Today, 6 August 2001, Afternoon Edition

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    9 1 TODAY Monday August 6, 2001 I MITA(P) 13. 11/2000
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      Lock icon Asian cop-out
      474 1 AFP Singapore most favourable economy for r expats as Perc hits out at finger-pointing SINGAPORE Asians blaming the economic downturn entirely ori a slump in the key Japanese and US export markets are blind to their own shortcomings, say foreign businessmen working in the region. Warning signals were
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      Lock icon In memory
      51 1 I AFP photo iIIROSHIMA Mourners praying for victims of the first atomic bomb blast at the Peace Memorial Park here early today. A peace memorial ceremony will be held later for the victims of the first nuclear weapon dropped by American forces in 1945 to end World War
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      Lock icon New Code Red virus now leaves a Trojan Horse
      178 1 Reuters LGS ANGELES A new and /possibly more virulent version of the Code Red computer worm was detected circulating on the Internet over the weekend, attacking machines and leaving them vulnerable to other intruders, a leading Internet security site has reported.
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      71 1 fiA^DIACORP In a life of learning, there is one name you can count on. NA M m m mm m y m Sffls^^ -.THAMES m Mnm -*Jk %*ir *****325 9028 2161 A\ icsmcd@inlormalicsgroup.com lhames@inlormalicsgroup.com __> m JLa__a__cs o*o_ f<!m •e"',_:s_r_L'™—~ Purple Ti'l^iVtLim H pi 9022 4462 9008 7220 WJm —ff
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  • HOT NEWSS
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      This is welfare, not election talk, says Minister
      231 2  -  Cathleen Tung DURING times of economic people need more than just financial assistance. Hence the formation of a welfare advisory committee in his constituency, Aljunied GRC. Mr David Lim, Minister of State for Defence and Information and the Arts made this announcement
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      104 2 (If Manchester j^^ United and Liverpool) m had been restricted to only English players in their teams, they will not be able to win any championships and trophies Similarly, if we want to have world-class Singapore companies to compete successfully, we will also need to secure top talents, local and
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      CPF wait
      373 2 Last 4% points may happen end-2002 FORGET about the restoration of employers' CPF contributions at the end of the year. It's not going to happen then, nor will it happen in January next year, said Manpower Minister Lee Boon Yang at the Jalan Besar National Day Dinner last
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      Lock icon The breast way
      75 2 Today photo by FIFTEEN mothers turned up at Botanic /hardens yesterday evening to advocate the benefits of breastfeeding. Little Joshua Lee (picture), aged fou months, was the centre of attraction at feeding time. The outing was held in conjunction with World Breastfeeding Week, which runs until tomorrow.
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      Behind the ISA arrests
      450 3  -  Tan Siew Eng Is it a fear of PAS or of 'holy war' group? by sieweng@newstoday.com.sg KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian police have arrested 10 alleged members of a shadowy religious group under the Internal Security Act (ISA) in recent days. At least six of them are members
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      Lock icon Thai PM blasts anti-graft institutions
      311 3 -AFP BANGKOK Thai Prime Minister Shinawatra blasted the anti-graft institutions responsible for the historic corruption trial that saw him cleared of charges last week. Mr Thaksin said it was "strange" that he had been forced to bow to organisations that brought him to trial on
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      Waiting for No 4
      341 4  -  Zackaria Abdul Rahini Industries putting out red carpet for fourth university by zackaria@newstoday.com.sg SOME companies are eager to have the-proposed fourth university up /-tfnd running. In delivering his committee's interim report on the fourth university recently, Senior Minister of State (Education) Peter Chen had alluded to
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      Bread, kaya and me... Hougang's new battleline
      212 4  -  Leong Phei Phei TFJ&fnan who could be contesting ,^tne Hougang seat occupied by Workers' Party's Low Thia Kiang has found a way to garner support from residents through their stomachs. It is literally a bread-and-butter (or if you prefer, bread-and-kaya) issue. Mr Eric
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      MDIS scholarships help 50-year-old woman
      144 4 LESSONS don't end even after you leave school, a point the Management Development Institute of Singapore (MDIS) has been driving home. It helps workers upgrade and improve their employment chances. It also awards yearly scholarships through groups such as Sinda, NTUC and the Eurasian Association.
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      Three deaths
      101 4 THREE motorcyclists died over 'the weekend in separate accidents. At 11.30 am last Tuesday, 60-year-old Mr Ang Chear Pheng lost control of his motorcycle along Simei Street 3. He died on Saturday morning at Changi General Hospital. Another motorcyclist, Mr Yee Poh Keen, died on Saturday after he
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      135 4 Hurry up. Breakfast finishes at 11. t ■>» ""JTS; H Eg e cßo lS sANw.cHsi_9o K»Stic s2.so "•Sit" I s l.oo \rs& esedwH 'mil nil I ill II 1 i|'- ri| i fi < OfTar llm i. ««tiM* al ulKtari ■fS" MrMnmlhtwaul ■■IMUURiUm IMMUvAlinvtiMriiMlittin WHmH nt*»MllMi«rwM* SI, rf? t^^f A
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      48 4 Featuring Today... Bay street favourites on Page 23 UpFron I 19 Mission with a vision. Polly Leftosky arrives. In. 20 No rush for the money, says Chris Tucker no 22 PSB's new MBA 23/24 California C.B.D, Baystreet 21 TV Listings 25 LjmeLksm 26 Music goes on despite recession-
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      596 5 1 r* M 1 L With Citibank Harvest, you could be a millionaire by investing just 10% of your income. Almost every Singaporean dreams of being a millionaire. What's more, depending on your needs, Haryest has a To have the ability to maintain a comfortable lifestyle for range of solutions
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  • LETTERS
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      The real irony
      302 6  -  Narayana Narayana DBS apology and voluntary pay cut ArtIEFER to the articles "s2m apology" (Today, Aug 1) and "Irony of being DBS" (Today, Aug 3). You are factually incorrect to say that "Dhanabalan pays UOB and OUB $1 million each for over-the-top aggression in a DBS document".
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      Older-aged applicants might not get cover
      192 6  -  Karen Tan (Ms) I REFER to the letter "Talking of cracks. Consider Medishield cover /for those aged above 75" from Ec Hoon (Today, Aug 1). The Ministry shares the writer's concern that with longer life expectancy, there is a need to raise the maximum
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      SMS not the way to sack workers
      151 6  -  Chen Yiling IMPROVEMENTS in communication 'technology do not necessarily mean improvements in human relationships. Short Message Service (SMS) is one of the most convenient communication tools in our society today. Among others, we sustain relationships and friendships through it. And at times, we
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      39 6 Your letter can also appear on this page Give your full name and address to: Today, 24, Raffles Place, #28-01/06, Clifford Centre, Singapore *****1; Fax: 65-*****17; E-mail: news@newstoday.com.sg We reserve the right to edit any letters submitted for publication
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Competitive edge restored
      369 8  -  Chan Chao Peh Dot-corn collapse gives telcos more breathing space by chaopeh@newst.odayxom.sg IT was only two years ago that telecom incumbents were forecast to be facing challenges from upstarts because of a change in business model and the shift to the new Internet Protocol-based communications technology. The
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    • $ Market Watch
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        HSBC to report higher 1H net profit
        146 8 HSBC Holdings PLC is expected to report today a first half net profit of US$3.9 billion ($6.92 raillion), analysts said. The banking giant reported a net profit of US$3.5 billion dollars a year earlier. Net interest income was expected to be strong, although
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        L&M in resructuring talks
        48 8 --ET&M Group Investments said that it is currently in discussion with its creditor bank on restructuring the bank facilities. In a statement to the Singapore Exchange, it said "there are reasonable grounds" for the group and its subsidiaries to continue as a going concern.
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      Slow economy no problem for TNT
      258 8  -  Chan Chao Peh by chapp*elng'nL'wstoday.com.sg companies are doing well despite the current global economic downturn. One of them is TNT Express Worldwide (Singapore), which expects revenue growth in excess of 20 per cent. "A bad and slow economy is good for us," said Mr
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      Lock icon Daihatsu may increase stake in Malaysia's car maker
      210 8 -AFP KIJALA LUMPUR Malaysia's second national car •maker, Perodua, will decide by next month on a bid by its Japanese partner, Daihatsu Motor, to buy a majority stake, a report said yesterday. Talks between Daihatsu and Perusahaan Otomobil Kedua Sdn Bhd (Perodua)
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    • Market news
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        Singapore
        225 9 THE Singapore market was caught in a narrow range and closed the week up nine points at 1,649 after being higher by more than 45 points earlier in the week. Tech stocks were the main price gainers led by Chartered Semiconductors and ST Assembly. This was followed by gains
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        Malaysia
        153 9 ''THE Malaysian stock market had another good run last week with the Kuala Lumpur Composite Index up another 13 points to close at 659.3. However, most of the gains were achieved on day one when the benchmark index reached a three-month high. The KLCI lost parts of its earlier
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      Lock icon More bank staff cut if HK economy remains fragile
      208 9 -AFP IJONG KONG More bank employees in Hong Kong could be made redundant if the territory's economic recovery is slow, chairman of the Association of Banks Peter Wong warned yesterday. His message came after the Bank of China said last Friday
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      139 8 \riJ- ©CORE Ilir COMPETENCIES FOR i MANAGERS 813 Auq 2001 Fee: $2008.50 i (indu. lunches 6 no. manuals) j Zl 13/8/01 Subordinate Performance Management io/v/01 Team Performance Management I J|bJ j 8/10/01 Project Management ■■—(It, 12/11/01 Knowledge Management /Ml > 'H (P 10/12/01 Change Management _JsWV^J*vi J 14/1/02 Personal Performance
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Scientists in cloning race
      338 10 -AFP Move will reignite debate on ethics issues LQNDON Scientists on opposite sides of the globe are racing to create the world's first human clone in a move that has alarmed medical experts. A controversial Italian embryologist has announced that he is preparing to impregnate up
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      Lock icon Balloon record attempt
      85 10 -AFP PJirRTH American billionaire adventurer Steve began his sixth attempt to orbit the globe alone in a balloon after taking off from a launch site in Western Australia yesterday. Mr Fossett, 57, went aloft aboard Solo Spirit from a site at Northam, a small country town 100
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      Lock icon Feud that caused 70 village deaths
      111 10 AFP BEIJING An explosion which killed 70 people in north China was set off by a disgruntled villager to settle a long-standing feud with fellow residents. Police arrested Ma Hongqing 51, for triggering the July 16 explosion in Shaanxi province, Xinhua news agency said.
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      Lock icon Top Kashmir militant shot dead
      101 10 -AFP SRJNAGAR Indian police said -yesterday they have killed a top "commander" of a pro-Pakistan militant group, Hizbul Mujahideen, in Indian-ruled Kashmir. Abdul Rashid Rather alias Jehangir Israni was shot dead by counter-insurgency personnel of the state police at Kralpora, on the outskirts of Srinagar,
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      Lock icon Arafafs man not the target but ...
      66 10 Arafafs man not the target but -AFP JERUSALEM Israel's Deputy Internal Security Minister Gideon Ezra said yesterday that top Palestinian official Marwan Barghuti was not the target of an Israeli rocket attack. However he added that the Fatah leader did "deserve to die" since he is largely responsible for the
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      Lock icon Hostages rescued
      121 10 Reuters ISABELA Philippine troops rescued 13 .Filipino hostages, mostly children, after a gunbattle with Abu Sayyaf guerrillas in Basilan island yesterday. However, 21 other captives, including a US missionary couple, remain in rebel hands. The fighting erupted after the guerrillas beheaded 10 other Filipinos whom they had abducted
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      Order to abort 20,000 babies
      169 10 KONG A Chinese county has been ordered to conduct 20,000 abortions and sterilisations before the end of the year. The order came after family planning chiefs found that the official one-child policy was being routinely flouted. The impoverished mountainous region of Huaiji has been set
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Can you keep a secret?
      803 12  -  Ravi Veloo If you can't, check out what the Official Secrets Act covers by SSHHH don't tell anybody I told you this, okay, but here's something you should know about the Official Secrets Act (OSA). There is a new Bill before Parliament that will extend
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      IPO-watch: YK Yarning banks on China's infrastructure boom
      470 12  -  Christopher Cheong /by THE local stock market will likely consolidate within a relatively narrow range in the near term, with bargain hunting alternating with defensive position, squaring in the absence of fresh factors. Meanwhile, YK Yarning International whose initial public offer closes
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      337 13 W COMPUTER SCHOOL F^^^ The Leader in IT Training and Education Soar High. h^^M Climb new heights as a world-class IT achiever. "TOP UNIVERSITIES FROM AUSTRALIA" Asia Week Magazine 2000 Computer Times, 30 May 2001 |Qj Curtin University of Technology Like it Of not, Bachelor of Commerce in Information I
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  • UPFRONT
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      Mission with a vision...
      741 19  -  Serena Sim She has walked halfway round the world in pursuit of a childhood dream. And while she's at it, she's got a message to deliver as well. A woman with an amazing mission will arrive in Singapore this evening. American Polly Letofsky, 39, wants to
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      MY SAY Restroom etiquette
      326 19  -  Jeremiah Bullfrog by huUfrog@>newstoday.com.3g TTaving seen more than my fair share of toilet Xlseats marked with dirty shoe prints, I feel ""strongly enough to remind parents to teach their children not to leave their manners at the door of a public restroom. True, the toilet is
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
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      63 19 INSIDE: 20/ InCinemas •22/UvingLearning *23/EatOut -25/ TV listings READ IT on P/26: I THE v GOES ON I What recession? I The country may ring with I warnings of belt-tightening I and cries of on economic I downturn. But concert I promoters are confident a I good song~unv*oonce I routine
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  • INCINEMAS
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      Lock icon In no rush for money?
      432 20 Tucker more concerned with keeping his career going nr^janks to the runaway success of Rush Hour, Tucker (left) and Jackie Chan's paychecks have catapulted into the A-List range. But, as the Toronto Sun reported on Thursday, Tucker doesn't care about the money or getting top
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      Lock icon Cable series That's My Bush canned
      268 21 REUTERS/Variety NEW YORK American cable channel Comedy Central has 'cancelled its White House satire That's My Bush after only eight half-hour episodes. Undaunted, the sitcom's producers, South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone, plan to transform it into a bigscreen feature: George Bush
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      Lock icon Brosnan's highly-secured marriage
      551 21 -Reuters IRELAND A security operation worthy of 'James Bond swung into action on Saturday as 007 actor Pierce Brosnan (left in picture) married former model and TV reporter Keely Shaye Smith (right) at a romantic Irish abbey. A crowd of around 300 local people and tourists had
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  • LIVINGLEARNING
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      New course for old hands
      417 22  -  -Jeffrey Tan PSB Academy introduces second MBA programme The PSB Academy, in conjunction with the University of Nottingham, has launched a sec ond MBA programme, intended for specialists in Finance. The specialised Financial MBA programme, commencing in 2002, is designed for those working in, or
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  • EATOUT
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      Beat the blues at Baystreet
      400 23  -  Karman Tse Something for everyone at lunchtime oasis by karman@newstodayxom.sg Waking up to work i not exactly a bright and breezy thing to do, especially on a Monday. One good way to beat the blues is to have something to look forward to. For those
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      Pure California
      671 24  -  Jeffrey Tan food guide Sidewalk cafe, bistro and neighbourhood deli all in one by jetf tan@nevvstoday.com.sg Novena Square stares straighi across at the taxmen. But cheer up. Wit] what's left ove after you've paid Caesar his jf dues, settle 'clown for a good meal in a mall that's
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      1465 25 /A=DIJ\CORP ;M=O/ACORP Demolition Man Hey, Mr Producer •Only Human Channel 5,7pm Arts Central, 10pm Channel News Asia, 9.30pm channel newsasa ml Frozen in 1996. Phoenix a convicted m^Hrgaa Its people, its calamities and its strugkiller -is "thawed" out for parole in gles to overcome them. This programme jithe 21st century.
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  • LIMELIGHT
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      The music goes on
      732 26  -  Hazel Tan Recession? What recession? Promoters are still confident. Well fork out good money for a good concert ticket r I \HE economy may be slowing but not enough to deter foreign acts. Big names like The Corrs, Andy Hui and Andy Lav are poised to
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      93 26 mm P>-» VjlfrHi Ij'jr C"J \C* 10.30 am Singapore Celebrates: As You Remember-The Laughter "^^"T""^ J ji""''T |"3 j 11.30 am Singapore Celebrates: As You Remember-The Arts I] \^J \CJ _IJJj Jj\ "J^JJ^iLj^ 06.00pm Singapore Celebrates: Turning 36 "LIVE" 08.00pm Singapore Celebrates: 36 Years of Television 9 AIIQUSt 2QO I
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  • SPORTS
    • AFTERNOON EDITION
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        Lock icon Marion shows off her might
        381 27 AFP Jones gives Canada a taste of things to come .EDMONTON American sprint queen Marion Jones ran the fastest women's 100 m race ever seen in Canada yesterday to launch her bid to win an unprecedented third world championship sprint title in a row. The
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        Lock icon Greene blazes to glory
        220 27 AFP EDMONTON Maurice Gfeene won his third straight world championship 100 m title when he led a US clean sweep in the final here yesterday. The 27-year-olds hopes of breaking his own world record vanished when he could only manage 9.B2sec but it was still the
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        Lock icon Leaving on a high
        191 27 AFP EDMONTON Canada's 1996 Olympic 100 m champion Donovan Bailey retired here yesterday after he failed to make the world championship final. But he declared that he was satisfied with having restored dignity to Canadian athletics after the Ben Johnson scandal. The 33-year-old former world record
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        Star trio pledge future to Liverpool
        356 27 LONDON Three of Liverpool's treble winning heroes have signed new contracts that will keep them at Anfield until 2005. Football36s.com reported that England youngster Steven Gerrard, German midfield ace Dietmar Hamann and England full back Jamie Carragher all put pen to paper on new
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        Lock icon Venus keeps her title
        286 28 Reuters Williams beats her idol Seles in straight sets SAN DIEGO Venus Williams fright) thwarted Monica Seles' S bid to defeat the world's top three players in succession with a 6-2, 6-3 victory to retain her Acura Classic title yesterday. The reigning Wimbledon champion showed improved
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        Lock icon Victories for Pernice, Montgomerie and Pak
        558 28 Agencies CASTLE ROCK Two years after his win on the US PGA Tour, Tom Pernice picked up his second title as he held on for a narrow triumph at the US$4 million ($7.12 million) International tournament yesterday. The 41-year-old from Kansas City sank an
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        353 28 AFP MONTREAL Andrei Pavel piled on the misery for beaten Wimbledon finalist Patrick Rafter, handing the Australian his second defeat in as many summer finals with a victory at the U552.95 million ($5.25 million) Masters Series. While wrecking the ninthseeded Rafter's day,
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      249 29  -  No takers for Giant-killer award as minnows falter ALL eyes were on Sembawang Rangers, Marine Castle and -Woodlands Wellington last week to pull off results worthy of the NTUC Income Giant-killer of the Week award, sponsored by Chenab Contractor. The three came up against
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      133 29 ITWAS reported on the Asian Football website yesterday that Thailand has decided to compensate its Singapore-based footballers if their clubs terminate their contracts due to national team commitments. Vijit Getkaew, the Football Association of Thailand (FAT) president was quoted as saying that his
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