Today, 6 February 2001, Afternoon Edition

Total Pages: 32
1 32 Today
  • 7 1 TODAY Tuesday February 6, 2001 < MITAtPl IS8mfiOLM
    7 words
  • AFTERNOON EDITION
    • 434 1 -AFP Average US family to save US$l,6OO a year WASHINGTON- President George W Bush wants to backdate his proposed tax-cuts to the beginning of this year. "Expediting money into people's pockets is going to be key," he said at a White House ceremony today. He
      -AFP  -  434 words
    • 99 1 AFP SHARE prices ended mixed Monday as blue chips recouped most of Friday's losses while technology shares remained under pressure from a combination of economic and earnings concerns. The Dow Jones industrials gained 101.75 points to close at 10,965.85 while the Nasdaq slipped 17.29 points
      AFP  -  99 words
    • 156 1 Reuters/Variety LOS ANGELES Actor Tom Cruise and his actress wife, Nicole Kidman, one of Hollywood's bestknown couples, announced yesterday that they are separating after more than a decade of marriage. The couple, who spent more than a year filming Stanley Kubrick's final film,
      – Reuters/Variety  -  156 words
  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 36 1 The silent corner Where have all the speakers gone? page 3 Lee and Lee, Bush and Bush Does US press have double standards? page 13 Poulsen blows his top Another side of Singapore coach page 30
      36 words

  • HOT NEWS
    • 391 2  -  Chin Wei Lin Conveyancing fees for big deals can be negotiated by i rep orter@newsto day. c om.sg TIRED of paying your lawyer a fixed charge on every property transaction even when the property market is soft? Soon, the lawyers will have to make it
      391 words
    • Article, Illustration
      74 2 -AFP MANILA Ousted Philippine leader Joseph Estrada yesterday asked the country's Supreme Court to stop state prosecutors continuing a probe into his alleged unexplained wealth. In a motion filed by his lawyer, Mr Estrada said the Senate impeachment has never convicted him on charges of massive corruption. He
      -AFP  -  74 words
    • 214 2 Reuters TAIPEI In an about-turn, Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian's anti-nuclear Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has agreed to resume construction of a nuclear power station. DPP legislative caucus whip Mr David Chou said that the party was forced to bow to the Nationalist-led opposition for
      – Reuters  -  214 words
    • 239 2  -  Shazalina Salim by shazalina@newstoday.com.sg THE granddad who robs grandmas has been caught. The man had followed Mdm Low Sian Cheng, 71, into the lift at Blk 7 Haig Road on Sunday. As soon as the lift started moving, the man, a 65-year-old widower, snatched Mdm
      239 words
    • 166 2 Reuters KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian officials barred a reporter for an outspoken Internet service from a news conference yesterday. A reporter from malaysiakini.com was told to leave a news conference given by Home Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi, according to malaysiakini.com editor Steven Gan. Mr
      Reuters  -  166 words
    • 352 3  -  Mahesha The nab ad u Speakers' Corner has lost its voices and audiences by reporter^ newstoday. co m. sg FIVE months since it began, Speakers' Corner seems to be croaking. It began with vocal individuals atop stools fighting to be heard. But now, Hong Lim Park appears
      WEETECKHIAN  -  352 words
    • 134 3 THE 15 Falungong followers arrested on Dec 31 last year for holding an illegal assembly at Macßitchie Reservoir were charged in court yesterday. The nine men and six women, aged 21 to 40, were charged for obstructing a public servant from carrying out his duties and
      134 words
    • 189 3  -  Koh Shu Ching by rep orter® ne wsto dayxo m.sg DONATIONS amounting to $650,000 have been collected to cover the separation surgery of the Nepalese Siamese twins joined at the head. No further donations are needed as this amount is believed to be sufficient
      SEV7SSS photo  -  189 words
    • 201 3  -  Maurice Png by m a uric e@newstoday. com. sg SOME 215 girls and staff of St Margaret's Secondary School lined up yesterday to have their blood drawn a move that could save their lives. Their blood will be tested to see if they need to
      201 words
    • 295 4 Agencies But President Abdurrahman springs to Golkar's defence JAKARTA Supporters of besieged Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid turned violent yesterday. A mob of thousands set fire to Golkar headquarters in East Java. Rocks and other projectiles were hurled at the office. They were from the
      Agencies; ■ Reuters photo  -  295 words
    • 78 4 A PROPERTY executive with Jurong Town Corporation was charged with nine counts of corruption yesterday. Ling Shue Fai, 55, is alleged to have taken loans ranging from $1,000 to $2,000 from nine different companies. A total of $14,500 was allegedly taken between 1999 and 2000. If convicted,
      78 words
    • 113 4 JALAN Batu market will be closed from Thursday to June 7. When it opens again, the 32--year-old market-cum-hawker centre will sport a new Skylight Jack Roof. The transparent rooftop will allow more sunlight into the place and protect the market from rain. It
      113 words
    • 174 4  -  Elaine Quek by elaine@newstoday.com.sg "A PLANNED attack of the utmost savagery and wickedness upon a vulnerable, harmless and helpless, innocent young child." That was how Senior District Judge, Mr Richard Magnus, described Andy See Chai Seng's brutal attack of throwing two flaming molotov cocktails at
      174 words
    • 107 4 ABU Nawas is a character in the Thousand and One Nights fable known for his wily ways. Name your shop after him and you could be in trouble. That's what owner of Abu Nawas, the barber shop at Toa Payoh, found out. It
      107 words

  • Page 3 Advertisements

  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 81 4 GENERAL FINANCE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS #The Leeds MBA was ranked one of the world's top 100 programmes by University of Leeds The Financial Times. For an application, please contact PBS. Our 29th intake commences in March 01. For details, logon to pbschool.co m.sg or contact 338 6778 PBS Marketing Management Services
      81 words
  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 123 4 READ 0N... NS should change with the times Mindef has to address concerns of the men and their families/6 Hunt's on for Daewoo head S. Koreans sent teams to track down Fugitive founder/10 If this hawk should land... and that's a real possibility, say analysts/ 12 Like father, like son
      123 words

  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 31 5 WORLDCARD 15% MORE VALUE K SingTel U.r;',■,■■■■/ p"\:'' M I "/.SragTH Jj^ Enjoy 15% more talktime when you purchase your SingTel WorldCard from these ATMs. Offer extended to 30 June 2001
      31 words

  • LETTERS
    • 396 6  -  See Leong Kit Mindef has to address concerns of the men and their families I'M GLAD Today reported on the Feedback Unit's session with professionals who raised questions about National Service (NS) (Today, Feb 2). Nobody is saying that NS is a "total" waste
      396 words
    • 186 6 I REFER to your reader's feedback on mosquito nuisance at Blk 26 Sin Ming Industrial Estate {Today, Jan 27). Our officers had checked the area earlier on Jan 23 and again on Jan 29. Mosquito breeding was detected in two premises and in several indiscriminately discarded articles,
      186 words
    • 158 6  -  K Sabesan IN the light of Prime Minister Goh's speech on the progress of our Malay-Muslim brethren, I am emphatic that minorities in Singapore are indeed much better off than before. However, we may have made a technical error by comparing a certain ethnic group with
      158 words
    • 151 6  -  Ong Ckee Kiong I HAVE just shifted to a new estate in Sembawang, and found that there is oniy one DBS ATM in the Sembawang MRT station. During weekends and public holidays, this ATM always runs out of cash. DBS should provide a 24-hour service
      151 words
    • 112 6  -  Noorliza Juraimi I REFER to the letter "Re-schedule Survivor 2" (Today, Feb 5) where a reader asked for a reschedule of the show to 8 pm on Thursdays. I feel that the time slot for the "live" telecast is fine for students in
      112 words
    • 143 6  -  Teo Lay Peng THE public transport service is getting poorer despite the ever-increasing fares. The SBS bus service is especially bad, from the driver to the bus inspector. Some of them are rude and inconsiderate. Once, in a very crowded bus, the bell was continuously pressed
      143 words

  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 319 7 Online, V Anytime, Anywhere through with -I I 1 •com Purple I rain The online learning portal by the informatics Group BUSINESS COURSES ißepiysiip 10^™™™^ Business Administration P'ease fax this slip to 883 2508 or send to: Marketing Dept, 51 Bras Basah *****6 COUrSeS USsBooSmirse Rebate MBA or MSc (in
      319 words

  • BUSINESS NEWS
    • 300 8 The fastest rise in last six years, says EDB SINGAPORE'S electronics industry had a record year in 2000, although growth is likely to be moderate this year with weaker US demand, the Economic Development Board said. The value of electronics goods produced last year rose 19.7 per
      300 words
    • 239 8 Reuters IN January fear was rife that the US economy was fast hurtling into a ditch, but now this month, there is hope that a crash may be avoided. Already the Federal Reserve's aggressive full percentage point cut in short-term bank
      – Reuters  -  239 words
    • 394 8 Great optimism at Keppel T T KEPPEL Telecommunications Transportation expects its loss-making ebusiness unit to turn the corner next year as it transforms itself into a knowl-edge-based company. "E-business will become a core business," said the company's managing director Mr Ng Eng Ho (right). "We expect its turnover to rise
      394 words
    • 192 8 IT is official. Swissair no longer wants a stake in Malaysia Airlines System (MAS). In a Bloomberg report last week, a spokesman for Swissair in Zurich, said that "it is not interested in Malaysia Airlines". With Swissair now out of
      192 words
    • 121 8 Profitable going for E E Bloomberg News ELEC Eltek International, the biggest Singapore publicly traded printed circuit board maker, said fiscal first-half profit rose 60 percent, boosted by orders from communications and networking companies. Profit for the six months rose to $52 from $32.4 million a year ago. For the
      Bloomberg News  -  121 words

  • MARKET NEWS
    • Mixed trading
      • 461 9 SINGAPORE shares started the week on a mixed note with selling in the big-cap index component stocks balanced by a near buying frenzy in Sesdaq dominated penny caps. Triple digit losses in the US on Friday dragged the ST Index
        461 words
      • 465 9 KUALA LUMPUR The bourse here took a breather yesterday as investors squared off their positions, taking the cue from the Dow and Nasdaq's weak finish last Friday. Key markets across the region also closed weaker. At the close, the KL Composite Index was 4.3
        465 words
  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 41 9 Markets Movers Top Gamers Close 47OUT won 003 2.120 0.270 OUTF 3.400 0.220 GUT 3.400 0.200 Cytech 0.575 0.155 TlHiPime2O0LSS 3.100 0.150 PanpacMed 0.320 0.110 Eastern Pub O.270 0.100 Times Pub 3.60D 0.100 Shang Asia 2kHK$ 7.85D 0.100 Parkway 2.980 0.100
      41 words

  • WORLD NEWS
    • 323 10 -AFP S. Koreans send teams to track clown fugitive founder SEOUL A group of South Korean "Robin Hoods" said yesterday it would send a five-mem-ber team abroad to hunt down Daewoo group founder Kim Woo Choong. Mr Kim, wanted by state prosecutors for allegedly being
      -AFP; AFP photo  -  323 words
    • 190 10 -AFP ALOR STAR The four armed men who raided a police station in Kedah now have a price on their head: RMIOO.OOO (5545,830). That is the reward the police are offering for information leading to the arrest of the robbers who raided the Guar Chempedak police
      -AFP  -  190 words
    • 130 10 Agencies JAKARTA Indonesia's Supreme Court yesterday rejected an appeal by prosecutors to retry former president Suharto for corruption dashing efforts to account for decades of greed under his rule. A lower court dropped Mr Suharto's original graft case last September on the grounds that the 79-year-old
      – Agencies  -  130 words
    • 118 10 ■.-AFP LONDON Services on London's underground system were severely disrupted early yesterday due to a 24-hour strike by drivers protesting goverment plans to partially privatise the service. The London Underground said six lines were completely shut down, causing long queues at bus stops as hundreds of
      ■.-AFP; .-AFP photo  -  118 words
    • 184 10 -AFP TOKYO Hospital patients in Japan could start carrying coded microchips on their fingernails to help doctors and nurses avoid making medical mistakes, a Japanese doctor said. A research team at Toho University's Omori Hospital in Tokyo has developed a microchip on which the patient's
      -AFP  -  184 words
    • 229 11 He brought the two halves together, but lives in fear of hardliners SEOUL The two Kims from the rival Koreas received worldwide applause for their historic summit in June last year. But unknown to many, the successful meeting between South Korean President Kim Dae Jung and North
      229 words
    • 157 11 LONDON Distracted employees who have lost their appetite for work. Anxious employers who fret about their distracted employees. If such people exist among you, then it's a sign that your company is suffering from e-strain, reports The Financial Times. The source of the ailment:
      157 words
    • 91 11 rr iilil x Reuters. LONDON The Dutch doctor at the centre of a British medical scandal denied yesterday that he had removed body organs from dead children without their parents' consent. A British government report last month said pathologists at Alder Hey hospital in Liverpool
      rr iilil ± x ■_ Reuters.  -  91 words
    • 76 11 Reuters. PARIS -US film actress Jodie Foster has pulled out as president of the jury at this year's Cannes film festival, citing filming commitments. Foster said she was drafted at short notice to replace Nicole Kidman, who withdrew from the upcoming Panic Room, directed by David
      Reuters.  -  76 words
    • 449 12 If this Hawk should land Agencies, and that's a real possibility, say analysts JERUSALEM The Hawk is expected to land on Israel today as the people vote for their new Prime Minister. It would take a miracle of God-like proportions to keep hardliner Ariel Sharon from booting out incumbent Ehud
      – Agencies,  -  449 words
    • 144 12 Agencies. PORT DICKSON The cover story on Prime Minister Datuk Sen Dr Mahathir Mohamad in the Asiaweek magazine's Jan 26 issue was a deliberate attempt to influence people to refrain from supporting the government. Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar said pictures of Dr Mahathir in
      Agencies.  -  144 words
    • 99 12 -AFP. SEOUL A South Korean medical team has become the second to discover a previously unknown strain of the HIV virus that will require new types of treatment and Aids vaccines. "A new variety of the human-immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has been found from the blood of
      -AFP.  -  99 words
    • 162 12 Reuters. BHUJ Indian state officials, who have come under fire for responding too slowly to last month's devastating earthquake, promised yesterday to set up "tent cities". "They will have medical facilities, schools, shops, markets," Gujarat Home Minister Haren Pandya said. "We have distributed
      – Reuters.  -  162 words

  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 231 11 H Kr^sfe B l^i j J"* /ril I r1 ri«~ I r H ■^■Pl 4r J B *-J -~J-i oJJIJJ —i c; ■j V mß^m J_> J wJ J -_> J v I Bw_^^^f ri r I ri r i rlrir r,' r1 H ..;giH B^^ i j —> J-I
      231 words

  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 68 12 ■j*'^^ laHi;i;: issS^Ri.-ii^H WLttn^S^ Bk*-;:' TQw'f '*<3^H*i:^l If:V' v ;»|i|»..: ..,t£M ■fe:-,.,. ...,-,^m -"^,"m W £m>V Ml P »lT1 t-/'^^^^B CTat win people from different countries in our g obal chatroom Create an International Voice Mail for others to leave messages. j^S kaijmn^JJJ^B Browse through greetings Irom callers all over
      68 words

  • COMMENTARY
    • 833 13  -  Siva Anantham In politics, sons following in their fathers' footsteps is nothing unusua by_ A RECURRING theme in the US press of late has been accusations of nepotism within Singapore's government. In particular, it is widely assumed by foreign political watchers that BG Lee Hsien Loong
      833 words
  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 118 13 P H^> i F I LIFE LONu^l r^^^"^fc **^l fc at- X^: y jf*iik:* fmM I FULL/PART-TIME COURSES Institute of Financial Accountants, UK LCCI, UK DIPLOMA *Institute of Administrative Management, UK Executive Secretaryship Diploma/Advanced Diploma (3 diplomas in 9 months} Business Administration Business Administration Marketing Accounting Information Systems Business English
      118 words

  • TECH NEWS
    • 401 14  -  Sol E Solomon Recent bad news from networking sector is just temporary setback by solomon@newstoday.com.sg OVER the past fortnight, news coming from networking vendors in the United States has been gloomy, but according to a research analyst specialising on networking and e-business, the
      401 words
    • 115 14 PROVIDER of business-to-busi-ness (B2B) products, xchange2l, will resell the entire suite of 828 integration products of webMethods Inc in Southeast Asia and Asean. The offerings include webMethods Enterprise, webMethods 828, webMethods Mainframe Integration Server, webMethods for Trading Networks, webMethods 828.c0m, webMethods Business Integrator, webMethods Packaged Integrations
      115 words
    • 82 14 DELANO Technology Corporation, which provides customer relationship management (CRM) products, has entered a joint venture with eGlobal Technology Services to establish operations across Asia-Pacific. Delano says it provides a fast and flexible way to build, understand and intelligently manage customer relationships. Its CRM offering
      82 words
    • 161 14 THE focus of the coming Internet World Asia Singapore 2001 show will be the adoption of e-business applications and Internet technologies into corporations of all sizes. To be held from Mar 7 to 9 at the Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre, the show
      161 words
    • 345 15  -  Sol E Solomon Local SMEs are torn between high costs and the necessity to keep up by solomon® newstoday. com. sg SHOULD small and medium (SME) firms accept whole-heartedly all the good publicity that comes to them about ecommerce, and go ahead with spending big money to
      345 words
    • 193 15 INTEL Corporation introduced two new ultra-low-power mobile PC microprocessors last week. The new mobile Pentium 111/500 MHz processor features Intel SpeedStep technology, designed to bring high performance to mobile PCs weighing under 1.4 kg and measuring 25 mm in height. This processor operates
      193 words
    • 98 15 E-SECURITY vendor, RSA Security, has unveiled its RSA Keon VPN Client software, designed to offer customers increased interoperability, advanced authentication and encryption security for remote access communications. According to the vendor, the software allows organisations to simplify the deployment of public key infrastructure (PKI) software
      98 words
  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 135 14 [POWERX2OOO™| I Integrated Features in One Platform Ivoicc rn-Liil. Auto attendant. Interactive voice response system^ H [intelligent call queuing and routing (Automatic Call Distribution^. H Iconversation recording/call logging. On-line veal time call H l^:t;iitsi ir.s rßpnrting, Call accounting. Call center solutions. Unified H I Messaging (Voicemail Faxmail, E-mail), Computer Telephony
      135 words

  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 136 15 University of East London *HM Infocomm Manpower Skills Survey 1999 Masterof SCJ6IIC6 [InternetEngineering) msc Technology Management f [Techno Enirepreneurship) e o Maximum exemptions for Kaashyap Radiant Advanced Diploma \j N (E-Commerce) holders with working experience. The University of East London Master of Consultation Venue Science programmes are designed to Fortelßl
      136 words

  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 41 16 fee siOOr Suinbti I Large Pan Pizza (or any [^^si^ c^°'c^oJSupreme I HL, JB Lovers Line ntngc) IDptSWFcLfi Spky DrumJ«ts Bj I Garlic b^arf I HErinda Orangij LEL Pet Boctle (< -S persons) W'jia'^Hl^B^^B Available for delivery only Usual pricing conditions Ripply
      41 words
  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 509 16 >-H Under One Roof The Po Lien Lantern l"% J aa Channel 5,8.30 pm Channel 8,7 pm \j} -^f^m^^i < €?t JJ* VW^B Dolly is concerned about Teck's Liu Yong nearly dies in the han ds of KJ|^/J&^^^^:l; ■'wt^T'jE^F ifc health, and gets Bobby to help whip demons in Huaskan.
      509 words

  • Page 17 Miscellaneous
    • 936 17 E I*LD 'I Ah A* /A~£>JJ\CORF A English Premier League AlterAsmns fJL SportsCity, 10.30 pm Arts Central, 10 pm /vm® Don't miss Bergkamp, Cole, Fowler Stewart, Sally and their four-year-and Keane. Yes, it's the best of old son, Leonard, are the perfect MORNING English football packed into an K^^fl family.
      936 words

  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
    • 815 18 U CIaSS 95 FM BuonAppetito LoveSongs with Love Goddess Yasmin 12.15 pm and 1.15pm 9 pm 1 am Join our very own food critic, Dorothy Tan, as she m^w Enjoy the best selection of love ballads and all your checks out the best eating places in Singapore, \m(^A 'ove dedications
      815 words

  • SHOWCASE
    • 808 19  -  Rosalind Png Compiled by rosalind® newstod ay. com. sg Emily Saxe In Concert (right) Today and tomorrow 8 pm Jubilee Hall, Raffles Hotel The jazz singer, whose voice has been described as "merging Barbra Streisand's lyrics-conscious expressivity with the husky alto sparkle of Bette Midler",
      808 words
  • Page 19 Advertisements
    • 34 19 r—————————— i ff p bnjoy u/o On^/ i Regular Ticket Prices! i I ■■^^■I^H Just present this coupon II t when you book at SISITC outlets. I lL» Call 348-5555 for reservations, p I
      34 words

  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 1065 20 .^HOJ* Proof of Life: lpm, 3.45, 6.45, 9.35 LIDO Proof of Life: 11.20am, 11.45, 2.05pm, rZmm. The Family Man: 1.30pm, 7,9.30 Accidental Spy (M): 11am, 1.30pm, 4, 2.25,4.55, 5.15,8,9.20 C^jJ K|tfj9j The Way of the Gun: 1.30pm, 4, 7,9.30 6.45,9,15 Vertical Limit: 12.15pm, 3,5.40,8.45 Twin Fails Idaho: 1.30pm, 4, 7
      1,065 words

  • RELAX
    • 491 21  -  David Ngiau The second series of the acclaimed drama AlterAsians premieres tonight by david@n ewstod ay.com. sg The acclaimed dramatic trilogy AlterAsians premiered a year ago in February. Produced by Film Formations, the three hourlong dramas debuted on Arts Central in its "From Print to Screen" time
      491 words
  • Page 21 Advertisements
    • 213 21 Hi Do You Know tiliSiUU! Every FANCL product portion sold has its own freshness period for effective use. Why apply jim: "''-':ftL time limits to skincare products? After all. j^wWi^^i^wk lesser products containing preservatives jF r \^(|i^ v'=M and anti-bacterial agents are used I /-^s® indefinitely after they're first opened.
      213 words

  • SEEFOOD
    • Article, Illustration
      922 22  -  Pauline D Loh Sydney see food paradise! Singaporeans will feel right at home especially during mealtimes by In Sydney Sydneysiders are rather blase about the seafood bounty right at their doorsteps. Oysters, lobsters, mudcrabs, Morton Bay bugs, fat pipis (clams to you) they get excited about these just
      922 words
    • 339 23 A restaurant really cannot live on good food alone. So, how about using 30cm-long chopsticks to lo hei over a I.sn>wide plate? As tradition dictates, the higher you toss, the more wealth, luck and prosperity you will enjoy. Raffles Marina gives
      339 words


  • MY SAY
    • 611 24  -  Neville Stack OFF BEAT Sometimes, this tiny sponge of grey is all that lies between you and genius by nstack@esatdear.ie EVERYONE knows how to think. But some think better than others. What differentiates the mental equipment of humankind from, say, the cockroach is the ability to
      611 words
    • 496 24  -  Jean Danker by jd a tike r@ res. c o m.sg YOU and I, we meet new people every other day. Yet, how do we deciper which one person could be IT the one? Lenny Kravitz
      496 words

  • SPORTS
    • 489 25 Shaq-less Lakers overcomes the West's best NBA LA Lakers 100 Sacramento 94 LOS ANGELES Not Shaq's team, not Kobe's team. The Los Angeles Lakers were simply a team. With Shaquille O'Neal again watching in street clothes, the Lakers turned on an impressive team performance to beat
      Allsport photo  -  489 words
    • 313 25 NBA Miami 100 New York 103 MIAMI New York guard Latrell Sprewell summed up last night's Knicks-Heat game in one sentence: "This was about the way it was supposed to go." The game featured a close finish, a celebrity ejection and a near-bench-clearing altercation, reported
      313 words
    • 612 26 But traditional giant Juventus and champion Lazio will not give up Serie A race without a fight Italian Serie A First, Francesco Totti missed a penalty and six minutes later, Parma reaped the dividend when Marco Di Vaio scored. But Batistuta's two goals again
      AFP photo  -  612 words
    • 462 26 Spanish Primera Liga MADRID Real Madrid's players were very happy with the three points achieved against Malaga in their 4-3 win yesterday. The squad, although aware of the danger of overconfidence in its quest to win the League title, also
      462 words
    • 689 27 1997 PGA champion ends drought withTiger-esque comeback PEBBLE BEACH Most had waited for this. Weather that was perfect and golf that was enticing. Mother nature smiled at last, and for Davis Love 111 (right) so did the sporting gods. The tournament had been hit by rain and
      689 words
    • 484 27  -  Leonard Thomas by leonardS'news today, com. ag THIRD in the championship race, Worthington Cup finalist, into the last 16 of the UEFA Cup and the FA Cup. And a squad sheet that boasts some of the biggest names in European football,
      484 words
    • 999 28  -  Rohit Brijnath Famous sportsmen have it real hard these days by rohit® tiewstoday.com.sg SHANE Wame is a terrific leg spinner, we know that, but he is hardly a one-dimensional personality. We know that too. Over the course of the last 12 months he has displayed a
      999 words
    • 670 29  -  S. Gulam ...if the angry Lions are hungry enough Singapore vs Kuwait (Bpm) by gu la m ©newstoday. com. sg THEY came with hope last Saturday. They went home tn despair. I'm sure they will come again tonight. That's the lure of the Lions and international
      WONG KHING CHONG  -  670 words
    • 473 29  -  Scott O'Donell by scott@n ews to d ay.c om. sg SINGAPORE went into its opening World Cup qualifier against Kyrgyzstan last Saturday night playing an unfamiliar 4-4-2 formation. Although it did not get the result that was
      473 words
    • 1451 30 National coach Jan Poulsen rarely gets upset when under fire from the media. But yesterday's prematch conference ended on a heated note, when he defended his senior players staunchly. Here are excerpts from the Q A session, reported by Kelvin Phang. Q. Jan, could you give
      1,451 words
    • AFTERNOON EDITION
      • 343 30 MELBOURNE Australian motorcycle legend Michael Doohan, who retired from racing on two wheels in 1999, will be going on to race on four. He will have his first official race in a car in April, competing in a Mercedes-Benz CLKSS at this year's Targa
        343 words
      • 123 30 -AFP LONDON Manchester City coach Joe Royle yesterday made three foreign signing s in an attempt to keep his relegationthreatened club in the Premiership. Royle signed striker Egil Ostenstad on loan from Blackburn, while he has also taken another Norwegian, Runar Berg, and German
        -AFP  -  123 words
    • 301 31  -  Kelvin Phang Kyrgyzstan v Bahrain (6pm) by kelvin@newstoday.com.sg KYRGYZSTAN made a mockery of the Fifa world rankings last Saturday when it beat Singapore 1-0 in a Group D pre-World Cup qualifier. The former Soviet Republic, which occupies 174th spot, toppled the 101st ranked Singapore
      301 words







  • Page 32 Advertisements
    • 259 32 I I Oracle modules include: Introduction to Oracle Data Modelling Relational Database Design "Informatics is honoured IS MUBM Oracle modules include: I *l ffl ft 11 SQL. PL/SQL Fundamentals TQ OP tfiP UI^LT DrJVdfP Developing PUSQL Programs A More than 90% of i k tfie companies in institution in Singapore
      259 words
  • Page 32 Miscellaneous
    • 37 32 Kuwait can even be Normally placid beaten toniqht, but Poulsen qets hot i r i i- v$ j w i i ii only ir the Lions are O^ under the collar at angry enough, says yesterday's pre-match
      37 words