Today, 15 December 2000, Afternoon Edition

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    9 1 TODAY Friday December 15, 2000 MITAIPI 138 II *****
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      No proof against SilkAir pilot
      549 1  -  Ng Hwee Koon Ng Boon Yian He wasn't in a money mess, says final report by and boonyian@newstoday.com.sg hweekoon@newstoday.com.sg FOR three long years after Silk Air MI-185 crashed, the accusing finger has been aimed most pointedly at Captain Tsu Way Ming, the pilot of the
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      Lock icon Down and down...
      96 1 -Reuters The Nasdaq Composite Index closed down 94.26 points, or 3.34 percent, to 2,728.51. The Dow Jones industrial average staggered lower 119.45 points, or 1.11 percent, to end at 10,674.99, with JP Morgan accounting for more than onethird of the Dow's fall. JP Morgan had joined Chase
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      Lock icon OCBC hires foreigner as CFO
      78 1 Bloomberg News OVERSEA-Chinese Banking Corp has appointed a foreigner, Mr Chris Matten, as chief financial officer, a job which positions him as a possible candidate to succeed chief executive Alex Au. The 42-year-old Briton, who starts on Jan 22, joins the bank from National Australia
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Bomb blown up
      179 2  -  Shazalina Salitn Three days after it's found on dredger off Changi by shazalina@newstoday.com.sg DIVERS from the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) have finally managed to detonate the bomb stuck to a dredger off the coast of Changi East yesterday. The war relic was detected on board the
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      Lock icon Thai politics stuck in quicksand
      123 2 Agencies. BANGKOK Thailand seems set to remain mired in political uncertainty. An opinion poll by Bangkok University yesterday showed that 43.2 per cent of voters were now undecided, up from 40.3 percent in October. Also, the investigation into candidate Thaksin Shinawatra's failure to disclose Ss26
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    • Article
      Bank's online housing loans
      158 2 GET a housing loan online. And get it approved quick time. This is the promise Keppel Tatlee bank is making, with the launch of its new Housing Online Loan Approval service the first of its kind here. And it hopes that this service will increase its
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      Coping with SQ 006 deaths
      254 3 Motorola staff throw themselves into charity work JUST over a month ago, Motorola Electronics Singapore lost four of its employees in the tragic crash of SQ 006. The company is now coming to terms with the loss as it plunges itself into a series of
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      Lock icon Putin pardons US spy
      187 3 Reuters MOSCOW President Vladimir Putin pardoned convicted US spy Edmond Pope yesterday and released him from a 20-year jail sentence because of his poor health and the importance of USRussian relations, the Kremlin said. The pardon, brought relief to Pope's family, who had been concerned that
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      Now comes the hard part
      314 4  -  Jonathan Capehart President-elect Bush must unite a divided nation by in New York BY securing Florida's 25 electoral votes, Texas Governor George W Bush won 271 of the 270 electoral votes needed to win the presidency. His victory avenges his father's 1992 loss to Mr
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    • Article
      Al Gore wins with his concession speech
      387 4  -  Steven Ooi I stevenWnewstoday.com.sg AUSTIN It was a finale befitting an election filled with paradox the loser, Al Gore, was the winner in the final speeches beamed live across the nation. Mixing humour with principle, his concession speech succeeded where his campaign did
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    • Article
      Goodbye, Geylang PD
      189 4  -  Shazalina Salim by slla2alina@newstoday.com.sg FOREIGN criminals operating in Singapore will lose a familiar acquaintance. The Geylang Police Division is closing its doors this Sunday. It is being absorbed and its existing building at Paya Lebar will be converted to Geylang Neighbourhood Policing Centre (NPC) on Monday. Its
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      92 4 READ 0N... No money, only two stones Case tells of Canada scam/6 Singapore's unemployment rate fall The September rate fell to 2.5 per cent in the third quarter/ 10 Rage in Nanjing Pilgrims smash restaurant which replaced 'massacre' monument/16 Shock tactics EU approves tougher health warnings on cigarette packs/18 CheeKen
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  • HOME NEWS
    • Article
      No money, just stones
      296 6  -  Mahesha Thenabadu Case alerts Singaporeans to Canada scam by. IF you get a letter from the Entitlement Bureau Canada, just throw it away. The letter will tell you that you have won a US$5,OOO (558,690) lottery. But you need to send a cheque ranging from US$4O
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      Give us your organs, please!
      295 6  -  Lee Ching Wern by_ SOME 300 people hit the streets yesterday, asking for kidneys, corneas, livers, hearts. Even local celebrities like Evelyn Tan, Michelle Chia, Annabelle Francis (above), Shayn Phua and Taiwanese sensation Kang Jung Chun, tried hard to persuade passersby to give up their
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    • Article
      Good deed man lands in court
      267 6  -  Elaine Quek elaine@newstoday.com.sg IT was a case of good intentions gone horribly wrong. The manager of a construction outfit offered to send three workers to their lodging house at Balestier Road. At the time, he was on his way to delivering some zinc tiles
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    • Article
      Extortion bid
      72 6 THE man who allegedly threatened a family with hurt if they did not give him money was charged with extortion yesterday. Chua Chee Boon, 26, allegedly threatened Mr John Ryan Wright and his family on Dec 12. He is said to have done this at the Simsville condominium
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    • Article
      Not moaners and groaners... our reply
      125 8  -  Lim Soo Khoon I REFER to the article which appeared in Today (Dec 12) captioned "Heartlanders' money grouses". It is disheartening to read that your journalist has described the heartfelt concerns of ordinary citizens as those of moaners and groaners. This is not a
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    • Article
      NUS is no copy cat
      219 8  -  Liza Yeo I REFER to the commentary in Today (Dec 13) headlined "How good is NUS, really?". The writer, Siva Anantham, wrote a paragraph as follows: "The proposed introduction of a core curriculum programme at NUS next year, paralleling the one at Harvard, shows that
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    • Article
      Low was jailed
      31 8 IN Today's report, "Middle finger cabbie jailed" (Dec 14), it was stated that Mr Han was jailed. It was cabbie Low Eng Whye who was jailed three months.
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      The right number
      42 8 IN our report "Open session on using CPF for investments" (Dec 14), a number was given for those interested in the RCS-CPF seminar to fax their card to. The correct number is 252-0938. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Third quarter unemployment rate falls to 2.5 per cent
      207 10 SINGAPORE'S unemployment rate fell to 2.5 per cent in the third quarter the lowest since the 1998 Asian economic crisis. This was down from 3.5 per cent a year ago and the 4.3 per cent peak in December 1998. The Ministry
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      Poor market this year
      643 10 i"* Bottom fell off tech stocks CONTRARY to initial expectations, the year 2000 has not been a good year for most companies listed on the Singapore Exchange. Despite a booming economy, investors did not flock to the stock market, spooked by external factors such as rising
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      Online business information portal for local companies
      228 10  -  Chan Chao Peh By chaopeh@newstoday.corn.sg LEXIS-NEXIS, the global information database provider, has partnered the Trade and Development Board (TDB) to help local small and medium enterprises. They can now subscribe to the online business information portal eßizlnfo where they can gain access to
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      Affin-UOB to buy Amsteel Securities
      118 10 United Overseas Bank said its Malaysian associate Affin-UOB Holdings has agreed to buy Amsteel Securities (Malaysia) for as much as 285 million ringgit (Ssl3o million). The move ties in with the Malaysian government's call to consolidate the stockbroking industry in the country. Once the all-cash
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    • Profit taking
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        Buy on rumour, sell on news
        616 12 SINGAPORE shares closed at their lows on profit taking as Mr Al Gore conceded defeat, marking an end to the US Presidential race. Traders said much of the positive outcome had been factored into prices in the last few sessions and investors were now
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        Easier on low volumes
        560 12 KUALA LUMPUR Another quiet day in the stock market. Makes you wonder about the profitability of the stockbroking industry that is faced with a low daily average market volume of 100,000 lots spread out amongst more than 50 active local stockbroking firms. With lack of positive
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      215 11 W WIA i^V B^» J ~jL 4H ii At Flintasia 2000, parents and children alike can have an unforgettable weekend. There's going to be lots of activities, games and contests with great gifts for the children. And parents can look forward to exciting events, shopping, as well as promotions from
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon What price 160 lives?
      417 14 AFP Australia's attitude 'incredibly callous' SYDNEY Australia's Immigration Minister Philip Ruddock has come under fire for his failure to order a full-scale search-and-rescue operation for 163 illegal immigrants feared drowned in the Timor Sea. Reports from Indonesia on Wednesday said two boats carrying people from various
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      Lock icon Indonesia's President warned of assassination attempt in Aceh
      258 14 Reuters JAKARTA Aceh rebels yesterday warned President Abdurrahman Wahid there may be an attempt to assassinate him during next week's visit to the territory by his Jakarta opponents. Free Aceh Movement (GAM) spokesman, Amni Marzuki, said some of the beleaguered leader's foes
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      Lock icon Hong Kong couples don't get any
      191 14 -Reuters HONG KONG The hustle and bustle of Hong Kong life has taken its toll on the sex lives of many couples. Around one in eight couples in the territory suffer from a lack of sexual desire, mostly the result of daily stress, said
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      Lock icon One for the record books
      42 14 A proud Santa shows off what he hopes will be the world's tallest Christmas stocking in Sydney, Australia. Standing tall at 10.5 metres, it's filled with two tonnes of toys from the Smith Family Charity. Reuters photo
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      Lock icon Now 4 teams hunt for Tommy
      149 14 -AFP JAKARTA Indonesian police have set up four teams, each led by a general, to try to find and apprehend the youngest son of former president Suharto. "Four teams were set up a few days ago technically to track down the whereabouts of Tommy
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    • Rage in Nanjing
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        Pilgrims smash restaurant which replaced 'massacre' monument
        318 16 NANJING Thousands of people marking the anniversary of the 1937 Nanjing Massacre smashed up a newly opened restaurant, the builders of which had torn down a monument dedicated to the victims. Protests began in a Nanjing suburb on Wednesday morning when an army
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        Lock icon Killed before the judge in Kalimantan
        131 16 AFP JAKARTA A mob of hundreds of people broke into a courtroom in Indonesia's West Kalimantan province and killed a defendant on trial for the murder of a money changer. Usnata, 31, was standing trial at the district court in Putussibau on Wednesday when
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        Lock icon Grace to Madonna
        148 16 Reuters LONDON Queen of pop Madonna will look like royalty at her wedding next week she plans to wear a priceless diamond-encrusted tiara that belonged to the late Princess Grace of Monaco. To keep her rock image, however, she will don a pair of diamond-studded cowboy boots
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        Lock icon Yeltsins given all-clear in kickback case
        162 16 -AFP MOSCOW Former Russian president Boris Yeltsin and his family have been officially cleared of wrongdoing in a kickback scandal involving a Swiss firm and the Kremlin top brass. Russian prosecutors announced on Wednesday that they had closed the long-running investigation on Dec 8
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        Lock icon M'sian Chinese want WWII money back
        100 16 Reuters KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's Chinese community is seeking help from the United Nations to have money repaid that it says was taken by the occupying Japanese Army in World War 11. The Federation of Chinese Associations of Malaysia wrote to the Geneva-based High Commissioner
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      Lock icon Yacht flight
      190 17 Reuters Former Peru spymaster sails to Costa Rica LIMA Peru's fugitive ex-spy chief, at the centre of a scandal that sank former president Alberto Fujimori, fled to Costa Rica in October in an island-hop-ping yacht trip. His escape was revealed by military officials, who said they were his
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      Lock icon Guess what's common between bears and us
      105 17 Reuters WEST VIRGINIA Apathy, depression and chronic stress accompanied by skin rashes and hair loss may sound like modern maladies of the human condition. But animal welfare activists say they are some of the milder afflictions suffered by thousands of Asiatic black bears
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      Lock icon Yesterday, once more
      101 17 Reuters LONDON Young girls wept, paparazzi snapped and fans screamed. It was Beatle-mania all over again on Wednesday when Paul McCartney signed copies of his new book Paintings. The crowd thronged the entrance to the bookstore in London's Piccadilly, spilling onto the sidewalk. Their eagerness to see
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      Lock icon Shock tactics
      302 18 Reuters EU approves tougher health warnings on cigarette packs STRASBOURG Graphic photographs of blackened lungs and rotten teeth may be a familiar sight on cigarette packs sold in Europe in JMture. European Union parliamentarians on Wednesday approved legislation calling for tougher health warnings on cigarette packs. The legislation
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      Lock icon Court bid to prevent Becker leaving with children
      320 18 -AFP HAMBURG Tennis star Boris Becker's wife, Barbara, has filed a complaint in the US courts to block her husband from leaving the country with their two sons, Gala magazine has reported in its on-line edition. Mrs Becker, who is currently living
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      Lock icon Candid Camera-style shoot ends in shooting
      244 18 Reuters SAO PAULO A Candid Camerastyle hoax on Brazilian TV ended up as a real drama with an actor arrested on attempted murder charges after shooting a man in the leg. According to the police, during the filming of an episode of humoristic programme
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      Lock icon Estonia to set up gene bank
      118 18 Reuters TALLINN The Estonian parliament has passed a law allowing the creation of a nationwide gene bank that will be a treasure trove for genetics-based health research. The legislators adopted the law which puts tiny Estonia at the forefront of a global ethical and
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      Lock icon Writers pick Traffic
      84 18 Reuters NEW YORK The New York Film Critics Circle has named Traffic, a drama about drug tra fickers, the year's best film, boosting the independent film's chances for the Oscar nominations. Tom Hanks, named best actor for Cast Away, and Laura Linney, who won best actress for
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Getting rich is a matter of luck
      612 20  -  Michael Lewis Dotcom wannabes who've had their fingers burnt may agree or not by In Paris THE financial world is suddenly rich in tragedy. People once worth billions are now worth millions; others, once worth millions, now are straining to make the payments
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      Lock icon The dynasty's destiny
      852 21  -  Neville Stack Britain's crises-laden monarchy may have only one hope for survival -the indifferent but charming Prince William Without seeming to M try, he was ~W clearly the S son every mother would like for her daughter. He is boisterous, thoughtful, exuberant, intelligent. And very, very goodlooking.
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      939 22 Xi Que arranges for Feng Jie questions Salam's and Watt's relaIW 9^ aw^ S/jok 2?cw to /e<ree //ie />/<zce tionship. She wants Watt to be V 'Vtt but they are attacked by Ning married fast. 4^^ Wan^ 's we«. Kkalidah brings back yet anoth- 6.30 Singapore Today er candidate for
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      868 23 ON CABLE ON RADIO T^fc 1 4%j AXN (Ch 19) Class 95 FM l^a I W^l «^i Love A 45 Beat the Clock 11 «*W 10 pm 8.30 am 'jM j^V Par dangerous lovers turn Contestants try and find out the 6.30pm Kaanbom Karpom F\ fugitives when the guy and
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      831 24 s I——^^^—^^^^^^^—I Coco Lee on Net 9 Compiled by Rosalind Png i ol i Shoppers' Mall Tickets available at Sistic outlets, hotline website -Tj? rosalind@newstoday.com.sg Glenn Singer will be here with his Christmas Admission: $9 (adults) and $6 (children aged 2-12) TW 1 horse this season. Don't miss their performances
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      1287 25 Little Nicky: 10.40 am, 12.10pm, 12.45, Little Nicky. 11.50 am, 2pm, 4.40, Charlie's Angels: 11.15 am, 5.15pm, r jm>s. 2.15,3,4.20,5.10,6.30,7.20,8.50, 6.50,9, 11.30 9.15.11.45 C^J 9.30,11.15,12.10 am Red Planet: 4.10pm, 6.45,9.25 Gen-Y Cops (M): 12.15pm, 2.30,4.45, The Grinch: 12.30pm, 4.50, 7.15, 9.35, The Grinch: 11.10 am, 1.35, 4.05, 6.40, 7, 9.15,
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  • RELAX
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      CheeKen talk
      823 26  -  Ivan Lim Director of Chicken Rice Wars on his film, his stars and his dance by ivan@newstoday.com.sg CHEAH Chee Kong, or CheeK, is very much at home with me. I could be Lisa Ang, but I'm not in the mood today. For this Saturday morning I am with
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      Lock icon Party time!
      273 27  -  David Ngiau A treat at Roar for TODAY readers by david@newstoday.com.sg REMEMBER that Today party at Roar we told you about last Monday? Well, it's going to happen tomorrow, starting at 8 pm, and it's all just for you, dear readers of this paper! Roar, at Cairnhill Place,
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      Lock icon Bugies driving out the caddies
      696 28  -  David Ngiau Talk about a case of near-extinction of caddies on the fairways BriFS by david@newstoday.com.sg /T*HE golf caddy is a dying breed. His is a vanX ishing trade threatened by, of all tilings, those cute golf buggies, which are also known as golf carts.
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  • TECH NEWS
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      A game you can't stop playing
      1133 30  -  Wesley "A Wok" Teo Game review of MechWarrior 4: Vengence byi I LOVE the idea of trudging in a 90 ton Assault Mech through a lush landscape, radars hot, autocannons loaded in search of the next enemy Mech to wreck and salvage. Right here
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      Lock icon Are S'poreans happy cybershoppers?
      438 32  -  Sol E Solomon Survey reveals how we feel about click-and-buy by solomon@newstoday.com.sg NINE out of 10 "cyberbuyers" from Singapore who purchased goods over the Internet were satisfied with their online shopping experience. The Singapore Cyberbuyer survey done by Technowledge Asia Group Pte Ltd (TAG) as part
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      Kung Fu kick, Java-style
      180 32 SIEMENS displayed its commitment to an open platform strategy for future mobile devices when it showed its Wireless Java demonstrator running an interactive Java game at the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) conference in Hong Kong recently. Siemens showcased Kung Fu a combat game where players select
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      Holiday plans
      122 32 SOING on vacation during what's left of this year's school holidays? Travelsutra.com is a click and mortar travel agency that also sells travel-related products and accessories such as luggage and maps. Users can plan their trips based on distance, interest or destination. So if a user wants to
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    • Article
      On the Andes trail
      90 32 DAVID Lim, the leader of Singapore's first Mount Everest team, will make use of Contact Details on his expedition of the Andes in January. This free service will allow mountaineering enthusiasts to track his progress at the Andes. The mountaineering fraternity can view David's Contact Details
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon I will boycott Tour de France says Lance
      494 33 AFP Cyclist upset with French doping probe NEW YORK Two-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong (above right) has vowed to boycott next year's race over the French doping probe into his US Postal team. A fed-up Armstrong said he was sick
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      Lock icon Blazers are not looking good at all
      448 34 Pre-season favourite has the stars, but is far from championship material NBA PORTLAND The Portland Trailblazers are in a mess. Don't let the plus-.500 record fool you. They've got big problems, says ESPN.com. As proven the other night, when the Blazers got chumped
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      504 35 Honours even after Blazers' victory NBA Blazers 96 Lakers 86 PORTLAND If the presidential election was a mess, how about the NBA's west? Portland beat the LA Lakers 96-86, but neither team can lay claim to "Best in the West" honours. Rasheed Wallace had
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      221 35 Reuters Suns 103 Spurs 93 PHOENIX Shawn Marion figures it's about time the Phoenix Suns are recognised as a legitimate contender in the West, reported ESPN.com. "We're good, man," he said. "Everybody keeps overlooking us. Some of us can play four positions. We win games.
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      860 36 Roma has perfect opportunity to avenge the loss 16 years ago LONDON Times have changed since Alan Kennedy swept home the penalty that brought Liverpool its fourth and last European Cup triumph on Roma's own pitch 16 years ago, reported Soccernet. As a local radio presenter these days,
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      Lock icon It's Owen at last
      456 37 ...but not before the Reds get a fright Worfhington Cup Liverpool 3 Fulham 0 LONDON Michael Owen bounced back from a difficult spell on the sidelines with the vital goal in the first period of extra time to hand Fulham its first away defeat of the
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      162 37 MILAN Inter Milan has decided to listen to Leeds' offer for Robbie Keane, reported Soccernet. But it has raised the stakes originally £12 million (Ss3o million) for interested party David CLeary by demanding midfielder Olivier Dacourt in any trade with
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      Lock icon Lara fit to play
      606 38 Reuters Batsman's inclusion a relief to struggling West Indies team ADELAIDE West Indies' leading batsman Brian Lara has declared himself fit to play in the third test against Australia starting today, despite continuing problems with his injured hamstring. The world record holder for the highest test
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      172 38 Reuters RAJKOT Ajit Agarkar smashed an unbeaten 67 off 25 balls and took three for 27 as India beat Zimbabwe by 39 runs in the fifth and final one-day international yesterday. India scored 301 for six in its 50 overs and dismissed the
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      311 39 AFP MUNICH Bayern Munich president Franz Beckenbauer (above) has echoed the concern of coach Ottmar Hitzfeld over troubled French defender Bixente Lizarazu, who is the target of an extortion demand from Basque separatist group ETA. The French international, whose mother received the
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      144 39 ARE you ready for sexy, searing beach volleyball? Wanna see Junita Simon, Ix Shen and Robin Leong compete? If you do, then make your way down to Sentosa on Sunday for Sports City's beach volleyball challenge series. For the first time, Sports City
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      Lock icon Clash of the titans
      559 39  -  Leonard Thomas Shoe's firmly on the other foot on Sunday Man Utd v Liverpool by] leonard@newstoday.com.sg THE '80s were dark days for anyone associated with Manchester United. There was United constantly way off the pace in the race for the English championship, while there was Liverpool,
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      I'm the best
      208 40  -  Allsport photo Figo feels he's been robbed, blasts Fifa's choice of Zidane MADRID Luis Figo has blasted Fifa's decision to name Zinedine Zidane as the World Player of the Year. The world's most expensive player finished second behind Juventus midfielder Zidane, whose performances in helping France to
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      Euro 2000 enough to win it for Zidane
      444 40  -  S. Gulam by gulam@newstoday.com.sg PORTUGAL'S Luis Figo is the world's most expensive player. Brazilian Rivaldo may well break that mark and be the first $100 m player if he decides to leave Barcelona Both are, undoubtedly, brilliant. They make monkeys out of
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      Slow Boot to the pleasure isles
      41 41 TbDAY Eat, drink and party at Phuket. Live it up in Langkawi and make friends with the fishes. Our reporter shows you how to live the good life on the high seas, Turn the page!
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      Party @ Phuket
      666 42  - Party Phuket Elaine Quek Dusk beckons, Phuket comes alive. We go hunting for the best buys and shows on the island. Day breaks. Swim with the fishes or visit historic sites at Langkawi, or simply toast yourself to a nice golden brown. and make friends with the fishes atJLangkawu elameiS'newstoaay.com.sg
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      Bali High!
      1224 44  -  Gurmeet Singh Enchanting dances, magical mountains and seafood stalls that dot the coast, Bali is a treasure trove of sensual experiences waiting to be discovered. Here is a picking of some of the best the island has to offer by l They say there is no paradise on
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      When Neighbours Matter
      773 46  -  Vivienne Khoo Today by vivjenne@>joyears.com About four million Singaporeans, permanent residents and foreign workers live, work and play on our island* The population density is now 60 people per hectare compared to Hong Kong's 64 and Tokyo's 132* In 40 years, this figure will have risen to
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      Stalker!
      1060 47 Wnm would you preset if you or a member of your HTmilywas L^ being stalked? Teri Zeimons shares the story of a angry woman who couldn't and wouldn't let go! TTo be frank when lan first told me about the problems he was having with his previous live-in girlfriend
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      Art Deco
      894 48 CtrtAm m]m Vvl mWr9&mf\mWm mm\W I l ML.mw #i \rl!mW I fc)DAY ,.f SKm«m»m3 adonna has a taste for it. So /too does Michael Came, who spent much of the 1970s rummaging through auction houses collecting the stuff until he sold his Los Angeles lome and had to
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      Five-Star Swede
      666 53 TODAY The new S6O retains the traditional Volvo values of safety and solidity, butCOLINYONG finds it also scores in style and performance The look the elderly man had on his face when he was told this sleek four-door saloon was a Volvo wasn't unlike that of a little
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      Watch Out, The Devil Is Back
      292 54 Eurosports Auto Pte Ltd has just been appointed as the official distributor of Lamborghini cars in Singapore. The company has been responsible for the sales and marketing of Lotus cars here for the past two years, and it is also the official distributor of
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      M3 Loses Its Top
      176 54 BMW has released the first official photographs of the new M 3 convertible, which is set to hit the market just in time for the start of the open-top driving sea.son in spring 2001. Like the other 3 Series convertible models, the M 3 convertible has
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