The New Paper, 7 April 2002

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  • 27 1 the new paper APRIL 7, 2002 70 CENTS Singapore Press Holdings e-mail tnp@sph com sg I on Sunday nttp //newpaper asiai com sg MIT A (P) 009/03/2002
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    • 25 1 Bollywood Oscars Show sparkles at Genting but.. Lim Chu Kang's SINGAPORE I LOANSHARKS' NEW PLOY I They use hire purchase I [contracts to lure victims
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    • 683 2 MYSTERY SHOPPERS IN US SHE earned more than US$5O,OOO (about $91,700) last year just shopping. But she is no ordinary shopper. Ms Debbie Palty, 40, is a mystery shopper. One of corporate America's undercover agents to ensure good customer service. It's a booming
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    • 656 3 The British monarchy has been part of many controversies, but nothing has been as much of a clashing symbol as what's sitting on the Queen Mother's coffin —the Koh-i-Noor diamond in the centre of her crown THE END Tens of thousands of people
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    • 960 4  -  Speedsters dice with death in area near Lim Chu Kang cemetery PICTURES ZAIHAN MOHD YUSOF By Jason Tan BY day, Lim Chu Kang Road is a quiet stretch of tarmac, flanked by a cemetery on one side and a sprawling army
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    • 220 5 A 25-YEAR-OLD man was killed in an accident involving three cars at Lim Chu Kang Road at 11.24pm on March 25. A police spokesman said Mr Chan Wai Loong was believed to have lost control of his car, before it mounted a
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    • 124 5 POLICE spokesman Ang Poon Seng said that Lim Chu Kang Road is a "known stretch used by speedsters" and the Traffic Police mount regular operations there. Between December 2001 and February 2002, the Traffic Police booked 14 drivers for illegal racing and five drivers
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    • 1089 6  -  Madam Gunapathy Muniandy, 42, sued two doctors for medical negligence and won the case and a record $2.5 million in compensation, last July. But the verdict was overturned by the Court of Appeal early last month. The tormented woman is still
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    • 480 7 DR James Khoo operated on Madam Gunapathy to remove a brain tumour in November 1995. After the surgery, she had radiation therapy done by Dr Khor Tong Hong to prevent a relapse. When the doctors found a nodule in February 1996 on the left side of her brain,
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    • 614 8  -  REPORT JASON TAN CAN traffic lights be green on both sides of a T-junction? Yes, said Mr Prempal Singh, 25, who claimed the lights at a Clementi junction were green both ways when he was involved in an accident there on March 29. No, it's
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    • 155 8 Control panel near the T-junction of Clementi Road and the Ayer Rajah Expressway exit determines the traffic light changes. As cars travelling along Clementi Road and pedestrians crossing the AYE exit are in the same direction, the two sets of traffic lights are designed to turn green
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    • 295 9  -  By Suresh Nair THE capacity 4,000crowd at Tampines Stadium waited in anxiety. The two S-League clubs Tampines Rovers and Balestier Central were ready for the second half of Friday's SLeague soccer match. But there was no sign of any match officials. A
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    • 1166 10  -  REPORTS TANYA FONG THEIR advertisements appear in the newspapers almost every day. They promise generous logins, easy credit, long repayment periods. Best prices for electronic goods. The company's name is not listed but there is a phone number. And behind this nameless number
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    • 259 11 THE New Paper on Sunday got two people to respond to the advertisements. Both times, a man called Andy picked up the phone. Here's part of one conversation: Rebecca: "You said in your ad "best price for electronic goods". Does that mean I have to
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    • 353 11 MONEYLENDERS conducting business through false hire purchase agreements can be taken to court, said lawyer Peter Ong Lip Cheng. Under Section 35 of the Hire Purchase Act, if a dealer prepares a hire purchase agreement knowing that it is a false statement, he can
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    • 815 12  -  OTHER SIDE OF THE GREAT CHINA BOOM By Woon Wui Tek THE Great Wall of China has repelled invaders for over 2,000 years. Now, ironically, the truth regarding the Middle Kingdom's economy is held at bay by a new "wall". One erected, not with
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    • 283 12 v* ECONOMIC GROWTH (2001) Official: 7.3 per cent Unofficial GDP growth: 3 to 4 per cent Virtually all scholars agree Chinese statistics are unreliable (although some note they are still better than just a few years ago). Even enthusiastic experts may slice two points off
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    • 592 14  -  By Jason Tan ONE day she had perfect eyesight. The next, she was nearly blind. Just like that, with no reason at all. Teo Suat Nei, nine, woke up one day three years ago to find her
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    • 154 15 SUAT Nei is likely to be suffering from retinitis pigmentosa, a rare retina disease caused by defective genes, said Dr Adrian Koh, 36, a consultant opthalmologist at the Singapore National Eye Centre. But how could the girl's genes be defective, when her
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    • 547 16  -  Fans who paid RM2OO for hot stars felt shortchanged by absences BOLLYOOD OSCARS REPORTS SHEELA NARAYANAN WHERE were they? Where were Hrithik Roshan, Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol and Kareena Kapoor? The big stars of Khabi Khushi Khabi Gham (K3G). That was the question 22-year-old Malaysian Shikin
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    • 326 18 r>r 1 Show rolls I on without I a hitch at 1 Genting I but... THE show may have gone on without a glitch. It was wonderful and glamorous to the T. But all the glitter could not hide the fact that
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    • 126 18 Bast picture: Lagaan Best director: Ashutosh Gowankar (Lagaan) Actor in a leading role: Aamir Khan (Lagaan) Actress in a leading role: Tabu (Chandni Bar) Actor in a supporting role: Saif Ali Khan (Dil Chahta Hai) Actress in a supporting role: Jaya Bachchan (Kabhi Khushi Kabi Gham) Performance in
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    • 344 19 British schoolgirl Michelle Jessett is in pain, but she cannot allow herself to cry. Because her tears are ACID. Every time she cries, the 15-year-old from Glynneath, South Wales, breaks out in painful sores and blisters, reported The Sun. Said her mother, Mrs Jessett,
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      710 20 A cutting-edge US computer firm has set up a unique Hyderabad, /Jf WOON I WUITEK /ML"' takes you I on a tour |3K§M These oddlooking buildings may look like they come right out of an old science fiction film. You couldn't be more wrong. In fact, a cuttingedge
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    • 443 21 WIDESPREAD BUT DISORGANISED AP. Touted as the largest ethnically based crime group in the US, and believed to be made up of as many as 10,000 Russian immigrants, their latest spate of crime has inspired fear in many. The British Guardian newspaper
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    • 368 22 Doc delivers baby by phone AS FIGHTING CONTINUES IN WEST BANK CITY OF RAMALLAH... WITH 23 years of medical practice under her belt, Palestinian Dr Salwa Najjab thought she had coped with every kind of emergency, until she got that 2am call on Monday. The caller on the other end
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    • 359 23  -  By CLTan REPORTING FROM KUALA LUMPUR THIS hired killer knew how to enjoy life. He had property in Southern Thailand and a string of young live-in lovers. He held meetings with his potential clients and other underworld figures in his double-storey bungalow, which had a
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    • 141 23 THE police believed that Tan Boon Siew (left) was paid RM50,000 to carry out three assassinations last year. All the victims were gunned down at point-blank range. Singaporean K T Ow was shot dead at a multi-level car park on June 15. Mr Ow is believed to be
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    • 608 24 ...AND HE GETS TO KEEP HIS AP. FOR chef Emile Jung (above), it was like a death in the family. The chef had lost a Michelin star. Friends filed into Jung's Au Crocodile restaurant in Strasbourg to offer condolences, and colleagues took out
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    • 220 24 IF you happen to take an SA Airways flight from London to Johannesburg in the next 30 days, you may become part of a study. Starting tomorrow, a team of UK and South African scientists will be
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  • 983 25 GUEST EDITOR FOLLOWING my appointment as Singapore's Chef-de-Mission for the Commonwealth Games to be held in Manchester this July, I have received many congratulatory messages from friends and wellwishers. Many asked whether being a woman is an issue in sports. My
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  • AT A GLANCE
    • 405 26 CHANGES will be made to the way government lawyers are trained so as to woo talent and keep the Legal Service world-class, Chief Justice Yong Pung How said yesterday. Officers can expect a better career plan, more training, and attachments to top global companies. A
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    • 68 26 HE'S only 24. and weighs a whopping 191 kg. Guan Chen warts after being put on the scales in a weight competition sponsored by a Chinese diet-drug company in Beijing yesterday. China may have 200 million obese people in the coming decade, or almost 20 per cent
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    • 431 26 NOT many people have a good word to say about getting old. Birthday cards invent new and cruel ways to poke fun at anyone adding an extra year to his or her personal best. Now, there are more old people on the planet than ever
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    • BRIEFLY
      • 88 27 THE Singapore Civil Defence Force is beefing up its strength with high-tech gadgetry and training over a three-year period. For a start, all 24,700 SCDF regulars and national servicemen will be trained to handle the leakage of hazardous materials, such as ammonia and chlorine gases. At present,
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      • 89 27 INTERNET-sawy Singaporeans are the second most prolific users of e-mail in Asia, reported the Apple Daily. According to research firm Net Value, which tracks Internet usage in Asia, Singapore users of e-mail send and receive an average of 66 messages a month per person. Taiwan took the
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      • 106 27 SEX abuse is on the rise in Singapore. According to the latest police statistics, there were 91 cases of molest in January. In December, the figure was 81 and in November, 79. Of the 91 victims in January, nearly a third were below the age of
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      • 91 27 WORKERS dislike abusive bosses, but they dislike incompetent managers even more, according to a US study. Research done by Professor Randy Hodson of Ohio State University found that abuse by managers led to negative employee actions such as absenteeism and lack of effort on the job.
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      • 87 27 SEIZING revenue-raising opportunities available under new autonomy laws, Indonesia's regional governments have been passing dozens of laws that allow them to collect an array of taxes. But the taxes for example, on cargo ships and boats' tonnage are often so excessive that they hinder businesses and
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      • 110 27 A 33-YEAR-OLD Malaysian woman is seeking a divorce from her husband of 17 years, claiming that he treated her like a sex slave. Madam Li Liping, of Klang, claims that she agreed to be his wife only because she became pregnant after he raped her on
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    • 280 27 INFOCUS MORE than 100 electronic products made in Bintan and Batam, and shipped from Singapore, will enjoy duty-free access to the US market, reported The Straits Times. This will be made possible under the landmark United States-Singapore Free Trade Agreement (FTA), now being finalised.
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    • 608 28  -  Couples who say their vows to each other again to renew their love CAROL LEONG WHEN Singaporean Karen Escobar and her American beau Steve first married 10 years ago in the US, they had a decidedly "humble" wedding. Both of them were then fresh university
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    • 385 29 ON the first Friday of every month between 10 and 20 couples gather at the Marriage Encounter House at Ponggol, 17th Avenue. For two days, the couples discuss their relationship and at the finale, they renew their vows in the presence of a Catholic priest.
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    • 328 29 IT'S not just the Christians who have such ceremonies. Among the Hindus, when a man turns 60, he goes through a "re-marriage" ceremony with his wife. By right, astrologers are consulted for the most auspicious time. That is when the husband has to
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    • 1077 30  -  DENYSE YEO IT'S safe to say that at least everyone owns a watch. After all, in our fast-paced world, everyone's got to tell the time to keep up. But it's a whole different ballgame for some very (and we mean very) select people. These
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    • 422 32  -  CHEAP CHOW SYLVIA TOH PAIK CHOO Outrageously cheap and good. Mr Alvin Loh is an outrageous hand in the kitchen. He chucks nibblets of jackfruit into his fried rice, balls plain rice and cooks it in honey and serves those up
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    • 340 32 POSH NOSH WHAT: You expect a lot of a meal at Raffles Grill. But can any food live up to 115 years of fame and hype? Yes absolutely and without reservation. There's a new head chef, Frenchman David Mollicone, who started on March 1. He's not
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    • 677 32  - It' s a hair job CAROL LEONG THERE are lots of nail artists around but Nguyen Bich Hang is definitely unique. This Vietnamese housewife does nail painting using a single strand of human hair as her paintbrush. When I first met her, I had to make her repeat the "human
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    • 398 33  -  Sylvia Toh Paik Choo "AH CHOO, no morning sun!" Up to the very morning, two years ago, I joined the anxious line in an enviable queue to choose a HDB dwelling, I'd always taken that to be a sneeze and responded with
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    • 290 35 IMAGINE if your adorable little pet kitten suddenly turned into a snarling tiger. For the parent of a child who is teetering on the brink of adolescence, not much imagination is needed at all. Is there a way to cope with teenage rebellion? Mr David Kan,
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    • 354 35 I AM 24 and have just returned from Australia after studying there for four years. Before I left for Australia, I met a sweet and understanding girl two years my junior, at an orphanage where we were volunteers. Upon returning to Singapore, we
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    • 340 36 AS you know, 14-year-old girls like me, have crushes on boys. About a month ago, I started having a crush on a childhood friend. He did not know about it at first and had always treated me as a sister. However, I confessed my feelings
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    • 207 36 I AM 21 and my husband is 30. We have been trying for children but have not been successful since I had an abortion last year. Could the abortion have affected our chances of being parents? My menstrual cycle is very irregular
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    • 176 36 SNIPPET A TREASURE trove of antiquities, including a temple to the love goddess Aphrodite has been found under the site earmarked for the 2004 Olympics equestrian events. According to experts, the temple also doubled as a bordello. Since January, archaeologists embarked on nearly 20
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    • 864 37  -  By Carol Leong THERE is something rather beguiling about kitchen gadgets. Often sold as "'must have" accessories, they can be hard to resist because they often look so good and shiny in the store. So you buy them. And what happens? They sit
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    • 282 38 VIOLET OON (left), 52, the well-known food consultant, has a well-stocked, much-used kitchen. But she was fantasising when she bought her love letter maker, 10 kueh pie tie moulds and several mooncake moulds. She said: "I had fantasies about being a truly old-fashioned cook. Crazy when do
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    • 612 39 HEY/ Once In A Red Moon Secret Garden MAINSTREAM listeners tend to turn to Enya for their proverbial dosage of New Age. What a pity. Because little gems like this tend to be overlooked. Ms Brennan makes good music. But this is even better. It doesn't
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    • 320 39 CLASSIC OF THE WEEK Pretty Hate Machine Nine Inch Nails, 1989 THE immense impact of Nine Inch Nails (NIN) on alternative music is unquestionable. How many bands can lay claim to winning a Grammy for a song that contains the lyrics "fist in it.
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    • 360 41 1p S HEY/ YOU'VE seen her on newspapers, billboards, television ads and basically every nook and cranny in Singapore. She's the "Sing Tel girl" who gets to choose between three suitors, or rather, phone plans. And, well, Stephanie Tan is as loquacious as she
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  • RACING
    • 433 47 PICK OF THE DAY He signalled his return to form last week with a late second to Purple Shalford over I,Boom after being near last in the early stages. The run can only do him good for the step-up in distance to 1,900 m.
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    • 77 47 RACE 1: Bold Mission RACE 2: Lucky Gem, Best Win RACE 3: Gold King, Ideal Lad, Millennial Dragon RACE 4: Summertime Blues RACE 6: Kingsher, Mega Success, Millennium Prince RACE 7: Secret Talent, Great Machine, Golden Heritage, Storm Legend, Moon Town, Season Dancer, Goldlenda, Timberlain, Venus Power RACE 8:
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    • 658 47 No. La»t 6 runs Hoftc Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Ajttorijki/m, twlntuwiiw) 1 99-000 GAYATANJONG 57 (33) B Woodwork 14 (4ah Velu-Gaya) 2 90-98- MORNING MIST 57 (33) RLim 6 (4mg T Yeoh-Ninety Nine) 3 *****3 SOUTHERN KING 57 (33) JSaimee
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    • 701 49 TODAY'S KUALA LUMPUR RACE HEY, WHERE'S MY RIDER?: Forever Fast (No. 11) running Race 5 at Kranji on Friday night minus his jockey, Terry Ong. The combination parted ways near the 900 m mark where the Don Baertschigertrained galloper was crowded and clipped the
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    • 471 49 12 FLYING BIRD 55 (110-27) HAzman (5) 11 5 1 (484) 2 BOLD N VIBRANT 56 5 (37-13) MShahrul (4) 2 2 2 (472) 8 LORD VIRGO 55.5 (50-16) JSaimee (7) 5 3 3 (472) 14 STAR KARAT 54 (91-24) KKLoh (2) 6 4 4 (459) 13
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    • 213 49 THIS advice was meted out to trainers Mohd Yusof and Dr Yeoh Kheng Chye by the Singapore Turf Club's Stipendiary Stewards. It came after the questioning of the apparent improved performances of their horses, Sir Flight and Follow The Rainbow respectively, at Kranji last Friday
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    • 1164 50 RACE RESULTS Going: Soft (Races 1 2), Yielding (Races 3 to 10) 11 BEST POWER 53.5 (46-13) S Marzuki (6) 10 10 1 (455) 2 TRUST AN ANGEL 57 c 54.5 (36-10) 'AKumaren (7) 1 1 2 (452) 12 FEROCIOUS FIGHTER 53.5 c51 (87-21) 'KTCheng (2) 9 8 3 (502)
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    • 76 50 JOCKEY T Samsuri was yesterday found to have ridden an incompetent race and copped a three-month suspension. He pleaded guilty under MRA Rule 149(aXii) for the manner in which he rode Muakz for some distance in the backstraight in Race 3 at Kuala Lumpur last Sunday. The
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    • 57 50 AN INVESTIGATION was held into the circumstances surrounding the death of the Cecil Robert-trained Obi One at the stable at the Selangor Turf Club last Friday week. After taking evidence from Robert, his stable supervisor, Lim Boon Thong, and the club's senior veterinary surgeon, the
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    • 73 50 Robert poorer by 1,440 TRAINER Cecil Robert has been fined RM3.000 ($1,440) after being found guilty of gross dereliction of duty/responsibility. The Penang Turf Club committee concluded an inquiry last Tuesday with particular reference to the condition of deleted horses Kapelle Way, Valentine's Day and Dei Gratia on Feb 19.
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    • 285 50  -  By Lionel Lee LAST Friday's hat-trick hero Benny Woodworth continued his fine form by taking out the RMIOO.OOO ($96,000) National Stud Farm Trophy aboard the Peter Tennent-trained Limerick at Kuala Lumpur yesterday. Fourth coming off the home turn, Woodworth drove his mount to
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    • 1897 51 RACE 1: Super King Prawn jumped awkwardly out, brushing the outside gate. In this incident, jockey B Ravichandran lost the use of of his off-side stirrup-iron for a short distance. Millennium Storm and Gen gar came together at the start. Millennium Storm commenced
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  • SPORTS
    • 682 52 On Friday night, the result at the Tampines Stadium shocked many in the S-League fraternity. Unfancied Balestier Tigers made a meal of the Tampines Stags 3-1 in a major upset. ERNEST LUIS assesses the two teams. THE STAGS ATTACK: Hie Stags did have their chances,
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    • 587 53  -  REPORTS SUMIT MUKHERJEE BY his own admission, he is not "all that interesting" a character. But put a squash racquet in his hand and push him on the court, and watch the transformation. A pair of deep brown eyes, burning with ambition, stares at
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    • 239 53 SOCCER'S loss has been squash's gain. At least, it's true in Vivian Rhamanan's case. Singapore's junior squash champion began kicking ball at an early stage. And quite purposefully at that. Not surprising really, for a kid who has been brought up
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    • 47 53 Name: Vivian Rhamanan Ms off MrUc 15 Feb, 1986 Height 1.72 m Weight 60kg School: Anderson Secondary AcMovomols: Malaysian U-17 title 2002, Singapore National Junior U-19 title 2002, Runner-up Japan Junior Open 2002. Favoorite icon: David Beckham Favourite nwk Men in Black Favourite star Will Smith
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    • 284 54 AGONY and excitement. These are the two words you can use to sum up the current squash scenario in Singapore. Excitement because squash, once taken for dead, is showing signs of a miraculous recovery. Agony because, just when things are looking up, the
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    • 432 54 FAHIM Gul Khan (right) happens to be the right man at the right place. And at the right time. The affable former Pakistani international, who is now a Singapore citizen, currently heads the ambitious development programme undertaken by the Singapore Squash Rackets Association (SSRA). Not many
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      498 55  -  UNMOTIVATED, UNINSPIRED, INJURED. CARTER 15... m LEONARD LAU THE gossip rounds currently making its way across NBA offices, tea houses and discussion groups on the Internet is: What has happened to Vince Carter? It was only last year that Vinsanity endorsed his own name as the one, true heir
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    • WEST HAM: TROUBLE BREWING
      • 411 56 If West Ham do not want me around in the future, then they have only got one thing to do —give me a free transfer at the end of the season. WEST HAM forward Paolo di Canio has challenged the club to give him a
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      • 235 56 TREVOR Sinclair (left) is still thinking of life away from West Ham to further his England ambitions. The West Ham winger handed in a transfer request earlier in the season but withdrew it three months ago after the club placed a £10 million
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    • 500 57  -  WHO'S WHO By IONATHAN ROBERTS This season has probably had more changes in fortune for Premiership clubs than any other. For Leicester, the season has been nothing short of disastrous. Former manager Peter Taylor had taken it to a healthy mid-table position last season and this one
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    • 1000 58 NATIONWIDE LEAGUE IN CRISIS... YOU know things are pretty serious when a bunch of angry football fans urges a nation to boycott its favourite TV soaps in order to save the game. But this is what is happening as soccer
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    • SUNDAY SHOWDOWN: LEEDS v SUNDERLAND
      • 150 59 LEEDS midfielder Eirik Bakke echoed his boss David O'Leary's call for maximum points from the last five games. Eirik told the official Leeds website: "We were very disappointed to not pick up any points over Easter so now we have five cup finals
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      • 349 59 i O'Leary's message to his faltering stars: LEEDS boss David O'Leary (left) has challenged his faltering stars to take a maximum 15 points from their last five games and salvage something from y the season. Leeds takes on Sunderland today
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      • 109 59 MORNING LATEST LEEDS will be without skipper Rio Ferdinand (left), who is still struggling with a knee injury which has kept him out for three games. Aussie winger Harry Kewell is also a doubt, as he is still suffering from the foot injury
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    • 377 60 SCOTTISH LEAGUE AFP. Scottish champion Celtic defended its Premier League title with five games still left to play after a 5-1 drubbing of Livingston at Parkhead yesterday. Swedish international Henrik Larsson began what would turn out to be a walk in the park for Martin O'Neill's side
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    • 221 60 DIVISION ONE AFP MANCHESTER City won the First Division title in style with a 5-1 demolition of Barnsley at Maine Road last night. Darren Huckerby netted a hat-trick for the second consecutive weekend, and Jon Macken added two more as Kevin Keegan's men took the championship.
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    • SATURDAY SHOWDOWN:
      • 387 61  -  By! EBS" v? Scott Wilson jF some ibm ago to dhow shirt of Arsenal. But it was the Spurs' defence which was left red-faced after Freddie left them for dead with one of his trademark diagonal runs. And that one chance was all he needed to set
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      • 150 61 AFP. ARSENAL stayed on course for a first Premiership crown in four years when it beat north London neighbour Tottenham 2-1 at Highbury yesterday. In a thrilling end to the game, Cameroonian Lauren scored from an 86th minute penalty to give the Gunners victory. The winning
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    • 574 62  -  ADQ F" l\l A I O (L J un^ber^24th nin QPI ID Q 1 r\ l\ OL-I\l L Lauren 86-pen) O I Ul\ O J. (Sheringham 81-pen) By Edwin Yeo YOU know how you know that Arsenal is going to be the new English champion?
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    • 499 63  -  LEICESTER CITY 0 MANCHESTER UNITED 1 {Ol^Gunna^olskjae^^^Uwi^^^| SATU RDAYS/-/0 WDO WN u By Edwin Yeo HOW many times have we seen this? Manchester United plays badly but still manages to pick up the three points. That was exactly the case at Filbert Street last night, where
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    • 155 52 The Tampines Stags have the quality. Thanks to the club s •-i > The Balestier Tigers normally do not get as much publicity as money power, the Stags seem to have everything nice and j the bigger clubs, but they never complain. Instead, they put comfy. But if they carry
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