Streats, 28 May 2003
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Title Section10 2003-05-28 1 Streats WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 2003 E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg ivhta <p> 111/03/200310 words
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Article, Illustration601 2003-05-28 1 Khushwant Singh - Temperatures soar to near record, boosting aircon sales and tours to cool climes By Khushwant Singh THE sweltering heat has been sending people scurrying from air-conditioned building to air-conditioned building, despite the advice from health authorities that places with natural ventilation are less risky during the Sars outbreak.601 words
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Advertisement47 2003-05-28 1 EXPANDING W Christine Laimer wants her Food From The Heart charity to reach more people PAGE 2 Tan Kok ioo will rent you books online and deliver them PAGE 4 CONTRACTING Jf Former model Hanis Hussey has cut her golf handicap 36 to 8 PAGE 30 from47 words
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Morning Rush
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Article, Illustration565 2003-05-28 2 r Zubaidah Nazeer - Food From The Heart founder wants to expand menu for needy to include processed food By r Zubaidah Nazeer FRESH from her success in distributing unsold bread which would otherwise be dumped by bakeries to the needy, Mrs Christine Laimer, 42, is now training her565 words
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Article, Illustration78 2003-05-28 2 Khushwant Singh - -By Khushwant Singh Assistant Superintendent of Police Phillip Mah (above), 42, together with 250 police officers and members of the National Police Cadet Corps, will spend a whole night cycling for 120 km on June 14-15 to raise funds for the Community Chest The event is part ofEdwin Koo —n - 78 words
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Article, Illustration526 2003-05-28 3 Crisis meeting ends with no deal; more talks slated for next week Wire services CRISIS talks between Singapore Airlines’ management and its pilots’ union ended inconclusively yesterday, with SIA pilots refusing to budge from their stand that the company axe foreign-based pilots. “There wasWire services - 526 words
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Article, Illustration563 2003-05-28 4 Choong Choon Yee - Two friends launch online service that offers 1,000 titles for loan with free delivery, collection thrown in By. Choong Choon Yee TWO friends have struck on a way to take out the hassle of going to the library. In February, Mr Tan Kok Joo (pictured)Francis LeM - 563 words
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134 2003-05-28 8 BUZZSTOP WOMEN beat men 5 to 3, Citibank found in a recent survey of its customers, The figures refer to the average number of credit cards the sexes in Singapore hold. “Women are a big part of our consumer segment,” Mr134 words
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Article, Illustration63 2003-05-28 8 Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti rehearsing on Monday for his annual Pavarotti and Friends charity concert scheduled for yesterday at the Novi Sad in Modena, Italy. In its 10th year, the show is dedicated to the humanitarian operations of the UN High Commission for Refugees. The concertAP - 63 words
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Article128 2003-05-28 8 Weak sales numbers Reuters SINGAPORE’S services industry suffered a drop in income in the first quarter, hurt by weaker insurance, real estate, professional and transport businesses, official data showed yesterday. Except for medical and financial services, all components of the business receipts index fell even before– Reuters - 128 words
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Article138 2003-05-28 8 Inkjet alert MODERN digital colour printers are so cheap and the print quality so high that with a £lOO (Ss2B3) printer, you can now copy just about anything, including fake banknotes, warned De La Rue, the world leader in security printing. In a document to138 words
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Article142 2003-05-28 8 On-line shopping LESS than a quarter of the 1.27 million Internet users in Singapore shop on-line. The Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) puts the figure at 21 per cent, while international research firm IDC said it is 24 per cent. In any case, it is142 words
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Article101 2003-05-28 8 -AFP THAILAND’S King Bhumibol Adulyadej will be granted a patent, his fourth, for developing an artificial rain-making technique, an official at the Intellectual Property Department said yesterday. The official declined to give details of the technique as the office planned to register the patent abroad.-AFP - 101 words
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Article81 2003-05-28 8 -AFP MALAYSIA will buy a fleet of used jet fighters from New Zealand, and 12 new helicopters from Britain and France for its navy, officials said yesterday. These are part of Malaysia’s military upgrading programme, which has been revived after being derailed by the 1997/98 Asian-AFP - 81 words
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Article100 2003-05-28 8 Reuters SINGLE Britons have a new way of finding a partner by advertising their charms on a billboard. The first hoarding depicting 16 hopefuls went up in Birmingham this week, alongside the slogan, “Who dares dates”, and a telephone number for passers-by to call. “People just love– Reuters - 100 words
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Article82 2003-05-28 8 -AFP THE director-general of the Arabic-language satellite TV station Al Jazeera has been sacked, Qatari sources said yesterday, amid allegations that he worked with Saddam Hussein’s intelligence services. Mr Mohammed Jassem al-Ali had held the top job at the Doha-based station since it was launched in-AFP - 82 words
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SARS UPDATE
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Article46 2003-05-28 6 Change from yesterday TREATED AND DISCHARGED 165 IN HOSPITAL 9 (IN CRITICAL CONDITION 5) DEAD 31 TOTAL NO OF CASES 206* INDEX CASES 7 SUSPECT CASES 1 UNDER OBSERVATION 5 +3 UNDER HOME QUARANTINE 456 -54 Includes one case who died from non-Sars causes46 words
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Article, Illustration37 2003-05-28 6 These stray cats were taken to a pet farm by animal lovers yesterday. The animal lovers are trying to save the cats from the Agri-Food Veterinary Authority's drive to have them euthanised APAP - 37 words
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205 2003-05-28 6 Reuters HONG KONG Scientists in Hong Kong and China have developed a potential vaccine for Sars which they will soon test on animals, a microbiologist on the team said yesterday. Laboratories worldwide have been racing to find a cure and a vaccine– Reuters - 205 words
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435 2003-05-28 6 MINISTRY of Home Affairs (MHA) Permanent Secretary Tan Guong Ching has sent a written response to the Malaysian government over repeated allegations in the country’s media about Singapore’s handling of the Sars outbreak. Mr Tan’s letter was delivered on Saturday to the secretary-general of Malaysia’s435 words
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Financial
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Article, Illustration569 2003-05-28 10 Choong Choon Yee - The shop will offer a high-tech, low-cost, Balinese-feel experience Choong Choon Yee SOME people believe that you can always improve on a good idea. One of them is Mr Wong Seng Chak, 54. He is setting up a hair salon which offers low-cost,Choong Choon Yee - 569 words
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240 2003-05-28 10 Bloomberg SINGAPORE Keppel Corp, SembCorp Marine and other Singapore marine companies’ sales rose 8.4 per cent to a record last year, bolstered by more ship repairs and higher demand for upgraded oil rigs and offshore production structures. The marine companies had record salesBloomberg - 240 words
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Article141 2003-05-28 10 Bloomberg SINGAPORE Nat Steel Ltd’s controlling shareholder said it will support a measure to allow Mr Oei Hong Leong to receive a dividend in stock, in a bid to win the financier’s support for the dividend plan. Mr Oei, who owns 29.9 per cent of NatBloomberg - 141 words
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Article67 2003-05-28 10 Bloomberg SINGAPORE Corruption costs Asian nations excluding Singapore up to one-sixth of their gross domestic product, and governments sometimes pay as much as 100 per cent more for goods and services because of graft in procurement, the Asian Development Bank said yesterday. Bangladesh, Indonesia, Vietnam, theBloomberg - 67 words
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Article79 2003-05-28 10 Reuters KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia’s top car maker, state-controlled Proton, yesterday announced plans for a major reorganisation, which some analysts saw as a surprise move to pave the way for a new foreign partner. Proton said it would establish a new holding company to take over its listing– Reuters - 79 words
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Article81 2003-05-28 10 Bloomberg HONG KONG HSBC Holdings pic, facing a backlash over a US$3O million (5551.7 million) payment it will make to its top US official, Mr William Aldinger, if he’s fired, avoided criticism at a meeting in Hong Kong when shareholder Ng Hui Lam read aBloomberg - 81 words
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Article, Illustration543 2003-05-28 11 ChuaKongHo - By_ ChuaKongHo WHEN 62-year-old grandfather Tan Ah Kow drives into a neighbourhood, he instinctively looks out for a quiet spot to park, away from crowds and curious onlookers. Together with partner Sahari Bin Ani, 40, the duo fetches stricken patients who suspect they have Sars to Tanmmm - 543 words
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Article383 2003-05-28 12 STI: 1,325.30 10.04 SHARES broke a threesession winning streak and dipped yesterday as investors booked profits in blue chips such as City Developments, but the mood was still cautiously upbeat. Neptune Orient Lines soared after posting robust quarterly results. “The market is just digesting some of383 words
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Article24 2003-05-28 12 AS AT MAY 27 US$: 551.724 EURO: 552.049 Ss: RM2.204 Ss: 24.17 BAHT 552.830 Ss: 67.75 YEN Ss: HK54.524 Ss: 4,756 RUPIAH24 words
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Article, Illustration597 2003-05-28 13 Private equity firm denies using political connections to win defence contracts LONDON The Carlyle Group is one of the largest private equity firms in the world. In 16 years, it has been able to realise a 34 per cent rate of return on investment forReuters - 597 words
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Article, Illustration360 2003-05-28 15 Adviser worries about keeping up with Toyota AP TOKYO Despite having racked up its best profits in a half century of existence and earned a quality rankipg that US carmakers can only wish for, Honda’s former president is calling the No 2 Japanese carmaker “inferior”AP - 360 words
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Advertisement130 2003-05-28 11 Manulife Financial and Streats honour the people in thefrontline ofthefight j su against Sars y ti “Mvu A Tribute To Healthcare Workers Our heartfelt thanks to all healthcare workers for their tireless commitment and dedicated efforts in overcoming SAKS. Join us in appreciating our healthcare workers. Simply pen your words130 words
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Global
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Article298 2003-05-28 16 Terror groups not the only concern: experts NEW YORK -As the US remains on a heightened state of alert for terrorist attacks, US terrorism experts express concern about people who are not part of organised groups such as A 1 Qaeda, but are inclined to298 words
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Article, Illustration37 2003-05-28 16 A man taking photos at the Temple, which has been relocated brick by brick 32km up the Yangtze River. The 1,700-year-old temple honours an ancient hero of the Three Kingdoms era named Zhang Fei APAP - 37 words
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Article, Illustration390 2003-05-28 18 Bankers say there are more illegal cash hoards in Jordan and Lebanon BAGHDAD If even a fraction of the money spirited away by members of deposed Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and his family is found, Iraq’s recovery and reconstruction will get a boost. The rebuilding exerciseAFP - 390 words
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Article, Illustration203 2003-05-28 20 THE abandonment of two civet cats in Bedok and Serangoon was obviously sparked by the recent release of the results of research which suggests that the animal could be the source of Sars. It’s clear that the actions of the animals’ owners were cruel.203 words
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155 2003-05-28 20 I WAS having breakfast at the Raffles City Burger King outlet at around 9am on Sunday when I saw an elderly employee of the restaurant walk to an isolated comer, take off each of her shoes in turn and wipe them with a piece of cloth.155 words
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Article341 2003-05-28 20 I REFER to Ms Chua Ai Hoon’s letter, “Give newlyweds priority in flat purchase” (Streats, May 22). Ms Chua suggested that first-time buyers should be given priority in the Walk-in Selection (WIS) exercises. We would like to explain that these flats were earlier offered to applicants341 words
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Article225 2003-05-28 20 YET another case of employees being left without wages was reported in “Expats falling foul of contract clause” (Streats, May 22). The law, as it stands, does not help these employees. When companies are insolvent or placed under judicial management, employees’ wages and CPF contributions are225 words
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131 2003-05-28 20 OF the 60,000-strong civil service, it is noteworthy that only the top 400 will be affected by recently announced pay cuts. The rest will still be rewarded with a one-quarter of a month mid-year bonus despite all the warnings that Singapore is facing131 words
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Article329 2003-05-28 21 I REFER to “Workshop slams insurers” (Streats, May 26), a report by Mr Chua Kong Ho. Mr Joey Lim, chairman of the Singapore Motor Workshop Association, was quoted as saying: “It’s misleading to compare the average cost per claim of a third-party claim and329 words
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239 2003-05-28 21 WE thank Mr Edmond Rodrigues for his comments on Ml’s Missed Call Alert (MCA) service (“Ml’s opt-out scheme”, Streats, May 22). MCA was introduced in response to strong feedback from our customers about missing important calls while overseas. MCA alerts customers to missed calls239 words
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Advertisement85 2003-05-28 20 HAVE YOUR SAY E-mail us at StreatS@sph,COm.Sg or write to The Editor, Streats, News Centre, 1000 Toa Payoh North, Singapore *****4. You should include your name, address and contact number. We reserve the right to edit your letters for brevity and clarity. By your writing to us, it shall be85 words
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Advertisement84 2003-05-28 21 Rediscover Travel Joys Exciting Places Cool Happenings New Discoveries Read Streats/NATAS Special Feature Thursday 29 May 2003 If you are between 18 and 25 years of age, join Open to Singaporeans Only Closing date: 15/06/2003 Beneficiaries: I MORAIHOME Beauty with a Purpose Charity Dinner: Friday Ist August 2003, Neptune Theatre84 words
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Medical
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Article, Illustration225 2003-05-28 22 Traffic fumes cause kids’ breathing woes, study finds Reuters LONDON Pollution from heavy traffic can make children more susceptible to asthma, wheezing and coughs, scientists said yesterday. Teams of researchers from Taiwan and Germany have shown that chemicals in vehicle exhausts lead to an increased riskReuters - 225 words
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Article191 2003-05-28 22 Q Is it normal for a two-year-old child to pass motion every four tofive days instead of daily? What can be done to make him go to the toilet more regularly? AIT IS fine to go only once every four to five days if the stools are not191 words
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Article233 2003-05-28 22 Oh Boon Ping - By Oh Boon Ping IN the wake of the Sars’ outbreak, health surely assumes greater importance than wealth. And one of the unseen but growing problems to look out for is fungal skin infections. The National Skin Centre (NSC) treated 2,628 patients for fungal infections in233 words
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Advertisement23 2003-05-28 22 Learn more about fungal skin infections in a six-part series brought to you by Streats and Canesten Canesten Erases fungal problems Bayer Healthcare23 words
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Article, Illustration684 2003-05-28 24 Yvonne Kwok - By Yvonne Kwok He almost didn’t get the role in What A Girl Wants. But thanks to an ex-girlfriend and a brilliant walk-in audition, British hottie Oliver James may just be Hollywood’s Next Big Thing ASK Oliver James how he became an actor and he’ll tell684 words
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Article, Illustration122 2003-05-28 24 YOU could say that great minds think alike. But why oh why can’t movie-makers find their own guys to focus on? First came the battle for Alexander the Great between directors Oliver Stone and Baz Luhrmann (until Luhrmann threw in the towel and delayed production on122 words
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Article, Illustration85 2003-05-28 24 JENNIFER Lopez has revealed that former boyfriend P Diddy’s cheating drove her mad with jealousy. She used to bang on hotel doors to try and catch the rapper with another woman, reported Ananova.com yesterday. She told The Sun: “I never caught him but I85 words
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Article125 2003-05-28 24 THE new Jim Carrey comedy, Bruce Almighty, is leaving at least one woman unamused the movie features her phone number. In the film, God (Morgan Freeman) tries to reach Bruce (Carrey) by repeatedly leaving his phone number on his pager. Unfortunately, the number is the cellphone number of125 words
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Article, Illustration506 2003-05-28 25 Gary Lim - B v Gary Lim HE is a history and social studies teacher. But put Lloyd Yeo on stage and he turns completely wacky, his antics often drawing stares from the audience. Yeo, 33, has been teaching at Montfort Secondary School for more than seven yearsAshlelgh Sim - 506 words
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Article, Illustration479 2003-05-28 26 ACTORS as divergent as Sir Alec Guinness and Charlie Chaplin have played the great dictator, but the most recent to portray Adolf Hitler for film is one relatively unknown Noah Taylor. The England-born, Australia-raised 3 3-year-old, who was the young David Helfgott in479 words
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Article, Illustration99 2003-05-28 27 ONE in six people on the planet, or 1.1 billioiT people, don’t have safe drinking water. The UN aims to make this one in three by 2015, with measures such as rainwater harvesting, which could help two billion people in Asia. Also, city councils in richs PicAshleigh Sim - 99 words
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Tune in TV & MOVIE NEWS
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Article50 2003-05-28 27 8.30 pm, Channel i Johnny helps Arthur, an elderly man, to find Abby, his lost love. When Arthur spots her in New York, Johnny travels there to search for her and becomes increasingly enchanted by her in the visions he has of her as a young woman.50 words
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Article, Illustration53 2003-05-28 27 9pm, Channel 8 Xiaobao faces death calmly. Xifan is unhappy that Kangxi uses a red cloth over Xiaobao’s head to save his reputation. According to the decree that Xifan reads, all of Xiaobao’s wives except Jianning are to become his slaves. But is Xiaobao really53 words
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Happenin’
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Article, Illustration77 2003-05-28 27 CELEISTIAL ENCOUNTERS Tomorrow till June 8; 11.30am--Bpm from Monday to Saturday; 12pm-5.30pm on Sunday Utterly Art (208 South Bridge Road, #O2-01, tel 6226-2605) Free Celestial Encounters juxtaposes a traditional medium, painting (by Parvathi Nayar), with one which is a little more contemporary, photography (by Jason Wee). The two artists77 words
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Article59 2003-05-28 27 INITESTAND Tomorrow till Saturday, 7.30 pm Milieu (Peranakan Place) Tickets at $5l from Ticket Charge (call 6296-2929) End your week on a humourous note with comedians Reg D Hunter from the US, Tom Stade from Canada and Anvil Springstein from the UK. They will give you a quirky perspective59 words
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Advertisement138 2003-05-28 26 class k n Meet the charming Diego Chiarini, Chef de Cuisine of Senso Ristorante, and see how he whips up traditional Italian dishes with a modern touch. He will show you how to create mozarella tomato and watermelon salad, linguine pasta with squid ink sauce and tiramisu a favourite Italian138 words
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Advertisement228 2003-05-28 27 If you are 13 20 years old and interested in CHEERLEADING and DANCE, then sign up for Soul Ark’s REACH Cheerleading Camp 2003. 9th 13th June 2003 9 a.m. 5 p.tn. 16th-20th June 2003 Program Highlights Get Dance Classes, tips on Stunt Techniques and learn Cheers Chants by experienced and228 words
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Page 27 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous438 2003-05-28 27 Yourdailyhoroscope by Kelli Fox at Astrology.com AQUARIUS JAN 20 -FEB 18 Aquarius is easily bored or exhausted. You’re perturbed about how the past and future seem to be merging. This moment is going on forever, which is entirely too long for you. GEMINI *-0 MAY 21-JUN2I Secrets are slippery things.438 words
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Sports
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Article, Illustration193 2003-05-28 28 LA MANGA, Spain You have to hand it to Wayne Rooney the young soccer star is scoring on and off the field. The England striker showed his talent as he strayed offside with girlfriend Colleen McLoughlin on a Spanish beach on Monday, reported The Sun newspaper. TheSolarplx - 193 words
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Article, Illustration538 2003-05-28 28 Ukrainian marksman hopes to continue good scoring form against Juventus CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL Juventus v AC Milan MANCHESTER If there was a Milan player who has performed when it mattered most this season, that man has to be striker supreme Andriy Shevchenko (right). On targetReuters - 538 words
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Article, Illustration374 2003-05-28 29 CARDIFF Dave Jones (right) was the happiest man on Monday (yesterday morning, Singapore time) as Wolverhampton Wanderers ended their 19-year exile from the top flight. Jones has been through hell over the last four years after being sacked by Southampton when heReuters - 374 words
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Article, Illustration473 2003-05-28 29 Tan Kim Han - One name is on most players’ lips when they are injured By Tan Kim Han IF you’re an S-League footballer and you’re injured, you would probably think of Dr Tho Kam San (below). The orthopaedic surgeon has helped patch up several high-profile players, including Sembawang Rangers’ Thai| Tan IKim Han - 473 words
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Article62 2003-05-28 29 NOH Alam Shah missed a penalty but still emerged a hero in Tampines Rovers’ 3-1 win over Sengkang Marine at the Tampines Stadium last night. He scored a brace (47th, 78th) in the Singapore Cup group game and Australian midfielder George Goutzioulis (80th) added another. Sengkang62 words
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Article, Illustration605 2003-05-28 30 GODFREY ROBERT - Former supermodel trades high heels for golf spikes Tee-off with Godfrey By GODFREY ROBERT The Straits Times IT was a steamy, hot afternoon last Friday, yet most golfers at the Green Fairways Driving Range froze and stopped in their tracks when Hanis Hussey (below)The Straits Times; Francis Lee - 605 words
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SOCCER
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Article89 2003-05-28 30 Bloomberg LIVERPOOL Everton are to bid £5 million (Ssl4 million) for Blackburn’s England midfielder David Dunn, the Mirror and the Independent said. Everton’s offer includes an initial £4 million payment, the papers said, and comes after Blackburn previously rejected a Birmingham bid worth as much as £5.5– Bloomberg - 89 words
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Article95 2003-05-28 30 LIVERPOOL Liverpool’s two French starlets will now almost certainly start their Anfield careers next season, reported Soccemet. Pool manager Gerard Houllier had been undecided about whether to bring 18-year-olds Florent Sinama Pongolle and Anthony Le Tallec to the club for the beginning of next season, or95 words
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Article102 2003-05-28 30 BASKETBALL Reuters PHILADELPHIA Larry Brown resigned as coach of the Philadelphia 76ers on Monday after six seasons. Said Brown: “I didn’t want to hold this franchise back and I felt by staying here, I’d do that.” The 62-year-old, considered a candidate for coaching vacancies in Cleveland and– Reuters - 102 words
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Article, Illustration421 2003-05-28 31 Hewitt and Clijsters cruise into round 2 AFP PARIS Paris in springtime puts a spring in the step of young lovers. The French Open is no different, given the speed with which former finalist Kim Clijsters (above) and Lleyton Hewitt dispatched their firstround rivals yesterday. Belgian secondAFP; Reuters - 421 words
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Article262 2003-05-28 31 Reuters PARIS Andre Agassi, at the grand old age of 33, breezed through the first round at the French Open, but the elder statesman is in no mood to pass on his winning formula to anyone else. “You don’t win a tournament without there being– Reuters - 262 words
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