Today, 2 February 2002

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  • 790 1  -  Francis Kan School deadline comes and goes, issues continue to simmer I francis@newstoday.com.sg A COMMUNITY found itself entangled in a piece of cloth yesterday as two Primary One girls ignored a deadline to stop wearing the tudung the Islamic headscarf. A third girl, who also faced the
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  • 74 1 TRAVEL agency Ken-Air will be closing shop soon, Straits Times TV reported last night. The agency, one of the biggest players in Singapore, was hit by the fallout from the Sept 11 terrorist attacks in the US. Ken-Air merged its corporate travel business with another local
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  • 69 1 Bloomberg SIA chairman and angel investor Koh Boon Hwee is taking his trouble-shooting skills to money-los-ing telecom company, Mediaßing, which he joins as executive director. Investors reacted positively, with the pennyshare rising three cents or a hefty 18.8 per cent to 22 cents on
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  • HOT NEWS
    • 322 2  -  Jasleen Randhawa New country club houses Burger King for kids by jasleen@newstoday.com.se A COUNTRY club isn't exactly the place where you would expect to find a fast-food joint. But that's what you will get at the Arena Country Club (TACC) in Jurong (picture), which officially opens this morning.
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    • 108 2 WORKERS who lost money when a partner of Wen Long Money Changer allegedly ran off with $7 million may eventually be able to recover some of the losses. The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) yesterday said that it had recovered the company's $100,000 statutory deposit
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    • 239 2 Tan Hui Leng THE Zu-Lin Temple Association has seen bickering, law suits and Cisco guards. Yesterday, it saw a handshake. As Mr Chan Soo Sen, Minister of State, Prime Minister's Office and Ministry of Community Development and Sports, played peace-broker, leaders of the two rival
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    • 190 3  -  Low Shi Ping by shiping@newstoday.com.sg IF you are a UOB credit card holder, go down to Suntec City and charge to your card to win. Together with the Singapore Mint, the UOB Card Centre is holding a Chinese New Year promotion themed "Good
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    • 242 3 Johor religious school shut down; 12 teachers held KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian authorities have shut down a religious school in Johor and arrested 12 teachers, including its headmaster. The New Straits Times (NST) said those arrested were allegedly involved in the activities of Kumpulan Militan Malaysia, a militant
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    • 154 3 -AFP MANILA- Hundreds of US troops on anti-terror joint exercises in the northern Philippines were confined to the barracks after gunmen shot at one of their aircraft, officials said. They said the MC-130 special forces plane was hit by two bullets
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    • Article, Illustration
      81 4 FORMER NMP Dr Kanwaljit Soin, an orthopedic and hand surgeon, and Mr Ralph J Gaudio, senior vice-president and general manager for American International Assurance (AIA)-Singapore, yesterday celebrated the annual Samsui Women Reunion Lunch with the traditional lo hei. The lunch for 48 samsui women, who worked in
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    • 414 4  -  Kim-Kyna Tan by kim@newstoday.com.sg THE travel industry has been taking baby steps towards recovery but a full turnaround will not happen soon. That's the prognosis of tour operators and travel agencies at the National Association of Travel Agents Singapore (Natas) travel fair, which opened yesterday. Agents Today spoke
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  • LETTERS
    • 1052 6 or how we can preserve the easy relationship between different communities I REFER to Mr Kenneth Mak's letter, "Let our kids see clearly" (Today, Jan 30), and other press reports, letters in the press and commentary on the rules about school uniform. Each country has to find
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    • 271 6  -  Mohamad Rosle Ahmad AS one who has been following the issues between the Government and the Muslim community, I think it is time that both sides accept the realities of the day. The headscarf demand by the Muslim community is based on freedom of
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
    • 266 8 CNA/Bloomberg AMD seeks to beat Intel in venture with UMC UNITED Microelectronics Corp (UMC), Taiwan's No 2 chip foundry is to build a second wafer plant here. The US$3 billion ($5.5 billion) project is a joint venture with US chip maker Advanced Micro Devices (AMD). The 300-mm wafer
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    • 121 8 THE Government may ask private money managers to provide tailor-made pension plans for savers under the Central Provident Fund (CPF). This is an idea being mooted by an arm of Singapore's Economic Review Committee, which is headed by Senior Minister of State Tharman Shanmugaratnam.
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    • 239 8 SINGAPORE manufacturers are cautious about their prospects in the first six months of this year because of uncertainty in the US economy and the global electronics sector, a government survey showed yesterday. Manufacturers in the electronics industry project lower demand for personal computers and semiconductors till June compared
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    • 234 8 Elaine Quek TECHNICALLY-SKILLED workers who have been retrenched can look to the aerospace industry to find jobs. Although the Sept 11 attack on the US has resulted in a slack in the industry, long-term growth is projected with 1,500 skilled workers needed over the
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    • 131 8 Channel NewsAsia JUST a month after giving 435 people the boot, United Overseas Bank (UOB) has announced more belt-tightening measures. The bank is set to freeze basic pay and promotions for the group's 12,500-strong staff, including those at Overseas Union Bank, which UOB recently took over. The
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    • 396 10  -  Francis Kan SGX expects daily volume to hit 1,000 contracts by francis@newstoday.com.sg INTEREST in trading Single Stock Futures (SSF) is expected to pick up this year as the recovery on the local stock market gains momentum. SSF, which were listed on the Singapore Exchange (SGX) last
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    • 254 10 Passengers returning to SIA slowly Bloomberg SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) filled fewer seats and less cargo space in December compared to a year ago. This follows the global economic slowdown and people's fear of travelling after the Sept 11 terrorist attacks in the United States. SIA said it filled 69.6 per
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    • Market Watch
      • 375 12 SHARES fell on profit-taking yesterday with the ST index closing 5.47 points down at 1781.42. The index had earlier hit a new 11-month high at 1808.14. There were three losers for every gainer, while 252 issues were unchanged. Volume remained healthy on 781 million shares worth $906 million. New
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      • 26 12 UK£ U.JHt/ 0.3853 Rupiah Baht 5622.59 23.9805 Yen 72.9358 Peso 27.9577 HK$ 4.2492 A$ 1.0708 RM 2.0706 Rupee 26.4417 Euro 0.6320 Won 717.998
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    • 2906 12 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Fund Nome NAV/Bid Price Oiler Price Deutsche Premier Select 0.9701 Dresdner Asia Tiger 0.787 Jresdner PF-Eur Eguity 0.705 Jrestner PF-Goia Balanced 0.671 Jresdner PF-Goba Biotechnology 0.732 Jresdner PF-G oba Internet 0.265 Jrestner PF-Goia Multimedia 0.407 Jrestner PF-Goia Software 0.478 Jresdner PF-Goba Technology 0.706 1.0186 0.827 0.741 0.705
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    • 129 13 PRIME office rents in Singapore continued to fall last month. Figures from property consultant Cushman and Wakefield show that Grade A office rents in the Orchard Road-Scotts Road area showed the sharpest decline. Rents here fell by 4.2 per cent in January from those of a
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    • 111 13 THE privatisation of Bedok Reservoir HUDC Estate was completed yesterday. With its new condominium status, it is now known as Waterfront View. The Housing Board said that, as a result, the Aljunied Town Council will no longer manage and maintain common property in the estate
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    • 127 10 Rpmancing fit Tirst §(ance, Cove flbssoms. ff f. Some firsts last in your mind forever. That first kiss, the first time you held hands, and of course, the first time you met. Share with us that romantic moment when you first laid eyes on your loved one, the tingling sensation
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 306 14 Agencies Japan namesTanaka's replacement TOKYO Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi settled for second best yesterday when former UN refugee chief Sadako Ogata turned down the post of Foreign Minister. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda said: "We decided to appoint Environment Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi as Foreign
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    • 163 14 -AFP ISLAMABAD The airing of Osama bin Laden's television interview after the Sept 11 terrorist attacks on the United States has sparked a row between two international broadcasters. Mr Mohammed Jassim Al Ali, the chief executive of the Qatar-based Aljazeera network, said
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    • 70 14 Reuters HONG KONG People in Hong Kong are more likely to catch the flu as they talk too much and too loudly, a university professor said yesterday. "When you talk too much and too loudly, you traumatise your throat," said Professor Thomas Chan at Hong Kong Chinese
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    • 173 14 SYDNEY Australia's plan to pay Afghan asylum-seekers to return home following the fall of the Taliban received a cool reception yesterday, with few of the 4,000 in Australia's care willing to go back to their wartorn homeland. Refugee and human rights groups say most of the
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    • 101 14 Reuters WASHINGTON US government and technology companies will soon begin testing an air security screening system to help the authorities identify potential threats more effectively, the Washington Post reported yesterday. This comes after thousands of passengers were evacuated on Tuesday from a San Francisco International Airport terminal
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    • 51 14 AFP photo A HOMELESS Cambodian sleeps on the pavement of central Phnom Penh as a Chinese-Buddhist funeral procession goes past. For many Cambodians, the countrywide local district elections to be held next weekend will mean very little because of the struggle to put food on the
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    • 101 14 Agencies NEW YORK The gathering of the world's political and economic movers here for the fiveday World Economic Forum, which opened on Thursday, has scored a number of firsts. Under the theme of "Leadership in Fragile Times", the forum is being held outside the Swiss ski
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    • 96 14 -AFP BANGKOK At least eight workers died and more than 50 were injured yesterday when a concrete beam collapsed at a microchip factory on the outskirts of Bangkok. Police said about 100 staff were working an overnight shift when the beam collapsed at around 3.30am
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  • COMMENTARY
    • 833 15  - When Nikkei trails Dow panic William Pesek Jr by in Tokyo THE year was 1957. Russia had launched Sputnik, Dwight D Eisenhower was in the White House, Elvis swivelled his hips in Jailhouse Rock and the Dow and the Nikkei were at level pegging. Fast-forward to today. After following Sputnik
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    • 153 15 What the regional papers said yesterday The Star/Malaysia Safe schools Schools will soon be a safer place when guidelines on all aspects of discipline, health and personal safety are implemented in April with the cooperation of students, schools and the local community. Jakarta Post/ Indonesia Floods recede as victims cry
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  • UPFRONT
    • 831 16 Talking points Come to us, and well do the rest, say SBA, SFC and Raintree Pictures IT'S a call for budding film-makers to make their dreams come true. All they have to do is arm themselves with a good script and true creativity. They will not
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    • 78 17 inc i ng The language 0f... QOL 10ve... is not always spoken. k Sometimes, it needs |^i to be shown. 7^ V. 1 ;::::o:::o:o:o::::::::::;::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::V >^- i_ V -;.v:;: I:::.::-:.:-:-:-:-:-:-:-:.:.::.::.:::- "w^i ist hold her hand and slowly stroll in the cool evening breeze? the last time you counted the laugh-lines framing
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  • LIMELIGHT
    • 347 18  -  Cathleen Tung Hosts of MTV Asia Awards in S'pore put on no airs by news@newsto day. com. sg RONAN Keating once said, in a modest claim that he's a simple Irish Boy: "You go into MTV and it's all egos and entourage I hope people slap me if
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    • 275 18  - Health Matters prevent kidney failure Janice Lee by jani ce@newstoday.com.sg A CAST of 17 local stars came together yesterday for the launch of the first reallife Chinese drama on kidney patients Health Matters. This drama is the result of a partnership between MediaCorp and the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) as
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      221 18  -  Razali Abdullah by razali@newstoday.com.sg A YEAR after releasing its criticallyXAacclaimed debut mini-album, Disenchanted, Alienated and Anomic, homegrown band Urbankarma is about to launch its own fan base. The six-man outfit, which gave birth to a whole new genre with its nu-metal-meets-Malay-Archipelago blend of music, will headline Urbaneze a
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    • 287 18  -  Rachel Lo by rachel@newstoday.com.sg IT is hard to imagine a ministry set up in the name of enjoyment, but this is what Coca-Cola wants to do for Singapore's youth. According to the soft drink giant, this fictitious new ministry will serve the bored, the
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  • FAMILY & HEALTH
    • 493 19  -  Chan Seet Fun Children's Society launches Cabin Club for after-school care by THE Singapore Children's Society (SCS) is launching its Cabin Club today, as a new optional Co-Curricular Activity (CCA) in eight secondary schools. Cabin Club is an extension of Project Cabin, which is now into its eighth
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    • 224 19 Rachel Lo HAND, Foot and Mouth Disease has struck Singapore again, with three children and four teachers infected at a private school in Turf Club Road. Two of the children and one teacher have recovered, while the rest are recuperating at home. The disease
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    • 483 19  -  Helen Marjan by helenmarjan(s>lornawhiston.com.sg HOW do you go about supporting your child in the first term without causing undue stress or expecting too much too soon? A child needs to be intellectually, physically, emotionally and socially ready to settle well into a new class or even a new
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    • 256 19 SEMINARS Let's Talk About Health Can immunisation protect your child? What are the common illnesses that children are susceptible to? What is whooping cough? What is measles? And influenza? Is chickenpox really harmful? DrAngelia Chua, deputy doc-tor-in-charge,Yishun Polyclinic, National Healthcare Group, will address your concerns on children's health.
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  • INCINEMAS
    • 69 20 A JOKEY campaign to elect actor John Cusack as President of the United States has been launched on the Internet, reports World Entertainment News Network. His fans can fill out a form on the website, www.cusackforpresident.com, to register their support for the star and order Tshirts emblazoned
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    • 274 20 Reuters/Variety LOS ANGELES Meg Ryan has obtained a restraining order against a man accused of breaking into a Malibu house last month in search of the Hollywood star and making himself at home, telling the authorities he was engaged to her. The alleged stalker,
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    • Article, Illustration
      427 20  -  Serene Foo Absurdly unfunny, this breast fetish FILM REVIEW Beauty And The Breast (Now showing) by sereneWnewstoday.com.sg TUTTING bosoms have always been in I fashion in the cinematic world (think Christy Chung in Jan Dam), and this obsession is given full play in movies with an R(A) rating
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    • 199 21 Arnie's T3 set to hit the screens next year TERMINATOR star Arnold Schwarzenegger (picture) will be back in 73. Co-star Linda Hamilton will appear in flashbacks. And Edward Furlong won't be seen in this episode. Schwarzenegger, the Terminator himself, confirmed that Hamilton has signed on to reprise her
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    • 124 21 -Reuters/Variety CANBERRA Australian supermodel Elle Macpherson is to marry for the second time. This time it is to her partner of six years, French-Swiss banker, Arpad Busson. Macpherson, 37, known as The Body, was photographed at an exhibition in London this week wearing an
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    • 234 21 -Reuters BERLIN Tom Cruise (picture), an outspoken member of the Church of Scientology, has lobbied the ambassador of the United States to fight for the group's rights in Germany, where it is not recognised. Embassy officials said Cruise had met Ambassador Dan Coats, a former
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  • MOTORING
    • 460 22  -  Colin Yong A turbo-charged engine finally gives this Audi the power it deserves AT last, the Audi A4 has received what it has been crying out for since its launch last year a decent engine. The original 2-litre car seemed to have it all. Its taut
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    • 62 22 Quick takes Ups Much-improved performance Outstanding build quality Clever multitronic transmission Downs Optimistic pricing Firm ride Agent: Premium Automobiles Pte Ltd Price: 161,000 including COE Specifications EngineType: 1781 cc, 20V in-line 4 Maximum power: lsobhp at 5700rpm Maximum torque: 2IONm at 1750-4600rpm Gearbox: CVT Performance Top
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    • 35 22 January (closed bidding) (open bidding) Cat A I6oocc&below $29,996 $28,669 Catß 1601 cc& above $31,522 $31,465 Cat C Goods veh/buses $24,010 $25,001 Cat D Motorcycles $602 $652 Cat E Open $30,188 $31,999
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    • 367 22 THE fourth Malaysian Formula One Grand Prix may still be six weeks away, but preparations for the Sepang Fl Circuit for the event are well under way. Two weeks ago, a safety delegate from the Federation Internationale de I'Automobile (FIA),
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  • Page 23 Miscellaneous
    • 1697 23 /A-DIACORP MBDiACORP Almost Heroes Channel 5,7.30pm Hotelier Channel B,4pm I II llf TH Dreams The Team A m^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^m Donghe finds his natural father and is __^B^ B-V M Singapore Story Rligby Af H*V saddened to know from him why he mW j jt" jJ Channel NewsAsia, 7.32pm M -k.^H was
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    • 1474 24 Job listings brought to you by I^wV^^i JODSDDff and SNEF Looking for a job? Find it in JobsTODAY. This listing is taken from SgEmployers, website of the Singapore National Employers Federation (SNEF). If you're interested in any of the positions listed, log on to www.sgetnployers.cotn for details. Professional/Executive 0003 Financial
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  • SPORTS
    • 546 27 -AFP NBA Cleveland 92 Washington 93 Indiana v New York live today on Ch 24 8.30am CLEVELAND Even as a member of the Washington Wizards, Michael Jordan (picture) continues to break the hearts of the Cleveland Cavaliers. Jordan hit a jumper as time expired and tallied 24
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    • 242 27 AFP MANILA The Philippines may bid to host the fight between world heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis and controversial challenger Mike Tyson this year, a senior official said yesterday. The April 6 fight, originally set in Las Vegas, has been on hold since Tuesday when
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    • 723 28 Super Bowl XXXVI Patriots v Rams Live on Ch 23, Monday morning 7am NEW ORLEANS The problem with being Cinderella at the Super Bowl is that glass slippers usually don't fit on artificial turf. Glass slippers break. So do Super Bowl underdogs. That's why the Patriots are
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    • 567 28 AFP Golf Heineken Classic Third round, live today on Ch 24 10.30am MELBOURNE The putts just wouldn't drop in a frustrating day for Ernie Els. Yet, he skipped to a three-shot lead over Greg Norman at the halfway stage of the
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    • 602 29  -  Leonard Thomas Two of Anfield's greatest strikers of the last decade set to get it on ;dfkg by leonard@newstoday.com.sg ONE was rested from midweek action. The other was given a run out despite not training for a week. At the end of the Leicester match,
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    • 115 29 AFP BAMAKO Egypt reached the quarter-finals of the African Nations Cup with a 2-1 victory over Zambia on Thursday as World Cup qualifier Tunisia crashed out after only drawing with Senegal. The Egyptians clinched Group D's runner-up spot behind Senegal thanks to goals in each half
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    • 401 29 -AFP PEBBLE BEACH As Tiger Woods cooled off, Brent Schwarzrock heated up at chilly Pebble Beach. During another blustery day on the Monterey Peninsula, Schwarzrock shot a 28 on his back nine and an eight-under-par 64 overall for a two-shot lead at the
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    • 519 30  -  Stanley Ho S-League's star player to turn out for English Div Two club on Monday by stanley@newstoday.com.sg REIGNING S-League Player of the Year Daniel Bennett (picture) has joined English Nationwide Division Two side Wrexham and will make his debut for it on Monday in a Reserve League
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    • 492 30  -  Kelvin Phang in Kuala Lumpur by kelvi rnffnewstoaay.com.sg ONE looks like a studious, bespectacled high school kid. The other, a typical MTV-generation teen. But, give them a pair of inline skates each, an avert ramp 12-foot high and one-foot wide, and you'll
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