The New Paper, 11 August 2001

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1 60 The New Paper
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      182 3 www.mi.com.sg Everywhere under the sun. C! 1 t. Getting mobile is now even more affordable. m gx it's never been easier te get mobile, because our new, limited- JRfe l|r Jtfg* edition M Card costs just $10. And for this low amount, you'll My enjoy talktime rates as low as
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  • SINGAPORE
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      Lock icon S-l-o-w-l-y stomach acid burns his food pipe
      867 4 If you burp and suffer from heartburn very often, maybe you should see a doctor. For, it could be a sign of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (Gerd), where acid from the stomach is thrown back into the food pipe. NG WAN CHING reports BURP!
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      Lock icon Beware of heartburn, it's on the rise
      482 5 THERE has been a five-fold increase in gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (Gerd) over the past five years, according to a National University Hospital (NUH) study. In 1995, NUH researchers and doctors randomly picked 700 adult residents in Jurong and asked them whether they suffered
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      117 4 YftLcelE b RAT i O IN\ F, A time of joyous celebration awaits us t Q j. w as we give God the glbryWprall His 3. a 1 4w3a2 y 4&i L: 1 T>* V 9 •'X V y WWW 1 U *6, a. y f*. &9\. >;•• <*g% f
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      Lock icon If Taiwan ties up with China...
      210 6 SINGAPORE could be hurt economically by a China-Taiwan tie-up. That is one possible scenario painted in an 18-page report released yesterday with the Ministry of Trade and Industry's (MTI) Economic Survey for the second quarter. Here are two possible outcomes: SCENARIO 1: Feuding foes
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      Lock icon Head over heels...
      25 6 PICTURE THIS There goes the bull, into a somersault, as bullfighter Juan Jose Trujillo watches, in Malaga in southern Spain. Picture/ Ap
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      Lock icon Energy use up
      70 6 FAMILY electricity bills have surged over the past 10 years, due, in large part, to the increasing use of airconditioners. In 1999, aircon for homes and offices cost Singapore $798 million, out of a total bill of $3.2 billion, including the industrial sector's use. But, leaving appliances
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      Lock icon Cabbies play safe
      70 6 CABBIES here who are safety-conscious use a code to warn each other of shifty passengers. They make appointments with fellow cabbies when they pick up the fare. All cabs have an emergency button, although most alarms turn out false, cab companies say. There have been 15 cabby
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      Lock icon Bosses take pay cuts
      78 6 CREATIVE Technology's senior managers have taken pay cuts to make a point amid tough times. The pay cuts are between 10 per cent and 20 per cent of their salaries. Creative chairman and chief executive Sim Wong Hoo has pointed out that, coupled with a reduction
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      Lock icon Not S'pore-bashing
      65 6 A TOP Australian defence expert says he was not bashing Singapore or Sing Tel when he raised several security concerns over the latter's bid for Australia's Cable Wireless Optus. He'd have the same concerns and insist safeguards were needed, even if the buyer were a British or US
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      Lock icon COE prices for Sept
      73 6 CERTIFICATE of Entitlement prices for September inched upwards in three of the five categories. Motorcycle COEs went up by $249 to $838 while COEs for cars 1,601 cc and above also rose, by $384 to $27,828. COEs for goods vehicles and buses rose $1,399 to $24,202.
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      Lock icon Petrol price war
      78 6 THE petrol price war between market leaders Shell and ExxonMobil is on again. This time, at least 35 petrol stations will offer discounts of 5 to 7 per cent in areas that include East Coast Road, Upper Serangoon Road, Boon Lay and Jalan Ahmad Ibrahim. The discounts
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      Lock icon QUOTE WORTHY
      45 7 'PHILIPPINE CABINET IS CLEAN' I know the members of the Cabinet. I say, they are all clean. Philippine Executive Secretary Alberto Romulo on how reports about an unnamed Cabinet secretary being addicted to cocaine had exposed all 26 Cabinet members to similar suspicion
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      Lock icon DBS bows out of race
      133 7 IN FOCUS THE bitter bank battle is over. Singapore's biggest bank, DBS Group Holdings, yesterday officially bowed out of the race to take over Overseas Union Bank (OUB). DBS allowed its offer to lapse with an acceptance level of just 1.2 per cent from OUB
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      Lock icon Stock watch
      84 7 THE Dow Jones industrial average rose 117.69 points or 1.14 per cent to end the week at 10,416.25 as investors sought out old economy stocks. The technology-heavy Nasdaq composite index shed 6.85 points or 0.35 per cent to close at 1,"956.47. A total volume of 959 million shares
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      Lock icon The microchip avalanche
      288 7 ON THE RACK EVEN as sales of microchips tumble, some manufacturers are increasing output. This has caused a glut in the market and many companies are seeing their profits evaporate. Much of the overcapacity is being caused by government-backed efforts in certain Asian countries, reports The Economist
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      Lock icon LOCAL HEADLINERS
      68 7 The Straits Times: S'pore close to hitting bottom The Business Times: Tentative signs of economy hitting bottom: MTI Lianhe Zaobao: Lead: Manufacturing sector down by 9.6 per cent, the worst in 16 years Berita Harian: Singapore's economy shrinks 11 percent in April-Jun NewsRadio 93.8FM: US and British planes
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      43 7 International Herald Tribune: Israeli police seize a key PLO office New Straits Times: Guard foils RM30m heist BBC news: The British government has suspended the power sharing assembly in Northern Ireland to give political parties more time to settle their differences
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      44 7 Pilbert /Scott Adams THE CURE FOR tmat-C; IWA T T 1 00 Y0U D0E A CARPAL TUNNEL nn JniHAVF i H/WE ANY HUGE IS TO EAT SIX UANDTOP t DATA TO PlfAPLE BANANAS A DAY. 1 I SUPPORT COUNT? EENAGtK. > YOUR IAEDE i KAL^DVICE?
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  • SINGAPORE
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      Lock icon FILL THIS SPACE
      315 8 So you want to submit your designs for The New Paper's Project Y download campaign? LIMLEE CHlNGgets some tips from an expert, on how to go about it YOU may find that designing handphone icons is more than an easy doodle. "It's all in the imagination!" said
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      Lock icon HERE'S YOUR CHANCE
      156 8 THE New Paper Project Y Download campaign is open to all students in Singapore. FVom Sept 1 to 9, The New Paper will publish up to 50 of the best handphone icon designs you send in, and invite the public to download them for $3 each. The
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      Lock icon THE NEW PAPER PROJECT Y
      109 8 THE project is an extension of our youth column, Y Scene. It is also part of the President's Challenge 2001, a series of activities to raise money for charity. On Sept 1 and 2, four schools will display their creative fund-raising ideas Anglo-Chinese (Independent) at
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      78 8 Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) Mechatronics Part time by University of Wotvertiampton (UK) University B Eng (Hons) Multidisciplinary i Eng. (Mechanical/Electrical) Distance Learning by University of Sunderland (UK) Higher National Diploma in (•JfjOl Electrical/Electronic Engineering Fun/Part time by Edexcel BTEC British National Award uAjLiiuiu Foundation Certificate in MCCMKXUTIS nc AM) Engineering
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    Lock icon He got lucky here
    525 9  -  Concert by thfßi ver By Lim Lee Ching HE came to Singapore with his band for a three-month stint. But American jazz musician Christy Smith, 45, has stayed on for eight years. And he reckons that coming here was one of the best decisions he has
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      49 9 I ff*y*tfH™i^ *wm i Sunday August, I HI I I Take a break from your shopping I p* r u and |Oin us for Concert By The River. t llfmm —V J This August, veteran jazz musician B 3HS#r Christy Smith entertains with a repertoire I -«t--,— VjpeoMcjnr 0~-•
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  • SINGAPORE
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      Lock icon Inadmissible Passenger Room
      523 10  -  It's for illegals who can't be deported because no country wants them There's one spot here you'll never see: BY Arul john THEY are passengers in permanent transit. Illegals with no place to go. In an effort to sneak into another country, they turn to the so-called
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      Lock icon POLICE SERGEANT JAILED
      130 10 ON June 15, Vincent Cheong Kiong Heong, 42, an airport auxiliary police sergeant, was jailed 16 months and fined $9,000 for receiving a bribe of $3,000 in February. The bribe was to let three Chinese nationals without valid documents enter the airport's boarding area to go on
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      Lock icon Why no blow-up?
      97 13 A Honda saloon crashed into a petrol station, mowing down one of six pumps. But there were no fiery explosions. Like in the movies. Why? The Singapore Petroleum Company (SPC) and the Fire Safety and Shelter Bureau explain to UYEN VU WHAT HAPPENED The accident took place
      Picture/ Lianhe Wanbao; Source: Singapore Petroleum Company, SCDF  -  97 words
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      Lock icon Small change = $13,000 a month
      319 15 Small change $13,000 a month About $156,000 a year, in fact. That's how much is collected in really small change by the Community Chest (Com Chest) from those little donation boxes at department stores. You can see the boxes at the cashiers' counters. Most shoppers drop their one and five
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      Lock icon He's a cut above others
      272 15  -  By Sheela Narayanan DONT be fooled by this bespectacled young man on the right. Mr Toh Wei Song is a Singapore Armed Forces scholar who is also a musician with a record to his credit. And, guess what, he cut the pop album with £1,000
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    488 17 NEW COLOUR SIGNAGE FOR MRT LINE SPEAKUP w* YOUR FORUM Irene Kang Manager, Corporate Communications, Singapore MRT Ltd Han Liang Yuan Acting senior manager, Corporate Communications, Land Transport Authority WE refer to Jack Oh's e-mail, There should be enough MRT
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    469 18 slice of life COMMENT WHEN was the last time you indulged in your hobby and fantasised a little? Or have you been so caught up with other day-to-day routines that you've forgotten to make time to "get away". For me, music has
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Ex-MP and wife deny 'horrific' sex crimes
      338 20 Neil Hamilton was bankrupted after he lost a libel action against Harrods owner Mohammed AI Fayed over the "cash for questions" affair, where he was accused of taking cash from Mr AI Fayed in exchange for asking parliamentary questions. The allegations effectively ended
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      Lock icon Minister 'blew kisses' and offended MP
      171 20 AN opposition MP has alleged that Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer made a "sexual hand movement" and blew kisses to her in parliament. Backbencher Julie Irwin also said it was not the first time he had offended her in parliament. In November, she complained
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      Lock icon To win game, guess if they will beat death'
      449 21 THIS web-based fantasy game is about real life or death. Specifically, whether certain death-row prisoners most of them in Texas and scheduled to die by lethal injection in days or weeks would be pardoned. The website invites players to predict the
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      Lock icon Factory plunges into river 'Nine killed 100 trapped'
      375 22 CHINA FACTORY DECLARED DANGEROUS, BUT HER BOSS WOULDN'T LISTEN Reuters. THEY were told the factory's structure was dangerous, but did nothing about it. Now, police are on a manhunt for six officials, after a factory collapse killed at least nine people in
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      Lock icon Panda wins first round of WWF vs WWF
      132 23 Wire services. THE panda has won the title round of this WWF bout. It was a legal tussle between World Wide Fund for Nature vs the World Wrestling Federation over who could use the initials WWF. And, a London court has ruled
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      Lock icon And now...theme funerals in Japan
      309 23 FIRST, there were theme parties for birthdays and other such festive occasions. And, now there are theme funerals. Yes, that is the latest trend in corporate Japan where hotels are turning to the dead to resurrect profits and breathe new life into their businesses. They
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      Lock icon HIGH KICKS... LOW SCORES
      375 24 Some media circus! All eyes are on Zhang Ziyi as her hotly-anticipated Hollywood debut, Rush Hour 2, kicks into action worldwide. She can thro the chops, but she doesn't quite cut it, says TAN DA WN WEI RUSH Hour 2. What will people remember most about
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      Lock icon Bottom of list? No problem!
      372 26 BATTLE OFTHE HUNKS Tay Ping Hui and Chew ChorMengare in the lead in our ongoing telepoll for the next king of local Chinese television. How do those at the bottom feel then? CHANG MAYCHOONfinds out DANNY Yeo expected it. Darren Lim doesn't care. And Dasmond
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      Lock icon CHOOSE THE KING OF TV!
      97 26 JUST call 1900-914-0801 and key in the number of your favourite hunk! You'll stand to win a $50 Sakae Sushi restaurant dining voucher. Ten vouchers will be given away. The poll ends midnight Aug 12. Each call costs 20 cents. The hunks are: 01. Adam
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      Lock icon Power of the personal
      294 27 Essence (Lucinda Williams) FOLK artiste Lucinda Williams shines in her latest album. It kicks off with calm, pensive pieces. Then the beat picks up in the later half. Williams' vocals are raw and honest. The folksy, dreamy style is part-mournful, part-lost-in-meandering-thought. Her lyrics sometimes plead with
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      Lock icon Trinkets fit for a Maharajah at pauper's prices
      476 28 FOR centuries, the water buffalo has been the noble beast of burden in much of Asia. When the time comes for it to retire from the fields, the poor animal has one final use: Its bones are transformed by artisans into beautiful
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      Lock icon Picnic in the sky
      218 29 Don*t feel like splurging this weekend? ZAKIRHUSSAINsuggests unusual ways to have fun on the cheap DINE ABOVE THE REST Our view: The lush greenery of Mount M Faber, a bustling port and sparkling > waters off Sentosa. As we glide gently through the air, my three
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      Lock icon ... Or gel your hands on deck
      168 29 Or gel your hands on deck ALWAYS wanted to go sailing? Why not volunteer as a crew member on board a yacht? You'll learn things from rigging to tying knots and even steering the yacht. Check the noticeboards at sailing clubs like the Changi Sailing Club at Netheravon Road and
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      Lock icon My Cousin looks too much like My Fair Princess
      358 30  -  PRIME-TIME TV WATCH SEMEME FOO IVAGUELY remember the My Fair Princess frenzy in Singapore last year. Spearheaded almost single-handedly by goofball princess Xiao Yanzi, played by Vicki Zhao Wei. At the height of it, my mum gushed endlessly about her wacky
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      Lock icon Get a tattoo — for a good cause
      233 29  - Get a tattoo for a good cause uiltotikU By Suzanne Ong ROY Lim, all of eight years (above, left), finally has a dog. For two weeks, anyway on his upper arm. He said: "I am going to show it off to my classmates. My parents won't allow me to keep
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      1211 38 LAST NIGHTS KRANJI (FIBRESAND TRACK) RACE RESULTS GOING: GOOD Picture/ Ian TAN I Race 1 Maiden 1100m (sand) 6 RED TAURUS 57 5 (25-6) 1 Attar (4) 3 2 1 (459) 4 WISDOM STAR 58 5 (65-13) L Dtttman 0) 4 6 2 (515) 5 A LA NATURAL 56 (30-7)
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      258 38  -  By Lionel Lee WHAT a wonderful evening it turned out to be for jockeys Azhar Ismail and Saimee Jumaat at Kranji last night. The duo, both leaders on the separate jockeys' tables in the circuit Azhar in Malaysia and Saimee in Singapore kicked
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      967 39 RACE 1: TRUE WIN was restless in the barriers and reared. 810 THE GREAT was slow into stride. JEFF THE GREAT was slow to begin and had a tendency to lay in near the first turn at about the 800 m. Rounding the
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      363 39 AFP. CLONING racehorses would cost jobs and spell the end of New Zealand's thriving thoroughbred industry, Kiwi racehorse breeders warned yesterday. The government's biggest science company Agresearch, a world leader in livestock cloning, has been granted a licence to commercially clone livestock
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      1508 40 TODAY'S IPOH RACE CARD GOING FORECAST: GOOD NOTE: The two emergency acceptors in Race 3 have not been allotted saddle-doth numbers as the maximum number is capped at 20. In the event that the reserves get berths in the capacity line-up, they will assume the saddle-cloth numbers of the horses
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      970 41 GUIDE TO IPOH TRACKWORK NST. BIG VENTURE wound up his preparations for the Class 3 Div 2 1,200 m event in Race 7 tomorrow with an eye-catching workout in Ipoh yesterday. Taken out by a track rider, the four-year-old Australian-bred by Simonstad was pulling hard
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      143 41 AP. THE final night of the 81st Fasig-Tipton annual yearling sale at Saratoga Springs, New York, was a record-setter. Helped by two US$3 million ($5.34 million) sales on Thursday night, the 54 head sold reaped a total of U5524,787,000, over US$6 million more
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      69 41 Black Witch (Race 1 No. 1) Look no further than Black Witch, who should cast a spell over her rivals in the opening event. The newcomer from the yard of Ipoh trainer Marinus van Breukelen is in brilliant form and can get punters off to a
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      47 41 RACE 4: Casual Dragon, Storming Eagle, Jovena's Joy, Hashing Rocket, Wooly Bully. RACE 5: Chai Lai. Moon Town, Big Deal. RACE 6: Intan Singapura 11. Four Wishes, Cookie. RACE 7: Sir Caversham. Nasib Gaya, Thyme, The Ultimate, Winde. RACE 8: Gold King, Chevochelle, Summertime Blues, Hunky-Dory.
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      1270 42 TODAY'S KRANJI (SHORT COURSE, B) RACE CARD GOING FORECAST: GOOD GO JOHNNY GO: Keep an eye on South African jockey Johnny Geroudis in the opening event. His mount Blue Gem has shown improvement on the training track and should provide good value. I Race 1 4.30 B Mjult-n 1400m |SC|
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      84 42 THE Singapore Turf Club (SNTC) uses four courses A, B, C and D to differentiate the location of the rails. For Course A, the rails are at their original position. For Course B, they are four metres away from the original position. For Courses C and D t
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      145 43 WORKOUTS by horses engaged tomorrow: RACE 1: Slow work: Yabonga, looking well, Blue Gem, fitter, Forbern (G Cooksley), Grand Magic. RACE 2: Slow work: Expect The Best, Travelling Man, Bedouin (Cooksley), in top shape, Goldvision, Maungautautiri, Millennium Dancer. RACE 3: Slow work: Comfort Classic, Kilat Sira (K Wright),
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      710 43  -  By Danny Khoo TONIGHT'S feature race at Kranji will provide more than the usual interest. For spicing up the occasion is the mighty Ouzo, who will make his much-awaited comeback in the $250,000 Kranji Mile in Race 7. The pride of trainer Malcolm Thwaites'
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      8353 44 PAY CHEQUE INSIGHT: Jockey Lee Soo Hin can strike with Paychex, who should get his break against 10 medicore rivals in Race 4 tomorrow. nAL KHAWALEEK ABJAR 57 <48) *MDjulkiflic2.5(9) (6ag NoordirvOwner) ByAl Khawaaneeg-Ruyaa; bay; landed25.9.97; 17r 1-3-0 (Pl700y 1:46.653.5). 25.02.01 C5-2 Marzuki 54.5 (43) (12)7
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      170 44 n STAR GENERAL 57(48) Wilkinson (4) (4nzg Baertschiger-Star General) By WaikikiStar-Maazel; bay;landed6.1.98;8r 1-0-0 (KRsl700f1:49.153.5) 12.12.99 C5 Soo 55 (42) (5) 9 9 4/11 ($23) 1 Paris Amour KRb1800g 1:52.1(415) 05.01.00 C5 Wilkinson 53.5 (40) (1) 5 3 1/8 ($11) Shd Natural Ace KRs1700f 1:49.1
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    907 50  -  FOCUS ON BOWLER RENA TENG SEA GAMES Kuala lumpur. September 8-17 SPORTS SET TO KNOW RENA: BORN: Dec 30.1980. SCHOOL S'pore Chinese Girls School OCCUPATION: Marketing Executive FAMILY: Mom, dad and a younger brother HOBBY: Reading STARTED BOWLING: 1996 PRESENT AVERAGE: 185 STYLE:
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        54 52 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS: Tanjong Pagar Jaguars 1 Balestier Tigers 0 Clementi Elephants 0 Tampines Stags 0 TODAY: Gombak Bulls v Home Protectors (Bukit Gombak) Geytang Eagles v Jurong Cobras (Bedok) AM matches at 7.30pm. Call 1900-*****13 after 8.30pm for half-time scores and after 9.30pm for full-time results. Calls cost
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        155 52 GOMBAK v HOME UNITED Ix 2: (1) Gombak: $7.20 (x) Draw: $5.00 (2) Home: $1.25 1/2 GOAL Gombak:(+l 1/2): $2.00 Home: (-11/2): $1.67 TOTAL GOALS: 0 Goal: $18.00 1 Goal: $8.20 2 Goals: $4.50 3 Goals: $4.30 4 Goals: $4.30 5 Goals: $5.20 6 Goals: $7.80 7 Goals:
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        551 52  -  NATIONAL STADIUM, Monday, 8 pm WATCH THIS LION PLAY: JERSEY NO 8 By Ernest Luis FOR the first time during last month's Liverpool and Manchester United matches, the Kallang faithful did not mention Steven Tan's name. When Singapore trailed its opponents before, impatient fans would often grumble:
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      453 53 EURO KICK-OFF: FRANCE AFP. AMBITIOUS Paris St Germain will look to its Brazilian contingent to pour water on the newcomers who are burning a path to the top of the French League. Sochaux, which was promoted to the top flight after winning the Second Division
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      356 54 mkps UNITED i SPORTS Nickname: UNITED Ground: ELLAND ROAD Location: YORKSHIRE, N ENGLAND Manager: DAVID O'LEARY Trophies 2000/2001: NIL Established: 1919 Points last season: 68 No doubt we will still hear O'Leary's catch phrase "We are a young Team...." again this season but people are still
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      323 55 WmCESTER CITY SPORTS Nickname: THE FOXES Ground: FILBERT STREET Location: LEICESTERSHIRE, MIDLANDS Manager: PETER TAYLOR Trophies 2000/2001: NIL Established: 1884 Points last season: 48 After a promising start to last season, the Foxes fell away and ended up with a lower league placing than was expected.
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      175 56 CHARITY SHIELD LIVERPOOL v MAN U 8.50 pm, Super Sports, tomorrow I WHILE the world waits with bated breath for the kick-off of yet another English Premier League season, here's a page to help you crank up that good old fervour and set you in the
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      310 57 Who is i Fergie's choice to partner Nistelrooy? OUT: Andy Cole, Dwight Yorke, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. EN: Paul Scholes. Yes, Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has revealed his mind. He wants to start the new season with a new strike partnership at Old Trafford. Speaking on BBC
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      305 57 LIVERPOOL returns to its lucky ground when it tackles Manchester United in the Charity Shield tomorrow. The traditional season curtain-raiser is being staged for the first time at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium, where Liverpool won both the League Cup and FA Cup last season. "We always
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      505 58 WORLD CUP WARM-UPS: ENGLAND v HOLLAND AUG 15, WHITE HART LANE Defender Sol Campbell and goalkeeper David Seaman were excluded from the squad for England's friendly against Holland next Wednesday. But included was Bayern Munich midfielder, Canada-born Owen Hargreaves. Manager Sven Goran Eriksson gives his reasons:
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      109 58 Goalkeepers: Nigel Martyn (Leeds), David James (West Ham), Richard Wright (Arsenal). Defenders: Ashley Cole (Arsenal), Chris Powell (Charlton), Phil Neville (Man U), Gary Neville (Man U), Danny Mills (Leeds), Jamie Carragher (Liverpool), Wes Brown (Man U), Gareth Southgate (Boro), Ugo Ehiogu (Boro), Martin Keown (Arsenal). Midfielders: David Beckham
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      106 58 AP. EDGAR Davids, suspended in May after testing positive for a forbidden steroid, has been called up for the friendly against England. Coach Louis van Gaal said he selected Davids for the Aug 15 game hoping that Fifa will lift the ban on the midfielder
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      452 58 IT may have been a much-needed win, but the problems are still there. After Brazil's 5-0 victory this Wednesday against minnow Panama, its coach Luis Felipe Scolari spoke up. Although a little more upbeat, he was still wary of the team's shortcomings: Nerves and anxiety to
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        531 59  -  A weekly column by Brian Miller IT is said, or rather, we have heard it said that "father knows best". In fact, years ago in those black-and-white days of television there was a sitcom of that name. The plot, if you could call it that,
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        421 59 WORLD ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS MEN'S 200 m YESTERDAY'S RESULTS MEN'S 110 m HURDLES: 1. Allen Johnson (US) 13.045 ec; 2. Anier Garcia (Cub) 13.07; 3. Dudley Dorival (Hai) 13.25 HEN'S 200 m: 1. Konstadinos Kederis (Gre) 20.045 ec; 2. Christopher Williams (Jam) 20.20; 3. (tie) Shawn Crawford
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