The New Paper, 1 May 2005

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  • 31 1 the new Paper on sunday Singapore Press Holdings HOTLINE 1800 733 44 55 1 MAY 2005 80 cents 11 MM II III 8"*****1 *****9 > Website: tnp^g Email: tn p@sph.com .sg mica(P)095/03/2005
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    • 870 2  -  Man's shocking offer on Net Joyoelyn Weng tnp@sph.com.sg BUY a small rocket that can penetrate armoured vehicles and even shoot down a helicopter. It weighs about 3kg and comes with a warhead and a launch system. This advertisement appeared on the Yahoo Singapore Message
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      115 2 Mum ousts Dad, Dad sues daughter, Mum sues dad, GanvsGan vsGan (TNP17 Apr): The headline gives the incorrect impression that the mother, Madam Estina Ang, who is the chairman of the Ghim Li group of companies, had sued her ex-husband, Mr Jefre Gan. The Ghim Li group has clarified
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    • 316 3 YES, in theory, the rocket can work. That is the opinion of a security consultant here who has more than 10 years' experience in explosives. The consultant, who asked not to be named, was shown the sketch which Jeffrey drew. "In theory, his
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    • 148 3 MORE than half a million people here visit the Yahoo Singapore website every day. The website also gets thousands of new postings every week and is not able to screen every single posting, a spokesman said. Neither is it legally obligated to screen them. Said Ms
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    • 638 4  -  Yank your eyelids up too hard while popping in your contact lens and you risk loosening eyelid muscles Ng Wan Ching tn p@sph.com.sg SOMETHING was wrong with his vision, but Mr Jayson Lim couldn't figure out why. Things around him appeared darker and he
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    • 145 4 PEOPLE with droopy, sleepy-looking eyes can have this corrected by a simple surgery. The operation does not leave any external scars as there are no cuts made on the skin of the eyelid. Said Dr Yip: "The amount cut away is dependent on the severity
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    • 56 4 The eyelid is flipped inside out. A special clamp is used to hold a predetermined amount of eyelid muscle and the inner eyelid lining, which is then cut away with a blade. The cut edges of the tissue are closed with a running stitch. The
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    • 290 4 SOME people are bom with droopy eyelids, a condition called congenital ptosis, and others get it when they age. Such a condition can also be the result of nerve diseases, long-term use of contact lenses or from excessive rubbing of the eyes (acquired ptosis). Eyelids
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    • 1097 5  -  SHE WANTS TO HAVE SAY OVER MONEY LEFT FOR KIDS Man dies, leaving $600,000 of his estate to 'son' and daughter His will specifies that the amount is to be divided equally between the two children, despite his knowing that the boy is not his biological
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    • 378 5 HIS love for the boy wasso abiding that even when he found out the kid was not his own, he still named him as a beneficiary in his will. The will, made last March, declared that his biological daughter and the boy would
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    • 522 6  -  Well, only for a good cause Slices of S'oore life THEY CAME DRESSED TO THE NINES WITH ONE COMMON AIM-TO LOSE MONEY SylviaToh PaikChoo tn p@sph.com.sg IT wasn't debated in Parliament, but rather the ladies bounced ideas off each other and the Bubble Ball Casino went into
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    • 287 7  -  PROPERTY AGENT COULD HAVE BEEN CLEANING UP AFTER RENOVATIONS AlvinChiang alchiang#sph.com.sg THEY had only just moved in to their flat at Pending Road. Neighbours said the couple had just finished renovations. Then, on Friday, tragedy struck. Mr Daniel Lau fell from the 10th floor and died.
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    • 545 9 Bride-to-be goes missing at night sparking massive police search Calls back day before wedding saying she was kidnapped Appears shaken, but if 5... Wire services. WHAT do you do when yqjilve sent out 600 wedding invitations, then get cold feet? Disappear. That's just what
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    • 172 9 Lad Peterson cast WHEN his pregnant wife went missing on Christmas Eve in 2002, former fertiliser salesman Scott Peterson was the one who reported it He said he had gone out fishing alone and, when he returned, his wife, Laci, 27, was gone. Their dog was unleashed
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    • 958 11 No more gold chains and purple sports coats. Russian billionaires now find it impolite to flaunt in a country with so many poor Look what the super-rich Russians are discreetly enjoying FORGET cash rebates, club memberships or even a car. When upmarket property
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    • 277 12 YESTERDAY, the Thai royal family celebrated the birth of a Grown Prince Maha Vajiralongkom^ But there was sorrow too, as theramlly prepared for the funeral of King Bhumibol Adulyadej's grandson, who died in December's tsunami, reported the Nation. Mom Srirasmi Mahidol Na Ayudhya's first son,
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  • NEWS
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      • 55 14 Japanese who want to can demonstrate in Tokyo, shouting, Down with Japanese mHitarismT. These things Are very different in China-, demonstrators may shout only about approved topics. Before we in China decide we are superior to Japan, we must address our own double standards. Chinese lawyer Pu Zhiqiang
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      • 71 14 PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong launched the youth wing of the national trade union movement on the eve of May Day, at NTUC Club's latest social attraction DXO at the Esplanade. Young NTUC will be dedicated to engaging and developing young unionists. NTUC president lohn De Payva
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      • 114 14 THE Chinese Development Assistance Council (CDAC) has launched a bus which will go to HDB estates, workplaces and schools to promote the council's programmes. The air-conditioned bus, manned by a council staff member and a volunteer, will carry brochures on CDAC's skills training, education and
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      • 82 14 MALAYSIAN lorry operators want the "three-quarter tank" rule for Thai vehicles entering the country. This would prevent excessive diesel purchases by Thais, said the Northern Region Lorry Operators' Association. Thai vehicles are allowed to take a maximum of 20 litres of diesel each time they
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      • 179 14 PM: STRUCTURAL UNEMPLOYMENT, AGBNG POPULATION AMONG CHALLENGES WILL your CPF be enough for your retirement needs? Perhaps not Singapore is not facing the kind of pension crisis looming in some countries because our system of individual savings is sound, but says Prime Minister
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      • 194 14 A "shade more optimistic". That is how Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew feels about containing terrorism in South-east Asia. The improvement hinges on two developments in the Middle East, he told a World Economic Forum plenary session on Friday. The first: Elections in Iraq.
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      • 58 14 A US motorcycle menace who led traffic police on a series of chases at up to 225kmh turned out to be a would-be cop. The 24-year-old was just days away from taking his final physical exam when he was finally arrested at his home in Florida. He faced three
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    • 1004 16 LET your hands do the working. That is what part-time model Mr Keith Poh, 26, has been doing—and what he enjoys about being a body parts model. For the uninitiated, that's someone who specialises in modelling a particular part of the body. For Mr Poh, 26, who
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    • 215 16 MOST body parts models start off as "normal" models. Mr Colin Ho, 31, a partner with Cue International Models, said: "We try to look for the total package and ask them to groom themselves so we can give a variety of jobs." But
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    • 321 16 YOU have probably heard him on TV as the voice behind Tiger Beer, Canon and Courts commercials. He is also the Australian-accented voice used for some Channel 5 TV and movie trailers. That cheeky voice on some Desperate Housewives trailers? Yes, his too. And him again
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    • 750 17  -  Janice Wong tn p@sph.com. sg MAYBE it's a case of sour grapes. I say singlehood may be lonely but it beats the hypocrisy and repression in some seemingly happy marriages. A few incidents made me conclude this. Let me share one. I
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    • 525 18  -  Ann the IV Jf ENlikemyfHendGregarefewandfar JLVJL Despite the myriad bottles of hair and skin products that line his bathroom shelves, Greg is both a man's man and every woman's fantasy. Though not conventionally goal-looking, Greg oozes self-confidence from every pore. His lust for excitement
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    • 508 18  -  Karen Wong karen@sph.com.sg TAKING my fellow columnist's cue from last week, I'm going to tell you the real message behind those Baby on Board decals on our cars. (And why we mothers really would appreciate some understanding, even sympathy, from other road users.)
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    • 536 19  -  Edwin Yeo tnp@s ph.com.sg RECENTLY, I attended the birthday party of a 6-year-old. This is something I do every weekend, because my daughter's social calendar basically consists of about 50 birthday parties a year. Never mind that there are only 20 kids in
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    • 433 20  -  Siva Chey tnposph.com.sg IKNOW a guy who gives his entire pay packet to his wife because he thinks she manages finance more sensibly than he does. His friends think he is stupid ("he can't even control money"); that his wife is bossy
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    • 740 21  -  FOR MR HAMBRAN DASWAN, THE CEMETERY IS A HOTSPOT: UNHAPPY CUSTOMERS, LATE-NIGHT LOVERS AND YES, SNAKES! 'fess up! ...What really goes on in 9-to-5 jobs? E-mail tnp@sph.com.sg Bryna Sim brynasim @sph.com.sg CEMETERIES may look peaceful, unchanging, untroubled. But don't believe all that you see. The
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    • 534 22  -  Janice Sech tnpOsph.oom.sg MiMHMMi IT began life as a humble accessory of beauty (think Audrey Hepburn in Lanvin), ruggedness (think Marlboro Man) and finally, baldness (think Yul Brynner). But the simple cigarette has since climbed the ladder of significance to become the Accessory of Death, responsible
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  • sunday Guide
    • 432 27 GOURMET food is not just for the rich. Even a child on a limited budget can eat yummy gourmet food. On 21 Apr, 328 Primary 4 students from Fuchun Primary School were treated to an exhibition of a world-class chef preparing "gourmet" school snacks. London-based master chef
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    • 280 28 GO ahead, spoil mum on Mother's Day next Sunday. After all, she's probably spoiled you enough... But better make those reservations now! AMARA SINGAPORE At the award-winning Silk Road Restaurant, choose from set menus of $228 for six or $498 for 10. Each set menu comes
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    • 620 29  -  Dr Wei Slang Yu tnp@sph.com.sg KEMBANGAN couple Mark and Pauline are successful entrepreneurs. They tied the knot in 1989 and set up their own home businesses. Sixteen years and three children later, Mark and Pauline's busy schedules mean there is very
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    • 414 29 JOUESTION FOR COUNSELLOR I HAVE had a pimple problem since I was in secondary school I am now 20 and in poly. I had my first outbreak when I was 14. It soon became worse, and I lost my self-confidence because of it I
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    • 632 30  -  Oo Ging Lee tnp@sph.com.sg REMEMBER the song by Toto that goes, "The search is over, it was right here from the start"? The same can be said about the telcos and service providers looking for the killer-application that will mesmerise handphone users and make them swarm
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      284 31  -  SytviaToh PaikChoo tnp@sph.com.sg Oh Shoot Coach Carter Here's proof that white guys can't shoot. Underdog basketball team story with the sense not to make the token white boy or Latino kid the star of the court. Kwok Crows Again Divarganca So who says Aaron Kwok is toast? Not
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  • 358 37 LOST: New survivor drama with addictive mystery hook AKAN DATANG "Coming soon Sunday TView Guide LOST STARRING: Matthew Fox, Evangeline Lilly, Dominic Monaghan CREATOR: J J Abrams SHOWING OVER: Channel 5 PREMIERE DATE: 9 Jun, 10pm THE STORY: It's Survivor meets Cast Away meets The X-Files
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  • Page 38 Miscellaneous
    • 160 38 Enter The Phoenix Channel U, 9pm Triads mistake a straight guy for his gay roommate —who happens to be theestranged son of a dead crime boss and is groomed to be the next mafioso. Starring Daniel Wu, Eason Chan. Ice Age Channel 5,745pm Set during the Ice Age, a sabretooth
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    • 104 38 Laws Of Attraction Star Movtef (StarHub Ch 58), 9pm In this screwball comedy, two high-powered New York attorneys she's uptight while he's a slob —take their relationship from the courtroom to the bedroom, but find themselves taking opposite sides of a nasty high-profile divorce case. Starring Pierce Brosnan, Julianne Moore.
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  • racing
    • 284 39  -  Marc Tan marc@sph.com.sg IPOH handler Chong Keng Leong has laid claim to the Perak Derby twice in the past 14 runnings of the time-honoured Malaysian classic. He captured the 2,400 m feature in 1990 with Uncompromising and again in 1997 with Vibrant
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    • 120 39 (Race 9 No. 3) BEST BET Traffic problems cost the highly-fancied Loophole In Law dearly last Sunday. Checked early, he dropped back to second last in the 12-horse affair until the field turned for home. By then, pacesetter Allocated had the 1,400m race sewn up. Loophole In
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    • 114 39 RACE 1: Follow 'N' Follow. RACE 2: Successful Boss, Winning Dash, Happy Years, Immediate Action, Tea O Pink. RACE 3: All Alone, Land Mark, Power Hero, Daylight Warrior. RACE 4: Built Of Bronze, Motion, Energy Special, Mawin Prince, Danzuround, Flying Cow, Congruence. RACE 5: Lion Mountain, Accordance, Soon Teck,
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      274 39 5 Military Force 1 Greek Tycoon 2 Follow 'N' Follow 1 Greek Tycoon 2 Follow 'N' Follow 5 Military Force 5 Military Force 1 Greek Tycoon 2 Follow 'N* Follow 2 11 Tea 0 Pink 10 Immediate Action 7 Happy Yean 6 Winning Dash 10 Immediate Action
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    • 1235 40 GOING FORECAST: GOOD Top of his game: Opposing Force captured his first Perak Derby four years ago and repeated the feat in 2002 for trainer Bonny Ng and jockey Lee Soo Hin. The Jetball gelding, now under the care ofTiangKim Choi and with Kiwi ace Grant
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    • 331 41 JOCKEY Mark Zahra (right) has withdrawn his appeal against the severity of a one-month suspension imposed for his handling of Gold Mint in Race 5 on 3 Apr. The Singapore Turf Club's race meeting stewards acceded to his request and forfeited his deposit. His suspension
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    • 1210 41 Race1:8rifflas—14Mb Tim: 12:45 Stakes: HK$7M,000 NO. HORSE NAME TRAINER JOCKEY WT(IB) BAR 1 BOREAS SW GMosse 125 4 2 EXPEDITIOUS ASC FCoetzee 125 2 3 FEBURO CSS SDye 125 3 4 PULL NO PUNCH SW MRodd 125 10 5 RAINBOW
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    • 123 42  -  Marc Tan marc@sph.com.sg THERE was no stopping rising star Scenic Sea at Ipoh yesterday. In his first test against top-class opponents, the John McGillivray-trained galloper annihilated his seven rivals to register his fifth win on the trot. Not only that, he equalled the
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      • 1088 43  -  FOCUS: LION GOH i f s T> By Godfrey Robert npsportsQsph.com.sg WITH a name like Lion, one cannot but be brave. He is so brave that when (a natural question, surely) asked to comment on Tiger (Woods), Lion Goh replied: "I want to outdo Tiger." Tiger
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        116 44 FOCUS: LION GOH Date of Birth: 15 Oct 1991 School: Anglo-Chinese School (I) Secondary Two Family: Dad Joe, mum Anne, sister Yi Ung ACHIEVEMENTS: ACS (I) Sec 1: NAPFA Test 2004 Gold Award Sec 1: Track Held 400 m (3rd), 400m hurdles (3rd) Sec 1: Swimming 4x50m relay
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      • 63 44 Jakarta Asean Plus Junior Golf Championship In Indonesia (30 May—3 Jun) 100 Plus Power Asean Junior Golf Championship in Malaysia (6 Jun —9 Jun) OCC Junior Golf Invitational at Orchid CC (13 Jun —16 Jun) S'pore Junior Golf Championship at Keppel Club (20 Jun—23 Jun) Callaway
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      • 544 44 THE AP. INDIA'S Arjun Atwal overcame Friday's gusting winds to shoot a 4-under 68 and take a one-stroke lead over JJ Henry after two rounds of the Zurich Classic. Atwal, looking for his first US PGA Tour victory, had six birdies and two bogeys in gusts
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      • 502 45 BMW ASIAN OPEN v" Reuters. ERNIE Els fired a solid four-under-par 68 to extend his lead to five strokes in the third round of the BMW Asian Open yesterday. The world No 3 cooled off after his brilliant 62 on Friday but still improved to
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    • 913 46 V -< IT is never too late to get started in sports. Drlvan Png, a Nominated Member of Parliament, is one classic example. Back in school, sports was never his forte. The former Anglo-Chinese School student was more into facts and figures. Not surprising if
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    • 340 46 DR IVAN Png (above) was appointed as a Nominated Member of Parliament last year. Never one who is afraid to speak his mind, the 48-year-old National University of Singapore professor spoke out against the four-day parliamentary debate on the mega resorts last week.
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    • 938 47 TRUE GRIT AP. HE is the greatest athlete in the world, not because he has won the equivalent of six straight championships in his field. But because he has won six straight championships after beating testicular, lung and brain cancer. That's the greatness in the man we
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    • 250 47 LANCE Armstrong is the first cyclist to win six Tours de France, and is chasing a seventh successive victory in the event in 2005. But he is perhaps just as famous for surviving cancer early in his career as he is for his triumphs on a
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    • 241 47 BECAUSE Lance Armstrong is so contemporary, so formidable, it is hard to compare him with the great American athletes—Jim Brown, Joe DiMaggio, Sandy Koufax, Pete Sampras—who quit on top, before they got too old, before they were embarrassed One clunker of a Tour de France should not
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    • 276 47 1971: Born Sept 18, Dallas. 1991: US amateur champion. 1992: Finished 14th in individual road race at Barcelona Olympics. Turned professional. 1993: Won Tour de France stage at Verdun, Triple Crown in US and World Championships in Oslo. 1996: Finished 12th in road race
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    • 361 47 EDDY MERCKX (Five-time winner): It was always unfortunate when a great champion decides to leave the sport "But it is a great man who leaves the stage after winning six Tours, probably seven, and after beating cancer. "That battle with cancer, for me, was his
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    • 98 47 IT was in 2004 that Lance Armstrong began a relationship with rock star Sheryl Crow. Now, his girlfriend of over a year, he-describes her as the "Queen of rock 'n' roll" and a "damn good bicycle team-mate". When asked at an interview if Crow was a good cook,
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    • 638 48  -  National footballer Alam Shah goes back to school TRUE GRIT Wang Meng Meng npsports® s ph.com.sg THROW him a ball and he is the happiest bloke on Earth. Juggling, heading, shooting and dribbling, Mohd Noh Alam Shah is a star pupil. A striker of repute with a
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    • 478 48 HIS is a classic tale of bad boy done good. But looking back, Mohd Noh Alam Shah still has regrets for his hell-raising days at Bishan Park Secondary School He recalled: "As a teenager, I wasn't a good student. Lessons would start at seven
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    • 447 48 RELAX, don't do it! Once upon a time, Mohd Noh Alam Shah had problems thinking before he thumped. A loose cannon always ready to fire off a few rounds. Mr Angry in boots. And an impressive collection of red and yellow cards to
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    • 397 48 His scoring record in school SIX goals in seven games this season. That is a fantastic record as Mohd Noh Alam Shah holds on to second place in the S-League scoring charts. But how does the sharpshooter rate in school? How hard does he work? Very, very hard. That is
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    • 150 49 SERANGOON Secondary (above) emerged champions of the local Manchester United Premier Cup (MUPQ final yesterday morning. They beat Sengkang Secondary in a penalty shootout, after the match at Queenstown Stadium ended 1-1. Serangoon Secondary will represent Singapore at the MUPC Regional Finals in Bangkok, where
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  • 364 51 sport?, THE world's most famous metrosexual has revealed his beauty secrets. Real Madrid's David Beckham, voted the world's Most Beautiful Sports Icon by America's People magazine, has provided details of his beauty regime to the Evening Standard. Beckham, who turns 30 tomorrow, confessed to taking tips
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      • 231 53  -  CHARLTON v MANCHESTER UNITED TEXT: By BRIAN MILLER BRUM 1 cokvy* rze s/o/tc < 2 OMM.DM 041 At* ■MM U 5.30 Gsa SSI 1/2 GOAL PMMLKMM Ml •MM II ft UQ < TOTAL GO AI 0 3 < 4 U 7 PPl 8.40 15
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        485 53 SI WAY mills MATCH PREVIEW I PA Sports. PAUL Scholes (left) has admitted his performances for Manchester United this season have been below the standard he expected. Scholes will return to the Red Devils' squad for tonight's trip to Charlton after completing the one-match ban he incurred for his
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      • 292 54 SIMAY CHEERS MATCH PREVIEW J TOTTENHAM v ASTON VILLA PA Sport. MICHAEL Dawson is keeping a close eye on his Tottenham centre-back partner Ledley King to ensure he maintains his impressive start to his Premiership career. The 21-year-old defender has made a seamless transition to the Premiership from
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      • 726 55  -  AM//II (MlltS MATCH REPORT By Bill Pierce SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT PA Sport COLLINS JOHN responded to a warning that his place in the Fulham line-up was at threat by giving Everton a serious scare in their battle for a Champions League spot. His cracking early strike,
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      • 777 56  -  SWDAl CHEERS I MATCH REPORT J By Jim Van Wijk SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT SOUTHAMPTON left it late to pick up three crucial points from their relegation showdown with fellow strugglers Norwich at St Mary's. David Bentley had put the visitors ahead after just two minutes, but the
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      • 226 56  -  By Ben Owen SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT PA Sport CRYSTAL PALACE scrapped their way to a precious point at Newcastle as their fight for Premiership survival continued. The Eagles were forced to defend for much of the game, with goalkeeper Gabor Kiraly saving from
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        145 57 LIVERPOOL 1 MIDDLESBROUGH 1 ThttwoMmcysklc teams exptrimcad contrasting fortunes last night. While Steven Gerrard's gem of a goal rescued a point for the red half of Merseyslde against Middlesbrough, the blue half suffered a miserable 2-0 away loss to Fulham ik" '*fj JL. FULHAM 2 EVERTON 0 REMAINING FIXTURES LIVERPOOL:
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        640 58 SUNDAY CHEERS MATCH REPORT ARE Liverpool a one-man team? Perhaps not. But without Steven Gerrard, the Reds' season would have been effectively over yesterday. The Liverpool captain salvaged a point against Middlesbrough with one of the goals of the season. His thumping thunderbolt from 35 metres in the 52nd
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      • 66 58 Birmingham 2 Blake 61, Heskey80 Blackburn 1 Stead 13 Fulham 2 Collins 16, McBride 39 Everton 0 Liverpool 1 Gerrard 52 Middlesbrough 1 Nemeth 4 Man City 2 Distin 4, Fowler 16 Portsmouth 0 Newcastle 0 Palace 0 Southampton 4 Oakley 7, Crouch 20, Le Saux 39,
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    • 144 58 EPL NEWCASTLE v PALACE Delayed, Ch 24,9 am, today TOTTENHAM v VILLA Ch 23,7.55pm, tonight CHARLTON MAN UTD Ch 23,11pm, tonight WEST BROMv ARSENAL Ch 23,2.55 am, Tuesday FULHAMv NEWCASTLE Ch 24,2.30 am, Thursday t ITAUAN LEAGUE INTER-MILAN v SIENA Ch 21,8.55pm, tonight JUVENTUSv BOLOGNA Ch 22,8.55pm, tonight PALERMO vCHIEVO
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