Today, 7 August 2001

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    11 1 TODAY Tv c s d ay Ausust 2°ol MITA(P) 138, ll'2ooo
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    Lock icon Bombs found in Tommy Suharto's home
    283 1 Reuters JAKARTA Indonesian police yesterday raided a mansion owned by the fugitive youngest sen of disgraced former president Suharto, uncovering many home-made bombs. Police said they had found no trace of Hutomo Mandala Putra, better known as Tommy Suharto, who has been on the
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    Here's to the S'pore Dream
    584 1  -  Toh Han Shih Big bucks by 40 and cool wine with his laksa by news@newstoday.com.sg IF* this were fiction, it could only be classified a fairy-tale. Instead, it qualifies as the Singaporean Dream. A stroke of good fortune, combined with a brilliant investment decision, has
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    SM Lee's second memoir censored in Chins
    196 1 CENSORS in China are deletiHg and rewriting parts of the second volume of Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew's memoirs, From Third World to First, according to a Washington Post report. And this has delayed the book's publication in China, publishing sources in Singapore
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Why all this fuss?
      377 2  -  Kim-Kyna Tan Gays peeved as spotlight turns on N-Day bash by kim@newstoday.com.sg THE news wire agency, AFP, called it a "coming out" party to celebrate gay and lesbian pride, coinciding with the nation's biggest event of the year, National Day. And to top it off, the
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      Lock icon Mr Test-Tube Baby dies
      138 2 Channel News Asia xWENOWNED Singapore gynaecologist, Professor S S Ratnam (right), has died of pneumonia. He was 73. He passed away at the National University Hospital (NUH) at 6.55pm yesterday. Better known as the man who gave Asia its first test-tube baby through the in-vitro fertilisation
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    • Article
      Greedy guardian bags cash, gets jail
      157 2  -  Cathleen Tung AS a team leader with Cisco's Cash in Transit unit, Sargunan Kesavan was responsible for securing cash that his team received from clients. Unfortunately, greed prevented him from fulfilling his duties. In June this year, the chief cashier of NTUC Club at
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      Don't rely on drugs alone: Schizo expert
      295 2  -  Leong Phei Phei by pheiphei@newstoday.cora.sg A US expert on schizophrenia found in a study -Hiat too much emphasis is placed on the use of drugs when treating schizophrenics. Here to speak to the mental healthcare profession is Professor Anthony Lehman, who told Today
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      Special cloth that swallows jewellery
      153 2 A. WOMAN in her 50s was conned of $6,000 worth of jewellery and valuables by two men who stopped her for directions on Sunday. She was waiting for a bus near Causeway Point when they approached her. After asking for directions, one of the men
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      Lock icon Suspects arrested
      121 3 -AFP JAKARTA Indonesian police have arrested two suspects over the murder of a judge who had sentenced Tommy Suharto to 18 months' jail for graft. "The two suspects were captured in Jakarta. We will continue to investigate the killing," said national police chief General S Bimantoro. Supreme Court
      -AFP  -  121 words
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      Lock icon 'Preachers' confess
      62 3 -AFP 'KABUL The United Nations has expressed concern after Afghanistan's Taliban militia said eight foreigners arrested on suspicion of preaching Christianity would be punished according to Sharia law. The fundamentalist regime's deputy religious police minister, Mohammad Salim Haqani, said the foreigners had confessed to their crimes but the
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      When Wiranto met Megawati...
      361 3  -  Tan Siew Eng Meeting for bridge invite raises eyebrows by sieweng<s>newstoday.com.sg A MEETING between a one-time 'Indonesian military strongman and President Megawati Sukarnoputri has raised eyebrows. General Wiranto met the President yesterday to talk bridge. The meeting was to invite Ms Megawati to open the World
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      A little leg up
      337 4  -  Zackaria Abdul Rahim But NS scheme won't change university landscape by zackaria@newstoday.com.sg TfiOSE who perform well during full-time National Service will be given bonus points, which could help them gain entry into the National University of Singapore (NUS) and the Nanyang Technological University (NTU). The scheme
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      The nurse goes flying in
      264 4  -  Audra him NJJRSE Swan Hwee Boon (pic--ture) starts each day prepared to fly to patients who need medical assistance. She is with International SOS (ISOS), the world's largest aeromedical company with 41 offices worldwide. Ms Swan, 35, a senior coordinating nurse, is on call 24
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      Judges go looking for dirt and bad habits
      303 4  -  Lee U-Wen LOOK around your HDB estate before you reach home today. Are the walls of your block free from vandalism and the corridors clean? Are the public areas such as the car parks and footpaths clear of junk and refuse? These
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      Love goes out the window
      151 4  -  Cathleen Tung jfHEIR love turned sour, so he vented his frustration on her windowpanes. In December last year, 26-year-old disc jockey Raspal Singh went to look for his ex-girlfriend, Nisha Kaur, at her house. First he shouted for her. Then he hurled abuses at her
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      Online civil service college
      125 4 AN online marketplace that bpttfg together education providers and learners. That is the aim of the Singapore Learning Exchange, launched jointly by the Civil Service College and consulting firm Accenture yesterday. The Exchange presents a wide reach for providers, while for users, it allows them to
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      24 4 1777 That's the number to call in nonemergency situations. 995, the hotline number for emergency ambulance services, should only be used in lifethreatening situations.
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
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      53 4 h-M Featuring Today... Hi jj it /18 Gays insulted KJIJ N|« The thong's over new film 'jfri^ Miss Saigon is JHfc o I morechfnjusta MJH/,^ Prawns in pink O ve story InCinema", /20 TuiFOi.T 124 Rush Hour 2 Can Pacrida Mok iams box office play an English\~fl m m speaking
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  • LETTERS
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      Sacking employees through SMS is not the proper thing to do
      130 6  -  Tom Ong LREFER to the letter "SMS not the /way to sack workers" (Today, Aug 6) I agree with the writer that SMS is not a correct channel to sack workers. It is most unceremonious to do that through
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      Time to revamp banking system
      560 6  -  William KKuskrs Foreign banks straitjacketed, local banks too protected LAST Friday's edition of Today published two reports, which complemented each other in more ways than one. The first article mentioned Harvard Business School Professor Michael E Porter calling on the Singapore government to rethink its
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      Much confusion over Dr Chee's position
      247 6  -  Raymond Lee JfI*HEN a member of a political party belongs to two organisations at the same time, it may lead to some messy situations. Now we have a Dr Chee Soon Juan book launch being given publicity on the new Singapore Democratic Party (SDP)
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Lock icon Unhappiness at DBS meeting
      256 8 Channel News Asia DBS Bank is now in talks with its financial adviser, Goldman Sachs, on who should bear the $2 million in compensation to Overseas Union Bank (OUB) and United Overseas Bank (UOB). So said DBS chairman S Dhanabalan (left) at the bank's extraordinary general
      — Channel News Asia  -  256 words
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      KepLand says not yet
      398 8  -  Ivay Tan Developer's property re-valuation at year end by ivay@newstoday.com.sg KEPPEL Land (KepLand), Singapore's third largest property developer, is not considering a re-valuation of its properties despite the gloomy economic outlook. But it would review the need to make provisions at year end, said Mr Kevin
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      Lock icon British manufacturing hits recession
      88 8 -AFP LONDON British manufacturing has sunk into recession after suffering two quarters in a row of contraction, official figures showed yesterday. Manufactured output fell by two percent in the three months to June from the figure for the previous quarter, the Office for National Statistics said.
      -AFP  -  88 words
    • Market Watch
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        No plans to delist Marco Polo
        182 8 SINGAPORE developer Marco Polo Developments said its parent. Hong Kong's Wheelock Co, has no plans to take the company private, contrary to investors' expectations. Shares of the company had risen 30 per cent this year as investors bet it would buy back shares or
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        PCA Tech to launch IPO
        114 8 PCA Technology, a contract manufacturer of computer sound cards and Nomad Jukebox digitalmusic players, will raise net proceeds of $9.5 million in an IPO launched here yesterday. The money will be used to fund its expansion in Malaysia and for working capital. The company is
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        OUBAM aims for EFM status next year
        86 8 OUB Asset Management (OUBAM), a wholly owned subsidiary of Overseas Union Bank, is now the largest local bank-backed fund management house. It currently manages $5 billion of investors' funds. Foreign investors' funds account for more than 55 per cent of the total fund
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        Your S$1 buys...
        27 8 US$ 0.5609 |UK£ 0.3953 Yen 69.488 ChKs 4.3746 IrM 2.1315 [Euro 0-6375 Rupiah 5267.1 B«ht 25.514 Peio 29.856 AS 1.0865 'Rupee 26.426 |Won 721.92
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      Lock icon Suspended
      138 10 Channel News Asia Spore Exchange bars trading of KCH shares^ Shares of Keppel Capital may never trade on the Singapore exchange again, after they were suspended from trading yesterday. That is after OCBC said it has secured agreements from 91 per cent of Keppel Capital shareholders to sell their
      — Channel News Asia  -  138 words
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      Big drop in Creative's Q4 profit likely
      259 10 CREATIVE Technology's fourth quarter profit fell 84 per cent as sales of the largest maker of sound cards slumped amid slowing demand for computer-related devices. The company's profit is likely to fall to $6 million for the three months ended June. This is
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      Lock icon HSBC profits up 10%
      174 10 Channel News Asia BANKING giant HSBC has reported significant rise in interim results, beating market expectations. HSBC's net profit rose 10 per cent to some US$4 billion ($7.13 billion) for the first half of the year compared with a year ago. The numbers came in better
      — Channel News Asia  -  174 words
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      Lock icon Taiwan to raise foreign telco ceiling
      163 10 -AFP TAIPEI Taiwan is expected to raise its ceiling for direct foreign ownership in local telecommunication firms at the end of the year ahead of its entry into the World Trade Organisation (WTO), reported the Commercial Times. The Transportation and Communications Ministry has decided
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    • Market News
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        Singapore
        298 10 INDEX-HEAVY bank stocks collectively rose on Jhcfirst trading day of the week, helping to propel the Straits Times Index up 8.85 points to close at 1658.21 points. However, that was the only positive light in an otherwise dull and uneventful trading day. Many dealers point to the release of
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        Malaysia
        165 10 THE Malaysian market closed easier on fresh profit-taking. The Kuala Lumpur Composite Index eased 5.2 points to 654 as investors unloaded some of the previous weeks' better performers. Lower liners and speculative issues bore the brunt of the selling, while key index-linked issues slipped in quiet trading. Trading volume
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      Lock icon The Golden bust
      552 11 Bloomberg Golden Agri's shareholders not confident of recovering investments as company faces bankcruptcy /'iJOLDEN Agri-Resources, which is owned by the Indonesian Widjaja family, faces bankruptcy as it cannot recover US$226 million ($402.60 million) from a Cook Island bank, which the family also owns. The company, which supplies
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      268 9 'InnAY J^LLLr 1 3UPISI((QjDLLAJi3 IJjjjiz Stay tuned to the National Day Parade and win SuperDdllars! Read Today on E, 7 and 8 Aug, and collect a total of E words. Then stay tuned to the 'live' telecast of the National Day Parade on 2Jj Jf or clues to the words.
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      A tuition in terror
      290 12 Taliban gave lessons to XL group: report KUALA LUMPUR A secretive Malaysian militant group learned how to use rocket launchersand assemble bombs in Afghanistan. The New Straits Times reported that the Kumpulan Mujahidin Malaysia (KMM) was trained in mountain guerrilla warfare tactics near the Afghan capital
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      Lock icon Opposition activists win round one
      171 12 Agencies KUALA LUMPUR Five opposition activists won the first round of a legal battle against their detention under the Internal Security Act yesterday. The Federal Court agreed to admit new evidence in their appeal hearing. A five-member panel led by Chief Justice Mohamed Dzaiddin Abdullah
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      Lock icon Princely trove under hammer
      125 12 AFP photo ITALIAN chandeliers (above) were among 10,000 items valued at US$2 billion ($5 billion) which went on display yesterday in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei, prior to a six-day auction starting from Saturday. Other items include flight and racing car simulators, a couple of recording studios,
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      Lock icon VCD sales banned at night marts
      99 12 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR For better control, Malaysia has decided to ban the sale of video compact discs (VCDs) in open places, such as night markets. Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said yesterday the ban, aimed at combating the distribution
      – Bernama  -  99 words
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      'Extinct' turkey becomes dinner
      82 12 --CONDON A species of turkey last seen alive 60 years ago has been found by hunters in an Indonesian forest. Unfortunately, the Bruijn's brush-turkey was cooked and eaten before another man recognised the remains and told the villagers the bird was "want- Ed," reported the Daily
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      Change to HK system?
      313 13 Study to decide on need for ministers HONG KONG The government here has compatssioned a study with the aim of introducing a ministerial system in the territory. The South China Morning Post said the study would look into the pay packages for political appointees by studying
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      Lock icon Race to stop Web worm
      109 13 -AFP WASHINGTON US and British computer security experts scrambled yesterday to halt the onslaught of at least two mutant variations of the "Code Red" computer worm, said to be more dangerous than their progenitor. "We are aware of at least two variants of the computer
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      Lock icon Mental patients chained to bed as fire sweeps asylum
      180 13 Reuters MADRAS Fire swept through a -Cental asylum in southern India in the early hours yesterday, killing at least 25 patients. The victims at the private home, attached to a mosque in Erwadi, about 550 km south of Madras, had no
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  • COMMENTARY
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      The new Red tide
      871 14  -  Debanjan Chakrabarti West Bengal's communists take on a new image with gusto and apprehension by in Kolkata, India THE people of West Bengal have been electing a communist government for more than 26 years, returning the Left to power six times since 1977. The government in
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      Lock icon Asians are pointing fingers to hide their own shortcomings
      205 14 -AFP SINGAPORE Stop pointing fingers and blaming c>thers for your problems. That is what foreign businessmen in the region are telling Asians. The economic downturn is not entirely because of a slump in the Japanese and US export markets but also
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      88 14 r^ n j^li I LJ'jr C/"*j> U w 10.30 am Singapore Celebrates: As You Remember-The Laughter ~"~J"^"~~' < J-^—/'--^ 11.30 am Singapore Celebrates: As You Remember -The Arts kj^/ J >L-/ -U-J J^iJd^CUJj 1/JJ 06.00pm Singapore Celebrates: Turning 36 "LIVE" p^ ———m—^—^^m—m—Mmm—mt—i^—m— 08.00pm Singapore Celebrates: 36 Years of Television AugtlSt
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  • INFOTECH
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      The spoken word
      503 16  -  Sol E Solomon Speech recognition vendor says it brings quick returns by solomon@newstoday.com.sg QPEECH recognition is not just nice-to-Ohave technology for businesses but it also can help firms save costs while improving customer service. So says president and Chief Executive Officer Stuart R Patterson of Speech Works,
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      Benchmarks
      118 16 IT research and consulting firm, Meta Group, has launched its Benchmarking Practice here, _y' The benchmark is a process of assessing market competitiveness. It will also assess the prices charged and the quality of competitiveness of the services offered by a firm. Meta Group said the researcher's methodology shortens
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      Asia-Pacific to outpace US as world's largest Internet market
      307 16 A SIA-PACIFIC will overtake the "XxUnited States as the world's largest Internet market within three years. This is according to the Dataquest unit of research group, Gartner. Its analysts project this region to have 183.3 million Internet subscribers in 2003, compared
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    • BREAKING NEWS
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        Something to smile about
        74 16 Something TAIWAN'S digital camera makers are focusing on skyrocketing exports while much of the island's electronics industry continues to founder amid a global downturn in computer demand. The quasi-government Institute for Information Industry (III), said Taiwan digital camera production is likely to surge 86 per cent
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        ASP springboard
        53 16 Compaq and PricewaterhouseCoopers have picked Singapore as a springboard for their alliance to offer tailored application service provider (ASP) business offerings to Asean. Called Tailored ASr Business Solutions, the alliance aims to "e-enable" customers with tailored ERP (enterprise resource planning), CRM (customer relationship management), SCM (supply chain management)
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        More infectious than namesake
        67 16 Call it viral marketing. Code Red the soda has been spreading almost as fast as its namesake computer worm. The caffeine-laden, cherryflavoured version of its cousin, Mountain Dew, was released in May, months before the worm. And as computer security experts work to contain the damage
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      Minority stake
      113 16 GLOBAL technology company, ABB, has acquired per cent stake in software provider, IFS Industrial Financial Systems. The acquisition was made through a share issue valued at US$9.B million ($17.45 million). For over a year, IFS has developed ways to integrate its application business software and ABB's Industrial IT
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      Classy portability
      637 17  -  Aloysius Choong This notebook offers many features and looks good by A COOL silver-grey exterior and aerodynamic profile add a touch of class to the Fujitsu Lifeßook C-6592 notebook. With a big footprint of 310 by 289.5 mm, it feels stable when laid on the table but is
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      Fosa notebooks are here
      85 17 FOSA has released in Singapore its range of Intel Pentium 111-based notebooks with configurations that go up to IGHz. These portables come with 10, 20 and 30GB hard disks, 64M8 to 256M8 memory, BMB 4X AGP shared video memory that is expandable to 64M8, and built-in
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      Linux compatible
      65 17 LjpHvIARK International now oners a range of Linux-compati-ble and certified printers for the Singapore market. Linux users can easily integrate Lexmark inkjets, colour and monochrome lasers and multifunction printers into their operating systems. The vendor plans to extend its Linux compatibility with a new range of products in
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      New Maxtor interface a third faster
      154 17 MAXTOR has released the ,-tTltra ATA/133 hard drive interface specification designed to boost data transfer rates between the computer and the hard drive up to 133 MB per second. The new interface is a third faster than the earlier Ultra ATA/100 technology integrated in
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      Easy billing
      53 17 TWO new products from Internet Bill Presentment and Payment (IBPP) portfolio have been unveiled by the e-commerce software vendor. For the business-to-consumer (B2C) market, it has introduced the BillerXpert 4.5, a wirelessenabled billing product, and for the business-to-business (B2B) market, it offers the BillerXpert 828 Edition. More details
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  • UPFRONT
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      This thing called thong
      443 18 The scanty parity and why women wear it Suicidal stillettoes that create permanent podijrtric problems. Restrictive corsets that rib surgery. Heavy armour that masquer ades as reinforced brassieres like those popularised by Madonna. Looks before comfort, and some say, safety. Why else would so many women
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      Run, form, jump... well, it's not so simple
      275 18  -  Shazalina Salim by shazalina@newstoday.com.sg Tt sounds so simple. Run into the field, form groups, Xjump and roll according to the music. But when it come to 2001 people, it's a different story. Coordinating the participants representing the Singapore Soka Association at the
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      My Say Talking about Moses Lim ...
      256 18  - My Say Talking about Moses Lim Kevin Wong by kevin@mediacorpradio.com.sg "HVinny man Moses Lim is definitely larger than Pliie. There is more to the man than meets the eye and from Aug 13, listeners will also get to hear more of him on MediaCorp Radio station Love 97.2. when he
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
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      53 18 INSIDE: -20/lnCinemas •22/ LimeLight -23/ TV listings »24/ TimeOut a MISS SAIGON THE REVIEW It is not jost a love story. It is a tale of a people displaced by war, conflict of ideology aid cultures. It is the story of hopes, dreams aid a quest for greener pastures. ELAINE
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  • HOMECHEF
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      Prawns in pink
      731 19  -  Pauline DLoh Keep cool with a salad that looks good and tastes better by pauline@newstoday.com.sg The hot, humid season is once more with us as typhoons brew in the Pacific and the Southwest monsoon brings buffs of heated air straight up from the Equator. It's time to
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      Keeping the crunch in seafood
      191 19 MOST people tend to overcook their seafood, for fear of parasites and other unnamed dangers that may upset delicate stomachs. But in truth, unless it is a huge lobster or hard-shelled crab, most seafood takes very little time to cook. Bacteria and viruses die at
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  • INCINEMAS
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      Lock icon Jackie and Chris jam box-office
      441 20 -Reuters Rusj} Hour 2 speeds to a $120 m opening in US LOS ANGELES Moviegoers jammed theatres over the weekend as the Chris Tucker-Jackie Chan action-comedy Rush Hour 2 opened with a haul of US$66.B million ($l2O million). Rush Hour 2, which cost a reported
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      Lock icon How the new films fared in other markets
      103 20 REUTERS/Variety In the UK, Rusk Hour 2 surprisingly came off second-best in a scrap with Cats Dogs over the weekend. Falling well below its US entry, the Rush Hour sequel took only US$2.2 million FridaySaturday, trailing Cats Dogs' US$3 million. One London-based
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    • Article
      Lock icon Sexy Storytelling causes uproar
      260 20 REUTESS/Variety NEWYORK A dispute between two fixtures of the indie biz taboo-busting director Todd Solondz and October Films co-founder and Lot 47 president Jeff Lipsky flared on the news service indie Wire.com recently. Solondz had been asked to alter his new film, Storytelling, to meet his
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      Gays insulted over new film
      438 21 Smith appeases with donation to group i i I "*he Catholic Church and the Gay and •i Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) actually have something in common: both cannot tolerate Kevin Smith films. Writer-director Smith (top with Salma Hayek) had offended the Church with his
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      Lock icon DiCaprio's three-movie deal
      194 21 Reuters/Variety HOLLYWOOD Following their -"recent collaboration on Gangs of New York, Leonardo DiCaprio has signed a three-year, first-look production deal with the film's producer. With Initial Entertainment Group (lEG) and his new Los Angeles-based production company, Appian Way, DiCaprio will develop projects in which he will either
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      Aping with monkey coach
      219 21 'TV) bring the ape out of his cast, Planet of /X. the Apes director Tim Burton brought in movement specialist Terry Notary (below, right). He can be seen in the film as Tim Roth's stunt double. Just last week, the four-time AUAmerican gymnast from UCLA and
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      673 22  -  Elaine Quek Miss Saigon is a visual spectacle that touches the heart by elaine@newBtoday.com.sg ]\/pss Saigon is more than just IVI a love story. The theme of hopes and dreams run equally strong in this musical. The plot has all the ingredients of a dramatic war epic, complete with
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      1587 23 foiEDUkCORP /\A~DIj\CORP The Unmaking of a President How to Marry a Millionaire I*2^l PWi Days of Youth channilnbwsasia Channel News Asia, 9.30pm Arts Central, 10pm City TV, 9.30pm The programme --^1 Three man hunting,females, who an An IT whiz with a burning desire to Headlines traces the dramatic tired of
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      Patricia Mok goes back to school for stage role
      458 24  -  Sophia Ang by Sophia@newstoday.com.sg She has appeared in movies and on the television, but she has only made a cameo appearance on stage. All that is set to change when Patricia Mok lines up for her role as a 14-year-old schoolgirl
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      370 24 Thrh-Paylistihg MUSIC "Music For Strings The Chan Yong Shing Chamber Orchestra presents an evening of classical works featuring homegrown soloists. Audiences will get to savour pieces by a wide range of composers, including Bartok, Mozart, Vivaldi and Ravel. Date: Aug 7 Time: Bpm Venue: Victoria Concert Hall Price: $$15, $30,
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      460 25 -AFP His dream wrecked by unseeded Romanian Montreal Masters MONTREAL Being unseeded did not deter 'Romanian Andrei Pavel at the tennis Masters Series in Montreal. Pavel revelled all week in his underdog status, and yesterday, he clinched the title by upsetting ninth-seeded Patrick Rafter 7-6
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      Lock icon Venus is setting the standard for women's tennis, says Seles
      584 25 Reuters SAN DIEGO Monica Seles said V^nus Williams was pushing the level of women's tennis to new heights after she was beaten 6-2, 6-3 by the Wimbledon champion in the final of the U*****,000 ($1.34 million) Acura Classic yesterday. "Everybody
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      561 26 The 'Kansas Cannonball' matches King Carl's record World Championships EDMONTON First, Maurice Greene felt a pinch in his left quadriceps. A stride later, with about 15 metres left in his quest for his third consecutive 100 m world championship, Greene felt his hamstring twang. But worst
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      272 26 -Reuters EDMONTON Olympic champion Marion Jones thinks she could run faster than ever when she continues her campaign to win her third consecutive world 100 metres title today. "Tomorrow in the semi-finals, I will be all out," Jones said yesterday. "In
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      How wrestling helped Pernice to his second PGA Tour win
      361 26 3GA International CASTLE ROCK As any old wrestler will tell you, winning calces long hours of hard work. No sweat, no pain, no gain. For 18 years, former high school wrestler Tom Pernice Jr has been working and sweating out
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      715 27 -AFP No fewer then eight p ex-Euro champs fight for Champions League place proper Champions League PARIS The big money stakes of the /Champions League group format loom large for the sides involved in the third and final preliminary round this week. Entry into the first
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      Korean one-two as Pak rises to the top
      392 27 British Women's Open BERKSHIRE Pak Se Ri thought she had nothing to lose Sunday in the Women's British Open at Berkshire, England, so she relaxed and just played her best. The result was a 6-under-par 66 and a twostroke victory over Mi
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      136 27 -AFP LONDON Celtic striker Chris Sutton revealed yesterday that his side sought revenge against Manchester United at Old Trafford last Wednesday for a previous ill-tempered meeting between the two teams. Scottish champion Celtic beat Man United 4-3 in Ryan Giggs' testimonial match, a sequel to Tom Boyd's benefit
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      716 28  -  Jose Raymond Ex-Gombak coach reveals why he quit the Bulls by jose@newstoday.com.sg WHEN former M-League champi-onship-winning coach Moey Yoke Ham quit Gombak United last Wednesday, tongues were wagging. The sudden decision to leave the club he had planned to build into a title-winning side left many scratching their heads.
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      Lock icon Singapore squares off againt Thialand on August 13
      128 28 WILL Kiatisuk Senamuang (picture, right) 'get a kick out of Nazri Nasir (picture, left), like he did yesterday at the Muay Thai Fitness Centre? Or will Nazri lead the Lions to another victory over the Thais as he did earlier in the
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      345 28  -  Scott O'Donell LAST Friday, the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) Executive Committee meeting endorsed a "Leave of Absence" rule. It means S-League clubs can now replace their foreign stars for the period they are away on international duty. And when the national stint over,
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      Poor football, poor refereeing spoils match of the season
      505 29  -  Scott O'Donell by scott@newstoday.com.sg billed as the match of the season. Geylang United and Home United, first and second respectively in the S-League, met last Saturday in what many experts felt was a possible title-decider. Host Home even decided to increase
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      Tampines signs World Cup goalkeeper
      159 29  -  Jose Raymond KYRGYSTAN World Cup goalkeeper .Zakir Djalilov has agreed terms with Tampines Rovers and should join the club by the end of August. The 29-year-old 'keeper, currently playing in the Kazakhstan League with Shakhter FC, was due to arrive today, but that has been
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      NTUC Income-TODAY Fan of the Week
      91 29 PUT your faith in Mirko Grabovac and you will not go wrong. That has been SAFFC fan Hamzah Hussin's motto the last two years, ever since the Croatian hotshot began strutting his stuff with the Warriors. "He is one of a kind, don't you
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      561 30  -  Kelvin Phang Singaporean keeps her nerve to win China crown I by in Guangzhou kelvin@newstoday.com.sg A BLUE Hello-Kitty /mini-handheld fan played a part in Yap Seok Kirn's first victory on the CGU Asian Bowling Tour yesterday. With temperatures in Guangzhou soaring into the mid-30 degree Celsius range,
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      350 30  -  Kelvin Phang Ng might have bowled himself into contention for a place in the South-east Asia Games after finishing second in the fourth round of the CGU Asian Bowling Tour in Guangzhou, China yesterday. The Singapore Tenpin Bowling Congress is set to announce its
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      239 32  -  Jose Raymond INDONESIA-BASED forward Ahmad Latiff Khamaruddin has not been included in the national U-23 football team's tour of Europe. The 22-year-old, recently dropped from Team Singapore's clash against Manchester United for indiscipline, was not named by coach Flemming Nielsen
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