Today, 10 December 2001

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    Masthead
    10 1 TODAY MITA(P)0«.; 11/200] JVi Olid 3 V December 10, 2001
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    MPs' reality
    789 1  -  Tan Hui Leng Woo Sue-Ann Nothing is forever not job, not allowance b^ and AN ADDITION to the Rules of Prudence for MPs has set some tongues wagging. Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong, in his letter to MPs which was released to the media on Dec 1, wrote
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    Wake-up gong
    76 1 BANGALORE An Indian supercop is installing gongs in police stations to stop his men from dozing off. Bangalore police chief H T Sangliana is ordering the gongs to be hit every hour, reported Ananova.com. He said it would make his men more alert and stop them from falling
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      27 1 TALENTIME FINALS/3 Cherry Chocolate Candy wins the coveted title SHAKY MERGER/9 HP-Compaq may not join hands after all WOMEN IN POLITICS/26 Are our women MPs being pigeonholed?
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Lock icon A Sharitable ride
      97 2 A CONVOY of 30 BMW motorbikes (above), 10 minis and five classic cars were flagged off yesterday from Time Square, Millenia Walk, by Central CDC mayor Mr Heng Chee How, Sharity Ambassador-MediaCorp artiste Andrew Scow and Sharity Gift Box Committee chairman John Lim. The convoy proceeded to
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      $16m more
      399 2  -  Tan Hui Leng NTUC offers third relief package by h iii lc ng@nn wst o day. c om. Bg THE National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) co-operatives yesterday announced an additional $16.3 million to help workers tide over the economic downturn. This is the NTUC's third relief package this
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      Dark tunnel of the Middle East
      457 3 Sharon is not the one to get Israelis and Palestinians out of it, says expert JERUSALEM Another Palestinian suicide bombing, another Israeli response promising to step up military action. This was the scene played out after a suicide bomber was shot dead by Israeli
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      Water consecration
      102 3  -  -Joy Frances IT WAS a riot of colour and music at the consecration ceremony of the Sri Sivadurga Temple yesterday, during which nine priests poured holy water, collected from nine rivers in India, from the top of the temple (picture). About 18,000 devotees witnessed the event at Potong
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      Sweet win at Talentime
      109 3  -  Gail Wan ALL-GIRL group Cherry Chocolate Candy (picture) won two of the awards at the finals of Talentime 2001 last night. Darren Seah pipped hot favourites Jayarani and Hazrul Nizam to win the solo category with his rendition of You To Me Are Everything. Cherry Chocolate
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      Club shows the way
      211 4 In training staff to serve by Zackaria Abdul Rahim zac ka ria newstoday. com. sg HAVING been with Hollandse Club for the past 30 years, Mr Jeffrey Malik (picture) has seen many changes. From serving more demanding customers to handling better-educated staff, the outlet manager with
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      How to wow your customers
      341 4 BOTH of them stumbled upon jobs with TNT Express Worldwide by "sheer coincidence". Customs affairs supervisor, Mr Sunderaj Emmanuel, 40, said he joined the courier company because he felt that he was not going anywhere with his previous jobs. Miss Ho Chiew Geok, 24, a
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      She conquered her fear of computers – at age 40
      201 6  - She conquered her fear of computers at age 40 Gillian Wong WHEN she first laid hands on a computer, 40-year-old Mrs Tamilseelve (picture) was afraid to use it. But with the help of the Singapore Indian Development Association (Sinda), the daily-rated employee with the Ministry of the Environment (ENV) can
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      235 2 RAMADAN FAST TIMES Start of fast 5.24 am Break of fast 7.00pm SmgaparF Symphony QrttiELtra j/mKr "the beft Asian artheftra! have heard" llsKSt!! Oscar-winning company San Dun, rttr Strafo fimti. 51 Oct. JODI V. dances >^^^^: from /f/*~^ ourtirr/ey B Singapore Symphoriy Orchestra Lan Shui conductor An innovative, imaginamie and
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  • LETTERS
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      New priority for employers
      276 8  -  Brenton Ong People management must be world-class I AM full of praise for the efforts of the Government to make employment a top priority, through creating job opportunities and providing various assistance schemes and facilities to both employers and employees affected by the present economic downturn.
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      Shark's fin: Don't blame the consumer, educate the shark hunter
      267 8  -  Wu Jiawen I REFER to the letter, "Don't sell shark's fins", by Ms June Wheatly (Today, Dec 7). Shark's fins are still sold and served here, as it is a traditional dish in the Chinese culture. It is associated with
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      HDB can do only so much
      130 8  -  Kathleen Kwan Old vs new flats: I REFER to the HDB's reply, "Trends determine design of flats" (Today, Dec 7). I wish to point out certain obvious reasons why the HDB can do only so much to address current trends in the design of
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      Why aren't they snapped up?
      157 8  -  Mohamad Rosle Ahmad I REFER to the HDB's reply (Today, Dec 7) in response to my comments about building bigger flats (TODAY, Nov 28). It said "although HDB flat sizes have decreased, the living space per person in Singapore has increased from 9 sq m
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Lock icon Fading PC business
      529 9 Agencies Failing HP-Compaq merger spells trouble for the PC industry THE crumbling US$25 billion ($45.81 billion) merger plan of Hewlett-Packard Co (HP) and Compaq Computer Corp may be signalling that America's personal computer (PC) industry is nearing the end of an era. The PC industry has been
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    • Market News
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        Singapore
        161 9 THE local market was in 'bull' territory last week with the STI index rising more than 10 per cent to close the week at 1629, up 150 points. The rally was fuelled and started by two factors, one of which is the better global tech chip outlook, with some
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        Malaysia
        117 9 THE Malaysian stock market did well last week, encouraged by the strong recovery on Wall Street. The Kuala Lumpur Composite Index breached the 650 resistance level, and even managed to breach the 660 resistance to close the week 23.5 points higher at 661.5, or a gain of 3.7 per
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        Your S$1 buys...
        16 9 P 0.5455 0.3813 68.525 4.2544 2.0729 0.6135 5654.0 23.903 28.338 1.0603 26.080 692.23
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      Don't just talk
      358 11  -  Chan Chao Peh MMS will be to the handphone what the handphone was to the pagei by c haop c h ®newstod ay.com .sg CONTRIBUTION from data and other non-voice services will jump from last year's three per cent to nearly 40 per cent of total revenue
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      JTC property e-bidding a hit
      139 11 JTC Corporation has received an overwhelming response to its online bidding service, with 105 bids submitted in the pilot e-bidding cycle from Nov 26 to Nov 30. The successful bidders for two eating houses at Sungei Kadut Street 1 and Übi Road 1 were Family
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      Lock icon BA denies plan to axe 10,000
      313 13 Agencies But a major review of the company is underway LONDON Struggling British Airways (BA) labelled reports of 10,000 possible job losses as "pure speculation", but confirmed a major review of the company was under way. BA, which employs around 56,000 people, has ordered
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    • Market Watch
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        Nam Lee full-year profit slips
        55 13 MAINBOARD-LISTED Nam Lee Pressed Metal Industries plunged 33 per cent in net profits to $3.4 million for the full-year ended Sept 30, 2001. Turnover fell by 9 per cent to $46.5 million compared to the same period last year, while earnings per share slipped from
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        CEI to build in Vietnam
        65 13 CEI Contract Manufacturing plans to build a new manufacturing services facility in Vietnam, the company announced on Friday. CEl's executive chairman, Mr Tien Sing Cheong, said the proposed facility, to be located near Ho Chi Minh City, complements its production facility in Batam, Indonesia. "We
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        Stratech cuts salaries
        50 13 SESDAQ-LISTED Startech Electronics has announced a pay cut of between 10 and 15 per cent for its executive directors and managers. The contract manufacturer said the wage cuts were "part of the Group's cost-reduction exercise in light of the present difficult economic situation and competitive business environment".
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon PM for the second time
      109 15 Agencies COLOMBO Hopefully it will be second time lucky for Mr Ranil Wickremesinghe (picture), who was sworn in as Sri Lanka's Prime Minister yesterday after his United National Party (UNP) won last week's polls. Mr Wickremesinghe was first appointed Prime Minister in 1993 but held
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      Lock icon 'No' to US role against rebels
      131 15 -AFP MANILA Combat operations against the Abu Sayyaf will not involve US military advisers, Philippine President Gloria Arroyo has decided. "The President firmly believes that they (US advisers) should not be armed or their deployment would fall into a grey area that can be
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      Lock icon We're next, says N Korea
      270 15 Agencies US accused of planning attacks SEOUL As the search for fugitives Osama bin Laden and deposed Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar continues, attention has turned to the next target in the US war on terrorism. Rogue regimes and extremist groups in countries in the
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      Leave media be, Thaksin
      233 16 Thai opposition MP threatens to mount constitutional challenge BANGKOK First, Thailand's revered king criticised him over his ego, and now, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra could face a constitutional challenge from an opposition MP because of his alleged interference in the media. Opposition Democrat Mr Alongkorn Pollabutr
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      Lock icon M'sia needs foreign workers
      102 16 Agencies KUALA LUMPUR Despite job losses, Malaysia remains reliant on foreign workers to fill up to 120,000 job vacancies available this year. Human Resources Minister Datuk Fong Chan Onn was quoted by The Sunday Star as saying that employers continued to hire foreigners as the locals
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      Lock icon Oh, what fun it is to ride ...
      33 16 Oh, what fun it is to ride AFP photo The Macau Special Administrative Region police get into the Christmas mood as they ride in an elaborately decorated jeep on the streets of Macau.
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      79 18 WIN OR LOSE. It (Ap "to UOiA. f -m j #4--JV I 11 J I B|^BiHJn4lHßVS9njnMraK|^nHJnHßwyH H KS3BEE3I UCE Scholarship TODAY (35X10) 10/12/2001 SIN/UNI/*****001/ACMS4 fl MBBMS X Please fax this slip to Fax Kb.: 863 2508 or send to: Marketing Dept, 51 Bras Basah Hd, #06-07 Plaza By fl The
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      116 19 FANTASIA BY mil NICHOLA MALPAS B This visual feast K-^*m**j$& of vibrant W^^U 9* paintings I 1 B conceived by M Sw^^H Australian artist |^^^™H UJJ 11 H J 11 L Lw*1 exhibition W H^fl abroad. lr LI I'** KWPP^rjP((VPWFlT^ Workinq mainly \\J 9rfl iT^-:-KTiir-i-ii['t^»-ii[-l paintings are an Ifl^^^M Ell
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      1053 20 MilStC Time: Bpm declares that she will be H Venue: Singapore Indoor admitting herself into 3RD NATIONAL .^1 Stadium Woodbridge just weeks PIANO VIOUN Price: $50, $70, $90, $120 before her wedding. COMPETITION s^ Ticketing: Call SISTIC at Date Dec 6-16 This is the only platform 348 5555 [no performances
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      81 21 "Ategn'a is a celebration of life, an exclamation of joy." Franco Dragone Experience a production unlike anything youVe ever seen! (Great Christmas Gift Idea Book at SISTIC today?) Premieres February 28 Under the Grand Chapiteau Corner of Beach Rd and Rochor Rd MRT: Bugls CIRQUE DUSOr.RII.. Book at www^istic.com.sg, For
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      572 21 VISUAL ARTS NOKIA SINGAPORE The Akhimy of Days From a Distance cultural and national ART IN THE CITY This installation by This exhibition by 20 identities. NOKIA SINGAPORE Dumolie Marie-France Public Service scholars Date; Dec 21 23 ART 2001 MAIN Interference lends itself to manipulation presents extracts of the Time;
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      30 22 SIS IK Hotline 348 5555 19 outlets islandwidc www.sistic.com.sg wap.sistic.com.sg I Arts Xplosion is co-published by National Arts Council and Singapore Tourism Board. Information is correct at time of printing.
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      937 22 SHOT IN THE FACE JOURNEY: THE FIRST VOICES OF CHILDREN PHILIP MORRIS GROUP MUSICA OBSCURA This multi-media exhibition JCCI ART EXHIBITION 2001 THE CROSS OF COMPANIES Learn more about Baroque features the works of four View the works of Helen TALK MASTER IS SINGAPORE ART music and the instruments artists
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Banking with emotion
      733 24  -  Richard Seah This is the bottom line in the resurrection of POSB by DBS Bank has finally acquired some EQ. Its decision to reassert the POSB brand name shows that it has finally realised the tremendous importance of the emotional factor, even in the conduct of business.
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    • Article
      What the regional papers said yesterday ...
      272 25 What the regional papers said yesterday The Star/Malaysia Shahrizat criticises condom plan Women and Family Development Minister Datuk Shahrizat Abdul Jalii has criticised a Selangor government plan to restrict the sale of condoms, saying that the state should consider the big number of families who needed protection from HIV/Aids. The
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      34 24 Do you know... The greatest dog show in the world is UK's Crufts Dog Show. Come to Singapore's^ largest dog show of the year, iivi^H!ijW \j\J\jijiluil Sunday, 16 Dec 2001,9am-6pm Singapore Expo Hall 3
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  • UPFRONT
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      Pigeonhole politics
      1014 26  -  Jasmine Yin Stereotyping the role of women MPs one big hurdle by j a smine@newsto day. co m. sg TRAITS commonly associated with females: A lack of emotional independence, but truckloads of passivity and submissiveness. These stereotypes, and the public's association of female politicians with "women's" issues, pigeonhole
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  • LIMELIGHT
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      Lock icon Burden of being Fatboy
      487 27  -  Rachel Lo by ra chel@ newstoday. com. sg "IT'S hard work being an ambassador for dance music," according to Fatboy Slim, aka Norman Cook, a deejay for 25 years and still going strong. Cook (picture), who performed at Fort Canning Green on Friday night, shot to
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      Bleed American: Album of the year
      459 27  -  Jeremy Phua by. jphua@mediacorpradio.com 11 b hard to lind an album tilled with great songs from start to end. U2's The Joshua Tree comes to mind. I remember the first time I heard it, and it totally blew me away. It never failed to
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  • LIVINGLEARNING
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      Lock icon Enough, to what degree?
      516 28  -  Chan Sect Fun NTU has part-time engineering courses for poly grads who find they want more than a diploma by THE goal is finally in sight. After five tough years, Low Chong Lam (picture) is looking forward to completing a degree in mechanical engineering. "To do
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      Teaching the 'lost tribe'
      334 29 Thai teachers reach out to Karen tribespeople, thanks to elephants BANGKOK F0r6,300 baht ($263) a month, a group of Thai teachers trek into the wilderness to bring the world to the isolated Thai-Karen tribespeople, regarded by many as "the lost tribe". Now with the help of
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      Lock icon Myanmar's space aspirations
      196 29 AFP YANGON Myanmar's military government will open the first university in the country specialising in aviation and space science technology, staterun media reported. A meeting to discuss the establishment of the Myanmar University of Aviation and Space Science was held at the defence ministry in Yangon and
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      567 30  -  {Carman Tse Noodle and pasta lovers' favourite day of the week BEFORE you hit the keyboard to complain about my overt and bold use of profanity, "Tamade" is not to be read as a Mandarin word. It means "jade hands" in Japanese and is the name of a
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        279 30  -  Roulee fane F Calayag Enjoy great Japanese dishes at affordable prices at Sushi Jyo with its buffet promotion which begins today. For only $24.95+++, choose from main courses like Saba Chan Chan Yaki {Grilled mackerel with miso, fisherman's style) and Ebi ChiizoYaki {Baked cheese and prawn
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      In with the Rat Pack II
      385 32  -  -Reuters/Variety Ocean's Eleven is a remake with an equally good-looking cast LOS ANGELES Several of Hollywood's coolest and hottest stars George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Brad Pitt and Matt Damon are hoping to break the spell that Harry Potter has cast over the US box
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      Lock icon HK movies score at Golden Horse
      353 33  -  ■Reuters Stanley Kwan picks up coveted award for Best Director nLJfvu.E,.LN nong i\.ong-maae movies swepi me lop prizes at vie Golden Horse awards in Taiwan on Saturday, while two former classmates from China scooped up best actor and actress awards. The awards are regarded
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      Film not the best medium for Rings: Tolkien's son
      190 33  -  Reuters/Variety LONDON The son of JRR Tolkien says the forthcoming Hollywood adaptation of his father's classic, The Lord of the Rings, will not do justice to the magical Middle Earth tale. In a statement to newspapers published on Saturday, Christopher Tolkien,
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      1248 34 A* Metro chonnel 5,7.30pm >^^^ Precious Time City TV, 9pm The Swinging Nutcracker Arts Cemml, 11.35pm Scoff Roperis a kostn ■{;>■ Zhensheng meets Qiwu after she reads "dl^V^i V*V <S fte is prepared to do just about jj3ps^?s^fzß^ tH* »*^2' S 9' W Headlines /Singapore train an ultra'smart Swat >s
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      Work on the Waughs
      226 35  -  Reuters MELBOURNE South Africa should verbally attack Australia captain Steve Waugh (picture) in the forthcoming three-Test series between the two teams, exSouth Africa batsman Barry Richards said yesterday. "There's a few chinks the South Africans should be working on and reminding Steve Waugh about while he
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      Lock icon Sotomayor declares his innocence
      178 35 -AFP HAVANA Cuban legendary men's high jump world record holder Javier Sotomayor has denied taking the banned steroid nandrolone, claiming he is the victim of a press campaign to discredit him. The 34-year-old 1992 Olympic champion, who retired in October, spoke out in the Cuban daily
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      Jordan sizzles in victory over Mavericks
      248 35  -  Reuters DALLAS Michael Jordan scored 21 points to lead five players in double figures as the Washington Wizards defeated the Dallas Mavericks 102-95 yesterday to pick up its fifth win in eight games. The Wizards are 4-2 since Jordan openly complained about his team's
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      Wield the axe to reach the Goal
      817 36  -  S. (inlam WHEN Minister Mah Bow Tan launched the Football Association of Singapore's Goal 2010 three years ago, it was described as bold and brave. Could Singapore really play in the World Cup in 2010? Almost everyone asked the same question. Well, we
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      Lock icon Boy's death could lead to safety review on Xtour
      433 36  -  Kelvin Phang by kelvin@news tod ay. com. sg THE accidental death of a BMX rider at last week's Asian Xtour Singapore could lead to a review of safety guidelines for such events. Harry Chua, 14, died last Friday after a bad
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      Only nine S-League clubs in 2003?
      393 37  -  Jose Raymond TWO or three S-League teams could sit out the entire season in 2003. The possibility of certain teams "hibernating" for a period of time was discussed during a meeting between the Football Association of Singapore president and Minister for National Development Mr
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      Lock icon Young player's dream shattered
      780 37  -  Jose Raymond Nigerian tricked into coming for fictitious trials by j ose (S>newstoday. com. sg NIGERIAN footballer Waziri Barnabas (picture) had a dream. He wanted to play professional football in the Far East. He had heard of the football exploits of a few of his African
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      Lock icon Del Bosque optimistic after hard-fought win at Tenerife
      203 37 AFP MADRID Real Madrid coach Vicente del Bosque believes victories like Saturday's 2-0 win at Tenerife will help his side regain its league title. "It is at grounds like Tenerife where the league is won and lost and I was really pleased
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      Lock icon Fergie needs a miracle now
      653 38  -  S. Murali West Ham defeat could have signalled a sad end to a glorious record Comment by in urali@new slod ay. com. sg LONDON George Best summed up the current situation at Old Trafford best yesterday. "Fergie does not make many mistakes, but when he
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      We're not looking at United
      192 38 LIVERPOOL Phil Thompson admitted yesterday that Liverpool's six-point gap at the head of the Premiership "looks very, very nice indeed", reported Football36s.com. The assistant boss watched his side outplay Middlesbrough in every department in its 2-0 win on Saturday. The result puts Liverpool 11 points
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      Lock icon Eriksson rules out leading the Devils
      269 38 -AFP LONDON England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson became the latest man to rule himself out of succeeding Sir Alex Ferguson at crisis-ridden Premiership champion Manchester United. Eriksson had been the bookies' favourite to take over from Ferguson, who steps down at the end of the
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      Lock icon Kewell on the double
      406 39 Leeds breathing down Liverpool's neck with this win Premier League Blackburn 1 Leeds 2 Leeds breaks dismal run of only one league win in seven games LONDON Leeds United closed to within four points of Premiership leader Liverpool yesterday when Australian Harry Kewell scored twice to
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      Ronaldo scores for first time in 24 months
      258 39  -  Reuters MILAN Brazilian superstar Eonaldo (left) scored his first goal in over two years as Inter Milan maintained its lead at the top of Italy's Serie A. And his partner, Christian Vieri, bagged a double for his seventh goal inside a week
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      Arsenal stuns Villa in amazing comeback
      134 39 Premier League Arsenal 3 Aston Villa 2 LONDON -Arsenal produced a stunning secondhalf comeback to beat Aston Villa at Highbury. French striker Thierry Henry was again the inspiration for the Gunners, scoring two predatory goals, BBC reported. Arsenal was 2-0 down at half-time after
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      First blood to Koreans
      141 39  -  Reuters SOGWIPO A header from captain Yoo Sang-chul gave World Cup co-host South Korea a 1-0 victory over fellow finalist the United States in a friendly international yesterday. The match to mark the official unveiling of the Sogwipo World Cup Stadium brought together two countries which
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      Lock icon Nakata pines for Roma
      98 39 AFP MILAN Parma's Japanese playmaker Hidetoshi Nakata admits he is missing life at AS Roma, the club he helped win the Italian championship last season, Corriere dello Sport reported yesterday. Nakata has yet to make an impact at Parma since moving there in the summer, but
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