Today, 3 February 2001

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  • 400 1  -  Steven Ooi Strange political missiles fly as President refuses to quit by steven@_ewsto d ay. com. sg WITH his own political situation as troubled as his country's, President Abdurrahman Wahid apologised. Not for the parliamentary censure that could lead to his impeachment or the two financial
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  • 170 1 Bloomberg News HOME loan rates for Posßank customers have been slashed. The move by DBS Bank, which acquired Posßank in 1998, comes in the wake of a soft property market and shrinking mortgage lending. Ms Jenny Lee, a spokeswoman for DBS Bank said it
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  • 34 1 WONG KHING CHONG Miss Singapore kope/ul, Miss Rima Melati Adams, 20, strutting her stuff on stage as she shows off her tattoos to eager photographers. Today photo by
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  • 99 1 HONG KONG Four policewomen in Hong Kong are facing possible disciplinary action for dyeing their hair. A police spokeswoman said the case is possibly the first of its kind following a new rule that officers must keep their hair in the original colour. It has become
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  • 150 1 SINGAPORE'S key indicator of anticipated manufacturing activity dropped for a third month in January to the lowest level since its inception two years ago, as orders for electronics goods slumped. The Purchasing Managers' Index fell 1.6 points to 50.9, the lowest since January 1999,
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 35 1 shows no signs of S| v R their pre-World Cup his knee injury P*j| s campaign on a win- He trails leader by two slrokes WM So says S. Gulom JF^ H_| lißsg^Bßl* 37 irws
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  • Hot news
    • 430 2  -  Ng Hwee Koon Singapore's economics guru remains optimistic by hwe ekoon® news today, com. sg OTHER economists spout gloom and doom, with "US slowdown" a constant word-drop justification for their pessimism. Singapore's economic guru begs to differ. Speaking to reporters after the launch of a
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    • 210 2 ON the one hand there is this yearning for freedom on the Wild Wild Web. On the other, public safety cannot be compromised. And computers, face it, are here to stay. That is why a Government Parliamentary Committee examining Home Affairs and Law matters
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    • 148 2  -  David Ngiau by david@newstoday.co__.sg THE 20 finalists of the Miss Singapore-Universe pageant were announced yesterday at the Caldecott Broadcast Centre. They now have exactly a month to shape up and sharpen their minds for the pageant. The finalists were corralled from 100 contestants
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    • 115 2 TROUBLED by your health? Been putting off that visit to the doctor? The NUS Medical and Dental Societies will be running a day of free medical and dental screenings, and offering health tips for members of the public. As part of Medic Week 2001,
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    • 114 2 SINGAPORE'S World Cup qualifying campaign will go on as scheduled in spite of Thursday's fire at the National Stadium, the Singapore Sports Council said last night. "We have done a preliminary assessment of the damage, and we have ascertained that the structure has not been
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    • 283 3  -  Shazalina Salim Campaign to help those who keep seeking aid by s_azalina@_ew_today.com.sg NEARLY 200 people approached the 4PM-Mendaki Family Service Centre (FSC) for financial aid last year. Many of them were not working despite being young and able-bodied. There were even some who asked
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    • 188 3 TOKYO Panic by air traffic controllers and poor communication with pilots caused the near-miss involving two Japan Airline jets carrying almost 700 people. The aircraft accident investigation by Japan's Civil Aviation Bureau found a 26-year-old trainee air controller and his 32-year-old supervisor "panicked", Kyodo News agency
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    • 109 3 IT'S the time of the year again for these Samsui women, who gathered to lo hei at the 12th reunion lunch organised by the American International Assurance (AIA). Hailed from the Samsui district of Guangdong, China, these women came to Singapore in the early days
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    • 115 3 AFP MANILA A French fugitive alleged to have embezzled millions of dollars from oil giant Elf was arrested yesterday near Manila following a tip off, Philippine immigration chief Andrea Domingo said. Alfred Sirven, a 73-year-old executive at the centre of a corruption scandal at
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    • 222 3  -  Maurice Png by ma_rice@_ewstoday.com.sg IMAGINE giving birth to triplets but not being allowed to see them until 18 days later. On the third day of Chinese New Year, triplets were born to the Ang family. This was no ordinary childbirth as the mother,
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    • 192 3  -  Chelsea Chua by i IT is not exactly a place where many people would want to head now. Makeshift shelters. Reports of rotting corpses that increase the chances of an epidemic. And the chilling possibility of aftershocks. Despite this, Dr Varsha Atul Shah, a
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    • 46 3 API' BRUSSELS Internet users world-wide are unwittingly paying some 10 billion euros ($16.35 billion) a year in connection costs to receive "junk" e-mail, or "spam". The European Commission (EU) said the figure is based on a study covering Europe and the United States.
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    • 378 4  -  Hazel Tan City Beat still popular because anchorwoman remains by ha_ c l@ne wsto day. co m. sg AFTER City Beat lost its pioneers Kym Ng and Bryan Wong, its ratings actually went up, with the new cast. But now it has lost Lynn Poh.
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    • 129 4 Reuters BEIJING The Chinese city of Kaifeng, home to the five people thought to be Falungong members, who attempted a fiery group suicide, issued a postmark denouncing the sect. Central People's Broadcasting Station said Kaifeng central post office was crowded with citizens carrying postcards and letters they
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    • 285 4  -  David Ngiau by david@news to day.com.sg WHILE the first season of Survivor did not see a single unanimous vote at the tribal council, this series has already had two such examples in its first two episodes. The first episode of Survivor 2 saw misfit Debb
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    • 110 4 Up on bad news Class stocks surge on back of US recession in manufacturing/8 Outback, US-Style No kangaroo meat at this franchise eatery/9 To quit or not to quit An insight into the Indonesian President's latest political woes/ 12 Eating rice without belacan That's how Singapore politics seems
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    • 166 4  -  Elaine Quek by elaine@newstoday.com.sg THE neighbours used to have an amicable relationship until things started to turn sour over money matters. Then it got out of hand, resulting in one using a chopper to settle the disputes. Lim Meng Lee, 52, got into an argument
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  • Home news
    • 241 6 Dotcom debate rages on TO encourage a spirit of enterprise in Singapore is not as easy as Mr Adrian Choo said in "Dotcom dampener" (Today, Feb 1). Surely, the main objective of the dotcom is not to give surplus to advertising agencies and the mass media, nor is it to
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    • 160 6 I READ with interest the letter by Ms Cassandra Yeo, "Primary Two girl's choir interest killed by teachers" (Today, Feb 1). I, too, had a rather bad experience with my son's primary school physical education (PE) teacher. My husband and I had taken our son
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    • 277 6 I REFER to the letter by Ms Cassandra Yeo, "Primary Two girl's choir interest killed by teacher" (Today, Feb 1). Although I sympathise with your child's plight in being "crushed before she can fly", I also wish to point out that for every child
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    • 116 6 I HAVE noticed that digital monitors have been installed in some SBS buses. I am sure commuters would most certainly enjoy something appearing on the blank screens. But that is not important. My concern lies with commuters with long legs. I have found
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    • 146 6 IJREFER to a recent article in your newspaper entitled "Have you Changed, Singapore?" Although some of us (I include myself) now feel a little less threatened to express dissenting views, the number does not appear to be large. In any case, I
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    • 298 6 I AM really glad that the Government has released the monies from our CPF account to be used for investment. I am also aware that, prior to this, the CPF board had given its members the opportunity to use their CPF monies to pay
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  • Business news
    • 324 8 Reuters Class stocks surge on back of US recession in manufacturing NEW YORK Blue-chip stocks in the United States climbed to their highest close in over four months and bonds surged after a report that the country's manufacturing sector had slipped into recession, stirred hopes for
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    • 306 8  -  Chan Chao Peh by chaopeh@_ewstoday.com.sg TRADITIONAL Chinese medicine might be included in biomedical science products promoted by the Economic Development Board (EDB). This area has "tremendous potential", said Ms Chu Swee Yeok, director of biomedical sciences in the Industry Development Division of EDB.
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    • 212 8 Bloomberg TOKYO On concern that US employment reports will offer the latest evidence that the world's largest economy is cooling, the US dollar weakened to 115.52 yen. Against the euro, the dollar is on track for its first losing week in four, trading near a
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    • 70 8 DBS Bank has cut its Singapore growth forecast for 2001 to 4.5 per cent, from six per cent Its estimate is less than the official GDP projection of five to seven per cent, according to a Channel News Asia report. DBS said that the risk of the
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    • 203 8 Bloomberg THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) will delay awarding two more expanded banking licenses to foreign lenders until it completes a review. MAS was to have reopened applications last month for the two remaining licences. In October 1999 it awarded Citigroup, Standard
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    • 432 9  -  Sol E Solomon No kangaroo meat at this franchise eatery by s olom on@n ews to day.c om.sg "OUTBACK." The word conjures images of crawling red-back spiders, and snakes slithering across a dessert Down Under. But the restaurant, Outback Steakhouse (picture), is actually American, although its creation was
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    • Furious but down
      • 498 10 SINGAPORE shares got off to a lethargic start on profit taking but selling was well absorbed as the blue chip barometer closed off their lows. The ST index closed 5.78 points lower at 1976.60 after a brief visit to 1965.52. For every
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      • 427 10 FOREIGN institutional buying in selected blue chips and gaming counters shored up the stockmarket even as retail investors were unwinding their positions in the lower liners. The cut in US interest rates by 50 basis points did not have any major impact on the
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  • World news
    • 118 11 AFP JAKARTA Indonesia's central government will continue to control the country's airports and seaports despite greater authority given to local administrations on Jan 1. Minister of Transportation and Communications, Agum Gumelar, was quoted by the Jakarta Post as saying that strict international conventions
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    • 238 11 Agencies Parliament to be consulted beforehand TAIPEI A referendum will be held to settle a row over a nuclear power plant which had led to months of political gridlock. The agreement came after a one-hour meeting between Prime Minister Chang Chun-hsing and Mr Wang Jing-pyng, Speaker of
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    • 124 11 Reuters WASHINGTON A sharplydivided Senate has confirmed President George W Bush's controversial nominee as attorney-gen-eral. The Senate voted 58-42 to confirm Mr John Ashcroft (picture) as the government's top lawyer, with a majority of Democrats voting no. Mr Aschroft, 58, is an ardent conservative and hero
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    • 209 11 Agencies NEW DELHI India has announced fresh taxes to pay for rebuilding earth-quake-ravaged western Gujarat state. However, the government sweetened the impact on the markets by saying that it would sell off government stakes in key state firms. The Cabinet on Thursday decided to impose a
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    • 98 11 SEOUL A South Korean concert promoter is alleged to have staged concerts in Seoul after putting together a fake orchestra. The man claimed that the group was the Vienna Mozart Orchestra, but was in fact one of unknown Austrian musicians hired by a Korean
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    • 122 11 Agencies HONG KONG The activities of the Falungong spiritual movement in the territory will be closely monitored, said Hong Kong's security chief. "We notice that activities of the Falungong have become increasingly high-profile recently. They are extremely wellorganised and their spears are pointing
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    • 513 12 An insight into the Indonesian President's latest political woes JAKARTA The House of Representatives (DPR) has voted to censure President Abdurrahman Wahid. So what is the effect of this development? Jakarta Post senior editor Endy Bayuni attempts to answer some of the questions regarding
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    • 262 12 -AFP LOS ANGELES After days of bruising debate, Californian lawmakers have approved a multi-billion-dollar rescue plan aimed at keeping the Golden State from going dark. Governor Gray Davis immediately signed into law the bill that puts the state directly into the energy business. The
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    • 95 12 AFP SYDNEY Based on a study by the Australian Medical Association, more than 80 per cent of junior doctors suffer fatiguerelated symptoms similar to the effects of drinking after working long hours. This could compromise patients' safety. The group demanded that public safety be put in
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    • 163 12 -AFP MANILA Philippine President Gloria Arroyo met with senior police officials yesterday after overcoming rumoured coup attempts against her administration. In what is seen as a bid to woo the police force and tighten her control over them, Mrs Arroyo pledged that she would
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    • 190 12 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Some executives of a state-funded company, which aims to encourage Malay entrepreneurs, are alleged to be behind a US$5 billion (S$ 8.5 billion) bond scam. Malaysia's Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA) is in the midst of investigating the case involving executives from the
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    • 289 13 Special Feature TODAY Travel 2001 Publication Date: 30 March 2001 _S^t^- '""-("Ov^i^ I T'-___*_l_. -it M-gJJ ________-_J^ iffc lf *^*^L L' i*. Ir j Jf ravel 2001 will be held at Suntec City from 30 March L-^^ to 1 April 2001. It is set to break last year's record of
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  • Commentary
    • 1323 14  -  Rose Ismail That's how Singapore politics seems to Malaysian journalist by THE taxi-driver was worried. "Wall, so many problems in the region. First, Indonesia. Now, Philippines. Even you people in Malaysia got trouble." The concern seemed genuine, so I responded good-humouredly by asking him about
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  • RELAX
    • 480 15  - Legs galore and love in brief Hazel Tan The chemistry needs some work but all should be we by hazel@newstoday.com.sg ONE minute, she's seated on the sofa, crossing her cellulite-free legs. The next, she's lying on the bed, swinging them in the air. Before you can blink your eyes, she's
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    • Article, Illustration
      986 16  - Get HIT Lim Sek by Ii m sek@mu si cmovement.com. sg WHEN the music industry was younger, one sure-fire quick-fix for sagging sales is a "Best Of compilation album for a particular singer. This is also a status symbol signifying that the singer in question has achieved a priviledged status,
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    • 726 17  -  Douglas Tseng by KEEPING THE FAITH Buena Vista Home Video DVD, Region 1, widescreen 1.85:1, $45 In this enlightening comedy, the ever-brilliant Edward Norton {above right), who also made his directorial debut, stars as a Catholic priest struggling to unravel the mysteries of religion and love when
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    • 295 17 DID you know that, on average, the time spent by a bus commuter on a single trip is a short 15 to 20 minutes? That's why the soon-to-start TVMobile television service to be beamed to 1,500 SBS buses
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  • Showcase
    • 869 18  -  Rosalind Png Compiled by rns_lind@newstoday.cnra._g SAM's sth Birthday Bash Today and tomorrow Singapore Art Museum (SAM, right) Come and join in the birthday celebrations. Carnival-like events are put up for families, children and young adults. Events include art-related workshops for kids and adults, demonstrations, performances and
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 1057 19 r^ ii s~" Newsßadio 93.8 FM Perfect 10 (98.7) FM Symphony 92.4 FM I All about Food Club Beats Symphony 92.4 FM continues its tribute to am m~l am Giuseppe Verdi on his 100 th death anniversary in Every weekend on Newsßadio 93.8 FM, join pre- Feel like hitting the
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    • 740 20 Li Channel 5, 7pm .^jS^^^^H. Channel 8, 10.30 pm Sports City, 1.30 pm 7 r'__P\ E____l A naive but bright young man from UH_fl__P i-W/y C-.-**-*. stars _..s wee-made We return to Perth, Australia for Kansas hustles his way into NYC's -J ft weepie as a 23-year-old heiress one of
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    • 948 21 Dual! Holl wood Hall of /A^O&kCORP KidVcentral, 11.30 am :r-1 yflEk Fame* 00 /^wf \J li Channel News Asia, morning Kazukt Yotsuga is fust an ordinary 6.00 am Graphic Headlines high school boy. But he can see a _0 6.02 Asian Documentaries, Asian Documentaries, .________T _____T giant robot fighting battles
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    • 112 25 appointments As a teacher, you get to work with young people. you have been working for a few years, and relate The challenges are great, and you will also play an well to young people, you should consider teaching. important role in shaping the leaders of tomorrow. Find out more
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  • Sports
    • 507 31 Philly star lets his work on the floor do the talking NBA New York 80 Philadelphia 87 NEW YORK Allen Iverson responded to this road crowd with his jumper, not his mouth. Iverson, getting heat for his runin with fans in Indiana earlier this week, scored 23
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    • 379 31 NBA Cleveland 81 Minnesota 90 CLEVELAND All Terrell's missing is a sword, some warpaint and a battle cry. "It's like in that movie 'Braveheart' right now," said Kevin Garnett "He says, 'Charge' and we follow." Terell Brandon matched a seasonhigh with 27 points
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    • 507 32  -  Leonard Thomas Hammers will be eager for second big scalp in a week by leo na r d (<.newstod.ay. com. s g IF Jekyll and Hyde was a football team, then blood red would have been its cloak and all mail would have been directed to Anfield.
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    • 363 32 Man Utd v Everton Everton will try to hand runaway premier league leaders Manchester United a second successive defeat at Old Trafford tonight. Alex Ferguson's side, which lost 1-0 at home to West Ham United in the FA Cup last Sunday, opened a 15-point lead at
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    • 587 33 Capital club looks to clinch winter championship this weekend MILAN- The Italian first division's winter championship will be won and lost this weekend, with only leaders AS Roma and second-placed Juventus still in the running. The "winter champion" tag is a purely symbolic title bestowed by
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    • 395 33 MADRID Athletic Bilbao go to Barcelona's Nou Camp stronghold tonight attempting to complete a Spanish first division double over the Catalan giants. In their previous match in September, the Basque side came from a goal behind to take a 3-1 victory over
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    • 409 34 Wales will rely heavily on its leader to withstand England Rugby Wales v England LONDON It is a measure of the regard in which Mark Taylor is held by Graham Henry and his importance and influence to his country in general that the Wales coach did
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    • 442 34 Cricket PERTH The West Indies bowlers made up for a disastrous innings by its batsmen to beat Zimbabwe and clinch a place in the final of the triangular one-day tournament, reported BBCSport.com. It now faces Australia in the best-of-three final
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    • 509 35 LEADING FIRST ROUND SCORES 64 David Berganio 65 Tommy Armour, Mark Johnson 66 Tiger Woods, Brad Elder, Edward Fryatt, Vijay Singh 67 Craig Barlow, Ronnie Black, Tim Herron, Kevin Johnson, Richard Johnson, Geoff Ogilvy, Willie Wood 68 Olin Browne, Barry Cheesman, Kyoung-Ju Choi, Glen Daly, Sergio Garcia,
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    • 554 35 PEBBLE BEACH Welcome to the Saga at Wounded Knee. The Pro-Am began Thursday under a cloud of controversy and concern, as the multitudes wondered if Tiger Woods could tee it up despite an amputated leg, reported golf.com. But a couple of Advil
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    • 296 36  -  Kelvin Phang Kuwait v Bahrain (6pm) oy kelvi n@n ew sto day.co m.sg IF THE pre-match banter of the Kuwait and Bahrain coaches is anything to go by, the weather will decide the winner of tonight's Group D pre-World Cup qualifer at
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    • 153 36 THE LIONS will be rewarded with $100,000 from Asia Pacific Breweries if they qualify for the second round of the 2002 World Cup. This is in addition to match-win-ning bonuses already offered by the Football Association of Singapore. Said National Teams Committee chairman Patrick Ang: "This is the first
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    • 139 36 EYEBROWS were raised when Kyrgyzstan coach Novikov Evgeny said that the average player in his country earned only US$lOO per month. At a pre-match conference yesterday, Evgeny said: "We have a semi-professional league with 12 clubs. The average player earns about US$lOO per month. "Some of my players played
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    • 610 37  -  S, Gulam Singapore v Kuwait [8 pm] by gulam newstoday. com. sg THREE men matter more than any other tonight. One will be guarding the Singapore goal. The other will be leading Singapore's goal-hunt. In between, a third man will be the powerhouse, providing the energy
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    • 692 38  -  Scott O'Donell It wants to encourage more player associations in Asia by scott@new s tod ay.com .sg AUSTRALIAN Professional Footballers Association (APFA) CEO Brendan Schwab is delighted to hear that key players in the S-League are looking to form a players'
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      151 38 BANGKOK Thongchai Jaidee maintained his assault on the US$2OO,OOO (*****,000) Thailand Masters with a flawless six-under-par 66 earning him a one-shot halfway lead at Windmill Park Country Club yesterday. The 31-year-old Thai star, coming off his best season last year after finishing sixth on the Davidoff Tour Order
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    • 227 38 AFP PERTH Denmark's Steen Tinning produced a stunning back nine to join Australian left-hander Nick O'Hern in the lead at the halfway stage of the A 51.75 million dollar (551.68 million) Heineken Classic yesterday. The Dane, who turned professional in 1985 and
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