The New Paper, 25 November 2001

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  • Article, Illustration
    834 2 The PAP turned 47 last Wednesday, so is it time for... NEWS WOON WUITEK talks to a long-time political observer on what lies ahead forthe PAP, which is holding its convention today DO Singaporeans prefer experienced middle-aged leaders in times of trouble? Yes, said those who got
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    • 223 3 www.mi.com.sg Everywhere under the sun, <31 t 1 Hf r\ t*l- i V There's never a right time to tell someone you're thinking of them. Because with Hallmark greetings, every moment is an hi i*l opportunity to express your feelings. Get acquainted with Forever Friends, Kristi and other lovable characters
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  • NEWS
    • 956 4  -  S'PORE'S FIRST TV NEWSREADER HAS FAILING SIGHT FAILING HEART REPORTS YONG SIEW FERN THE first time Singaporeans heard the news over TV in February 1963, it was Mr Steven Lee who read it to them. The veteran broadcaster was a familiar face
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    • 199 5 SINGERS Cliff Richard, Shirley Bassey, actor William Holden of The Bridge On The River Kwai fame and screen cowboy John Wayne are some of the celebrities Mr Steven Lee had met during his broadcasting career that spanned more than two decades. At his peak, he was
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    • 960 6  -  By Jason Tan LAWYERS in Singapore are getting their robes ruffled as they chase clients for payments. With Singapore suffering its worst recession since independence, many lawyers are finding it harder to collect legal fees. Mr Surian Sidambaram of law firm Surian and Partners, described
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    • 156 7 THERE is no official figure on how many lawyers are having problems collecting payment from their clients. A Law Society spokesman said it "is not empowered by law to deal with such matters". But she added: "In times of financial hardship, like any other profession or provider
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    • 207 7 ONE lawyer who doesn't have to chase clients for money is Mr Sahul Hameed of Hameed and Company. He is among the few who would rather take "precautions". Although he doesn't check on the financial background of his clients before accepting their businesses, he insists on
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  • AT A GLANCE
    • 274 8 THEY'RE the new kids on the roads. But the formerly retrenched, now taxi-drivers, are proving unpopular with seasoned drivers and some passengers. Tibs Taxis' figures show a big increase in new drivers: 850 of Tibs' 2,900 drivers started this year. There were 452 new drivers
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    • 87 8 Like to be an air dancer like these two? A dollar is all you need for a half-day session with the Lindy Hop Ensemble, which teaches American swing dances. There will be eight classes at the YMCA on Dec 3,4,10 and 11. You won't be able
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    • 284 8 INFOCUS ITS boomtime in Europe and the US, it seems. The world economy may be able to weather the blow from the Sept 11 attacks on the US, figures show. While in the US, shoppers were at the malls at the crack of dawn on
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    • BRIEFLY
      • 90 9 CYCLING will take off as an alternative mode of transport if it is made safer through special cycling tracks, said the cycling community in response to a proposal in the Singapore Green Plan 2012. The Green Plan hopes to encourage cycling as an alternative mode of transport,
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      • 93 9 MORE than 100 people, mostly women, responded to a report last Sunday on Chinese-language tutor Vincent Kok's plight as a widower. Widows, divorcees, singles in their 30s, 40s, 50s and even 60s responded, including some China nationals and Filipinas. In the report, the 48-year-old described how he
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      • 100 9 HE summoned the paramedic to help his injured colleague. But the car driven by the medic hit and killed him instead. British seaman Philip Knight, 21, had called the emergency services in Georgia, US, on Thursday after Chief Petty Officer Shaun Braham, 38, was hit by
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      • 94 9 TWELVE people were charged yesterday with behaving in a riotous or disorderly manner in public following a Singapore Democratic Alliance rally on Nov 2 in a field in the Lavender Street area. That day, 16 people were arrested. Four were released. Yesterday, five pleaded guilty. Among
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      • 84 9 THE South Korean governmment plans to spend US$3.6 billion ($6.7b) over nine years to transform the island of Cheju into an international tourist and business hub. It hopes the 72-km wide island off the south-western tip of the Korean peninsula will surpass Hongkong or Singapore. Until recently, the
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      • 99 9 AFP. HE thought his wife was having an affair with a younger man. The policeman in the Thai seaside resort of Pattaya said he shot his 40-year-old wife on two occasions, at their house on Thursday and at a hospital where she was being treated. Senior
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    • 359 9 WHERE is Nur Misuari? And what is he up to? No clear answers were available after a week of violent events in the southern Philippines. Misuari, separatist leader of the Moro National Liberation Front, made peace with Manila in 1996 and became governor of what came
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous

  • NEWS
    • 422 10  -  REPORTS PICTURES KUA CHEE SIONG WATER-skiing is not a beginner-friendly sport. There's the long wait for the boat, the lumpy waves in its wake, and the hard smack as you hit the water. But now with cable-skiing (above), you can have all the fun without the
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    • 152 10 THE overhead cable (right) is suspended by five steel towers, situated at five corners around the banks of the man-made freshwater lake. The cables are run in an anti-clockwise direction, powered by an electric motor placed at the tower that is closest to the starting
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    • Article, Illustration
      71 11 CABLE-SKI Park is at Waterfront City, Batam, an hour's ferry ride from the World Trade Centre. From the ferry terminal, there is a free, three-minute shuttle bus to the park. With a wide range of house-boards from kneeboards to double-skis to wake-boards avid skiers can ski-till-they-drop for
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  • 77 12 NEWS Thousands turned up at the Toa Payoh Sports Hall yesterday to do the line dance'in Singapore's first ever dance marathon. Photojournalist lAN TAN captures the 'yee-haw' spirit that kept them on their feet for hours They danced from 3pm to 10pm/ Page 14 They all came
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  • 495 14  -  GANCE NEWS BY PHOTOJOURNALIST/ Ian Tan THE Para Para is very very nice. But line dancing is now the official dance craze in Singapore. That was evident at Singapore's first-ever Dance Marathon yesterday. The event, organised by the People's Association and the Singapore Sports
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  • 587 16  -  OveratSentosa: ZoukOutwith Virgin Mobile 2001 [NEWS] By Fraemone Wee IT was slow to take off. The Bushmen cranked up the volume at 6pm, but it took four more hours before the Sentosa beach party heated up at ZoukOut with Virgin Mobile last night. Even award-winning
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  • 634 18  -  GUEST EDITOR L Wei Koh MOVIE DIRECTOR ON Sept 11, everything changed. World harmony was ruptured. The cowardly acts of a few sick men prompted the world to draw adversarial lines based on religion. Friends became enemies overnight. In the months since, relations between
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  • NEWS
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      727 20  -  By CL Tan REPORTING FROM KUAIA LUMPUR SPERM donors of "good stock" are in hot demand in Malaysia. Fertility clinics are looking for young professionals with high IQ a good tertiary education and profession matters as well as good character and health. The search ha<f been conducted
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    • 458 21 A DONOR'S STORY: I WAS the only guy who had gone alone to the fertility clinic in Petaling Jaya, Selangor. The others were with their wives. I approached the nurse at the counter to tell her I had an appointment with one of the doctors.
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    • 283 21 SPERM banks in Singapore may reimburse expenses incurred by the donor but direct payments for sperm donations are not allowed. This has been spelt out by the Ministry of Health (MOH), which oversees sperm banks here. Sperm banking is a specialised service to be provided
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    • 338 22 GRAFFITI decorates the school's classroom walls and a flag with a grinning skull sporting a black eyepatch hangs proudly at the back. Les cyber pirates, that's what they call hackers in France. Zi HacKadem Y is a school for computer hackers in Paris. Opened on Oct
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    • 193 22 AP. THEY came by the thousands to be assessed, pinched and prodded. On Thursday, about 10,000 girls from the age of 13 to 25 descended upon Mega Model Agency in Sao Paulo, Brazil, to be the next face for a department store chain's campaign. Traffic
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    • 354 24 Beijing police told to learn English, Japanese, Russian and Arabic LAW and order never sounded so good. Beijing police are going international with their tongues. Over the next seven years, they will have to study four foreign languages to prepare for the Beijing Olympics in 2008. Mr Ma
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    • 43 24 Hsrstf 3 western has boon free off Taliban rale since Nov 12. And spotted on the roads, is this Afghanistan man who has made Ms own special set off wheels—for a better view off what lies ahead, perhaps? Picture/ Afp
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    • 204 24 IF you're going to Thailand next year, you might like to make time for another tourist attraction. After a visit to the Floating Market and the numerous temples, perhaps you would like to visit an army camp. At least that's what the Thai
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    • 354 25 EVEN the humble dog is playing his part in ensuring the safe delivery of Japan's most important baby. Twice, Japan's imperial household has staged maternity rituals for the Crown Princess Masako, the wife of the next emperor. Both rituals
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  • NEWS
    • 479 27 A TV show depicting Ariel Sharon as a blood-sucking terrorist stirs up a storm Wire services. IS he a vampire? Is he a clown with too much makeup? Or is he just somebody trying very hard to scare children? None
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    • 973 28  -  By Andrew Duffy THE lucky ones still have jobs to go to. Some days, at least. Mr Alejandro Michel, 43, who teaches English and Spanish in Buenos Aires, counts himself among them. As international companies pull their workers (and his students) out, he said:
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    • 127 29 RAMPANT inflation in the 1970s and early '80s destroyed the value of the peso, the Argentinian currency. In June, 1985, a new currency the austral (equal to 1,000 pesos, or $1,851) was introduced to control inflation. It failed and, in 1992, the nuevo peso argentino (equal
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    • 168 29 MR JUAN Peron and his wife, Eva, were the most glittering of Argentina's leaders. No surprise, then, that Hollywood made their lives into a spectacular film, Evita. Or, that singer-actress Madonna wrote the director a four-page letter begging to star in it. Mr Peron was a
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  • NEWS
    • 443 31  -  Funeral director prepares body of four-year-old on the kitchen table A 16-week-old foetus waiting for burial is stored overnight in the household refrigerator By Peter Wilson REPORTING FROM SYDNEY WHEN a Sydney man went into the funeral business, his neighbours complained. They could see him in
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    • 196 31 And a stranger's body in dad's grave FOR three weeks, the family of 65-year-old Errol Davidson believed he was lying in the Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens in Sydney. But after an early morning exhumation on Friday, they learned that buried in Mr Davidson's place on Nov 7 was 100-year-old Daisy
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    • 729 32  -  Time for fun and freebies FMAKffiMflniALlvairt IDAVERSON FRANZOI I HHRHRHHHHI Italy's "Mr Holland's "Dutch Delight" SIHHHHHHHRMHHk By Ernest Luis HIS superb ball control makes him the most skilful futsaller in the world. During the Futsal World Cup Finals last year, in the dying seconds against
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  • Hey! SUNDAY YOUR MAGAZINE FOR THE WEEKEND
    • 843 33 The Harry Potter series of books and movie is a meticulously researched treasure trove of myths, legends and ancient lore THE wizardly world inhabited by Harry Potter is such a mysterious and wondrous place that one assumes it was spun completely in the extraordinarily vivid
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    • 164 33 Rubeus Hagrid: The first name of the gentle giant, who collects dangerous animals and is the groundskeeper at the school, derives from the red gem, and he is ruddy-faced. Albus Dumbledore, Hogwa*t*' headmaster: The name of the Merlin-like figure is itself imbued with meaning. "Albus" means '"white"
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    • 553 35  -  They bare their arms, legs, backs... and more private parts to him just to have one of his specially crafted tattoos on their bodies. FRAEMONE WEE meets celebrity tattoo artist Mike Kobo in LA FRAEMONE WEE HE was on Anne Heche's back for five to
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    • 672 36  -  By Chang May Choon AT 19, Nicholas sang gut-wrenching Dave Wang-style love songs like he was 39. Finally, he's singing like his real age of 21. A refreshing Nicholas emerges as he moves beyond his usual rock and metal style and experiments with a more diverse
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    • 220 37 I AM a simple guy. I had my first relationship at 19. Before that, I was often rejected by the girls who deemed me average-looking and mild. Mild simply because I'm not the kind to stay out overnight, drink, smoke or frequent pubs and discos.
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    • 161 37 Last week's letter: UNDECIDED is in her late 20s and has been married for about two years. She and her husband have no children yet and are planning to have one. Recently, they have been quarrelling over him chatting with girls on the Internet. He says
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    • 123 37 Readers' advice LIFE for the two of you must be lonesome and boring at home if your husband is straying after two years of marriage. He is either trying to satisfy some need created by the loneliness or he is trying to explore some other excitement.
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    • 127 37 I STRONGLY suggest that you both sit down and have a good talk. I understand how hurt and cheated you must feel but listen to him with an open mind or at least try to. Find out why your husband has recently taken up an interest in
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    • 368 38 I AM 16 and have been in a relationship with A for five months. I really like him a lot. But now problems are arising. My mother came to know about our relationship. She does not oppose the relationship but has set limits. She only
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    • 388 38 I'M feeling very sad that my boyfriend broke off with me recently. We were together for almost three years. All of a sudden, he told me that he could not stand my temper anymore. A few days before that, we were still so happy,
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    • 204 38  -  DR LIM SU MIN QWHAT is the lifespan of sperm when ejaculated inside the body? My argument is three to five days, while my partner insists it lives only a few hours! My period came on Nov 10 and I will be going on a
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    • 266 38 Ql AM 18 years old and currently doing my National Service. I was involved in some very heavy petting recently. I realised then that despite my penis being erect, there was no semen throughout the process. Am I impotent? Is this normal? I do have wet dreams,
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    • 82 38 Sexuality affects many teens to adults. So, if you have a question or need advice on sex and heart issues, write to: Aggie, The New Paper, News Centre, 82, Genting Lane, Singapore *****7. Or fax 737-5375, e-mail: tnp@sph.com. sg H Mark your envelope: H Aggie or call
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    • 679 39  -  Is raising kids stressing you out? MIKE CHUA SO, it's that time of the year when all frayed nerves are calmed, stress levels subside and you are aware of what's on sale at Carrefour again. Oh, how parents long for the school holidays, their deserving break
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    • 342 40  -  CAROL LEONG UNTIL you've tasted buah keluak, it's hard to explain its fascination. How can I begin to describe this black Indonesian nut? It has a musty, richly rotten taste which has been variously described as "black opium", "ambroisa", and even "Peranakan black truffles". I
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    • 248 41 KENNY G. Stevie B. And now, Rachel S? She's the latest addition to the pretty Pan-Asian pantheon of Nadya Hutagalung, Junita Simon, Ase Wang and so many more. Born in Maryland, USA, the S stands for Santillan, her Spanish mother's surname. You see, Rachel's
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    • 431 41 Highlights Home for the Holidays Channel 5,1 Opm A woman on loose ends flies home to spend Thanksgiving with her wildly dysfunctional family. Jodie Foster directs this movie starring Holly Hunter, Robert Downey Jr, Dylan McDermott, Anne Bancroft. Bocelli —Tuscan Skies TV Works, I Opm Celebrate with Italian tenor Andrea
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    • 737 43 HEY/) 4 I Cathay-Orchard: 11.30,12 J. 5.30,6. Cathay-Orchard; 3,5 10.30,12.45,5.15, G* -Bbhan: 2 J0,4.30 o 30 o Cathay-Causeway. 12.15,4.30 7.30,9.45 GV-Boon Lay: 2.30,4.30 Cathav-Causcwav* 12 ***** 30 6 GV-Bishan: 10.10, 11, 12.20,1.10, Cathay-Causeway: 12.30,2.45,7,9.15 GV-EastPt:3,3.3s I ft inT iz,x.jv, 3.20,5,5.30,7.10,7.40,9.20,9.50 GV-BoonLay: 11.50,2.10,7,9.20 GY-Grand:4.lO GV-Bishan: 10.30, 11, 12,1.30,2,3, ''0,3.20,5.30,7.40, GV-Hjrimu 3
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  • HEY!
    • 454 44  -  POSH NOSH TAN DAWN WEI Xuan Noodle Bar WHAT: New Indo-chinese restaurant, the brainchild of the four partners behind pool hall, Superpool. Where: 31/32 Pekin Street, #01-01 Far East Square (Tel: 538 8815). Opening hours: Restaurant: 11.30 am to 9pm (Monday to Friday) 6pm to
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    • 242 44 CHEAPCHOW Aft/7 fan has never tasted this good. Ever. Not when you generously douse superior stock over it, choc-a-bloc with ingredients like prawns, fish, dried scallops, mushrooms and vegetables. Then charge a very affordable price range of $8 to $20, depending on the size.
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      707 45  -  Sir Run Run Shaw finally retires at 94 this month, after more than seven decades of being Asia's most famous movie mogul... GLORIA CHANDY HE'S proved that there's no business like Shaw Business. Sir Run Run Shaw, Asia's best known empire builder, at least in the celluloid
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  • Here's to your helth WTTH JOANNA HUGHES Brought to you by Nutrisey
    • 472 46 ITS that time of the year the eating fest that begins with Christmas/Hari Raya season and ends with Chinese New Year. Not only are we worried about putting on weight from all the goodies friends and family are pushing our way. There's also the
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    • 183 46 YOU'LL need: One stalk of lemongrass, crushed and cut into one-inch pieces About a one-inch piece of galangal, reled and thinly sliced Two red chilis, cut in half About four or five lime leaves 250g of chicken breast, thinly sliced One cup each of water, coconut
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  • HEY!
    • 815 48  -  Is life for the children of Hollywood celebrities a bed of roses? Not necessarily... TAM DAWN WEI THEY can have all the toys in the world. But with divorce rates in Hollywood setting world records, and a heady lifestyle fuelled by fame, drugs and other addictions,
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    • 230 48 IT AINT easy being a celebrity kid. Just take a look at the sizeable alumni of famous offsprings who have fallen wayside at one point or another. Drew Barrymore Born into the respectable Barrymore acting clan, she became an alcoholic at the astonishing young age of
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    • 228 48 KIDS growing up in celebrity homes may have it hard most of the time. But some celeb couples are determined to create a normal environment for them to grow up in Tea Leoni and David Duchovny Once a glamorous couple that lit up the red carpets, the
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    • 270 49 Aids, jeans beer Lifestyle snippets TURKEY has created a book featuring singing condoms on the cover to spread the message of Aids awareness. Called "Never Without My Guardian Angel", the handbook's cover features a chorus of condoms singing a verb conjugation: "I protect, you protect, he protects, we protect." That's
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    • 659 49 If you're after fun at night, arm yourself with the right vocabulary. The wrong words can land you in hot soup, says SERENE GOH ARE you single? Happily coupled but still looking? Or just out with the lads and up for a little R&R?
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  • 525 50  -  II I I OWH Brought «o you by By Eri Akrar Adventurer Khoo Swee Chiow ought to add "daredevil" to his name. He never tires of setting new challenges for himself, no matter how perilous they may be. Just two months ago, he put his life
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    • 660 51 HEY/') WHAT'S HUP rtTTTrrwmr™™.— —t My boss made me work Who could possibly subject another twelve hours today. fellow human being to work such 7' I feel like quitting. long hours? It's so inhumane. v B I w h y ar e i* You! You make your maid Little Johnny
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  • RACING
    • 399 52  -  By Lionel Lee AS WITH most jockeys, Saimee Jumaat has no reason not to be happy after capping a glorious evening at Kranji last Friday. But unlike most in the business, he has certain qualities that clearly separate him from the pack. Like after
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    • 353 52  -  JAPAN CUP: ON CITY TV AT 4pm By Tan Thean Loon ONLY a neck separated TM Opera O and runner-up Meisho Doto 12 months ago and the Japanese pair dominate the betting again for the Group 1 Japan Cup today. British bookmakers
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    • 106 52 AFP JAPAN'S leading jockey Yutaka Take yesterday guided his American-born Japanese mount Kurofune to an easy victory in the 2,100 m Japan Cup dirt horse race, the prelude to today's Japan Cup on turf. Kurofune, already taking a one-length lead at the final corner of
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    • 34 52 4-D DRAW RRST SECOND THIRD SATURDAY November 24, 2001 1515 5294 9376 STARTERS 5673 1569 3409 4826 8175 6685 9319 6174 8000 4683 CONSOLATION 3335 1007 9273 4144 5043 6940 8279 5672 7196 3978
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  • SPORTS
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        949 53  -  The Philadelphia 76ers started the new NBA season like a water pistol, losing its first five games. But since it got its stars back from injuries, the defending Eastern Conference champions have been unstoppable. LEONARD LAU TWO weeks ago, we saw how far the New Jersey Nets have
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      • 171 54 Allen Iverson's averages of 26.3 points, 4.5 assists, 4.3 rebounds, 3.25 steals gave him the NBA's Eastern Conference Player of the Week award...The Minnesota Timberwolves' Kevin Gannett is the Western Conference recipient, averaging 24.3 points, 13.3 rebounds and 6.0 assists...Mean while, Sixers centre Matt Geiger retired because of
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      • 417 54 PLAYER PROFILE: SHAWN MARION HERE'S the rundown on the Matrix. No, not the Keanu Reeves vehicle, but the lanky swingman who is one of the hottest rising young properties on the hardwood. Shawn Marion (above) of the Phoenix Suns is what the NBA calls its 6-6 extravaganza.
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    • 57 55 LETTER FROM ENGLAND S-League Player of the Year, Daniel Bennett (left), who shone in the friendlies against Liverpool and Manchester United earlier this year, is now trying his luck at various English clubs. The Tanjong PagarJaguars defender shares his experiences in England with his Singapore fans through a letter sent
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    • WORLD CUP PLAYOFF: URUGUAY v AUSTRALIA TONIGHT
      • 520 56 Wire Services. IF the Socceroos (Australia's nickname) score one goal, Uruguay must score at least three. If the Socceroos keep a clean sheet, nothing else matters they will be through to the World Cup Finals for only the second time in their history. These are
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      • 298 56 URUGUAY sees the Playoff as not just a soccer match but a chance to put itself back among the world's football elite. It got an angry reception back home after the first-leg defeat. So, it is going all out to redeem its reputation as a
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    • 866 57  -  PLAYERS' STRIKE ALAN HUBBARD Ex&vstvß From London SO the players are not going on strike after all. TJie poor little rich boys of England's Premiership will not be withholding their labour. Did anyone really think they would? The wise money said it would never happen. For one,
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    • ARSENAL v MANCHESTER UNITED LIVE.ESPNCH 23.11:55pm, tonight
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        635 58 Our Arsenal insider, JAMES FLYNN WHEN it comes to football, there isn't much that escapes Arsene Wenger so hell have a shrewd idea just what Arsenal needs to get its season back on track. Quite simply, Arsenal is lacking a leader, a player Wenger can rely upon to
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      • 194 58 AFP. ARSENAL boss Arsene Wenger (left) will stay as manager of the English Premiership side next season and hopes to stay with his club as long as Sir Alex Ferguson has done with Manchester United. Wenger's future with the north London club had been in
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      • 759 59 SUNDAY SHOWDOWN SPECIAL ON TONIGHT'S BATTLE BETWEEN ARSENAL AND BITTER RIVAL MAN UNITED AT HIGHBURY MIDFIELDERS HMl United's Juan Sebastian Veron signed this season for £28.1 million (s7lm) has stormed the Premiership with a combination of speed, tackling, elegance and great goals. Already the midfield genius for
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  • 509 61 \y SATURDAY SHOWDOWN: ISTi II BMW ASIAN OPEN GOLF: TAIWAN THIRD ROUND SPORTS AFP. THE inaugural BMW Asian Open in Taiwan is headed for a dramatic finish with 10 players within four strokes of the lead going into today's final
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  • SATURDAY SHOWDOWN: CHELSEA 0 BLACKBURN 0
    • 633 62  -  Comment/. R Chandran Yes, Chelsea's eighth draw of the season! This mid-table clash started off as a top-draw contest. Chelsea kicked off, played keep-ball for the next 60 seconds and almost scored at the end of it. Within 30 seconds, the ball was heading for
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    • 147 62 A DAY after the players' strike was averted, chances of the English Football League breaking up loomed large again. British papers reported last night that Scottish clubs Celtic and Rangers could be playing in England next season as part of a football revolution codenamed the Phoenix League.
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  • 280 62 SUNDAY SHOWDOWN: LIVERPOOL v SUNDERLAND M LIVE. ESPN Ch 23. 9.50 pm. tonight j LIVERPOOL striker Emile Heskey (right) may face the axe today after going 20 games without a goal for club or country. The big forward will have to sit
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    496 63  -  WEST HAM 0 TOTTENHAM 1 REPORT EDWIN YEO GLENN Hoddle's transformation of Tottenham Hotspur is truly amazing. It's not the players he brought into the team since taking over from George Graham earlier this year who are doing wonders. Sure, Teddy Sheringham, Gustavo Poyet and Christian Ziege have
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