Streats, 18 February 2003
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Title Section10 2003-02-18 1 Streats TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2003 E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg mua <p) 240/03/200210 words
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Article, Illustration689 2003-02-18 1 Sarah Ng - University’s team surprised over fierce debate as it didn’t plan to create storm B y Sarah Ng MS Sharon Tan knows all about delivering a message with slick showmanship backed by solid Performance. After all, she once helped run a world-famous circus. Little wonderFrancis Lee - 689 words
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Advertisement99 2003-02-18 1 r ■■l IMS mm CLEANER DOESNT WANT $30,000 This 4-D ticket has won its owner $30,000, but Madam Tang Poh Leng wants to give it away. JULIE SIM finds out why, pa Page 2 for owners HDB flat owners can now rent out their whole flat and move to their99 words
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Article, Illustration304 2003-02-18 2 Julie Sim - By Julie Sim A 4-D punter threw away $30,000 last Saturday. This person had bought a ticket with the winning first prize number of 4455. The crumpled and discarded ticket was found by a part-time cleaner, Ms Tang Poh Leng, 50, at the foodcourt inLianhe Wanbao - 304 words
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351 2003-02-18 2 Sarah Ng - By_ Sarah Ng HOUSING Board flat owners who want to upgrade to private property and rent out their units can now do so legally. It has been legal to sublet a whole HDB flat since Jan 1, but the HDB reported that only351 words
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Article127 2003-02-18 2 FLAT owners must seek Housing Board approval before they sublet their homes, and will be held responsible for any infringement of rules by their sub-tenants. Sub-tenants must be Singapore citizens, permanent residents or noncitizens holding Singapore blue identity cards, employment passes, work permits or127 words
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Article, Illustration499 2003-02-18 3 Zubaidah Nazeer - St Patrick’s centre gives students taste of school’s past By Zubaidah Nazeer AN old boy of St Patrick’s School, Mr Eu Wing Kee, 74, remembers the time when he and his classmates had to wash bloodstains from a classroom used as a makeshift mortuary during theClarence Chan - 499 words
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Article, Illustration552 2003-02-18 4 Hyundai boss admits to Pyongyang payoff; banned from travel “IT is hard to control Chung Mong Hun when he talks,” a Hyundai official had once quipped about his group chairman. Ironically, analysts say, he spoke so much of the interKorean relations that his company went outAP - 552 words
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182 2003-02-18 4 MELBOURNE More than half of all workers have nightmares about their jobs. A survey found that the most frequent nightmare was having an argument with the boss, followed by being late for an important meeting and lusting after a colleague. Such dreams182 words
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Article120 2003-02-18 4 LONDON “Can I buy you a drink?” was found in a survey to be the most successful chat-up line for young Britons trying to break the ice, Ananova.com said on Sunday. Some runners-up were “You don’t know me, but I dreamt about you last night”, “Did120 words
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126 2003-02-18 6 BUZZ STOP HALL 2, one of 15 hostels in Nanyang Technological University (NTU), was fined $2,000 for cheating at this year’s inter-hall championships. It tampered with its list of residents to include team players who did not stay there, attempted “ballot stuffing”126 words
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Article, Illustration72 2003-02-18 6 The bridge to replace Malaysia’s half of the Causeway will look like a harp from the air, as shown in this artist’s impression published recently in Berita Marian Malaysia. The developer of the bridge, Gerbang Perdana Sdn Bhd, said that it will be completed by the end ofBERITA HARIAN MALAYSIA - 72 words
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Article152 2003-02-18 6 Free-trade agreement Reuters AN Australia-Singapore free-trade deal that gives tariff-free access to $9.9 billion of trade was signed yesterday. The trade pact, the first signed by Canberra in 20 years, gives Australia a foothold in Asia for its banking, legal and educational service industries and is– Reuters - 152 words
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Article142 2003-02-18 6 Nightclub stampede -AP HUNDREDS of people stormed the exits of a crowded Chicago nightclub after a disturbance early yesterday, killing at least 21 people, police said. Club-goer Reggie Clark said: “Everybody smashed, people crying, couldn’t breathe. Two women next to me died. A guy under-AP - 142 words
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Article123 2003-02-18 6 HI Training venues identified FIFTY-FOUR training venues for Malaysia’s national service programme, which will be launched next year, have been selected, a Straits Times report says today. The chairman of the Cabinet Committee on National Service, Defence Minister Najib Tun Razak, said that it had identified123 words
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Article95 2003-02-18 6 AP LONDON’S new congestion charging experiment designed to ease traffic gridlock in the capital went into force yesterday. From 7am, drivers were charged £5 (Ssl4) a day to get into London’s centre. “There will be some problems, but by Easter this will have worked,” London Mayor– AP - 95 words
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Article89 2003-02-18 6 SINGAPORE’S key non-oil domestic exports rose 18.4 per cent last month from a year ago to an all-time January high of $lO billion. This was well beyond the average of a 1.1 per cent increase predicted by 10 financial institutions, The Straits Times reports today. While89 words
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Article93 2003-02-18 6 -AP SINGAPORE retail sales rose 8.3 per cent in December from a year earlier on strong Christmas sales and a rush to beat the January goods and services tax hike, the Department of Statistics said yesterday. Singaporeans bought more cars, computers and telephones in December,-AP - 93 words
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Article99 2003-02-18 6 DTZ Debenham Tie Leung has been charged with cutting down a rare tree in a gazetted conservation area under the Parks and Trees Act. The property management company, in a letter published in The Straits Times’ Forum Page, said it accepted full responsibility for felling a 150-year-old99 words
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Financial
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Article, Illustration899 2003-02-18 9 Janice Wong - Roger Hamilton, author of a management bestseller, calls himself a serial entrepreneur. He set up companies, only to see them go under or downsize. But he says he’s the better for it This is part of a series on young Singaporean entrepreneurs jA By JaniceFrancis Lee - 899 words
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Article, Illustration365 2003-02-18 11 Fuel prices, travel slack, flight diversions the main worries: CEO Wire services Singapore An Iraq war probably hurt Singapore earnings in the next u siness year because of 4 operating costs and a Ruction in travel, CEO Cheong Choong Kong said Yesterday. “It will– Wire services; AFP - 365 words
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Article62 2003-02-18 11 Bloomberg SINGAPORE Airlines shares may gain 50 per cent in the next six months on expectations that an Iraq war would end quickly, ING Financial Markets predicted yesterday. A swift war will take away the current US$5-US$7 a barrel oil premium, said ING analyst Philip Wickham,– Bloomberg - 62 words
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329 2003-02-18 11 Chug Kong Ho - By Chug Kong Ho TONY FERNANDES’ ex pansion of Air Asia has re gional airline executives ln creasingly concerned. Come March 1, Air Asia, Much claims to be Asia’s first a °~ffills budget airline, will fly ail y between Kuala Lumpur and329 words
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Article102 2003-02-18 11 Bloomberg SINGAPORE PSA Corp yesterday said it will fire 800 workers here, its first staff cut since 1992. Last Friday, PSA said it would transfer assets worth $lB2 million to Temasek Holdings to focus on running ports. “A major change could be coming,” said– Bloomberg - 102 words
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Article106 2003-02-18 11 Reuters SINGAPORE DBS will lower its prime rate by 0.25 per cent to 4.25 per cent from today. The cuts will affect housing and car loans pegged to the prime rate, DBS said. The move could see UOB and OCBC Bank cutting their rates– Reuters - 106 words
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Article95 2003-02-18 11 Bloomberg KUALA LUMPUR Malayan Banking yesterday said that second-quarter profit rose 38 per cent. Net income rose to RM525.2 million (*****.48 million) in the three months ended Dec 31, compared with RM381.3 million a year earlier. The bank will pay a 35 sen first-half– Bloomberg - 95 words
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Article, Illustration328 2003-02-18 12 Chairman Woo’s family to pay sl32m for businesses Bloomberg HONGKONG Wheelock Co yesterday said that chairman Peter Woo’s family has agreed to pay HK5589.8 million (S$ 132.64 million) for its retail units. Proceeds from the sale, which includes department stores Lane Crawford, Joyce and– Bloomberg; Bloomberg - 328 words
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419 2003-02-18 12 STI: 1,301.19 27.71 Reuters SHARES, which fell to a 17-month low last week, powered ahead yesterday for the second consecutive session on buying in banks and technology stocks. The buying gained momentum in the afternoon after Singapore said its January exports surged a surprising. – Reuters - 419 words
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Article25 2003-02-18 12 *AS AT FEBRUARY l 7 US$: 551.755 552.815 EURO: Ssl.BBo Ss: 68.59 YEN Ss: RM2.165 Ss: HK54.445 Ss: 24.57 BAHT Ss: 5,079 RUPIAH25 words
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230 2003-02-18 12 Bloomberg KARACHI Pakistan’s money-changers say a new rule requiring them to use two official dealers to trade currencies other than the US dollar outside the country will revive illegal trading and weaken the rupee. Money-changers routinely take a variety of currencies other than US– Bloomberg - 230 words
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Comment
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Article, Illustration697 2003-02-18 13 KHUSHWAINT SINGH - By] KHUSHWAINT SINGH ADOLF Hitler had a little one. Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has a bushy °ne. And from Hollywood to Bollywood, it inevitably distinguishes the bad guys from the good. No wonder moustaches have such a bad name, and some Singapore school Principals are trying697 words
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Article, Illustration244 2003-02-18 14 THE recent Consumers Association of Singapore (Case) initiative to improve transparency in hospital billing is welcome. There are two areas Case could give attention to: the simplification of the bill format and a better way to account for many incidentals incurred during hospitalisation. The format of244 words
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Article134 2003-02-18 14 AFTER reading the report “This view is not guaranteed” (Streats, Feb 10), I would like to point out that it is not only high-rise developments that block views. Neither is it solely an issue of scenery because living comfort can also be affected. And134 words
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Article104 2003-02-18 14 I REFER to Mr Tan Kok Tim’s letter, “Hidden resources worth tapping” (Streats, Feb 14), in which he suggested developing new sources of water. Our investigations so far have not confirmed that there is any significant groundwater resources available for municipal supply. As part of our plan104 words
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Article170 2003-02-18 14 I REFER to the letter “Dog poo left in public places” (Streats, Feb 7) by Mr Kumar Thangavalu. We agree with the writer’s points and also urge dog owners and maids to pick up their dogs’ poo after their dogs defecate in public places.170 words
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Article167 2003-02-18 14 I REFER to the report “Use futures for hedging risk and short selling” (Streats, Feb 14). As an active trader of derivatives (futures and options) for more than 10 years, I urge retail stock investors to be very cautious about using futures for hedging risk167 words
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Article126 2003-02-18 14 I AM in total agreement with the points Mr Conrad Raj made in his commentary “How about freeing up the home loan market?” (Streats, Feb 17). Some questions that I would like to pose are: Why, if they insist on not allowing 100 per cent home loans,126 words
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Article78 2003-02-18 14 MS Lin Ming Huey’s recounting of her experience in her letter “Driver snatched my wallet” (Streats, Feb 14) left me amazed that she had the gall to complain. All commuters should scan their cards when alighting. To do so before might be construed as dishonest. The78 words
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Medical
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Article114 2003-02-18 16 CHILDREN with untreated attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are more likely to have a gambling problem, according to a theory being tested in Melbourne, Australia, reported The Herald Sun yesterday. Said researcher Richard Spence-Thomas: “They have higher risks of developing problems with alcohol abuse, higher114 words
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Article, Illustration235 2003-02-18 16 Plant extract can help some dementia patients LONDON Researchers from China say that taking a ginseng compound can help stroke patients who suffer a form of memory loss called moderate vascular dementia, caused by damage to the blood vessels leading to the brain, reported BBC News Online235 words
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Article79 2003-02-18 16 I always experience mucusw ny e discharge on the first few days of my menstruation. Is this normal? |fl Menstruation may start slow with JL mucus-like discharge or with immediate flow of blood. The amount of bleeding varies with each person and with each menstrual cycle, so there79 words
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Global
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Article, Illustration694 2003-02-18 18 Chirac suggests honourable retreat for Bush PARIS A military assault on Iraq won’t help get rid of the threat of terrorism, according to French President Jacques Chirac. It will instead “create a large number of little (Osama) bin Ladens”, he said in an interview withAFP - 694 words
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Article, Illustration258 2003-02-18 18 LOS ANGELES US health authorities are preparing to end a 10-year suspension on silicone breast implants (picture), The Australian reported yesterday. Latest evidence indicates that women with the implants run no significant risk to their health, and the US Food and Drug AdministrationAFP - 258 words
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Article187 2003-02-18 18 DENPASAR Twenty-six suspects arrested for the Bali bomb blasts have been allowed to sunbathe for half an hour in the morning. Ghufron and Amrozi, the alleged field operator and transport organiser, were among those sunbathing inside the Bali police headquarters on Sunday, the Sydney Morning Herald187 words
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Advertisement146 2003-02-18 19 Streats proudly presents H s c > 9 x W 2 NIGHTS ONLY 22 23 Feb, Bpm, Theatre, Esplanade Theatres on the Bay Choreographed by multi-award winning Maria Pages, Flamenco Republico is a dazzling dance show, Contrasting emotions replace the conventional narrative. Set in an imaginary country ruled by the146 words
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Article, Illustration825 2003-02-18 20 Valentine’s Day may be over, but the Romancing Singapore festival is in fall swing. And with the Singapore Food Festival around the comer, cooking something special is an ideal way to show your love, right? Not quite, says GREGORYLEOW HERE is what I did forPics: Clarence Chan - 825 words
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Article, Illustration539 2003-02-18 21 YVONNE KWOK - Tonight’s episode ofPCK, which makesfan of Pierre Png’s sacrifice for Andrea De Cruz, shows just how difficult it is being an artiste Tellytubby By YVONNE KWOK LIFE as an artiste is sometimes compared to signing a contract with the devil. To understand why such comparisons are made, see539 words
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Article, Illustration231 2003-02-18 23 IF your cup of tea is less dance and more singing, then you will just love our next event, the Streats Explore A Cappella Festival 2003, from Feb 28 to March 16. The performers are: Neri Per Caso (Italy): This male sextet presents contemporary a cappella. On March231 words
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Article, Illustration137 2003-02-18 23 festival fringe at scotts, 3-4 PM AND 7-BPIVI THE audience can cast votes for their favourite a cappella groups, from Feb 28 to March 9, and win prizes. Feb 28: Streats Harmony Awards semi-final. March 1-2: Special appearance and autograph session by Neri Per Caso. March 7-9: One-Mouth137 words
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Article, Illustration115 2003-02-18 24 DOG sled races are being cancelled right and left in With a week of warm temperatures I February is the coldest month the regular 30cm of snow has melted. The 30-year-old Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race will now start further north, near Fairbanks, officials have toldPic Clarence Chan - 115 words
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Tune in TV & MOVIE NEWS
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Article, Illustration44 2003-02-18 24 Midnight, Channel i Kramer raves about wearing clothes straight out of the dryer. When he runs out of coins for the dryer, he starts to use an oven to dry his clothes, just so that he can wear them when they’re still warm.44 words
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Article61 2003-02-18 24 10pm, HBO (SCV6O) Matthew Shepard was a bright 21-year-old college student who made the headlines in the most unfortunate circumstances he was brutally murdered in the remote fields of the Wyoming countryside. This film, based on a true story, chronicles the painful trial that his family61 words
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Happenin’
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Article, Illustration56 2003-02-18 24 A LYRIC EVENING BY RAY LUCK Tomorrow, 6.30 pm NUS Theatrette (LTI3) Free American pianist Ray Luck presents a varied programme of Mozart, Field, Chopin, Schumann and Barber. The repertoire covers a wide range of musical styles from the Classical period of Mozart’s Sonata in B Flat Major to56 words
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Article55 2003-02-18 24 DESENSITISING RACE RELATIONS IN SINGAPORE Tomorrow, 12.30 pm Singapore Management University (469, Bukit Timah Road, Wee Kim Wee Centre, Meeting Room 2, #O3-31, Business Block) Free MP Zainul Abidin Rasheed will speak on the importance of maintaining racial harmony in Singapore. He will also touch on national and regional55 words
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Advertisement69 2003-02-18 24 If you wish to have your event highlighted in Happenin’, e-mail Streats at streats@sph.com.sg or fax 6319-8191 Barcelona and Holland striker Patrick Kluivert picks his top five strikers in this year’s Champions League Hotline: isoo-7 33 44 55 e-mail: tnp@sph.com.sg TOP ers x IP* 0 tk Lianhe Zaobao Tianjin, China's69 words
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Miscellaneous465 2003-02-18 24 'Your AQUARIUS JAN 20-FEB 18 PISCES FEB 19-MAR 20 by Kelli Fox at Astrobgy.com Freedom of association allows you to find a better team. Now that you know what’s right, you’re okay with proving yourself all over again. A steep investment eventually takes you higher. In the struggle between intellect465 words
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Sports
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Article, Illustration200 2003-02-18 25 -AFP Manchester England skipper David Beckham (right) needed stitches in a head wound after being struck in the face by a boot kicked by a furious Alex Ferguson following the FA Cup 2-0 defeat by Arsenal on Saturday, ft was reported yesterday. The club refused-AFP; Reuters - 200 words
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Article, Illustration510 2003-02-18 25 Victory over Man United boosts Arsenal’s confidence in Europe Wire services CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Arsenal vAjax LONDON After the convincing win over Manchester United last Saturday in the FA Cup, manager Arsene Wenger is confident that Arsenal can go all the way in the Champions League. This year’s– Wire services; Reuters - 510 words
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Article142 2003-02-18 25 Reuters LONDON Champion Arsenal has been drawn to play Chelsea in a repeat of last season’s FA Cup final when the draw for the quarter-finals was made yesterday. Arsenal, 15-8 favourite to win the cup again, will be at home when they meet on the weekend– Reuters - 142 words
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440 2003-02-18 26 Wire services AUCKLAND A battered Team New Zealand faces a make-or-break challenge today when it confronts Switzerland’s Alinghi for the third race in defence of the America’s Cup. Team New Zealand trails 0-2 in the best-of-nine series. Skipper Dean Barker and Team New– Wire services - 440 words
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Article, Illustration691 2003-02-18 26 r Lim Han Ming - Michael Chang’s Ms Right: Chinese and devout Christian r Lim Han Ming THE long wait may soon be over. Bachelor boy Michael Chang (left), who stirred the hearts of countless Asian girls in the past decade, is finally ready to settle down. But it cannot be any girl.691 words
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Article, Illustration646 2003-02-18 27 Tan Kim Han - By Tan Kim Han “A GOOD diet cannot make an average athlete elite, but a poor diet can make an elite athlete average”. Well-known exercise physiologist David Costill’s sound advice was given to a group of housewives recentlyFrancis Lee - 646 words
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Article81 2003-02-18 27 GOLF Reuters LA JOLLA, California Tiger Woods marked his first tournament this year by firing a closing four-under-par 68 to win the US$4.5 million (Ss7.B million) Buick Invitational by four strokes from Sweden’s Carl Pettersson on Sunday. The world No 1 finished with a 16-under– Reuters - 81 words
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Article80 2003-02-18 27 BADMINTON -AFP KUALA LUMPUR What will new badminton hero Muhammad Hafiz Hashim get from the government for becoming the first Malaysian in 37 years to win the All-England championships? Nothing, according to Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, who yesterday said the player must not be corrupted with monetary-AFP - 80 words
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Article102 2003-02-18 27 BASKETBALL -AP LOS ANGELES LA Lakers star Shaquille O’Neal sat out Sunday’s game against the New York Knicks because of soreness in his left knee. Knicks won 117-110. He had earlier said he would take the anti-inflammatory drug Indocin to ease the pain and play. But O’Neal was-AP - 102 words
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Miscellaneous64 2003-02-18 27 IN THE LIVING ROOM CRICKET: World Cup: West Indies v Bangladesh (Pay-Per-View Ch 37, 4pm). SAILING: America’s Cup Finals, Race 3 (ESPN Ch 23, Bam). SOCCER: Football Focus: ‘On The Road’ In Singapore (ESPN Ch 23, 8.30 pm). Champions League: Arsenal v Ajax (Star Sports Ch 24, tomorrow, 3.30 am),64 words
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