Today, 14 January 2005, Afternoon Edition

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      30 1 NEWS£\yiEWS Specialist GPs MOH wants doctors to upgrade skills/2 Macau move Tycoon Stanley Ho wants a casino in Spore/3 mr brown and the Tau of Pok/26 JUVENTUS STUNNED SPORTS 62
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      Lock icon Queen Latifah to host Grammy Awards
      37 1 Red-hot musical diva and movie star Queen Latifah (picture) will host and perform at the 47th annual Grammy Awards show in Los Angeles on Feb 13, the organisers announced yesterday. AFP
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      Lock icon US shares slump, oil prices soar
      98 1 -AFP NEW YORK US share prices fell heavily yesterday as oil prices soared on concerns about US winter weather and North Sea supply woes, traders said. The Dow Jones Industrials Average fell back to its lowest level since Dec 8, sinking 111.95 points to
      -AFP  -  98 words
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      Bushwhacked by the WMD lie
      775 1  -  Clement Mesenas, Faulty intelligence blamed but the war goes on Foreign Editor clement@newstoday.com.sg THE US investigators searching for Saddam Hussein's alleged weapons of mass destruction have given up the hunt confirming an earlier report which said there were no such weapons to find in Iraq.
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      Lock icon Suicide attack kills 5 Israelis
      124 1 -AFP GAZA CITY Five Israelis were killed yesterday in a suicide attack coordinated by three Palestinian militant groups, dealing a massive blow to hopes that the election of Mr Mahmud Abbas as Palestinian leader would revive the Middle East peace process. The attack was led
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      Lock icon Juventus stunned
      466 62 -AFP League leaders dumped out of Cup by cellar dwellers Atalanta ITALIAN CUP Juventus 3 Atalanta 3 Atalanta win 5-3 on aggregate ROME Atalanta, currently anchored to the bottom of Serie A with just one win in 17 matches, sensationally dumped league leaders Juventus out of the Italian
      -AFP; GETTY IMAGES  -  466 words
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      Lock icon Owen misfires as Real draw a blank
      300 62 AFP SPANISH CUP Valladolid 0 Real Madrid 0 MADRID Real Madrid made do with a goalless draw at Valladolid this morning in their Spanish Cup round of 16 first leg. Having sold Fernando Morientes to Liverpool and announced Javier Portillo's return from a
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      Lock icon Real table offer for Everton's Gravesen
      258 62 -AFP LONDON Real Madrid have made an official offer for Everton's Denmark international Thomas Gravesen, the Premiership side confirmed yesterday. A statement on Everton's website www.evertonfc.com said: "Officials from Real Madrid have contacted their Goodison Park counterparts officially confirming an interest in Thomas Gravesen."
      -AFP  -  258 words
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      Lock icon Maradona hails Greek'miracle'
      131 62 -AFP ATHENS Former Argentine superstar Diego Maradona said yesterday that the Greek national team winning the Euro 2004 title last summer was a "miracle." "There are always miracles in football. Greece beat everybody and it is always good for football when small teams win championships," an overweight
      -AFP; GETTY IMAGES  -  131 words
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      The holistic approach
      496 2  -  Tan Hui Leng MOH will encourage GPs to specialise [iuileng@newstoßay. com. sg TO MANAGE long-term healthcare issues in Singapore, the Ministry of Health (MOH) is looking to start from the ground-up with the upgrading of general practitioners. "The Ministry will promote the holistic management of patients," said
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      Lock icon GK Goh to sell entire stockbroking arm to CIMB
      429 2  -  Val Chua val@newstoday.com.sg SOME 26 years after it was formed, the stockbroking arm of GK Goh Holdings will be sold for $239.1 million to Malaysian investment bank CIMB, leaving the home-grown company without an anchor as it contemplates its future. But
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      Lock icon First casino proposal in
      326 3 -AFP Stanley Ho plans $1 billion integrated resort for Singapore HONG KONG One of gaming hotspot Macau's newest casinos Greek Mythology has bid to operate a proposed gambling resort in Singapore, the company said in a statement yesterday. It has put in a HK$5-billion (sl-billion) to
      -AFP; _ BLOOMBERG  -  326 words
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      S'pore, M'sia draft agreement to end reclamation dispute
      304 3 SINGAPORE and Malaysia have moved closer to an agreement on the disputed land reclamation works carried out by the former around the Straits of Johor. Delegations from the two governments have accepted recommendations made by a panel of experts, and, after two
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      Two S'poreans arrested over terror links
      259 4 TWO more Singaporeans have been arrested for their involvement with terrorist groups. One of them, Mohd Agus bin Ahmad Selani, was arrested under the Internal Security Act (ISA) last Thursday while serving an extended Restriction Order (RO). He had been arrested in Dec 2001
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        From home to work with a mouse click
        745 4  -  Adrian Tan HEARD of homeshoring or homesourcing? No? A pity then. It's a new way of working that is becoming popular in the United States and the United Kingdom. It all began when employees tired of long commuting times persuaded their employers
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  • Singapore news
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      Lock icon Don't forget terror threat amid tsunami relief effort
      537 6  -  Tor Ching Li chingli@newsto day, com. sg EVEN as the region picks up the pieces after the tsunami disaster, countries cannot afford to divert their attention from an invisible fault-line in the world today: Transnational terrorism. "It would be a disaster if
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      Lock icon CNet Asia closes down print arm to focus on online portal
      352 6 Ng Shing Vi IN A move that has shaken up the tech news industry, CNet Asia will shut down its entire print arm and focus on its core business as an online tech news portal. Consumer magazine Cool Gear
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      Lock icon Marina Bay set for $300m green revival
      174 6 Channel News Asia NATURE lovers can look forward to Singapore's second national botanical gardens in the new Downtown at Marina Bay. The National Development Ministry said Marina Bay would be a key focus in the coming years, with some $300 million set aside
      – Channel News Asia; ALVIN TOH  -  174 words
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      Lock icon President Nathan to meet Thai King, PM
      157 6 Channel News Asia PRESIDENT SR Nathan, at the invitation of King Bhumibol Adulyadej, will make a five-day visit to Thailand starting Monday. He will be accompanied by Mrs Nathan, National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Zainul Abidin
      – Channel News Asia  -  157 words
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      Lock icon Plea made under pressure?
      535 8  -  Wong Fei Wan Convicted priest claims lawyer, top churchmen urged him to admit guilt feiwan@newstoday.com.sg SENIOR counsel Michael Khoo, the lawyer for a church parishioner now suing convicted priest Joachim Kang, has been singled out by the priest as one of three people who persuaded him
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      The trial of Joachim Kang
      65 8 In the criminal trial last year, Kang claimed trial to 1 9 charges of embezzling $5.1 million funds from the Church of St Teresa, where he had been the parish priest. However, mid-way through the trial at the end of the prosecution's case Kang changed
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        Lock icon New members named to MDA
        103 8 Channel News Asia Seven new members have been appointed to two-year terms on the board of the Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA). Ten other members were reappointed. The newcomers are: Mr Chan Yeng Kit, CEO, Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore; Mr Davison Peter John,
        — Channel News Asia  -  103 words
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        Lock icon Indigoz Exchange in fraud probe
        66 8 Channel News Asia The Commercial Affairs Department (CAD) is investigating Indigoz Exchange for alleged offences including fraudulent business conduct under the Companies Act. Indigoz sells i-chqs, dining vouchers that can be used at about 260 restaurants and cafes here. The CAD has seized monies from
        – Channel News Asia  -  66 words
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        Lock icon Monument status for 3 churches, temple
        81 8 Channel News Asia Three Catholic churches and a Taoist temple are to be preserved as national monuments. They are the Roman Catholic Church of St Joseph, the first Eurasian Catholic church here; the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes, built in 1 888 as
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        Poland's PM to visit here tomorrow
        65 8 Prime Minister Marek Belka of the Republic of Poland will make a working visit to Singapore on Saturday. He will be accompanied by a 45-member delegation including his Chief of Cabinet and Minister of Finance. Mr Belka will call on Prime Minister Lee Hsien
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        Parliament resumes
        9 8 Parliament will sit on Monday at 1.30pm.
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      Lock icon Child survivors top priority for World Vision
      706 10  -  Jasmine Yin While needs of tsunami victims come first, international NGO will not neglect other disaster zones jasmine.yin@newstoday.com.sg ASSISTING child survivors of the devastating earthquake and tsunami disaster will be the top priority for World Vision, one of the world's largest relief and
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      Lock icon How S'pore can help Sri Lanka: Tharman
      333 10 Channel News Asia AS tsunami-stricken Sri Lanka struggles to get back on its feet, its long-term priority will be to generate jobs for the tens of thousands who lost their livelihood in the aftermath of the disaster. This is an area where Singapore
      — Channel News Asia  -  333 words
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      Go to an auction, buy a quilt, lend a hand
      231 12  -  Patricia Yap THEY come in different sizes, some boasting delicate embroidery, others plain and simple. But all 45 quilts have something in common they will be auctioned on Jan 15 to help the victims of the tsunami disaster. Quilts N'
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      Clinic for divers, diabetics
      308 12  -  Tan Hui Leng huileng@newstoday.com.sg IT started in 1997 as a hospital to treat dive-related health problems for divers in the Republic of Singapore Navy. But as it was the only one of its kind then, the military facility soon started seeing civilian divers suffering from diverrelated
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  • world news
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      Lock icon Settlement prospect good
      632 14 Agencies Tsunami tragedy opens door to likely rebel reconciliation with govt BANDA ACEH The tsunami tragedy that hit Acehnese shores on Dec 26 has opened a window of opportunity for the Indonesian government and the separatist rebels in the province waging a guerrilla war for nearly three
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    • GLOBAL roundup
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        Lock icon New generation masseurs
        88 14 AFP A foundation promoting traditional Thai massage has begun training a new generation of therapists in tsunami-hit provinces as part of the healing process. The Thai Traditional Medicine Development Foundation has set up an open-air training centre at a temporary camp for displaced villagers in the southwest
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        Lock icon Paul McCartney donation
        61 14 AFP Former Beatle Paul McCartney and his wife Heather are donating £1 million ($3.1 million) to the fund-raising appeal to help tsunami victims, a charity said. The veteran pop star is giving the money to the International Rescue Committee UK, an independent British charity, which said on
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        Lock icon Identifying bodies
        60 14 AFP Thousands of bodies of the tsunami dead could be identified within 30 days, Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said yesterday, warning though that some victims may never be identified or even found. Police were working to identify some 700 bodies while Thailand's leading forensics expert Porntip Rojanasunun
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        Lock icon Be role model, donate sperm
        83 14 AFP An Australian fertility clinic hopes to make up its shortfall of sperm donors by appealing to legislators' sense of Eublic spirit. The clinic, Monash IVF, as written to Victoria state MPs saying a change in the law in 1 998 had led to dwindling
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      Malaysia to have own system
      223 14 PUTRAJAYA Malaysia will have its own Tsunami Early Warning System in both its east and west coasts by the end of the year that will help save more lives if the country is to be hit by the killer waves. Science, Technology and Innovation Minister
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      Lock icon Mystery benefactor hands out HK$1,000 bills
      119 16 DPA HONG KONG Police in Hong Kong were searching yesterday for a mystery benefactor who handed out HKsl,ooo ($209) notes to strangers in the street The man, described as having acted "like a leaflet distributor", gave out at least 12 notes in the Tsim
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      Lock icon 'Very little' that Tung can achieve
      344 16 -AFP Analysts say major policy shifts unlikely HONG KONG Hong Kong leader Tung Chee-hwa surprised critics by admitting to his inadequacies in his annual policy address on Wednesday, but analysts said that he failed to confront core problems within his embattled administration. And despite
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      Lock icon Five Malaysian states hit by blackout
      207 16 Agencies KUALA LUMPUR -A power outage yesterday blacked out large parts of peninsular Malaysia, briefly trapping people in elevators, causing traffic chaos and disrupting train services to the international airport The blackout began around 12.30pm in five Malaysian states. Electricity was restored in stages
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      Author breaks silence
      318 18 Death threats forced her into hiding, she says LONDON The author of the play pulled off a British stage last month after violent protests by Sikhs has broken her silence, saying she still wants her work to be staged and telling of the effect death threats had
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      Lock icon Egyptian TV shows will now be reviewed by religious censors
      192 18 -AFP CAIRO Egyptian television dramas will soon be subject to review by a panel of religious censors, sparking an outcry by authors who say the move threatens their creative freedom and livelihoods. Information Minister Mamduh Al Beltagi said that under
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        Lock icon Prince Harry in Nazi attire
        59 18 AFP Britain's Prince Harry, 20, apologised after a picture of him dressed as a Nazi soldier appeared in me Sun (picture). It triggered outrage as the royal family prepared to lead commemorations of the 60tn anniversary of the Holocaust. Harry, 20, attended a party wearing
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        Lock icon Thatcher son pleads guilty
        87 18 AP Mark Thatcher, the son of Britain's former prime minister Margaret Thatcher, pleaded guilty to helping finance a foiled coup plot in oil-rich Equatorial Guinea in exchange for a fine and a suspended jail sentence. Thatcher will pay a 3 million rand (U*****,000) fine in a
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        Allawi official paid reporters at event
        52 18 Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi has admitted that officials from his political alliance paid journalists for attending press conferences, the Guardian newspaper reported yesterday. At a Baghdad meeting, Iraqi and Arab journalists were given sealed envelopes containing US$ 1 00 1 62) notes for
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      Lock icon Ex-translator: US sought Bashir extradition
      115 18 -DPA JAKARTA An Indonesian court yesterday was told that United States President George W Bush's special envoy demanded that Abu Bakar Bashir be secretly handed over to Washington. Testifying at a court hearing for Bashir, Mr Frederick Burks, a former US State Department translator, said
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      Lock icon Urgent need for Muslim bridge
      439 20  -  Sharon Vasoo German ambassador calls for more dialogue between Arab Muslims and EU sharon@newstoday.com.sg GERMANY can play a pivotal role in bridging the gap between Arab Muslims and the European Union. With its large Muslim population of 3.2 million, and long history of migrant Muslim
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      Lock icon Abu Ghraib abuse was 'a creative technique': Witness
      209 20 -AFP FORT HOOD (Texas) A witness at the trial of the alleged Abu Ghraib prison abuse ringleader hailed the stacking up of naked detainees as "a creative technique" on Wednesday, and said he too would have photographed it But the defence suffered
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      Lock icon Overzealous garbagemen clear away modern sculpture
      177 20 The Guardian FRANKFURT To the garbagemen of Frankfurt, they were a mess that needed to be cleared from the streets of their city. The yellow plastic sheets were swiftly scooped up, crushed and burned. But the diligence of the rubbish collectors was little consolation
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      Focus on The Family
      253 24  -  Dr James Dobson TODAY'S by ACTIONS LEAD TO CONSEQUENCES Sheltering a child from the consequences of his own actions now could help create an immature adult later. One of the prime objectives during the pre-adolescent years is to teach the child that actions lead to consequences,
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      Molest cases not treated lightly
      390 24  -  TAMMY TAN SBSTransit drivers have SOP when dealing with such cases I Letter from ti nun Hi/ tari broup Corporate Lomm Officer, ComfortDelgro Corp I REFER to Ms Serene Chia's letter "Bus driver allowed 'molester' to escape" (Jan 5) and two other subsequent letters published
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      Why not the rooster to show significance?
      203 24  -  RICK LIM SAY KIONG Letter from I THE Chinese New Year celebrations draw near and the festive decorations adorn the whole of Eu Tong Sen Street in Chinatown. One peculiarity strikes me, though. As I look down the street, I notice that it
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      Will suspension over length of student's hair help?
      167 24  -  MOHAMAD NOOR ABDULLAH Letter from I REFER to the reply from Mr Wong Siew Hoong of the Ministry of Education, "Schools able to set rules on conduct, dress" (Jan 13). It stated that schools "have the autonomy to set their own rules
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    • READERS' SHORT TAKES
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        Nelson Quah: Free train trips better prize
        81 24 "Take SMRT and win a car" is one of the advertisements in SMRT trains. By offering a car as a reward, the SMRT may be sending a contradictory message to commuters that car ownership is encouraged in Singapore. Would it not be better
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        Tan Kam Ying: Why the hike in gym fee?
        85 24 I am a senior citizen who has been using the NTUC Fitness Centre for two years. I was shocked when I received a letter that the subscription fees had increased from $220 to $370 a year. The public, especially senior citizens,
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      The Tao of Pok
      913 26  -  mr brown ON page one of yesterday's edition of Today, there was a story about a jilted woman who ripped off one of her former lover's testicles with her bare hands after he refused to have sex with her. Wince. This was not the kind of
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        152 34 Dow Jones KARACHI Sing Tel and four other international telecommunications companies have expressed interest to buy a major stake in state-owned Pakistan Telecommunication Co (PTCL), said a Privatization Ministry official. According to the official, Emirates Telecommunications Corp of the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait's
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        117 34 STRACO Corporation warned yesterday that while the group will remain profitable for FY2004, net profit would be substantially lower than expected. It attributed this to poorer ticket sales at its flagship enterprise, the Shanghai Ocean Aquarium, in the fourth quarter ended Dec 31, it said
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        225 36 Dow Jones OVERSEA-CHINESE Banking Corp (OCBC), Singapore's thirdlargest lender, is seeking to raise up to $500 million through a hybrid share issue at a yield of 80 basis points over the 10-year Singapore dollar swap rate, a bank official said yesterday.
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        346 36  -  Shobha Tsering Bhalla Savills predicts double-digit price rise shobha@newstoday.com.sg IN THE most optimistic forecast on the Singapore property market in over a year, senior executives at international property consultancy Savills are predicting a "double-digit growth" in prices for the higher end of the market Speaking at
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        505 38 Bloomberg Key areas include healthcare, tourism, transport INDIA aims to more than double trade with the members of Asean if a free trade agreement is signed with the grouping. Two-way trade between Asia's fourth-biggest economy and Asean is worth an annual US$l3 billion ($21.3
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      479 59 AP One day after being billed 'super fit', Agassi in danger of Australian Open no show TENNIS Kooyong Classic MELBOURNE Andre Agassi could become another high-profile absentee from next week's Australian Open, after he injured his hip playing Andy Roddick in an exhibition tournament here yesterday. "It's a
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      759 64  -  STANLEY HO National Stadium's all set to roar as FAS' Lee looks to maintain momentum generated by Lions stanley@newstoday.com.sg IT IS hard to imagine 10 years have passed since Singapore was last hit by a bout of football fever. In 1994, interest in local football reached
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      531 66  -  TAN YO-HINN Raddy's the star and Fandi would not have it any other way yohinn@newstoday.com.sg ON THE football pitch, Fandi Ahmad was very rarely put in the shade. As one of Singapore's greatest footballers ever, the striker's name was on most fans' lips whenever he played.
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      488 66  -  Tan Yo-Hinn IF SINGAPORE do go on to win their second Tiger Cup crown in front of their own fans at the National Stadium this Sunday against Indonesia, then the persuasive powers of Lee Bee Seng will have to be saluted.
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      79 67  -  Goh Tat Chuan Lionel Lewis Daniel Bennett He's a household name. More importantly, he's able to explain the local mentality to Raddy and help bring out the best in the players. He's been very patient and encouraging. He is serious in training, but shares a joke with
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      58 67  -  S Subramani Goh Tat Chuan It is obvious that his preparation and training has made a difference to the goalkeepers. "Fve never seen a more no-nonsense coach than him. He is very serious when it comes to training. And when it comes to analysing opponents, he has
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      483 67  -  JASMINE ZHAO Visitors enjoy first training session as confident Salossa predicts upset jasmine.zhao@newstoday.com.sg ALONG with the Lions, Kallang may be all set to roar, with many seeing Indonesia's role on Sunday as mere cannon fodder. Going into the second leg of the Tiger Cup final 3-1 down
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      385 67  -  Tan Yo-Hinn THE Grand Old Lady, some have christened it. Opened in 1973, the National Stadium has witnessed some of the most intense and passionate football matches in the region, particularly when teams from across the Causeway visited for
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