The New Paper, 11 March 2007

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    • 63 1 think SHOULD BOSSES BE FORCED TO KEEP OLDER WORKERS? UNIONIST: Yes, make it law PM: I'm reluctant because... m FATAL STABBING IN RAFFLES CITY S'porean cook killed in dispute with cafe colleague. Diner says: TA Frantic 8 O. i Soup Spoon employees grieving over their colleague's death kua chee siong
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    • 21 1 student's painful lesson I blew dad's life savings of $300,000 on stocks Then I lost even more in market meltdown Q
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  • SUN NEWS
    • BURNT BY STOCKS
      • 1475 2 Maureen Koh maurecnk @sph. com.sg EVEN before he graduated from an Australian university, this Singapore engineering student earned $80,000 in a month. Mr Chan (we are not giving his full name to protect his identity) did not have a job.
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      • 614 3  -  PARENTS: We'll borrow anything from anyone. For sake of son we can't worry about losing 'face' Maureen Koh maurccnk@sph.com.sg THE 67-year-old man had spent 20 years at sea and another 25 years tailoring clothes to scrimp and save more than $400,000. He used part of it
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      • 177 3 HERE are some quick tips industry experts have on how you can minimise the "burn" factor. Do your homework Know what you're putting your money into. Find out about the fundamentals of the stock, such as what the company is about, its
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      • 588 3  -  Tan Mac Lynn madynn @sph.com.sg IS the stock market like a casino for unseasoned players, where luck is their biggest chip? It could explain why inexperienced investors fall victim to the erratic activity of the markets and suffer big losses whenever
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    • 74 2 I tnp.sg ICniail* bivvavi* tnp@sph.com.sg Hotline: 1800-*****55 OUR HAIR GURU David Gan shares his highs and lows of doing celebrity hair 24 OUR MODERN MUMS Why, why, why. Questions play on the mind of the busy modem mum of today, who feels unfulfilled, stressed, and even sad. 28 OUR space
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  • 1119 4 Everyday, no matter how tired, Special feature S 'pore's football captain Aide Iskandar has a very busy training and studying schedule, but to him, family always comes first WHENEVER captain Aide gets a minute at home, his two kids will yell: "Let's kick ball!"
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    • 258 5 At iJoiij 0/ w*** Learn to give yourself There's more to life than work Laugh out loud! To find out more about PWLE programmes, breathina SDace Decide on what really matters to you be it A sense of humour could help you de-stress please contact the follow ing consultants. your
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  • SUN NEWS
    • 876 6  -  UNIONIST: MAKE IT LAW TO KEEP OLDER WORKERS EMPLOYED I t PM: GOTA VIEW? Tell us By e-mail: tnp@sph.com.sg BySMS:TNP <space>your name <space> your view. Send to 9367 8728 Leong Ching chingl@sph.com.sg WILL a silver-haired Bill keep more of our ageing population in the workforce?
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    • 685 7  -  Panic after fight, possible argument over kitchen duties SINGAPORE COOK KILLED IN RAFFLES CITY STABBING Maureen Koh maureenk@sph.com.sg IT was the Tong family's weekly bonding time as they settled down for dinner at The Soup Spoon in Raffles City Shopping Centre on a busy Saturday
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      391 8  -  The true kampung spirit is kept alive by this dying trade REPORT AND PICTURES Kua Chee Siong cskua@sph.com.sg IT is slightly past sam. The sky is still dark, But Mr Chua Keng Siew has already started his 7km cycle from his Tampines St 43 home to work at
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    • 578 9  -  From previous page CHARCOAL "VILLAGE' Joyce Lim joyed @sph. eom.sg A GROUP of workers sitting on borrowed land, on borrowed time, plying an almost forgotten trade. Then came a very wet blanket: a pool of water to drown out their fire-starters. Charcoal dealers working from
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    • 122 9 AN HDB spokesman told The New Paper on Sunday that when the charcoal operators were relocated to Lorong Halus in March 1987, they had been told that on vacating those premises they would have to find another location on their own. Also, the Temporary Occupation
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    • 435 10  -  Bernard Lim leaves radio after 15 years Jeanmarie Tan jeanm@sph.com.sg BODMING nightlife and the urge to take on new challenges are what prompted Bernard Lim (right) to quit radio after 15 years. He left MediaCorp on Friday, and after a two-week break, will join Lifeßrandz
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      986 11  -  PEOPLE WITH HIV LOOK FOR LOVE ONLINE. THEIR TARGET? FELLOW SUFFERERS Cara Van Miriah caravm @sph.eom.sg AT a glance, these dating websites look like any other. Visitors can register for free and then upload pictures, video and audio clips to introduce themselves. The dating site also selects
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    • 217 12 IF two HIV sufferers engage in unprotected sex, it's okay since they are already infected right? Wrong. Apparently, this is what many HIV patients like John believe. Dr Lee Cheng Chuan, senior consultant of the CDC's department of infectious diseases, said sufferers can acquire
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    • 339 12 WHILE there are HIV positive individuals who just want to date other sufferers, others seek a lifetime companion. Although there are no marriage agencies in Singapore that specialise in bringing HIV sufferers together, there are two such agencies in India. 170 MEN REGISTERED
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    • 474 14  -  Indian festival of Holi attracts locals, tourists Sheela Narayanan shecla@sph.com.sg AS popular Bollywood songs blared through Farrer Park, Ms Pam Chew's German friend smeared her face with bright colours. Ms Chew, a 22-year-old interior designer, was not wearing the war paint of a sporting team. Instead, she was
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    • 453 15 Canny ong case HE was in court on Monday to plead for his life. But his wife and children were not there to lend him support. Instead, the mother of his victim watched as the Court of Appeal upheld the verdict against convicted killer Ahmad Najib Aris,
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    • 281 15 AP. THEY won't be running anywhere, but some very pampered cows in Malaysia are quenching their thirst with a soft drink. The isotonic soft drink is believed to help improve the appetite of the cattle. It is a twist on the Japanese traditional
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    • 349 16 EYE ON GLOBAL WARMING Reuters. CUT the air-conditioning and save the planet? Take the bus instead of driving? It's all too difficult. Energy-guzzling Americans are taking a painless path to conservation they will cut greenhouse gas emissions by simply pushing forward the hands
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    • 165 16 Reuters. SOME sports fans may soon know as much about global warming as they know about women's swimwear. Sports Illustrated is telling readers this week how a warming world will change the state of play. The American male's favourite read is just one of many US magazines
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    • 935 17 II T N local NS slang, His 1 I Royal Highness Prince Jt JL Harry should be the K ultimate "white horse". E The 22-year-old prince Rk. serves as an officer with the KI Blues and Royals, a cavalry PF regiment
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    • 794 18  -  Mandarin for little sister Maureen Koh maureenk@sph.com.sg BORN a year apart, the pair of Malaysian sisters did everything together. They played together, attended the same school and even slept in the same bed. Even family friends would sometimes mistake them as twins. Then the
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    • SnapShot
      • 49 19 The little imperial gentleman from the north must be across the river by now. Lefs send him a big shout Gringo (foreigner) go home! Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez addressing an anti-imperialist rally in Buenos Aires even as George Bush arrived in Montevideo, capital of neighbouring Uruguay, yesterday.
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      • 61 19 THE US Congress pondered a course of action yesterday after the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) acknowledged breaching US privacy rules to access individuals' telephone, e-mail and financial records during terror investigations. FBI director Robert Mueller endorsed an inspector general's report, which he said identified "serious
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      • 36 19 Fashion Festival in the Lebanese ski resort of Faraya yesterday. Faraya is one of the most popular resorts in the region, but the recent crisis in the country has scaredoff picture Ap
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      • 65 19 CALLS made on handphones do not affect hospital medical devices, US researchers said on Friday, but store anti-theft alarms might make implanted heart devices misfire. Tests at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, showed normal use of handphones caused no noticeable interference with patient-care equipment.
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      • 114 19 THE two pilots of the Garuda jet which crash-landed, killing 21 people, have been suspended, a report said yesterday. The pilot Marwoto Komar and co-pilot Gagam Sam an Rohmana have been "grounded" until the investigation is over, the head of the air transport directorate, Mr Yurlis Hasibuan,
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      • 174 19 PM US: MANY POLICY OiANGES NEEDED TO STAY AHEAD OF RIVALS THE many major policy changes in this year's Budget were to ensure that Singapore can increase its lead on rival countries, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said yesterday. Some of the major changes include:
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      • 186 19 AS PART of the Government's aim to foster greater relations with Singaporeans living abroad, the Overseas Singaporean Unit (OSU) will station a few of its officers in places like Beijing, New York and London. This will take place as early as September this
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      • 52 19 An Indian woman, despairing over her lover's death when he fell into a well soon after their engagement, insisted on ceremonially marrying his corpse before the cremation. Wedding attendees sat the corpse up by a fire and chanted marriage prayers before cremating the body, police in the state of
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 34 19 Mfc. Central Fair J|L North Fair South Showers Jlk East Fair West /rUmr Showers max I 33° C min 124° C first tide 2.6 m I 2.18 am second tide 2.1 m I 3.41pm
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  • OURSunday
    • 946 20  -  Hairstylist David Gan refused Zhang Ziyi's offer to set up shop in Beijing, because he doesn't want to leave Singapore Chang May Choon changmc@5ph.com.sg CELEBRITY hairstylist David Gan once grumbled to Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi about managing his own hair salon. He even
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    • 458 21  -  Chang May Choon changmc@sph.com.sg DAVID Gan may be surrounded by glamour and glitz, but it doesn't pay his bills. Making Zoe Tay or Fann Wong look a million bucks? That's free. Except when it is for an advertisement, he said. For magazine shoots and high-profile events
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    • 585 22  -  Chang May Choon and Wendy Teo changmc@sph.com.sg, teowyw@sph.com.sg DAVID Gan may be the centre of the orbit with his numerous celebrity friends, but other local icons like Addy Lee and Clarence Lee have their own little celebrity galaxies too. Hairstylist Addy, for one, will be
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    • 687 23  -  Leong Ching chingl@sph.com.sg WRITER Walker Percy devoted his life to exploring what he called the "dislocation of man in the modern age". He began his well-known book Message In A Bottle with six pages of questions. Reading those questions opened my eyes. And so
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    • 519 23  -  Sylvia Toh Paik Chop paikehoo@sph. com.sg DID you know The Platters are named after just that, platters? Do you even know who The Platters are? Your grandfather will tell you they were simply the most romantic vocal group of the
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  • 616 25  -  OUR SUiIDRY David Tumer Columnist tnp@sph.com.sg CAN Singapore rock? This is one of the big questions of our age, right up there with the "taxi problem" and the "can we survive globalisation" ones. A recent trip down memory lane brought
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  • OUR SUNDAY
    • 870 27  -  Celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain is back this time he tries to blend in KF Sectoh Columnist tnp@sph.com.sg IHAD the pleasure of taking Anthony Bourdain around again for makan (I've done so for many other international foodies, writers and food show host, but I can't easily
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    • 463 28  -  Bharat Thakur Columnist tnp@sph.com.sg LOOK around you or think about the people you know how many of them wear glasses or contact lenses? Quite a few, I bet. Glasses and lenses do not improve eyesight, but two things can: Exercise and relaxation. This always surprises people,
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      374 29  -  We catch the Crystal Mirror's first show at the Padang Sylvia Toh Paik Choo paikchoo@sph.com.sg HOW would you like to have an intimate dinner? On the Padang. With performers skating on the edge of your glass of ice cubes. And acrobats diving into a fishbowl, adding water
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    • 562 30 OUR sunonv n 35 IF YOU MUST STAY IN All DAY... 1 IF YOU WANT TO CATCH A MOVIE... Channel 5 Channel 8 ChannelU ll.Nmi 7th Heaven X 11.My Fair Princess 111 1.46 mi Bright Girl's Success 300{M18} MUSIC AMD LYRICS 11.00 I I Dare You 100pm HOBTaiTai 12.10pm SandStorm
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  • OUR SUNDAY
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      313 31 Getting married? Had a baby? Or just having a crush? We want to know all about it. Send your pictures and messages t0... tnpforum@sph.com.sg For four years, it has been you and me only. You brighten up my life. Being single and supporting a baby seems so simple
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    • 369 33  -  Danny Khoo dkhoo@sph.com.sg EXCITING youngster Ace Armada extended trainer Laurie Laxon's amazing run in the feature races when he stretched his unbeaten record to four wins in the $200,000 Singapore Guineas at Kranji yesterday. The race favourite came with his characteristic finishing burst
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    • 1066 33 RACE I: EAST COAST EXPRESS was restless in the barrier. JETSPEED fly-jumped and lost ground. D'MIGHTY REGIMENT was slow to begin. Near the 1,200 m, HIDALGO, who raced keenly, had to be steadied off the heels of SLEDGEHAMMER. Passing the I,ooom, EAST COAST
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    • 2176 34 I Race 1 Maiden 1400m 4 «UBHM58c55(15-6) 13 sural mess so (65-17) 5 II rntfWUBgl 57.5 (26-9) *J Faro ok ISaitudln II Callow 1 8 4 1 1 1 2 4 3 3 (442) (478) (479) 0.5L
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      154 35 Racial Editor Marc T -i S&;:' a Dm Theaa UNi ■P V Rs J J iR7^ ■w JK 1 1. 3 Lucky Domino 1 Prince De Lago 2 Brandy Dry 5 Ace Elite 9 Guerilla 1 1 4 Promise Me Gold 6 Mexborough Ladd 1 New Generation 4King0f
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    • 3424 35 COMMENTS FOR ALL RACES BY LARRY FOLEY BB1*iSL li. Lwt m HOME W Jecfcey irti tralMf-ww) 1 074- EURO EXPRESS 59 (61) RFradd 10 (4frti Dean-SBC No. 2) Improving with each run and just needs a little luck to be
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    • 129 35 RACE 3: Hutton, Mandiri, Boomer Capital, Auszeal, Red Auspice. RACE 4: Prince De Lago, Trigger Express, Echague, Player's, Royal City. RACE 5: Our Webster, Lim's Oasis, Future Baby, Zlatko, Sky Bet, Aces Pierre, Winning Expert, Ruy Lopez, Optimum Note. RACE 6: Fashion Thunder, Thirty Four Below, Double Tap, Magic
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    • 114 36 PRINCE DE LAGO (Race 4 No. 1) This handsome son of Encosta De Lago is ready to re-enter the winners' enclosure. His last-start effort over I,2oom —his second back from a spell—was a terrific display. Beaten for early pace, he showed his customary finishing burst to finish a
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    • 650 37 GOING AT SHATIN: GOOD Race 1 Tsuen Wan Plate 1000m 5 SUMMMOflBEML127(11-5) BPrebble (5' > 1 1 BULLISH WM127 (14-12) GMostt (1 I 2 6 SUMYMf 118(19-12) DWhyte (4| 3 Trainer: YS Tsui. Margins: 'A, nk. Time: 57sec. Forecast $7. Tierce: $44. Trie: $6.
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  • Page 34 Miscellaneous
    • 32 34 Saturday, 10 Mar 2007 First Second Third 8431 5650 4537 Starters 1147 8459 8126 5924 4134 5724 8914 5728 6994 1250 Consolation 7994 5018 9612 7725 9846 2837 9842 3028 7500 21^2''
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  • 807 38 Change or this game may spin out of control Steve Newell, who has worked with many of the world's leading players and teachers, has written several golf books. Newell now works primarily for top golfer Ernie Els SPORTS I WAS thoroughly buoyed-up by the news that the Royal Ancient is
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  • SUN SPORTS
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      460 39 PODS CHAMPIONSHIP LfADERBOARI 138 Stephen Leaney 69-67. 137 Heath Stocum 68-69. 138 Jonathan Byrd KJ. Choi 69-69, Daniel Chopra 67-71, Chris DiMarco 69-69, Doug LabeMe 67-71, Pat Perez 68-70, Vaughn Taylor 70-68. 139 Bitty Andrade 69-70, Jason Bohn 69-70, Cliff Kresge 65-74, Arron Oberholser 67-72. 148 Brian Davis
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    • 238 39 AFP. AMERICAN Stacy Prammanasudh had to thank her early morning tee-off for her enviable five-under 67 and the first-round lead in the LPGA's MasterCard Classic. Because, soon after, a thunderstorm broke out to suspend play on Friday at the Huixquilucan course in
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    • 170 39 LAGUNA National Golf and Country Club is keen to stage many more Singapore Masters events. Peter Kwee, chairman of Group Exklusiv and president of Laguna National, said: "This is the sixth time we are staging the event. "Many are not aware that
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    • CLARIDEN LEU SINGAPORE MASTERS
      • 552 40  -  Lim Han Ming npsports@sph.com.sg IF not for the Clariden Leu Singapore Masters, Nick Dougherty would have stayed up all night to watch Manchester United play in the Champions League last Wednesday. Like many of the golfers, the 2005 Singapore Masters champion is a football fanatic. Born
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      • 436 40  -  Ashikin Hashim npsports@sph.com.sg WIVES and girlfriends have been making their rounds at the Laguna National. Some with husbands and boyfriends who are golfers. Others with their partners as fans. And some without companions, but there to soak in the best of the action from the
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      • 749 41  -  Lim Han Ming npsports@sph.comsg THE last time Gary Lockerbie led a golf tournament after 54 holes, he went on to win. That was at the prestigious Lytham Trophy two years ago when the Englishman was still an amateur. The European Tour rookie will be hoping
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      • 493 42  -  Godfrey Robert npsports@sph.com.sg WITH only a maximum of four shots separating the top nine players, any of them could walk away with the Clariden Leu Singapore Masters tide today. Will it be joint-leaders Liang Wenchong of China or Englishman Gary Lockerbie? Or could Jyoti Randhawa
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      • 187 42 SOUTH African Jean Daniels humoured the crowd yesterday with a delightful trick-shot show. Held as part of the Clariden Leu Singapore Masters' on-site festivities, the entertainer and golfer showed off his wide array of trick shots to the bemusement of spectators. "I started this 10 years ago,
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    • 654 43 AFP. WE DON'T cricket? Well, we will during the World Cup in the West Indies. The timing of the matches suits us fine and The New Paper will bring you all the latest news from the Caribbean. Matches start from 8.30-9.30pm (Singapore time) and end in the
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    • 516 43 AFP. INJURIES and a spectacular form lapse have the once-mighty Australians looking vulnerable favourites for the World Cup. The defending champions looked to have amassed a convincing case for a hat-trick of World Cup titles in the Caribbean. They scored a first-ever victory in last
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    • 368 43 AFP. WHEN a rain-ruined Test between Australia and England in 1971 resulted in the first one-day international in Melbourne, few believed that this new form of cricket would become a global, money-spinning affair. The first one-dayer was not a pre-planned affair as it was arranged
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    • 6 44 CRICKET WORLD CUP 2007 TOURNAMENT GROUPS
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    • 480 45 AFP THE first ball of the World Cup has not yet been bowled, but a virtual tournament is already in full swing. The online gaming industry is betting Australia will lift the title for a third successive time. Having clinched the last two trophies, bookmakers
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    • 890 46 Every Sunday in the Singapore at Large column, The New Paper profiles the Singapore sports scene with a national or grassroots perspective. Today, ERNEST LUIS looks at the issue of outdated lockers in sports stadiums THAT stadium near our home has long been the symbol of exercise
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    • 154 47 I AM an IT professional and my job requires me to bring my laptop with me. However, I regularly run at stadiums and Yishun Stadium is one of them. But because of the size of the locker in the stadium, I am unable to put my laptop
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      883 48  -  CALLING all sporty bosses, do you have an active sporting lifestyle away from your busy schedule in the office? Do you play one or more of non-traditional sports? Or do you know of such a boss? Please e-mail details to npsports@sph.com.sg Lim Say Heng npsports@sph.com.sg TWICE a
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    • 503 49 SINGAPORE will be hosting its first ever Ironman triathlon race in September this year, all thanks toAdrian Mok ana Jeffrey F6o of HiVelocity, along with their Australian partners. But unlike other Ironman triathlons held around the world, the Aviva Ironman 70.3 Singapore
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    • 1021 50  -  When Muhammad Ridhuan was a kid, he told himself that he would one day play for the Lions, just like his hero Fatuii Ahmad did. These days, he can t help being recognised in the streets as the "guy with the bandage" after
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    • 139 51 Q&A WITH MUHAMMAD RIDHUAN Paul Gascoigne or Paul Ince? Gascoigne. He has technique and finishing ability. But I don't like his attitude off the field. That is why he is where he is now. Brazil or England? I like samba football. The Brazilians play a beautiful
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    • FA CUP BETTING
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      • 158 52 BRIAN TAYTZE GARY. DALE JU11S Miller Siong Lim Tempest tarter BLACKBURN G. 6p 1.68 £l-68J> Cl.&£> DRAW 3.45 3.45 3.45 3.45 3.45 MAN CITY 4.10 4.10 4.10 4.10 HOME (-1 1/2) 2.90 2.90 Z90 £2«D 2.90 AWAY 1 1/2) Cl33> Cl3L> 133 C\33^ 0
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      • 257 52 PA Sport. BLACKBURN defender Brett Emerton believes his side's current sky-high confidence can help sweep them closer to a place in this season's FA Cup final at the new Wembley. Rovers are on a roll after winning their last three matches and Emerton
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      • 153 52 BRIAN TAYTZE GARY DALE JUL1S Miller Siong Lim Tempest Carter PLYMOUTH 6.42 Q.42j> 2.42 2.42 CL4Z3 DRAW 3.10 3.10 3.10 3.10 WATFORD 235 235 235 2.55 HOME (-11/2) 4.65 C<65j> 4.65 435 AWAY 1 1/2) 1.13 <fjr> 1.13 0 GOAL 730 730 730 730 2
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