Today, 16 July 2002, Afternoon Edition

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    7 1 TODAY Tuesday July 16, 2002 i MITA(PIO63/11/2001
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      Lock icon US agencies' book-keeping problems
      147 1 Reuters WASHINGTON As President George W Bush (picture) lashed out at corporate America for a wave of accounting scandals, his administration said yesterday key government agencies, including the one in charge of the budget, had book-keeping problems of their own. The White House Office of Management
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      Lock icon Stocks end wild ride
      63 1 AFP NEW YORK US stocks made a spectacular snapback yesterday after falling to its worst levels since 1997 amid a deepening crisis of confidence in corporate America. The Dow rebounded from a loss of over 400 points, ending down 45.34 points at 8,639.19, the Nasdaq up
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      Sparing the CPF cow
      935 1  -  Mano Sabnani Comment by mano@n ews to d ay.com. s g WHEN Singapore plunged into recession last year and various problems surfaced, the country decided that no less than a remaking of the nation was necessary. The country started off well, with sweeping changes proposed on
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Save your jobs
      392 2  -  Chan Cfuto Peh Call goes out to pioneer generation THEY are the generation that grew up with Singapore. Thirty-seven years ago, when this country was bom, they were called upon to sweat it out in the factories and shipyards. They were also among the pioneer batch of
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      Lock icon Pearl's killer vows retribution
      241 3 Agencies KARACHI Pakistani religious parties and militants have accused the country of bowing to pressure from the US after a court sentenced Sheikh Omar to death and his three accomplices to life imprisonment yesterday. The four were charged with the kidnap and murder of US journalist
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      PSA chief to quit
      463 3 one month after announcing offensive AT a time when it is involved in a battle to retain its position as the preeminent port operator in the region, PSA Corp announced that its chairman, Dr Yeo Ning Hong (picture), will retire. Dr Yeo's departure, to take effect
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      Rayson, too
      265 4  -  Elaine Quek Elisa Chia Andrea also sues former on-screen partner NOT too long ago, Rayson Tan {left in picture) played Andrea De Cruz's (right) on-screen husband in the MediaCorp TV Channel 8 serial, No Problem, which ironically depicted a couple having marital problems. One did not know then
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      Lock icon Half-price fares from next year with no-frills Air Asia
      97 4 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian no-frills airline Air Asia plans to go regional with cheap flights to Asian cities from next year. The small carrier, which currently flies within Malaysia, will offer flights to various Asian destinations at about half the normal
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      SingTel's top salary
      177 4  -  Chan Chao Peh BIG bosses do not earn the biggest salaries, according to SingTel's latest annual report. Company president and chief executive Lee Hsien Yang was paid $1.42 million last year. But, the figure is $1 million less than what was paid to Mr Chris Anderson, the
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      Deadly promise?
      224 4  -  -Joy Frances TWO of the four men involved in the murder of a 23-year-old squatter boss last June have been sentenced to death. The third was given a jail sentence. Now, a fourth, 28-year-old Seethong Pichet, awaits his fate. The victim, Mr Saephan Thawan, was found dead on
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      15 4 "Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself." Leo Tolstoy
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      Big breasts, good health?
      162 6  -  Lint Boon Hee I REFER to reports of Channel U's hunt for buxom women. Women's groups in Singapore seem to have missed the opportunity to pick issue with this unseemly attempt to degrade the dignity of women. Groups in Malaysia have said that they found it
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      Congestion? Buses not the cause
      108 6  -  Richard Chia I REFER to the reply from the Land Transport Authority ("Why buses have to pay ERP charges", Today, July 11) on why buses have to foot ERP charges. Why should the Government collect $4 million in ERP charges and give back $13 million
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      Consult the commuters
      218 6  -  Philip YKSoh They may have cost-effective solutions THE Government may have been "correct" in supporting the recent fare hikes by saying that profitability needs to be maintained by the transport operators. However, some questions on the issue still remain. For instance, is there such a thing as
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      They'd rather leave than give up cats
      225 6  -  Ethan Tan Tsze Wee I READ with dismay recent press reports that say the law bars HDB residents from keeping cats as pets. With all due respect to Minister of State for National Development Vivian Balakrishnan, I wish he had done more research
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      29 6 Your letter can also appear on this page. Give your Full name and address and write to: Today, 24, Raffles Place, #28-01/06, Clifford Centre, S'pore *****1; Fax:6s-*****217; E-mail: news@newstoday.com.sg
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Cautious relief
      743 8  -  Lee Yew Meng FOR property developers, the Economic Review Committee's (ERC) recommendations yesterday came as a relief after several months of anxiety and speculation over the CPF cut for housing. The Real Estate Developers Association of Singapore (Redas) described the recommendations as "prudent and far-sighted". It said: 'These
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      Lock icon Euro beats US$
      92 10 Bloomberg NEW YORK The dollar fell past the US$l per euro level for the first time since February 2000 and sank to a 10-month lew against the yen as foreign demand for US financial assets waned. The US currency weakened to U551.0033 per euro, from 99.14 cents
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      Property online
      60 10 TELETEXT viewers can soon access more than 200 pages of home, office and commercial property listings for sale and rent. This is through an alliance between the Teletext operator MediaCorp News and property agents Century2l, C&H Properties, Dennis Wee, ERA, First Tree and PropNex, Teletext Classifieds Property on
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    • Market Watch
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        Singapore
        113 10 THE STI index finished 4.33 points down at 1,609.76, successfully defending its 1,600 support for the second time. For every stock that rose, about three fell while 320 counters were unchanged. Volume was a healthy 408 million shares with a value of $390 million traded. IPO fever continued yesterday,
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        Straits Times Index — 10-Day Chart
        5 10 Straits Times Index 10-Day Chart
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        SGX most active
        53 10 jy volume MylS larco letatrftUSS -pnelcen lltlntl 1U Inl '000 117,051 17,109 16,223 14,9B5 14,936 NrrToth Ccj-cn SingTel KIW Ultra '000 8,764 7,766 6,826 6,589 5,763 3y value Inly 15 Jorto DBS OataerflUSS JOB /enlure 92,121,810 29,319,400 25,795,460 23,461,655 19,027,100 SIA ocet Chartered 5PH SingTel 12,260,701 11,365,73:
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        World markets
        56 10 Index Value Change Nikkei 225 *****.15 226.30 -2.13 Hang Seng All Ordinaries Taiwan Wtd *****.66 3146.00 5393.01 66.64 -0.50 -23.49 -0.63 -0.02 -0.43 Korea Camp SET lade* Jake la Camp 783.52 399.36 480.90 -9.41 -1.30 +1.29 -1.19 -0.32 +0.27 Phi Is Comrj Shenzen B Mumbai 1161.69 244.92 3278.71
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 10 US$ 0.5749 UKE 0.3693 Yen 66.7385 HK$ 4,***** m 2.***** Euro 0.5769 Rupiori 5200 Bull 23.4166 Peso 28.9942 M 1.***** Indian Rs *****3 Won 676.178 C$ 0.8833 Yuan ***** NZ$ 1.***** HT$ 19.0824
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        Commodities
        20 10 GoldiMAz 315.900 Silver oss/e 5.065 Platinum itss/<_ 524.000 Rubber (cnis/kj 147.25 Palm oil KM/nm 1353 Grcr- nude ii::: > 25.485
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        SGX top rises
        73 10 lulylS Merger Sh.ng Asia _kHK5 JOB Close Change 0.410 +0.180 6.500 +D.150 13.600 +0.100 JukitSem ***** +0.100 ilA 13.400 +0.100 >EA 200 13.300 +0.100 ieksunW*****6 0.B15 +0.090 leksua 1.160 +0.090 flFl 1.240 +0.070 ly percentage luly 15 Close Change ierger 0.410 +78.261 IreenWar 0.200 +29.032 >anpacMedWO***** 0.045
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        Lock icon SGX top falls
        83 10 Bloomberg 3y$ My 15 iPDRS 10DSS Close Change 92.600 -6.400 /antnre 14.300 -0.400 Creative 50 1B.100 -0.300 iPH 19.900 4200 iPHlOO 20.000 -0.100 ac Hyfto ISH 500U5S 4.740 4080 1.210 4070 2.900 4070 imnspar 1.420 4060 iingemasC 2kHKS 1.780 4060 Sy percentage My 15 HoGCenW*****2 Close Change
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      UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
      3123 12 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS £nquiries:Call 852-2973-6600 E-mail iipper.nsia@reulers.tam Price Price Aqordeen Asset Monnqement (Asiii) 7 com', :,>._ Hjh field M I 174 171 l:s-:-mii-LNn- ll,; Iji'i'j- i;l 022 1.074 7/ AKnec l 5e-CanlMiEnAnTEuropeEqtY 0.B9. 0.939 7/ Ajer.ef.iS-:-;T.-.|::i l.'H£ 0.557 0.584 77 AuncMi: ikh "cAmllgy 0.3!I 0.33! A:> J:nS:- i-:.n."iiiFr F 1.053
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      Lock icon Drug deal
      335 13 Bloomberg Pfizer to buy Pharmacia for $105b NEW YORK Pfizer, the world's largest drug maker, has agreed to buy rival Pharmacia Corp for US$6O billion ($lO5 billion) in shares. Pharmacia stockholders will get 1.4 Pfizer shares for each Pharmacia share. That puts the value of Pharmacia shares at
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      Lock icon The Greenspan touch
      224 13 AFP WASHINGTON Federal Reserve Board chairman Alan Greenspan will seek to calm congressional concern over recent market turmoil in the wake of a series of big corporate scandals when he testifies before the Senate banking committee tonight, analysts said. Mr Greenspan is expected to appear before the
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      Lock icon Retail sales fall again in May
      120 13 Bloomberg SINGAPORE'S retail sales fell for a seventh month in May, as residents cut back on the purchase of cars, jewellery and pharmaceutical products. The retail sales index fell 8.1 per cent in May from a year earlier, compared with a 4.2 per cent
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      266 13 International Conference on Project Management "Breakthrough with Project Management In the Era of Global Revolution by IT" 31 July 2 August, 2002, Marina Mandarin Hotel, Singapore Who should attend ProMAC 2002 Conference? ProMAC 2002 provides an excellent opportunity for researchers, developers, practitioners and managers to share and learn from the
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Kashmir's hope
      317 14 India agrees to discuss issue of autonomy SRINAGAR In what could be a marked shift in its policy, the Indian government has appointed a representative to start talks with Kashmir on the issue of autonomy for the state yesterday. Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah has appointed a senior
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      Prosecutors under fire
      240 14 JAKARTA Prosecutors in Tommy Suharto's trial were under fire yesterday for asking for a jail term of 15 years despite multiple charges, one of which is murder. The four prosecutors said Tommy had been proven guilty of the premeditated murder of a judge who had ordered him
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      Lock icon Pakistani lawyers' 1-day strike
      179 14 -AFP ISLAMABAD Pakistani lawyers have joined the growing opposition to a series of controversial constitutional amendments, proposed by President Pervez Musharraf, by staging a one-day work boycott yesterday. Islamabad Lawyers' Association president Abdul Rehman Siddiqui said the strike was called by the Pakistan Bar Council and
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      Lock icon Arms seized
      111 14 Agencies BANGKOK Police in the southern province of Satun said yesterday they had seized a major cache of weapons and ammunition bound for rebels in Indonesia's Aceh province. Police arrested two suspects along with the arms haul in a fishing boat off Satun province on Sunday. The boat
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      Former minister charged
      109 14 KUALA LUMPUR Former Rural Development Ministry secretary-general Datuk Dr Abdul Aziz Muhamad was charged yesterday with cheating and criminal breach of trust involving a total of RMII million ($5.03 million) The New Straits Times reported that the amount included investment money belonging to the ministry and the
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      Lock icon Belling the cat?
      380 15 Bloomberg. Ex-Iraqi officers urge army to topple Saddam LONDON Despite leaked war plans detailing a United States attack on Iraq and President Saddam Hussein, the prospect of a regime change from within has been floated as a viable alternative. A meeting here of former senior Iraqi officers
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      Lock icon US securities boss staying put
      198 15 Agencies WASHINGTON Amidst calls for his resignation, Securities and Exchange Commission chairman Harvey Pitt said yesterday that he will not step down from his post. Mr Pitt is accused of being too soft on companies that report massive accounting irregularities. "I'm the right person for
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      Concern over Rumsfeld's army plans
      171 15 WASHINGTON If US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has his way, the military will be given much greater latitude to manage itself but at the cost of accountability. The Las Angeles Times reported that he is pushing a series of overhauls which the Pentagon sees as
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      Lock icon End of the road for Turkish PM?
      118 15 Reuters ISTANBUL With a political crisis hanging like a sword of Damocles over his head, Turkish Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit said yesterday that he may step down before his government loses its ruling majority. Mr Ecevit said that he would resign if Economy
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Lock icon How long will he wait?
      992 16  -  Sanjay Kapoor Afp photo It's a matter of time before India's DPM and Home Minister Advani acts SINCE Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee, 77, became the Prime Minister in 1998, he has given the impression that he is physically incapable of fulfilling his onerous responsibilities. A
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon Tim on the Go
      537 17  -  Serene Foo CHANNEL NewsAsia's (CNA) new kid on the block, Timothy Go (picture), is going places. Barely two years into the job as a news anchor, he has been assigned as the Hong Kong-based anchor for CNA's new nightly Primetinte News programme, which started last week.
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  • BUSYCOOK
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      Flavourful roast chicken
      326 18  -  Pauline ni.-oh French herbs and butter give this bird a good complexion SIZE matters in this case. Don't go for those young, limp chicks. To enjoy a roast chicken you can sink your teeth into, go for the big bird. I don't know about you, but I
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      For herbs, the French connection
      158 18 It said "pour grillades" on the label, which meant that it was meant "for grills" or barbecues. But just taking a sniff at the mixture was enough to make you salivate.When it comes to cooking with herbs, you simply cannot beat the French. My bottle
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      Roast chicken with French herbs and butter
      242 18 Ingredients: 1 large chicken (abt 2.2kg) 1 bag young potatoes (about lkg) 1 bunch coriander or rosemary IOOg butter 2 tablespoons French herbs (see story above, right) 1 tablespoon salt 1 tablespoon olive oil Method: 1. Wash chicken. Trim off head and feet.
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  • BUSINESS IT
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      Breakthrough result
      1012 19 Sun technology means ASP's customers get a versatile and cost-efficient tool WHEN FOCUsS.NET wanted to create a technological infrastructure that was scalable and stable to meet the ever-expanding demands of its customers, it chose Sun solutions. FOCUsS.NET, which provides businesses database management and data mining system solutions over
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  • INFOTECH
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      Lock icon Security at your fingertips
      433 20  -  Rosalyn Lim Protect online transactions from light-fingered hackers EARLIER this month, a hacker siphoned off $62,000 from 21 DBS Internet Banking accounts. The public outcry that ensued called for increased security of online transactions. A local company, cyberßlZ, is proposing that online service providers and consumers
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      So that your business never stops
      274 20  -  by Michele Caminos IN the aftermath of recent terrorism and natural disasters, firms have recognised more than ever the need to be prepared for the unexpected. Planning for business disruption includes natural disasters, hardware and communication failures, sabotage or acts of terrorism and failures
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      Fuji goes multi-functional
      106 20 FUJI Xerox Singapore has unveiled its Document Centre C4OO and C320 all-in-one multifunction machines (picture) that scan, copy, print and fax in colour and/or black and white. Unique to these machines, according to their maker, is that users can use the machines to read, scan or fax
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  • INCINEMAS
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      A hard-to-keep Promise
      352 22 JERUSALEM The Israeli and Palestinian children of the film Promises realised that it would be difficult to live together. Today, they are caught in the violence. Promises has won many awards and an Oscar nomination. And the seven children have grown up. Five years ago, when they
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      Lock icon A day in the sun
      582 22  -  Yong Shu Chiang More than sports, Rookie is about chasing dreams FILM REVIEW The Rookie (Now showing) ON A sunny day in small-town Texas, a 35-year-old man nervously rolls a baseball in his hand, grips it, and then unleashes it with all his might. The
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      Lock icon In trouble, again
      298 23 -AFP Bad boy Nicholas Tse is accused of assaulting a photographer HONG KONG Canto-pop star Nicholas Tse has been accused of assaulting a press photographer in the latest of a series of incidents to spotlight the star's turbulent lifestyle, according to reports here yesterday. Ng Sung-kei, a
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      378 23 Name: Mushu MIB role: Frank the Pug Age: 7 (human years) Frank the Pug made his debut in the original Men in Black (1997) as an informant who gets a shakedown, courtesy of Tommy Lee Jones' character, Agent Kay. In Men in Black
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      328 24  -  Serene Foo HER once hush-hush love life was made public after her long-time boyfriend, Pierre Png, donated a part of his liver to her. Now, MediaCorp artiste Andrea De Cruz (picture), who suffered liver failure after she reportedly took the diet pill, Slim 10, is in the
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      433 27 PHILADELPHIA Just how long will the troubled marriage last? The Philadelphia 76ers management has stood by its AllStar guard Allen Iverson (picture) so far through his latest troubles, reported USATODAY.com. But if a decision is made that it is best to try to transfer him,
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      160 27 Wizards: It has enough young talent, including Richard Hamilton, to make a trade work, salary cap-wise. The support system is also in place with Michael Jordan and coach Doug Collins. Knicks: With Latrell Sprewell and Allan Houston as bait, it is in position to swing a deal.
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      381 27 Reuters LORIENT When asked about the greatest time-trial specialists in history, two former Tour de France winners surprisingly did not immediately mention Lance Armstrong. The American had won all the long individual trials of the past three Tours and was favourite to add
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      296 28 Reuters LONDON Manchester United will use soccer's financial crisis to regain its grip on the English game, the club's chief executive Peter Kenyon warned its English Premier League rivals. The crisis was highlighted last week by Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger, who said the transfer
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      611 28 AFP MUIRFIELD The Open championship, which starts here on Thursday, is at the centre of a bitter row over sexism in golf. Muirfield, one of the world's most exclusive golf clubs, does not allow women to join and top British politicians have attacked the
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      751 29  -  Razali Abdullah Getty Images Rio should follow Campbell's footsteps WHEN Sol Campbell "defected" to Arsenal from cross-city rival Tottenham Hotspur, he described it as the "hardest decision he has made in his life". Uncannily, the same words were uttered by Rio Ferdinand yesterday as he contemplates this
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      680 30  -  Jose Raymond IT HAS been 21 years since Singapore last inflicted defeat on Malaysia, in Malaysia. Sadly, that statistic will not be broken in tonight's international friendly, if current form and the preparations of both teams are anything to go by. Lions' Jan Poulsen, who will
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      250 30  -  Ray Chen SINGAPORE'S cricket team bowed out of the Asian Cricket Council Trophy 2002 with a whimper yesterday. Archrival Malaysia dashed Singapore's dream of making it to the semi-finals, recording a well-deserved 94-run victory at the Padang. Malaysia's captain, Suresh Navaratnam, was ecstatic after his team's comprehensive rout
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      81 30 Agencies LONDON Fulham has signed Japan's Junichi Inamoto on a one-year loan deal from Japanese club Gamba Osaka, the club confirmed in a statement yesterday. Inamoto was on a loan deal with Arsenal but manager Arsene Wenger chose to release him at the end of last season. The
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        388 31 LONDON Rio Ferdinand has decided he is going to Manchester United. After lengthy talks with his family, he has found the lure of Old Trafford very strong, reported The Sun newspaper. The 23-year-old England star believes he will have a greater chance of
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        461 31  -  Kelvin Phang World-class badminton returns to Singapore by kelvin@ne wstoday. co m. sg LESS than a month after being elected unopposed as Singapore Badminton Association (SBA) president, Minister for the Environment, Lim Swee Say (picture), is already creating ripples in the sport. At his first press conference
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        61 31 Dates: Qualifying Round Aug 19 (Singapore Badminton Hall) Qualifying Round Aug 20 (Indoor Stadium) Main Draw Aug 21-25 (Indoor Stadium) Prize Money: US$l7O,OOO ($295,000) Ticket prices: Adults {prices vary from $5-$2O depending on which round, season ticket $40), student (prices from $3-$l2 depending on round, season
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        289 31 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Amid the outbreak of dengue fever among some athletes, Malaysian sports officials yesterday said they have targeted a mere four gold medals at this month's Commonwealth Games in Manchester, six less than it won in 1998. Sieh Kok Chi, secretarygeneral of
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