Today, 4 March 2003, Afternoon Edition

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    8 1 TODAY Tuesday March 4. 2003 MITA (P) 002/11/2002
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      Chemical boost
      566 1 Spore all out to create vibrant global chemical hub IT'S tull steam ahead as Singapore positions itselt to ride the next wave of the petrochemical cycle and beyond. However, while the Republic starts from a position of relative strength, it is not standing still, said Minister of State
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      Lock icon Yahoo nets broadcaster
      158 1 Reuters LOS ANGELES Cable broadcaster USA Network and Internet media company Yahoo Inc. yesterday unveiled an advertising deal for the promotion of USA's shows across Yahoo's network of sites. USA said it was its largest commitment ever to an Internet media company, while Yahoo said it was
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      Lock icon Dow slips
      37 1 I —Reuters NEW YORK The Dow Jones industrial average fell 53.22 points yesterday to 7,837.86. The broad Standard Poor's 500 lost 6.34 points at 834.81 while the technology-laced Nasdaq composite dropped 17.23 points to 1,320.29.
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Pick your own
      509 2  -  Grace Tay Goodbye set menu courses, hello a la carte: NTU by grace@newstoday.com.sg LEANING back in his chair, with his head resting on his hand, Nanyang Technological University (NTU) president Su Guaning (picture) said he had been overexposed in the media in his two months at the
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    • AFTERNOON EDITION
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        Lock icon North Korean fighters intercept US spy plane
        325 2 AFP WASHINGTON North Korean fighters intercepted a US surveillance plane and indicated it might open fire, in the worst incident between the rivals since a nuclear crisis erupted last year, a Pentagon spokesman said yesterday. At one stage, the fighters came within 15
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    • Article
      MCA's money politics
      347 3  -  Jaime Koh Malaysian party split widens as leaders launch attacks By. jaime@newstodav.com.se JOHOR BAHRU- A growing rift in the Malaysian Chinese Association is threatening to undermine the ruling Barisan Nasional coalition and has prompted MCA leaders to lash out at money politics within the party. At the
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      'Sorry mate, you can't land until../
      150 3 SYDNEY In the latest move to tighten border security, the Australian Customs Service wants airlines to hand over detailed passenger information before their planes land on Australian soil, the Sydney Morning Herald reported yesterday. It hopes the information such as when a passenger's passport
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      MAS to hire China girls
      112 3 BEIJING Malaysia Airlines' (MAS) plans to enhance its China operations will be good news for potential air stewardesses from China. According to an Oana-Xinhua report, the Malaysian national carrier has plans to employ about 100 Chinese cabin crew this year. Citing Mr Wilson King, MAS
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      Lock icon Layoffs were last resort
      493 4  -  Ng Boon Yian PSA had cut pay, retrained and redeployed staff to avoid retrenchment by. boonyian@newstoday.com.sg CONTRARY to perceptions that the PSA Corporation was too quick J to retrench staff, the reality is that the move was the last resort after extensive cost-cutting measures such as
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      More abuse synthetic drugs
      235 4  -  Jose Raymond MORE young people between the ages of 20 and 30 are getting hooked on synthetic drugs, even as the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) wages an all-out campaign to educate the public on the dangers of such drugs. "There is an impression among the young
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  • HOME NEWS
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      New drug for Hep C patients
      312 6  -  Janice Lee Liver doctors foresee higher recovery rate by. janice@newstoday.com.sg HEPATITIS C sufferers now have a higher chance of recovery, say liver specialists. The viral infection can lead to liver inflammation, liver disease or failure, cirrhosis and liver cancer. But with the discovery of
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      Lock icon Robbery on the North-South Expressway
      144 6 Agencies MUAR Robbers armed with knives held up passengers of a Haadyai-bound express bus at the Pagoh rest and recreation area off the North-South Expressway last night The bus had started its journey in Singapore and picked up passengers in Johor Baru. District deputy police
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      Good news for PDA users as Dell enters market
      373 6  -  Sol E Sobmon ANOTHER major player has entered the Singapore handheld computer market and is set to make it more competitive than ever. The Windows Pocket PC-based Axim X 5 (picture), which is Dell's first handheld computer, is now available in
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      95 7 ...1.. i- Today's knowledge-based economy requires skills that extend beyond the technical knowhow. That's why ITE (Institute of Technical Education) is training a new generation of highly-skilled service talents like Nurses. d j^^^J Talents that are responsive and relevant for the dynamic growth of our nation. On top __^^B of
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      If s a struggle to understand the education policies
      178 8  -  Ananda Perera AS A former secondary school teacher, I was pleased to read the report, "Polys A route" (Weekend Today, March 1-2). Irwin Luo Weijie, in spite of scoring eight 0 Level distinctions with a nine-point aggregate, said he preferred the
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      Diversity of talent
      301 8  -  Timothy Lin Zhiliang Sports school's requirement shortsighted THE first government sports school will develop budding talent in the sports arena and groom it into players who will represent Singapore on the world stage. However, the recent announcement by the school's principal, Mr Moo Soon Chong, that only
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Lock icon Lower forecast
      266 9 -AFP THE American investment bank, Morgan Stanley, said yesterday that it was lowering its 2003 growth forecast for Singapore, saying last week's Budget for the year to next March offered little stimulus for the economy. "The FY2003 Budget in our view will not offer much cyclical support to
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    • Market Watch
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        Lock icon Singapore
        110 9 Bloomberg SINGAPORE'S stocks advanced for a second day, led by Venture Corp, after the company said sales last year rose by almost two-thirds from a year ago. Shares of Neptune Orient Lines gained after it said its unit had won a contract worth about $220 million. The Straits Times
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        World markets
        52 9 Index Value Change Pis NIKKEI HANG SENG 8490.40 9268.77 127.36 1.52 146.11 1.60 ALL ORDINARIES 2791.60 13.20 0.48 TAIWAN 4526.69 94.23 2.13 KOREA COMPOSITE 590.04 14.61 2.54 SET 367.67 6.35 1.76 JAKARTA COMP 399.22 0.27 0.07 PHILIPPINES COMP 1024.55 5.22 0.51 SHENZHEN B 206.70 -0.03 -0.01 MUMBAISENSEX 3277.27
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 9 us$ UK£ Yen HK$ RM Euro Rupiah Baht 0.5756 0.3653 67.8941 4.4892 2.1873 0.5331 5114.55 24.5482 Peso A$ Indian Rs Won C$ Yuan NZ$ NTS 31.4040 0.9404 27.4321 687.456 0.8542 4.7647 1.0283 20.0078
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        Commodities
        22 9 Gold uss/oi 348.65 Silver uss/oi 4.6 Platinum uss/oi 682.5 Rubber centsAg 178.75 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1 620 Brent crude uss/barrel 36.6
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        SGX top rises
        84 9 By$ March 3 Close Change Venture 13.900 +0.500 By percentage March 3 Close Change ChewEH 0.010 +100.0 SPH100 18.300 +0.200 Goldtron 0.015 +50.0 &eative 50 11.200 +0.200 MAE Engg 0.060 +50.0 SIA 9.600 +0.150 Jadason 0.065 +30.0 SIA200 9.650 +0.150 KepCorp 4.280 +0.140 DBS Bk 6% NCPS10
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        Straits Times Index Intra-day Chart
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        SGX most active
        60 9 By volume March 3 Citiraya Chartered Sinwa KS Capitaland TTInt Pac Cent DatacrftUSS KepCorp MultiVis DBS Close 0.545 0.735 0.235 1.060 0.440 0.245 0.690 4.280 0.280 9.450 Change +0.035 +0.025 +0.010 +0.030 +0.005 +0.020 +0.140 +0.010 -0.150 +6.9 +3.5 +4.4 +2.9 +1.1 +3.0 +3.4 +3.7 -1.6 '000
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        SGX top falls
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      Lock icon Bounty from overseas
      402 10 Reuters Capita Land earns $342 m from foreign ventures, bulk from China, Australia SOUTH-EAST Asia's largest property group, Capita Land, said yesterday it expected its overseas operations to contribute more than half of total earnings this year, up from 45 per cent last year. "Expanding overseas is
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      Lock icon NOL unit wins $382m contract to ship oil to Asia
      302 10 Bloomberg NEPTUNE Orient Lines (NOL) said its American Eagle Tankers (picture) unit has won a US$22O million ($382 million) contract to transport fuel from Venezuela to Singapore and other Asian countries. Venezuela's state-owned oil company, Petroleos de Venezuela SA, chose
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      $1.Bb spent in S'pore: VISA
      163 10 VISA International said yesterday visitors to Singapore spent $1.8 billion using its payment cards last year, an increase of eight per cent compared to the year before. Over 58 per cent of the spending was by visitors from the Asia-Pacific as tourists spent $1.05 billion,
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      Lock icon Good year for Thai builder
      136 10 Bloomberg BANGKOK Land Houses, Thailand's biggest home-builder, said it expected sales to rise by a fifth this year. Rising sales will help the company pay as much as six billion baht ($244 million) of bonds and loans in the next three years, making it debt-free,
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      Lock icon BIL to buy out UK hotels operator?
      172 10 Bloomberg THISTLE Hotels, the UK hotel operator whose biggest investor Singaporebased BIL International is considering buying the rest of the London-based company, said it will decide whether to return cash to shareholders once the bid approach is concluded. The company plans to focus
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      Lock icon Bad-loan blues
      396 12 Bloomberg Earnings forecasts for UOB fall after results UNITED Overseas Bank (UOB) Ltd's earnings est mates for this year were cut by as much as a fifth after Singapore's second-largest lender by assets reported that rising bad loan provisions had led to lower-than-expected profit last year. UOB's full-year
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      Lock icon Axis share sale to finance expansion
      268 12 Bloomberg AXIS Systems Holdings Ltd, which develops software for financial institutions, plans to raise $13.3 million in an initial sale of shares in Singapore to finance the expansion of its overseas operations. The Malaysia-based company will sell 42.9 million new shares at 31 cents
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      Lock icon HSBC profit up 25%
      319 14 -AFP Lower provisions for bad debts saw banking giant earn $10.8 billion last year HONG KONG Global banking giant HSBC Holdings said yesterday its net profit jumped 25 per cent last year after having to put less money aside for losses on loans. Net profit rose
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      Lock icon Asian carriers fly high
      456 15 Bloomberg as passengers worry less about war, terrorism TOKYO Japan Air Lines, Cathay Pacific Airways and other Asian carriers say demand for air travel is holding up, suggesting that Asian passengers view the threat of war in Iraq and terrorism as more distant than do American
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      Lock icon More gas from Indonesia soon
      184 15 AFP JAKARTA Indonesia hopes to sell 350 million cubic metres of gas to Singapore every day within five years, local media reported yesterday. A 370-km submarine gas pipeline from Grissik in southern Sumatra and two districts in Jambi province will channel the gas to Singapore,
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Race to stop revenge attacks
      373 16 Interrogators hope to get leads on Osama ISLAMABAD They may have caught a top Al Qaeda leader, but getting information out of Khalid Shaikh Mohammed will be a challenge and a race against time. Suspected 911 mastermind Khalid Shaikh was interrogated for a third day
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      Lock icon No 'coherent plan' for Iraq
      189 16 Agencies LONDON A British think tank warned yesterday that the United States may soon lose interest in Iraq after a possible war to topple President Saddam Hussein. A new paper from London's Royal Institute of International Affairs said even a swift victory would be no
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      Lock icon Greek guerrilla group on trial
      241 16 -AFP ATHENS Under tight security, Greece's "trial of the century" began yesterday when 19 suspected members of the shadowy November 17 guerrilla group faced a special tribunal. Alleged guerrilla leader Alexandras Giotopoulos and the 18 other defendants, including one woman, face charges of murder and
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      Lock icon Text messaging under fire
      157 16 Reuters LONDON An English essay written by a British teenager in text messaging shorthand has reignited concern among teachers that literacy standards are under threat The Daily Telegraph newspaper reported yesterday that the 13-year-olds teacher could not decipher what the youngster had written. "The page was
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      TNI controversy
      419 17 Top politicians back Bill that will give Indonesian army more power JAKARTA There is growing controversy over a Bill which would give the Indonesian military (TNI) the power to act outside the Constitution and deploy troops to strife-torn areas without presidential approval. The legislation, drafted by the Ministry
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      Lock icon East Timor goyt distances itself from indictments
      215 17 Agencies photo JAKARTA Instead of hailing the indictments issued against a former Indonesian military chief over violence that once ravaged the territory, the East Timor government sought to distance itself from them. On a brief visit to Indonesia, East Timorese Foreign Minister Jose
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      Lock icon Radiation victims see red
      167 17 Agencies TOKYO Six executives of a uranium processing plant charged with causing Japan's worst nuclear accident were given suspended prison terms yesterday, to the anger of the radiation victims, who felt insulted that those responsible for exposing so many to radiation got away with such modest
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Lock icon A question of equality
      964 18  -  Dharmendra Yadav How about giving the literally disadvantaged a leg up? by. news@newstodav.com.sg MANY years ago, a Singaporean law student stood on the streets of central London watching people who, while walking by an unmanned newsstand, would pick up a newspaper and drop the necessary loose
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  • WATZUP?
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      To hell and back
      1076 20  -  Felix Cheong Ex-SAS sniper lays down the rifle and wields the pen by. news@newstoday.com.sg IT could be intimidating, gazing into the eyes of a former Special Air Service (SAS) sniper trained to take out an enemy with a single shot It could be intimidating, sitting opposite
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      Stars focus on health
      170 21 THE team behind Health Matters 11, the MediaCorp TV Channel 8 docu-drama, took to the streets last month. Taiwanese singer Li Wei and the cast of the show, including Aileen Tan, Fiona Xie and Xie Shaoguang, were at Bishan Junction 8 on Feb 22 to promote
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      Magic on ice
      370 21  -  Rachel Fang Lavish production and top skaters set to thrill fans by. rachel@newstoday.com.sg YOU'RE on an ice rink, fitted with skates, and are somersaulting and zipping around. Then, imagine one of two scenarios you are either dressed in a loincloth or suited in a costume twice your
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    • IN CINEMAS
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        DAILYBREW
        144 22 Madonna's black eye POP diva Madonna (picture, right) has been sporting a black eye recently and speculation is rife that she and husband Guy Ritchie (left) had a fierce row. One friend told American tabloid, The Star. "The couple have major fights about everything. Guy has a temper and
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        Lock icon Two thumbs up
        238 22 ■Reuters Chicago is top pick of America's producers, directors LOS ANGELES Chicago picked up its second major film industry award in two days on Sunday night, firmly establishing it as the movie to beat in the race for the Oscars on March 23. The musical about homicidal
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    • HEALTH
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        Lock icon New jab to banish wrinkles
        196 24 -Reuters A N ADVISORY panel in the United States has -Tiurged regulators to approve the use of an injection of collagen and tiny plastic beads as a long-term fix for wrinkles. Artecoll, made by Artes Medical, could mean competition to the Botox and collagen shots
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        More than skin-deep
        517 24  -  Lynette Leong Hair loss can damage self-esteem but help is available by. news@newstoday.com.sg MR Andy Chan started losing his hair when he was in his early 20s. Now in his late 20s, he told Today: "At first, it was just a few strands. Then, it became so
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    • BUSY COOK
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        Fish dumplings
        317 25  -  Pauline DLoh Try this easy-to-do version of a Hangzhou household classic ONCE again, readers can join our Today Executive Gourmet Retreat an annual getaway for those who want to do nothing more strenuous than having gourmet meals in between a relaxed tour of scenic attractions. And this year,
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        RECIPE
        250 25 HANGZHOU HOME-MADE FISH DUMPLINGS Ingredients: (Makes a big bowl for family of four) 500g threadfin fillet 200g fresh prawns 50g ready-minced chicken I packet baby butter lettuce I teaspoon coriander leaves, chopped I tablespoon liquid chicken stock (or use a can of light chicken stock) Salt, pepper, sesame oil
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        FISH AND DIFFERENT WAYS TO MAKE IT TASTE BETTER ALL THE TIME
        267 25 THEY keep telling us fish is brain food and that we should eat plenty of it. Cooked on its own without additional fat, fish is really healthy in that it is relatively low in fat. Singaporeans are fortunate
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      497 28 AFP After making history, Roy Jones looks set to make more millions LAS VEGAS Roy Jones made history and a lot of money by becoming a heavyweight champion. Now some other boxing big men want to take their shot at the biggest little man in the
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      331 28 HOUSTON Five San Antonio Spurs scored in double figures. One surprise scorer led them all. Emanuel Ginobili (picture, in white) scored a career-high 20 points as the Spurs held off the Houston Rockets for a 97-88 victory yesterday morning, reported ESPN.com. The Spurs won for
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      302 28 -AFP SCOTTSDALE Japan's Ai Sugiyama (picture) produced one of the greatest one-day efforts in WTA history, capturing two three-set matches yesterday morning to claim the U*****,000 ($1 million) State Farm Classic title in epic fashion. Sugiyama defeated doubles partner and second seed Kirn
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      511 29 When he plays well, he wins. As simple as that. Golf Accenture World Match Play Woods earns a 2 and 1 victory CARLSBAD If there was any question about it, here is your reminder: Tiger's at the top. Tiger Woods delivered another stinging example of why he's the
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      444 29 ICC World Cup Cricket Zimbabwe v Pakistan Live, 3.30pm, Ch37, pay-per-view JOHANNESBURG He has not said it and nor has the Zimbabwe Cricket Union. But everybody is thinking it. All things being equal, Andy Flower, one of the best batsmen of his generation,
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      124 29 Reuters CARLSBAD World No. 1 Tiger Woods has decided not to attend next week's Dubai Desert Classic in the United Arab Emirates, saying he will return in 2004. Woods said earlier in the week that his decision would be based on the current international tensions
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      450 30  -  Stanley Ho Sengkang's Tan and Boon happy to take CPIB tests by. stanley@newsto day. com. sg JUST one week into the new S-League season, the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) has started calling up footballers for random polygraph tests. Sengkang Marine duo Steven Tan and Amos Boon
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      404 30 International friendly Singapore v Maldives Jalan Besar Stadium, 7.30pm WHEN he was a child, Aide Iskandar dreamt that he would one day captain Singapore. Now, nine years after he made his international debut as a 19-year-old rookie in 1994, Aide's dream
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      395 30  -  Tan Yo-Hinn by. yohinn@newstoday.com.sg HE HAS flown to Singapore every March for the past three years because of one man local football legend and current SAFFC head coach Fandi Ahmad. At his own expense, Mauroof Ahmed (picture), head coach of the
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      101 31 Reuters LONDON Manchester United became the centre of bid speculation again on Monday after revelations that two billionaire businessmen have bought slices of the premier league club's share capital. Malcolm Glazer, owner of reigning Super Bowl champions Tampa Bay Buccaneers, has paid around £9 million (s24.7million) for
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      139 31 Reuters LOS ANGELES The woeful Los Angeles Clippers fired coach Alvin Gentry on Monday and named former NBA star Dennis Johnson to replace him on an interim basis. The Clippers have dropped 14 of their 17 games and, at 19-39, are in the Pacific Division basement "These decisions
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      91 31 Reuters MADRID Real Madrid centre back Ivan Helguera faces a race against time if he is to recover for next week's Champions League match against Group C leader AC Milan at the Bernabeu after spraining his ankle at the weekend. Helguera twisted his right ankle during
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      908 31 Agencies South Africa betrayed by sporting gods yet again JOHANNESBURG South Africa's World Cup jinx struck once again in the most heartbreaking circumstances yesterday when torrential rain washed out its do-or-die clash with Sri Lanka in Durban and it was eliminated from the tournament. Chasing 269
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      219 31 Reuters BIRMINGHAM Birmingham City took a huge step towards premier league survival when it beat Aston Villa 2-0 at Villa Park in a game that saw its city rival reduced to nine men. The much-welcomed league double over its arch rival left Birmingham in
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