Today, 6 September 2001

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  • 7 1 TODAY Thursday September 6, 2001 MITA(P) BS/11/2000
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  • Article, Illustration
    624 1  -  Ng Boon Yian by in Kuala Lumpur b o onyian@n ewstotiay.coni.sg BEYOND dollars and cents, besides concessions and demands, the deal was clinched I with speed because Malaysia's immediate political future is a little hazy. It is hazy enough for Singapore to wonder whether it should give in
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  • 154 1  -  Leong Phei Phei A NEW combination drug therapy can cut strokes by a quarter, according to a recent study. The six-year international study involved 6,000 patients in Europe, Asia and Australasia. Patients were given two drugs, perindopril and indapamide, both used separately for controlling blood pressure in the
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  • HOT NEWS
    • 381 2  -  Lee Ching Wern Third-party publicity eased for lawyers by chingwe rn@newsto day. c om.sg LET'S face it. Lawyers need publicity, too. In countries like the US, good publicity is what drives up their fees. In more conservative Singapore, most lawyers have even been nervous about advertising. But now
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    • 192 2  -  Elaine Quek THE senior counsel for SilkAir said that the plaintiffs had to prove how the crash of MI 185 happened or the courts must dismiss their claims. He also said that no evidence has been submitted to blame the pilots for the crash.
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    • 394 3 To which DPM adds his voice on services TO ensure that living standards here continue to rise, Singapore must look to improving its services sector. Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong called this sector "the second engine of growth". He said this last night at the 2001 Productivity
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    • Article, Illustration
      95 3 SMART cards could be your passport within Asean if a recommendation by the region's immigration authorities is taken up. The three-day meeting of Asean Director-Generals of Immigration, which ended in Singapore yesterday, proposed that countries which are ready, can implement such a scheme on a bilateral basis. The
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    • 123 3  -  Audra him TEACHERS are supposed to teach honesty but this one stole from her pupils. Noormah M A Noor, 32, a teacher at a childcare centre in Woodlands, asked six children to remove their earrings, gold chains and pendants. She kept some, but the rest she
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    • 253 4  -  Shazalina Salim. BESIDES outstanding policies and practices, some slack seems to be a requirement to be among the best employers. When global management consulting and outsourcing firm Hewitt Associates invited Asian firms more than two years old and with more than 100 employees to take part in
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    • 115 4  -  -Joy Frances THREE men who killed a taxi driver in a bungled attempt to get a getaway car were sentenced to death yesterday. Wan Kamil Mohamed Sbafian, 34, roped in Ibrahim Mohamed, 35, and Rosli Ahmat, 30, to hijack a taxi for a
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    • 95 4 BEYOND working on geography or science projects with their classmates, some students here may now even rope in students in other parts of Asia or Europe. That is the aim of seven project proposals outlined at the International Teachers' Conference organised by the Asia-Europe Foundation (Asef) and the
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    • 42 4 Q/QLi^J) [|wrti wwffds?t-Tißm»pa@e3B **&jfil Today,.. >' /15 ft 124 i Hewlett's Carly Secret of the j Fiorina's gamble real warriors in rj Styles of the I /26 new season (left) Today's Ivan Lim to perform at til /22 International Review ofA.l. Guitar Festival
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  • LETTERS
    • 198 6  -  Edmond Ng THE Singapore Government and the trade unions urge workers to upgrade their skills to stay competitive, but companies seem to take this call fairly lightly. Take the example of a working person who takes up a parttime tertiary course. The number of hours that
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    • 265 6  -  Simon Ng Yap Peng Be picky about those foreign experts I REFER to your report "Govt will stop foreign talent if it is not helpful" (TODAY, Sept 3). It is heartening to note that "the Government is very concerned about the welfare of Singaporeans. If foreigners don't help
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    • 385 6  -  Kwan Xiuwen I REFER to the following letter: "Women Equal and Yet Weaker?" (Today, Aug 15) by C H Lee. You may feel that the rebuke you are about to read is slightly belated. It is so, mainly because I am deeply unsatisfied with the
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    • 112 6  -  Adrian Tan Juan-San MR Ravi Veloo's commentary "Reshaping S'pore" (Today, Sept 4} is long overdue and one that calls for Singaporeans to rethink their priorities. Indeed, we have little time for passion. Are we so preoccupied with the five Cs that we have neglected other
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    • 279 6  -  Ee Teck Ee MY admiration often turns to shock when a girl or a woman starts smoking. I wish I had the courage to say to her: "Please don't do that. Don't you want your beauty to last many more years?" Don't they know that nicotine ages
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
    • 291 7  -  Ivay Tan Rivals' merger does not rattle Sun, Dell by ivay@newstoday.com.sg THE proposed merger between Hewlett-Packard and Compaq Computer to become the world's largest PC company does not appear to have rattled their arch rivals, Sun Microsystems and Dell Computer at all. One day after the announcement of
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    • 221 7  -  Chan Chao Peh THE proposed free-trade agreement (FTA) between Japan and Singapore is on track for conclusion at the year-end, officials said. "The two sides narrowed differences substantially during this round. "Substantial progress on key issues were made," said a joint statement after
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    • Market Watch
      • 76 7 FALLING victim to the weak electronics industry is electronics manufacturer and distributor GES International. The company's full-year net profit fell by 38 per cent to $16.5 million. Revenue, however, climbed slightly over eight per cent to $1.3 billion. GES was hit by higher interest expenses, which
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      • 27 7 Your $$1 buys US$ UK£ Yen HK$ RM Euro R^h Baht Peso A$ Rupee Won 0.5722 0.3957 68.734 4.4628 2.1742 0.6435 5,175.2 25.376 29.232 1.0999 26.989 733.49
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    • 301 8 in Chinese container market despite competition, says minister SINGAPORE continues to hold its own in the booming Chinese container market in the face of increasing competition from Chinese rivals, Communications and Information Technology Minister Yeo Cheow Tong said. Speaking to reporters after opening a maritime industry
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    • 238 8 KUALA LUMPUR- Malaysia's Hong Leong Bank aims to remain a key player in the next round of banking consolidation, Mr James Lim, its senior managing director, told Channel NewsAsia. Mr Lim said he also expects better earnings next year. Higher efficiency and stronger customer base are
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    • 241 8 Bloomberg MANILA The Development Bank of Singapore (DBS) Group Holdings will close its 13-year-old Philippine securities unit in a move stemming from its acquisition of Vickers Ballas Holdings. Vickers Ballas Securities Philippines Inc President, Edwin Villanueva said his firm will serve clients of the DBS
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      344 10 Bloomberg NOL likely to report lower profit for first half NEPTUNE Orient Lines (NOL), one of Asia's biggest shipping companies, will probably report that profit almost halved in the first half as demand fell, capacity rose and the logistics business expanded. It is expected to report net income
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    • 127 10 Bloomberg JG SUMMIT Holdings Inc,the flagship of Philippine tycoon John Gokongwei, has raised its stake in United Industrial Corporation (UIC), a Singapore-based distributor of retail products such as toiletry, printers and detergents. This is the fifth time in two weeks it has done so. It bought
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    • 131 10 SINGTEL shares will start trading in Australia on Monday. It now owns more than 96 per cent of Optus through a US$7 billion ($12.2 billion) takeover of Australia's second-largest phone company. Up to 6.33 billion SingTel shares will be traded on the Australian exchange, the Australian Stock
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    • 143 10 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR-The world's top three rubber producers Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia may adopt a joint export quota to control supply to boost sagging prices, a report said yesterday. A Malaysian official said apart from export quotas, a supply rationalisation and stockpile scheme was also being
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    • 73 10 Channel NewsAsia PWD Corporation subsidiary PWD EMS has won a contract from China's Ginwa Enterprise Group to manage properties on the mainland. The value of the contract was not disclosed. The 50:50 joint venture company will be called Ginwa PWD EMS Facilities Management Company, or GWPE. For a
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    • Market News
      • 299 10 SINGAPORE shares finished a range-bound session slightly higher ,with its key index closing 1.97 points higher at 1622.52. Breadth was modestly negative while 344 counters were unchanged. Volume was two-thirds of Monday's at 191 million shares valued at $343 million. Venture was most talked about after it shot up
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      • 152 10 DUE to a lack of fresh corporate developments, the Malaysian market saw muted action, with interest still centred mainly on the Second Board counters, obscure companies and warrants. Throughout the trading day, the Kuala Lumpur Composite index (KLCI) was trapped in a tight four-point range of between 686.9 and
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 255 12 Navy chief looking for two second-hand vessels BANGKOK "Thailand cannot win a war without submarines," navy chief Admiral Prasert Boonsong said on Tuesday. And so, the Royal Thai Navy, which has not had a submarine in its fleet for more than half a century, is considering buying
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    • 174 12 -AFP NEW DELHI Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee will visit Singapore next month. Mr Vajpayee, who will be in Singapore from Oct 11, will return to India on Oct 13, officials said yesterday without giving details of his itinerary. Prior to his visit
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    • 124 12 -AFP DILI The group that spearheaded East Timor's bid for independence yesterday took a commanding lead in provisional results from the territory's first democratic elections held on Aug 30. With 95 per cent of votes counted, Portugal's Lusa news agency predicted that Fretilin,
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    • 54 12 Reuters photo Filipino villagers crossing the Bucao River in a rubber tyre raft after evacuating their homes in Botolan. Almost 40,000 people started to evacuate villages near Mount Pinatubo yesterday as workers prepared to breach the volcano's crater to drain a lake that could unleash mass
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    • 117 12 -AFP TAIPEI Taiwan's Cabinet yesterday approved proposals to expand limited transport links between the island and China and lift restrictions on mainland Chinese investments in the real estate market. The measures were contained in a draft amendment to legislation regulating civil exchanges between the island and the
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    • 84 12 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia is to intensify patrols in the Malacca Straits after threats of attack by separatist guerrillas in Indonesia's Aceh province. The Transport Ministry will take all the necessary steps to ensure vessels in the straits are safe, Ministry Parliamentary Secretary Mr Donald
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    • 155 12 NEW DELHI A controversial law requiring citizens to inform the police whenever foreigners visit or stay in their homes has been amended. The Home Ministry was determined to enforce the Foreigners (Report to Police) Order, 1971. However, criticism from NonResident Indians
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    • 141 12 Agencies JERUSALEM Israeli Defence Minister Ben Eliezer, who is in a close fight for the Labour Party leadership with Parliamentary Speaker Avraham Burg, claimed fraud in the voting yesterday, Israeli radio reported. "I call on Avraham Burg to join me in my request for
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    • 311 13 Agencies MILF denies ties with M'sian extremists KUALA LUMPUR The Muslim separatist Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) has denied that it has any links with Malaysian fundamentalists, saying it is only concerned with its struggle for self-determination. "As far as we are concerned, there is no link with
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    • 213 13 Bern.am a PUTRAJAYA Taking a leaf from Singapore's book, the Malaysian Home Ministry is seeking to detain hardcore addicts for much longer than the current period of two years. Although the new detention terms have not been specified, SecretaryGeneral Aseh Che Mat said Singapore
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    • 166 13 Reuters CANBERRA In an attempt to stop illegal immigrants, Canberra wants Indonesia to extradite people smugglers to Australia to face court charges. Foreign Minister Alexander Downer, Immigration Minister Philip Ruddock and Defence Minister Peter Reith left for Jakarta yesterday. They are expected to push
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    • 78 13 Riding the waves to court Coup leader George Speight (second right) waving from the top deck of an inter-island freighter on his way to court in Suva yesterday. Speight won the Tailevu North seat for his Conservative Alliance Party in the first elections since his militia stormed Parliament House in
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    • 126 13 -AFP MOSCOW The first private space station should open its doors for space tourists, scientists working for private companies or film crews in 2004, the Russian-controlled firm MirCorp said on Tuesday. The space station, which should have a lifespan of 15 years, will transport
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  • COMMENTARY
    • 1049 14  -  Clement Mesenas After 20 years in the Gulf, journalist returns to Singapore KUWAIT is no Paris, not by a long shot. But that oil-rich state is rich, very rich. When you are young as I was in the *****, and somebody offers you editorship of the
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    • 299 14 THE South China Morning Post discusses why parents are choosing to take their kids out of local schools: A CHINESE University survey has confirmed what many have long noticed: Middle-class parents have lost confidence in the Special Administrative Region's school system and
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  • UPFRONT
    • 633 15 Today Features Hewlett's Carly hopes to pull off high-stakes gamble FOR a woman whose company is reportedly grappling with plunging profits and a shrinking share price, Ms Carleton (Carly) Fiorina (picture) is certainly showing a lot more chutzpah than most She is the chief executive of
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    • 581 15  -  Rachel Lo by rachel@newstoday.com.sg THERE are things that money can't buy. But what about dinner with Jeremy Irons, hot-air ballooning with Sir Richard "Mr Virgin" Branson, appearing with folk legend Arlo Guthrie at Carnegie Hall, having your picture taken by Russell Wong
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  • INFOTECH
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      430 16 Visa offers secure online payments BUYING things online can now be done with even greater confidence. Yesterday, Visa International announced its worldwide rollout of Visa Authenticated Payment a commercial framework leveraging technological innovations to instill confidence in Internet-based transactions. It is designed to protect such payments for
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    • 158 16 SAMSUNG Electronics, vendor of consumer electronics and digital convergence technology, has launched its Free Service Campaign 2001 in Singapore, from Sept 10 to 22. During this campaign, its customers will enjoy value-added services such as performance checking, feature demonstrations, mobile phone software upgrades and cleaning
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    • 163 16 THE Internet generation can now purchase a YoPack, then go online at www.fetchprint.com to download designs to print onto an array of personal items. There are more than 1,000 designs at the site created by a group of young designers. These designs, which are frequently
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    • DOWNLOADS
      • 18 16 EasyHelp/Web For creating Windows help files or Internet Web pages quickly and easily from within Microsoft Word.
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      • 19 16 A simple and free clock programme that comes with 13 pre-made skins which can be used as templates.
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      • 27 16 AnyWkere This Windows Explorer utility simplifies general file management operations, letting you copy, zip or move files using the Winaows 95/98 pop-up menu's Send Jo command.
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    • 143 17 SIEMENS has released its ME4S/3618 handphone in a chic, compact and rugged design, aimed at business executives with an active outdoor life. It uses General Packet Radio Services (GPRS) for swift and secure data transfer via the Wap 1.2 browser. And the 99g
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    • 64 17 GAMING enthusiasts can join the Khabal Gaming Official Launch event at 2pm on Saturday at the eGames Cineleisure Orchard. See www.khabal.com/launch for details. Forums at the site hosted by Lycos Singapore, allow local gainers to voice their opinions and share ideas with gamers from all over the
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    • Article, Illustration
      526 17  -  Aloysius Choong And this handphone is one of the lightest available by SAMSUNG'S latest phone is likely to impress those with a fixation on size. Delivering on its primary proposition, the SGH-N2OO should have no problems fitting into any pocket. With front dimensions at 100- by 40mm,
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    • 27 17 THE model of the ViewSonic monitor on Page 18 of our Aug 30 issue should have read as VEISO instead of VGISO. We regret the error.
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  • CITYSTYLE
    • 468 18 It's time to be adventurous with the Topshop and Topman styles of the new season On him: Shirt $53 Pants $93 Sunshades $29 Chain (worn as bracelet) $13 Shoes $79.90 On her: Top $73 Skin $46 Sunshades $29 Pendant necklace $13 Cross chains $16 each Plastic bangles
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    • 85 20 More Out; Of Life Come join your favourite artistes for a night of fun and o Ltmiour! I jm^ rJf Date 8 September 2001, JP jjT f TicketCharge Hotline: *****29 ■r^ r^ 5* V Tickets now available at allHck@tChar^ outtets Official Credit Card: Official Magazine: Official TV: Presented by: Organised
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  • INCINEMAS
    • 318 21 Reuters/Variety LOS ANGELES Oscar, Emmy and Tony are about to welcome a newcomer to the crowded showbiz red carpet season of award shows. The prestigious American Film Institute announced Tuesday it would hand out its own film and television awards in a live
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    • 206 21 -AFP SYDNEY Australia's film and television producers welcomed yesterday the government's announcement of a As93 million ($85.2 million) funding boost to revive a depressed industry. A package of measures hailed as the biggest shot in the arm for the industry in
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    • 709 22  -  David Ngiau Set in the not-so-unrecognisable future, A.I. Artificial Intelligence explores the moral and social dilemma of androids becoming a part of our lives. Mechas, androids so realistic that you'll never tell by sight, are already widespread, with some having been put to good use as sex toys
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  • LIMELIGHT
    • 354 24  -  Hazel Tan The secret of the real warriors in the Hit Awards WHAT do Aaron Kwok (picture), Andy Lau, Jacky Cheung and Jeff Chang have in common? Experience. Loads of it. Or, to put it more bluntly, age. The difference is obvious. That is, especially when you
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    • 207 24  -  Obi Won ON Tuesday, we asked you to tell us who you think will be crowned Most Popular Female Artiste at this year's Singapore Hit Awards. We received 18 replies, mostiy rooting for Hong Kong Heavenly Queen Sammi Cheng (picture), even though she had
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    • 202 24  -  Sophia Ang THE world needs another boy band like a CD player needs a cassette tape. Bursting at the seams with albums from as many boy bands as you care to name, Tension appears to be just another momentary phenomenon, no different from
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    • 1292 25 M=diaCorp M=diaCorp ■fIPOI GTO channel s, io.3Opm Layar Yang Terasing Bob and Margaret #k I While Onizuka is recuperating in hos- Suria, 9.30pm Arts Central, 10.30pm M i pital, a local politician, who is the Sallek gets acquainted with an English d3g&^ J?6 I father of the student who stabbed
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  • TIMEOUT
    • 512 26  -  David Ngiau by david@n e ws to day.com ,sg IN the couple of years prior to joining this paper, Ivan Lim co-fronted The New Paper's abouttown feature "The It Squad". As a result, he found himself a sort of celebrity, getting recognised on the
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    • 394 26 IT is sometimes said that children should be seen but not heard. But does that apply to children who are stricken with cancer? Children's Voice, an independent group of volunteers, has decided to put together a charity golf tournament and concert to raise funds
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    • 164 26 Three-Day Listing MUSIC PARTICIPATE Poetry Reading 2nd International Guitar AYear of Service, In conjunction with the Singapore Festival 2001 A Lifetime Of Benefit Writers' Festival. The festival, which is into its sec- The Singapore International Local poet Cyril Wong and ond year, promises to be one of Foundation will be
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    • 271 28 Reuters BRISBANE Marion Jones plans to make up for her shock loss at this year's world athletics championships by dedicating next season to breaking Florence Griffith-Joyner's 100 metres world record. Jones suffered her first 100m defeat in four years when
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    • 341 28 Reuters BRISBANE American Michael Johnson (picture) has criticised former athletics great Carl Lewis for turning his back on the sport that made him a worldwide celebrity. Johnson, who will run his final race before retiring at the GoodwiO Games tomorrow, said he was disappointed that Lewis
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