Today, 20 November 2000

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    The great pilot mystery
    483 1  -  Kim-Kyna Tan How long will they have to stay in Taiwan? Nobody has the answer by: in Taiwan kim@newstoday.com.sg WHILE their friends and families have been hoping that the three pilots of SQ 006 will be back home soon, Taiwanese authorities are giving no such assurance.
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Lock icon KL opposition row
      329 2 -AFP Top Keadilan man resigns over DAP choice to fight by-election KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's opposition alliance was deeply split yesterday over which party should stand in a by-election. .The row between the National Justice Party (Keadilan), headed by the wife of jailed former Deputy Prime Minister Anwar
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      Lock icon China 'will strike at Taiwan' within five years
      264 2 AFP HONG KONG A senior Chinese military leader thinks a war is certain to break out in the Taiwan Strait within the next five years, a report said yesterday. To guarantee victory, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) will take the initiative by
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      Lock icon Israeli vice-consul in Jordan shot
      90 2 Reuters AMMAN A gunman shot and lightly wounded Israel's vice-consul in the Jordanian capital yesterday. No one claimed responsibility for the attack, which came amidst the worst Israeli-Palestinian violence for years. The gunman fired several shots at Mr Yoram Havivian as he was stepping into
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      Lock icon Malaysian Islamic court jails 4 who refused to repent
      148 2 AFP KOTABARU A Malaysian Islamic court yesterday jailed four people for three years for defying a court order to "repent" and for attempting to renounce the religion, the Bernama news agency said. The Syariah High Court in this Kelantan city found
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      Bankrupt? Not a big problem for Jacelyn's bosses
      322 3  -  Ivan Lim by ivan@newstoday.com.sg TWO days back, Singaporeans awoke to the news that TV star Jacelyn Tay was bankrupt. Her bosses have known of her financial troubles for almost one year. And far from distancing herself from the troubled star, they are
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      LRT freezes, vanishes and crashes
      547 3  -  Shazalina Salim Three passengers suffer minor injuries by shazalina@newstoday.com.sg LRT trains froze in their tracks yesterday when the operations control centre in Bukit Panjang suddenly realised that it could detect only nine out of the 10 trains that were running. The alarm went off and
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      Clinton's $340 million 'giff to Vietnam
      216 3 HO CHI MINH CITY The United States is providing Vietnam with a Us2oo million (Ss34o million) line of credit to support American investment in Vietnam. US President Bill Clinton made the announcement on the last day of his historic Vietnam trip, when he visited
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      Don't just sit back
      252 5  -  Ng Hwee Koon Interfere when you notice violence in the home: MP by hweekoon@newstoday.com.sg WHAT can you do when you see your sister spotting bruises? What can you do if you knew those wounds were inflicted by the very one who vowed to cherish and protect
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      Lock icon Stories from Uncle Jack
      103 5 Today photo by IT was a walk down memory lane, reviving those story-telling sessions that were commonplace in the olden days. Yesterday, a group ot senior citizens took turns to recount stories of their childhood at Queenstown Community Library. Amidst laughter from the young listeners "Uncle
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      The last bow
      282 6  -  Kim-Kyna Tan by in Taipei kim@newstoday.com.sg THEY waited till everyone had paid their last respects. Dr Cheong Choong Kong, Singapore Airlines' CEO, and the 200-strong delegation who went with him took their place at the altar of the 82 victims of the tragedy of SQOO6 only after
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      Mrs Fertility
      521 8  -  Leong Phei Phei She is a homemaker but sits on a committee of politicians, CEOs and directors by pheiphei@newstoday.com.sg GO THROUGH the list of who's who in the Public Education Committee (PEC) on Family, and you would find several parliamentary secretaries, more than a dozen CEOs and directors,
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      Chinese language: 'Words not enough'
      218 8 THE Chinese language will die if Singapore does not promote and preserve it. This was the warning by a renowned professor from China during his visit here. Professor Qu Delin, the president of Beijing Language and Culture University (BLCU), said that the younger generation will
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      'Now I know how to stew and toss the chicken'
      224 8  -  Leong Phei Phei by pheiphei@newstoday.com.sg NOW, when his mother is not cooking, Mr Muhammad Nursufian bin Muhamed Jumat (right) will not need to survive on just instant noodles. Said the chirpy young man who was born with cerebral palsy: "Now
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  • RUSH NEWS
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      Lock icon Guessing game over Japan PM
      229 4 Reuters Mori might quit, says aide. No I won't, he says TOKYO Will he or won't he? A guessing game on whether embattled Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori will resign soon developed yesterday after his top lieutenant suggested that he might do just that to
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      Lock icon Gruesome find after South African fire
      62 4 -AFP photo A member of the Lenasia fire-brigade discovered two burnt bodies on Saturday in a chemical factory which burned down in Lenasia, near Johannesburg. Police said they were investigating allegations that the 12 workers who were found dead in the factory which manufactures
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      Lock icon Fujimori guessing
      72 4 Reuters TOKYO Peru's embattled President Alberto Fujimori was holed up in a Tokyo hotel yesterday facing his worst crisis in a decade of power. With rising expectations that he is preparing to resign from office, he has extended his stay in the capital of his ancestors until Nov
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      Lock icon Thousands flee
      63 4 AFP BANDA ACEH An Indonesian security operation to flush out a rebel base in this flash-point province has forced thousands of villagers to flee their homes in fear. Some 2,200 residents yesterday said they had abandoned their homes in the Keumire area, after soldiers and police moved in
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      Tekka Market is back
      176 4 WITH a fresh coat of paint and improvement works costing nearly $3 million, Zhujiao Centre re-opened yesterday under its old name of "Tekka Market. It had been closed for the past three-months. The centre was phased out in the early 1980s with the government's promotion of
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      Rise in CPF contribution must wait
      136 4 DESPITE encouraging signs like the announcement to restore four percentage points in the employers' CPF contribution to 16 per cent, discussions on restoration to the full 20 per cent will have to wait till the middle of next year. This is despite robust third
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    • Miscellaneous
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      85 4 READ 0N... The last bow SIA chief mourns the tragedy in Taipei/6 Mrs Fertility An extraordinary homemaker who rubs shoulders with highfliers/8 Dutch-based financial services giant ING Barings plans to scale down its operations/9 Buying Indian A hedge fund in the US bets on .Indian firms/ 15 Our spin on
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Lock icon ING losing Barings?
      466 9  -  Lee Yen Yoke Reuters Asian operations of Dutch financial group little affected LONDON Financial services giant ING Groep plans to scale down its investment banking operation ING Barings and has also put its US arm up for sale. The move, expected to be announced soon, would mark
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      Lock icon ADB: The worst is over for Asia's property market slump
      365 9 AFP MANILA Asia's sluggish property market, the symbol of economic downturn in the region following financial turmoil three years ago, has bottomed out on largely non-speculative demand, according to the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Although it is too early to
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      Lock icon Taiwan urged to prevent possible financial crisis
      209 9 Reuters TAIPEI The government of President Chen Shui-bian must act swiftly to prevent a feared financial crisis as Taiwan's banks struggle to recoup loans amid dwindling equity markets. "The situation is worrisome...falling stock and property markets, expanding capital outflow... and banks' lending and
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      Lock icon BA's Qantas stake to stay
      102 9 AFP SYDNEY Qantas has dismissed speculation that British Airways was on the verge of divesting its 25 per cent stake in the Australian carrier. "BA is very happy with its 25 per cent investment in Qantas and it has no need to increase that investment
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  • MARKET NEWS
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      Down, not out
      533 10 Singapore market to re-test 2000-point level THE STI index closed the week down 32.7 points at 1953.54. But it was a wild roller-coaster ride for the benchmark index which opened the week down almost 50 points and recovered that loss the next day. This continued through Wednesday
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      Little excitement in store
      328 10 KUALA LUMPUR Trading was rather featureless in yet another sluggish week for the Malaysian stock market. The KLSE started off on a weak note, as uncertainties surrounding the US presidential elections dampened sentiment. On Monday alone, the benchmark Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (KLCI) lost 15.2 points.
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Driver hurt (picture), pedestrian killed in Macau race warm-up
      137 12 AFP HONG KONG A pedestrian was killed yesterday when a car crashed during a warm-up for the 47th Macau Grand Prix. Four men, including the driver, were injured. The local radio station said Dutch driver Frans Verschuur had an apparent brake
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      Mini-skirt women held
      241 12 Big swoop on pubs in Kuala Lumpur KUALA LUMPUR Police and Islamic enforcement officers detained two Muslim women for "dressing indecently" in mini-skirts during raids on 38 nightspots in Kuala Lumpur. Ten pub managers were also detained in a swoop on city nightspots. They were later bailed
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      Lock icon It doesn't pay to damage President's privacy
      170 12 Reuters COLOMBO A telephone caller was arrested yesterday for abusing President Chandrika Kumaratunga during a phone-in talk show on state-controlled radio. "The caller said a most uncomplimentary thing about the President's private life and by the time we cut him off, the damage
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      Lock icon 5,000 Bangladeshi students expelled for mass cheating
      164 12 -AFP DHAKA At least 5,000 students were expelled and 100 others injured amid clashes linked to cheating in the nationwide English language test of a Bangladeshi university. Three teachers were also expelled from one examination centre for helping students to cheat, the Bhorer
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      Lock icon Thief causes blackout
      47 12 AFP KUALA LUMPUR A thief looking for scrap metal brought down five electricity pylons and blacked out 10,000 homes. A spokesman for Malaysia's state power firm said yesterday that pylons supporting transmission cables in Malacca collapsed on Saturday following the theft of steel braces.
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      Lock icon Viet chief rejects US olive branch
      347 14 AFP Clinton's freedom call does not impress Vietnamese leader HANOI Vietnam's communist leader yesterday dismissed President Bill Clinton's call for a freer society in the country lauding the guerilla resistance against the United States in the Vietnam War. In the regime's first response both
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      Moshi moshi, the yakuzas are going dot com too
      233 14 TOKYO That scrouge of Japan's old economy organised criminal syndicates or yakuza are now targeting the country's fledgling Internet sector. Even the smallest start-up can have links with dubious business partners, reported the Financial Times. A case in point: The arrest
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      Lock icon Bardot's campaign to save bears
      140 14 AFP BELITZA (BULGARIA) Installed in a lush new park with meals laid on courtesy of Brigitte Bardot, some Bulgarian bears seem to be getting a better deal than the many unemployed and poverty stricken Bulgarians. The French former actress and passionate animal lover has taken
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      Lock icon Ice men cometh?
      23 14 Reuters photo Russian fishermen sit on ice of the river Tom, covered by plastic near the Siberian city of Kemerovo.
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      Grandpa's the pa
      124 14 LONDON British women are being impregnated with sperm donated by the father of their infertile partner. The controversial practice is being carried out in an attempt to continue the genetic family line if the man in the relationship is infertile. Senior medical figures confirmed to The Observer
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      Lock icon Mayonnaise bomb found in Italy
      119 15 AFP ROME -An Italian housewife had the shock of her life when she found the tube of mayonnaise filled with explosives. Italian investigators believe there may be another item hidden by the so-called Italian Unabornber in a supermarket shelf. The Italian Unabomber is known for
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      Buying Indian
      365 15  -  Shanoo Maharaj Mehrotra launchs Indian hedge fund for Indian US firms in New Delhi BE Indian, buy Indian. That seems to be the guiding spirit behind Mr Vik Mehrotra's business in the United States Mr Mehrotra(right), with a management team of six finance and management experts, has launched
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      Lock icon Russian rescued in iceberg seas
      124 15 Reuters MOSCOW- A Russian sailor swept out to sea by gale-force Arctic winds was rescued on Saturday after his small barge drifted for three weeks in moving pack ice. Mr Ivan Shur, 45, was left aboard a 25m barge without navigating equipment between the Chukchi
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      Lock icon Pinochet wine label to raise legal funds
      155 15 AFP SANTIAGO Fans of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet can now buy wine with their hero's picture on the label, and at the same time raise money for the embattled ex-leader's charity fund. The red wine in the series is called My President,
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      Lock icon Queen under fire for neck twisting
      87 15 AFP LONDON -Britain's Queen Elizabeth was under fire from anti-hunting campaigners on Sunday after British newspapers published photograhs which appeared to show her wringing the neck ot a pheasant. The pictures were taken while the 70-year-old monarch was hunting on her Saiidnngham estate. Aecoi
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      Lock icon Arab world's top ladies unite
      310 16 -AFP They show support for mums of Palestinian 'martyrs' CAIRO The first ladies of Arab countries arrived for their first summit meeting, some covered from head to toe and others in power suits. But all agreed to extend moral support to the mothers of Palestinian
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      Lock icon Fallen guard of honour
      52 16 Reuters picture AN honour guard is helped after fainting during the arrival of presidents for the inauguration ceremony of the IberoAmerican summit in Panama City on Friday. Some 21 heads of state and government arrived for the annual two-day summit of leaders from Latin America, Spain
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      PM rides out 58-car accident
      105 16 SEREMBAN Police and vehicles escorting the PM from one of the countries carved out of the Soviet empire were among 58 vehicles involved in a string of crashes in Malacca on Saturday, the New Sunday Times reported. The accident followed a downpour along the NorthSouth
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      Lock icon French chefs go nuts
      72 16 Reuters PARIS The gourmet capital of the world is reeling under "mad cow mania". Chefs and diners are at their wits' end to find a substitute for steak tartare and boeuf bourgignon. The meat from a cow suffering from mad cow disease among a load of
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      Lock icon Tung akin to an 'old woman'
      93 16 AFP HONG KONG Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa is a good leader but fussy "like an old woman", an adviser to a Chinese assembly has said. Mr Xv Simm made the remark about Mr Tung, whose popularity has slumped recently, during a Cable TV interview
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      Lock icon Airport taken for a ride
      97 16 AFP LONDON A reporter testing the security at two of Britain's busiest airports was allowed into restricted areas by masquerading as a pilot. And as he climbed aboard a plane, an engineer asked: "Would you like me to power her up?" The reporter from the
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      217 15 KS y)i O I Singapore a r E?gE imusicfest. [*y 1 124 Nov to 4 Dec 2000 A Hundred Days of Art Music Sy.U/ysses Chuang Jh 24 Nov 2000 Fri, Bpm &Jl iifti^^*s O $22 and SIB NJ C i entre (Theatre), NUS, k 10 Kent Ridge Crescent. Singapore *****0
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Lock icon Debate over 'colonial' language
      575 20  -  Ali Mamat Bernama The Malay community in Malaysia re-looks the English language by in Kuala Lumpur KUALA LUMPUR The advancement of Information Technology, E-Commerce and the K-Economy is forcing the Malay community, especially the nationalists, to take another look at the English language. The re-think has
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      Kohl's diary out to settle scores
      182 20 BERLIN Revenge is a dish best eaten cold,' and Germany's former Chancellor Helmut Kohl has waited a year to get even with his enemies over a party fundbig scandal. That scandal has sullied his reputation as the architect of German unity. In his memoirs,
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      Goodness, Union Jack up in America
      174 21 WASHINGTON The following document has reportedly been delivered to the White House, said The Washington Times: NOTICE OF REVOCATION OF INDEPENDENCE To the citizens of the United States of America, In the light of your failure to elect anybody as President of the USA
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      Victory for the idealists
      740 21  -  Neville Stack Ralph Nader's Green Party is now the Third Force neville@newstoday.com.sg WHOEVER is eventually named as President of the United States, one man is a clear winner already. Mr Ralph Nader (left), the consumer's champion, has established himself and the Green Party as the Third
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  • SHOWCASE
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      French salsa king loves chocolate
      603 22  -  Rosalind Png Compiled by rosalind@newstoday.com.sg Salsa R(A) Today 9pm AGF Theatre, Alliance Francaise At 24 years old, R6mi Bonnet, a young and brillant piannist, give up the chance to be another Chopin. A new music came about: The Salsa. But he is "vanilla" and in
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      42 22 A Hundred Days of Art Muzic JT Ulysses Chuang 24 Nov 2000 Fri, Bpm I NUS Cultural Centre (Theatre).MlS, 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, Singapore *****0 Take this to any SISTIC outlets and get 10% off. Offer valid for 20th November only. I
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  • Page 23 Miscellaneous
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      1168 23 Chicken Run: 12.30pm, 2.35, 4.40, 5.45 Bring II On: 11.30 am, 3.30pm, 5.30, 6.55,9.05 Men of Honor 1.30pm, 4,6.30,9 7.30 \^J In the Mood for Love (M): 7.05pm The Replacements: 10.45 am, lpm, Cherry Falls: 1.30pm, 4.45, 9.30 L^^J Marooned: 12.45pm, 2.50, 4.55, 7.10, 7.15 Men of Honor: 11.45 am,
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      856 24 are not able to join her Yanzi, Ziwei andjinsuo go into s-.-^ fS^ txite their friends. Despite the mJ ;mn Party Family fact that they are always getting m^j */s^^^"*^ Album »«fo trouble, Xiao Yanzi and ■■■4 I.ooam Fashion Emergency Erkang save a poor couple from l jfl j^ 1.30
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      1154 25 approve of his relationship and has phant stable in southern mmm^^ ON CABLE ON RADIO plans to wed Jalal with Aminah. focuses on the. life of a yoUp Cinemax (Ch 59) RSI Hour on Newsradio 938 Jalal insists on marrying Kasmah woman campaigning for better am- w m JJk 9
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      679 26 Hawaii of the East XSn^^rom Macau to Hainan Island, set yourself to a time of cultural discovery amidst countless scenic r *T M wonders, before reaching Sanya, affectionately christened by the locals as the Hawaii of the East. Take in the pristine scenes of Sanya by visiting tourist spots, including
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  • RELAX
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      Dr Faud's COUCh
      588 27  -  Dr. Sigmund Fraud On the couch this week: Lum May Yee with drfraud@newstoday.com.sg Occupation: model actress, lead actress in the film Chicken Rice War My subject this week, Ms Lum May Yee, is a healthy, attractive young adult. She reminds me of many a young filly who
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      Make it a good SPIN
      653 28  -  Steven Ooi Go for Singaporean reality without the accents, please L by steven@newstoday.com.sg THE theme song of TCS s's teen-angst drama Spin, performed by local band The Ordinary People, goes: "I just want you to know that you're not alone." Very moving words indeed, words
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      My days of being 'bad'
      326 30 8 DAYS photo Andrew Lien wants you to know the real him ANDREW Lien (aka Lian Kai) started out as an art student, went on to become a Hollywood special effects make up artiste, a television actor and now, a movie star. This time round,
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      Get the wicked truth from Najip
      406 30 8 DAYS photo NAJIP gets what he wants the wicked truth. He's a gem at what he does best: getting his guests to be as upfront as he is. How much naughtier will the new season of Upfront With Najip be when it comes
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      59 32 News written in a crisp and concise way. TODAY updates you with the latest in a handy package. It is available islandwide from Mondays to Saturdays. But at a comparatively affordable $10 each month, YOUR copy will be delivered to your doorstep every morning. To subscribe, call 236 4919 or
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon My tennis arm for a time machine
      847 33  -  Rohit Brijnath Hanging out with Borg, Cash and Vilas brings out the child in me by rohit@newstoday.com.sg NOW then, what were you doing las week, I hear you ask. Naah, nothing much, just slumming. Hanging out with Bjom Borg, discussing poetry with Guillermo
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      Lock icon Franco and Hoch take lead in Franklin Templeton Shootout
      361 34 -AFP zhfhjfg MIAMI Carlos Franco of Paraguay and American Scott Hoch proved to be the best team in the best ball at the Franklin Templeton Shootout on Saturday. Franco and Hoch combined for an 11-under-par 61 to take a two-shot lead
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      364 34  -  S. Murali New Adams irons strike the right chord OLD Barney Adams is at it again. After setting a major revolution in golf with his low-centre-of-gravity fairway woods, the golf entrepreneur has now hit the market with golf clubs that have two types of shafts steel and graphite. And
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