Today, 27 February 2002

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    10 1 TODAY Wednesday February 27, 2002 MITA (PI 063,1 1 2001
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    536 1  -  Adeline Goh or why Spore is so much like SM. Coincidence? I by adeline@newstoday.com.sg A DOCUMENTARY on Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew, to be aired tonight, seems to ask two questions: Can a man shape a country in his own image? Has SM Lee done that with Singapore?
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      25 1 Peace offer that Israel can't refuse?/3 Manufacturing is up after nine-month fall/12 Richard Seah on what Sentosa needs/18 S Gulam: Show Jaguars the money, please/30
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  • HOT NEWS
    • Article
      Pullout puzzle
      543 2  -  Chan Chao Peh Deeper motives behind Calpers' move? by chaopeh@newstoday.com.sg WHEN someone in the business of wealth creation says that some things are more important than money, one wonders what's up. And when America's largest pension fund manager, Calpers, says it is pulling out of investing in Malaysia,
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      Picture perfect
      35 2 Imperial College student Callie Sui Yong, 19, was crowned Miss Photogenic 2002 last evening. The event was a lead-up to the grand final of the Miss Singapore Universe 2002 Pageant on March 23.
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      O-level results
      112 2 THE O-level results will be released tomorrow. School candidates will be able to collect their results from their schools at 2pm. Private candidates will receive their results by post. They can also get them off the Ministry of Education website, www.moe.edu.sg/exams, after 2pm tomorrow. And on Friday from
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      111 2 Your viewers may not know this, but schools have also H turned down requests from non-Muslim parents to modify _J the school uniform. So this policy is not directed at Muslims. It is a general rule applied to all students The Prime Minister has said the position on tudung is
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      Lock icon Ice, ketamine threat
      208 2 Channel News Asia ICE and ketamine seem to be emerging as Singapore's new "problem drugs". The Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) said ketamine abusers rose 70 per cent to 133 cases over the past year, while abusers of ice rose 55 per cent to 271. It said this
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      Birth blood for future ills
      162 3  -  Leong Phei Phei THE cord blood bank works like any other bank. The difference is that you only need to make one deposit, and this is harvested from your umbilical cord just after you are born. A needle is inserted into the cord to draw
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      Prince of Peace
      279 3 RIYADH Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud did a balancing act when he offered an olive branch to resolve the Palestinian-Israeli crisis. The unprecedented offer that Arab states will normalise ties with Israel if the latter withdraws from Palestinian soil appears to be guided by
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      No proof Ustaz is a terrorist: Police chief
      162 3 JAKARTA Indonesia's police chief, Mr Engkesman Hillep, said he had found no "solid evidence" to prove that cleric Abu Bakar Bashir is a terrorist leader. In an interview with the Jakarta Post, Mr Engkesman did not clarify what he meant by "solid
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      41 3 We wish to A encourage W the Indonesian government to M combat these terrorist groupings within Indonesia more effectively than what they've been able to do to date. Australian Defence Minister Robert Hill at the Asian Aerospace 2002 exhibition in Singapore.
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      237 5 z\[o to Pete —Mr ClfiSSiC. Will he use his -H^lH^ lH lutes free talktime to talk his wm to Nicole's heart? Uljg C| wble your Talktime with 100 mins FR£E^M|| j st Handset Upgrade Programme* *H_f k Meet Martin The Man iveth the PrfIUJKHI Plan. H With the lowest peak
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  • HOME NEWS
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      NSS dividend
      88 6 THE first dividend for the New Singapore Shares (NSS) will be credited this Friday in the form of bonus shares. Shareholders will receive between one and 17 bonus NSS, depending on the number of NSS held on Feb 15. Over two million NSS shareholders will be given a
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      Hunt deadline extended
      91 6 THERE is still time to register for the Sing Tel Annual Charity Car Treasure Hunt, which involves a challenging drive from Singapore to Kuantan as well as the chance to give to charity. The organisers of the event have extended the last day of registration to tomorrow.
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      The Uni-maker
      435 6  -  Kim-Kyna Tan He wasn't even sure that NTU would survive, and now by kim@newsto day. com. sg HOW does a new kid on the block, with no track record whatsoever, survive against a giant? How does it, in just over 20 years, then grow to challenge that giant
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  • LETTERS
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      Clearing up the congestion
      96 8 I REFER to the letter by Lim Boon Hee, "Nightly woes on CTE" (Today, Feb 19). I use the Central Expressway every day. The road between Ang Mo Kio and the Pan-Island Expressway is often congested. The development of Yishun and Sembawang must have caused the
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      Elderly still uneasy
      527 8  -  Narayana Narayana They need reassurance before they accept ez-link card I APPRECIATE the explanation from the Land Transport Authority (LTA) in its reply, "Ez for the elderly, too" (Today, Feb 22). However, it is unlikely that the LTA can empathise with the problems that we old folks
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      Tap into EDB schemes
      168 8  -  Genevieve Kuek WE refer to the letter, "Help young people start a business" (Today, Feb 21). Young entrepreneurs can tap into the Economic Development Board's (EDB) assistance schemes to help them start their business. The EDB recently launched the Start-Up EnterprisE Development Scheme to provide financial
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      Hope for autistic kids
      156 8  -  Sarey de Lame I REFER to the letter, "He's autistic, he's my son" (Today, Feb 20). I sympathise with the writer about her autistic child. I am an educational kinesiologist with a non-government kindergarten which is sympathetic to children with mild autism. I also work as
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
    • Corporate Briefs
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        Former DBS Finance Building sold
        93 10 THE freehold property, 112 Robinson Road (formerly known as DBS Finance Building), has been sold to Ho Bee Development Pte Ltd for $38 million. This works out to $580 per square foot, based on about 6,095.67 square metres of floor area that can be rented
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        Star Cruises sails into the red
        51 10 THE Star Cruises Group has suffered a net loss of US$B.4 million ($15.4 million) on revenue of US$l.3B billion for the year ended Dec 31 last year. This compares to a pro forma net loss of U5523.2 million on revenue of US$l.47 billion in
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    • Market Watch
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        Singapore
        93 10 BARGAIN hunting lifted shares yesterday after recent losses. The STI ended up 14.73 points to 1682.40. Volume was relatively thin on 322 million shares worth $360 million. Food and beverage counters saw investor interest with gains ranging between five and 7.5 cents in Cerebos, Want Want and Dairy Farm,
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        Malaysia
        82 10 THE KLCI's intra-day peak of 707.1 yesterday gave way to a loss of 0.22 points to close at 701.1. Gainers outpaced sellers 332 to 301, with another 229 counters unchanged. Volume was low, with 167,855 lots traded. Core issues such as Malayan Banking and Telekom Malaysia slipped further, while
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        SGX most active
        31 10 By volume Stocks Volume ('000) Ipco 55,611 Beyonics 9,589 SingTel 8,735 Hyflux 6,826 SembCorp 6,636 Stocks Volume ('000) ProvSupp 6,626 SGX 6,429 GenlntUSS 6,109 StarCrusUSS 5,858 DBS 5,809
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        SGX top gainers
        39 10 By$ Stocks Venture Close 13.700 Rise +0.300 SIA SIA 200 UOB GreatEast SPH100 13.200 13.200 13.600 11.900 22.000 +0.300 +0.300 +0.200 +0.200 +0.200 SPH KepCor CentralP Creative 50 22.000 4.040 17.100 21.700 +0.200 +0.120 +0.100 +0.100
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        SGX top losers
        44 10 By$ Stocks IS DJ USTECH10USS OCBC DB eCW*****8 OUE Thai Prime200US$ NcitBr ocicl C&C Close 48.000 1.250 6.700 4.300 2.230 4.040 Fall -0.700 -0.110 -0.100 -0.060 -0.060 -0.060 F&N NOL Sp Land CSA 7.600 1.100 3.340 1.320 -0.050 -0.040 -0.040 -0.030
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        World markets SOURCE:Bloomberg
        57 10 Stocks Value Change Pis Nikkei 225 *****.63 -93.84 -0.91 Hang Seng All Ordinaries Taiwan Wtd Korea Comp SET Index Shenzhen B Mumbai Dow Jones (Monday) Nasdaq (Monday) *****.13 3380.11 5499.79 801.14 356.65 220.16 3712.74 *****.71 1769.88 +51.11 +12.20 -10.92 +9.66 +5,33 -0.96 +99,23 +177.56 +45.34 +0.49 +0.36
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        Your S$1 buys
        35 10 US$ 0.5458 UK£ 0.3830 Yen 73.060 HK$ 4.2568 RM 2.0740 Euro 0.6286 Rupiah 5,551.2 Baht 23.917 Peso 28.011 A$ 1.0600 Rupee 26.594 Won 723.39 C$ 0.8761 CNY 4.5172 NZ$ 1.3039 IWD 19.152
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        Commodities
        22 10 Gold uss/oi 292.2 Silver uss/oi 4.368 Platinum uss/oi 477.5 Rubber cents/kg 113.75 Palm oil RM/tonne 11 52 Brent crude uss/barrel 20.48
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      UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
      2928 12 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Fund Name NAV/Bid Price Oiler Price Aberdeen Asset Management (Asia) Aberdeen Se -American Opportunities 0721 0758 Aberdeen Se -Asian Fixed Income 1.1/1 1.207 Aberdeen Se China Opportunities Fund 0.962 1.011 Aberdeen Se Continental Europe Equity 0.938 0.986 Aberdeen Se Global MNC 0.62 0.65! Aberdeen Se Global Technology
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      A flicker of hope
      185 12 Manufacturing in Jan up 4.7% SINGAPORE'S manufacturing output rose 4.7 per cent in January from that of a year ago, ending nine consecutive months of decline. This gives a flicker of hope that an economic turnaround is starting to emerge. Although the crucial electronics industry remained
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      Lock icon KFC franchise winner
      69 12 Bloomberg KUALA LUMPUR KFC Holdings Bhd, Malaysia's biggest fast-food company, has won a bid for Singapore's KFC and Pizza Hut franchises for $73 million. The company beat five other bidders for the franchises. KFC Holdings will buy the KFC franchise in Singapore for $55 million. It will
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      Panpac quarrel
      60 12 SINGAPORE magazine publisher, Panpac Media.com, is seeking legal advice following an alleged breach of shareholders' agreement by its one-time investor, Chinadotcom Corp, China's largest website operator. Mr Chong Huai Seng, Panpac's vice-chairman, told Today that Chinadotcom sold its 10 per cent stake in Panpac Media.com late last year
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      Lock icon TRI allowed to list new shares
      170 13 Bloomberg KUALA LUMPUR The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) said it will allow Technology Resources Industries Bhd (TRI) to list its new shares tomorrow, helping to keep the nation's No 2 mobile phone company on track to repay bondholders. The stock's price surged 6.9
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      Lock icon Rescue plan for Japan
      320 13 AFP Measures include buying banks' bad loans TOKYO Japan's ruling party has unveiled an anti-deflation proposal and urged a government body to buy US$l5 billion ($27.49 billion) of banks' bad loans. Tokyo should also consider a fresh injection of public funds into the debtladen banking sector
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      Lock icon Longer-range 747
      125 13 Bloomberg BOEING Co, the largest plane manufacturer, said it will develop a longer-range version of its 747 aircraft that would also be about 20 per cent quieter on takeoff. The 416-seat plane, called *****0 X Quiet Longer Range, would be able to fly 14,786 km non-stop, allowing flights
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      Lock icon Expand tax base
      108 13 AFP hun-j i-UXNtr iviemDers oi nong Kong's Cabinet yesterday urged the government to expand the territory's tax base and cut down on spending to tackle a widening fiscal deficit. Mr Raymond Chi'en, a member of the Executive Council, said it was important to implement reforms because Hong
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon S. Korea crippled
      290 14 Agencies SEOUL The South Korean government struggled to keep the country running yesterday as labour unrest forced the cancellation of an estimated 60 per cent of rail services. Seoul declared illegal the strike by rail and power workers which began a day earlier and ordered the arrest
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      Lock icon Joy and sorrow
      50 14 AFP TWO women, an Israeli and a Palestinian, gave birth to healthy baby girls after they were shot without provocation in separate incidents. But this Palestinian woman (picture) lost her husband in the shootout. The 17-month violence has claimed 1,279 people, including 977 Palestinians and 279 Israelis.
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      Lock icon Beijing warns Taiwan will eat 'bitter fruit'
      142 14 Agencies BEIJING China is seeing red over a plan by Taiwan to rename its regional offices and said Taiwan would "pay" for its independent streak. Beijing's reaction came after a report said Taiwan will rename its offices by dropping the Taipei in a
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    • Article
      Lock icon Where PCs go to die
      284 16 AFP Computer dumping poses health risks to workers SAN FRANCISCO The computer that you discarded could end up in China, Pakistan or India, where, in the name of recycling, they are broken down by poor people using hammers and chisels. The workers are "often unaware
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      The softer side of Tung Chee Hwa
      156 16 HONG KONG Chief Executive Tung Chee Hwa shared details of his love life on television on Monday in what appeared to be an effort to let people see his softer side. Mr Tung said he met his wife, Betty, when they were studying
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      Lock icon Rivalry puts truce at risk
      162 16 Reuters COLOMBO The enmity between the President and Prime Minister of Sri Lanka may cost the country its peace deal with Tamil Tiger rebels, which was signed on Friday. President Chandrika Kumaratunga has threatened to cancel the Norwegian-brokered ceasefire agreement "There are several suspicious clauses
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      What the regional papers said yesterday . . .
      145 16 What the regional papers said yesterday The Star/Malaysia More scorers Last year's Sijil Tinggi Persekolahan Malaysia examination produced a record number of straight-A students and achieved improvement in 17 subjects. There was a significant decline in three pure science subjects. Bangkok Post/Thailand Police urge magazine to apologise Police are demanding
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  • COMMENTARY
    • Article
      Call it the 'S' factor
      592 18  -  Richard Seah What Sentosa needs to do to achieve success by_ AFTER reading about a $3-billion plan to attract more visitors to Sentosa, I went down from my HDB flat and saw a group of boys playing football. The children were happy without any state-of-the-art
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      Tudung, makan and Irene Ng
      499 18 Member of Parliament for Tampines GRC, Ms Irene Ng, spoke about the tudung issue at a function organised by the National University of Singapore Muslim Society Women's Wing on Monday night. Excerpts from her speech: LONG before this (the tudung controversy) happened, way before I
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  • UPFRONT
    • Article, Illustration
      Wholesome stuff
      611 19  -  Asif Ansar This year's Grammy Awards event returns to the nation's roots by asif@newstoday.com.sg THE Sept 11 terrorist attacks on the United States did not only change the world as we knew it but its effects are also beginning to be felt in music. And nowhere else is
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      Love brings out the Shakespeare in me
      469 19  -  Jennifer Alejandro by j ennif er@channelnewsasia. com THERE is something about February, hailed as the "love month", that always induces my creative juices to flow. And nothing gets me going more than love poems. Why? Because love is the most universal of all
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
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  • PORTFOLIO
    • Article
      Lock icon Picking your money guru
      573 20 Channel News Asia If you have no time to monitor the markets, get professional help NOT everybody has the time, knowledge or expertise to do comprehensive and effective financial planning. We may be able to structure a budget but we may not know how to reduce
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      Learn from your mistakes
      258 20  -  Karman Tse by karman@newstoday.com.sg IF the importance of saving and planning your personal finances still hasn't hit you after all the advice, it's alright. When you wind up in a sorrowful plight, like the girl in the following anecdote, you'll wise up without more nagging. A
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      A good financial planner ...
      165 20 A good financial planner is someone who is objective and that can only be assured if he is independent. Otherwise, he is bound to sell you the company's products. He must also be trustworthy in terms of integrity and competency. Joseph Chong, managing director, New Independent. will work with you
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      630 21 Bio-Herbalogy Hair Series Advertising Feature Some people at 50 have hair loss problems. Some at 35. Some at 25. Some at... At what age did you start losing your hair? And have you taken any action? Age Grouping -The Hair Loss Solution Explained a Yun Nam spokesman: we discovered A
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  • INCINEMAS
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      Of mice and women
      904 22  -  David Ngiau FILM REVIEW In the Bedroom NC-16 (Now showing) WHY the title? Early in the film, Matt Fowler (Tom Wilkinson) shows to a boy, at sea on his first lobster-fishing trip, a lobster that has lost a pincer. Matt explains that that's what happens when
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      Good riddance to Julia Roberts?
      391 23 BENJAMIN Bratt may be an up-and-coming actor, but he couldn't handle being with someone there-and-still-rising: Julia Roberts. Roberts, 34, and Bratt, 35, were once in love and were supposed to have tied the knot in Las Vegas last month. Roberts chickened out of the nuptials,
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      More choice words from Crowe
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      256 25  -  Gail Wan The twists in Winnie's life by reporter@newstoday. com, sg TAIWANESE veteran singer Winnie Hsin (picture), whose latest album, Forever, consists of 12 Mandarin cover versions of popular Korean drama theme songs, has watched very few Korean shows. She has only completed one Korean serial, Autumn
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      394 25  -  Lim Kuan Chiang Alegria's cast and music will leave you spellbound by in Perth ENCHANTMENT is about to hit our shores once again. Cirque dv Soleil's Alegria fresh from its highly-successful tour of Australia and New Zealand arrives here tomorrow. Just like Saltimbanco, the first Cirque dv
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      298 25 MUSIC Time: Bpm JamX 2002 Finals Venue: Drama Centre Inter-tertiary bands will perform Price: $20, $25, $30 one cover track and one original Ticketing: Call SISTIC at piece, thus enhancing the ere- 348 5555 ative aspect of the competition. Date: Today PARTICIPATE Time: 6 1 0pm How to Organise a
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      643 26  -  Jeffrey Tan Outline attributes needed for a vacant position before interviewing candidates THE process of hiring a new employee is often fraught with difficulty. Put the requesting head of department with a harried human resource person doing the recruiting, throw in a short deadline by which the
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      926 28  -  Rohit Brijnath by rohit@newstoday.com.sg EVERY night, faithfully, I watched the Winter Olympics. Every night, faithfully, I dozed off. This is, of course, a complete fabrication. I am merely trying to be popular. After all, admitting to being fascinated by ice-dancing is like owning up to
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      233 28 AFP NEW DELHI Indian golfer Arjun Atwal's victory at the $900,000 Singapore Caltex Masters was hailed here yesterday by players and officials. Atwal on Sunday became the first Indian and only the fourth Asian to win a European Tour event. He has made the
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      124 28 Reuters WAIKOLOA The 12-year-old Hawaiian golf prodigy Michelle Wie has made another piece of history by claiming one of two qualifying spots for the LPGA Tour's season-opening Takefuji Classic. Wie, who earlier this month became the first female to qualify for the Hawaii Pearl Open,
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      262 29 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia got the win the host desperately wanted in its second World Cup Pool B match against Japan yesterday with a 1-0 victory. But it had to survive a siege in the final minutes from a dogged opponent Earlier in the group, Korea beat India
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      113 29 today photo by TO GET more students bowling, the Cathay Bowling Academy held a clinic for 57 teachers and staff from 27 primary schools at The Chevrons in Boon Lay yesterday. The visit was to help teachers understand the programmes and facilities their students can
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      69 29 -AFP LAGOS The estranged wife of Kaiserslautern's Nigerian international defender Taribo West has told a court here she wants their marriage dissolved. Atinuke West, 29, said that her husband was in the habit of beating her and that he refused to have sex with her. West, a
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      56 29 Reuters DUNEDIN An unbeaten 122 by inspired batsman Nathan Astle led New Zealand to a memorable victory by five wickets and earned it a 3-2 one-day series win against England here yesterday. New Zealand was chasing the tourists' disappointing total of 218 from 50 overs and reached its
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      681 30  -  S. Gulam Comment by gulam@newstoday.com.sg RICHARD Woon was a picture of frustration as his beloved Jaguars were being torn apart by the Rams last Thursday. He could only try to soothe the anxiety of JVC's Mamuro Otake, the club's sponsor, who was seated next to him in the
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      135 30 Match 1 Jurong v SAFFC Jurong East Stadium 28 February 7.30pm IX2 (1) Jurong $5.20 (X) Draw $3.90 (2) SAFFC $1.45 1 11 Goal Jurong (+1 1/2) $1.70 SAFFC (-1 1/2) $1.95 Total Goals Ogoal $13.00 1 goal $6.50 2 goals $4.10 3 goals $4.00 4
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      452 30  -  Kelvin Phang by kelvin@newstoday.com.sg FIRST football. Now rugby and hockey. Based on their current track record, rugby and hockey will also not be selected for this September's Asian Games. But if they can improve on their record in the near future,
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      605 31  -  Leonard Thomas Traditional club now gone all cosmopolitan Champions League Group D Arsenal v Bayer Leverkusen Live on Chs and Ch23, early tomorrow morning 3.30 am by ;leonard@newstoday.com.sg THIS time ten years ago, Arsenal was the reigning English champion. Then, George Graham's side was famed for its
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      132 31 AFP BEIJING One of China's top footballers, defender Sun Jihai, has sealed a £2 million ($5.2 million) transfer to English First Division side Manchester City, his Chinese club Dalian Shide said yesterday. Sun, 25, was one of the mainstays of China's successful qualifying
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