Today, 27 April 2002

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    8 1 weekendTODAY April 27 28, 2002 MITA (P) 248/03/2002
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    Lock icon Are we a nation of followers?
    1534 1 RAVI VELOO/ Comment YOU are not going to see that question on the new Wheel Of Fortune show. So for the answer, try this: Just name the two biggest anti-Establishment figures in Singapore. If you said Mr JB Jeyaretnam, or Mr Low Thia Khiang,
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    the silence of SIN
    651 1  -  Leong Phei Phei Catholics in Singapore confront issue by pheiphei@newstoday.com.sg A PAINFUL and embarrassing issue will get a full airing on Sunday when the newsletter for local Catholics reports, for the first time, on sexual abuse by men of cloth. The matter has reverberated across the
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      41 1 Dave Barry on asteroids Star Wars exclusive More myths, please But he says you can really skip A special peek into the world of Why isn't superstar Sachin as his column/18 Lucas in Attack of the Clones/21 colourful as his predecessors/39
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  • NEWS
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      Report rage
      733 2  -  Kim-Kyna Tan Why SQOO6 crash report is like no other by kim@newstoday.com.sg WHEN this newspaper reported last month that a storm was brewing over the SQOO6 crash report, even we could not have predicted how violent it would be. Within a span of six hours, there was a
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      Lock icon Doctor pays for evading tax
      140 2 Channel NewsAsia A SECOND doctor has been convicted of tax evasion this year. Fifty-three-year-old gynaecologist Tan Hang Yang was ordered to pay a penalty of $2.5 million, and was jailed four weeks for failing to declare income amounting to some $3.2 million in his 1998
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      Lock icon Q1 GDP in US leaps 5.8%
      151 3 Reuters WASHINGTON The US economy raced ahead in the first quarter at the fastest pace in more than two years, a report released on Friday said. The US Commerce Department said consumers spent solidly and a year-long trend of sharp cutbacks in business inventories
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    • Article
      Man with a message
      680 4  -  Sunny Goh He speaks the language of symbols, so read them well by JUST as the dragon is a symbol of power and prosperity in Chinese mythology, Vice-President Hu Jintao is China's symbol of political power that will herald the country's future prosperity. The heavenly creature,
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      Lock icon A helping hand
      255 4 Today photo by CHINESE Vice-President Hu Jintao has proposed four areas for increased cooperation between Singapore and China, after meeting with Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong on Friday. The first is in the high-tech industrial sectors, particularly information technology, bio-sciences, micro-electronics and new materials. Mr Hu also
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      Labour chief clarifies statement on CPF
      173 4 THE recent suggestion made by NTUC chief Lim Boon Heng to cut the employer's CPF contribution rate for workers above 40 was not meant to be an insult to their abilities but a possible solution to their problems. Making a clarification on Friday after
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      Longer wait for commuters
      133 4  -  Sarah Chua COMMUTERS will have to put up with slightly longer waits at the MRT stations. In a press briefing on Friday, SMRT deputy managing director, Dr Fong Seek Kong, said the faulty gear boxes on the 21 Kawasaki Nippon Sharyo trains that were withdrawn on
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      The innocence and joy of children
      198 6  -  Elaine Quek THE entries for the "Life is Great with Children" photo competition are rolling in. If you log onto Great Eastern's website www.Lifeisgreat.com.sg, you'd be able to catch glimpses of the innocence and joy of children. Great Eastern's annual photo competition offers one
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      Living proud and large
      500 6  -  Kirpal Singh The life and times of Dr Baratham by I AM writing this just hours after returning from the cremation service of the late Dr Gopal Baratham (picture). Seldom does one meet an individual who is prepared to go to great lengths to uphold the
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  • LETTERS
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      Noise from the north
      322 7  -  Paul Wee Kian Nghee Spare a thought for ordinary citizens I AM saddened, disappointed and alarmed by tlie reports on how the press has been covering the recent problems between Singapore and Malaysia. One report quoted Malaysian Information Minister Tan Sri Mohamed Khalil Yaakob as saying
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      No marks for bravado in business
      181 7  -  Gary Ee I DISAGREE with the views expressed in the letter, "Singaporeans must dare to fail" (Today, April 26). I feel the writer, Ms Kathleen Kwan, failed to grasp the point of the report, "The lure of land" (Today, April 23). It cited our
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  • BUSINESS
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      High property prices affect competitiveness
      164 8 HIGH property prices have been cited as one of the main concerns in a survey of Singapore's competitiveness as a global city. The survey was conducted by the National University of Singapore's Department of Real Estate and included interviews with 38 senior officials from the
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      MURDER of an airline
      1379 8  -  Maurice Perera by weekend@newstoday.com.sg THE year was 1932. A young man who had just earned his flying licence bought himself a plane a de Havilland Gypsy Moth. For Reginald Ansett, it was the beginning of a dream. On Feb 17, 1936, the tiny airline took to
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      Banking on good remisiers
      606 10  -  Val Chua Brokerages pay big bucks in the hope of better business by val@newstoday.com.sg THE stockbroking industry may still be struggling, but remisiers are back in vogue, with aggressive brokerages wooing good ones with fat incentives. Top performers are reportedly being wooed with sign-on cash payments
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      S$ rises on good news from industrial sector
      323 10  -  Francis Kan by francis@newstoday.com.sg FURTHER signs of an economic recovery emerged on Friday, with a smaller-than-expected fall in Singapore's industrial output last month. Figures from the Economic Development Board showed industrial output fell 2.9 per cent in March from a year earlier,
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    • Market Watch
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        Singapore
        143 10 THE STI opened higher on Friday at 1735.65, tracking firmer Wall Street finishes, but lost much of its gain as the day wore on. It ended 0.90 points up at 1728.32 in spite of better-than-expected March Industrial Production Output figures that suggested the upward recovery momentum from November last
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        Straits Times Index — 10-Day Chart
        5 10 Straits Times Index 10-Day Chart
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        SGX most active
        54 10 By volume Apr 26 'OOO Ipco 37,554 Autron 16,308 Dayen 14,797 Capitaland 12,885 GenlntUSS 10,559 '000 WantWantUSS 9,373 SingTel 9,084 Poh Lian 8,432 StarCrusUSS 8,107 Strike 7,741 By value Apr 26 UOB 38,882,500 SIA 36,956,390 OCBC 33,507,500 Capitaland 21,824,160 WantWantUSS 17,553,877 DBS 16,656,072 SPH 16,352,672 CITYDEV 14,331,100
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        SGX top rises
        75 10 By$ Apr 26 Close Change SPH 22.500 +0.400 By percentage Apr 26 Close Change Falmac 0.075 +50.000 SPH 100 22.500 +0.300 EngWah 0.260 +33.333 Venture 17.200 +0.200 Armstrong W*****0 0.045 +12.500 GreatEast 10.900 +0.200 KianHo 0.160+10.345 CITYDEV 6.350 +0.200 TargetReal 0.490+10.112 Thai Prime200USS 4.860 +0.160 Transview 0.110+10.000
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        SGX top falls
        80 10 By$ Apr 26 Close Change DBS Bk6% NCPS *****.900 -0.300 By percentage Apr 26 GMG USS Close Change 0.020 -20.000 Seaview 6.300 -0.200 OSIM 0.640 -15.232 WantWantUSS 1.800 -0.170 IntRoller 0.210 -14.286 F&N 7.650 -0.150 CWT 0.845 -11.979 OSIM 0.640 -0.115 MMIW*****4 0.040 -11.111 CWT 0.845 -0.115
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        World markets
        55 10 Index Value Change Pis Nikkei 225 *****.39 -107.33 -0.92 Hang Seng All Ordinaries *****.08 3329.20 -24.21 +5.10 -0.21 +0.15 Taiwan Wtd 6306.93 -48.66 -0.77 Korea Comp SET Index Jakarta Comp 869.65 376.44 539.96 -2.93 +3.40 -4.62 -0.34 +0.91 -0.85 Phils Comp Shenzen B Mumbai 1323.96 226.81 3371.70 -4.54
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 10 US$ 0.5529 UK£ 0.3808 Yen 71.025 HK$ 4.3124 RM 2.1011 Euro 0.6163 Rupiah 5144.9 Baht 23.889 Peso 28.118 A$ 1.0157 Indian Rs 27.075 Won 717.52 C$ 0.8653 Yuan 4.5766 NZ$ 1.2291 NTS 19.219
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        Lock icon Commodities
        23 10 Gold us$/oz 308.600 Silver us$/oi 4.620 Platinum us$/oi 551.600 Rubber centsAg 121.25 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1 244 Brent crude us$/barrel 25.69 Bloomberg
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      Where is next stocks leg-up?
      818 11  -  Vasu Menon Earnings prospects will be the key by SINGAPORE stocks have rallied sharply since September, leaving many to wonder if the local bourse has more upside. Fund managers are optimistic that local stocks will trade higher in the medium term. But they said that
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      UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
      3128 11 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS (All prices are indicative) Enquiries: Call 852-2973-6600 E-mail lipper.asia@reuters.com Fund Name NAV/Bid Price Offer Price Aberdeen Asset Management (Asia) Aberdeen Se American Opportunities 0.722 0.759 Aberdeen Se -Asian Fixed Income 1.179 1.215 Aberdeen Se China Opportunities Fund 1.051 1.104 Aberdeen Se Continental Europe Equity 1.009 1.061 Aberdeen
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    • Shoptalk
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        Taking travelling to loftier heights
        79 12 Even if you've shelved all plans to travel this year, Air France's new advertising campaign will make you want to take the first flight out. Breaking away from the traditional route of using smiling flight attendants, high-tech seats, new planes etc, these ads focus on
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        The World Cup frenzy is taking over the living room!
        110 12 With the theme SCV MaxTV FIFA World Cup 2002: World of Power, Passion and Peace: Experience A New Dimension, soccer devotees can look forward to 64 live matches over 4 different channels, complete with interviews, pre and post-match sequences and
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        A rush of good fortune
        193 12 Launched on 1 Oct 2001, Diamond Rush is Hong Leong Singapore Finance's (HLSF) annual fixed deposit campaign. Fixed depositors who open or renew a fixed deposit between then and 31 March 2002, and HLSF's Express Share Loan customers were qualified to enter the draw. The
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      Lock icon Bad loans to blame?
      681 12 Bloomberg DBS to report lower Q1 profit DBS Group Holdings will probably report that its profit fell 25 per cent to $242 million in the three months to March 31, as it increased bad loan provisions and wrote off goodwill on a recent acquisition, analysts said.
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      Lock icon CapitaLand proposes new trust structure
      157 12 Bloomberg CAPITALAND Ltd, which last year scrapped a plan to sell Singapore's first property trust, has proposed a second property trust structure to the Government. "We have gone to the authorities with our wish list," said Mr Lui Chong Chee, CapitaLand's chief financial officer. "What
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      Good news hits home
      589 13  -  Francis Kan But CPF fears loom over home prices by francis@newstoday.com.sg WHILE further evidence of a recovery in the residential property market emerged on Friday, the outlook for the sector remains clouded by the "CPF factor", analysts warned. Data released by the Urban Redevelopment Authority showed
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      APARTMENTS/CONDOMINIUMS
      482 13 Street Type Date Tenure Price Sq Ft Psf District 07 BURLINGTON SQ BURLINGTON SQ ENG CHEONG TWR SUNSHINE PIAZA THE BENCOOLEN APT APT APT APT APT 05/03/2002 99 I 11/03/2002 99 I 14/03/2002 99 08/03/2002 99 23/03/2002 99 I *****0 *****0 *****0 *****0 *****0 872 872 1033 570 1044
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      LANDED PROPERTIES
      111 13 Transacted Property Listings provided by SISV Services Pte Ltd Street Type Date Tenure Price Sq Ft Ps Bungalows District 10 DUCHESS RD GREENLEAF LANE 2-SD 2-SD 18/03/2002 999 18/03/2002 FH *****00 *****00 3786 3956 528 493 JLN KELAWAR JLN LIM TAI SEE 2-SD 2-SD 19/03/2002 FH 24/03/2002 FH
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      86 8 Remisiers back in vogue Brokerages are ready to pay big bucks for good talent/10 ■fl B^r _^B^P9 The Prince and the cowboy Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz met with US President George W Bush at his Texas ranch. Was there a meeting of minds?/16 "IB N wBB*
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Delhi tries Budget sops to boost image
      226 14 Agencies NEW DELHI The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has reversed some of its politically harsh Budget proposals put forward in February to try to win back support from the middle class. Besides these, the Hindu nationalist party's image has also been affected
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      Lock icon Dog meat juice, anyone?
      271 14 AFP SEOUL Animal-rights activists will have a big problem washing down their kimchi with this drink: Dog meat juice. A group of restaurateurs in Seoul plans to offer the juice outside the World Cup stadium to fight "prejudice" against the South Korean delicacy. "We plan to
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      Lock icon casino queen's coup
      741 15  -  Tan Siew Eng by sieweng@newstoday.com.sg THESE stakes are not for the fainthearted. But in the cutthroat world of high-rollers and huge risks, one woman has played the game on her own terms and come out trumps. Sporting a deceptively lightweight name Pansy she has been anointed Macau's
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      Court clears maid-turned-socialite: Husband's death not a homicide
      454 14 PERTH For 10 years, a maid-turned-socialite in Australia had to fend off allegations that she had a hand in her rich husband's death. This week, the cloud of suspicion hanging over Ms Rose Porteous (picture) was cleared after a coroner's court ruled
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      Lock icon The Saudi-US doublespeak
      619 16 Today Foreign Desk Smiles hide differences between Prince Abdullah and President Bush WASHINGTON Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah's government has raised US$lOO million ($lBO million) for Palestinian families of suicide bombers. Riyadh continues to play dumb over 15 of the 19 Sept 11 hijackers and its national, Osama
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      Lock icon Women, children targeted in bomb blast
      243 16 Agencies MULTAN (Pakistan) For the first time, women and children were targeted in the latest wave of sectarian violence, adding a new dimension to the conflict. Thousands of Shi'ite Muslims were gathered at a mosque in the western town of Bhakkar in Punjab province
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      TLC's Lisa 'left Eye' Lopes dies
      200 16 LOS ANGELES (California) A car crash in Honduras has claimed the life of Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, member of hip-hop group TLC. She would have turned 31 next month, CAW reported. "We grew up together and were as close as a family. Today, we
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      Lock icon Exam hall turns bloody
      168 17 -AFP ERFURT An examination hall was bloodied in Germany when an attacker started firing in the hall on Friday. At least 700 students and teachers were in the hall and were getting ready to take a mathematics paper, reports said. The attacker is believed to be
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      There's still hope for him
      488 17 Despite the brickbats, Koizumi has made a difference to Japan TOKYO In a sign of the political idol's fall from grace, terms of endearment such as Juni-chan and "Mr Lionheart" are seldom applied to Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (picture) these days. Instead, Mr Koizumi,
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Why stop the aunties from making tarts?
      613 18  -  Ivy Singh-Lim by weekend@newstoday.com.sg I KNOW this lady who lives alone, has suffered from breast cancer, has a great sense of humour and makes the best pineapple tarts this side of the world. In other words, she does not wait for a handout,
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      Lock icon ASTEROID NEARLY DESTROYS EARTH
      746 18  -  Dave Barry by weekend@newstoday.com.sg SEE Page 64A. You can skip this column. I'm sure you have more important things to do. You don't need to waste your valuable time reading about how MILLIONS OF PEOPLE, POSSIBLY INCLUDING YOU, RECENTLY WERE ALMOST KILLED BY A GIANT SPACE
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      39 18 WE'RE looking at this as something fun for s- them to do while they are looking for /> _a\ another job. \%£g. -Ms Elizabeth Norris, Playboy spokesman, talking about its projected __f Women of Enron photo spread featuring Enron employees.
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  • WORLD IN REVIEW
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      Lock icon Untitled
      70 20 -AFP photos. Death and despair... the mother of a suspected Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades member crying after the Israeli army came searching for him near Nablus on April 19; (right, middle) a wounded Palestinian boy standing amid his destroyed home in Jenin on April 18; (bottom) a man praying over
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      Sharon's new shame
      381 20 The bloodbath in the West Bank town of Jenin is the latest blot on Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's record. The man whom many Palestinians dubbed as "The Butcher" was linked to earlier acts of violence such as the 1982 massacre of Palestinians in Sabra and Shatilla
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  • Weekend FEATURES
    • STAR WARS FEATURE
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        Lock icon Good will it be, this episode
        1934 21 Time magazine rSTAR Wars special MAYBE George Lucas ought to get out more. For the past three years, as he ruled his multimedia empire from the palatial redoubt of Skywalker Ranch in Marin County, California, Lucas has dwelt in the lovely dream that his
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      Lydon's 'smart talk'
      242 22  -  -Janice Lee YOU might find the mindless banter spouted by radio DJs a tad annoying. Now, American journalist Christopher Lydon (picture) hopes to bring his brand of "smart talk" to the Singaporean airwaves. He started his call-in talk shows to engage audiences in intellectual conversations. This way,
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      Sumei's the best
      147 22  -  -Low Ski Ping WITH the last episode of the sixth season of Growing Up being aired on Sunday, Today conducted a straw poll to find out who the favourite character is. The verdict? Tay Sumei the mother, played by Wee Soon Hui (picture). Despite having left the
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      confessions of a beach-bum
      1217 22  -  Clement Mesenas Jannie Tay laughs, weeps and remembers by clement@newstoday.com.sg LIFE has come one big circle for multi-millionairess Dr Jannie Tay. She remembers being sad and alone as a student in Melbourne at 17 when her businessman father died of a heart attack. Today at 57,
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      Lock icon millionairess
      315 23 Powerful women have powerful women friends. Among Jannie's close friends are Jennie Chua, the president of Raffles International and former top banker Elizabeth Sam. They share a common interest ballroom dancing. Jannie is enthusiastic, indeed passionate, about ballroom dancing. "It has given me a new outlook on life. It
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      38 25 Catch these Star Wars Specials on Channel 5: 1. From Star Wars to Star Wars.The Story of Industrial Light and Magic, April 28, 6pm 2. A Long Time Ago: The Story of Star Wars, May 5, 6 pm
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  • IN CINEMAS
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      Writingcock: The Review
      432 26  -  David Ngiau FILM REVIEW Talkingcock: The Movie (Now showing) NC"I6 .by david@newstoday.com.sg BROAD, scattershot parodies are always tough propositions for the satirist and his audience. The perpetrators machinegun their way through as many issues and mores as they can. Some shots may find their mark while others
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      Letting rip as Raffles
      241 26  -  Neil Humphreys WHEN I was asked by Talkingcock director Colin Goh to play Sir Stamford Raffles, I took the role extremely seriously. Having trained at the Vinnie Jones School of Cockney Acting, I sought out the man named after an MRT station, a hotel and a
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      Back in time
      599 27  -  Serene Foo Director Tsai revisits dad's memories by serene@newstoday.com.sg WHEN Tsai Ming-liang (picture) decided to leave home to study film in the early 80s, his father, a farmer and noodle seller, strongly disapproved. But, his dad didn't stop him and Tsai left Kuching, Malaysia, for the Chinese
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      Lock icon Will Rings be The Lord of MTV?
      155 27 Reuters/Variety HOLLYWOOD The Lord ofthe Rings heads into MTV's coming 2002 Movie Awards with the most nominations. Rings is in the hunt for six awards including best picture, male performance (Elijah Wood), villain (Christopher Lee), action sequence, breakthrough male performer (Orlando Bloom) and
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      How Duncan got into acting
      188 27 MOST quit their day jobs and get into acting full-time while punch drunk on dreams of becoming a movie star. But for Oscar-nominee Michael Clarke Duncan (The Green Mile, The Scorpion King), the impetus to switch careers came from a drive-by shooting, according to World
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      422 28  -  Janice Lee Men with stay-home jobs may suffer from heart disease by jani ce@newstoday.com.sg IT might appear that working from home will ward off heart disease, but a health study presented to the American Heart Association's Asia-Pacific Scientific Forum in Honolulu has suggested the opposite may
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        250 28 MY colleague is married with a wife and a baby. Ever since I've joined the company, according to my colleagues, he's been "checking me out" and getting a little bit too close for comfort He also does this to this other female colleague of mine and she encourages
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        I'm just a boy
        220 28 I HAVE been noticing this guy in my school for the past three months. He is handsome, looks very smart in uniform, is tall and speaks very well. I hear he is also very good in his schoolwork, I am 15 and he is one year
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        They call me sex god
        329 28 I'VE a colleague who I never thought of as a babe until I started really talking to her in the course of work. She's cute, sweet, but at the same time has an intense stare that hints of deeper passions. And now, she keeps making
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      502 29  -  Sian E Jay Revive your old clothes with these sparklers by EVERYONE wants to stay fashionable but, when times k are hard, dropping into your favourite boutique isn't always a realistic option. Giving your old outfits a new look is and one of the easiest ways to spruce
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      Jo Jo Armani, meet Lewis the Fraud...
      425 29  -  Ivan Lim by ivan@newstoday.com.sg IT could be on account of the manner in which most Hongkongers speak or their lack of knowledge of foreign languages. Either way, a Hong Kong socialite has deemed it necessary to publish a pronunciation guide for European designer
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      EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK
      358 29  -  Serena Sim Clueless about the beauty scene? Too many choices? Take a peek into our book to see what's grabbed our fancy this week! by serena@newstoday.com.sg ONE word sprung to mind when I first tried on the new lip colours from M.A.C delicious! And I mean that quite
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      775 30  -  Clement Mesenas /Vhen sailors used to do the full monty in the Bugis Street of old by clement® newstoday.com.sg BUGIS Street was a place where the beer was cold and cheap, the food exotic and the ladies of the night were shapely and fun. Of course, they
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        BE BOWLED OVER BY MAO
        140 30 Enjoy big bowls of noodles at House of Mao Hunan Hotpot. There are six choices of ingredients, four types of noodles and three soup bases to choose from. Slurp delicious Hunan flat noodles accompanied by US corn-fed pork or prime beef in robust beef soup,
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        CHOCOLATES GALORE AT RITZ-CARLTON
        88 30 The traditions of afternoon tea at The RitzCarlton, MiUenia Singapore are enhanced with the new Vintage Chocolate Afternoon Tea Buffet at The Lobby Lounge on weekends from 2.30pm to 5.30pm. Chocoholics can indulge in the chocolate fruit fondue (picture), the brainchild of award-win-ning Pastry Chef Gerald
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        AL-FRESCO BBQ AT ANDORRA
        71 30 Experience al-fresco barbecues every Saturday from 7pm to I Opm at Andorra. Choose from beef in spicy Spanish marinade, lamb cubes with fresh mint and wild herbs, chicken breast with Madrid honey, spiced glaze salmon in lemongrass, garlic and chilli squid in Spanish spicy sauce and
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      CALLING ALL FOODIES!
      41 30 Weekend Today is looking for makan kakis. Do you know of a hawker stall or restaurant that you think is the ultimate foodie haven? Tip us off at eatout@newstoday.com.sg, have a meal on us and win food vouchers.
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      487 32  -  Karman Tse California Pizza Kitchen surprises with wacky toppings Where: California Pizza Kitchen Forum the Shopping Mall #01-42 Telephone: 6836 0110 Recommended: Caramelised pear and gorgonzola pizza: $18.90 Tricolore salad pizza: $19.90 Cookies and cream tartufo: $9.90 I by karman@newstoday.com.sg PEKING duck and mozzarella cheese on a
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      Lemongrass No 5 – a new experience
      351 32  - Lemongrass No 5 a new experience Low Shi Ping Where: Lemongrass Thai Restaurant Siglap Centre Telephone: 6243 3568 Recommended: Smoked duck salad: $10 Dry red curry Prawn: $14 Stuffed chicken wings: $3 per piece Tom yam with coconut soup: $12 by shiping@newstoday.com.sg SAWASDEE! Lemongrass Thai Restaurant, one of the most
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      Stuffed calamari
      376 33  -  Pauline DLoh Sweet and sew squid and chicken petk up Ihe palate by pauline@newstoday.com.sg WELCOME back to another series of MAGGI HomeChef. For the next 13 weeks, we'll be sharing tasty, easy-to-prepare recipes using MAGGI mixes and sauces. There are two new features for our readers as well.
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      TAKE A TIP TODAY
      248 33 Colour your food THE secret to good cooking is to understand the appeal of food. Besides tasting good, food should smell good and look good.Adding a touch of colour will immediately add appeal. Take a lesson from the Japanese.Their food presentations are like works of art.
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      Sweet and Sour Calamari Stuffed with Chicken
      186 33 Ingredients: 1 packet MAGGI Sweet and Sour Fish Mix 2 medium squid 200 gm minced chicken 3 water chestnuts, diced Half a pineapple, cubed 1 red pepper, diced Method: 1. Clean squid, removing ink bag and stomach contents. Keep tube whole. Set squid
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      Spicy Fried Rice
      60 33 Ingredients: 1 packet MAGGI Nasi Goreng paste ($0.46), 1 cup green peas ($0.50), 1 teaspoon diced, seeded chilli, 3 cups cooked rice, 1 tablespoon oil. 1. Fry MAGGI Nasi Goreng paste in the oil and stir in cooked rice. Mix well. 2. Add green peas and diced
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      5 33 IOMECHEFwith MAGGI, the culinary expert
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      160 33 mAMsUIb Mailbox QUESTION: Thank you for your easy to cook recipes. I find them really useful, especially your explanations, tips and tricks. One question: You featured black chicken in a recent column. Why are they black? Can pregnant ladies take them? tessie@cassiadrive ANSWER: We try to feature recipes that busy
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      529 34  - Driving on AI R Colin Yong by colin@newstoday.com.sg A GLANCE at the Mitsubishi Airtrek's tyres tells you _~___all you need to know about the car. They are not knobbly as you might expect, but rounded and smooth instead. This is because they are meant for on-road use. Besides, the car
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      Motor rally returns to Kallang
      157 34 LOCAL motorsports fans will be making a beeline to the Kallang carparks tomorrow for the first major rally of the year. Sponsored by German lubricants manufacturer Fuchs, the Tour De Singapour Rallye will be held at carparks A, B, C and F. More than 40
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      Falken rolls out silent fuel saver
      180 34 RIDING high on the success of the Azenis STIIS, Japanese tyre manufacturer Falken has introduced a new mid-range model. The Ziex ZESI2 replaces the ZESO2 and it is sold alongside the ZE-326 in Falken's Ziex range. Its modernlooking unidirectional tread pattern is characterised by
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      Ferrari's surprise monster
      192 35 FERRARI sprang a surprise when it took the wraps off its FX concept car yesterday at an exhibition at the Contemporary Art Museum in Tokyo. The production version of the FX will be called Enzo (after Ferrari's late founder) or F6O. It is due for launch at
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      Today's motoring tip
      187 35 Check your car's oil before it wakes up MANY motorists rely on petrol station attendants to check the oil level of their cars' engines, but they may not get an accurate reading this way. After a car engine is turned off, it takes the oil up to
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      CURRENT COE PRICES
      39 35 April 2002 Cat A I600cc below Cat B 1601 cc above Cat C Goods veh/buses Cat D Motorcycles Cat E Open I st bidding $37,201 $39,509 $23,001 $540 $41,001 2nd bidding $36,000 $42,101 $24,001 $409 $42,043
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      Robbie Williams' crossblade
      203 35 POP star Robbie Williams (picture) may be making big bucks but he obviously likes small cars. He has just taken delivery of his smart crossblade, which is the first of only 2,000 that will be made. The 2.5-metre-long crossblade is one of the most unusual cars currently
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      1679 36 W^kend" j^^ Programmes -Today A 7.32 Tonight In Person Lara AFTERNOON 2.30 goggles Bus Stop I 1.30 Memori //Tiffr Dutta, Miss Universe 2000 2.00pm Lois Clark 3.30 goggles Hotelier Persembahan Ku 8.00 SQOO6 Final Report 3.00 Saturday Afternoon Movie 5.00 Pre-Golden Melody Mn Close -Taiwan Deadly Sins Award Concert 2
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      1789 37 HJGHUGHTC SATURDAY SUNDAY lon? time t0 buy a ticket t0 their various desti_ viable nations. Eventually, they realise that they have meteor r-ARrtPN TONIGHT IN PERSON A WISH UPON A STAR been duped as the bus ticket is sold by a mad jERRYYAN SPECIAL WITH LARA DUTTA, 11am, Channel 8
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      152 38 The Lighter Side Meehan Streak THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE TO f NOTHING I I JI CONFESS! START TALKING OR ALL RIGHT [YOU HAVE THE RIGHT WHICH MUST SEEM WE'LL THROW THE BOOK AT YOU. REAP HIM HIS RIGHTS J [TO REMAIN SILENT... J 1 KIND OF IRONIC TO YOU,
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      376 38 Today's Joke A COUPLE of women were playing golf one sunny Saturday morning. The first of the twosome teed off and watched in horror as her ball headed directly toward a foursome of men playing the next hole. The ball hit one of the men and he immediately clasped his
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      Lock icon Brilliant, but boring
      648 39 Reuters LONDON Sachin Tendulkar (picture), anecdotally at least, has always been something of a disappointment. Cricket is rich with those tales that encapsulate men and their deeds in the pithiest of phrases. The biggest names, so the unwritten rule goes, should command the biggest stories. Matching Don
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      Lock icon SCV World Cup on show
      38 39 THE SCV MaxTV Fifa World Cup roadshow is currently on Saturday and Sunday at Parco Bugis Junction. Besides on-stage performances, there are contests like the mini-football penalty kick (above). Today photo by WEETECKHIAN
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      Lock icon World champ by 2010?
      509 40  -  Jose Raymond Singapore netballers better than Asia's best, says coach by j ose@newstoday. com.sg SINGAPORE can be a world champion by 2010. This brave prediction was made by Netball Singapore's (NS) national coach of three months Hyacinth Wijesinghe. In an exclusive interview with Today, the 42-year-old
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      Stingrays looking for second victory
      149 40  -  Jose Raymond THE NTUC Income Stingrays are looking to notch their second win today in the NTUC FairPrice 2002 Netball Super League (NSL). The second round of matches start at 5.00pm at the Netball Singapore (NS) Lifehub in Kallang. The league leaders, led by coach
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      Pierce delivers late blow as Boston sends Philadelphia reeling
      319 40 NBA Celtics 93 Sixers 85 Iverson and co facing elimination BOSTON Paul Pierce is quickly adding his name to the history of the Boston Celtics. Pierce drilled a key threepointer in the midst of a late 10-0 run as the Boston
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      Lock icon Ugly show at Tarnpines
      574 41  -  Stanley Ho by stanley@newstoday.com.sg THE S-League match played at Tarnpines Stadium on Friday night was hardly the game we call football. Instead, the 22 men on the pitch wearing the colours of Tarnpines Rovers and Sembawang Rangers were content with kicking lumps out of each other.
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      Mardan slumps while Na blooms
      166 41 SEOUL After a scintillating first round 67, Singapore's Mardan Mamat faltered on Friday to tumble down the leaderboard in the US$4OO,OOO ($721,000) SK Telecom Open at the Lakeside Country Club in Seoul. Singapore's number one golfer carded a disappointing second round two-over-par 74. He now
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      NTUC-lncome S-League closing odds
      135 41 Match 5 Jurong v Tanjong Pagar Jurong East Stadium 27 April 7.30pm Match 6 Home Utd v SAFFC Bishan Stadium 27 April 7.30pm IX2 (1) Jurong $1.70 (X) Draw $3.65 (2) T Pagar $3.60 IX2 (1) Home Utd $2.45 (X) Draw $3.40 (2) SAFFC $2.30 1
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      Lock icon Prophet Schumacher
      357 42 BARCELONA On Thursday, Michael Schumacher (picture) dismissed suggestions that his Ferrari team would struggle to hit its customary form in Sunday's Spanish Grand Prix. Ferrari has generally been poor at Barcelona's demanding Circuit de Catalunya since 1998, but Schumacher said he believed his team would have no problem
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      Bottom ofthe S-League table, what's happening at struggling Gombak?
      630 42  -  Stanley Ho by stanley@newstoday.com.sg IF ANYONE saw how Gombak United was put to the sword by Woodlands Wellington on Thursday, they would surely say the Bulls were shorn of their horns. Indeed, Gombak looked so disoriented in the 6-0 hammering that
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      Lock icon Reds face uphill battle
      493 43 Agencies English Premier League Tottenham v Liverpool Live, Saturday, Cli23, 6.55pm LONDON Former Red Ronnie Rosenthal has warned Liverpool it cannot afford to slip up at Tottenham on Saturday, but admits it faces a tough task. Liverpool travels to north London knowing anything less than victory
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      Lock icon Arrogant, but Arsenal will still win title
      156 43 Agencies LONDON Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has conceded victory to Arsenal in the Premier League title race. With just three games left, he cannot see United stopping the Gunners. "You can't really see them slipping up because all tlie times you
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      Lock icon President Blatter scores improbable win as Fifa election fight hots up
      309 43 Agencies ASUNCION Under-pressure Fifa president Sepp Blatter received a welcome, if unsurprising boost, to his campaign to be re-elected at the end of May when the South American Football Confederation (CSF) announced on Friday its 10 members would vote
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      In the World Cup, let's look to the new
      894 44  -  Rohit Brijnath by weekend@newstoday.com.sg IT IS that time again, every four years, when the lists are made. Somewhere, at his desk, a coach is ticking some names in blue and scratching out others in red. Those who will go to the
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      work and intelligence has transformed England
      708 45 among others, were constantly improving themselves, and others by playing each other. English footballers were mostly humping the ball upfield within their domestic confines. Graham Taylor's England advocated Charles Hughes' football bible (alarmingly, it is used by our very own Jan Poulsen) of getting
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      Great Calcavecchia
      95 45 GREENSBORO Mark Calcavecchia reeled off five consecutive birdies on the back nine to take a one-shot lead after the first round of the US$3.B million ($6.9 million) Greater Greensboro Classic yesterday. The 41-year-old former British Open champion carded a seven-under-par 65 at the Forest Oaks Country Club to
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      Another boxing death
      126 45 MANILA A young Filipino boxer died of brain injuries a week after a knockout loss in a professional boxing match in northern Philippines, a Manila newspaper reported yesterday. Manuel Zayas, 21, was knocked out by Alex Escaner in the ninth round of a super bantamweight fight last
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      American charge
      97 45 HOUSTON Defending champion Andy Roddick led the way as Americans swept the four second-round matches played at the US$4OO,OOO ($723,000) US Clay Court Championships yesterday. Third seed Roddick was joined in the quarterfinals by fourth seed Pete Sampras, No. 5 James Blake and No. 7 Todd Martin. Roddick
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      Japan under fire
      100 45 TOKYO Japanese organisers said yesterday they were confident of co-hosting a successful World Cup with South Korea, despite a fresh row over Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's recent visit to a controversial war shrine. Last Sunday, Koizumi made a surprise visit to Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine, which honours Japanese
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      Super Sven?
      706 46  -  Leonard Thomas Just two days ago, it was reported that Argentina coach Marcelo Bielsa had not been paid for months by his employers. Not exactly the right preparation for a man plotting to lead a team many have tipped for world domi- nation this June in the World
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      Win at foreign soccer with Strike!
      184 46  -  Kelvin Phang FROM next Friday, football punters can bet legally on foreign soccer matches in a Singapore Pools game called Strike! The betting system is similar to the existing one used for NTUC Income S-League matches. Punters can win in the "IX 2" game
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      74 39 KHRCHER I Innovative Cleaning Solutions I A large multi national company currently enjoying high success with its innovative range of domestic appliance is seeking additional energetic and motivated sales personnel to man its expanding sales outlets located within well-known large departmental stores in Singapore. The right candidate will enjoy a
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      34 40 Netball Super League br„, ig h„oyo„b V r_Fa|rPrice NSL title sponsor Other sponsors NTUC m.^T' Singapore ■I HFairPrice 4^ %^> —t E ■^M'l'lHlOll^M MTIlr ITK^IIGn Singapore cu^^^^a dyjH||||o -ntuc iii_n.v^ii sports council Chartered X^ pools
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      83 40 Today's fixtures: Stingrays vs Dolphins 5.00pm Sharks vs Mannas 6.30pm Marlins vs Vipers B.oopm All matches on Court 1 at Netball Singapore's Lifehub §9 standings P W D L F A Pts I Stingrays 1 1 0 0 51 35 2 Mannas 1 1 0 0 40 34 2 I
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      67 41 TAMPINES BALESTIER MATCH SEMBAWANG GEYLANG STADIUM TAMPINES TOA PAYOH DATE 26/04/2002 26/04/2002 'FULL-TIME n O O O match L-L L-L I RESULTS 111 ""Full-Time" includes injury time but not extra time or penalty snoot-outs. 4 V 9 MAW DRAW SEMBAWANG BALESTIER 1/2 GOAL i.i i/2 1 i .I w) TOTAL
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