars are well spent. I agree that our charities
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    • 137 18 THE campaign to encourage people to keep left on escalators is slowly taking effect, but there are still many lapses during rush hour. And I am puzzled by the layout of escalators at MRT stations and some shopping malls. We always have to take the
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    • 122 18 I DECIDED to Jeave the car at home and take the MRT train to work a month ago. I discovered two things: Our transport system is superb and the commute took less time than if I had driven on my own. Then I also decided
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    • 260 18 HAY E Y 0 U Lv SAY E-mail us at streats@sph.coßTt.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
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  • Global
    • 392 19 Beijing orders employers to clear back wages in bid to curb social unrest AP BEIJING China is ordering companies to pay 360 billion yuan (Ss74 billion) in back wages owed to rural migrant workers a key source of potentially explosive unrest. The order announced by Vicepremier
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      48 19 17 amino acids vital for bodily functions, 92 of the 102 minerals found in the soil, like calcium, phosphorous, iron, magnesium and potassium very rich in vitamin C, A, E, K, 8-complex 8-17. Some researchers believe that it can support immune system, help indigestion i neutralise impurities.
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    • 262 19 -AFP TAIPEI Taiwan is to hold a rare war game simulating a terrorist attack on the capital Taipei, officials said yesterday amid growing tensions with rival China. Two military helicopters will enter the no-fly zone above the city to enact a scenario that the
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    • 148 19 AFP BEIJING The wife of a leading anticorruption official lost both legs when a booby-trap bomb exploded at their home in the northern province of Hebei, state media reported yesterday. Ms Liu Haiyun also suffered serious facial injuries in the blast last Thursday in Xingtai
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    • 435 22 Beijing won’t lay claim to 1,000-year-old kingdom following ‘verbal’ understanding AFP SEOUL South Korea and China have settled a row over an ancient kingdom that disappeared more than 1,000 years ago, officials said yesterday, mending a rift in the two countries’ flourishing ties. China
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    • 166 22 Reuters BEIJING China is setting aside strict taboos to conduct its first nationwide female sex survey, asking intimate questions about women’s sex lives. The 2004 China Female Sex Survey is being organised by the Chinese Institute of Sexology and the Chinese
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    • 288 24 AP KUALA LUMPUR Suspicions of racism are overshadowing the Malaysian version of the hit US television singing competition American Idol, after a judge on the local show suggested that race influenced how people voted for their favourite contestants. The controversy has drawn parallels
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    • Article, Illustration
      38 24 Thai policemen riding bicycles past the Government House on their way to patrol the streets of Bangkok yesterday. This is part of a government campaign to save energy in the wake of high oil prices AFP
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    • 379 25 Financial crisis remark was to ‘instil responsibility AFP MANILA Philippine President Gloria Arroyo vowed yesterday that the country will never default on its debt repayments, as she found herself embroiled in a public row with key economic advisers following her declaration that Manila was in a
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    • 341 26 Democrat has record to be proud of, says US leader AFP CRAWFORD, Texas US President George W Bush on Monday called for a stop to campaign ads by independent groups, including those targeting John Kerry’s war record, and praised his Democratic rival’s service as a
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    • 127 26 BOSTON Pen makers in the US have caught on to a new trend as the US$l5 billion (5525.6 billion) back-to-school retail season kicks off, the Boston Globe reported yesterday. It now seems that when it comes to correcting papers and grading tests, teachers
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    • 221 26 Reuters WASHINGTON A US soldier said on Monday that he planned to plead guilty to some military charges brought against him stemming from the abuse of Iraqi prisoners at the Abu Ghraib jail. “I have accepted responsibility for my actions at Abu
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    • 365 21 ej with MARIGOLD PEEL FRESH ■i to Queensland! Bmm i > '{S mm?; Orange Rich in folic acid pins vitamin A, B 1 &C Golden Tomato A big hit in Taiwan, the taste of golden tomatoes is unlike that of the regular thick ketchup-like red tomato juice. High ymmm in
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  • Medical
    • 321 27 WASHINGTON Heart disease and diabetes get all the attention, but expanding waistlines also increase the risk for at least nine types of cancer. What’s already clear: Being overweight can make it harder to spot tumours early, catch recurrences, determine the best chemotherapy
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  • EasyStreats
    • 573 28 New reality tekvision series Reel Race turns the cameras around and pits JUm-makers against one another, producer Michael McKay teds SHAĔLENE TAN WITH a constant flow of reality series spewing forth from our television screens, do we really need another? Michael McKay (above) thinks so. The producer
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    • 207 28 THE world’s most famous reject will get a bit of his own back come Sept 11. William Hung, of the rather tuneless Shebangs fame, will be sitting on the judging panel of Channel U talent quest The Next Big Thing. No gimmicks: Hung
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    • 131 28 POP rebel Christina Aguilera (pictured) has yet again slammed rival Britney Spears, saying that she behaves like “trailer trash”. She was apparently horrified to hear that Spears, 22, paid for her engagement ring ahead of her wedding to 26-year-old dancer Kevin Federline, Australia’s the Herald
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    • 402 29  -  By_ Yvonne kwok SINGAPORE is seeing a bumper crop of artists participating in prestigious visual arts events around the world this year. Representing the country at this year’s Sao Paolo Biennale, from Sept 25 to Dec 19, is 28-year-old Ho Tzu Nyen. His art and film
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    • 572 30 Vianney Halter lovingly crafts timepieces which can cost more than SISOK, reports ZUBAIDAH NAZEER WATCHES are like women. At least that’s what master watchmaker Vianney Halter (pictured), 41, thinks. When Streats asked him yesterday which of his watches is his favourite, the Frenchman said he had
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    • 388 30  -  B y Sharlene Tan IT isn’t easy to secure half an hour of Shobhaa De’s time. She is a model, editor, writer, and columnist all in one and is surrounded by fans almost always. Such as last evening, when she had just
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    • 326 31 -AFP HONG KONG In Hong Kong, a city where English is not the first language, the plethora of badly punctuated or spelt road signs and shop notices is a constant source of amusement. But during a day of sightseeing here, self-declared punctuation vigilante Lynne Truss,
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    • 500 32  -  Did the people behind Singapore Idol manufacture the encounter with Banana Man? Broadside By YVONNE KWOK NORMALLY, you would never link bananas and the issue of accurate representation together in a debate. But then, in walked Banana Man on Singapore Idol two weeks ago. Not some demented
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    • 136 33 The BBC is set to use gaming technology to spice up its weather bulletins. It is now going to generate raindrops in three dimensions to better illustrate precipitation in its forecasts. The BBC said that it would use a version of 3D software Weatherscape XT to
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    • Tune in TV & MOVIE NEWS
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        48 33 lOpm, Channel i Junior, an ex-con psychopath meets his match in Hoke Moseley, a weather-beaten Miami detective who attempts to bring in Junior when the lifelong criminal steals the detective’s badge, gun, and even his false teeth. Starring Fred Ward, Alec Baldwin and Jennifer Jason Leigh.
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      • 61 33 9pm, Cinemax (Star Hub Ch 59) Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) runs the LA road circuit. Brian (Paul Walker) is next in the starting line-up, only he’s an undercover cop investigating a series of major hijackings and Dominic’s his next suspect. The two bond like brothers,
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    • Happenin’
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        60 33 LASTING IMPRESSIONS Till Sept 5; 11.30am-Bpm Monday to Saturday, 12pm-5.30pm on Sunday Utterly Art (208, South Bridge Road, #O2-01, tel 6226-2605) Free A solo printmaking exhibition by Madam Chen Cheng Mei, a member of the historic Ten-Men Art Group active in the ’6os. This show focuses on her unique
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      • 58 33 FACE-CHANGING Till Sept 30; 7pm daily except Mondays, extra show at 3.30 pm on weekends and public holidays Downtown East Free Hailing from China’s Szechuan province, Lee You Ling is one of the most popular face changers in China. He has been named a prestigious grade two performer
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  • Page 33 Miscellaneous
    • 459 33 PISCES IIIIS Aquarius FEB 19 -MAR 20 JAN2O-FEB 18 Dig out the photo albums and scrapbooks, and invite the starring players to pore over them with you. It’s time to be sentimental and nostalgic. You’ll even enjoy it. Promise. You’re in the mood to mingle, but not just any company
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  • Olympics
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      467 34 Felix, Lee, Campbell to fight it out for the 200 m gold DUEL OF THE DAY -AFP ATHENS No Marion Jones. No Kelli White. No Torri Edwards.. The stage is set for rising star Allyson Felix (left) of the United States to claim the gold medal in
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    • 136 34 Reuters ATHENS Hungary’s Robert Fazekas will be stripped of his discus gold medal and thrown out of the Olympic Games after being caught trying to tamper with a urine sample, an International Olympic Committee source said yesterday. The source said that Fazekas
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    • 488 35 Wire services Holmes wants 1,500 m gold to add to her 800 m success ATHENS Olympic 800 m champion Kelly Holmes of Britain is aiming for a historic second gold in the 1,500 m. Her compatriots, middledistance legends Seb Coe and Steve Ovett, both failed to win the
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    • 268 35 -ap ATHENS In just under 45 seconds, three largely unknown Americans brought respect back to the United States in the 400 m, dominating exactly as expected. But then they changed the script, behaving in a manner that has sometimes eluded other US
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    • 248 35 -AP MOSCOW Russian media yesterday criticised the Olympic judges who denied gymnast Alexei Nemov a medal in the men’s high bar finals, with state-run television calling his low score “a grandiose scandal”. “For the first time in the history of gymnastics, the spectators hissed
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    • SHORT NOTES
      • 110 36 -AFP COMMEMORATIVE stamps featuring Greek weightlifter Leonidas Sampanis stand to become a collectors’ item after the Greek post’s decision to withdraw the issue because the athlete failed a drugs test. The Greek post office, Elta, issues commemorative stamps of every Greek athlete winning a medal at the Games
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      • 71 36 AFP GREEK judoka Eleni loannou died after being in critical condition for 17 days following a fall from the third storey of her boyfriend’s apartment, a hospital source said yesterday. The 20-year old fell after an argument with her boyfriend Yiorgos Chryssostomidis, 24. Chryssostomidis, who is said
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      • 101 36 AFf THE United States is just one match away from winning the women’s football gold medal after beating world champion Germany 2-1 in extra-time. It meets Brazil, which beat Sweden 1-0, thanks to a Pretinha goal in the 64th minute. Midfielder Kristine Lilly gave US the lead
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    • 400 36 Yao praises coach Harris after China squeezes into quarters Wire services ATHENS China delivered a stunning Olympic ouster to world champion Serbia and Montenegro as pairings were set for the basketball quarter-finals. Yao Ming (below with team-mate) scored 27 points and pulled down 13 rebounds in
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    • 283 36 -AFP ATHENS After all the sniggering and puerile jokes, women’s wrestling proved to be a serious sport rather than a sexy sideshow. The female grapplers feel that they have finally gained respect and put an end to the sexist remarks that greeted the sport on
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    • 30 37 United States swimmers (from left) Amanda Beard, Michael Phelps, Jenny Thompson and Natalie Coughlin posing at an event in Athens sponsored by swimwear manufacturer Speedo Pics: Reuters, AFP
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    • 274 37 Wire services ATHENS Chinese 110 m hurdler Liu Xiang (right) struck an early blow in his bid to deprive 1996 Olympic champion Allen Johnson of the title here yesterday, winning his heat in a far superior time. Johnson, by contrast, finished third in his heat, but
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    • 55 37 Country Gold Silver 1 3ron 1.United States 23 26 17 2.China 23 15 12 3Japan 15 8 9 4.Australia 13 9 13 5. France 9 7 9 6.Germany 8 10 11 7. Italy 8 6 7 8.Romania 8 4 4 9.Ukraine 8 2 5 lO.Britain *At
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    • 27 37 China’s campaign for a second women’s volleyball gold remained on track yesterday with a 25-20, 25-22, 25-20 win over Japan in the quarter-finals.
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  • Sports
    • 251 38  -  By Gary Lim THE Singapore Judo Federation (SJF) has appointed former Olympian Koh Eng Kian (right) as the new national coach. He replaces Tang Soon Onn, who resigned in April to concentrate on the running of his own judo club. Koh, 48, is
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    • Article, Illustration
      439 38 In-form Smith kev to United’s Champions League aspirations -afp PARIS Manchester United coach Alex Ferguson is looking to in-form striker Alan Smith (right) to lead his depleted side into the lucrative group stage of the Champions League in their third round qualifying home match against Dinamo Bucharest today
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    • FOOTBALL
      • 120 38 MADRID Alex Ferguson has made a shock £5 million (S$ 15.5 million) bid for Real Madrid star Luis Figo, reported The Sun newspaper yesterday. The Manchester United boss sent officials to Spain on Monday to open talks with the 31-year-old, who cost Real £37 million from Barcelona
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      • 96 38 TANJONG Pagar and Woodlands Wellington played out a 3-3 thriller in a S-League match at the Queenstown Stadium last night. With eight minutes to go, Tanjong Pagar led 3-1 through goals from Haris Sumri (16th), Benoit Salviat (20th) and Ballamodou Conde (82nd). Tanjong Pagar’s Ratna Suffian had scored
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      • 96 38 S-LEAGUE club Geylang United are starting a weekend football programme with the South East Community Development Council for kids aged seven to 13. From Bam to 10am on every Sunday, kids can learn from the club’s youth coaches at the Bedok Stadium. Led by former international Lim Tong
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    • 251 39 -AFP LONDON Arsenal will rewrite Premiership history today (tomorrow morning, Singapore time) if they avoid defeat against Blackburn. The Gunners drew level with Nottingham Forest’s record sequence of 42 matches undefeated with a remarkable 5-3 victory over Middlesbrough on Sunday after trailing 1-3 at one stage. Arsene
      -AFP; AP  -  251 words
  • Page 38 Miscellaneous
    • 36 38 IN THE LIVING ROOM Football: EPL Preview (Channel i, 12mn). Champions League qualifier 3rd rd, 2nd leg: Djurgardens v Juventus (Live, Ch2l, tomorrow, 2.40 am) Manchester United v Dinamo Bucharest (Live, Ch 22, tomorrow, 3.05 am)
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