Today, 6 April 2001, Afternoon Edition

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    7 1 TODAY Friday April 6, 2001 MITAfPJ 138/lli2oOO
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      Lock icon LATEST Mori to go
      101 1 TOKYO Japan's embatded Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori today formally announced that he would step down, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukada said. "I have made up my mind to step down as we need to deal with mounting domestic and international tasks under a new government," Mr
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      Lock icon Bush says the R-word
      310 1 Agencies WASHINGTON US President George W Bush has uttered the R-word: "regret" for the first time over the collision of an American spy plane and a Chinese jet fighter, but China is still not satisfied. Although they appreciate Mr Bush's gesture, they are still looking for
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      Lock icon A vaccine for foot-andmouth?
      43 1 A vaccine for foot-and-mouth? REUTERS photo A Colombian veterinarian shows a cow belonging to the Blanco Orejinegro breed at a farm in Mosquera near Bogota. Colombian scientists said they have discovered a gene in the breed which protects the animals from foot-and-mouth disease.
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      Lock icon Dow, Nasdaq soar
      154 1 Agencies NEW YORK American stocks roared back to life yesterday with the Dow Jones and Nasdaq indices respectively chalking up their second and third largest ever point gains. The Dow jumped 402.63 points (4.23 percent) to 9,918.05 and the Nasdaq surged 146.20 points (8.92 percent) to 1,785.
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      Lock icon Russian James Bond
      141 1 AFP LONDON A female British army officer has been sent back home after having an affair with a Russian military spy while serving in Kosovo, The Sun newspaper reported today. Capt Helen Molyneux, of the 89 Royal Signal Squadron, is believed to have been deliberately targeted by
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Hey, it's morphed
      341 2 Cops may get cars that can be holographically cloaked, net guns THE Singapore Police Force (SPF) has been demonstrating how it intends to gear up and fight criminals who break the mould of traditional definitions of crime. In the past, it was clear who the victims and
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      Lock icon French nuke sub in
      67 2 AFP SINGAPORE A French naval group led by the nuclear attack submarine La Perle docked at the new Changi naval base yesterday. La Perle, the anti-submarine warfare frigate Dupleix and the support ship Jules Verne arrived a week after the US aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk. France,
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      Inspired by Today
      165 2  -  Lee U-Wen by uwe n®news to d ay.co m. sg A PRIMARY Six student will pick up top honours in an essay writing competition today after she was inspired by Today. Andrea Chen Li Wei, (right in Today photo by Wee Teck Hian), a student at Pei
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      Driver jailed
      96 2  -  Joy Frances by joy ©newstotiay. com. sg A DRIVER who worked gratis for a high class Filipino prostitution ring, fetching women from Changi Airport, paid for his former job yesterday in court. Last year Shamad Bin Musta, 33, had befriended "mamasan" Maria Rica Baluyot Alagar, who operated the
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      S'pore's hope
      83 2 THE Ministry of Foreign Affairs hopes that US and China will resolve the problem. In a statement, MFA said: "Good Sino-US relations are vital to stability and prosperity of the Asia-Pacific region. What has happened is most unfortunate. We hope that the US and China will be able
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      Anger in HK
      216 3 Bank slaps fee on small balances, depositors switch banks HONG KONG Depositors were angry with one of the territory's biggest banks, HSBC, for charging a HK$4O (559.26) monthly fee on balances below HK$5,OOO, effective Jul 1. The bank will also reduce interest for balances lower than HK$lO,OOO,
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      Lock icon 7 accused of murdering S'porean
      111 3 JOHOR BARU Seven men were charged in court yesterday for murdering a Singaporean woman in a carjacking case that also led to her husband's death. The suspects would face the death penalty if convicted of murder, reported The Sun. Mdm Liaw Soi Moi, 47, and
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    • Article
      Leave us be, says Mahathir
      125 3  -  Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Sen Dr Mahathir Mohamad said yesterday that neighbouring countries should not interfere in his country's domestic affairs. He said such meddling could jeopardise the spirit of Asean, the grouping of South-east Asian countries. He made the remark over
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      Every letter counts
      123 4 WHILE most couples were out watching the movies and going to dance halls, this charming couple stayed home and played Scrabble. But their courtship activity has paid off. Mr Benedict Thong (left), a 54-year-old medical technologist at Gleneagles Hospital, was the first winner of the Moneywords contest
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      Syllabus to change
      274 4  -  Chelsea Chua Why be unintelligible to the world? by.. re p o rter^newstoday. c o m.sg AS part of the Government's plans to encourage the speaking of good English in Singapore, the English Language syllabus will be revised to make it more rigorous. Teachers who teach the
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      Experience WWII with Suria
      221 4  -  Shazalina Salim by.. shazalina@newstoday.com.sg SURIA will telecast Bukit Candu (Opium Hill), the first locally-produced war telemovie (picture), next Friday at 8.30pm. The telemovie depicts the struggles and determination of the Ist Battalion Malay Regiment in defending Bukit Candu from the Imperial Japanese Army during World War
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    • Article
      A $24 million fine?
      137 4 TWO men were charged yesterday with evading duty by smuggling in 9,000 kgs of cigarettes. If convicted, they face a minimum fine of $24 million each. Kwa Chok Peng, 41, and Ivan Lim Yong Tee, 28, each face two charges of illegally importing cigarettes worth $3,001,500,
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      Fined for drink driving
      60 4 THE creative director of Today was fined $2,000 and banned from driving for two years yesterday after pleading guilty to drink driving. Ivan Lira (picture), 34, lost control of his car on Jul 14 last year along Farrer Road. He failed the Breath Evidential Analyser test
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      Lock icon Kwok on clothes
      146 5  -  Hazel Tan by hazel@newstoday.com.sg CLOTHES maketh a man. But it doesn't apply to Aaron Kwok (right) anymore. The Hong Kong star, who is in town for two shows at the Singapore Indoor Stadium, starting tonight, was once known for his flamboyant stage costumes. Said Kwok: "Clothes are
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    • Article
      What were you watching at 8.30 pm?
      134 5 A TOTAL of 617, 265 viewers tuned in to Celebrity Squares on MediaCorp TV Channel 8 on Tuesday night. This is an achievement for a first episode, as programmes slotted at 8.30 pm normally attract an average of 433,000 viewers. The game show
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      Psst,wantto volunteer?
      105 5 KEEN to be a volunteer overseas but don't know how to go about it, or if you are suitable? Then hop on down to the Singapore History Museum lecture theatrette tonight at 6.45 pm for a talk on "A Year of Service, A Lifetime of Benefits", organised by
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
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      118 4 READ 0N... Okay, now relax Control Operations manager easy only when his boys aren't busy/7 MIT course work online Institute shares knowledge free over the Internet/14 What plague? Let's put Britain's foot-and-mouth disease in perspective/ 16 Music at the film fest Silent film gets live accompaniment from the SSO and
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      329 5 I Ist Weekly Draw I 2nd Weekly Draw I I Meet the stars at I 13th April 2001 I THE TREE' I 100 prizes to be won. I Oala Premiere VJ ill Ci A 1 VJlilVl V Are you me lucity luui s Congratulations to all Ist Weekly Draw winners.
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  • LETTERS
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      An open letter to journalists
      320 6  -  See Leong Kit Talk of things that matter and enlighten your readers I AGREE with Today CEO Mr P N Balji's views in "What is qualipop?" (Today, Mar 30). This is an open letter to journalists from a concerned citizen. Just like teachers in moulding
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      Great story, well done!
      145 6  -  Jeffrey Bahar I PICKED up a copy of TODAY (Apr 5) on my way to work, and Zackaria Abdul Rahim's frontpage story caught my eye. A 180-degree turnaround from the constant political news on Indonesia's government and the usual media coverage on the negatives of Indonesia,
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      Banking is a pain now
      203 6  -  Lint Boon Hee LIKE the bursting of the dotcom bubble economy, the fallacies of technology and the Internet ought to be debunked. In Internet banking, the vendors extol tlie virtues of cyberspace and tell you that it is fast, convenient and available 24 hours a
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      Not 'guinea pigs'
      242 6 THIS refers to the headline for the article on the launch of the Pharmacia Clinical Research Unit. We would like to express our displeasure with the negative connotation reflected in the headline "Ready to be a guinea pig?" (Today, Mar 28). Clinical trials offer hope to cancer
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      Our apologies
      40 6 OUR EDITOR REPLIES IT was never our intention to suggest that people are being used for "experiments", or that their safety is being neglected. On hindsight, we agree that the headline did convey that impression, and we apologise.
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      Give the man CWO for incorrect English
      230 6  -  Pang Kian Tiong I REFER to the letter on having grammar inspectors" (Today, Apr 5). I think a speak "good English" movement is wrong. The writer may insist on grammatically "good English," but I am surprised that he says nothing about diction. Don't
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Lock icon Okay, now relax
      647 7  -  Shazalina Salim Control Operations manager easy only when his boys aren't busy by.. shazalmatS'newstoclay.coni.sg THIS is one office where the boss worries when all his men are suddenly very busy with work. Mr Tay Ko San (right), Manager Control Operations of the Singapore Mass Rapid Transit's Train
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Ascott divests
      284 8  -  Ivay Tan Another $500 million worth of retail properties waiting to be sold by.. i vay newstoday. com. sg THE Ascott Group is divesting its retail property management contracts to CapitaLand Commercial for $8.5 million. This will make CapitaLand Commercial the largest manager of retail space in Singapore.
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      Lock icon Want Want, top performer
      152 8 Bloomberg News WANT WANT Holdings may well be living up to its name, which means prosperity in Chinese. The Singapore-traded stock has risen 71 per cent this year, making it the best performer on the Straits Times Index (STI). During the same period, the STI fell
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      Lock icon UK cuts rate to 5.5%
      61 8 -AFP LONDON The Bank of England cut interest rates yesterday by one quarter of a percentage point to 5.5 per cent. The bank said it was concerned that the slowing global economy could upset Britain's hitherto serene economy. It added that the foot-and-mouth crisis and
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      Lock icon Foreign firms line up for M1
      149 8 AFP THE planned sale of the second largest local mobile communications operator MobileOne Asia exposed several potential foreign buyers, with an estimate of the price tag ranging from two billion to three billion dollars. French mobile operator Orange, Australia's Telstra, Vodafone from Britain and
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    • Article
      $1.1 bil in 1Q property sales
      121 8 A TOTAL of $1.1 billion worth of investment properties and redevelopment sites was transacted in the first quarter of 2001, according to a report by Jones Lang LaSalle. Although sales stayed above the $1 billion mark as in the previous quarter, the contribution from
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      DBS Bank gears up to woo SME market
      271 8  -  Chan Chao Peh by.. chaopeh@newstoday.com.sg DBS wants to help more of the estimated 102,000 small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Singapore to grow. It has already garnered the business of around half the SMEs and has taken steps to re-organise its Enterprise
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  • MARKET NEWS
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      Rally, but can it last?
      507 10 Singapore shares jump led by short-covering THE Straits Times Index managed to redeem itself yesterday with a 54.89 point rise to 1676.88, reversing three days of earlier losses. This is the best one-day showing since Oct 19, 2000, in terms of point gain. US computer
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      An encouraging late-afternoon rebound
      423 10 KUALA LUMPUR The market managed to claw its way back from a 20-point loss to finish the day slightly down. At the close, the KL Composite Index lost 2.5 points to 591.7, after hitting an intra-day low of 575 upon re-opening after lunch. Much of the
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • Article
      Lock icon Mum's the word on a pro-Gus Dur holy war
      232 12 -AFP JAKARTA Some 500 Muslim scholars are keeping Indonesians guessing as to whether they will support a holy war against people trying to unseat President Abdurrahman Wahid. The scholars, from the 40-million strong Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), met on Wednesday to debate
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      Lock icon A $5.3 million tunnel just for Aussie state parliament staff
      102 12 AFP MELBOURNE An Australian state government plans to spend As6 million (555.32 million) building a tunnel for latenight staff in parliament. Victorian State council president Mr Bruce Chamberlain said the underground walkway was needed for about 70 Hansard reporters and
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      Lock icon Clinton, the fund raiser
      86 12 AFP AHMEDABAD Former US President Bill Clinton (right) met with relief agencies and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) here to map out strategy to help quake victims. Mr Clinton also looked into reconstruction plans for the quake-devastated Indian state of Gujarat. The NGOs are hoping for a slice
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      Lock icon 'Spy' who came in from the US
      299 12 Reuters China files charges against academic WASHINGTON China has charged the mother of a five-year-old boy with engaging in spying activities and accepting money from a foreign intelligence agency. The charges were read out to China-born Gao Zhan (right), now a US-based academic,
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      Lock icon Congo Cabinet fired
      93 12 Reuters KINSHASA Barely more than, two months into his job, President Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of Congo sacked his entire Cabinet on Wednesday, the state television reported. It is said that Mr Kabila was concerned about the deteriorating living conditions and acted to improve the
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      Lock icon Two take up Napster void in web music
      154 12 Reuters NEW YORK Two web sites owned by Viacom Inc's MTVi Group have stepped into the void expected to be left by free song-swap service Napster. MTVi Group's MTV and VH1 web sites have started selling digital files of songs from all
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      Lock icon MIT course work online
      309 14 Agencies Institute shares knowledge free over the Internet NEW YORK The prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the name of sharing knowledge plans to make nearly all of its course materials freely available over the Internet. Under the 10-year programme, OpenCourse Ware, MIT would post
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      Lock icon Asylum seekers riot in Australia
      195 14 Reuters CANBERRA About 200 asylum seekers went on a rampage at a remote Australian detention centre, the second riot in a week, officials said yesterday. Police were called after the detainees began destroying property at the remote Curtin centre in Western Australia (above), which houses
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      Lock icon Diplomat's son caught trying to flee
      101 14 -AFP HONG KONG The son of a Nigerian diplomat in Hong Kong was arrested while trying to flee the territory to avoid facing charges of assaulting a police officer. Twenty-year-old Oluwaenia Olusanmokun was detained at the airport as he was about to board his
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      Lock icon Hard act to swallow
      139 14 -AFP PARIS Swallowing a toothbrush could be linked to eating disorders, reported The Lancer, a British medical weekly. A 27-year-old woman sought emergency help at a German clinic, saying she had slipped on a wet bathroom floor while brushing her teeth, thus forcing the toothbrush down
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      Lock icon Blow to Bush's tax cut plan
      164 14 -AFP WASHINGTON-The US Senate has quashed a key element of President George W Bush's budget plan. It called for a US$l.6 trillion (552.9 trillion) tax cut in the 2002 budget, over the next 10 years down from the original proposal of US$2.5 trillion. Democrats
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      Outgoing 'God of Wealth'
      180 14 HONG KONG Some people call outgoing Financial Secretary Donald Tsang the "God of Wealth", after that all-powerful figure of Chinese legend. After all, he was the head of one of the territory's most-powerful ministries and the man behind Hong Kong's past six Budgets. But Mr Tsang
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Lock icon What plague?
      784 16  -  Neville Stack Let's put Britain's foot-and-mouth disease in perspective by nstack@esatclear.ie LONDON According to the prophets of doom, Britain has been brought to its knees by a plague comparable to the Black Death of ancient times. The rotting carcasses of animals are heaped in. the fields...despairing farmers swig
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      There's a time-bomb in Myanmar and it´s not Suu Kyi
      401 16 WHEN one asks what the greatest problem to Myanmar's ruling military junta is, most people would think of the graceful Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of the opposition National League for Democracy (NLD). But what the junta could be more
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  • INFOTECH
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      Great battles
      714 18  -  Greg Kasavin This game is tops in lengthy thrills, as you battle relentless hordes of aliens amidst ancient pyramids by.. YOU'D be hard-pressed to come up with a fast-paced first-person shooter game that's anywhere near as intense as Serious Sam, from Croteam, One look at the box it
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      A CD-Writer that plays DVDs and converts MP3s
      160 18 HEWLETT-PACKARD released its HP CD-Writer 9710i internal drive, and the company's first combination drive, the HP CD-Writer DVD Combo 9900ci. The HP CD-Writer DVD Combo 9900ci is an internal drive that can be used to read DVD discs and write, rewrite and
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      Flash memory suit
      111 18 Ckipmaker, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has filed a lawsuit against its customer Alcatel Business Systems for allegedly defaulting on promises to buy flash memory through 2002. This follows Alcatel's announcement thai it would eliminate WO US jobs, about 5 per cent of its worldwide work force. Sony
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      Glitch could crimp 3G
      73 18 Nokia is working to fix a software glitch that could cause connection problems hrupto id per cent of all cell phones sold in the United States when carriers upgrade to higher-speed network equipment later this year. Nokia sap the "minor" problem is expected io be fixed
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      TOP PICKS OF THE WEEK
      181 18 Nap and Coffee /fere's something you can use to create an excuse to get away from your PC without appearing lazy. It displays real-istic-looking windows to make it look like your computer is installing a new application, testing the surface of your hard disk, or
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  • RELAX
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Music at the film fest
      489 19  -  David Ngiau Silent film gets live accompaniment from the SSO and the Lotvija choir by.. da viais- newsioaay. c o m. sg The Singapore International Film Festival's grandest, most ambitious screening, which opens tonight, is an event not to be missed. The SIFF and SSO
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      Ding dong, the witch is dead!
      773 20  -  Carolyn Wong Survivor's resident ***** gets booted out by.. axn _mktgte>spe .sony. com Hallelujah! The week ended with a bang last Friday when the wicked witch of the west was chucked out of the Australian Outback. Aspiring actress Jerri Manthey (right) was seen to
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      Lock icon QUEEN OF CLUBS
      10 21 Today photo by WEE TECK 111 AN
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      Don't just do the bhangra
      530 21  -  EHse Teoh Indian appeal for an international set by.. elise.teoinfftnemeaiacampus.com They go to Hindu temples in traditional 5,000-year-old style sarees, but they party here in spaghetti straps on the weekends. These are the cooi, slender, long-haired maidens of the Indian pub scene at the one
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      3000 MILES TO GRACELAND
      156 27 -SHOWING TODAY In the middle of on Elvis convention in Las Vegas, a gang robs a casino dressed as Elvis impersonators. The gang is led by big badguy Murphy (Kevin Cosiner), who's backed by loser badguys played by Christian Slater, David Arquette and Bokeem Woodbine. There's
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      Come listen to this enthralling Music Box
      390 27 Where can you enjoy an exciting range of musical performances by more than a hundred young musicians in just three nights? Music Box 2001 is the answer. Beginning tonight at the Singapore Art Museum, local promising musicians under the age of 35 will
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      429 28  -  lan De Cotta at Homemakers 2001 Lifestyles have changed. Our home is now a statement of who we are, even of our aspirations. by ian@ne wsto day. c om.sg THE paintbrush and a few cans of paint used to be all the renovation a home needed, even a
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      178 29 PIONEERING shower-screen manufacturer, Modern Buildings will be introducing a new range at Homemakers 2001. The company, which first manufactured shower screens in 1986 for distributors in Singapore, will be launching the Espression series, consisting of eight models. According to the company's business and development executive
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      Paints are no longer just colours
      409 30 PAINT is no longer just paint. Companies are now not only packing their products with technology to make them elementand fungi-resistant and so on, they are also recommending colour schemes that can help balance moods with the environs as well as home styling. Colour
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      Quiet washes, cool chillers....
      227 32 Other features include a flexible programme selector which gives you options to preset water temperature and spinning speed to cope with different washing requirements. It can also be preset to delay your wash up to 24 hours. Within the last 1 0 years, the popularity of
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      An Innovative kitchen
      472 33 OVER the last twenty /ears, Singapore has grown from a developing to a discerning consumer market. The biggest leap, however, has been over the last decade when digital technology became a byword for most products. Lines have also become cleaner and simpler but the sophistication is unmistakable.
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      Building a new home at decent prices
      352 34 IF you feel that starting a new home has put you on a wing and a prayer, don't fret too much. Firstly you are probably not alone, especially if you are someone who is just starting to build a career. Secondly, take comfort
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      138 32 I LETTS' i Fi m^m OUU IPI g You've worked hard for the things you want, so give yourself a well-deserved break. Come on down to Booth ClO at Homemakers 2001 and experience the better things in life. Showcasing top class refrigerators, laundry products and other goodies from GE. And
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      157 33 i "3 ■^SHPP^H^KNRr^ JJSJi(3i33HnS3E23t ÜBM, the kitchen specialist, has created a kitchen that combines the best of both worlds Italian design and German technology at a price that's a dream come true! ■PBPPIB^M At $8800, the MOD EN A linear kitchen is a 16ft beauty of MOBW£sffiS3SWB tropicalised cabinets, Grade
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      91 35 H ok iv% yo^K aK/^i'. I jj^-p-y Discover a side of Austraiia you've never seen before. You might have seen dolphins on the Discovery Channel, v»v ,1 but have you held one in your arms? Have you had funch with a kangaroo? Or shaken hands with a seal? There are
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      714 36  -  lan De Cotta by.. ian@ newstoday. co m. sg WHEN you step into AdeJaide, you are stepping into one of the world's finest wine-grow-ing regions. Wine-making in Australia started in the late
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      489 38  -  Zackaria Abdul Rahim Today photos by These people are happy, despite having to live in prison cells. Why? by.. zackanats'ne wstoaay. com. sg THE throng of people jostling for free medical attention across the road didn't seem to bother them at all. Peering through the little
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      419 42 Lopez proves to be the missing piece in the Minnesota puzzle NBA Minnesota 83 Portland 79 MINNEAPOLIS Felipe Lopez is still living in a hotel, but he has found a home in the left corner of the Minnesota Timber wolves' offence. Lopez hit the game-winning three-pointer with
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      399 42 NBA Washington 84 Miami 86 WASHINGTON Alonzo Mourning's (right) plus-minus rating, to borrow a statistic from hockey, can't get much better. Yesterday, he gave the Miami Heat just enough minutes to lead them to victory. In his best game since returning
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      666 43 Who says that longer is better? Not the world No.l AUGUSTA We watch Tiger Woods and, yes, we marvel. But we can learn, reports Golfweb. For most of us mere mortals, we won't be able to learn to be six-foot-two and a wiry 180
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      Want to play at Royal Melbourne? Just say the word
      385 43  -  S. Murali by m u ra li(s>n ews to d ay. co m .sg DID you get to watch the 1998 President's Cup, played at the magnificent but exclusive Royal Melbourne Golf Course? Fancy playing at the members-only-no-visitors-can-play-he re course?
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      155 43 WHO says playing golf has always got to mean a major guilt trip, forsaking the wife or the joh for five hours? Playing in the SIET Charity Golf Tournament can help you eradicate that guilty conscience, as you can tell your wife/boss that
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      102 44 MANCHESTER Sir Alex Ferguson will be given £60million to strengthen the Manchester United squad as he goes for broke in his final season in charge at Old Trafford. Ruud van Nistelrooy, the Dutch striker who has recovered from serious knee injury, will be the first target. The
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      Formula One under threat from breakaway series?
      445 44 THE leading carmakers in Formula One have said they intend to set up a rival championship, but it is still a long way from reality, says BBCSport.com. This seems to be the latest installment in the battle for power in Formula One. For
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      537 44  -  Kelvin Phang National coach Ron Hoppe is not worried despite recent performances by kelvin@n e wsto day.com.sg from Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand fared better than the Singaporeans. Despite returning home emptyhanded, coach Hoppe remains unfazed. "If I were to grade the team in terms of results, we
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        Lock icon Lame start for Tiger
        499 45 AFP Woods ends day one five shots behind leader DiMarco Golf AUGUSTA World number one Tiger Woods made a faltering start to his bid to become the first golfer in history to hold all four majors at the same time. With Augusta National playing the easiest
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        340 45 Reuters Uefa Cup Alaves 5 Kaiserslautern 1 VITORIA Alaves virtually guaranteed itself a place in the Uefa Cup final after storming to an astonishing 5-1 victory over Kaiserslautern in the first leg of their semi-final last night. In an astonishing match
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        Lock icon Woodgate and Duberry cleared of conspiracy charges
        413 45 Reuters HULL Leeds United footballer Michael Duberry walked free yesterday after being cleared along with team-mate Jonathan Woodgate and two of Woodgate's friends of conspiring to pervert the course of justice. But, the jury at Hull Crown Court has still to reach a
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      Stallions get hit once again
      324 46  -  Kelvin Phang by kel vin@news today, com. sg THE already sizeable Michiald Kakimoto fan club probably grew by another few hundred after Clementi Khalsa's first win of the season last night. The Elephants' signing from JLeague side Avispa Kukoaka finally brought his duckand helped his
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      Lock icon Selvaraj takes over as skipper and inspires
      336 46 Stanley Ho THE Cobras of Jurong seem to be unable to shy away from controversy. With player-coach V Sundramoorthy suspended after receiving his marching orders against Home United last week, another of his charges was sent off against Balestier last night. Impressive Korean
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      Sundram in the stands
      64 46 REMOTE coaching was the order of the day for Jurong coach V. Sundramoorthy yesterday. After being sent off in his last match, the player-coach was not allowed on the Cobras bench last night. So, he stood on the third level of the Jurong East Stadium and
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      237 47 Stanley Ho NINE goals in three matches. That is nine goals in 270 minutes of play, which translates to a goal every halfhour by either one of the devastating SAFFC striking duo of Mirko Grabovac and Kiatisuk "Zico" Senamuang. Such is the quality of
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      61 47 SOUTHAMPTON is expected to report Tottenham to the Premier League for allegedly making an illegal approach for manager Glenn Hoddle, reported Soccernet.com. It is understood it has enough evidence to show that Spurs broke all four clauses in the code of conduct for clubs over the
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      Best defence but no offence
      406 47  -  Scott O'Doneil Geylang v Tanjong Pagar (Bedok Stadium, 7.30pm) GEYLANG might be sitting pretty on seven points with SAFFC, Woodlands and Tanjong Pagar at the top of the table, but it will be concerned by the lack of goals upfront. The Eagles, who have dominated
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      134 47 Match 3: 3AFFC v Gombak Choa Chu Kang Stadium 3 April 7.30pm Match 4: Geylang v Tanjong Pagar Bedok Stadium 6 April 7.30pm 1X2 1X2 ;i) SAFFC $1.30 X) Draw $4.30 ;2) Gombak $7.30 (1) Geylang $2.15 (X) Draw $3.15 (2) Tanjong Pagar $2.80 1/2
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        281 48 Reuters Ultra-defensive Liverpool gets the draw it wanted Uefa Cup Barcelona 0 Liverpool 0 BARCELONA Liverpool employed a policy of safety at all costs to frustrate Barcelona last night and earn a goalless draw in a Uefa Cup semi-final first leg that flickered into life only briefly
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