The New Paper, 15 February 2005

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  • 30 1 the new paper TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2005 Singapore Press Holdings Website: newpaper.asia I .com.sg Email: tnp@sph.com.sg Hotline: 1800-7 33 44 55 MICA (P) 025/03/2004 70 CENTS 8 the new paper
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    • 27 1 SO unfair Kn^^W cry over school's /P§V foreign badminton talent, but its principal f Kl f M A I U 1 CiS says... a mbt^^dKb^JL^^X^AJLMLmt^Mm V.,... „..<•- Picture/REUTERS
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    • 1183 2  -  'f*"!T'"J 11 1 BUTMOOTTORT PRINCIPAL SAYS: REPORTS SANTOKH SINGH tnp@sph.comsg THIS school is right smack in the middle of the local versus foreign talent debate. Montfort Secondary is creating quite a stir in the schools B' and C division badminton scene. Even before the North
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    • 197 3 MONTFORTS foreign brigade is not the first to help a Singapore school to badminton glory. Olympian Ronald Susilo had taken that route more than a decade ago. In 1993, Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) offered him a place after a former student watched him play
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    • 70 3 ON Sunday, Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong spoke on foreign talent in our schools. Singapore, he said, should spot foreign talent at a young age, get young foreign students into schools and later on encourage them to take up Singapore citizenship... The competition was not
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    • 628 4  -  By Santokh Singh santokh@sph.com.sg HE was all set to quit school to shine on the bacfrninton court. And Derek Wong, son of former national champions Wong Shoon Keat and Irene Lee, had his parents' blessings. Yet the once-wannabe-dropout is now in Montfort Secondary
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  • 1016 6  -  DISTRAUGHT MUM ON MISSING DAUGHTER dfd BY Esther Au Yong estheray@sph. com.sg IT'S unusual in modern Singapore for a young woman to be so sheltered. Miss R Thanaletchmi may already be 20, but her parents still kept her on a tight leash,
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    • 201 8  -  No time? Stay abreast of key news through the eyes of a professional COMMENT V K SANTOSH KUMAR santosh@sph.comsg AUSTRALIA has caved in. But is it just trying to shelve the issue? The agreement between Singapore and Australia to come up with a final framework
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    • 114 8 THE elderly and the sick are in a quandary. Hidden charges in certain investment-linked insurance policies (ILPs) are expected to drain their financial resources. Sadly, it has come to light that premiums associated with some of these policies can climb as the policyholder ages. It could
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    • 119 8 MALAYSIA means business. It will bar foreign workers from re-entering the country for life if they are found working illegally from next month. Those who are deported would have thumbprints taken before they leave to stop them re-entering, even as tourists. It is alleged
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    • 100 8 The extreme passions of some of our youth have come to fruition. The Singapore Sports Council (SSC) has finally extended support to extreme sports. For the first time Singapore is forming a national extreme team squad and will be sending a selection to the inaugural Asian
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    • 43 8 POLICE investigators gather evidence at the wreckage of a bus, following an explosion in Makati, south of Manila, yesterday. Three people were killed and 60 injured. The Abu Sayyaf group claimed responsibility for the blast. Picture/ Ap
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    • 138 8 CHRYSANTHEMUM tea is good for you, and not just because of its traditionally known cooling properties. It also contains an antioxidant called a flavonoid which can help fight cancer. Assistant Professor Shen Han Ming and his team of researchers from the National University of Singapore's
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    • 22 8 Yesterday's action change Close Dow Dn 0.05% 1 0,791 Nasd aq Up 0.3% 2 ,083 STI Up 0.7% 2 ,165
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 817 10  -  LOVE WITH A TWIST By Andre Yeo andrey@sph. com.sg FIVE couples, all strangers, are seated at a table. The women are on one side and the men are opposite them. No-one speaks. After 15 minutes, the men get up and go to another table. During each
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    • 111 11 Speed Dating Two people, who meet for the first time, have several minutes to chat with each other before the man moves on to the next table. Library Date It was organised by the Social Development Unit (SDU) and the National Library Board in 2002. The
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    • 641 11 LOVE WITH A TWIST EXACTLY a year ago, a day after Valentine's Day, I fell, not in love, but in the carpark of News Centre in Toa Payoh, where I work. I had twisted my ankle violently after a misstep on a
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    • 481 12  -  Insider trading: 3rd case to go to court By Conrad Raj tnp@sph.com.sg Another case of insider trading is expected to go to court today. The authorities are going all out to stop this racket where insiders try to make a fast buck from information
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    • 88 12 NOTE: Hie minute Person A tells his brother to buy the shares, if s already insider trading. Even if he does not sell the shares or make money, he is still liable. o Person A works for listed company. He gets information that his company is
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  • WORLD
    • 469 15 Many earn less than $1,050 a month despite improving economy MORE workers in Hong Kong earn less than HK$5,OOO ($1,050) a month now the average pay for workers there despite an improving economy. And the SoutK China Morning Post reported that their numbers are rising. The
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    • 509 16 HK rock-climber dies in freak accident THE veteran rock-climber's safety rope became his noose, when he slipped off a rock and fell. For minutes, Mr Cang Ming was suspended in the air. The rope got caught around his neck. It tightened, strangling him. His companions, who
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    • 496 17 Ex-chairman of Spurs says they are dishonest, disloyal backstabbers SIR Alan Sugar, former chairman of English football club Tottenham Hotspur, lambasted Britain's footballers as "scum, total scum". Sir Alan, still a major shareholder in the club, condemned players as dishonest and disloyal and alleged that
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    • 124 17 THEY may not have been backstabbers and the scum of the football world. But many of the game's stars have tarnished the image of football through alcohol and drug abuse. Years after he quit game, Manchester United star George Best is still grappling with alcoholism. And
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    • 567 18 IRAN MOSQUE FIRE KILLS 59 Upstairs heater fire spreads to woman's veil, then to curtain in mosque packed with worshippers for major fest Burning curtain falls onto worshippers' heads downstairs More than 200 are injured Wire services. THEY were deep in prayer and did not see the fire
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    • 334 20 AP. A growing number of public universities in the US are requiring that students have health insurance before they step into the classroom, a move aimed at saving the uninsured from huge bills and college hospitals from getting stuck with the cost.
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    • 915 22  -  But other stars provide high notes at Grammys By Jeanmarie Tan (jeanm@sph. com.sg) IT was the most buzzed-about performance (and also the most nauseating publicity stunt) of the evening: The "world debut" and outing of Mennifer. While Jennifer Lopez couldn't stop talking about ex-fiance Ben
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    • 167 23 Album Of The Yean Genius Loves Company, Ray Charles Record Of Hie Yean Here We Go Again, Ray Charles and Norah Jones Song Of The Yean Daughters, John Mayer New Artist: Maroon 5 Pop Vocal Album: Genius Loves Company, Ray Charles Female Fop Vocal Performance: Sunrise, Norah Jones
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    • 452 24  -  By Chang May Choon changmc@sph. com.sg DON'T be fooled by his dreamboat looks. Taiwanese singer Wallace Huo may croon tender love songs but in real life he is more pragmatic than romantic. "I'm a typical Scorpio. I'm a very practical person," he
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    • Article, Illustration
      127 25 PARIS Hilton has set her sights on a new man: Britain's Prince Harry, whom she has invited to her 24th birthday party this week. The hotel heiress is desperate for the 20-year-old royal to escort her to her Miami bash, and even wrote to him personally. A
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    • 101 25 MATTHEW McConaughey, 35, is getting ready to pop the question to girlfriend Penelope Cruz, 30. According to sources, Cruz's father has already told the acting couple that they would have his blessing if they decided to get married. Cruz has also been
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    • 114 25 TEEN opera sensation Charlotte Church has dumped her boyfriend. She is said to be in floods of tears after ending her year-long relationship with 19-year-old trainee hotel manager Kyle Johnson, who has already cleared his belongings out of their £350,000 ($1 million) love nest in an
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      634 26  -  But it's no knockout By Jeanmarie Tan jeanm@sph.com.sg IF there's one thing you learn from a boxing movie, it's the importance of believing in yourself. So after months of being pummelled by obnoxious Oscar hype, this critic is hQnour-bound to stick out her chin and say Clint
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    • 398 26 Tan Dawn Wei A Very Long Engagement is a very long movie that will engage you about 60 per cent of the time. The other 40 per cent, you're thinking why Jean-Pierre Jeunet couldn't just tell the story in a less convoluted manner; and about the sandwich you
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    • 198 27 So far, the movie has won Best Picture awards from four critics' circles, including the National Society Of Film Critics. Clint Eastwood has been honoured by the Directors Guild, Golden Globes, National Board Of Review and five other groups. Hilary Swank also scooped eight Best Actress trophies, including
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    • 301 27 Sylvia Toh Paik Choo IF Jamie Foxx does not win the Oscar for Best Actor this year, both justice and the Academy are truly blind. Foxx is so very good and so very right, he is Ray Charles incarnate in Taylor Hackford's biopic of the legendary
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    • 704 29 the new paper/ I uesaay, heDruary 15,2005 IT/Uff 6 6.00: The 5.00pm: Point 6.30: Singapore 6.00: Teen 6.oo:Masak 6.02: A Relief 6.00: Samurai X 6.00: The 6.00: Ultimate 6 Amazing Race VOf No Return Today (News) Titans Apa? (Cooking) Mission...The (Episodes 39 40) Simpsons Discovery—(Drama/Episodes 6.30: Sari Rasa Singapore Story
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  • Tech
    • 800 31  -  iPOD SHUFFLE TECH MAD IAN TAN tanybi@sph.com.sg EVER since Apple announced the iPod Shuffle in early January, I have been getting into constant debates with fellow tech journalists. People either think its brilliant or a lame excuse
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    • 755 33 Reason: Wireless technology in Asia is ahead of that in the US SEARCH ENGINE CO-FOUNDERS REVEAL FIRM'S INNER WORKINGS THE company is unable to recruit more top-tier computer scientists and engineers abroad. And this is slowing down Google's plans to make its search engine
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      509 35 Yahoo rejoices as US court rules on Web sale of Nazi memorabilia in its favour FREE speech activists and Yahoo Inc declared a small victory last Thursday in a dispute over whether the e-commerce giant can host auctions for Nazi memorabilia on its US sites. A US court said
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  • 517 39 ...and it hasn't even been put up yet dd Reuters. THE Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is all shook up or as they might say in Yiddish, "verklempt" (upset) over the name for a virtual museum celebrating the Jewish contribution to
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  • RACING
    • 350 47  -  horses TO FOLLOW By Danny Khoo dkhoo@sph.com.sg THESE six horses did well at last Friday's Kranji meeting and it will pay to watch them closely. They are: Mount Street was a good thing beaten. The 2003 New Zealand Derby runner was baulked for a run
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    • 1080 47 Kranji Stakes B 1400m (Ratings: 88-68) *****8 Golden Rule .58 (88) (7nzg Baertschiger-Auric) *****- Saint Arc .56.5 (80) (5ag D Koh-Asian R. Corporation) *****- Steal A Scene 56.5 (80) (8ag Meagher-Pines Stud Racing) 2-1534 Light Easy .55 (79) (4nzg Laxon-Perfectum) *****9 Iron
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    • 510 47 [HAST SATURDAY RACE 1: When questioned, jockey M Wepner (HYPEDRIVE) explained that he had been instructed to ride the gelding, if possible, midfield. He said that prior to the start, as was usual, he had a hold of the breastcheck. However, when the gates opened, HYPEDRIVE
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    • 961 48 Open Benchmark 97 1200m (Ratings: 96-79) 1-0113 Always Good .58.5 (96) (6ag Baertschiger-Always Good) *****3 First Touch 58 (95) (4nzg Burridge-Golden Triumph) 716-46 Izamaman 57 (93) (5nzg Baertschiger-Rainbow) *****- River Centaine .57 (93) (7nzg Meagher-R Arculli) 1-19-- Much Coveted 56.5 (92) (6ag
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  • SPORTS
    • WORLD OF GOLF
      • 866 49  -  COMMENT GODFREY ROBERT f IN a week when Asian sportswomen showed their mettle on the global scene, world No 1 Vijay Singh, arguably the most famous face on the continent last year, bit the dust on a popular beach in California.
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      • 167 49 Reuters. QUALIFYING tournaments for the US Open will be held outside the United States this year for the first time, the USGA said yesterday. International qualifiers for the 2005 US Open will be played at Ono Golf Club, Japan, on May 30 and Walton Heath Golf Club,
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    • 220 50 EURO KICKOFF: SPAIN PA Sport. MICHAEL Owen (right) insists he is not unhappy with life at Real Madrid despite speculation that he could return to England at the end of the season. The striker came off the bench against Osasuna yesterday to score Madrid's
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    • 158 50 REAL Madrid skipper Raul's (above) starting role for the La Liga giants is under scrutiny. Fans and the Spanish media have begun to question whether he is in form for such a starring role. In a recent poll held by Spanish daily AS' online edition, fans
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    • 379 50 PA Sport. MICHAEL Owen's 76th-minute equaliser at Osasuna yesterday confirmed him as the most predatory "galactico" in the Real Madrid squad. The 25-year-old has not held down a regular first-team place at the Bernabeu since his move from Liverpool at the start of the
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    • 76 50 ROBERTO Carlos (below) is on the verge of being granted Spanish citizenship. That will free up another non-EU place in Real Madrid's squad. The Brazil international has been resident in Spain since 1996 which qualifies him to apply for a Spanish passport. Carlos insisted that the club had
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    • 323 51 FOOTBALL FOR HOPE Reuters, PA Sport. WORLD Player of the Year. Ronaldinho and European Footballer of the Year Andriy Shevchenko will lead two teams at the Nou Camp tonight in a benefit match to raise funds for victims of the Asian tsunami. The "Football for
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    • EXCLUSIVE STAR COLUMN
      • 308 51  -  By RADHI JAIDI BOLTON I'M really looking forward to playing in the "Football for Hope" match in aid of the tsunami relief efforts. It's an absolute pleasure and an honour to be on the same side as the likes of Cafu, Kaka and Ronaldinho, and
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      • 251 51  -  By FREDI KANOUTE TOTTENHAM ALL of the newcomers seem to be settling in very well at the club and they all look very good players too. Mido in particular had a great debut last week. He is a very talented striker and showed it with two excellent
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    • EPL
      • 570 52 PA Sport. Manchester united skipper Roy Keane has revealed he may prolong his career at Old Trafford when his current contract ends. This comes just days after insisting he would retire next year. The 33-year-old midfielder had said last Friday he would hang up his boots
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      • 257 52 PA Sport. CHAMPIONS League hero Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has joined the anti-Malcolm Glazer protests. He has become a patron of influential fans' group Shareholders United. Yesterday, when Glazer finally gained access to the Red Devils accounts and began the process expected to lead to a formal bid
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      • 558 53  -  BETTING REVIEW By Brian Miller npsports@sph. com.sg ON the evening before Valentine's Day, Manchester United arrived at the City of Manchester Stadium bearing arms instead of roses. And, throughout the weekend here in Singapore, fans of the Red Devils braved long queues and jostled with Toto punters
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      • 185 53 EVERTONv CHELSEA (IX2: Chelsea 1/2: Everton TG: IHT/FT: D—A) Brian: 1x2,1/2 Goal, TG, HT—FT Edwin: 1x2,1/2 Goal, TG, HT —FT Tay: Ix 2 BLACKBURN v NORWICH (Blackburn, Blackburn, 3, H —H) Edwin: Ix 2 B'HAMv LIVERPOOL (B'ham, B'ham, 2, H-H) Brian: 1/2 Goal, TG Edwin: 1x2,1/2
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      • 887 54  -  ARSENAL 5 CRYSTAL PALACE 1 Crowd: 38,056 TV VIEW WANG MENG MENG npsports@sph.com. sg IN a massive show of defiance, Arsenal proved that there is still life in their Premiership ambitions. Now the big question: Has'salvation come too late? Only time will tell if this morning's
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      • 112 54 ARSENAL: Feb 26: v Southampton (a) Mar S: v Portsmouth (h) Mar 19: v Blackburn (a) Apr 2: v Norwich (h) Apr9:vßoro(a) Apr 16: v Everton (h) Apr 20: v Chelsea (a) Apr 23: vTottenham (h) Apr 30: v West Brom (a) May 7: v Liverpool (h) May
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      • Article, Illustration
        120 55 ARSENAL 5 CRYSTAL PALACE 1 Quick-thinking Henry sends a low cross into the penalty box where Pires and Bergkamp are lurking. It is intercepted by a Palace defender. However, the clearance falls to Reyes outside the box and he takes two steps forward and drills a stinging low shot past
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        221 56 IEMfS LEI3IE 80ms THIS 5E158N M Crowd: 38,056 Leading Premiership scorer with 19 goals. Henry has scored all his goals from open play this season. Henry, with his two goals this morning, moved to 174 career goals for Arsenal and within 11 of lan Wright's all-time club record. Dec
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        713 57 PA Sport. JOSE Antonio Reyes may have been the focus of attention but the day belonged to Thierry Henry. He scored two goals and set up two more in Arsenal's Valentine's Day massacre of Crystal Palace at Highbury. Sure, Reyes put the Gunnners on their way by
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      • 637 58 THIERRY Henry wanted a hat-trick to coincide with his 200 th Premiership appearance. It would have been a perfect present. But, as it turned out, he was denied a third goal by an offside decision. "I was sure that I was not offside and I went
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      • 200 58 PA Sport. ARSENAL fielded their first entirely overseas squad. There were no British players on the pitch or even the bench against Crystal Palace. With Ashley Cole out through illness, Sol Campbell injured, that left only Justin Hoyte. But he was not named for the match.
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        532 59 JOSE Mourinho is set to become a walking billboard. And, where the rest of us are concerned, he could soon be telling us not to leave home without him. Mourinho, already the most talked-about manager in the English game, will soon become a global face when he endorses
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