Today, 26 February 2002, Afternoon Edition

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    11 1 TODAY Til G S (1 ay February 26, 2002 MITA(P) 063/11/2001
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      Lock icon India is back on US radars
      70 1 -AFP WASHINGTON The Pentagon notified US Congress yesterday of a possible sale to India of Firefinder radar sets. This would be the first USIndian arms deal since Washington lifted sanctions which were imposed after a 1998 Indian nuclear test. The package of eight AN/TPQ-37
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      Lock icon Dow soars above 10,000
      166 1 Agencies NEW YORK US stocks climbed for a second-straight session yesterday, with the Dow Jones industrial average back above the key 10,000 level. US Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill, meanwhile, said he expected growth in the Jan-Mar period to be higher than the 0.2 per cent posted
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      The money movers
      565 1  -  Ng Boon Yian Jose Raymond Why tempting deals may be risky as MAS moves to raise bar by and news@newstoday.com.sg THE shop looks like any other money- changer's. But you are allowed to go beyond the shop front only if you are trusted enough. Even so, you
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Lock icon That old Zouk feeling
      63 2 WONG KHING CHONG ZOUK hosted a Chinese New Year reunion lunch and a lighting and sound show for 150 senior citizens from the Tiong Bahru Befriender Service/ Tiong Bahru Community Centre (CC) yesterday. The Zouk management and its founder, Mr Lincoln Cheng, will also be donating
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      Lawyer for one
      336 2  -  Leong Phei Phei but other 12 held by ISD to plead own cases by pheiphei@newstoday.com.sg AFTER the arrests of 13 suspected terrorists were announced, Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng had said they would be allowed to engage lawyers and plead their cases. This will take place
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      Killed for not keeping his prison cell clean?
      261 2  -  Elaine Quek A PRISONER killed his cellmate in August last year over the latter's apparent lack of personal hygiene, a court was told yesterday. On the first day of the murder trial of 36-year-old Kanesan s/o Ratnam, the court heard that Kanesan
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      Poly grads' salaries actually went up
      308 2  -  Zackaria Abdul Rahim THE starting salaries and employability of polytechnic graduates have not been affected by the economic downturn. According to employment survey findings released jointly by the four polytechnics here, the average gross monthly salary for fresh poly graduates last year was $1,536
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      Crony alert
      391 3 Dr M: We can't tolerate any misuse of funds LONDON Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad has put "cronies" on alert Using the word coined by the Western press to describe friends of the government who have received help from it, Dr Mahathir said: "We can't
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      Lock icon BJP no longer India's dominant party
      152 3 Agencies NEW DELHI Leaders of India's shell-shocked ruling BJP party met yesterday to take stock of their defeat after being thrashed in key state elections. The BJP not only lost in the state of Uttar Pradesh, but was ousted in the northern state of
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      Indonesian ex-minister comes to SM Lee's defence
      238 3 JAKARTA Former Indonesian Defence Minister Juwono Sudarsono has spoken in support of Singapore's Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew, whose recent remarks that terrorist leaders were at large in Indonesia had offended a number of people in the country. In an interview with The
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    • Article
      Reclamation within our waters: Singapore
      110 3 SINGAPORE said yesterday its land reclamation works will not encroach on Johor's territory, Channel News Asia reported. The issue cropped up over the weekend. Authorities in Johor complained that Singapore's land reclamation in several areas, including Tuas, had reduced the Tebrau Straits, the body of
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      Lock icon Unite, or else ...
      283 4 Unite, or else -AFP US cannot defeat terrorism on its own THE United States was told to abandon its unilateral approach to the war on terror and accept that it cannot defeat terrorism on its own. The fight against terrorism must be waged by the US with its allies, speakers
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      S'pore's aviation industry aims high
      160 4 PLANS are underway to make Singapore a global aviation hub that offers services beyond traditional aerospace activities, said Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, Dr Tony Tan, at the opening dinner of Asian Aerospace 2002 at Suntec City Convention Centre last evening. Four aspects
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    • Article
      Mobile players help to add '6'
      207 4  -  Chan Chao Peh OVER the next few days, Star Hub mobile users will get an SMS message from the company reminding them about the switch to a new numbering system. From March 1, telephone calls to fixed lines have to be made with the
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      210 2 Incomeshield Call: 788 1111 Visit: income.com.sg/mkg Good news! With effect from 1 March 2002, we are improving the Attractive Benefits lifetime limit of Incomeshield to $450,000 (subject to approval). This H^ 50 o /o incre ase in lifetime limit for the whole family is 50% higher than our previous limit
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  • LETTERS
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      Faculty factor
      387 7  -  Jennifer Mao NUS staff ushered in new dean I REFER to your article, "The pain and the gain" (Today, Feb 19). The new dean to be "parachuted" in for the National University of Singapore's (NUS) Business School is Professor Chris Tang, currently the senior associate dean of UCLA's
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      Why not public transport?
      151 7  -  Jason Wong IN Singapore, commuters and those who hesitate to give up their cars for public transport often have the attitude that the transport system is not good enough for them. It would help if a survey is conducted into public transport in places such as
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      32 7 Your letter can also appear on this page. Give your full name and address and write to: Today, 24, Raffles Place, #28-01/06, Clifford Centre, Singapore *****1; Fax: 65-534 4217; E-mail: news@newstod ay.com.sg
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Audacious bid stalled
      209 8 Global Crossing shareholders oppose STTelemedia, Hutchison bid THE bid by Hong Kong-based Hutchison Whampoa and Singapore Technologies (ST) Telemedia for the financially-troubled US fibreoptic carrier, Global Crossing, is facing mounting opposition from shareholders and creditors, the Asian Wall Street Journal (AWSJ) reported yesterday. The report said a
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      Lock icon Hundreds of Andersen partners want out
      133 8 Bloomberg HOUSTON Hundreds of Arthur Andersen partners have looked into quitting, concerned that lawsuits stemming from the collapse of their former client, Enron Corp, may wipe out the value of their stake in the fifth-largest accounting firm, an executive recruiter said. Mr Dean McMann,
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    • Market Watch
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        SGX most active
        31 9 By volume Sfcxks V«lmm tp<o 26,105 Datapuka 18,645 Semfctaf 14,043 Strike W*****5 13,620 BeyooKS 12,982 Stods Volume ProvSuw 11,587 Sing Tel 10,601 WohShmg 9,688 Ezyhdlh 7,421 TW 7,297
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        SGX top gainers
        45 9 Jys Hods ChOO8eCW****** 1 USS [entrolP ihong Asia 2kHKS 3BS8k6% NCPS10 IMH 4O0USS fcean 20OUSS Hyflux fhai Prime200USS ton! Want W*****4USS Close 100.400 17.000 6.600 101.800 5.600 7.600 I .ZflU 4.360 0.925 Rite +5.200 +0.500 +0.250 +0.100 +0.100 +0.100 +0.070 +0.060 +0.055
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        SGX top losers
        35 9 lyS toxb fenlvre jreatEost IBS totBtoad JOB jeative 50 iukitSem 1C :iTYDEV Close 13.400 11.700 13.300 2.290 13.400 21.600 12.200 4.100 6.450 Risi •0.501 ■0.501 -0.401 -0.321 •0.3« -0.3CK -0.301 •0.221 ■0.20(
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        World markets
        59 9 Indices Close Change Its Nikkei 225 *****.7 -60.31 -0.58 Hang Seng *****.2 Ml Ordinaries 3376.90 -168.92 +1.1 -1.58 +0.D3 raiwan Wld 5510.71 -99.12 -1 1 Korea Comp 791.48 SET Index 356.65 Shemen B 221.12 ■0.52 +5.35 +2.42 -0H7 +1.52 +1.10 Wumbai 3613.61 +9.43 +0.26 Do* Jones (lost Saturday!
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        Your S$1 buys
        35 9 USS 0.5452 UK£ 0.3823 Yen 73.072 HKS 4.2517 RM 2.0716 Euro 0.6265 Rup'nh 5524.9 Baht 23.915 Peso 27.996 AS 1.0597 Rupee 26.665 Won 720.46 CS 0.8724 CNY 4.5200 HZS 1.3089 TWD 19.163
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        Commodities
        20 9 Gold ibs/k 293.50 Silver uss/o; 4.398 Motinum uss/oi 474.50 Rubber anbAg 114.25 Palm Oil tm/lonn« Brenl crude USS/toml 20.34
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        Singapore
        156 9 SHARES started the week on a weak note yesterday, with the STI closing 22.49 points down to 1667.67. Dealers said clients had to cut their losses as an anticipated rebound did not materialise. They also linked the fall to index-related arbitrage selling following the expiration of index futures today.
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        Malaysia
        96 9 TRADING was easier, with the benchmark KLCI down 9.3 points or 1.3 per cent to 701.31. Concerns over the non-listing of Technology Resources Industries' restricted shares and the decision by the California Public Employees' Retirement Systems to pull out of Malaysia were cited as the main reasons for the
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    • Corporate Briefs
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        CSE earns less
        35 9 CSE Systems Engineering earned $4.05 million for the year ended Dec 31, down from $14.13 million in the same period a year earlier. Revenue was $113.90 million, compared with $105.60 million previously.
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        Apollo's bigger loss
        37 9 APOLLO Enterprises lost $5.08 million for the year ended Dec 31, compared with a loss of $3.19 million in the same period a year earlier. Revenue was $53.31 million, compared with $54.50 million previously.
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      Lock icon GIC's Shanghai buy
      115 10 -AFP THE Singapore Government has bought a plot of land in Shanghai for US$42 million ($76.9 million) and plans to turn the site into a commercial complex. The investment was made via the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC), which manages national reserves of more than US$lOO
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      Winning deal
      216 10  -  Chan Chao Peh SingTel's $4.2b bond sale gets its CFO an award by chaopeh@newstoday.com.sg The multi-currency bond deal, which was the second-largest in Asia, was nearly eight times over-subscribed, reflecting investors' confidence in the long-term prospects of the local telecom multinational. Sing Tel also won in two other
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      A bigger OCBC
      68 10 OCBC and KeppelTat Lee Bank became one legal entity yesterday under OCBC Bank. Meanwhile, the bank is expected to provide more information about a retrenchment exercise on Wednesday when it releases its 2001 financial results. OCBC's vice-chairman and CEO, Mr Alex Au, will include a presentation on
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      UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
      2968 12 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Fund Name NAV/Bid Price Offer Ptice Abetdeen Asset Management (Asia) Abetdeen Se American Opportunities 0.709 0.745 Abetdeen Se Asian Fixed Income TI 75 1.207 Abetdeen Se -China Opportunities Fund 0.961 1.01 Abetdeen Se Continental Eutope Equity 0.929 0.977 Abetdeen Se Global MNC 0.61 0.64! Abetdeen Se Global
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      Always afloat
      367 12  -  Vasu Menon Stock Watch Samudera is worth investing in by PENNY stocks have lagged in the recent rally and should play catch over the next few months. These stocks can offer exceptional returns given their low share prices. But it will be foolish to invest in penny stocks
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Under oath, a different tune
      264 14 Pearl case suspect now says: What kidnapping? KARACHI Just when Pakistani police thought they had the mastermind behind the kidnap and murder of American reporter Daniel Pearl, the suspect said he was being pressured into making a confession. Sheikh Ahmed Omar Saeed, also known as
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      Prisoner Arafat
      208 14 RAMALLAH Mr Yasser Arafat, President of the Palestinian Authority, remained a prisoner in his own territory as Israeli tanks pulled away from his headquarters yesterday. Palestinian officials remained furious with an Israeli Cabinet decision confining Mr Arafat to Ramallah, saying that it was not a real concession as
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      Goodbye, office of lies
      146 14 WASHINGTON The Pentagon may abandon plans for a disinformation campaign against Islamic countries. Last week, the New York Times reported that the Pentagon had set up the Office of Strategic Influence to mislead foreign media particularly those from Asia, Western Europe and the Middle East by
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      Lock icon Seoul arrests strikers
      135 14 Agencies SEOUL President Kirn Dae Jung's fifth and final year in office began yesterday with a fizzle as strikes triggered the arrest of union leaders. The labour strikes, deemed illegal by the government, had thousands of railway, gas and power workers protesting against long working hours and
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      What the regional papers said yesterday ...
      111 14 What the regional papers said yesterday The Star/ Malaysia Family slain A 35-year-old restaurant worker and her three children were round brutally murdered in their room on Sunday. The Jakarta Post/ Indonesia Nation urged to focus on four top industries Minister of Industry and Trade Rini Suwandi urged the nation
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  • COMMENTARY
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      A roly-poly world
      869 16  -  Roger Mitton There are too many fat leaders these days and it's frightening me DON'T get me wrong, I love to eat. But the trend in gluttony is annoying me. A few months back, I boarded a flight for Bangkok at Changi in a cheerful mood. I
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon Mama's boys
      412 18 AFP They break the stereotype by taking to the ramp BANGALORE They are big, brawny and not shy to admit they are "mama's boys". Mum was on the minds of many of the 30-odd contestants who took part in last week's Mr India, the country's only beauty pageant
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      Untitled
      104 18 Due to space constraints, Busy Cook has been held over. When you get to my age late 50s, early 60s the questions m are: "What have you done? ~W What have you left behind?" I have added to that: "How are you heard?" We need to be heard. Women my
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  • FAMILY
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      Slow courtship, long marriage
      864 19 They tied the knot seven years after their first date and have led a fulfilling life since 'T^HEY were from affiliated schools, he J. from St Joseph's Institution and she from Katong Convent Both had roots in the east, which was then the enclave of the
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  • INFOTECH
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      The security all-rounder
      265 20  -  Sol E Solomon A certificate course for personnel to learn the business side of IT security by solomon@newstoday.com.sg WHILE there are many IT security experts competent in the technical aspects of their work, there is a void when it comes to business issues. For these professionals to
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      Twice as good, using half the power
      239 20  -  Sarah Chua by sarah@newstoday.com.sg INTEL has come up with its Xscale processors to enable manufacturers to produce a new generation of multimedia mobile phones and PDAs. "Consumers today want to access the Internet, share information and stay connected wherever they go and that
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  • TRAVELLER
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      Australia — a country for all reasons
      1171 22  - Australia a country for all reasons Jeffrey Tan Feed dolphins, have a fun ride, take a scenic drive do all these and more Down Under by j efftan@newstoday. com.sg GOLD COAST/SUNSHINE COAST A VISIT to the Gold Coast must include a stay at Tangalooma Wild Dolphin Resort, simply for the
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      HOT Spots, HOT Deals
      111 23 Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast Farmstay(7D) From 1,498 Forest Glen deer wildlife sanctuary Montville mountain village Four-wheel drive Coloured Sands safari Mooloolaba Noosa Head 'Theme Parks Departure: Mar 11; Apr 25, May 13,25; June 8,12,15,22 Naturally Perth From $799 Return airfare Roundtrip airport transfers Four nights accommodation
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      Travel photography
      94 23 A wide-angle lens is a good option for scenery shots If you're taking a picture through a glass window, stand at an angle to reduce reflection off the glass If you can slow down the speed of the camera, waterfalls and fountains make interesting shots Carry extra rolls
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  • INCINEMAS
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      Lock icon Tom Cruise to film The Last Samurai
      177 24 Reuters/Variety NEW YORK Tom Cruise is poised to cross swords with Glory director Ed Zwick in The Last Samurai, a 19th century epic about the eradication of the samurai in Japan. The Warner Bros project could be Cruise's next film. The actor was
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      503 24 -Reuters/Variety The late pop star walks again in Queen of the Damned LOS ANGELES R&B singer Aaliyah, killed in a plane crash last August, comes to life this week in a vampire movie that features her in a poignant death scene. Aaliyah, 22, had just completed filming Queen
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      140 24 Reuters/Variety LOS ANGELES Six months after dying in a plane crash, R&B singer Aaliyah grabbed the crown at the North American weekend box office with her vampire film Queen of the Damned, toppling John Q. The Denzel Washington hostage drama is holding steady
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      590 25 Reuters/Variety Lord of the Rings takes five Bafta Awards LONDON One ring ruled them all at the British Academy Film Awards on Sunday night, with The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring winning five prizes, including best film. But the British Academy of Film
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      229 25 Reuters/Variety HOLLYWOOD After months of wide-open competition, the Oscar derby appears to be focusing on two main foes: New Line, with Lord of the Rings, and Universal/DreamWorks, with A Beautiful Mind. Other studios whose films bagged lots of nominations, including Miramax, USA Films and
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      451 27  -  Low Shi Ping World-renowned choir comes to town by shiping@newstoday.com.sg FOUNDED 500 years ago, the Vienna Boys Choir (picture) used to sing exclusively for the court of Emperor Maximilian I of Austria, at mass, private concerts and on state occasions. Nowadays, music-lovers all over the world
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      386 27  - No laughing matter Elisa Chia Gurmit Singh plays a kidney failure patient by elisa@newstoday.com.sg IF speaking Mandarin had not been his stumbling block, he could well be Singapore's answer to Jackie Chan, Gurmit Singh proudly proclaimed. The well-loved comedian was just joking, of course. However, Gurmit admitted that he has
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      136 27 MUSIC THEATRE VISUAL ARTS NUS CLDDS Annual CHOW! Colours Behind Barbed Outdoor Performance Presented by the Nanyang Wires: A PoW's History 2002 Technological University Hall Through the Haxworth The National University of Residence Three, this is a Sketches of Singapore Chinese play about the contention An exhibition of sketches done
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      344 28 How can play, actually, after joining the SGA SINGAPORE Golf Association (SGA) Golf Club poster girl (see advertisement on same page) Valeric How can play the game. But like many other Singaporeans she has yet to get an official proficiency certificate or handicap. And that is why
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      304 28 CARLSBAD Kevin Sutherland capped off a remarkable week by defeating Scott McCarron 1-up in the 36-hole final to win the World Match Play Championship at La Costa Spa and Resort yesterday. With the victory, Sutherland whose previous best PGA Tour payday was U*****,000 ($593,000) a year
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      606 29 AFP SALT LAKE CITY When the Salt Lake City cash for votes scandal broke at the end of 1999, the 2002 Winter Games was clearly not going to be like any other. And it wasn't. Born in controversy, it lived its short two-week life in controversy,
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      281 29 Agencies JOHANNESBURG South Africa's record defeat against Australia in the first Test dominated the front page of most of the country's daily newspapers yesterday. South Africa was beaten by an innings and 360 runs on the third day of the first Test on Sunday. It
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      609 30  -  Leonard Thomas Much-maligned Frenchman is just rolling back the years Champions League Group A Man United v Nantes Live, early tomorrow morning on Ch5 3.30am by leonard@newstoday.com.sg MAJESTIC, said that world class commentator Martin Tyler on Saturday. Describing Laurent Blanc, no less. "Is he out of
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      124 30 JUTYUT Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson would like Laurent Blanc to take a leaf out of his book- and change his mind about retirement. But, Ferguson will not be attempting to twist the 36-year-old's arm into reversing his retirement decision, reported BBC Sport. The
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      396 30 -AFP Champions League Group B Galatasaray v Liverpool Live, early tomorrow morning on Ch23 3.30am ISTANBUL Liverpool will be fighting for its Champions League life when it is "welcomed to hell" against Galatasaray in Group B here tonight (early tomorrow
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        504 31 Reuters Brazil president wants veteran striker in World Cup squad RIO DE JANEIRO President Fernando Henrique Cardoso has joined the lobby demanding that Brazil include veteran striker Romario (picture) in its World Cup squad. "I'm for Romario," Cardoso told Brazilian reporters in Poland during an official visit
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        Football out of Asian Games
        419 31  -  Jose Raymond THE national football team will not be going to Busan, South Korea for the Asian Games. This was decided at a Singapore National Olympic Council executive committee meeting two weeks ago. Yesterday, SNOC secretarygeneral Chris Chan informed FAS chief operating officer John Koh
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        195 31 Reuters CAPE TOWN South Africa's most successful fast bowler of all time, Allan Donald, announced his retirement from test cricket with immediate effect yesterday. Donald, 35, who pulled up with a hamstring injury while bowling during South Africa's recent defeat to Australia in Johannesburg, announced his
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