Today, 1 September 2001

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  • 8 1 TODAY SatUrdaV •September 1,2001. I MITA(P) US/] 1/2000
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  • 381 1  -  Ng Boon Yian boonyian@n ews to day.com.sg by IT WONT be surprising if some day, someone dubs Speakers' Comer on the eve of its first birthday circa 2001 as the Opposition's Corner. There was Potong Pasir MP Chiam See Tong making his
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  • 562 1  -  Zackaria Abdul Rahim A classroom revolution beyond all textbooks by z a c ka ri a ©news to day.com. s g IN A stirring address that explored distant possibilities, Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong spoke of how lessons could be taught and learnt in our schools. Nothing seemed
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  • 119 1 IN JULY 2001, the National Heart Centre had its first Muslim heart recipient. This is 11 years after Singapore's first heart transplant operation in 1990. Earlier campaigns have tried to get Muslims to participate in kidney donations. The recipient, Mohd Selamat Mohd Ah', was diagnosed
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  • HOT NEWS
    • 417 2  -  Ng Hwee Koon A minister and his jobless school buddy by h we eko o n@n ewsto d ay. c om.sg PEERS during their secondary school days, one is now the Manpower Minister and Member of Parliament for Jalan Besar GRC, while the other is trawling the papers
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    • 203 2 FROM the last week of October, CPF members can start withdrawing their net realised profits made on investments under the CPFIS-OA for the year Oct 1 last year to Sept 30 this year. Members may apply to withdraw up to 100 per cent of their net realised
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    • 216 2  -  Audra him jgg 38 Microwave 22 oven A ~7 5 Laser/video/ 20 CD player I IT is truly up to the community to help the arts scene here to flourish. And to flourish, it must be accessible to the community. At the National Arts Council Arts
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    • 161 2  -  Cathleen Tung IN a bid to upgrade the quality and professionalism of its 2,500-strong agency force, Great Eastern Holdings has developed three training strategies targeted at developing the managerial skills, financial knowledge and service delivery of its insurance leaders and advisors. The $500,000 initiative is part of
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    • 301 3  -  Eltsia Yeo UN agency offers a way out for Australia by e lisi a@ ne wstoday. com. sg GENEVA Some hope finally emerged yesterday for the asylum seekers stranded on board the Norwegian freighter Tampa. After yet another day of diplomatic wrangling, Norway and New Zealand
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    • 139 3 AFP JAKARTA Indonesia must properly punish the killers of three United Nations (UN) workers before Washington can resume full military ties, a senior US official said yesterday. Visiting Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia and Pacific Affairs, Mr James Kelly, said although Washington
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    • 125 3 Reuters BANGKOK A dress code tip on Marriott International's website, which links women wearing blouses and shorts to prostitutes, has landed the US-based hotel chain in the soup in Thailand. One of the pages in the www.marriott.com site advising the dress code in Thailand
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    • Article, Illustration
      344 4  -  Zackaria Abdul Rahim Professor spells out the path to success in sports ATHLETES and coaches are all very well, but one professor says that his university played a big part in the making of the "most successful games ever". "I am proud to say that the success of
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    • 102 4 STUDENTS of Unity Secondary School doing the Para Para Dance with their principal, Mr N Satia Nathan, on ACES (All Children Exercising Simultaneously) day in conjunction with the Teachers' Day Observance. The dance, which was choreographed by the school's own PE department, was well received
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    • 242 4  -  Cathken Tung HALF a million ideas to be generated by 8,000 people in one setting and within an hour. Sounds impossible? But then again, we are talking about the Singapore Productivity and Standards Board (PSB) here. To mark 20 years of the Productivity Movement
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    • 170 4  -  Leong Phei Phei WHEN Dr Adrian Tan went to flood-stricken Orissa state in Northeastern India, his patients had more than the common colds and coughs. The medical officer from the National Healthcare Group's polyclinic told Today: "We saw more of the waterborne diseases such as diarrhoea,
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    • 127 4 SIX drug traffickers and 128 drug abusers were nabbed in a 20-hour islandwide blitz on Thursday. One of the traffickers was a man so heavily addicted to heroin that he had to sell Ice and heroin to support his habit He also acted as a pimp for
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    • 156 4 THE labour movement celebrates its 40th anniversary next Thursday with a dinner for some 1,000 unionists, industry leaders and government officials. They will be joined by Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew, who will address the gathering. NTUC President John De Payva told a news conference that
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 55 4 FeaturingToday... UpFrowt 12 The Suhartos are now outcasts rLE 13 A shop to thrill all (above) h 14 More young females lighting up .y 15 Keep your baby happy and safe M 16 Why more are going to Sepang BHM 18 A new local film worth catching rr 20 The
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  • LETTERS
    • 400 6  -  K. Will Outlandish, the price an expat has to pay just to keep the peace I REFER to your article "Forex in markets?" (Today, Aug 30), about Caucasians getting shortchanged in markets in Singapore. I am an expat in Singapore and I have been living here
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    • 61 6  -  S Krishnan I ENJOYED reading your article "Forex in markets?" {Today, Aug 30) which confirms what many of us who frequent wet markets knew a long time back. To prevent such abuses, it would be helpful if the authorities made it compulsory for all traders to display
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    • 429 6  -  Cheng Choong Peng I QUIT my full-time job to be a stay-at-home mum every time a baby came long. I would be the main caretaker till the baby became a two-and-a-half-year-old toddler, after which I would trust part
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    • 174 6  -  Felicia Kok I FREQUENTLY read reports criticising the local service industry how service staff are generally not up to standard. However, there is this bus driver who has proved to be the exception to the rule. I usually
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
    • 287 7 Bloomberg SIA may drop Air India bid NEW DELHI Singapore Airlines is expected to pull out of its bid for a stake in Air India, the national carrier, an official at India's Ministry of Privatisation said. SIA, which was seeking a 40 per cent stake in Air
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    • Market Watch
      • 51 7 SEMBCORP Industries has denied that it intends to increase its stakes in the Batamindo Investment Corporation, Bintan Inti Industrial Estate and the Karimun Parks. It was referring to recent reports that it is in talks with the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) to acquire further stakes in these
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      • 54 7 FIRST-HALF profit for Allgreen Properties fell 2.8 per cent to $39 million. It sales, however, rose 8.1 per cent to $166 million. "In view of challenging market conditions, we expect the full year's profits to be less than that achieved in year 2000," according to the company's statement
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      • 29 7 US$ UK£ Yen HK$ RM I Euro 0.5747 Rupiah 0.3940 Baht 68.231 Peso 4.4825 I A$ 2.1838 Rupee 0.6270 Won 5093.53 25.33 29.306 1.0808 27.0912 733.154
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    • 157 7  -  Ivay Tan by ivay @news tod ay.com. sg ELECTRONICS giant Hitachi said yesterday it would reduce the production of dynamic random access memory chips at its joint venture, Hitachi Nippon Steel Semiconductor Singapore, to match demand. This quelled rumours that it would close the operation due to
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    • 565 8  -  Lee Ching Wern Real estate agent Ivy Lee sells property by the block by chin gwern® newstoday.com.sg SHE sold 34 units of freehold terrace houses in Stratton Green at Seletar Road within two days last week. Each unit is priced at $1,376 million onwards. And this is
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    • 215 9 Bloomberg SINGTEL shares rose to more than a five-month high yesterday as investors bet its weighting in Morgan Stanley Capital International Indices will increase, traders said. The rise also follows SingTel's acquisition of Australia's Cable Wireless Optus, which will be funded through the sale of
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    • Market News
      • 229 9 SINGAPORE shares were mostly weighed down as US stocks hurtled down because of hastened fund redemptions ahead of their Labour Day holiday on Monday. The key index however was boosted by gains in SingTel and the banks while property and technology issues ended weaker. STI closed 3.38 points up
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      • 106 9 UNITED Overseas Bank yesterday closed its takeover offer for Overseas Union Bank. At the offer close at 9pm last night, UOB has received acceptances totalling 90.1 per cent for its $4.02 in cash and 0.52 share for every OUB share. A 90 per cent stake would give
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      • 97 9 OCBC has secured 98 per cent of Keppel Capital Holdings' {KCH) share capital and listed warrants when the extended offer closed yesterday. It intends to compulsorily acquire the remaining outstanding shares of KCH on Sept 24, one month after having notified KCH shareholders who had
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    • 361 7 Looking for something to make a real song and dance about? Then look no further than/or Art's sake! 2001. From the Ist September to the 16th November, for Art's sake! 2001 brings the best of local and international arts from < around the world to your very doorstep. Incorporating theatre,
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 289 10 Agencies US wants to help surfers dodge censorship WASHINGTON The United States is out to lift the Bamboo Curtain in cyberspace. It is planning to finance the spread of new computer technology designed to help Web surfers in China dodge their government's efforts to censor the
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    • 263 10 Agencies SAO PAULO A gunman wanted in the kidnapping of the daughter of media tycoon Silvio Santos surrendered on Thursday after taking the mogul hostage in his mansion in a seven-hour siege. Mr Santos, 70, owner of Brazil's second-largest network SBT, was released uninjured by Fernando
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    • 173 10 Reuters BAGHDAD Marking an escalation of tension with the United States, Iraqi officials yesterday confirmed that Western F-16 jets had attacked and destroyed the radar station at Basra International airport on Thursday. "US and British warplanes committed a despicable crime by bombing the radar station
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    • 78 10 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Early birds at the Petronas Twin Towers were treated to a fireworks display (picture) early yesterday to mark Malaysia's 44th National Day. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad had earlier marked independence day by scolding his people in poetry and accusing Islamic militants of
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    • 188 10 Agencies DURBAN (South Africa) Cuban President Fidel Castro was there. So were Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and a dozen African presidents. But, with the exception of German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer, a United Nations (UN) conference on racism opened yesterday with virtually no political heavyweights from Europe,
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    • 140 10 -AFP BANGKOK Shark's fin soup restaurants yesterday fought back against claims that the fins contain poisonous mercury by filing a 103 million baht ($3.9 million) lawsuit against the conservation group, WildAid. Fifteen Chinatown restaurateurs said their trade had dropped by up to 50 per cent since
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  • COMMENTRAY
    • 591 11 DRY ICE by Sisyphus When the old ones are sinking, bailing might not be the best option HELP! Our boat is taking in water! We're sinking! Bail mates, bail, as if your lives depend upon it because they do! Help! The world economy is receding!
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    • 313 11 AFP TOKYO When the number of Japanese workers voluntarily quitting their jobs in July rose for the fourth straight month, some said it was a sign the economy was not in bad shape. But after about three years of "overbearing bullying" from
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  • UPFRONT
    • 737 12  -  Elisia Yeo The Suhartos are still rich but they are treated like outcasts THIS is schmaltz Indonesianstyle. Former President Suharto had just celebrated his 80th birthday in June with prayers at a south Jakarta mosque. According to one of his lawyers, Bapak (Indonesian for father) was
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    • 449 12  -  Edmund T Shern My Say edmund@paprika.CQra.sg by THE other day, I met Rick, an old classmate, for lunch. It was one of those lunch meetings I didn't really have time for but had to go to because I didn't want to seem stuck-up. Does that mean I'm
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  • WEEKENDSTYLE
    • 451 13  -  Serena Sim And you don't even have to leave your boyfriends at home by Fashion chain Topshop has opened a new outlet at Suntec City Mall and this one promises to thrill both the lady and her man. It is not just the mind-boggling selection of clothes and
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    • 459 13  -  Pearlyn Tham by Today photos by pearlyn@newsto day. c om.sg Held during Singapore Fashion Week at Raffles City Shopping Centre, and organised by Optical 88 and Opsview Pte Ltd, An Eye For Fashion saw the latest eyewear styles from Chloe, Replay, D&G, Dolce
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    • HEALTH
      • 532 14  -  Rachel Lo More and more young females disregard its dangers by OVER the past few years, many countries have seen a rising number of young female smokers. It seems that the vigorous advertising campaigns by tobacco companies that targeted women are working more young women between the
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      • 604 14  -  Rachel Lo IN THE days before penicillin was discovered, pneumonia was one of the top causes of death all over the world. Although we are now better equipped, with antibiotics and a greater understanding of this disease, many people still die from it each
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    • FAMILY
      • 537 15 Babies'R'Us offers a range of over 100 products to keep your baby safe and happy IT is only natural. Kids become more curious about their surroundings as they get older. Sometimes this curiosity brings them to potentially hazardous areas such as the kitchen and the bathroom, places
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  • MOTORING
    • 492 16  -  Colin Yong More Singaporeans are going to the Sepang Fl Circuit, not just for the thrills but also to improve their driving skills \7OU have a powerful new car, but there are no X roads in Singapore on which you can legally drive it at more than
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    • 202 16 COMPETITION in the compact car segment is heating up. No sooner has the new Opel Corsa been introduced have fresh-faced contenders from Honda and Ford appeared, to challenge established rivals like the Peugeot 206 and Renault Clio. Although the Honda Jazz (below) won't
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    • 219 16 'TVHE SUW (smart utility wagon) Compact, first dis--L played as a concept car by Mitsubishi at the last Tokyo Motor Show, is currently taking centre stage at Ngee Ann City's Civic Plaza. Brought in by Cycle Carriage for its "Roads of Life" motor show, the
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    • 413 17 These new wagons may soon be THE choice for family cars SALES of saloons and MPVs are being threatened by an influx of new-age wagon alternatives in the market It used to be so straightforward. If you had a family to ferry around, the car you'd buy
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    • 144 17 P^ r^W'' -^^fl Always wanted the best. I wouldn't, make that couldn't, settle for anything less than perfect. And that thought has taken me pretty far. My business has finally taken off, Susan's got a new job in an international agency (she's always wanted to do that), and Tommy he's
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  • INCINEMAS
    • 420 18  -  Jenny Kong Gallen Mei's effort is a league apart from other local films FILM REVIEW A Sharp Pencil (Now showing) Ever wonder what you can do with a pencil besides writing, drawing and doodling? How about using it to rob a convenience store, kidnap an army general
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    • 130 18 What would happen when Hugh Grant meets Sandra Bullock? Lots of chemistry. Loads of laughter. And hopefully, millions of dollars at the box-office. According to E! Online, the reigning king and queen of romantic comedy are slated to star opposite each other in a yet-to-be-titled romantic
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    • 196 18 Reuters VENICE Six bodyguards, 22 suitcases and a speeding ticket Nicole Kidman (picture) certainly knows how to arrive in style. Italian newspapers on Thursday left no doubt as to who the big star of the Venice Film Festival was. The paparazzi pursued her across
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    • 122 19 It's easy being sexy, said Jennifer Lopez (right). And looks are irrelevant to being sexy. J. Lo, recently voted the world's most beautiful woman, said: "Being sexy is easy it's all a matter of attitude. Women need to Stop worrying about weight and cellulite
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    • 156 19 -Reuters HOLLYWOOD Hollywood celebrities are lining up to support the two big names vying for the presidency of thee Screen Actors Guild (SAG). In one corner, former Little House on the Prairie star Melissa Gilbert claims backing from Patty Duke, a former president of the
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    • 301 19 In control Janet's in charge of her life after leaving hubby SHE was blinded, but now she can see. Janet Jackson (right) admitted she was blinded by love, and in 1998, by a playful dog which scratched one of her corneas. She accidentally cut the other eye with a magazine
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  • LIMELIGHT
    • 354 20  -  Sophia Ang MediaCorp stars face challenge of raising funds for need 1) by sophia@newstoday.com.sg MEN are from Mars and women from Venus. Innate differences exist not only in character but also (and more visibly so) in physique. Men have always been perceived as the
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    • 169 20 Catch your favourite MediaCorp stars in this "live" show on MediaCorp TV Channel 5, at 7.30 pm. Don't miss this megastar extravaganza where the female celebrities in the Red Team compete against the male celebrities in Blue Team. Support your favourite team and do your part for charity at
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    • 167 20 Challenge One;Three-Leg Kicking RED: Huang Biren, Chen Liping, Jacelyn Tay, Carole Lin and Hetty Sarlene (Suria) BLUE; Edmund Chen, Mark Lee, Shamen (Vasantham), Quah Kim Song (ex-national player) and Nazri Nasir {national player). Challenge Two: Musical Slam Dunk RED: Fann Wong, Ivy Lee, Gaby Hochbaum (national
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    • 104 20 So, A-mei (above) is up for the Hit Awards after all. Now, the bigger news is, she will fly into town to attend the Y.e.s. 93.3 FM Hit Awards on Sept 8. Chang Huei Mei, aka A-mei, had her nomination for the AsiaPacific Most Outstanding
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    • Article, Illustration
      548 21  -  Hazel Tan Julian Cheung stars with lover Anita Yuen for the first time by haz el@ n e wsto d ay. co m. sg LOVE and work shouldn't mix. For the longest time, Julian Cheung (picture) insisted on working apart from his main squeeze, award-winning actress Anita Yuen.
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    • 306 21 The course of true love never did run smooth. Gigi Leung and Ekin Cheng may not be Hong Kong's golden couple after all. According to Hong Kong newspaper, The Sun, Gigi (picture) apparently revealed on a radio programme that their relationship is on
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    • 69 21 On Wednesday and Thursday nights, deejays from MediaCorp Radio's Chinese stations successfully raised $59,000 for the Community Chest while taking part in a special edition of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? The cheque will be presented to the Community Chest this month. Among the 12 deejays
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    • 270 21  -  The South China Morning Post Canto-pop singer Joey Yung Cho-yee (picture), who was arrested earlier this month in connection with the alleged assault of TV actor and disc jockey Leung Sze-ho in February, was released unconditionally yesterday. Yung, 21, accompanied by her lawyer,
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    • 185 24 MUSIC IlTrovatore The presentation is to remember the death centenary of Giuseppe Verdi.Two brothers are trapped by their past in a deadly contest that neither will win. Dates: Today till Sept 4 (no show on Sept 3) Time: Bpm Venue: Victoria Theatre Prices: $3 1 to $11 1 and
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    • 318 24 I HESE dancers are out to defy their bodies' trained responses, and get back in touch with their basic instincts. Herein lies the inspiration for Frontier Danceland's latest production: Sharing 111 -Just A Piece of Meat. "As we move and dance, celebrating our existence in this mortal world
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    • 174 24 AN insane physician, a charismatic lab rat, a giant three-eyed robot percussionist, a re-cons true tive surgery catalogue model, her billionaire husband, a pin-head and a buffet-munching adolescent. Who are they? No, these are not characters from a nightmare. They are actually adorable characters from
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    • 139 24 MACHO bikers selling tulips? The idea may sound incongruent but it's all in the name of a good cause. As the Children's Cancer Foundation (CCF) is the adopted charity of the Harley Owners' Group (HOG) this year, and tomorrow is the CCF's Annual Tulip Day, the
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  • Page 23 Miscellaneous
    • 1444 23 The Living Home MTV Movie Awards 2001 SEA Gomes Singapore Mahjortg Dragon n is JK Small Spaces, Big Ideas! annel 5,7.30pm VS IIIOSGiyTV, 10pm Channel U, 10.30pm debtdueto IT Indra Sahdan her compulsive gambling. As a result, Snail spaces needn't be boring at all. W Hol^ Ood mMgn (right) and
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  • SPORTS
    • 441 25 -AFP The match will be shown live today onChM® spm All Blacks believe they can 'out-muscle' the Aussies Tri-Nations SYDNEY Having upstaged the muchvaunted Springboks forwards a week ago, the New Zealand pack is now ready to be as imposing up front when it takes on Australia
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    • 693 26  -  Leonard Thomas Ginger-haired Red Devil has often proven to be a big game match-winner Germany v England by e nard@newsto day. c m. sg CAPTAIN Beckham is fit enough to start. So is Steven Gerrard, although Bayern Munich hero Steffen Effenberg says he's never heard of
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    • 378 26 Reuters BERLIN Germany's strikeforce of Carsten Jancker and Oliver Neuville want an end to the pre-match hype, saying they are eager to take to the pitch and prove they are better than England's Michael Owen and Emile Heskey. Owen and Heskey both
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    • 604 27 Reuters Feisty Ireland can strike a fatal blow to the Netherlands' World Cup dreams Group 2 World Cup qualifier Ireland v Netherlands (Live tonight, Ch 22 9.55pm) DUBLIN Almost six years ago, two Patrick Kluivert goals ended Ireland's hopes of qualifying for Euro'96. Today, the
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    • 236 27 ZURICH Some may well call it the luck of the Irish, but knowing Asia's improvement in the world game, maybe it is not. Group Two leader Republic of Ireland will have to leave Europe and faces a trip to Asia if it ends up second
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    • 126 27 AFP COPENHAGEN Arsenal has made an offer to Danish champion FC Copenhagen for South African international striker Sibusiso Zuma, the daily Extra Bladet reported yesterday. The Gunners are reported to have offered US$7.4 million ($l3 million) for the 26-year-old Zuma, but the Danes may be holding
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    • 267 27 Reuters LIVERPOOL Dutch international Sander Westerveld said yesterday he has been assured by Liverpool manager Gerard Houllier that he will still be the first choice goalkeeper. This despite the imminent arrival of either Feyenoord's Jerzy Dudek or Coventry's Chris Kirkland. The proposed Dudek deal is in danger
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