Today, 6 December 2000

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    16 1 TODAY g ri So 1 s o o o vo la V S 9 u a
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  • Article
    A university for poly grads?
    387 1  -  Ng Boon Yian by boonyian@newstoday.com.sg POLYTECHNIC graduates may no longer have to go overseas in search of a degree. The government is exploring the idea of a fourth university aimed directly at them. Deputy Prime Minister Tony Tan said yesterday that the Ministry of Education
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    Zahara Lateef goes to jail
    482 1  -  David Ngiau PIVTs note, Dr Mattar's letter read out in court... david@newstoday.com.sg FOR the past five years, Zahara Lateef has assisted Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong in his preparations for National Day Rally speeches. She has interviewed VTPs like Lee Kuan Yew, Mr John Major,
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Teaching in a new way
      342 2  -  Leong Phei Phei Temasek Polytechnic turning to problem-based learning for ail courses by pheiphei@newstoday.com.sg OUR education system is in for a paradigm shift. In two years' time, Principal of Temasek Polytechnic (TP), Dr N Varaprasad, hopes that 30 to 50 per cent of all courses
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    • Article
      US-S'pore FTA good for Asean: Prof Koh
      297 2 THE US-Singapore free trade agreement will not undermine the world trading system. Professor Tommy Koh, Singapore's chief negotiator in the USSFTA, said this in his opening remarks in Washington yesterday. His remarks were meant to address concerns in the region that Singapore, which
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      Lock icon Neighbourhood school kid who made it big
      353 2  -  Kim Kyna-Tan by kim@newstoday.com.sg PARENTS who refuse to give neighbourhood schools a second look should have been at Telok Kurau Primary yesterday. They would have seen Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew linking hands with his former classmates and mouthing the words "Auld Lang
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      SM will be 84 and I'll be 66
      398 3  -  S. Gulam by gulam@newstoday.com.sg IT WAS that magic year again 2007. The year Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong plans to take a "back seat role" in government and the year he expects his party to face its sternest test. On Sunday, it
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    • Article
      Death on MRT track at Eunos
      133 3 IT was peak traffic time and just as an MRT train pulled into Eunos station yesterday, the driver saw a man falling onto the tracks. The driver slammed the emergency brakes but couldn't avoid hitting the man, who was in his seventies. The man
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    • Article
      Relax, talk, buy or sell
      320 4  -  Zackaria Abdul Rahim TV people take over hotel suites for three days by zackaria@newstoday.com.sg THOSE crazy, creative TV people have found a new use for hotel suites. Instead of buying and selling their programmes at an exhibition hall, they have hijacked the posh suites at
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      Lock icon Israelis shell Palestinian town
      38 4 Reuteus 1 photo Israeli small-arms fire (red tracers) and small shells pouring into the Palestinian town of Beit Jala near a church on Dec 4 during a night gun battle that lasted several hours.
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    • Article
      Fled while on 'minor' drug charge
      119 4 HIS was a "minor" drug charge, for which he was to appear in court on Jan 18. But he fled the country using his girlfriend as an excuse. For months, he was on the run in Ipoh, Malaysia. But on Nov 6, Francis Donahue
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      S'pore students tops again in maths
      152 4  -  Lee Ching Wern by ALL those hours that students put into mathematics and science seem to be paying off. Singaporean students topped the world in mathematics for the second time. They were rated second in science, with their average score falling short of Chinese
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    • Article
      3 Turks charged with thefts
      85 4 THREE Turkish nationals were charged in the Subordinate Courts on Tuesday with stealing from petrol kiosks. Kilic Cetin, 37, and his accomplices, Tasyurdu Haydar, 26, and Haydar's wife, Tasyardu Leyla, 25, are alleged to have struck at two Shell petrol kiosks in Dunman Road and
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
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      114 4 READ 0N... The money marathon Liver patient's race for money and freafment/6 Call for a more competitive and efficient life insurance sector Number of life insurance agents to be trimmed to about 10,000 in one and a half years/7 Broking houses to cut bonuses for staff Industry slump blamed for
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  • HOME NEWS
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      The money marathon
      517 6  -  Ng Hwee Koon Liver patient's race for money and treatment hweekoon@newstoday.com.sg IT'S a long distance race to see when Mr Lee Song Mong's money will run out. The 66-year-old liver patient refers to his chemotherapy as a marathon, saying in Mandarin: "The race is just beginning, so
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      Yes, Christmas is more than a tree -but it's also to help the needy
      306 6  -  Raymond Huang, A READER wrote in to say that it's a waste to spend money on a special Christmas tree. Heartware Network replies. I refer to the letter written to TODAY by a concerned reader regarding
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      Coming on strong
      75 6 DON'T ask this woman what her real name is. She is just Martell, the living embodiment of cognac. She spouts lines like "I can't help if I sometimes come on strong... after all, I am French," and "Men are like keys. I'm always forgetting where I put
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      Time for nostalgia
      143 6  -  Narayana Narayana Todays mail VIR NEVILLE Stack's article is both amusing and instructive, and brings back memories of days gone by when doctors merely prescribed, and one had to go to a chemist to get the appropriate medicines. Most of the prescriptions were in Latin names, and
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Insurance groups welcome changes
      523 7  -  Lee Yew Meng But the number of agents expected to be trimmed By yewmeng@newstoday.coni.sii THE number ol lite insurance agents- u> Singapore will be trimmed by aboui i'Z per ceni to some 10,000 in ont and a half yeai time This will be one impact which
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      S'pore 2001 GDP to grow 6% says Salomon Smith Barney
      296 7  -  Chan Chao Pen By chaopeh@newstoday.coni.st SINGAPORE s gross domestic product the broadest measure of the output of goods and services in the economy is likely to slow to six per cent in 2001, after hitting 9.8 per cent this year,
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      Finally... a cut in US Fed rates?
      233 7  -  Kelvin Lok The crystal ball on Singapore so far... GDP Growth Estimates Source: Salomon Smith Barney. "Asian Economic Outlook and Strategy" Today art by ASSUMING that there is no new oil shock, and coupled with a slowdown in the US economy, the US
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      Bonus cut for broking firms
      249 8  -  Chin Weilin Blame lower trading volumes and commission rates, dealers say By EMPLOYEES of stock broking firms have little to cheer about this year. They will have to be contented with smaller bonuses because of the industry's slump. Last year, they were paid between four
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      Lock icon SingTel to spend $500 mil on data centres in Asia
      216 8 Bloomberg News HONG KONG SingTel said it will spend $500 million over 18 months on data centres in Asia to help companies manage and store their Internet content. In April, SingTel committed $60 million on centres in Australia, Hong Kong
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      Lock icon Thomson-CSF bids for Avimo Group
      148 8 Bloomberg News THOMSON-CSF, Europe's Number One defence-electronics company, has made a takeover offer for Avimo Group, a Singapore maker of optical defence equipment, after raising its stake to 42 per cent. The purchase of a 17.1 per cent stake at $3.71 a share triggered a
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      Lock icon Cerebos Pacific's profit rises three-fold on higher sales
      239 8 Bloomberg News CEREBOS Pacific, Singapore's No. 2 food company by market value, said full-year profit rose three-fold, led by higher sales in Asia and a revaluation of its operations in China. Profit from operations rose to $43.2 million, or 13.8 cents per
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      King Wan over-subscribed
      72 8 KING Wan Corporation, a local mechanical and electrical specialist, said that the public tranche of its initial public offering has been subscribed 8.36 times. Valid applications for a total of 20.893 million shares were received for the 2.5 million available to the public when the offer closed
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  • BUSINESS FEATURE
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      Lock icon Is Charlie's Angels villain modelled after Oracle boss?
      335 9 Bloomberg HOLLYWOOD Larry Ellison (above, right), meets Charlie's Angels. In the current big-screen remake of the 1970s television series, a trio of crime fighting beauties battle a technology tycoon who may have stolen critical software from a rival. Is the villainous Roger
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      Lock icon Singapore Petroleum buys 40.2 per cent of Korea's Tiger Oil
      276 9 Bloomberg News SINGAPORE Petroleum, an oil retailer, said it acquired 40.2 per cent of Tiger Oil Corp, a South Korean fuel marketing company, for 20 billion won (US$l6.5 million). The acquisition will allow it to gain a foothold in the
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  • MARKET NEWS
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      Winding down?
      518 10 It is beginning to look a lot like Christmas SINGAPORE shares recovered some lost ground in the last hour to close 22.6 points up at the day's high of 1953.61p0int5. Resolution to the US presidential election drew closer when Mr Gore was dealt another blow as the courts
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      Mixed trading, but late buying helps lift index
      464 10 KUALA LUMPUR Trading on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange was mixed, as investors refrained themselves in the absence of positive news flow and fresh leads. At the end of yesterday, the Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (KLCI) gained a modest 5.7 points to
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon S. Korean President – when he was prisoner
      291 11 S. Korean President when he was prisoner 1 photos SEOUL Back in 1981, the thought that he would one day become South Korea's president never crossed the mind of prisoner Kim Dae Jung. After all, the businessman-turned-politician had been sentenced to death by the military regime after he was found
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      Lock icon The man with the sideburns returns
      341 11 Reuters Mori gets ex-Premier Hashimoto's aid to boost flagging fortunes TOKYO In a move aimed at bolstering his shaky government, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori yesterday tapped former Premier Ryutaro Hashimoto (right) for a post in his new Cabinet. The surprise move is intended
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      Malaysia's money flows out
      192 11 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's capital controls have failed to achieve a key goal: To stop money from flowing out of the country. The controls, implemented at the height of Asia's financial crisis two years ago, were designed to discourage speculation and keep money at home. But there
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      $636,000 payout for stress
      154 11 LONDON A Welsh teacher forced to cope single-handedly with 11 disturbed children in a mainstream class has been awarded a record £254,362 (*****,650) compensation for stress, the Telegraph reported. Mrs Jan Howell was forced to retire on medical grounds, at 46, after suffering two mental breakdowns.
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      Lock icon UN blasts Yangon junta
      227 12 Agencies Blow for Myanmar's bid to improve image UNITED NATIONS Myanmar's efforts to improve its international image suffered a blow after the General Assembly condemned the military regime for a myriad of human-rights abuses. In a four-page resolution, adopted without a vote on Monday, the assembly
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      Lock icon 'No choice' but to call Estrada's mistresses to stand
      158 12 -AFP MANILA President Joseph Estrada's mistresses are to be called as witnesses at his coming corruption trial, exposing them to a "humiliating" ordeal, a prosecutor said yesterday. Mr Estrada left the 11-member House of Representatives prosecution team no choice after he
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      Lock icon 2001 -year of more technology in low-budget films
      261 12 Reuters LOS ANGELES -The Sundance Film Festival, the top gathering for independent US films, has unveiled its list of competing films for 2001, marked by returning filmmakers and more technology in low-budget movies. Films at Sundance, which is backed by actor Robert
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      Lock icon Dancing on the beach
      33 12 Indian Odsssi dancers practising their routine on Konark beach south of Bhubaneswar in Orissa state. More than 200 dancers took part in the recent annual Konark Dance Festival. AFP
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      Lock icon Courts deal Gore two 'fatal' blows
      140 12 -AFP photo TALLAHASSEE (Florida) Vice-President Al Gore's presidential bid suffered two potentially fatal blows on Monday, as a Florida judge rejected the Democrat's vote contest, and the US Supreme Court questioned a decision to allow late ballot recounts. Leon County Circuit Court Judge Sanders
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      Lock icon Ex-US diplomat quits over laptop dispute
      93 12 Reuters WASHINGTON Former Ambassador to Singapore J. Stapleton Roy has resigned as head of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research after a dispute with Secretary of State Madeleine Albright over a missing laptop computer thought to hold nuclear proliferation secrets. This followed the suspension
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      Drug working the other way?
      342 13 Anti-depressant drug is the cause, says killer's family LONDON A mild-mannered retired teacher suffocated his wife and threw himself off a cliff 11 days after he began taking the anti-depression drug, Prozac. Now, Mr Reginald Payne's three sons are claiming that the anti-depres-sant was responsible
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      Lock icon When a she is a she, and yet they say, no, she is a he
      184 13 AFP HONG KONG Immigration officers in Hong Kong were forced to become gender police after they arrested a Thai prostitute whose passport listed her as a he. The 23-year-old Thai was picked up in a
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      Lock icon The Flemish ice men
      27 13 AFP, Ice sculptures called "The joy of snow and ice" on display at the snow and ice sculpture festival in Brugge, Belgium. photo.
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      Lock icon Former spy chief threatens me, says daughter of ex-Peruian President
      197 13 -AFP LIMA The daughter of ousted president Mr Alberto Fujimori, said she has been threatened by the fugitive former secret police chief Mr Vladimiro Montesinos. The former spy chief, who was also Mr Fujimori's right-hand man and close adviser, is
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      Lock icon Mall's collapse linked to graft
      249 14 Reuters Village officials pocketed rent from shopping mall HONG KONG Some Chinese village officials were allegedly involved in corruption that led to the illegal extension of a shopping mall which collapsed last Friday. The collapse at the onestorey shopping mall (right) in Chiling village in
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      Lock icon EU bans meat, bone meal in animal feed
      146 14 -AFP BRUSSELS The European Union (EU) has passed tough, temporary new measures aimec at combatting a fresh of outbreak of mad cow disease. The measures, approved by the EU's agriculture ministers on Monday, are to run for at least six months. They
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      Lock icon Mars was very much like Earth
      276 14 Agencies PASADENA Mars may have been a land of lakes in its earliest period, with layers of Earthlike sedimentary rock, said Nasa scientists yesterday. With these findings, and the evidence earlier this year that water may have flowed on the surface of Mars in
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      Lock icon Japanese answer to drunken gropers
      136 14 Reuters TOKYO A Japanese railway company will run special female-only carriages on its trains over this year's holiday season in an effort to protect women from drunken gropers. A spokesman for Keio Electric Railway, which operates trains from central Tokyo to the city's crowded western
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      Lock icon Dalai Lama talks to China
      76 14 Reuters WASHINGTON The Dalai Lama, the Tibetan spiritual leader fighting to free his homeland from Chinese rule, said on Monday that he has re-established contact with Beijing, the Voice of America reported. His brother, Gyalo Thundup had returned from China with a message from its
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Refresher course in nature tours
      636 15  -  Jill Neubronner ONE thing my job has taught me, is not to take things at face value. So, when some friends invited me for a weekend at a neighbouring beach resort, I asked why? You know the kind of resort I mean where palatial castle
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      Lock icon Colombo's other 'war' -the battle of the shopping malls
      406 15  -  Amal Jayasinghe AFP by in Colombo SRI Lanka may be officially on a "war-footing". But the only battles most tourists will see are those for bargains as the country attempts to emerge as the shopping capital of South Asia. Stepped-up security
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  • RELAX
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      art of being Beautiful
      674 16  -  Koh Chieng Mun by The Star Awards came and went and everyone had looked out for what Zoe wore for the big night of the year. The dear girl has single-hand-edly created the perception of beauty through the decade of her reign as the Queen of
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      One for the kids
      303 17  -  Hazel Tan They clap, they dance, they cheer and they sing all for the sake of the children by hazel@newstoday.com.sg DON'T call them teachers, say Hi-5. Being role models alone is enough pressure. Said one of its five cast members Kellie Hoggart: "We rather not see
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      Award money is the sound of music for Julie Andrews
      165 17 LONDON That singing nun from the film, The Sound of Music, Julie Andrews, is hearing music now. She has won $11.4 million, following a bungled throat operation that robbed her of her singing voice. The 65-year-old British actress had filed
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      The Spice girls are finding out that nothing lasts 'forever'
      279 17 THE Spice Girls soared to stardom on a tidal wave of girl power, but now it seems they're at the end of the rainbow. Poor reviews and disappointing sales for their latest album, Forever, and a slew of personal and
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      Lock icon Out and loud •••
      893 18  - Out and loud Lim Li Min ■AgendaSeni Malaysia's new film that celebrates life, in all its diversity by sons. The first is that it was made in Malaysia at all, given the political climate; the second, because it was strung together by a first-time feature director and recent Malaysian Film
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      Lock icon No shortage of talent, but where is the recognition?
      291 18  -  Adrian Christopher AgendaSeni by THE Yamaha Band Alert 2000 is the search for the No.l band in Malaysia, but after several heats and regional finals, one would have thought they'd have had more to offer. The Grand National Finals held at
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      Lock icon Julia rules
      277 23 AFP Ranked most powerful actress in Hollywood, the star of Erin Brockovich is one of 50 most influential women in the industry LOS ANGELES Julia Roberts is the most powerful actress in Hollywood, and the third most powerful woman in the entertainment industry, the Hollywood Reporter said yesterday.
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      Lock icon British royals asked to plan own funerals
      297 23 Reuters LONDON Britain's teenage Princes William and Harry, along with senior members of the royal family, have been asked to plan their own funerals. The government had asked members of the royal family, including Queen Elizabeth and heir-to-the-throne Prince Charles, to list their
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      Barbie vs. Strawberry Shortcake
      547 24  -  Jean Danker Living in my older sister's shadow there were some good times too I was going through old photo albums recently and it was only then that my sneaking suspicions were founded. My parents favoured my sister over me. How did I deduce this? Simple.
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      Beware Christmas greetings this year that may come with unwelcome gifts
      430 24 LONDON Christmas goodwill in cyberspace might not be as sincere as it seems, virus experts are warning. Malicious season's greetings look set to cause the latest computer bug scares, with the first two Christmas viruses already spreading fast, warns
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  • SHOWCASE
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      Four cultures, one music
      711 19  -  Rosalind Png Compiled by rosalind@newstoday.com.sg An Evening with Asza 8 pm DBS Auditorium Asza will be playing over 80 musical instruments on the stage. The four acoustic musicians from Canada will play Chinese string instruments, percussion, wind and string instruments. The group has four members from
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
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      1011 26 appointments TRAINING OFFICER BumM Pre-requisites: H Diploma in Training and Development We specialised in the design and fabrication of precision plastic injection mould, injection moulding, high- I Management WT speed stamping, electroplating, and automated assembly of electronic connectors. We have vacancies for the •2 3 years' experience In a trailing
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon Captain of pain
      747 30 It must have been heartache for the man to admit failure LONDON The world was yesterday shown only one dimension of the pain that Bryan Robson is experiencing. Intrusive television cameras do not have the technology to pan right into the very innards of an individual. Yet,
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      Lock icon Formula 1 poised for rule change
      604 31 Electronic driver aids expected to be made legal next year LONDON Formula One is poised for a far-reaching rule change after teams decided to allow the introduction of one of its most controversial electronic driver aids, reported BBC Sport. Traction control, which prevents wheelspin
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      Coulthard doesn't want computers to prevent wheelspin
      225 31 LONDON Formula One star David Coulthard (above) has made clear his opposition to impending rule changes allowing the controversial driver-aid traction control, said BBC Sport It will be allowed next season as long as the teams' wishes are accepted by motorsport's governing body,
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      Lock icon Bryant shows Air Man's class
      621 32 Even Shaquille, who has been critical of late, praises Lakers star NBA LOS ANGELES Kobe Brvam probably should have been home in bed, trying u ease his aching body and clearing his head anc chest. Instead, the Los Angeles Lakers star, weakened by an upper
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      Nuggets first to score 100 against Sixers
      296 32 Nuggets 101 Sixers 98 DENVER Antonio McDyess got some help from his Denver Nuggets team-mates for a change. McDyess, who scored 77 points the past two games, was one of four Nuggets to record a double-double as Denver beat the Philadelphia 76ers 105-98
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      Durability, consistency mark Malone's career
      328 33 SALT LAKE CITY It may have taken him 164 more games exactly two NBA seasons but if Karl Malone gets eight points against Toronto, he will pass Wilt Chamberlain on the NBA's career scoring list. That would put the Utah Jazz forward in second place,
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      Lock icon 'Big Backcourt' shines for Knicks
      560 33 -AP New starting line-up gets results and pleases coach Van Gandy Knicks 106 Clippers 78 NEW YORK Much to Jeff Van Gundy's dismay, folks are calling the new line-up the "Big Backcourt". But much to his delight, it's working. Glen Rice scored 21 points and
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      Lock icon Phillips ready for England
      735 35 Quinn feels country can't ignore him anymore LONDON Sunderland's Niall Quinn says he believes it would be "unwise" for England to ignore his strike partner Kevin Phillips. Quinn was speaking after Phillips fired home the second goal in Sunderland's 2-0 win over Everton at the Stadium
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