Today, 6 January 2001

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  • 7 1 TODAY IS&tUrCIRV ■lanuar >' 6 > 2"01 MITA(P) 138/11/2000
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  • 554 1  -  Ng Hwee Koon Money freed up for investments but CPF members stay away by hweekoon@newstoday.com.sg THREE days since the freeing up of the Central Profident Fund Special Accounts and there are no takers. That's right, nearly 1.9 million members and not a single one has
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  • 360 1  -  Steven Ooi by steven@newstod a y. com. sg BANGKOK Thailand takes to the polls today and despite the shadow of corruption hanging over him, Mr Thaksin Shinawatra (right) is still the favourite to become the Prime Minister. The Thais are aware that
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  • 141 1 IF you still have not settled that traffic summons you picked up in Malaysia between 1997 and 2000, be warned: a warrant has been made for your arrest. Tomorrow, Malaysian police will launch "round two" of Ops Warta to nab 85,194 recalcitrant offenders from
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  • HOT NEWS
    • 446 2  -  Ng Boon Yian Former SDP member storms NSP function by b o onyian@newstoda>f. com. sg IT was supposed to be National Solidarity Party's (NSP) big day the launch of two books in the Speakers' Corner with big bang speeches. But their thunder was momentarily stolen by an
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    • 32 2 Tour bus guides clad in kimono drink sake after praying at Meiji Shrine to celebrate their coming of age on their 20th birthday in Tokyo, AFP photo
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    • 174 2 IN a short four-minute interview with Bernard Lo on CNBC Asia last night, Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong gave his take on the US economy and talked about his father, Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew's latest peeve that banks are not
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    • 99 2 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Following reports of a new cabinet reshuffle, a minister rumoured to be appointed as Islamic affairs and political advisor, announced his resignation. Minister Abdul Hamid Othman of the Prime Minister's Department told Bernama News Agency that he had tendered his
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    • 103 2 KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian Chinese Organisations' Election Appeals Committee or Suqiu last night set aside seven of its 83-sub points considered "sensitive" following a closed door meeting with Umno Youth in Kuala Lumpur, citing "escalating ethnic tension" as the primary consideration for its decision. Its most
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    • 484 3  -  Leong Phei Phei Pilot programme has students learning half their lessons in English, half in Cantonese by ph eiphe i@ne wstoday. com. sg SOME Hong Kongers are swearing at their education system, but they don't know which language to do it in. Till 1997,
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    • 132 3 A ROUND-TRIP flight on Northwest Airlines to New York City will automatically qualify you for a free roundtrip ticket to Tokyo. The same perk applies if you fly Northwest for two-way trips to Boston, Chicago or Dallas. Under Northwest's WorldPerks Mileage Programme, if
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    • 146 3 THE level of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) found in fish here is within World Health Organisation guidelines and is not a food safety risk, according to the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA). It added that Singaporeans' consumption of salmon from the UK was just 0.27 per cent of
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    • 115 3  -  Winston Sng by MRS Keiko Holmes, the Japanese woman who has devoted her life to apologising to prisoners of war from the Japanese Occupation, was in town yesterday. At the YWCA in Fort Canning, she made a heart-felt apology to 30 local war veterans, including
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    • 218 3 -AFP NEW DELHI Singapore Airlines has been shortlisted for a bid for a 40-per-cent stake in Air India. The others that were chosen among 12 initial bidders were India's Tata Group, in partnership with SIA, and an Air France-Delta Airlines combination.
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    • 342 4 Tehelka.com Security arrangements made to protect the two BANGALORE For a country that seems to be in the news for either its IT gurus or terrorism, it was only a matter of time before the two were bracketed together. Kashmir terrorists have targeted the poster boys
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    • 93 4 FIVE-year-old Er Peck Fen was discharged from KK Women's and Children's Hospital yesterday. He is the cousin of Chua Jun Hao, the four-year-old boy who died from Hand, Foot and Mouth disease on Wednesday. Jun Hao and five other children fell ill after a recent visit
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    • 121 4  -  Elaine Quek by elaine@ne wsto day. co m .sg TWO men were each fined $18,000 after admitting they had carnal connection with a 14-year-old bakery shop assistant. Over three months in 1997, Tham Kun Chain, 24, had sex with the victim after
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    • 327 4  -  Maurice Png by mauric e@newstoday. com. sg THE Singapore Air Force's vision of becoming a first-class force came a step closer yesterday with the opening of the new Air Force School (AFS) at Paya Lebar air base. Mr
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 114 4 READ 0N... Bad beef approved British health chiefs said it was fit to eat/9 Doctor killed 265 patients New study reveals startling discovery a year later/10 Icon of Jazz The wonderful world of Louis Armstrong/12 It's a boy thing Boy bands if you can't beat 'em, enjoy 'em/19 West Indies
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  • HOME NEWS
    • 490 5 Jeffery Ong Over-using Caucasian models aggrandises the white notion of beauty RECENTLY, there have been reports here that Caucasian models (mostly males) are increasingly sought after by modelling agencies. This is because these agencies believe that Caucasian models look and promote the ads better. Perhaps
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    • 49 5 HEDYKHOO Mr Mark Shaw of the Skaw Foundation giving out a hong bao (red packet) to a resident of the Bright Hill Evergreen Home. This year, 3,655 fifty-dollar kong bao were given to the aged as part of the foundation's yearly tradition. Today photo by
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    • 93 5 THE Singapore Mint's Lunar Collectibles Fair is back, this time with over 60 new items, from coin sets to cashcards, along the theme of the upcoming Year of the Snake. And this year, the staff are serving customers with handheld palmtops. Customers' orders are transmitted
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    • 299 5  -  Dr Tea Ho Pin WE refer to Mr David Soh's letter, "Some answers needed on direct sales or network marketing" (Today, Jan 5). Whilst we agree with the concerns he raised, we must correct his mi simp res si on that Case can or
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    • 162 5 TO promote its new age-aware-ness campaign, The Retired Senior Volunteer Programme (RSVP) is launching a nationwide essay writing competition. The essays should emphasise the positive aspects of growing old and how senior citizens can lead a healthy and active life. They should be
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
    • 228 6 Bloomberg News KUALA LUMPUR -John Hancock Life Insurance (Malaysia) shareholders have decided to remove its chief executive officer, after its directors claimed he was performing poorly. According to a poll, 90.3 per cent of shareholders voted to remove Mr John Ng Kim Hoong, who has
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    • 114 6 Bloomberg News MR WEE Cho Yaw, chairman of United Overseas Bank has denied a report he's stepping down as chairman of two of the bank's publicly traded associates. Mr Wee, 72, responding to a Straits Times report that he's stepping down "soon"' as chairman of United
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    • Popular rise
      • 413 6 Bloomberg News POPULAR Holdings, Singapore's number three book retailer by market value, sees profit rising more than 25 per cent to about $15 million for the 2001 financial year. Popular's 2001 estimates are better than the average forecast of $13.7 million, or
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      • 220 6  -  Chin Weilin by( E-commerce has invaded the unlikeliest of places coffee shops. This follows yesterday's launch of kafel23.com yesterday. It was formed by TXI23 Pte Ltd, STE International (Singapore) Pte Ltd, with the support of Productivity and Standards Board and other key coffee shop
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    • 116 6 BRUSSELS Cie. Maritime Beige SA, the operator of the Antwerp port, is in talks to sell a stake in a port-management unit to Singapore's PSA Corp. De Financieel-Econoraische Tijd reported, citing Philippe Saverys, chairman of CMB. PSA is interested in a majority stake in the new
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    • 78 6 Bloomberg News KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's Tanjung Pelepas port expects a five-fold increase in. container volume this year as it takes business from Singapore, including cargo from one of the world's largest shipping companies. The country's newest port, located in Johor, handled 418,218 twenty-foot-equivalent units, a standard
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    • 544 7 Bloomberg News But experts say the forecast for semiconductors is too bullish SEOUL Investors in NEC Corp. and other Asian chipmaker stocks say they got half their prayers answered by the Federal Reserve this week. Now they hope companies won't jump the gun by increasing production. The
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    • 595 7 HI, it's Alfredo again from Sage Cafe. This was an exciting week at the coffee shop, after a relaxing new year holiday we returned to hear lots of talk about a pending recession. My first thought was sell everything... stocks,
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  • MARKET NEWS
    • Soaring stocks
      • 447 8 SINGAPORE shares went from strength to strength yesterday prompted by strong finishes in the index component stocks. Investors pushed aside the mildly negative closing on Wall Street overnight. The gains came ahead of the US unemployment report which was released last night.
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      • 382 8 KUALA LUMPUR The market ended in positive territory as buying interest returned in the afternoon following a lacklustre opening yesterday. Index-linked heavyweights were still mixed but lower-liners enjoyed a firm close, led by the Renong group of companies. The KL Composite Index managed to close
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 382 9 British health chiefs said it was fit to eat LONDON Worried British food standards chiefs admitted on Thursday night that meat has been passed as fit to eat while still containing potentially fatal material. This despite tight controls designed to stop BSE-contaminated material going into food. Cattle
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    • 128 9 LONDON An annual popularity poll claims that people hate or fear Oasis lead singer Liam Gallagher more than they do Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, online news service Ananova reported yesterday. Gallagher, who last year divorced actress Patsy Kensit and is now partnering All
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    • 85 9 Reuters ROME The surgeon who operated on Pope John Paul in 1994 has denied saying the 80-year-old pontiff was suffering from Parkinson's disease. Italian orthopaedic surgeon Gianfranco Fineschi, 77, said he was misquoted by weekly magazine Oggi in an interview. "I feel a little betrayed,"
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    • 139 9 DERBYSHIRE (England) The teenager promised breastenlargement surgery for her 16th birthday will now have to wait until she is 18 after her doctor said she was too young to undergo the treatment. Despite criticism from doctors and politicians, Jenna Franklin said larger breasts would make
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    • 24 9 REIiTEh'S photo I This blue-fin tuna, weighing 202 kg. fetched a record 20.2 -million yen (*****.960) in a Tokyo market auction.
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    • 67 9 -AFP HONG KONG China has banned radio and television presenters from speaking in anything other than standard Mandarin, said the Sun daily. Under a new law that took effect on Monday, the broad- casters will be taken off air unless they stick to the Chinese equivalent of
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    • 99 9 The front page article in the 15 December 2000 issue of Today, entitled "No Proof Against SilkAir Pilot" featured a photograph of Captain Hsu Way Ming. Singapore Press Holdings Ltd ("SPH") has claimed ownership of copyright in the photograph and we apologise to SPH to the extent that we
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    • 373 10 New study reveals startling discovery a year later LONDON The mass murderer-doc-tor Harold Shipman killed up to 265 of his patients over a quarter of a century, according to a government dossier published yesterday. The names of more than 250 patients who died under "suspicious circumstances"
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    • 153 10 Reuters LONDON Hollywood stars who smoke in films encourage young fans to do the same, according to a new US study published yesterday. And despite a ban on tobacco companies paying film-makers to place their products in the movies, there is no sign that the practice
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    • 164 10 -AFP LONDON A leading British insurance company fired 10 people and suspended at least 75 more over a lewd e-mail showing cartoon character Bart Simpson in a sexual embrace, the British press reported yesterday. An internal investigation was launched after a director of Royal and
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    • 47 10 Reuters photo Ecuadorian demonstrators throwing stones at riot police officers during the third day a/ protests in Quito on Wednesday. University students are protesting the economic policies of President Gustavo Nnhoa Ecuador h/m the, kiehesl inflation in South America at 91 per cent.
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    • 113 10 Reuters LOS ANGELES It's called Survivor: The Australian Outback, but the second installment of the smash CBS reality series looks more like something from the set of Melrose Place. The network gave viewers their first glimpse of the second Survivor crew on Thursday's The
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    • 297 10 Let sleeping bullets lie in your head NEW YORK An East Village man went to the doctor for a CAT scan and found he had a bullet lodged in his skull for a quarter-century. "The first picture came out (of the CAT scan) and he (the technician) said, 'Who shot
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  • COMMENTARY
    • 631 11  -  Sree Kumar And the murder weapon is none other than automation by AUTOMATION, it has been argued, improves productivity. But the truth is somewhat further from this assertion. Recent work in the US shows that in the days of handwriting and the typewriter, letters were edited, on
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    • 463 11  - Now songs are free and so are we Steven Ooi by Steve n@n ewsto d ay. c o ra. Kg THE real new Millennium is upon us, but the de facto one started last year, and hence also the sweeping changes which have come to be known as the New
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  • RELAX
    • Article, Illustration
      1151 12  -  Lisa Sabbage -UPS The wonderful world of Louis Armstrong by_ A merica is celebrating the centenary of /ijazz pioneer Louis Armstrong, even though he was really born in 1901. In America's dream of itself as a nation in which anyone can drag themselves up by their bootstrings
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    • 242 13  -  David Ngiau by] da vid@ne wstod ay, co m. sg HBO Asia has just signed an exclusive three-picture deal with Lakeshore International, an independent film production company. Which means that once they get to cable-TV, viewers will only get to watch these three promising movies on HBO
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    • 96 13 i Jeopie!N ews.com MADONNA (above) is set to be recruited by the Countryside Alliance, the lobby group that suppports hunting, to help them with their campaign to highlight rural issues. The singer, who since meeting Guy Ritchie has fallen in love with country life, being
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    • 237 13 Reuters LOS ANGELES The Contender, starring Joan Allen as an embattled nominee for vice president, will receive a special critics award for outstanding films of social and political significance, it was announced Thursday. The Broadcast Film Critics Association has chosen The Contender as the latest recipient of
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    • 764 19  -  Lim Sek DABBLER'S DAY Boy bands if you can't beat 'em, enjoy 'em by lirn sek@mu sicraoveni ent.com.sg THOSE of you who can still remember Tiffany and Debbie Gibson probably witnessed the birth of modern teen pop without realising it. Who is to know that the
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    • Article, Illustration
      1069 20 DABBLER'S DAY WELL, if the West can do it, so can Taiwan. And hence, the release of a boy group called Bad (right, top). Their debut Restless (EMI) comes in a big box packaging that only a teen win like. The producer opts for a strong dance-pop finish
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 1 14 Movies
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    • 1177 14 _A Meet The Parents: 10.30am, 11.45, Possessed: 10.35ara, 12.50pm, 5.15, 2.10pm, 4.25,6.40, 9, 11.30 rfJV*-- lpm, 2.10. 3.30. 4.40. 6, 7.05, 8.30, 7.15, 9.25, 11.40 China Strike Force (M): 11.15am, 1.45pm, 4.15, 6.45, 9.15, 9.30,11 The Sixth Day: 10.20am, 2.45pm, 9.25 11.45 BALESTIER Possessed: 11.20am, 1.45pm, 4.15, Previews For Bad
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  • SHOWCASE
    • 862 18  -  Rosalind Png Compiled by rn sali nd@n e wsto d ay, co m, sg Wow Wayang! (right) Performance: Today and tomorrow 7.30 9.30 pm Vacant land next to Punggol CC Workshop: Tomorrow 3.30 pm Punggol CC Chinese wayang is not only for the older generation. It
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  • 193 27 Reuters Nagamootoo and Jacobs star in comeback Cricket SYDNEY The final test between Australia and West Indies hung in the balance when play ended on the fourth day at the Sydney Cricket Ground yesterday with Australia 44 for two in their second innings, needing another 129
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  • 265 27 Reuters NBA New York 95 Orlando 92 NEW YORK The New York Knicks scored the last three points in overtime to recover for a 95-92 triumph on Thursday and take its winning streak to six games. The Knicks bounced back from a miserable 11-point
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  • 527 28  -  S. Murali Ferguson's dismissal of treble talk is just another tactical ploy Fulham v Manchester United by murali@newstoday.com.sg THEY don't call him Sir Alex for nothing. Just as the rest of the world jumps on the bandwagon to praise Manchester United to the skies, Alex
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  • 236 28 FIVE of Tottenham^ eight FA Cup wins have come during year ending in 'one' 1901, 1921, 1961, 1981 and 1991. Tottenham's 2001 Cup odyssey starts with an awkward trip to east London where it faces Third Division Leyton Orient. George Graham and his men will
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  • 495 29 Reuters The free-transfer Finnish striker is world-class, says Pool boss Houllier LIVERPOOL The Reds have finally gotten their hands on Jari Litmanen. The English premier league club's manager Gerard Houllier told a press conference on Thursday that the Finnish international has signed for the Reds on a free
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  • 466 29 MILAN The Milan derby showdown between AC and Inter takes centre stage this weekend as Italian football resumes after the festive break but such are the parlous domestic fortunes of both San Siro clubs the matches that really count take
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  • 398 30 NFL NEW YORK In an NFL season of unprecedented feats, none was more unlikely than this: New Orleans Saints owner Tom Benson, black and gold umbrella adorned with Fleur de Lis in hand, sashaying around the Louisiana Superdome after last Saturday's 31-28 victory
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  • 147 30 In Nashville, everyone is downplaying theTennessee Titans' home-field advantage mostly, the Titans. Maybe it's because after escaping town last year on the wings of the Music City Miracle, Tennessee beat Indianapolis and Jacksonville on the road to advance to Super Bowl XXXIV. "As we proved last year,
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  • 144 30 The New Orleans Saints are already missing running back Ricky Williams and quarterback Jeff Blake. And while Aaron Brooks has filled in beautifully, beating the Rams in two of his six career starts, wide receiver Joe Horn (sprained ankle) and rookie running back Terrelle Smith (back)
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  • 155 30 Here's a monkey-wrench to throw into the home-field advantage discussion: The Miami Dolphins have won their last three games in Oakland, 16--9 last season, 27-17 in 1998 and 34-16 in 1997. The Dolphins have also traveled exceptionally well this season, winning their last five straight on the
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  • 105 30 The Philadelphia Eagles' victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers was just what the New York Giants wanted. The Giants hold a remarkable 8-0 win record against Philadelphia when Jim Fassel (left) has been the coach. Philadelphia lost 24-7 at Giants Stadium on Oct 29 and 33-18
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  • 425 31  -  Kelvin Phang New CEO has to raise $4.6 million a year by kelvin@news today, com.sg SAILING will be hiring a big gun. It has short-listed two "highly qualified" candidates for the post of chief executive officer. But whoever is chosen, will have a big task in
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  • 102 31 FORMER national captain Lim Tong Hai pulled out of the Singapore World Cup qualifying squad yesterday. The veterean defender has suffered a recurrence of a knee surgery and has been advised to go for surgery. According to team manager Omar Ibrahim, Geylang United
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  • 169 31 Kelvin Phang CATCH the world's best windsurfing brothers in action at the ninth Tudor International Windsurfing Championship today and tomorrow off at Changi Beach. Siblings Kevin and Matt Prichard (left) from Mawi, Hawaii, will race in the shortboard class, which are regarded
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  • 308 32 AFP Els holds off the spirited Van de Velde to reach q-final MELBOURNE Jean Van de Velde's claim to fame is simple. He went to the final hole of the 1999 British Open three strokes ahead and tost the title. But it was a
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  • 142 32 Reuters RANK outsider Nick O'Hern promised his wife Alana a new car if he reached the World Matchplay Championship quarter-finals. The Australian, 63rd seed in a field of 64, now has to honour his pledge after reaching the last eight with a five and four
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  • 53 32 Ernie Els (RSA) v Craig Stadler (US) Brad Faxon (US) v Pierre Fulke (Swe) Nick O'Hern (Aust) v Steve Strieker (US) Tom Taniguchi (Jpn) v Shigeki Maruyama (Jpn) Note: The semi-finals will also be played today The World Matchplay Championship will be shown on Sportscify live today and
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  • 85 32 Pierre Fulke (Swe) bt Michael Campbell (NZ) 1 up Toru Taniguchi (Jpn) bt Stuart Appleby (Aust) 2 and 1 Shigeki Maruyama (Jpn) bt Mark McNulty (Zim) 4 and 3 Brad Faxon (US) bt Tom Lehman (US) 1 up Nick O'Hern (Aust) bt Dudley Hart (US) 5 and
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