Today, 16 January 2002, Afternoon Edition

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  • 8 1 TODAY MITA (P) 063/11/2001 January 16, 2002 Wednesday
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    • 287 1 Agencies NEW YORK Aurther Andersen said it would fire its lead partner responsible for Enron Corp's accounting, saying he ordered Enron documents to be destroyed after learning federal regulators wanted to see them. The dismissal of Mr David B Duncan is the
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    • 410 1  -  Francis Kan by francis@newstoday.com.sg THAT "foreign" bank with its own towering building at Raffles Place is unlike any you have seen. Of its 1,000-odd employees only one is a foreigner. And that is the Malaysian Mr Spencer Lee, CEO of Maybank Singapore. That is no coincidence. Unlike some
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  • HOT NEWS
    • 449 2  -  Ng Boon Yian Or should we wait till tempers cool down by boonyian@newstoday.com.sg SINCE the announcement of the ISD arrests two weekends ago, many Singaporeans have started soulsearching on how such chilling plots could have been hatched here. One motivation offered by Fateha, a civil society group that
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    • 96 2  -  Elaine Quek MINISTER for Education and Second Minister for Defence Rear-Admiral Teo Chee Hean yesterday commissioned the Armour Gunnery Tactical Simulator. It is the first of its kind in the world to have a re-configurable plug-and-play feature that allows trainees to try different SAF armoured
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    • 164 2  -  Joy Frances THE owners of a block of shophouses along Race Course Road are suing property developers QL Properties for allegedly causing structural damage to their property. They allege that the construction work that was carried out at QL Properties' four-storey block at 380 Race Course Road from
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    • 98 2 HYFLUX chief Olivia Lum (picture) has been appointed Singapore's new representative to the AsiaPacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) Business Advisory Council (Abac). The appointment of the Singapore-listed water treatment company's chief executive and president was made by Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong. Ms Lum replaces Mr Cheng
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    • 295 3 Agencies US special forces in the Philippines to help army crush rebel group MANILA Forget the Afghan war, that's an old story. The new war for the US began on the quiet yesterday in the southern Philippines. While the focus of the Afghan war was
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    • 246 3 Agencies MUMBAI Economics more than politics could explain China's friendliness with India, reports said. China, a traditional ally of Pakistan, has said Prime Minister Zhu Rongji is not in India as a mediator. He is there to boost ties and pave the way for
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    • 137 3 AFP BANGKOK Unhappy with their living conditions, about 500 children from a Thai rehabilitation centre rioted on Monday night Eighty-four of the children were detained after police broke up the riot with tear gas. Newspaper reports suggested that the children broke out of their
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    • 250 4  -  Tan Hui Leng Matsushita's biggest resource by huileng@newstoday.com.sg MULTINATIONAL company Matsushita Electric Asia is a role model in a changing business world. Its sales of $7.46 billion in 2000 placed it 11th among the top 100 companies in Singapore for sales/turnover. So, it is no surprise
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    • 159 4  -  Tan Hui Leng THE Northeast Community Development Council (CDC) wants to impart entrepreneurial skills to its 650,000 residents through its new entrepreneurship and creativity committee. Its head, Mr Francis Phun, is the managing director of Singapore Explorer. He is also behind the River Boat Taxi
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    • 151 4  -  Simone Erasmus A NEW programme by the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and University of Washington was launched yesterday. The programme "welcomes start-ups, tolerates failure and rewards success", said NTU's Associate Professor Tan Keng Kee of the Nanyang Technopreneurship and Innovation Programme (TIP). The first of
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    • 175 3 6,000 components No product today is made up of a single component. A TV set for instance has over 300 different parts. No one company or country makes all these components. Matsushita Electric manufactures microwave ovens, hi-fis and TVs. To make them, it buys over 6,000 different components from 10
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    • 268 4 m IA holistic approach to my f J\ education makes me a Wj^ complete professional. J J Yes, with Informatics, your Bachelors Degree takes on a holistic approach. While you focus on your major in IT, you have the opportunity to minor in an arts subject. Everything essential to help
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  • HOME NEWS
    • 197 6  -  Jasleen Randhawa NANYANG Polytechnic is forking out $4.8 million to build new facilities for students of its chemical and pharmaceutical technology course. Targeted for completion at the end of June, the new facilities include 14 state-of-the-art laboratories and a 360 sq m pilot plant, which is
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    • 339 6  -  Leong Phei Phei First island-wide breast screening campaign offers cheap check-ups by pheiphei@newstoday.com.sg DON'T let fear keep you from having your breasts medically examined. That message comes from the organisers of BreastScreen Singapore, the first island-wide breast-cancer screening campaign that begins tomorrow. Many women are
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    • 106 6 Channel NewsAsia THE delivery man who called the police emergency number and claimed that he was from Afghanistan and threatened to burn cars in a carpark was sentenced to 12 months' jail yesterday. On Monday, Balasubramaniam Somu Pathar pleaded guilty to making the
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  • LETTERS
    • 296 8  -  Ee Teck Ee Religious understanding is the key against terrorism WE need to be level-headed when dealing with terrorism in Singapore. It is foolish to sweep sensitive issues under the carpet to avoid hurting the feelings of certain groups. It is also disastrous to look at everything
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    • 160 8  -  Abdul Wahab I REFER to the arrests of 15 people here for ter-rorism-related activities as well as the speech by Dr Yaacob Ibrahim at Nanyang Technological University's Hari Raya celebration. We need to ask why these people exist and why these people, of seemingly
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    • 254 8  -  Vincent him WE refer to the letter, "Cool, but it may be too costly for some" by Mr Wong Teck Tian (Today, Jan 8). The increase in our air-conditioned fleet is in response to customer demand. Based on customer feedback and an independent survey conducted in
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    • 54 8  -  Eric Teo I AM a fan of sports and the now defunct City TV. I appreciated its coverage of National Basketball Association (NBA) games every Sunday and the live telecasts of Formula One (Fl) races last year. I hope MediaCorp will include NBA and Fl coverage
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
    • 324 9  -  Chan Chao Peh by chaopeh@newstoday.com.sg FOR Dr Dora Hoan, branding is a "passion." Like Coca-Cola, Nokia, Microsoft all global brand names that carry international status and recognition Dr Hoan wants local companies to develop a kind of passion that will give them distinction. As she
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    • 141 9 SOME 216,000 members of the Central Provident Fund (CPF) Board or 35 per cent of those under its investment scheme made net realised profits in the financial year ended September 2001. Of these, 206,000 made less than $5,000 each. Another 239,000 members had made
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    • 606 10  -  Chan Chao Peh Businessmen do not share the optimism of most economists by chaopeh@newstoday.com.sg WHILE many economists are turning bullish and upgrading their economic growth forecasts for Singapore, local businessmen Today spoke to are more cautious and do not readily share their optimism. "True, the
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    • 59 10 Channel NewsAsia RETAIL sales in Singapore were down 4.4 per cent last November from a year ago. The biggest fall almost 19 per cent was in the sales of telecommunications equipment and computers. This was followed by a 17.5 per cent drop for watch and jewellery retailers and
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    • 314 10 MEDIACORP News, which operates Singapore's premier Teletext service, has tied up with mobile phone operator SingTel Mobile to offer the first advertisement service via SMS here. Called Mobile-Live Ads Service, it is one of the most cost-effective advertising media and reaches out to a wide audience. It's
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    • 27 10 Your S$1 buys US$ 0.5438 UK£ 0.3756 Yen 71.679 HK$ 4.2408 RM 2.0665 Euro 0.6083 Rupiah 5649.7 Baht 23.881 Peso 27.911 A$ 1.0488 Rupee 26.458 Won 712.76
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    • Corporate Briefs
      • 112 12 CREATIVE design school Raffles LaSalle yesterday launched its initial public offer (IPO) to raise $1.22 million to fund a new college in Guangzhou, China, that will open this year. The group will issue 12 million new shares at 21 cents each to be listed on the
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      • 90 12 CONSTRUCTION and real estate group Lum Chang Holdings said it expects to incur a slight loss due to the weak global and local economy. The results will be released in March. The company also said that it has pulled out of two gas pipeline projects
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    • Market Watch
      • 155 12 THE stock market reversed from its morning high of 1,731.52 to close 37.04 points down at 1,694.48 yesterday. There were five losers for every gainer, while 223 counters were unchanged. Turnover was 662 million shares worth $702 million. Vikay Industrial Ltd was the most actively traded stock, closing at
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      • 159 12 THE Malaysian market bucked the regional downtrend with the Kuala Lumpur Composite Index up two points to 700.5 yesterday. But the broad market was weak. Losers beat gainers, 595 to 148. About 152 issues closed unchanged. Trading volume was 346,366 lots. Telekom Malaysia closed 10 sen higher at RMIO.IO
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    • 2090 12 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS (All prices are indicative) Fund Nome Bid Prke/NAV Offer Price Aberdeen Asset Management Asia Ltd Aberdeen China Opportunities Fund 0.938 Aberdeen Global MNC Fund 0.655 Aberdeen Global Technology Fund 0.567 Aberdeen UK Blue Chip Fund 0.734 Aberdeen American Opportunities Fund 0.753 Aberdeen Continental Europe Equity 0.991 Aberdeen
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • AFTERNOON EDITION
      • 305 13 -AFP Senator urges US to review policies towards Muslim nations WASHINGTON The US government has been reluctant to admit that its policies have, in more ways than one, contributed to the rise of Islamic radicals in the Muslim world. On Monday, however, a senior senator had
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      • 118 13 -AFP LONDON Britain was officially declared free of foot-and-mouth disease at midnight on Monday. The contagious virus has devastated the farming industry, hit tourism and closed off huge swathes of the countryside. Eleven months after the first out- break of the virus in Northumberland,
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      • 175 13 What the regional papers say today The Star/ Malaysia MAS gets 5-year tax exemption Malaysia Airlines said it had been granted tax exemption on its income, dividend and interest income by the Ministry of Finance for five years until year of assessment 2005. South China Morning Post/ China Banks to
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    • 153 14 Agencies JAKARTA Indonesia's capital city was hit by a double whammy yesterday as it was hit by an earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale and after floods brought chaos to its streets. There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties from the capital or in West
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    • 86 14 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia has shelved three power projects, for up to two years, amid slowing demand for electricity. Projects affected under the new programme are Tenaga's redevelopment of a 1,500 megawatt plant, a 2,100 megawatt plant of SKS Ventures and a 1,400 megawatt plant
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    • 413 14  -  Elisia Yeo Why Japan is unlikely to sign more FTAs by elisia@newstoday.com.sg FREE trade agreements (FTAs) are now almost de rigueur for countries, such as Singapore and New Zealand, looking to boost their economies to avoid the mess of global trade agreements. So, it was no surprise
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    • 311 14 WASHINGTON Months before the collapse of Enron Corp, a company employee had warned chairman Kenneth Lay of accounting problems and a "veil of secrecy" around certain partnerships that eventually contributed to its fall. "I am incredibly nervous that we will implode in a wave of
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    • 358 13 D INVESTMENT OUTLOOK FOR 2002 Chaired By phillip securities Mr Loh Hoon Sun UNIT TRUST Managing Director of Phillip Securities Pte Ltd 24 Jan 2002 "Investment Strategies in a Recession" A look at market/stock-timing. Concept of staying invested. Mr Tan Chin Kong, Chief Executive Officer Technique of dollar-cost averaging. Importance
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  • COMMENTARY
    • Article, Illustration
      806 16  -  Sunny Goh One simple way to fix PSLE woes TOO much pampering may seem a small price to pay for soothing the nerves of Singapore's parents. But good intentions by the Ministry of Education (MOE) to consider revising its school selection system may lead to more headaches. When
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    • 95 16 SEASON EXTENSION BY POPULAR DEMAND! IJUDAH BEN-HUR| An Epic Musical from Epic Entertainment "...Spectacular scenes that should not be missed..." TODAY "...Scores with its well-written score..." The Straits Times a Tickets from $40 available Attractive special group discounts of up to 30 Contact: yenny@calendarone.com Evening Shows B.oopm, Monday Saturday Matinee
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  • UPFRONT
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      818 18  -  Elisa Chia One hour with Zoe Tay Life after marriage, among new pretenders to the throne the queen still reigns SHE'S not afraid of growing old. She thinks the new faces on Caldecott Hill are brave young things and she's confident she still has the support of her
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  • PORTFOLIO
    • 606 20  -  Karman Tse Decide what you want done with your hard-earned assets LIFE is unpredictable, but death is certain. Considering the spate of life-threatening events around the world, even in the safest of countries such as Singapore, this statement ceases to be a cliche. The reality
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    • 348 20  -  Vasu Menon by_ THE recovery of the US economy and corporate sector, coupled with sizeable liquidity, could fuel a rally on Wall Street over the next 12 months. The strength of the greenback is another reason to be bullish about US equities. Investors here
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  • LIMELIGHT
    • 382 21  -  Low Shi Ping But their television debut proves to be rewarding as well by shiping@newstoday.com.sg IT was their first time on television and they gained from it! Tan Wen Chuan and Tushar Ismail (picture), both 13, and Khoo Tey Guan, 9, took part in the first
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    • 135 21  -  Serene Foo by serene@newstoday.com.sg SPH MediaWorks expects its new game show, Everyone Wins, to premiere soon. The show has been created by Robert Chua (of Hong Kong's Enjoy Yourself Tonight fame). The station has acquired the rights to the show but details are being worked out
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  • INCINEMAS
    • 106 22 FOLLOWING recent break-ups, Harrison Ford and British actress Minnie Driver (picture) have found solace in each other's arms. Word is that Driver's been seeing Ford, 59, for about a month. In October, Ford separated from Melissa Mathison, his wife of 18 years. That same month,
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    • 453 22 -Reuters/ Ted Demme has heart attack while playing basketball LOS ANGELES Ted Demme (picture), director of last year's cocaine drama, Blow, and nephew of Oscar-winning filmmaker Jonathan Demme, suffered a heart attack while playing basketball and died at age 38 on Monday. Demme collapsed while taking
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    • 156 23 Reuters/ BERLIN After a decade of movie-making, and a whirlwind past year during which she started dating Hollywood star Tom Cruise, actress Penelope Cruz (picture) is finally planning a break. "I wouldn't have had it any other way and I've
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    • 192 23 Reuters/ PARK CITY (Utah) Robert Downey Jr (picture) is looking for another chance to star in a Hollywood movie. Downey is negotiating a role in Six Bullets From Now, the story of the biggest hotel heist in history. Stephen T Kay (Get Carter) will direct
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  • TIMEOUT
    • Article, Illustration
      412 25  -  Serene Foo Can a giant blanket bring the dance art form to the masses? by serene@newstoday.com.sg 'TV) dance is to cut a rug. And -L the rug in this case, for Ecnad Project Limited's new offering, is a huge patchwork blanket. Artistic directors of the contemporary dance
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    • 363 25  -  Low Shi Ping by shiping@newstoday.com.sg CAN love transcend all boundaries even those of blood ties? Director and playwright of Fool For Love, William Wu certainly thinks so. Incest as one of the unconventional themes of the play, forced him to sit on the script
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    • 321 25 Three-Day MUSIC Venue: Telok Kurau Studio Art Gallery Entry: Free ExxonMobil Campus Concert Enquir ies: Call the gallery at 348 0535 Deep Emotions and High Virtuosity:A Piano Recital German virtuoso pianistViviane Moser FILMS will take you on a musical journey that spans the 18th to the 20th centuries. Himalaya Date:
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  • JOBBEAT
    • 762 26  -  ey Tan Real police work is not just about chasing criminals and investigating crime A POLICE officer's job is xxinteresting and challenging and a far cry from what it used to be. "The police force has changed a lot," said DSP David Ng, assistant director of
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    • 411 26 ill TDant to get a huge lead in the Consumer Electronics Industry? Matsushita set the standards. Recognizing that people are our most important resource, Matsushita's HDC as the NSRS Approved Training and Industry Assessment Centre strives to strengthen the capabilities and enhance the skills and knowledge of employees. Our unrelenting
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  • SPORTS
    • Article, Illustration
      925 28  -  Rohit Brijnath by rohit@newstoday.com.sg THIS column is about golf...well...about money and golf, and welL.tennis too, so it's appropriate we start with a story about cricket and Kiwi sheep. As in South African batsman Jacques Kallis allegedly once telling a New Zealand waiter (this story was told to me
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    • 168 28 Reuters LOS ANGELES Kobe Bryant collected a career-high 56 points in just 34 minutes as the Los Angeles Lakers rebounded from an embarrassing loss with a 120-81 rout of the Memphis Grizzlies yesterday. Bryant was the focal point of the Lakers' offence after centre Shaquille O'Neal was suspended
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    • 153 28 Reuters SAN FRANCISCO Barry Bonds signed a US$9O million ($162 million), five-year contract yesterday as the San Francisco Giants rewarded its record-breaking home run hitter for one of the greatest seasons in baseball history. Bonds, who slammed a single-season record 73 home runs last year, will become
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    • 133 28 Reuters HOBART South Africa defeated New Zealand by 26 runs yesterday to surge to the top of the standings in the triangular one-day series. Veteran opener Gary Kirsten, named man-of-the-match, made a typically gritty 97 and wicketkeeper Mark Boucher smashed an unbeaten 30 off 19 balls in
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    • Hewitt knocked out
      • 401 29 LONDON He was a referee who wanted to have some fun. So Brian Savill did what few referees in the world dared do whilst officiating a match: score a goal. He did it partly out of sympathy the team he scored for was
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      • 274 29 DUBAI Defending champion Thomas Bjorn of Denmark will head the Dubai Desert Classic field in the absence of Tiger Woods when the £1 million ($2.64 million) tournament gets under way in March. The world number one has decided to skip the tournament because of his
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      • 819 29 MELBOURNE Lleyton Hewitt, the youngest player to claim the world No 1 ranking last year, crashed out sensationally in the first round of the Australian Open yesterday to open the way for a 14th Grand Slam for Pete Sampras. The 20-year-old Australian, last year's US Open champion,
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    • Article, Illustration
      496 30  -  Stanley Ho 'Letter of Censure' issued to Geylang and all its 18 footballers involved in Cup final farce by stanley@newsto day. com. sg IT COULDN'T pin down any single culprit So, it decided the misery will be shared by one and all. The Football Association of Singapore (FAS)
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    • 250 30 OKAY, the "yellow card" has been flashed at the wrongdoers, but just how is the FAS going to prevent such things from happening again? That was the burning question on the lips of the media gathered at FAS headquarters yesterday. According to FAS Chief
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    • 227 30  -  Kelvin Phang by kelvin@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPORE pro Mardan Mamat (picture) is hoping to cap a successful season with a good showing at the three-day Accenture Champion of Champions, which tees off today at Laguna National. The season-finale to the Singapore circuit will see 23 top
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    • 133 30 Reuters GALLE Off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan took nine match wickets as Sri Lanka beat Zimbabwe by 315 runs on the fourth day of the third Test yesterday to sweep the series 3-0. Muralitharan, 29, reached 400 wickets in record time when he took five for 67 in Zimbabwe's
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    • Taufik's transfer now depends on PBSI
      • 283 31 U LONDON Middlesbrough boss Steve McClaren will face old club Manchester United in the fourth round of the FA Cup after his side overcame first division Wimbledon 2-0 in a third round replay at the Riverside this morning. But perhaps fittingly for a side currently
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      • 175 31 LONDON Middlesbrough has established itself ahead of Manchester United and Lazio as favourite to sign the Uruguay international Diego Forlan from Independiente. While United's proposed £6 million ($15.8 million) move for the 22-year-old striker has been complicated by an army of agents, Middlesbrough's chief executive
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