Today, 22 May 2002

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    7 1 TODAY Wednesday May 22, 2002 MITA(P) 063/11/2001
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    Lock icon Agony, irony, simple truth
    500 1  -  Janice Lee by. janice@newstoday.com.sg AS the shadow of a near-tragedy starts to fade, a touch of irony has started to appear in the story of Andrea De Cruz. Just before she and her liver-donor boyfriend Pierre Png made their first public appearance in weeks yesterday, the
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    Lock icon That issue of morale again
    288 1 Francis Kan THE issue of staff morale at the National University of Singapore (NUS) has surfaced again, this time in Parliament Referring to a Feb 19 Today article on the subject, the MP for Bukit Timah, Dr Wang Kai Yuen, acknowledged that this newspaper had
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    A dangerous game of bluff
    487 1 CoMMENT/Rahul Pathak: IN the most dangerous theatre in the world, a perverse game of "Call my Bluff" is being played. India's Home Minister, Mr L K Advani, has asked the army to consult the War Book a confidential document maintained in the headquarters of every
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Clean, green and unranked
      332 2  -  Francis Kan 'Unique' Singapore defies green measurement by francis@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPORE'S methods of sustaining its environment are so unique that they defy measurement by the World Economic Forum's (WEF) environmental sustainability index (ESI). Speaking in Parliament yesterday, Minister for the Environment Lim Swee Say said that the
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      ERP for Dunearn Road from Bam to 9.30am
      144 2 WHEN Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) along Dunearn Road takes effect on May 28, it will begin at Bam instead of 7.30am and operate until 9.30am. The Land Transport Authority decided to defer the start time of the ERP gantries after data showed
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      Lock icon GE raises $200,000
      159 2 GREAT Eastern (GE) has managed to raise $200,000 in the GreatLink Charity Golf Challenge and the GreatLink Charity Hole-in-One Challenge. The money will be channelled into GoldenCare, GE's community project that supports eight homes for the elderly under the Community Chest of Singapore. At the cheque presentation
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      Multi-campus NUS?
      181 2  -  Francis Kan THE Government is in favour of the multi-cam-pus model of tertiary education proposed by the National University of Singapore (NUS). Speaking in Parliament yesterday, Dr Ng Eng Hen, Minister of State for Education, said: "We have not come to a conclusion but the multi-cam-pus model for
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      Lock icon Now, for nation building...
      202 3 Reuters. NEW YORK As the world welcomes its newest member state, the international community has been urged to remain committed in its support for East Timor. Speaking at the meeting of the United Nations Security Council to mark East Timor's independence on Monday, council president Singapore
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      Revolt jolt for Sharon
      354 3 Talk of early polls as PM sacks ministers JERUSALEM Riding high on his strong popularity rating, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has made a bold move that threatened his political coalition and sparked talk of early elections. Mr Sharon yesterday dismissed four of five ministers from
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      Lock icon Blackout not due to sabotage: Manila
      139 3 Agencies MANILA A huge power blackout hit the Philippines heartland yesterday amid speculation of sabotage. The Philippine capital and wide areas of the main island of Luzon were affected, forcing the stock exchange to close early and leaving thousands of rail commuters stranded. The
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      Great tag team
      357 4  -  Chung Lyn-Yi NorthEast CDC residents form crime-battling squad by lynyi@ne wsto day.com.sg BY DAY he is a computer education businessman, by night he is a member of the Crime Busters. Together with three others in the NorthEast CDC, 32-year-old Derek Ong (picture) battles crime and tackles social
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      Almost on tap...
      172 4  -  Sarah Chua THE new ez-link card system is performing well beyond initial expectations, said the Land Transport Authority (LTA) yesterday. The LTA's projects and engineering senior director, Mr Chew Tai Chong, said problems were cropping up at a lower rate than anticipated. But he acknowledged that there
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Success assured
      416 6  -  Tan Hui Leng Keppel Insurance does it through elaborate training for its agents by huile ng@newsto day. eom.sg WHILE it is not the biggest player in the insurance industry here, Keppel Insurance is still a force to be reckoned with. Known for its innovative products and daredevil strategy,
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      182 6 fP z THE UNIVERSITY OF I Australia's leading international University <w fhe University of New South Wales (UNSW) is I tsa.\. T^^BT Australia s leading international university with the lartjesit un-campus enrolment of international students <«*/&;;>« :=3g|3KJl and over 200 sister university partnerships around the world. For four consecutive years,
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      74 6 Congratulations for winning the ultimate tax relief! Announcing the 10 lucky winners of the American Express Income Tax Draw held on 15 May 2002: Pauline Ong *****080F Terry Ong *****371 C Foo Lin Lee *****6891 Dorine Lee *****929Z Elizabeth Yap A. C. *****149 C Lim Lay Hoon *****8251 Jennifer De
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      CTE jams and road planning
      132 7  -  Henry Tan I DISAGREE with the comments made by Transport Minister Yeo Cheow Tong concerning the implementation of evening Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) along the Central Expressway (CTE). The traffic woes along the CTE are due to poor road planning by the relevant authorities. The
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      Can self-employed pensioners join NTUC?
      131 7  -  Ananda Perera I REFER to the report, "More under NTUC wing" (Today, May 20). I am heartened to know that the NTUC is now closer to achieving its target of 380,000 members by year-end. However, my concern now as a retired senior civil servant is
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      Oh, baby
      260 7  -  Lint Boon Hee Having children is so costly SINGAPOREANS face many contradictions. Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong worries whether there will be enough Singaporeans to stand up for Singapore and successfully cope with the challenges ahead. It is said that young people should, when the time comes, marry
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      82 7 A birthday Grandad will treasure Mf^fflg Wonderful moments begin with gas. Although you may riSS realise it, gas .is an essential 'building block' for some of the joys and pleasures we experience. At City Gas, we fully understand the importance of gas in our everyday lives, and we will use
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Lock icon Hong Leong share sale
      60 8 Bloomberg HONG Leong Asia plans to raise gross proceeds of up to $28.6 million in a share sale for working capital. The company will sell up to 30 million new shares at 95.3 cents each an 8.4 per cent discount to its last traded price of
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      Lock icon Singapore's biggest retrenchment this year
      125 8 Channel NewsAsia SINGAPORE'S biggest retrenchment so far this year will be undertaken hy Matsushita Kotobuld Electronic Industries. It plans to lay off 1,600 of its 2,200 Singapore employees in Jurong by the end of August. They include 650 temporary workers. Despite signs of a turnaround,
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    • Market Watch
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        Singapore
        115 8 SINGAPORE shares saw heightened activity yesterday, boosted by the $653 million Flextronics International offer to buy contract manufacturer NatSteel Broadway, rekindling interest in the restructuring theme as traders probed for new divestment candidates. The STI index firmed up 5.91 points to 1,730.48, helped by an interest in banks, which
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        World markets
        51 8 Index Value Change Pis Nikkei 225 *****.16 -55.38 -0.4; Hang Seng 111 Ordinaries *****.29 3328.60 -221.32 -16.20 -1.8: -0.4J lairan Wld 5443.18 -131.53 ■2.3ft Korea Camp SET Index 837,56 525.34 -28.22 -1.60 -3.2t ■0.31 lakorla Comp 525.34 -1.60 -0.31 Phils (omp iherzEn D 1328.70 224.02 15.32 +3.50 -11
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        Your S$1 buys
        35 8 US$ 0.5582 UK£ ***** Yen 70.159 HK$ 4.3544 RM 2.1215 Euro 0.6066 Rupiah 5041.5 Bahl 23.828 Peso 27.616 1.0075 Indian Rs 27.354 Won 700.50 C$ 0.8601 Yuan 4.6205 NZ$ 1.1960 HT$ 19,212
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        Commodities
        20 8 GoldhWoi 316,00 Silver ust/oi 4.78 Plotinum iiss/«i 544,20 Rubbei teritsAg 126,75 Polm Oil BM/loane 12E7 Irenl wide usS/Wi 26,46
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        Straits Times Index — 10-Day Chart
        5 8 Straits Times Index 10-Day Chart
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        SGX most active
        59 8 Mar 21 NnlSleel Ipco rlmi'i'iliag U hi Food ■'■.irOrerir '000 35,616 24,579 10,976 16,322 13,527 m Seatown QlanHu NalBroad Tastyfood '000 12,831 11,237 10,693 10,558 10,542 By value May 21 DBS III; "Sit "I OCBC SPH Nnl Brood 82,867,740 56,270,850 37,488,401 33,695,227 33,587,060 Chartered UOB SIA ST
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        SGX top rises
        71 8 )y$ fay 21 Clnse Change toBroad 3.180 +0.510 'latSteel 1.610 +0.260 JOB 14.800 +0.200 )BSBk6JiNCPS *****.900 +0.200 By percentage May 21 Close Change CroftP 0,100+33.333 Armsliong WO4O520 0.045 +28.571 Broadway 0,120+20.000 HatSleel 1610+19.259 ientralF 18.800 +0.200 IBS 14.800 +0.100 KBC 12.800 +O.10O bartered 4.230 +0.060 ■JWTech 0.525
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        Lock icon SSX top falls
        78 8 Bloomberg May 21 SPH 100 Close Change 21.600 0.300 May 2! El-Nels Close Chance 0.020 -20.000 GreatEast SPH FKH FSN100 Informatics 11.200 -0.300 21.700 0.200 7.700 0.150 7.750 -0.150 1.570 0.110 GMG USS Suniighl WiiOffite Rolol fJCVE 0.020 -20.000 0.290 -14.706 0.O35 -12.500 0.070 -12,500 0.250 -10.714
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      Jurong Port to expand
      132 8 JURONG Port, Singapore's alternative port operator, will double its container handling capacity to 660,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) a year by the middle of this year. This marks the completion of the second phase of its container terminal development. The increase in capacity is facilitated by
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      Lock icon India okays Sats stake
      88 8 Bloomberg NEW DELHI India has approved Singapore Airport Terminal Services' (Sats) proposal to acquire a 49 per cent stake in a local catering venture for US$l3.7 million ($24.5 million), the Indian government said in a statement. It was among foreign direct investment proposals worth 1.92 billion
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      UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
      2860 10 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Funrf Home NAV/IIJ Prise OHer Prtte Aberdeen Asset Mrningement [Asia) Aberdeen Se Amesirnn Uppnrlunih'ss 0.729 '}.I'.'t AbardKuSa Aoiuu Fixed Insurm 1.175 1.711 Aberdeen Se -China II|o|oui lui:M:so^ und 1.134 1.1M AbuidKnou Lunliiiuiilul Euiupo- Cc.ov I.B22 1.971 Aberdeen Se CkMMRF 0.13* 0.1*) Aierdeen Sel CkWtaliroltMjj 1Mb 0.4*) Aberdeen
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      Lock icon Improved forecast
      213 10 Bloomberg Chartered sees sales soar 40% CHARTERED Semiconductor Manufacturing expects secondquarter sales to rise 40 per cent from the first quarter, exceeding its forecast of 25 per cent. The net quarterly loss is expected to be 76 US cents ($1.36) to 77 US cents per American depository share,
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      Lock icon Flextronics bids for NatSteel Broadway
      59 10 Bloomberg FLEXTRONICS International, a Singapore-based maker of electronics for other manufacturers, has offered $653 million for local rival NatSteel Broadway. Flextronics will pay $3.23 a share in cash for NatStee] Broadway a 21 per cent premium on NatSteel's closing price on Monday of $2.67. A
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      Lock icon Global Crossing creditors favour cash plan
      177 11 Bloomberg NEW YORK Global Crossing's creditors favour a plan to let the fibre optic network operator remain independent after emerging from bankruptcy, rather than accept an offer from Hutchison Whampoa and Singapore Technologies Telemedia. Global Crossing filed for Chapter 11 protection from creditors on
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      Lock icon Ernst and Young sued over accounting rules
      187 11 -AFP WASHINGTON US regulators launched a civil case charging major US accountant Ernst and Young with flouting rules governing auditor independence. Ernst and Young was a business partner of software firm People Soft at the same time as it audited the group's books
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      Lock icon Market games
      504 12 Bloomberg London banks brace for World Cup disruption LONDON London's securities firms are bracing for an unprecedented distraction next month: World Cup football during morning trading. The host countries, Japan and South Korea, are eight hours ahead of London so most matches will kick off in the morning
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Australia, China to work on new broad-ranging trade pact
      166 14 -AFP SYDNEY Plans for a new broad-ranging trade agreement between Australia and China will be revealed this week during Prime Minister John Howard's visit to Beijing. China is Australia's third-largest export market with trade worth US$l5 billion ($26.9 billion) a year
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      Lock icon US expects suicide blasts
      256 14 Agencies Two dozen extremists on the loose WASHINGTON Fear and loathing are increasing in the United States as the government details various terrorist threats while an anthrax scare has been detected at the World Bank offices here. Suicide bombers and other militant groups could cause havoc
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      Lock icon Asean to crack down on terrorists
      178 14 Agencies KUALA LUMPUR The Association of South East Asian Nations sent a sharp warning yesterday to militants in the region by saying member countries would coordinate moves to counter terrorism, "We commit to counter, prevent and suppress all forms of terrorist acts," Asean interior
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      405 14 SINGAPORE ACCOUNTANCY ACADEMY TRAINING ARM OF THE INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS OF SINGAPORE presents The Association of Taxation Technicians Singapore (ATTS) ATTS is a professional qualification awarded by the Association oi Taxation Technician Singapore. It is recognised by ICPAS and aims to provide skilled support to professionals in taxation
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Big brother supremo
      668 17  -  S hob ha Tsering B hall a Small countries like Singapore need govt support for football to blossom by HOME United, Geylang United and SAFFC players dominated the national squad selected for the match against Uruguay, played last night. From Geylang were Lionel Lewis, Basri Halis, Mohd
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      45 17 www.lycos.com.sg ■.;■■.■■.■■.■■■::■■.■■;.v. The more than 100 million Falun Gong practitioners worldwide celebrate with joy "World Falun Dafa Day" on May 13 and convey our heartiest gratitude to our most venerable IVlaster Li Hongzhi. Falun Buddha Society (Singapore) and All the Falun Dafa Practitioners in Singapore
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  • UPFRONT
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      Make a date with stars, wine and dance
      214 20  -  -Low Shi Ping TyALLET Under The Stars J-J (picture) must rank as one of Singapore's most romantic events of the year. Nigel and Dawn Sim should know. They had their first date watching ballerinas twirl against a backdrop of twinkling stars. "We
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      Lock icon Into the spotlight
      559 20 -Reuters But Mrs Bush revels in remaining unrecognised PRAGUE In France, the fashion gods at Le Figaro deemed the US First Lady's style "natural" and her hair "practical". In Budapest, Nepszavadsag wanted to know if she advised her husband, President George W Bush, on how to talk
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  • LIMELIGHT
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      For teens, by teens
      391 22  -  Elisa Cliia The young stars of Baro have learned to bask in the limelight EXCUSE me, are you a Suria star? The cast oißara (picture), a MediaCorp TVI2 Suria drama, would probably start finding themselves answering the question more often. Tonight, the teen-targeted Malay drama returns
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      Lock icon Rock 'n' roll with Tonya
      199 22  -  Elisa Chia LOCAL songbird Tanya Chua wants you to mark this date on your calendar June 9. The 13th Golden Melody Best Female Singer nominee is set to enthral with familiar favourites, like Some Things Should Change, in a charity concert to be held at
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      87 22 pp University of -_-j^L Leicester rom^woßKs /^Ranked Top 20 In UK^S I\. by The Sunday Times University J League Table 2001 I DOCTORATE I Degree of Doctor of Education (EdD) LEICESTER COLLEGEWORKS Doctoral Scholarship 2002 Application closing date: 24 May 2002 Jm I MASTERS I Training &HRM Training and Performance
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      424 24 Reuters It's a standing ovation for director's film preview CANNES Director Martin Scorsese stunned a star-studded audience at the Cannes film festival on Monday with a powerful 20-minute preview of his eagerly awaited epic, Gangs of New York. Gangs stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Cameron Diaz jetted into the
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      224 24 -AFP CANNES Bollywood, the source of India's prolific movie industry, is the spice of this year's Cannes festival. The official Indian delegation, which set up shop last year, is riding high on a swell of interest for the classic love story, Devdas, in the out-of-competition
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      276 25 Reuters/Variety HOLLYWOOD Star Wars: Episode IIAttack of the Clones (20th Century Fox) soared to the far end of prerelease projections this weekend to capture US$BO.O3 million at the box office. Factoring in its Thursday release, Ep IPs gross over four days is US$llO.l7 million ($197
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      261 25 Reuters/Varieiy LOS ANGELES One of the biggest talent agencies has signed up one of the video game and film industry's big stars. And she's not even real. On Monday, Creative Artists Agency (CAA) said they would represent the digitally-animat-ed video game character Lara Croft
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      77 30 THE Commonwealth Games Jubilee Baton arrived in Singapore on May 19. To mark the visit, the Singapore National Olympic Committee, the British High Commission and other partners have organised a series of events. Yesterday, High Commissioners and representatives from seven Commonwealth countries took part in
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      254 30 Reuters LONDON Fifteen-year-old French boy Richard Gasquet (picture) will be the youngest player to ever appear in the main draw of the Stella Artois Championships next month after organisers awarded him a wild card for the event. The prodigious talent will take up a spot
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      194 30 Reuters CAPE TOWN A rugby union player has had nearly half of his index finger bitten off during a club match in Cape Town. According to the Cape Times newspaper, 21-year-old centre Virgil Wepener, who plays for the Temperance Rugby Football Club, suffered the assault while
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      404 31 SACRAMENTO This time, Mike Bibby and the Sacramento Kings made sure there was no fourthquarter magic from the Los Angeles Lakers. Chris Webber had 21 points and 13 rebounds and Bibby had seven of his 20 points including a clutch three-pointer in the final period as
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      238 31 -AFP KINGSTON Shivnarine Chanderpaul hit a patient 55 not out under pressure to boost the West Indies' chances of setting a stiff fourth-innings target for India in the fifth and final Test yesterday. The prolific left-hander put on 84 crucial runs with tail-enders as
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      998 32  -  Stanley Ho by stanlcy@newstcxiay.com.sg FOOTBALL is just unpredictable, eh? Just ask Spain's international goalkeeper Santiago Canizares. While whistling away contemplating a summer in Asia after a good morning shave last week, the Valencia shot-stopper, with one of the safest pair of hands in La Liga, dropped a
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      677 34  -  Leonard Thomas England looks as if it will rely solely on core group to advance by liionardf"'iK'wstod;iy.<:orn.sK UN! R fhe watchful eyes of a volcano, it must have been quite surreal for England yesterday. ."laying its penultimate friendly hefort: the World Cup finals begin, the venue had the
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      271 34 Agencies LONDON Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson blamed Dwight Yorke yesterday for his failure to sign Italian forward Paolo di Canio froth :'"i.;lish Premiership rival West Hani United. In January, Ferguson was on the brink of bringhu K Canio to Old Trafford, but
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      484 35  -  Stanley Ho Below-par Uruguay escapes embarrassing result Today photo by Internationa! friendly Singapore 1 Uruguay 2 Indra scores a late penalty by st an] ey@n e wsto d ay, en m. sg ON A night Uruguay chose to play pedestrian football, Singapore could have pulled off a stunning
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      468 35 Agencies KUALA LUMPUR There's never a dull moment with Brazil. Yesterday, the second day of the team's acclimatisation stint in Malaysia, the South Americans did not disappoint. First, Brazil captain Emerson Ferreira described how impressed he
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