Today, 13 May 2003

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    8 1 TODAY Tuesday May 13, 2003 < MITA (P) 002/11/2002
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    New eye on Singapore
    490 1  -  Jose Raymond But how objective will the watchers be? by j ose@newstoday.com. sg SOME four months back, this newspaper had reported on how a group of "Singaporean exiles" including several who left this country under a cloud of controversy had met for a brain-storm-ing session in
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    Sars shatters Everton dream
    417 1  -  Stanley Ho by stanley@newstoday.com.sg WHEN 17-year-old Mohd Nabeel Mohd Yusoff (picture) secured a two-week trial with top English Premiership side Everton FC last December, it looked as if the arduous trek towards a career in professional football had come a tiny step closer. But just as
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      42 1 /V&DJAJCORP Carrefour /f4 Singapore DONT MISS TODAY'S OUTSTANDING SUPERBIY! CHECK INSIDE! 4M 9 re? 1 Our staff and representatives will be contributing a portion of their salary/commission to the Courage Fund. The company will donate $2 for every dollar contributed. i^^^\m tcIStCITI
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Market roars
      545 2  -  Val Chua But experts fear it is just a false dawn by val@newstoday.com.sg THERE'S a lively, hopeful buzz in the stock market these days, beating the air of pessimism surrounding most of Singapore. The bellwether Straits Times Index rose 17.82 points yesterday its best close since April 8.
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      SARS UPDATE:
      78 2 Malaysia yesterday announced that foreign students from Sars-hit countries and Filipino workers who enter the country will be placed under a 10-day quarantine. A Bowen Secondary student who was admitted on May 10 with atypical pneumonia is unlikely to have Sars.The Health Ministry said it will continue to
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      Lock icon Bali trial begins
      544 3  -  Jaime Koh but Indonesians pay more attention to Aceh problem by jaime@newstoday.com.sg BALI (Indonesia) Amid tight security and angry sentiments, the trial of Bali bombing suspect Amrozi, or "The Laughing Bomber", began yesterday on the island. "Prosecute and sentence to death traitors to the state of Indonesia,
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      Lock icon UK minister resigns
      151 4 Agencies LONDON Outspoken British minister Clare Short (picture), who criticised Prime Minister Tony Blair fiercely over the war in Iraq, quit the government yesterday. Before the war in Iraq was launched, the International Development Secretary had labelled Mr Blair as "reckless" for his hawkish stance and threatened
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      Singapore can, lah
      469 4  -  Joy Frances Website to update travel community, promote tourism by IN A move to entice the world to visit Singapore, events organiser Pacific World Singapore and the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) have teamed up to launch a website called www.singaporecanlah.com. The initiative aims to educate international travel
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Lock icon No holiday ...
      553 6  - No holiday Lee Ching Wern but quarantined can stay at Loyang chalets by chingwern@newstoday.com.sg HOLIDAY chalets have always been associated with fun family vacations or romantic getaways. But, from now on, staying at a chalet can take on a whole new meaning for some people. Beginning yesterday, those served with
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      $ 1 million top prize in anti-Sars lottery
      144 6 1 million top prize in anti-Sars lottery TICKETS for a draw aimed at raising funds to fight Sars and help those affected by the disease, will go on sale from next Monday. A total of 2.5 million tickets for the Free Singapore from Sars draw will be priced at $3
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      Lock icon Can we be protected against the unknown?
      475 6  -  Razali Abdullah by razali@newstoday.com.sg THE queues are forming again at the doorways of restaurants. It is also becoming almost impossible to get a cab in the business district after 6pm, if you didn't call for one. It would seem like life in Singapore
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      NTUC Income's Sars insurance plan statistics
      110 6 Response: About 300 plans sold per day. As of May 11, NTUC Income has sold 2,000. Take-up rate for NTUC Income's other medical plans have also increased from 10 to 50 per cent since Sars outbreak. Incomeshield Plan, using CPF Medisave to pay premiums,
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      Bye bye. Coney
      700 8  -  Jose Raymond It's the end of the road for fastfood pioneer A&W by jose@newstoday.com.sg WHAT was feared months ago may now seem a reality in Singapore's fast food industry. Last Friday, the New Straits Times said in a report that KUB Holdings, the owners of the A&W
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      MOE's warning for all teachers
      219 8 TEACHERS and school staff who travel to Sars-hit countries during the coming June school holidays will face unspecified disciplinary action on their return, the Education Ministry (MOE) told Channel News Asia. The tough action to ensure Singapore does not import any Sars cases during the
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      All taken up
      78 8 THE board of directors of Sing Tel and the Sing Post announced to the Singapore Exchange last night that all 1,060,626,000 snares for placement had been purchased in Sing Post's IPO. Among those who have shares are Mr Lee Hsien Yang (1,080,000 shares), a director at Sing
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      Tables at food centre are the right height
      84 10  -  Goh Chin Tong I REFER to Mr Lim Kok Kiong's letter, "Low tables and missing 's' at food centre (Today, May 5). We are pleased to note that Mr Lim has found the upgraded Sembawang Hill Food Centre a cleaner and more
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      20/20 hindsight
      235 10  -  Dr Ang Yong Guan Dr Chao's case not as clear-cut as it may appear SINCE Dr Alexandra Chao's death was linked to Sars, I have occasionally heard Singaporeans lamenting that he could have been saved if only he had been transferred to Tan Tock Seng Hospital. A few
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Lock icon Steady debut
      175 12 AFX-Asia But Sing Post upside limited: analysts SINGAPORE Post is expected to trade moderately above its initial public offering (IPO) price of 60 cents when it makes its debut on the Singapore Exchange today, with the upside seen limited at 65 cents in the absence of an earnings
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    • Market Watch
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 12 us$ UK£ Yen HK$ RM Euro Rupiah Baht 0.5771 0.3582 67.3332 4.5008 2.1930 0.4987 4862.07 24.4356 Peso A$ Indian Rs Won C$ Yuan NZ$ NTS 30.0439 0.8896 27.2204 689.895 0.8000 4.7767 0.9937 20.0340
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        Commodities
        21 12 Sold us$/oi 350.45 iilver us$/oi 4.780 'latinum us$/oi 642.00 Rubber centsAg 167.5 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1468.0 Brent crude us$/borrel 27.72
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        Straits Times Index- Intra-day Chart
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        Lock icon Singapore
        152 12 Reuters SGX Bloomberg SINGAPORE shares closed sharply higher yesterday, lifting the key share index to a onemonth high, as DBS Group and other blue chips rose on optimism that the Sars outbreak will be contained and signs that US firms will see a recovery in profits. The Straits Times
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        World markets
        53 12 Index Value Change Pis NIKKEI 8221.12 68.96 0.85 HANG SENG 9155.57 71.41 0.79 ALL ORDINARIES 2945.50 17.30 0.59 TAIWAN WTD 4261.02 16.84 0.40 KOREA COMP 631.04 11.93 1.93 SET 383.49 -0.83 -0.22 JAKARTA COMP 473.93 4.29 0.91 PHILIPPINES COMP 1061.40 -11.86 -1.11 SHENZHEN B MUMBAI 212.98 2942.19 0.62
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        SGX most active
        57 12 By volume May 12 BIL Intl UniFiber Pac Cent Goldtron Hiap Hoe Horizon Chartered StarCrusUSS Strike DatacrftUSS Close 0.805 0.110 0.290 0.020 0.020 0.100 0.825 0.240 0.045 0.660 Change +0.110 -0.020 +0.040 +0.005 +0.010 +0.010 +0.020 +15.8 -15.4 +16.0 +33.3 +1.2 +4.3 +3.1 'OOO 183,126 108,789 95,744
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        SGX top rises
        83 12 By$ By percentage May 12 DBS Close Change 9.500 +0.350 May 12 Close Change Goldtron CPS*****6 0.040 +100.0 Seaview 5.450 +0.250 Armstrong W*****0 0.030 +50.0 OCBC 9.650 +0.200 BBR 0.015 +50.0 SIA 9.800 +0.200 El-Nets 0.015 +50.0 SIA200 9.800 +0.200 Falmac 0.055 +37.5 SPH 100 17.100 +0.200
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        SGX top falls
        83 12 By$ By percentage May 12 Close Change DBS Bk 6% NCPS*****.800 -0.200 May 12 Close Change ASTIW*****1 0.075 -57.1 ASTIW*****1 0.075 -0.100 L&M 0.010 -33.3 GrealEasI 9.000 -0.100 GRP 0.070 -26.3 Noble 1.590 -0.100 Koh Bros W*****6 0.015 -25.0 TAC 200USS 0.800 -0.085 MCL Land 1.040 -0.050
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      No probe: TTI
      260 14  -  Lee Yew Meng Electronics supplier reports better results by yewmeng@newstoday.com.sg ELECTRONIC products supplier, TT International, has denied that there has been a probe by the Commercial Affairs Department (CAD) into the recent volatility of its share prices. Its executive director, Ms Julia Tong-Sng, told reporters yesterday that
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      Lock icon Raffles Medical in bid for Sime Darby hospital?
      124 14 Bloomberg KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's Pantai Holdings and Singapore's Raffles Medical Group are bidding to buy the Subang Jaya Medical Centre from Sime Darby, the Edge business weekly reported. The two may be the only bidders for the 375-bed private hospital in Selangor,
      — Bloomberg  -  124 words
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      Lock icon Corporate Briefs
      114 14 Bloomberg AFX-Asia FAR EAST ORGANISATION SELLS 80% OF UNITS: Far East Organisation said it sold 80 per cent of the units it put on sale at a downtown residential tower called the Icon. The developer had put 161 of 646 units up for sale at prices ranging from
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      Lock icon GDP data next week
      81 14 Reuters SINGAPORE will release figures for first quarter gross domestic product next Monday. In advance estimates, the Government said last month that the economy grew 1.5 per cent in the March quarter from a year earlier and 0.7 per cent on a seasonally adjusted annualised basis.
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      215 16 AFX-Asia AFX-Asia AFX-Asia BREADTALKTO GO PUBLIC?: Bread Talk Group has lodged its preliminary initial public offering (IPO) prospectus with the Monetary Authority of Singapore. The IPO will be handled by SBI E2-Capital and DBS Bank. Bread Talk posted a net profit of $3,403 million on sales of $34,970
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      Lock icon Eye on rail link
      225 16 Reuters Siemens ups stake in Malaysian rail project KUALA LUMPUR German industrial giant Siemens AG established a regional hub in Malaysia yesterday, its eyes set on billions of dollars in contracts related to a planned trans-Asia railway link. Siemens also said it would take over an
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      Lock icon Bank merger plans
      322 18 Bloomberg Bloomberg photo AMMB and EON set to create Malaysia's third-largest lender KUALA LUMPUR AMMB Holdings Bhd, Malaysia's fifth-largest lender, and smaller rival EON Capital Bhd are planning to merge to become the nation's third-biggest bank. AMMB, owned by Malaysian tycoon Azman Hashim, and EON, controlled by
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      UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
      4216 18 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS The data contained herein has been obtained from company reports, financial reporting services, Pnmiiriac*frill B^9 9Q7T AAflfl periodicals and other resources believed to be reliable. Althoucji careUly verified, data on compila- tnq UIMeS. Lall V5l-111 J-&6UU tions is not guaranteed by Upper A Reuters Company and may
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Be prepared
      368 19 Reuters US conducts largest-ever security exercise WASHINGTON The United States began its largest-ever homeland security exercise yesterday, staging mock terrorist attacks as a test of emergency crews' preparedness in the event of a real attack. The "dirty bomb" and pneumonic plague attacks being simulated in this week's "Topoff
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      Lock icon Charge it to my Virgin
      73 19 -AFP, Sir Richard Branson (left) kissing comedian Jimeoin, watched by model Kobe Lopez, on the set of a fake surgery theatre as the billionaire entrepreneur launched the new Virgin credit card in Sydney yesterday. The Australian card follows the successful launch of the UK Virgin
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      Lock icon Tougher laws for terror suspects
      237 19 Reuters LONDON British police will be allowed to hold terror suspects without charge for twice as long under proposals unveiled by the government yesterday. The change would enable police to apply to a court for a further extension after seven days to hold terror suspects
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Partnership of equals?
      1132 20  -  Dr Jehan Perera For lasting peace in Sri Lanka, the Government and Tamil Tigers must set out the nature, limits of their alliance by news@newstoday.com.sg IF the sudden decision of the Tamil Tigers to pull out of the peace process caught most observers by surprise, it was
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      115 20 Celebrate life on the bay in support of the Courage Fund how to donate BY CHEQUE: BY CASH: BY PHONE: A crossed cheque made out to "The There are donation boxes at the The public can donate to the fund Courage Fund" should be sent to information desk of Chijmes,
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  • WATZUP?
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      Lock icon Se(X), anyone?
      736 21  -  Yong Shu Chiang 'Mutants' shed their clothes and talk dirty by in Los Angeles shuchiang(gnewstoday.com.sg IT'S hard to believe but Rebecca Romijn-Stamos, the gangly, blue-eyed, blonde lingerie and swimsuit model, is taking off her clothes right in front of me. Honest So is Scottish actor Alan Cumming, who
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      Lock icon Channel revamp gets new bite
      395 22  -  Serene Foo Media Corp TV Channel 8 celebrates its 40th year with innovative TV offerings by serene@newstoday.com.sg MEDIACORP TV Channel 8 will be unveiling a new look and feel in the coming weeks. Besides displaying new graphics on-air from May 24, the channel is capitalising
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      In shape for show
      360 24  -  Janice Lee Works from CDL sculpture contest to be exhibited next month by jani ce@newstoday.com.sg CITY Developments Limited (CDL) last year combined its support of the arts and involvement in property development to launch a sculpture contest the biggest of its size to be sponsored by
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      Jenna wins Survivor
      136 24 LOVE her or hate her, Jenna Morasca (picture), a 21-year-old swimsuit model, has emerged the winner of Survivor: The Amazon. She ousted 33-year-old restaurant designer, Matthew Yon Ertfelda, in a 6-1 vote during yesterday's finals and 15 others in the 39-day event held in a rain forest
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    • IN CINEMAS
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        Lock icon Sizemore arrested
        359 26 Reuters/Hollywood Reporter Star allegedly threatened former Hollywood madam LOS ANGELES Saving Private Ryan star Tom Sizemore (picture) has been arrested for allegedly threatening former Hollywood Madam Heidi Fleiss to keep her from testifying in his domestic violence case. Sizemore, who is facing charges of assaulting an ex-girlfriend in
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        Lock icon Anti-piracy march in Dhaka
        147 26 AFP DHAKA More than 5,000 members of Bangladesh's film community took to the streets on Sunday to demand an end to piracy, which causes the industry heavy losses. "We are a struggling industry and piracy is robbing us of millions," said actor-director Ujjal. "Steps have to
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    • HEALTH
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        Synchronised pleasure
        232 28  -  Genevieve Woo This chair gives you massages that are in tune with your favourite piece of music by genevieve@newstoday.com.sg OSIM International has launched the iSymphonic massage chair (picture), which combines personalised acupressure massage with the therapeutic benefits of music. Like its predecessor, the iMedic massage chair, this model
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        Benefits of a humble bean
        272 28  -  Genevieve Woo THE soya bean has been an important ingredient in Chinese cooking for thousands of years. From peasants to emperors, this humble bean has been a rich source of nutrition. But its role in protecting us against diseases has been the subject of research
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    • BUSY COOK
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        Three cups chicken
        341 30  -  Pauline DLoh Sanbei ji flavoured with a cup each of wine, sesame oil and sauce HERE is another classic Chinese chicken dish that has survived the test of both time and migration. Its origins have faded in the mists of the re-telling but the recipe has stayed
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        RECIPE
        293 30 THREE CUPS CHICKEN (Sanbei ji) Ingredients (serves four or more): I chicken, chopped into bite size pieces (Skin the chicken to cut back the oiliness) I cup or 6 soup spoons Chinese wine (shaoxing) I cup or 6 soup spoons soya sauce I small cup or 3 soup spoons
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        GINGER – ROOTING FOR THE HOT STUFF
        270 30 GINGER ROOTING FOR THE HOT STUFF GINGER is hot stuff, but it can also be savoury or sweet. This peppery root is really a rhizome, and has been used for hundreds of years in Asia ranging from China to the east to the South Asian sub-continent of India and beyond.
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      120 27 //\~DIJ\CORP SAVE On petrol* And take a load off the shoulders of SARS victims and healthcare workers. Fill up at any Shell station between now and 16 May, and you get a 5% discount on petrol. On our part, we'll donate 5% of all petrol sales to the Courage Fund
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      157 29 month !"hA "Now I'm no longer a 'fat' girl!" Jm "I was always fat! That's why they called me 'fat girl' at school. I hated it! At age 15, I was already M I m enormous! Just look at my 'before-slimming' photo. So fat! Before slimming, my weight was 85kg!
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      1061 33 JOBS TODAY Senior Marketing Officer Ss3-4K R&D Chemist S$5K BIJSineSS Development Manage!" Dip holder with 3-5 years relevant exp in (Personal Care Products) HVAC/ACMV systems. Own vehicle. Deg in Organic Chemistry. 5 years exp in inance Industry Email: JGLol2@hotmail.com product development. R&D of formulations $ITSI Pka for cosmetics/skincare products. Regional
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      970 34 JOBS TODAY Assistant Engineer Marine Industry f MERCHANDISERS Engh«rtigFWd ASSISTANT MERCHANDISERS The successful candidate is responsible for: 1 HVV I V 1 Pll I IM fcl\V II PI*IMV S IW Analyzing the nature of defect and raise Work Order, track activity progress, update Bill of I ii 11 il iii|>ni
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      1761 35 JOBS TODAY HR Director, South East Asia I \>^'v\ a^ I Daily Walk-in Interview U3\ ris<\V >■*. rtJ\^^^ ST Assembly Test Services Ltd Tllflll«itriill «Pptni* sYishunSt23,S'pore76B442 UiaUSlTldl SULIOT <^^oWy^o^ Monday Friday: 9am 11am; Stable, high growth, profitable C^^9»C^E^^^"\ N\ 2pm 4pm (except 15 May 2003) X .Take TIBS 811 fiomYishunlnteichangei
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      584 36 Lakers show championship calibre as they square series without head coach NBA playoffs LA Lakers 99 SA Spurs 95 Spurs waste big lead LOS ANGELES Missing its head coach and with their backs against the wall, Kobe Bryant, Shaquille O'Neal and the rest of the Los Angeles
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      572 37 AFP But Milan's captain Maldini says 'away' goals rule will help Rossoneri advance Champions League semi-final 2nd leg Inter Milan v AC Milan Live, tomorrow morning, Chs& 23, 2.30 am ROME Dubbed the "death of Italian football", Inter Milan is very much alive and kicking in the
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      280 37 Reuters MADRID Real Madrid midfielder Claude Makelele will miss tomorrow's (Thursday morning, Singapore time) Champions League semi-final, second leg against Juventus, while injured Brazilian superstar striker Ronaldo has little chance of recovering in time to play. "Makelele is definitely out for the
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      521 38  -  Tan Yo-Hinn After a dismal 2002, Dong is looking forward to a change in fortune by yohinn@newsto day. com. sg AN impressive 2001 season culminated in him bagging two silvers at the South-east Asia (SEA) Games in Kuala Lumpur. But a dip in form after a wrist
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      393 38 Reuters CHARLOTTE David Toms ended a victory drought of almost two years yesterday, surviving a quadruple-bogey eight at the last to win the Wachovia Championship by two shots. The 2001 US PGA champion, whose last triumph came at the Michelob Championship at Kingsmill
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      617 39 Agencies League Cup no substitute for Champs League LONDON There must be a deep sense of despair at Anfield these days. The halcyon times of Shankly, Paisley, Fagan and Dalglish all seem a very, very long time ago. Yesterday, Gerard Houllier conceded his Liverpool side had
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      216 39 -AFP LONDON England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson included teenager Everton striker Wayne Rooney in his 25-man squad for the forthcoming friendlies against South Africa and Serbia and Montenegro as well as the Euro 2004 qualifier against Slovakia. Arsenal goalkeeper David Seaman, 39, however,
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      95 39 Goalkeepers: David James (West Ham), Paul Robinson (Leeds), lan Walker (Leicester) I Defenders: Danny Mills (Leeds), Rio Ferdinand, Phil Neville (Man United), John Terry (Chelsea), Ashley Cole (Arsenal), Matthew Upson (Birmingham), Gareth Southgate (Middlesbrough), Wayne Bridge (Southampton) Midfielders: David Beckham, Paul Scholes (Man United), Steven Gerrard, Danny Murphy
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      74 39 LONDON Midfielder Ray Parlour and defender Oleg Luzhny have been added to Arsenal's growing injury list for Saturday's FA Cup final against Southampton. Parlour's presence is vital for the holder as the 30-year-old is already a stand-in for skipper Patrick Vieira, ruled out by a knee injury, while
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      68 39 LONDON West Ham's Jermain Defoe has handed in a transfer request less than 24 hours after the club's relegation from the Premiership. Defoe was one of the few shining lights for the Hammers, who will play First Division football after their 2-2 draw at Birmingham City. But
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      Thai slumps
      49 39 HAMBURG Thailand's Paradorn Srichaphan became the first seeded casualty in the Hamburg Masters yesterday. Paradorn, the seventh seed, lost 6-4, 6-3 to Spaniard Feliciano Lopez in the clay court event The Thai, the world No. 10, was also an opening round loser in last week's Rome Masters.
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      53 39 NICE Colombian Formula 1 driver Juan Pablo Montoya has had his driving licence confiscated for speeding, French police said yesterday. The Williams driver was caught driving at 204 kph in his BMW on a motorway on the French Riviera. Chased by police, he had his licence confiscated
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      48 39 ATHENS The International Olympic Committee will look into ways to cope with Sars ahead of the 2004 Athens Olympics, the Greek government said yesterday. The frequent exchanges with Chinese delegations ahead of the Games, in view of Beijing hosting the 2008 Olympics, apparently posed a problem.
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      596 36 JOBS TODAY Our client is a premier and established company with a proven track record in the Asia Pacific region. They are looking for suitably qualified and experienced candidates for the following position. You will perform preventive maintenance and first-line system recovery services. This job involves applying your technical knowledge
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      49 38 EVERY FRIDAY Due to the Vesak Day public holiday this week, booking deadline for Travel Classifieds will be on 1 t^Jl EL GOOD .•ssSsSlisl Wednesday. 4dhi. 14 May 2003 ■a' C i ",»SB«ai lll r-.«»S I To advertise, please call Vivian Wang at 9668 9929 or your advertising agency
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