Today, 12 November 2003

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    Masthead
    8 1 TODAY Wednesday November 12,2003* MITA (P) 002/11/2002 todayonline.com
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    Manufacturing smiles
    434 1  -  Shobha Tsering Bhalla TODAY IS SINGAPORE'S 2ND LARGEST CIRCULATING DAILY NEWSPAPER! Mitsui's $174 m investment hints at turnaround by shobha@newstoday.com.sg RECENT suggestions that manufacturing in Singapore is ailing suddenly seem wildly exaggerated. In fact, as Mitsui Chemicals launched its $174 million plant on Jurong Island yesterday, analysts could
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    An exclusive peek into Syed Mokhtar's world
    1112 1  -  Michael Backman by news@newstoday.com.sg SYED MOKHTAR ALBUKHARY never gives interviews. "This is something of a record, Michael," he said, as we were introduced. "This is the first time that I've agreed to be seen by anyone for many years." But it wasn't to
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  • HOT NEWS
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      What the cabbie saw ...
      586 2  - What the cabbie saw Joy Frances Taxi driver who drove couple home tells his side of the story by joy@newstoday.com.sg THE trial of former television presenter Vidya Shankar Aiyar, who is accused of molesting a 30-year-old woman, took an interesting twist yesterday as the taxi driver who drove the two
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      No overhaul of Civil Service
      423 3  -  Teo Hwee Nak But ministries have leeway to cut costs by hweenak@newstoday.com.sg THERE will be no sweeping restructuring of the Civil Service by the Finance Ministry, even though the Cut Waste Panel may have been set up more than two months ago to trim its
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      Charity champ
      385 4  -  Ng Shing Vi He feeds needy students in school but is a miser at home by shingyi@newstoday.com.sg FOR Wong Qi Wen, charity begins at school. The Primary Six student at Yu Neng Primary School receives $2.50 daily as pocket money. But more than half his allowance goes into
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      Parliament passes examination board Bill
      226 4 THE Singapore Examinations and Assessment Board Bill was passed in Parliament yesterday. The board will take over the functions of the Examinations Division in the Ministry of Education (MOE) to develop and conduct national exams. Over time, it will also look into meeting demands for
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      Lock icon Diana feared plot, says friend
      114 4 -AFP BUENOS AIRES Princess Diana's former butler was right in saying that she feared a plot against her, a close friend of the late princess said in an interview published here on Monday. Argentine businessman Roberto Devorik told Clarin newspaper that the former wife of
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      Lock icon Wal-Mart faces $1.7b lawsuit from illegal workers
      211 4 ■AFP NEW YORK A group of lawyers filed a US$l billion ($1.7 billion) discrimination and exploitation lawsuit against retail giant Wal-Mart on Monday on behalf of hundreds of undocumented and low-paid immigrants detained in October. The workers, many of whom were janitors, were
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      Two is a crowd
      409 6  -  Debra Soon SM Lee: Local TV stations will lose more money by news@newstoday.com.sg THE Singapore market is too small for two TV stations, Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew said in an exclusive interview with Channel News Asia. In the interview, The Other Side of the Tube,
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      Parliament snippets
      165 6 Parliament has approved a law making it a crime to pass off non-Singaporean goods as "made-in-Singapore" products by changing the labels. Firsttime offenders can be fined up to $1 00,000 or three times the value of goods, and/or jailed for two years. Repeat offenders face up to a
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      Meet the wall smashing robot
      332 6  -  Alvin Toh THIS robot can break down a 3x3x0.2 5m brick wall in 15 minutes a quarter of the time it would take six to eight men armed with electric tools to do the same. The 2000-kg demolition robot, Brokk, did just that yesterday at
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      227 2 E§iSi,'iN*l i*'fes Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Management fiSß^SSsv University of Manchester Institute of Science UMIST MKMf- 'IK*K and Technology (UMIST) nvi <A^&»^^JEj'''^ 4 years top ranking for business and management studios BAIV F^ >.^^^^fc^ 2-year direct honours for graduates of business-related diplomds U^^^ rully taught by UMIST academics X
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      59 2 The Other Side of the TubeT^j Senior Minister Reflects An exclusive interview with Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew Hear his thoughts on how television has contributed to nation building, and share in the emotions evoked as he watches historical footage of himself and other first generation leaders from the 60s.
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      391 4 JLiZL DOIM'T MISS SOME OF THIS YEAR'S HIBHLIBHTS 111 ftlflJfPH? (JcjTC) KIA MOTORS p^ 15NOV Buskers' Grand Parade 21-22 Nov Busters' Comedy Theatre presented fl£ r>U*slVT.iri™r ii 8.15pm Orchard Road *B.oopm by <^) kia motors Zouk. Tickets WO I QMLDY IHFATRE mmm .on sale at Ss26 all SISTIC outlets or
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  • HOME NEWS
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      The little pretender pays a price
      74 8 A SECONDARY 3 boy, who impersonated Minister for Defence Teo Chee Hean in an e-mail, received a two-year probation sentence and will have to do 240 hours of community service. On May 6, the boy, 14, sent an e-mail to his principal posing as
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      It's Christmds in the Tropics
      75 8 The Christmas light-up along Orchard Road will be more spectacular this year. Branded "Christmas in the Tropics", the concept this year follows the traditional themes and colours, complete with tin soldiers and fir-tree garlands. The new features include showers of simulated snow at designated areas.
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      Lock icon Asian stocks plummet
      396 8 Agencies Regional bourses hit as weakening US$ drags exports down SHARE prices fell on major bourses in Asia yesterday, dragged lower by losses in the region's major exporters such as Japan's Sony Corp and South Korea's Samsung Electronics, as a weakening US dollar eroded the value of
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  • LETTERS
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      Give the man a break first
      76 10 I REFER to the letter by Dr Khoo How San titled "Fellowship for Dr Mahathir" (Today, Nov 3). The Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) thanks Dr Khoo for his suggestion. It would indeed be an honour to have Dr Mahathir as a visiting
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      Get on with the news
      261 10 Readers can judge the papers for themselves THE articles in Today and Streats about circulation and readership figures seem to have taken the art of navel-gazing to a new height. The appearance of these articles at a time when resources should have been spent on
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      Time for laws to change
      410 12  -  Chia Boon Teck Two-century-old oral sex rules are out-dated for today's society I REFER to the current debate over oral sex and some long-standing laws. The Straits Times article, "Oral sex ruling vexes many" (Nov 8), gives the impression that oral sex is an offence.
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      NTUC offers assistance to non-unionised employees
      301 12 I REFER to the article, "The great churning" (Today, Nov 6). We sympathise with the predicament faced by the affected staff in Singapore Computer Systems and would like to highlight a few points on retrenchment benefits. Employees who are covered by the Employment Act
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      337 11 Achieve the Singapore dream with HSBC Insurance A car, condo and country club are just some elements that make Sign lip today and target a reward up the Singapore dream. At HSBC Insurance we have specially designed two plans, Target Saver and Target Protector savings and protection plans that can
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      61 14 Circulation of Newspapers Audited by: Media Circulations Services (S) Pte Ltd* Average Net Circulation 385,297 1& 300,000 news comment koh buck song I II I':C JL *****7 Unaudited I II A 30.252 I 1 The Lianhe The The Streats Straits IODAY Zaobao New Business Times Paper Times TODAY is Singapore's
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
    • MarketWATCH
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        Singapore
        123 16 SHARES tumbled yesterday, sending the ST Index below the psychological 1,700 level to its lowest close in more than a month. The benchmark fell 43.38 points, or 2.5 per cent, to 1,698.95, its lowest close since Oct 3. Volume totalled 963.45 million shares worth $1.06 billion, down from 667
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 16 US$ 0.5760 UK£ 0.3455 Yen 62.66 HK$ 4.4612 RM 2.1890 Euro 0.5019 Rupiah 4,885 Baht 22.99 Peso 31.79 A$ 0.8060 Indian Rs 26.09 Won 678.3 C$ 0.7564 Yuan 4.7679 NZ$ 0.9237 NTS 19.60
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        Lock icon World markets
        65 16 SGX, Bloomberg Information provided by Index Value Change Pis Nikkei 225 Hang Seng All Ordinaries Taiwan Wtd Korea Comp 10,207.04 12,003.62 3,217.70 6,022.08 787.77 -297.50 -153.06 -30.40 -36.95 -8.79 -2.83 -1.26 -0.94 -0.61 -1.10 KLCI 795.28 -5.68 -0.71 SET Index 647.55 -16.81 -2.53 Jakarta Comp Phils Comp Shenzhen
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        ST Index: 1,698.95 -43.38
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        SGX most active
        59 16 By volume Chartered NOL Close 1.530 2.080 Change -0.180 -0.360 -10.5 -14.8 'OOO 87,871 39,333 STAssemb Japan Asia SingTel SingPost KXD Horizon Sunray DatacrftUSS 2.000 0.100 1.770 0.650 0.410 0.200 0.470 1.160 -0.250 +0.010 -0.030 -0.020 -0.020 +0.005 -0.040 -0.090 -11.1 +11.1 -1.7 -3.0 -4.7 +2.6 -7.8
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        SGX top rises
        77 16 By$ Close Change BukitSem 14.200 +0.200 Kim Eng 1.070 +0.075 JMH400USS 8.400 +0.050 AVJenningsAS 1.830 +0.030 SingamasC 2kHKS 4.225 +0.025 Del Monte 0.565 +0.020 GPBat 4.020 +0.020 JurEng 2.920 +0.020 DairyFarm 900 USS 1.400 +0.010 GreenWor 0.295 +0.010 By percentage Close Change Inno-Pac 0.050 +11.1 Japan Asia
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        SGX top falls
        77 16 By Close Change F&N 11.400 -0.700 Creative 50 17.800 -0.600 DBS 14.100 -0.400 NOL 2.080 -0.360 C&C 5.800 -0.350 STIETF100 17.420 -0.330 APB Breweries 6.000 -0.300 OCBC 11.900 -0.300 SPH 18.800 -0.300 Thai Prime200USS 9.200 -0.300 )y percentage Close C )anpacMedW*****90.005 (ingWan W*****4 0.005 .&M 0.015 Change
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        Commodities
        21 16 Gold uss/oi 386.80 Silver uss/oi 5.08 Platinum uss/oi 760.00 Rubber centsAg 213.00 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1,822 Brent crude uss/barrel 28.78
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      SembCorp 03 profit up 157%
      370 16  -  Chan Chao Peh thanks to gains in utilities, logistics divisions by chaopeh@newstoday.com.sg SEMBCORP Industries (SCI), one of the region's largest engineering firms, said that its net profit for the third quarter grew by more than one-and-a-half times, led by strong gains in its utilities and
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      Lock icon NOL offer price cut
      150 16 Agencies THE underwriter for shipping group Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) cut the placement price for its 236 million share offer to $2.24 apiece in a bid to attract more investors, brokerage sources said yesterday. The world's seventh-largest shipping line had indicated earlier it was selling the
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      Lock icon corporate briefs
      251 19 Bloomberg Accord Customer Care Solutions' net profit rose to $5,125 million, or 0.8 cents a share, in the third quarter ended Sept 30, from $3,081 million, or 0.6 cents, in the year-earlier period. Sales rose to $27.1 68 million from $18,357 million. BIL International posted a net profit
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      Alcatel eyes SMEs in Asia
      321 19  -  Chan Chao Peh Enterprise solutions market 'boiling' in the region, says division VP by chaopeh@newstoday.com.sg FACED with a stagnant global market, French telecom equipment giant Alcatel is betting on small and medium businesses in Asia to provide growth momentum as many big-spending multinational corporations cut
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      Be wary of traded policies
      351 20  -  Lee Yew Meng Returns are higher but they are not regulated by yewmeng@newstoday.com.sg THE Life Insurance Association (LIA) has warned the investing public to be cautious when buying traded life policies and traded endowment policies. With the maturing of Singapore's financial industry these new and
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      Lock icon DBS leads group of 11 banks wanting to lend S Korean ISP $1 billion
      292 20 Bloomberg DBS Group Holdings and J P Morgan Chase are leading a group of 11 banks that will lend US$6OO million ($1 billion) to Hanaro Telecom Inc, South Korea's second-largest high-speed Internet provider. The other foreign
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      Lock icon As creditors lose patience, APP risks losing control of some mills
      163 22 Bloomberg SINGAPORE-based Asia Pulp and Paper Co (APP), Asia's biggest paper company outside Japan, risks losing control of some mills after an Indonesian court started foreclosure proceedings against a unit Gramercy Advisors and Oaktree Capital Management, two US hedge
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      Lock icon US warned to drop steel duties
      376 22 AP Japan, South Korea and EU plan to impose trade sanctions otherwise TOKYO Emboldened by a World Trade Organisation ruling, Japan, South Korea and the European Union demanded yesterday that the United States drop its duties on imported steel immediately or face billions of
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      130 16 The Baha'is of Singapore, today, celebrate the 186 th year of the Birth of Baha'u'llah, the Prophet/Founder of the Baha'i Faith. t In the 19 th century, He wrote: f i i I "....That all nations should become one in J faith and all men as brothers; that the bonds
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      313 21 With airfare, accommodation, breakfast and airport transfer all in one affordable package, you'll be making a mistake if you choose to stay home. So get packing and make your way to a holiday that'll put your mind, body and bank account at ease. For details, call Malaysia Airlines Golden Holidays
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      122 22 fe C/ds^ f^^s^ After all, it's not everyday that festive delicacies from all over Malaysia are found. For a wivifs 55^ start, there's Bazar Ramadan al-fresco food fair held on almost every street in town wi^h-w£af^^fv <^^*^^^^J*: across the country. You get to savour exotic specialities that you won't find
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      544 23 ii INFORMATICS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CENTRE HIGH MiVIAM) IT PKOroSIONSMJII mmtiD to urn m w*. mere are you today? With the US and local economies growing at an increasing rate, there has never been a more pressing time for you to rise above your peers, to get that job or promotion
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  • BUSINESS COMMENTARY
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      Lock icon End the APP saga
      693 24  -  William Pesek Jr. Or it will continue to scare away the long-term investors Indonesia needs by news@newstoday.com.sg FASCINATING debt stories are a dime-a-dozen in Asia. Still, the fiasco at Asia Pulp Paper Co (APP) continues to mesmerise investors and, in some cases, scare them away from
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      UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
      2014 24 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS The data contained herein has been obtained from company reports, financial reporting services, periodicals and other resources believed to be reliable. Although carefully verified, data on compilations is not guaranteed by Lipper A Reuters Company and may be incomplete. No offer or solicitatfons to buy or sell
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Lynch book irks Iraqi docs
      247 26 Reuters They say she was given the best possible treatment NASSIRIYA (Iraq) Iraqi doctors who treated celebrity US soldier Jessica Lynch when she was wounded said she was given the best possible care and they are now shocked and hurt by accusations in her biography
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      Lock icon No proof of Iran's N-programme
      232 26 Reuters. Reuters VIENNA The UN nuclear watchdog said in a leaked confidential report it had found no evidence of a secret atomic weapons programme in Iran, but harshly criticised Tehran for withholding information about nuclear activities. The US has accused Iran of using a civilian
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      Lock icon Prisoners' bloody protest
      64 26 Reuters photo Paraguayan prisoners (lying down) Miguel Acosta and Javier Ovidio are attended to by fellow inmates at the Tacumbu jail in Asunscion on Monday after the two sewed their mouths shut, stuck nails into their hands and feet and cut themselves with razor blades, to demand
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      134 32 -AP NEW YORK After more than a decade in the public eye with ex-husband Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman (right) says she's keeping her new relationship with Lenny Kravitz (left) private. "I don't think I will ever put myself up for scrutiny,
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      132 34 AFP ISTANBUL One of Saddam Hussein's ornate former palaces, used for everything from US military barracks to memorabilia trading posts, will serve as the backdrop for a Turkish music video, a Turkish newspaper said on Monday. Turkish pop singer Tugba Ozay is scheduled to film
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        109 40 Figures from Reuters. Last weekend's position in brackets, denotes new release. i n I 2 1 (1) ra in (5) 0 (8) weekend gross The Matrix Revolutions US$ 48.48m E/f US$ 31.11m Brother Bear US$ 18.53m Scary Movie 3 US$ 10.81 m
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      219 42 Reuters photo I LOS ANGELES Cable network Comedy Central is planning to turn the makeover hit, Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, upside down with a new show called Straight Plan for the Gay Man. Straight Plan's format is a role reversal of
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      561 64 Agencies Reid gets the boot, is Houllier next? LONDON One Premiership manager is sacked, another is supposedly facing the sack and a third could be offered a return to the game after being sacked all within the space of 24 hours. To the surprise of no-one, Peter Reid
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      Lock icon Blatter slams Rio delay, Eriksson caught in a bind
      394 64 Agencies LONDON Fifa president Sepp Blatter criticised the English Football Association (FA) for failing to act quicker over Rio Ferdinand's failure to provide a sample for doping inspectors at the end of September. Manchester United and England defender Ferdinand is still
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      Souness ends streak
      204 64 BLACKBURN Graeme Souness has discovered that a golfing trip to Gleneagles can cure the ills of poor Premiership form. For David Moyes, the answers must be found in the less glamorous surroundings of Everton's training ground, reported the London Evening Standard. It was easy to share Souness'
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      Lock icon The heat is on
      750 66  -  Tim Horan Today Exclusive by news@newstoday.com.sg THE pundits will have no complaints with the form guide going into this weekend's World Cup semi-finals. No upsets, but this tournament has come alive in a big way and the semi-finals are no foregone conclusion. An England-New Zealand final
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      Lock icon French stars slam the 'Poms'
      232 66 Reuters SYDNEY France has dismissed as English arrogance a report that coach Clive Woodward has said his team will crush the French easily in Sunday's World Cup semi-final. "Woodward said France was not a problem, we'll see about it on the pitch," said wing Aurelien
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      Lock icon Federer posts first win over Agassi
      237 66 Agencies HOUSTON Wimbledon champion Roger Federer spoiled Andre Agassi's (picture) return from a twomonth layoff here at the ATP Masters Cup while Juan Carlos Ferrero's bid for yearend world No 1 hit a snag. Third-ranked Swiss star Federer saved two match points to defeat
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      Lock icon Voracious Sorenstam
      607 68  -  Stanley Ho Swedish world No 1 says she will not take her foot off the pedal by stanley@newstoday.com.sg JUST how hungry is Annika Sorenstam? She posted 11 wins on the LPGA Tour in 2002 and bagged two Majors to complete the career Grand Slam this season. She is
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      Warriors find an English Shoulder to lean on
      422 68  -  Tan Wee Boon by weeboon@newstoday.com.sg WALES' under-21 coach Jimmy Shoulder will be the head coach of S-League side SAFFC for next season. The 55-year-old Englishman told Today that a verbal agreement had been reached with the club a week ago and contract
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      Lock icon Shyam in SEA Games no show?
      514 70  -  Tan Yo-Hinn Sprint medal hope finds it hard to juggle exams and training by yohinn@newstoday.com.sg AT THE last South-east Asia (SEA) Games two years ago, he clinched the silver medal in the blue riband 100 m event But any chance of a repeat, or
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      Thais' Asia Cup hopes in jeopardy after HK defeat
      321 70 TASHKENT Thailand crashed to a 2-1 defeat to Hong Kong in an Asian Cup qualifier here on Monday (yesterday morning, Singapore time) and is facing the prospect of missing out on next year's finals in China. The defeat to Hong Kong,
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      Spurs triumph
      109 70 SAN ANTONIO, Texas Tim Duncan and Tony Parker made triumphant returns to the San Antonio Spurs' starting line-up on Monday (yesterday morning, Singapore time), just in time to honour their former teammate. Duncan had 16 points, 10 rebounds and four blocks and Parker had nine points as the
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      Eagles win
      82 70 GREEN BAY, Wisconsin Donovan McNabb found Todd Pinkston from six yards with just 27 seconds on the clock to give the Philadelphia Eagles an upset 17-14 victory over the Green Bay Packers in NFL action on Monday (yesterday morning, Singapore time). The catch was Pinkston's first touchdown reception
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      Cook, woman
      83 70 GLASGOW A Scottish soccer manager faces FA punishment after he criticised the country's first woman referee. The Scottish Football Association said it would investigate third division Albion Rovers boss Peter Hetherston after he allegedly made sexist comments about assistant Morag Pirie, following his side's 1-0 defeat at Montrose.
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      Rooney out?
      41 70 LONDON England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson faces a striker shortage for Sunday's friendly against Denmark after Everton striker Wayne Rooney went down with flu. With Michael Owen injured, Eriksson could be forced to call up James Beattie or Alan Smith.
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