Today, 3 May 2005, Afternoon Edition

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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      Lock icon Wee Kim Wee, a People's President dies at 89
      1776 1  -  Clement Mesenas Wong Fei Wan and clement(gnewstoday.com.sg HE WILL always be remembered for his humble and gentle ways and in the hearts of Singaporeans, he will live on as a People's President His natural warmth touched the lives of many who
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      Lock icon US talks tough with North Korea
      439 1 -AP Washington able to defend itself and allies: Rice WASHINGTON- Talking tough, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice informed North Korea yesterday the United States is able to defend itself and its allies against nuclear and missile threats. Responding to reports that North Korea launched
      -AP  -  439 words
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      Lock icon Stocks, oil higher
      93 1 AFP NEW YORK US stocks posted modest gains yesterday, overcoming a fresh rise in crude oil prices, with markets positioning for a new Federal Reserve message tomorrow on the course of US interest rates. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 59.19 points at 10,251.70, the Nasdaq added
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      68 1 NEWS£\yiEWS Dr Eric Teo China, S Korea alliance in the making?/3 Need a lift? Life's ups and downs don't faze him/20 impact Page 30 Heaimtoday Pages 40-43 mm/* m^^anm L 1 B .i ARTS EXPLOSION Get your FREE 16-page arts events guide at MRT stations in the CBD, selected Starbucks
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      14 1 mm.*' BJ" ■k^\^\ mb WHEN PANIC GRIPPED JACKSON CAMP LATEST GLOBAL ROUNDUP WORLD 16
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      Lock icon Time is not right for fare hike: Case
      264 2 Channel News Asia THE Consumers Association of Singapore (Case) has said that now is not the time to increase public transport fares as the salaries of the lower income group have not gone up. The consumer watchdog was responding to SMRT's application
      – Channel News Asia  -  264 words
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      Lock icon Japan to drop out of nuclear reactor bid?
      211 2 -AFP PARIS Japan may drop its bid to host the revolutionary International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (Iter) and agree to it being built in Europe, the European Union presidency said yesterday. "Japan has agreed to accept the possibility that Iter be sited in
      -AFP  -  211 words
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      Lock icon Chen ready for peace talks
      428 2 -AFP Taiwan leader says negotiations with China must be based on peace, democracy, parity MAJURO Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian said yesterday he was ready to hold peace talks with China any time and supported confidence-building measures to reduce military tension in the Taiwan Strait Mr
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        China-S Korea alliance in the making?
        674 3  -  Dr Eric Tea Region's stability in flux as the two nations find common cause against Japan ROWDY and violent protests in China over three successive weekends as well as the daily protests in Seoul, confirm the nationalistic flare-ups in China and South Korea against
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  • Singapore news
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      Lock icon Baby... you're rich
      619 6  -  Patricia Yap Top Spore employer FedEx has winning pro-family ways patricia@newstoday.com.sg FOR each of his three children, IT manager Francis Toh received $2,500. No, the monetary award was not another one of the Government's initiatives to boost Singapore's flagging birth rates. Instead, it was his company's way
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      AWARDS MAKE FOR ENTICING INCENTIVES FOR HARDWORKING STAFF
      92 6 On top of the usual insurance coverage and paid leave that most companies have, FedEx recognises employees for their efforts with these awards: The Bravo Zulu Award for outstanding performance beyond normal job expectations. The Purple Promise Award for exceptional customer service.
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      Lock icon President's Challenge targets $8m in charity
      223 8 Channel News Asia 18 Heart Buses already raise $350,000 for drive THE President's Challenge is back and this time it hopes to raise at least $8 million for the less fortunate. Now in its sixth year, the annual charity drive was launched yesterday at
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      Lock icon Contractors urged to ensure better housing
      341 10 Newsßadio 93.8 Jurong dormitory for foreign workers lauded for its high standards NATIONAL Trades Union Congress' (NTUC) assistant secretary-general Halimah Yaacob has urged building contractors to buck the trend of poor housing conditions for foreign workers. Industry players should get together to agree on
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        Jayakumar meets Saudi ministers
        79 10 Deputy Prime Minister S Jayakumar met with Saudi Arabia's Minister for Commerce and Industry, HE Dr Hashim Yamani; and Minister for Higher Education, Dr Khalea Al Anqari; in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, yesterday. Dr Hashim and Prof Jayakumar expressed the wish for closer collaboration between the private
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        Lock icon Tree branch falls onto Newton Food Centre
        53 10 Channel News Asia The branch of an Angsana tree next to the Newton Food Centre snapped on Sunday night and fell onto four tables and five seats. Two tourists suffered minor bruises and the metal awning and roof of a row of stalls
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  • world news
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      Lock icon Coup fears alive in Manila
      263 12 AFP Forces on alert to prevent unrest MANILA The threat of a coup against Philippine President Gloria Arroyo has subsided but troops will remain on alert over fears that a retired general could try to overthrow the government The 115,000-strong security forces were put on
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      Lock icon Oman convicts coup plotters
      81 12 AP A court in Oman convicted 31 people of plotting to overthrow the government and sentenced them to prison terms ranging from 1 to 20 years in prison. The 31 to stand trial were among as many as 1 00 suspected extremists arrested across this Middle
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      Lock icon Maldives nab 'radical' coup plotter
      122 12 AP Authorities in the Maldives have detained an alleged Islamic militant suspected of plotting to overthrow the government, gov- ernment spokesman Mohamed Hussain Shareef said. The detainee, a worker for the state-run telecommunication company, is an alleged member of Islamic radical group Jamaa'at Al Muslimeen.
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      Lock icon Malaysia to use ISA on diesel smugglers
      198 12 Agencies KUALA LUMPUR Diesel smugglers in Malaysia can be held under the Internal Security Act (ISA), which allows for indefinite detention without trial, the New Straits Times reported yesterday, as the government struggles with a nationwide diesel shortage. "The provisions are there," to
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      Lock icon 'Instant divorce' to continue in India
      144 14 AFP BHOPAL (India) The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has unveiled new marriage guidelines that stop short of an outright ban on instant divorce. A two-day board meeting that ended on Sunday focused on the issue of "triple talaq", or instant divorce,
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    • this QUIRKY world
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        Lock icon Pot as payment
        51 14 AP American police arrested a 21 -year-old man in Fargo, North Dakota after he allegedly assaulted a pizza delivery driver who refused to take marijuana as payment for a pie, police said. The man, charged with robbery, was released from Cass County Jail after posting US$5,OOO ($8,189)
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        Lock icon Steak for sex
        38 14 AP Having no money didn't stop American Wayne Glaude of Rhode Island from solic- iting sex from an undercover officer. Police said the 22-year-old beef company employee offered steak in exchange for her services instead.
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        Lock icon Victorian resort legalises Speedos
        48 14 ■AP A Victorian-themed resort in New Jersey, USA, is legalising Speedos after a 30-year-ban on "skintight, form-fitting or bikini-type" bathing attire on males over the age of 12. It is also lifting a rule that stops bare-chested men from strolling along the beachfront promenade.
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      Lock icon S Korea, Japan play down missile test
      321 14 Agencies They say N Korea's latest weapon poses no threat SEOUL Asian governments yesterday played down the significance of North Korea's latest missile test, saying it involved a short-range weapon unable to reach as far as Japan and with no link to the
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      Lock icon When panic gripped Jackson camp
      310 16 -AFP Spike in calls following broadcast of documentary SANTA MARIA Prosecutors nearing the end of their child sex case against Michael Jackson sought yesterday to show how panic gripped the singer's camp as the molestation allegations surfaced. Telephone records were presented showing a spike in
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    • GLOBAL roundup
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        Lock icon EU-lran 'must keep talks alive'
        65 16 -AFP UN nuclear chief Mohamed El Baradei made a plea for Iran and the European Union to keep their nuclear talks alive and urged Tehran to refrain from uranium enrichment activities, as a non-proliferation conference opened at the United Nations yesterday. The Iranian crisis has
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        Lock icon 10 human traffickers jailed
        62 16 -AFP len people convoea on cnarges or human trafficking have been jailed for up to five years by a court in the Dutch city of Alkmaar. Prosecutors said the ring had houses where people from China and Pakistan were hidden before continuing their journeys, to Spain
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        Lock icon Blair fears apathy, protest votes
        63 16 AP Prime Minister Tony Blair warned yesterday that apathy and protest votes could cost his Labour Party re-election. Opinion polls point to a comfortable victory for Labour on Thursday but Mr Blair fears a backlash over Iraq, causing core supporters to stay at home or
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      Focus On The Family
      239 18  -  Dr James Dobson TbiMTs by i WHAT CAUSES SLOW LEARNERS? What causes a child to be what's known as a "slow learner," a boy or girl who has great difficulty with academic work and one who will never quite master reading, writing, and math? There are
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      Are SMRT's fare revisions justified?
      295 18  -  KUMAR PILLAY THANGAVALU LIM BOON HEE Company seems to fare fine without any hike I Letter from WHILE it is understandable that SMRT has not revised its fares since in the past three years, based on the reports, SMRT has still continued to show significant
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      No such 'Spider Maids' please...
      117 18  -  CHONG WAI HENG Letter from WHILE walking to the carpark on Sunday, I received a rude shock. That was because I saw a maid standing on the window ledge and cleaning the window exteriors at Block 14, Edgefield Plains. To record this unbelievable moment, I
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      Do not allow Pulau Ubin to become another East Coast Park
      233 18  -  LIANA JEFFREY Letter from MY HUSBAND and I are adventure lovers. We have always enjoyed being out in the wild, surrounded by nature and away from the bustle and conveniences of the city. The only place we can find
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      Lock icon Lifting spirits at the Subordinate Courts
      635 20  -  TEO KHWA CHWEE < Wong Fei Wan Court lift operator stays cheerful despite life's ups and downs Pllilgal 62, court lift operator FOR the past 27 years, Mr Teo Khwa Chwee has witnessed how legal battles are fought and justice meted out at the
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      Give 10 minutes' allowance for parking charges
      251 20  -  KEE SENG HONG Letter from I REFER to Mohamad Noor Abdullah's letter "Away with hourly rates" (April 26). I fully applaud his suggestion of a pay-per-minute parking system for all carparks and wish to suggest some fine-tuning. Recently, I went to Toa Payoh
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      First do no harm, docs
      327 22  -  THERESA GOH CHENG KEOW My Vision for Singapore I Letter from MY vision of Singapore is one where medical practitioners provide more transparent services and better communicate what is happening during treatment to patients and their loved ones. I lost my sister last year to
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      Fairness guides use of levy: HDB
      438 22  -  LEONGCHOKKEH I Letter from Deputy Director (Policy and Property) I for Director (Estate Administration I and Property) I Housing and Development Board I I REFER to Mr Willie Tan's letter, "HDB, help troubled and single parents" (April 27). HDB flats are subsidised and the
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  • business news
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      Eighth Wonder eyes 'flagship' S'pore deal
      565 24  -  Tor Ching Li US company chairman has big plans for proposed IR project chingli@newstoday.com.sg "NEW York, New York" hotel resort in Las Vegas may have propelled its creator, Mark Advent, to fame in 1997, but the big apple of his eye is now sunny
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      BIL owner eyeing S'pore IR project
      292 24 SINGAPORE-based BIL International, the owner of Thistle Hotels, is planning to apply for casino licenses for three of its Central London hotels, the London-based Times newspaper said. BIL, which is controlled by Malaysian billionaire Quek Leng Chan, has hired Paul Collis, a former managing
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      Lock icon Thai call to build casinos
      120 24 Bloomberg THAILAND'S government should build as many as four casinos to boost tourism and compete with coming attractions in Singapore and Hong Kong, The Nation reported, citing a local hotel operator. Mr Pitak Rangsritham proposed that a casino be built in Thailand's south to offer
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      Lock icon June decision on SIA's trans-Pacific aspirations
      140 26 Dow Jones CANBERRA Australian Transport Minister John Anderson will likely give the Australian Cabinet an overview of the global aviation sector later this month before putting a recommendation on whether to throw open the trans-Pacific route to greater competition. A spokesman said a decision
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      Lock icon Temasek may pass on takeover bid
      320 26 Bloomberg Hana Bank to acquire fund manager alone if talks withTemasek collapse HANA Bank, South Korea's fourth-largest bank, said it may fund a US$475 million ($784 million) takeover of fund manager Daehan Investment Securities by itself because of a cost-sharing disagreement with its biggest
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    • Market WATCH
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        Singapore
        150 26 All eyes will be on the US Federal Open Market Committee when it meets later today under the chairmanship of Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan. Analysts are betting that the US Federal Reserve will raise rates by 25 basis points to 3.0 per cent to quell inflationary pressures despite evidence
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        Your $1 buys
        36 26 US$ 0.6107 UK£ 0.3199 Yen 63.9675 HK$ 4.7594 RM 2.3205 Euro 0.4744 Rupiah 5,844.096 Baht 24.0878 Peso 33.0921 A$ 0.7816 Indian Rs 26.5854 Won 608.897 C$ 0.7684 Yuan 5.0541 NZ$ 0.8348 NTS 19.0962
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        Lock icon Commodities
        26 26 SGX, Bloomberg Gold uss/oz 434.50 Silver uss/.i 6.930 Platinum uss/oi 871.800 Rubber ant/kg 219.50 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1,430 Brent crude uss/barrei 51.00 Information provided by
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      Lock icon Japan's property prices rising
      185 27 Bloomberg JAPANESE real estate funds and developers are snapping up domestic property, betting the economy will expand enough to end 13 years of falling land prices. Tokyo property prices, which have fallen as much as 70 per cent from the 1991 peak, rose last year for
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      Lock icon Buffetfs $511m gamble
      371 27 Agencies Investor continues to bet against US dollar, praises AIG chief INVESTMENT guru Warren Buffett, has lost US$3lO million ($5ll million) in the first three months of this year by betting against the US dollar. However, Mr Buffettt, who spoke over the weekend to 19,000 shareholders, said
      — Agencies; BLOOMBERG  -  371 words
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            129 30  -  Shobha Tsering Bhalla Millennium Copthome (M&C) Hotels has appointed veteran hotelier Dinky Puri as its new President of Millennium Hotels in Europe with effect from June 1, 2005. Mr Puri will be responsible for the Millennium Hotels in both London and the continent,
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      884 28  -  Chow Perm Nee Understand complexities of this volatile instrument before you jump in pennnee@newstoday.com.sg THEY hook investors with their relatively small capital outlay and the promise of large potential gains. But the sizzling-hot warrants market is also a place where investors can get burnt badly if
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      291 28  - ABN Amro's financial tips for single mums Valeric Law HELP is at hand for single mothers to be financially independent. Dutch bank ABN Amro rolled out a full-day workshop recently for 150 single mothers to help equip them with savvy money management tools and more such sessions are in the
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      624 32  - E -lifestyle enhancers Ariel Tarn BenQ wants people to experience the complete digital lifestyle ariel@newstoday.com.sg I TAIWANESE elecI tronics manufacturer BenQ wants to be known as a "lifestyle enhancer" and is focusing its efforts on creating a connected suite of products that caters to the modern-day consumer's networked digital lifestyle.
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        748 33  -  Seah Siew Hua Interactive kiosks increasing in number islandwide siewhua@newstoday.com.sg I UP AT 3am? Well, among I the things you can do is rent DVDs, develop photos, pay bills and fines, buy movie tickets for the next day and pick a new ring
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      605 34  -  Elisa Chia a Ron Rifkin alias Arvin Sloan shows his true colours HIS steely stare gives you the shudders. You can't help but wonder whether he's formulating some treacherous plan. For fans of Alias, Ron Rifkin is the chilling, deceptively beatific face of evil that is
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      51 34 CIA agent Sydney Bristow's dysfunctional family has yet another member. Argentine actress Mia Maestro plays the mysterious Nadia Santos Sydney's longlost half sister and fellow agent who was conceived by baddie Arvin Sloan and Sydney's mother. Maestro, a favourite witl art-house filmgoers [Tango, The Motorcycle Diaries), talks to
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      53 34 I'm very close to Sydney but at the same time, she hates my father. I'm trying to learn about this man but she doesn't want mi to believe him as much as I do. So we have all these different
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      83 34  -  Elisa Chia I try to go to the gym every day and I picked up boxing. Every time we have a fight scene, we rehearse it with the stunt coordinator and the fight coordinator. And we review
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      374 36  -  Jeanine Tan Apprentice 2 taught her how to be a good mother, says contestant Ivana j eanine@newstoday.com. sg YOU would think that the experience of being on billionaire developer Donald Trump's The Apprentice 2 might improve one's business acumen, but venture capitalist Ivana Ma claims it
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        164 38  -  Ross Wallace DIRECTOR Ridley Scott (picture) has one request of the people who have suggested his latest film, Kingdom of Heaven, offers a onesided view of the Muslim world: See it first. In Tokyo recently to promote the US$l3O million ($212 million) epic, about
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      616 40  -  Recta Raman Be alert on the road, get immunised reeta@newstoday.com.sg AN ESTIMATED 300 million people worldwide have chronic Hepatitis B infections and three quarters of these people live in the Asia-Pacific region. With the growing interest in budget travel these days, travellers to countries that have high
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      118 41 Pregnant A healthcare worker A person undergoing kidney dialysis At high risk in other words, if you have a family history of HBV infection or liver cancer or if you engage in high risk-behaviour which includes having multiple sex partners.
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    453 46  -  ERIC DING Woodlands hope to close in onTampines sports@newstoday.com.sg LOCKED in combat at the top of the S-League table, Woodlands Wellington and Tampines Rovers will renew their rivalry at the Woodlands stadium tomorrow. For the first time in a year, the rivals consider themselves to be
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    125 46 Bishan Stadium Tonight, 7.30pm ALTHOUGH it may be overshadowed by the WoodlandsTampines match, this encounter is certain to be just as fiercely contested as both sides look to haul themselves up the table. The Young Lions have won two in a row and kept a clean
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    568 47  -  JOSE RAYMOND S-League champions are looking pretty comfortable at the top jose@newstoday.com.sg LAST year's double winners Tampines Rovers will certainly believe that the 2005 NTUC Income-Yeo's S-League title is theirs to lose. Last week, many had expected the Stags to stumble and drop points against
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    64 47 AFTER going seven S-League games without a goal, Woodlands Wellington ace Masrezwan Masturi was beginning to wonder whether he would ever get on the score sheet. But he silenced his critics and left Rams coach Karim Bencherifa delighted after his two goals
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    122 47 Normally, this unwanted title goes to an individual. But collectively, Sinchi FC were so poor last week that no individual should be singled out. No S-League supporter should ever be expected to part with his hard-earned money to watch the shameful farce that was
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    88 47 After suffering a humiliating 4-0 defeat to Home United a fortnight ago, the Rams could have seen their fortunes plummet. With their confidence shaken, Woodlands faced a daunting trip to high-flying Balestier Khalsa at the Toa Payoh Stadium last week. The Tigers had already
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    537 48  -  ERIC DING Ding delighted after Chilins' Singapore Cup victory saves his job sports@newstoday.com.sg ON FRIDAY, Sinchi coach Ding Zhe threatened to resign if his team lost again. Offering monosyllabic answers and staring at the floor, he was clearly a troubled man. The Chilins' match against DPMM
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      349 52 LIVERPOOL Steven Gerrard rarely gets carried away with the emotion of an occasion. Soft-spoken and level-headed, the Liverpool skipper is not one for hyperbole. But on the eve of the Reds' Champions League semi-final, second leg against Chelsea, he is willing to
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      207 53 PRIMERA LIGA Barcelona 2 Albacete 0 MADRID Barcelona responded to the pressure placed on them by Real Madrid and Ronaldo by beating Albacete 2-0 on Sunday (yesterday morning, Singapore time). The victory maintained their six-point lead over Real, who beat
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      27 53 11 pm Tennis Masters Series Telecom Italia, Ch24 Tomorrow 2.30 am Football Champions League: Liverpool v Chelsea, Ch5&23 7am NBA Playoffs first round, Game 5 (if necessary)
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      172 58 NATIONAL ARTS COUNCIL SINGAPORE To nurture the arts and make it an integral part of the lives of the people of Singapore S UNIQUELY www.visitsingapore.com A city like no other, a world of possibilities fiA~DIACORP We set you thinking. Listings also available on kttpj lpdf.todayonline.comlindex_pdf.htm HOW TO GET A LISTING
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      2 58 SPOTLIGHT SINGAPORE
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      537 58 SPOTLIGHT lll\lll/\r llnl" L^B^" 1 soars the beauty of Yuen's geisha must haunt all who see rit". Julliard-trainedYun Deng has won unreserved praise for her performance as the faithful Suzuki in Madama Butterfly in Nagasaki, Madama Butterfly productions in the United tells the story of a young geisha, States, Canada,
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      63 59 I r^^^i3"^^^^^B i^^^^^^^^^^^^« I H llßlililM -onai 188 KjfflffllJ E3SEI ISPINfiLLIJI LOCATE SPINELLI OUTLETS AT: Amara Shopping Centre, Change Alley, China Square Central, Far East Square, Forum The Shopping Mall, Great World City, Harbour Front Tower I, IBM Ph2 Building, I &lt;H National University of Singapore, Novena Square, Peninsula Hotel
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      691 60 I m brings you Beethoven's euphoric AN EVENING WITH German Lieder, French Melodic Choral Symphony in a special ADLERTRIO HARMONICA and English Songs. There will be I Ivjjlv^ concert celebrating the Silver CONCERT vocal works by Strauss, Wolf, Jubilee of the Singapore The Adler Trio has become an Faure, Debussy
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      791 62 I MOSAIC PATTI AUSTIN: E^^TVMIEfN society. Performed in Mandarin SKINDEEP: FOR ELLA WJUmWJ V I with English subtitles A PHOTOGRAPHY I The New York-born singer who jH|F§r Date: May 5—8,10 15 EXHIBITION BY I has topped the charts with her j»TJF iffc. Time: 3pm (May 7, 8, 14 15), AMOS
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      82 63 *sSe«r SAVERS, 8 PAGES OF DBCOUNTS .VOUCHERS! ISSUE 3 MAY 2005 I P» iPf Suzanne Ho H H HI, This mummy's iWIVh ™—^^kt Kalways in the news H I copyright laws V how they affect your household &lt; H parenting r'"": /i I I WHY CHILDREN LIE V^ M special
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      348 63 V C"'" &gt;-n\ BBB^^^^^^BBBj b\ BY |B\ [b^Bk Pa BY -&gt;* 'Trrrv'^w^BaßßßßV YB^-lpvi JBJ .^sV^i *N/"*' BY .Prow Flourish to Fall is radical modernist painter Mao Tongqiang's exhibition which runs till May 15 at Soobin Art Gallery. international group show Venue: Singapore History featuring a host of artists from Museum,
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      740 64 abstruse poem and dreams with nocturnal fantasies have revolved Time: I lam 7pm (Mon sculptures featuring the likeness around flying. Fri), weekends by appointment -•til of supernatural creatures, Korean Date: Till June 12 Venue: Bodhi Art Gallery, artist Hyun-Mi Yoo sees her Time: I lam llpm 139 Neil Road works
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      419 65 AWtPT^'tm^ back into the past. Pj^, H Time: 10am 7pm (Mon Sun); I Oam 9pm (Fri) Price: $3 (adult), $1.50 (student and senior citizen), Free (Fridays, A'tai L m\ h after 6pm) BBnJ Venue: Singapore Art Museum HH HV Enquiries: Call 6332 3222 or mmmxa^^ log on to www.nhb.gov.sg/SA/VI/ bvSby
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      720 66 THE FAIRYTALE WORLD OF HANS CHRISTIAN Museum will be holding an through a collection of Singapore and international stamps. r&gt; tim \a Catch The Fairytale World of t mm U Date: I ill (Jet 14 Hans Christian Andersen at the J&HZ2&*- Time: Ipm to 7pm (Mon), 9am Singapore Philatelic Museum.
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      816 67 FORGOTTEN SILVER/ IN MY FATHER'S DEN BBBBfBV forced to fight as a soldier in the TWO CARS, ONE NIGHT The film tells the story of a H»P '^^H« Wehrmacht. Forgotten Silver is a 50-minute battle-weary war photographer |B™ _^&gt;*MSE^BJatafc^, Date: May 3& 10 feature written and directed by who returns
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      864 68 A LOVE IN GERMANY THE ROSE GARDEN (DER E3HFJKIQ puppets. For children and adults. (EINE LIEBE IN ROSENGARTEN) (NC-16) &lt;&^\ Date: May 8 IS DEUTSCHLAND) (NC-16) Old Aaron Reichenbach knocks jU Time: Ipm —3pm In May 1983, a stranger and his down a man on the street whom hJHi JHrffißV
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      665 70 I SINGAPORE creative statement to make, to panels. Representing the unity scenes, make up songs and jokes I COMMEMORATES THE create and showcase their works. and resilience of Singaporeans in and play solo and team I 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF The space is ideal for workshops, the aftermath of the economic
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