Today, 10 September 2001

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    12 1 TODAY MITA(P) 13 S/11,'2000 ]VI O II d 3.V September 10, 2001
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  • Article
    Cheap service, yet few takers
    524 1  -  Ng Boon Yian Ignorance, apathy plague health programme by boonyian@newsto day.com.sg SINGAPOREANS moan and groan about the rising coat of health care here. Yet, when help is at hand to enable them, especially the golden girls and boys, to keep tabs on their state of
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    Lock icon Wedding winner
    104 1 Reuters VENICE Indian director Mira Nair has made history by becoming the first woman to win the coveted Golden Lion award at the Venice Film Festival. Her Monsoon Wedding, the story of an Indian bride who has second thoughts about her arranged marriage, won the top prize at
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    Why, Shyam, why at this time?
    298 1  -  Jose Raymond THE Republic's fastest man, U X Shyam (picture), is in a fix after consuming some cough syrup early yesterday morning. Said the 25-year-old NUS undergraduate: "I felt as though I was getting slightly sick and when I saw the bottle of cough
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      68 1 I Kt!Al.-\ I.UMI>L.K2O<I I I 7 SEP rM DAY 2 Country 6 SB Malaysia 16 5 9 Thailand 6 8 5 Indonesia 5 710 Vietnam 5 4 8 Singapore 5 4 1 Philippines 2 8 9 Myanmar 2 4 6 Brunei 0 0 2 Laos 0 0 0 Cambodia 0
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  • HOT NEWS
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      It's only 11 per cent
      253 2  -  Pearlyn Tham Elderly involved in volunteer work by pearlyn® tie wstoday. co m. sg GUESS how many elderly people are involved in volunteer work? A measly 11 per cent. That is the figure for Singaporeans aged 60 and above involved in volunteer work, according to
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      Let's talk one language
      150 2  -  Zackaria Abdul Rahim SPEECHES which are delivered in different languages at a single event sometimes contain issues catered to specific communities. While recognising a reason for this, Malay heartlanders feel that these community-specific issues should also be highlighted to other communities, in their own languages as
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      From Tampines to Tampines
      185 2  -  Shazalina Salim SOME 460 new HDB flats will be built at Tampines Aye 9 and TampinesSt22. National Development Minister Mr Mali Bow Tan (picture) announced this yesterday. He said that based on feedback, residents wanted to upgrade to new flats, but did not want to move
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      Lock icon No virgin land, this
      136 2 Newsßadio 93.8 IN the largest raid of its kind this year, police have arrested some 220 people, including a 57-year-old Singaporean, for illegal gambling and prostitution. Those nabbed were mainly foreign workers from Thailand, Bangladesh and China. Twenty-three were female Thai prostitutes who serviced their clients
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      Lock icon Why all the fuss? We are friends ...
      336 3 Why all the fuss? We are friends -AFP DPM: Opposition to Sing Tel bid disappointing SYDNEY When Sing Tel launched its bid for Cable and Wireless Optus more than five months ago, some Australians saw red. After months of heartache and a successful bid, Sing Tel will list its shares
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      Agreement still talking point
      323 3 KUALA LUMPUR A columnist's open letter to Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew. A lengthy interview with the Malaysian Foreign Minister. The recent agreement to resolve the outstanding bilateral issues remained a major talking point in several Malaysian newspapers yesterday. In an interview with Berita Minggu, Foreign
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      Lock icon 7,000 in tunnel walk
      49 3 OVER 7,100 people walked 4.6 km inside an MRT tunnel on Saturday in the first and probably only President's Tunnel Challenge. The event contributed $900,000 to the $4 million raised for charity in the whole week by the President's Challenge. Today photo by WEE TECKHIAN
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      Lock icon Debacle in Durban
      150 3 Reuters DURBAN The world's conference on racism ended the way it had begun; full of controversy and bitterness over unresolved issues. Although delegates from 160 countries released the historic Durban declaration over the weekend to combat racism, ill feeling lingered over issues such as slavery reparations and
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      Lock icon No to claims
      114 3 -AFP SAN FRANCISCO Apologies from Japan to victims of its wartime oppression are increasingly easy to come by, but compensation still remains a thorny issue. Attending a ceremony on Saturday to commemorate and reaffirm a 1951 peace treaty between the US and Japan, Japanese Foreign Minister Makiko
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      Lock icon Black Thursday?
      369 4  -  Shazalina Salim First professional acting school battles for survival by. shazalina@n ewstod ay.com. sg A MAN who is trying to promote the arts scene here is frustrated with the obstacles that keep getting in his way. Mr Gilbert Louis (picture), who set up the New York Acting School
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      Young children with big hearts
      233 4  -  Cathleen Tung THESE two girls may only be in Primary Six, but they are already champions in their own right. Catrina Cortes (picture, right) and Tessa Khew are two of 10 nominees from the primary school category for this year's Champions of the NKF Award.
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      Miss Saigon for the less privileged
      151 4 YESTERDAY, the cast of Mm Saigon performed for about 100 less privileged youths for the first time since the Broadway musical started its run here on Aug 1. "This gave us the extra boost to perform better," said Miss Deedee Lynn Magno, the female
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      Scholar hopefuls
      168 4  -  Cathken Tung THE most promising of this year's 'A' levels candidates attended the 2001 Public Service Commission (PSC) seminar on Saturday, as past and present PSC scholars shared with them the experiences and career opportunities that the prestigious scholarships have brought them. "To give you an idea of
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      Hawker robbed
      102 4 A HAWKER was robbed at knife point on Saturday while getting ready for the day's business. The armed robbery took place at Bedok Central food centre at around 5.30 am. A man in his 20s, about 1.7 m tall and wearing a green t-shirt with beige pants, had
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      280 2 k. i n !cn HHIIiIH INTERNATIONAL Training Centre, Sinsaport This 2-year full-time programme is specially designed for those who aspire to pursue a career in the hospitality industry. Raffles International Training Centre. Singapore, an Approved Training Centre by the Institute of Technical Education, will set new benchmarks in hospitality training
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      76 2 ■■■■ES^i-n^liiVriinraßMßWO Funky town: More leisure options No, of hotels 141 222 No. of museums 4 8 No. of attractions 1 7 No. of restaurants (cessable) 266* 5 1 0 No. of night spots* 546* 768 No. of cruise ship calls 143 1 213 Outward bound departures of Singapore residents (by
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      42 4 Featuring Today,. UpFroni 15 Is Viagra a cure or a panacea? Out 17 Meet the creator of the yam paste moon cake Living Learning 18 Taking stock of learning ImCinemas 19 American Pie Shannon (above) 21 Stefanie sweeps Hit Awards NGS 22
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      Define 'top-end talent'
      520 6  -  Cheng Shing Chow Concern over unclear execution of foreign talent policy PRIME Minister Goh Chok Tong, Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew and Manpower Minister Lee Boon Yang have stressed two things in the past two weeks: First, the need for foreign talent in order for Singapore's economic
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      Eating sharks' fin may lead to abuse
      172 6  -  Serena Chai Chia Hui THE last episode of Alternate Prescriptions, aired on Ch 8 on Saturday, featured a segment on Chinese cuisine which introduced delicacies like abalone, sharks' fin, birds' nest and mushroom. When I saw the host introducing sharks' fin, I was
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      Times are a-changing for employees
      149 6  -  Chia Kook Wee TIME has surely changed. Once upon a time, employees were rewarded for their loyalty as they had contributed to the growth and viability of their companies. Employers recognised the loyalty and in turn would ensure that these employees were taken care of
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      Where is the relevance?
      128 6  -  Narayana Namyana THE news that "Sing Tel shares will start trading in Australia on Monday" is of little relevance to Singapore investors who hold Sing Tel shares. It is customary (or was customary) for well-run companies to publicise and inform their shareholders of the establishment of
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      Turn on the lights, please
      107 6  -  Michael Chua I WISH to bring JTC Corp's attention to a concrete path which it completed in July. This path is between MacPherson Road and a Kolam Ayer Industrial Estate food centre. It runs from the overhead bridge and starts between the 3 Rifles Building
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      199 7 fit' jriflfijJF** ■CM P V ■Mh; ir'- f"°~*-^'<»..-.J^ I It's amazing where savings can bring you. Now you can take that well-deserved break you've always wanted to. Standard Chartered Personal Credit gives you the lowest rate in town of just 6.99% p.a.*, so you stand to save up to 70%
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Lock icon Beijing told: Ease barriers
      483 8 Bloomberg Call made at Apec forum SUZHOU China, with an economy of 1.3 billion people that's growing at 7.9 per cent this year, should ease barriers and allow greater foreign stakes in its markets to bolster growth among Asia's slumping economies. That's the message at the
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    • Market Watch
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        ST Assembly settles suit
        88 8 ST Assembly Test Services said that it settled a suit filed by Amkor Technology Inc, which claimed it uses a semiconductor packaging technology patented by Amkor, In the settlement for the suit filed in February in a Texas court, Amkor granted ST Assembly a non-exclusive licence
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        From profit to loss
        82 8 ADROIT Innovations has suffered a net loss of $15.8 million for the year ended June 30 this year, as compared with a net profit of $1.8 million a year earlier. Group turnover of $12 million was down 22 per cent.The company attributed the loss to higher
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        Novena suffers sharp profit drop
        107 8 NOVENA Holdings has suffered a 81.5 per cent drop to $240,000 for the six months ended June 30. The group's turnover, however, rose by 1,15 per cent to $17.14 million. It said the slowdown in the global economy has generally dampened the group's expected growth
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      SingTel in Aussie debut
      112 8 SINGTEL shares start trading in Australia this morning with analysts predicting the value will slide due to stock overhang. As a sign of what investors expect today, Sing Tel shares have fallen 16 per cent in the past week to $1.70, a threemonth low. But Mr
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      Lock icon Singapore market in for more bearish trading
      260 8  -  Lee Yew Meng by yewmengtS1 newstoday. com. sg TODAY could well signal the start of the climatic decline on the Singapore stock market. After cracking below the 1600 barrier last Friday, the Straits Times Index could plunge to the next support level, which
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      Lock icon Nightmarish
      501 10 AFP HK homeowners unhappy over govt's move HONG KONG Despite the Hong Kong government's move to impose a freeze on the supply of subsidised flats to boost the sluggish property sector, homeowners saddled with negative equity remain bitter. "I don't think I will get my investment back," Mr Clement
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      Lock icon Looking for buyer of ANZ stake
      252 10 Bloomberg SUZHOU (China) Australia would "look favourably" on a new foreign buyer for Air New Zealand's stake in the country's ailing second-largest carrier, Ansett Holdings, said Australian Treasurer Peter Costello. A new investor would ease the pressure on the Australian and New Zealand governments
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      Market News
      326 10 THE Singapore market was quiet and unchanged for the early part of last week before succumbing to heavy selling on Thursday and Friday in line with the weak US markets. At the close of the week, the STI shed 42 points to close 2.6 per cent lower at
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      158 11 One investment earns heartier returns. There's no better time to make money from money. sum of investment: Just 10,000 units in any foreign currency offered by the bank. (Except for the Yen, which is at 2,500,000 units.) With exchange rates for foreign currencies at attractive levels, a timely entry into
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon No permit, no assembly
      287 12 Agencies Abdullah: It will undermine security KUALA LUMPUR Public assembly without permit as advocated by the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam) is a no-no for Malaysia for it will undermine national security, Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said yesterday. Speaking at the launch
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      Lock icon Mao-worship alive and well
      153 12 AFP BEIJING The late chairman Mao Zedong continues to be worshipped by the Chinese 25 years after his death. Mao memorabilia (picture) are proving to be a hit with the Chinese while long lines of visitors thronged the Mao's mausoleum each day. The main reason for
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      Crackdown on British corporate 'fat cats'
      262 12 LONDON The days of hefty payouts and salary perks for company executives may be numbered, with the British government launching a crackdown on so-called fat cat bosses. Senior ministers over the weekend said they were determined to stamp out a system of "rewards for
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      Lock icon Seven killed in bloody Israeli Sunday
      161 12 Agencies JERUSALEM It was a bloody Sunday in the Middle East as two Palestinian suicide bombings, at a crowded train station and a key road junction, and a deadly drive-by shooting, left at least seven people dead and scores injured. The Islamic resistance movement
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      Lock icon Arroyo turns crime buster
      252 13 Reuters Drugs, kidnappings and smuggling her targets MANILA President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has flexed her political muscles to clean up the country, introducing a slew of measures to eliminate problems such as kidnapping, smuggling and illegal drugs. In a statement over the weekend, Mrs Arroyo said
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      'Mad -this call for easy sex laws'
      157 13 LONDON In a controversial move, one of Britain's leading political parties is to campaign for new laws to make it easier to buy hardcore pornography. The Liberal Democrats also want the age at which the material can be bought or viewed to be
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      Lock icon Furore over drug tests
      236 13 AFP PARIS Pharmaceutical companies are getting on the nerves of leading medical journals by meddling in the tests of new drugs. A dozen journals, including the New England Journal of Medicine and The Lancet, charged in a statement yesterday that more and more pharmaceutical companies, eager
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      Lock icon Government without Speight
      207 13 Reuters SUVA A new Fiji government will be sworn in today, the military said yesterday after interim indigenous prime minister Laisenia Qarase (picture) announced he had formed a coalition from last week's post-coup elections. Mr Qarase, who won 31 seats in the 71-seat parliament, said he had
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      221 12 Watch Japan Hour on Channel NewsAsin Win Prizes Answer the following questions and you stand to win a host of attractive prizes. Ist1 st Prize: 2 nd Prize: 3 rd Prize: Two AhlA return NEC Multisync A.C.E. baikin economy class air tickets LCD 1530 V (15") Photocatalytic Air to Tokyo
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  • Commentary
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      Lock icon After the handshake
      1022 14  -  Ng Boon Vi an what younger leaders can learn from the Singapore-Malaysia deal IN a conference room deep within the labyrinthine Putrajaya, reporters were jittery, restless. Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew and Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad (picture) were still holding their meeting somewhere
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  • UpFront
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      Little boy blue
      628 15  -  Lan De Cotta Viagra: A cure for impotence, or are Spore men using it to boost their performance? EVER since it was introduced as arguably the most powerful antiimpotence drug, Viagra has been at the fore of every discussion on sex and impotence. But is the little
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      When biological priorities get downgraded
      469 15  -  Narayana Narayana Your Say AS I am neither an ardent supporter of Women's Lib nor fiercely MCP, hopefully I will be able to project a dispassionate comment on Ms Serena Sim's piece on "The desire to sire is it necessary, isn't it messy?' (Upfront, Aug
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  • EATOUT
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      Lock icon Alternative J-meal
      420 16  -  Sam Chiici Savour non-fatty deep-fried dishes at Tonkichi For many, Japanese food is synonymous with a platter filled with raw fish and other such exotic delectables. However, to others, the idea of raw food is not as palatable. Tonkichi aims to provide a different kind of Japanese meal.
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    • FoodNotes
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        A Good Cause At Burger King
        105 16  -  Roulee jane F Caiayag Enjoy Burger King's delightful burgers, and get a chance to share in a good cause, too. By buying one of Burger King's eight premium Symphony Bears at 1.80 with every food purchase, you get to take part in a charity
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        A Simply Sashimi September
        77 16  -  Routee Jane F Calayag Craving for some distinctly Japanese fare? No problem.Tung Lok Seafood Gallery (East Coast Road, behind McDonald's) offers the freshest sashimi this September. At reasonable prices from $10 to $18, you can indulge in this raw deal offering salmon, maguro, makajiki, kampachi, tako
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        Yammy Mooncakes
        101 16 From now till Oct I,you can take delight in Long Jiang Sichuan Restaurant's famous chewy yam paste mooncakes which come in boxes of eight minis, with single, double or no yolk. For something more special, there is the pumpkin yam mooncake.The traditional lotus paste is also available. Prices
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  • EATOUT
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      Wonder Wong
      469 17  -  Kantian Tse Fhe creator of Singapore's popular yam paste mooncake IS yam-paste mooncake once again on your must-buy list for this year's Mooncake Festival? If you are an ardent fan who is grateful for this novel twist from the traditional mooncake flavour namely lotus paste it might be
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      237 17 Sunday Crunch Ji£—SJ (^-<$ in September will f v--^mVl N never be the same. I a WfiSfFikQ*^ A Let our beauty consultant from Slender Bodyrite f) BTffftL_flS J\ share tips on complete skin care, make-up and body V j£^^^^"^ f,I tare (hut tocuses on parents in a iust-paced and \^S^J^
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  • LIVINGLEARNING
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      Lock icon Taking stock of learning
      650 18 Swift Financial Learning Want to be a professional analyst? Maybe, you should sign up for the CFA programme THE stock market is no place for the faint-hearted. Even those who rely on stock analysts' recommendations can find themselves in an unsatisfactory position. For example, at the
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      Lock icon First-time writers impressive
      462 18  -  Jenny Kong by.. j c tiny® tie wstoday. com. sg THE recent NAC-SPH Golden Point Awards 2001 threw up a few surprises. First-time writers and poets were lauded along with experienced literary figures. Dou Hong Mei's "first serious attempt at writing", titled Yu (Jade), won her the
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  • INCINEMAS
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      Lock icon Nice American Pie
      691 19 Rolling Stone Magazine Rising star Shannon Elizabeth is sweetness and some spice Actress Shannon Elizabeth regrets taking off her clothes. Shannon, who appeared topless as the Czech exchange student, Nadia, in the first American Pie, is now having second thoughts about taking it all off. "Nadia really
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  • LIMELIGHT
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      Zoe Tay, the 'blur' bride?
      517 20  -  Hazel Tan She knows very little about her Big Day by h azel@ ne wstoday. com. sg ner and then go home to sleep." While some brides-to-be suffer from insomnia, the MediaCorp actress said she is sleeping well. As soon as she is done with
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      544 21  -  Jenny Kong Just a year into her singing career, this local singer sweeps Singapore Hit Awards QTEFANIE Sun must be smiling in her Osleep. The 23-year-old lass, who had popped into the music scene slightly more than a year ago, hit the jackpot seven times at
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      347 21  -  -Jenny Kong GOOD music wins the day. You'd agree if you had been at Taiwanese band Mayday's farewell concert last Friday. There were no fanciful costumes or beau-tifully-dressed dancers to ogle at. Yet, the five average-looking boys who are Mayday brought the
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      1302 22 Mm W A* Johnny Mnemonic flSflfSßHliSflliHl A Dreom Named Desire &'ona ro" ~ve m^ Channel 5, /.30pm Xn^^mßH B 8, 10.30pm Unplugged Arts Central, 10pm The whole world is connected by the \J^M h (f"^ channel newsasia gigantic Internet in 2021, and almost M a half of the population is
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      Open Ends at the Substation
      462 23  -  Sian E Jay Taking a look at performance art again by EVER since Josef Ng snipped off his pubic hair in public as a protest against censorship in 1994, and Shannon Tham vomited in empathy against the media coverage Ng received, performance art has suffered
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      Experience the rustic charms of Tew Nai Tong
      247 23 FOR the month of September, Sunjin Galleries will present the works of established Malaysian artist Tew Nai Tong. A graduate of the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (Nafa) and the Ecole Nationale Superieure Dcs Beaux Arts De Paris, Tew's style shows a
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      449 23 Three-Day Listing MUSIC Date: Tomorrow Festival Mexicano Time: Bpm Come strut to the best VenuerThe Substation, of Mexican music this Guinness Theatre month when Festival Price: Free Mexicano rolls into Enquiries: Call The town. Fill your senses Substation at 337 7800 with song and dance, wine and food, and art
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      540 25 Reuters Battle of the Williamses goes the way of big sis NEW YORK Venus Williams insisted she was happy to have won the US Open yesterday, but it was obvious she took little pleasure in beating her sister and best friend. In fact, Venus' subdued demeanour
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      241 25 -AFP MONTREAL Scott Verplank is using Royal Montreal as a training ground for The Belfry. Three weeks before the biggest tournament of his life, Verplank carded a four-under-par 66 yesterday for a oneshot lead over Dicky Pride and Paul Gow after three
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      259 25 -AFP MADRID Spanish giant Real Madrid may possess the two most expensive players in the world in Zinedine Zidane and Luis Figo, but that did not stop it from suffering a second successive disappointing league performance, drawing 1-1 at home to unheralded Malaga.
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      682 26 Argentine masterclass has manager purring MANCHESTER Sir Alex Ferguson watched Juan Sebastian Veron (picture, left) score his first league goal for Manchester United in its 4-1 win over Everton and predicted it will be the first of several. Veron was never renowned for his goalscoring in Italy, but
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      Lock icon Hapless Reds living up to manager's pre-season claim
      422 26 -AFP LONDON Gerard Houllier's claim that Liverpool is not ready to challenge for Manchester United's English Premiership crown looked spot-on after the Reds crashed to their second successive league defeat on Saturday. Houllier's cup treble-winning team was comfortably beaten 3-1 at Anfield
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      Giant-killing stakes upped to $7,000
      216 27  -  Stanley Ho by.. Stanley @news tod ay. com. sg A HEFTY cheque of $6,000 was not enough to inspire the SLeague minnows to perform a giant-killing act this week. Round 26 of the 2001 NTUC Income S-League saw Marine Castle United and Sembawang Rangers come
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      Warren officially opens at new premises
      189 27  -  Jose Raymond by jose ne wstoday. com. sg WARREN Golf and Country Club's new premises at Choa Chu Kang Way was declared open yesterday by Mr Yeo Cheow Tong (right), Minister for Communications and Information Technology and MP for Hong Kah GRC. Relocated from
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      352 28  -  Jose Raymond by j o se@newsto day. c m. sg HE raised expectations by setting a SEA Games gold target. But skipper Indra Sahdan Daud (right) is now sorry. Sorry that his prediction did not come true and sorry that his Lions failed to
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      530 28  -  S. Murali Comment by murali@n ews tod ay.com. sg IT IS good to see Indra Sahdan Daud come out and take responsibility for Singapore's poor show at the SEA Games. At least, he knows that his team
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      333 29  -  Kelvin Phang Kwa Eng Cheong fulfils 18-year dream FOR 18 years, trap shooter Michael Kwa Eng Cheong tried to win an individual gold. And after finally succeeding in his quest yesterday, the 49-year-old is now planning to spend more time at the range. The golf driving
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      Lock icon It's time for paddler Jing to unwind
      44 29 NTUC Income Picture of the Day ONE of Team Singapore's physiotherapists, Ronald Wee, giving local paddler Jing Junhong a much-needed massage during a winding-down session after Singapore beat Malaysia 3-0. Today photo by BB| WONG KHING CHONG
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      Watch Ho and Fang on the lanes as Team Singapore continues golden quest
      208 29  -  Kelvin Phang REIGNING World Bowling Masters champion Jesmine Ho and Asian FIQ Masters winner Andrew Fang begin their medal hunt today. The men's and women's singles events will be decided at the Mega Lanes in Prai, Penang
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      Singapore bid gains momentum
      353 30  -  S. Gulam THE first world inter-regu sepak takraw competition could be held in Singapore next year. The Singapore Sepak Takraw Federation (Perses) has made a bid to hold this competition, which will feature at least 20 countries. Singapore has the support of the two key countries
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      Loss fails to dampen spirits
      124 30 THERE was hardly any resistance as Singapore's sepak takraw team went down 0-3 to favourite Thailand in its opening game. The Singaporeans lost all three games in straight sets. But it didn't dishearten them. Explained Perses president Abdul Halim Kader: "The Thais are far superior.
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      Junhong causes a moment's alarm in the Singapore camp
      421 30  -  S. Gulam FOR a moment, there was glee among the rivals and a scare in the Singapore camp as Jing Junhong sat at the far end of the court with the physiotherapist massaging her shoulders. Under normal circumstances, it would have
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      Awesome foursome
      491 31  -  Kelvin Phang by.. in Kuala Lumpur EIGHT YEARS. That is how long Singapore has gone without a gold medal in men's swimming at the SEA Games. But yesterday, the wait ended. Sng Ju Wei, Mark Chay, Fergus Kwek and Gary Tan started a new chapter in Singapore swimming
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      Good haul from pool and range, but shock in hockey
      420 31 FOR once, swimming queen Joscelin Yeo was upstaged. Even as she bagged two gold medals yesterday at the Bukit Jalil Aquatic Centre in the 21st SEA Games. But one would think she would be quite happy to relinquish centrestage as
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      90 32 AFP I LONDON Manchester United star David Beckham is refusing to make a decision about his Old Trafford future until the identity of boss Sir Alex Ferguson's successor is known. The England international's advisers have pulled out of talks with the club six months after contract negotiations
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      Lock icon Spurs wins, thanks to Ziege and Davies
      180 32 Reuters LONDON Late goals by Christian Ziege and Simon Davies gave Tottenham Hotspur a hardearned 2-0 home premier league win over Southampton yesterday. Ziege struck after 76 minutes and Davies added the second three minutes from time to give Spurs its first win
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