Today, 21 May 2003, Afternoon Edition

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    12 1 TODAY SHARE THE GOOD NEWS Wednesday «M« y 21,2003 MITA (P) 002/11/2002
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      Lock icon US raises terror alert
      223 1 Reuters WASHINGTON The US raised its terror alert status yesterday to the second-highest level, after top national security officials completed a review of recent intelligence. The alert status is now "high" or "orange", up from "elevated" or "yellow" on the five-level colour-coded scale created last year
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      Lock icon US stocks flat HP impresses
      114 1 Agencies NEW YORK US stocks ended little changed yesterday following Monday's plunge. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 2.03 points, or 0.02 per cent, to 8,491.36. The Standard Poor's 500 shed 1.04 points to 919.73. The Nasdaq Composite shed 1.68 points to 1,491.09. Hewlett-Packard shares
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      Twist to Sars story
      667 1  -  Lee Ching Wern Tan Hui Leng It's not the virus that kills, says HK expert by and chingwern@newstoday.com.sg IMAGINE this: Contrary to all that we have assumed till now, it is not the deadly little virus that is causing all that carnage. If anything, after 10
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Lock icon Target reached
      78 2 -AFP photo Singapore batik artist Sarkasi Said sitting next to a 103.9-metre batik painting of orchids he completed after five days and more than 100 hours. The 63year-old artist was so tired, he did not even realise he had reached his target, He hopes the feat will make
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      SARS UPDATES
      100 2 The Health Ministry said all except six contacts of Singapore's latest Sars victim, Mr Lee Chong Kian, have been screened. They are currently well. However, investigations as to the source of infection are still on-going. Seven people were admitted yesterday for observation: A 50-year-old wholesaler from Pasir Panjang
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      $52m tussle
      412 2  -  Val Chua Hong Leong Asia seeks overdue dividends by val@newstoday.com.sg A CHARISMATIC 57-year-old entrepreneur, MrWangJianming. And Singapore's Hong Leong Asia. These are the players in a developing corporate tussle over dividends all RM8245 million ($52.2 million) of them still owed to foreign investors, including Hong Leong Asia. It
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      Lock icon No more casinos: Dr M
      169 3 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad yesterday tried to put to rest speculation that a second casino licence had been granted after growing Muslim opposition. Dr Mahathir said the government had issued a licence to the Bukit Tinggi Resort, owned by the Berjaya
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      It was Hollywood hype
      552 3 -says BBC of that dramatic hospital rescue in Iraq WASHINGTON The dramatic rescue of Private Jessica Lynch (picture) from her Iraqi captors by the US Special Forces was a defining moment that rallied Americans in a wave of patriotic fervour in the US-led war on Iraq.
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      The patient who was sent back
      280 4 THE headline in the New Straits Times website yesterday screamed: "Singapore deposits its 207 th probable victim in Johor". The report went on to say that on Sunday, a 26-year-old Malaysian mosaic layer was put in an ambulance and sent to a Johor hospital
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      Lock icon No bailout for 'fat cat' boss
      468 4  -  Tor Ching Li Shareholders reject pay plan for CEO by chingli@newstoday.com.sg FOR CEOs in the US and UK, failure is not an option. It's often an outright multi-million dollar "fat cat" pay-out, funded by shareholders with the stock options. But the unprecedented rejection of
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      8 4 Life on the bay in support of the
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Stricter control over health supplements
      204 6 THE Health Sciences Authority (HSA) will soon introduce a new regulatory framework to check the quality of health supplements more thoroughly. The head of the Health Supplements Unit at HSA's Centre for Pharmaceutical Administration Mr Chao Ye Peng, said the new regulations are not a
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      Recession on the horizon?
      310 6  -  Chan Chao Peh by chaopeh@newstoday.com.Sj SINGAPORE may sink into a recession if the Sars situation here and in the region is not reined in, said Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday. Responding to a question on the possibility of a recession, he said: "It very
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      'Me first' setback
      207 8  -  Gary Lim How the Sars crisis exposed Taiwan's weakness I READ Mr Sunny Goh's commentary, "It's democracy, Taiwan-style" (Today, May 9) and could not agree with him more. Taiwan adopted an American-style democracy but its people do not appear to have the maturity to demonstrate the responsibility
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      Better for doctors to be paranoid
      164 8  -  Lim Boon Hee IN THE absence of a diagnostic test for Sars, it is disturbing to note that a few of the Sars cases were directed to Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) only after repeated visits to general practitioners (GPs). It is very difficult
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      No fare hike? There was no such promise
      91 8  -  Khong Su-Vie (Ms) I REFER to the letter, "Wasn't there a promise?" by Narayana Narayana (Today, May 16). We would like to clarify that there was no promise made last year of a "no increase" in fares this year with the introduction
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Al for SingTel
      187 10  -  Chan Chao Peh Second rating boost for telco by chaopeh@newstoday.com.sg MOODY'S Investors Service yesterday upgraded its rating outlook for Sing Tel from "negative" to "stable". It kept SingTel's rating at "Al", which is the fifthhighest grade. This boost came the day after rival agency Fitch reaffirmed SingTel's
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    • Market Watch
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        Lock icon Singapore
        114 10 Agencies SHARE prices in Singapore closed 0.49 per cent higher yesterday on bargainhunting in blue chips, dealers said. The Straits Times Index rose 6.34 points to 1,299.23. The broader All-Singapore Equities Index rose 0.95 point to 351.19. "Some investors picked up bargains as the market has been oversold since
        — Agencies  -  114 words
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        World markets
        57 10 Index Value Change Pis NIKKEI 225 8059.48 20.35 0.25 HANG SENG INDEX 9050.40 -36.97 -0.41 ASX ALL ORDINARIES 2908.50 -14.00 -0.48 LAIWAN: WEIGHTED 4251.59 -4.21 -0.10 KOREA COMPOSITE 602.08 5.72 0.96 STOCK EXCHG OF THAI 382.97 3.94 1.04 JAKARTA COMPOSITE 466.14 6.93 1.51 PHILIPPINES COMPOSITE 1053.12 -9.82 -0.92
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 10 US$ 0.5781 UK£ 0.3544 Yen 67.7064 HK$ 4.5088 RM 2.1970 Euro 0.4969 Rupiah 4853.30 Bant 24.3496 Peso 30.5449 A$ 0.8839 Indian Rs 27.1114 Won 692.990 C$ 0.7857 Yuan 4.7850 NZ$ 0.9919 NTS 20.0541
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        Commodities
        21 10 Gold uss/oi 368.05 Silver uss/oi 4.83 Platinum uss/oz 666 Rubber centsAg 174.5 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1504 Brent crude uss/barrel 28.83
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        Straits Times Index Intraday Chart
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        SGX most active
        60 10 )y volume Way 20 JniFiber .eongHin WTech Horizon chartered 'ac Cent Close 0.085 0.165 0.150 0.085 0.760 0.270 Change +0.005 +0.020 +0.005 +0.005 +0.010 +0.015 +6.3 +13.8 +3.4 +6.3 +1.3 +5.9 '000 48,02; 47,451 38,42' 35,08' 34,86' 25,981 iingPost 1IL Intl latacrftUSS Soldtron 0.640 0.760 0.615 0.020
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        SGX top rises
        75 10 Bay 20 Close Change :h0DBeCW*****61 98.900+2.800 :&N 8.350 +0.250 JOB 10.700 +0.200 ,IA 9.500 +0.150 'rima 5.000 +0.120 IPB Breweries 5.200 +0.100 IBS Bk 6% NCPS10 105.100 +0.100 .IA 200 9.500 +0.100 ,PH 16.500 +0.100 By percentage May 20 El-Nets Strike W*****5 GulTechW*****7 Close Change 0.015 +50.0
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        Lock icon SGX top falls
        78 10 SGX BLOOMBERG May 20 jreatEast Close Change 8.600 -0.150 >ing Inv Creative 50 IBS )UE inzer HKLand USS >ingTel 1IL Intl 1.280 -0.120 11.400 -0.100 9.250 -0.050 5.750 -0.050 0.105 -0.030 1.200 -0.030 1.390 -0.030 0.760 -0.025 .KHSp 0.270 -0.025 By percentage May 20 Close Change CSCW*****7
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      Nokia phone lets users scribble in Chinese
      240 12  -  Chan Chao Peh by chaopeh@newstoday.com.sg NOKIA, the world's largest handset maker, has launched a new model that is aimed mainly at the Chinese market The Nokia 6108 (picture), as the new model is called, features a "pen" that lets users scribble Chinese as
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      Network No 3
      188 12 Jakarta is new connection SINGAPORE companies gave a vote of confidence to Indonesia as a place to do business in during yesterday's launch of Network Indonesia in Jakarta. This is the third venture after China (2001) and India (2002). Nearly 130 businessmen from 92 companies represented the
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      Ringgit peg to stay
      74 12 PUTRAJAYA Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad said that the government will not review the ringgit peg to the US dollar although the greenback has depreciated more than 30 per cent in value since 2001. "This should be considered by all. I am only giving
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      Lock icon Tuas Power targets SMEs with new deals
      186 14 Channel News Asia TUAS Power released a suite of electricity packages yesterday targeting small and medium sized enterprises. It's the latest salvo fired by energy firms here in their bid to grab the soon-to-be liberalised SME segment of the electricity market In the
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      The IP bonanza
      305 14  -  Francis Kan US trade deal to spark job boom in field of intellectual property by francis@newstoday.com.sg THE intellectual property (IP) industry is set to take off next year when new initiatives to comply with the recently-signed US-Singapore Free Trade Agreement come into force. Moves to beef up
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      Lock icon Longer Beyonics pact
      99 14 Bloomberg BEYONICS Technology, which makes electronics for brand-name firms, said Seagate Technology International had extended an existing $300 million contract Beyonics will continue to supply printed circuit board assembly services to Seagate for two years, the term having begun in Jan 2003. The contract is renewable. However,
      – Bloomberg  -  99 words
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      Lock icon WorldCom has to wait
      393 16 AFP NEW YORK MCI, formerly World Com, has agreed to a record US$5OO million ($B6O million) settlement of its accounting fraud probe with the Securities and Exchange Commission but a court review is still pending, according to documents filed on Monday. The agreement for the record
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      UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon E Timor free, not much else
      148 20 Agencies DILI East Timor President Xanana Gusmao delivered a sobering message to the tiny nation on its first anniversary of independence yesterday, saying people were enjoying freedom but not making good use of democracy. East Timor has faced an uphill battle since it chose
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      Lock icon Back to UN
      405 20 Agencies US, Britain submit new resolution for international backing of Iraq initiative NEW YORK Recognising that international backing is crucial for their administration of Iraq, the United States and Britain have put a revised draft resolution to the UN Security Council which enhances the role of the
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      Lock icon Air traffic control? No, it's a baby
      161 20 Reuters LONDON Instead of landing instructions, pilots in aircraft approaching Britain's Luton Airport heard the squealing of tiny infant Freya Spratley broadcast over their radios. The authorities worked for 12 hours to track the frequency and to determine that a baby monitor at
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      Lock icon Malaysian union in nationwide protest
      153 22 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's trade union movement has said it will proceed with a rare nationwide protest today over a low dividend payout of 4.25 per cent by a state pension fund. "We want to register our displeasure over the low payout," said Mr Zainal
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      Lock icon Gamble paid off
      261 22 Manila rewarded by US WASHINGTON It has been a big political gamble for Philippines President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo but she is now reaping the rewards for making her country a staunch ally of the US. As Mrs Arroyo enjoyed the military honours accorded to a rare state
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      Lock icon Thai arms amnesty
      113 22 -AFP BANGKOK Thailand yesterday announced a blanket arms amnesty ahead of a fresh crackdown on organised crime scheduled to begin across the kingdom on July 1. "People who have illegal firearms and war weapons should surrender them to police officers before June 30," said Prime Minister Thaksin
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Lock icon War on Sars far from over
      901 24  -  Yeo Lay Hweg We should remain alert and battle ignorance, complacency and paranoia JUST as we heaved a collective sigh of relief when it was announced that the patients and staff of the Institute of Mental Health were not suffering from Sars, an isolated
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  • WATZUP?
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      Lock icon Cannes falls for Aishwarya
      618 25  -  Shanoo Maharaj by news@newstoday.com.sg INDIA'S acting diva, Aishwarya Rai, is kicking up a storm at the Cannes film festival. Like Cinderella going to the ball, Aishwarya, or "Ash" as she's known affectionately, hot footed nimbly up the flight of stairs leading to the Grand Theatre Lumiere
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      Arts groups to get a boost
      328 25  -  Yong Shu Chiang ARTS groups feeling punch-drunk from the triple whammy of the economic downturn, the recent war and Sars are set to get a boost The National Arts Council (NAC) announced yesterday a scheme that will help reduce costs for select arts groups
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      Lock icon Hype in excess
      595 26  -  Janice Lee Sars and peace heroes on the minds of INKS by jani ce@newstoday.com.sg THERE were numerous warnings from their government not to make the trip to Singapore but Australian rockers INKS appeared in Singapore on Monday anyway. They brought along important messages for their fans: To
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      277 27  -  Elisa Chia There's no place like home with Channel 5 by elisa@newstoday.com.sg ANDREA De Cruz (picture) is pacing up and down and looking uncharacteristically edgy. She snaps at actress Debra Teng: "Why is it that when you want something done right, you've always got to do it yourself?"
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      Lock icon Kidman, Von Trier in shouting match
      105 27 Reuters ACTRESS Nicole Kidman (picture) and Lars yon Trier had a threehour screaming match in a forest to clear the air while shooting the Danish director's latest epic, Dogville. "When I arrived in Sweden, the first week was tricky. He had preconceptions about me
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      114 27 FROM now until the end of the month, malls in the Marina Bay area are offering a slew of discounts for shoppers. At Marina Square mall, for instance, Anzu Silk and Timberland are giving SO per cent discounts on selected items. Sentiments is also offering
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        62 28 Reuters/Hollywood Reporter LOS ANGELES The Matrix: Reloaded uploaded U5591.77 million ($156.5 million) during the three-day weekend at the North American box office and a staggering U*****.3 million since its release on Wednesday night, according to final numbers issued on Monday. Reloaded'?, opening Friday-to-Sunday gross
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        264 28 -Agencies LONDON The producer of the Matrix films reminded fans on Monday that the movies are just fantasy, following a spate of stories in the United States linking it with violent behaviour. "I can only comment that 15 million people have seen the movie and
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      16 28 Not enough Matrix? MediaCorp TV Channel 5 will be showing The Matrix this Sunday at 7pm.
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      166 28 weekend gross cumulative gross weeks 1 The Matrix Reloaded USs9l.77m U*****.28m 1 2 (2) Daddy Day Care USslB.BBm USssl.o6m 2 3 (1) X 2: X-Men United USsl7.3om U*****.17m 3 4 (51) Down With Love USs7.oom USs7.o7m 2 5 (3) The Lizzie McGuire Movie USs4.76m U5532.3 lm 3 6 (4) Identity
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      1742 30 Detik Suria, 8.30pm No Place Like Home A Birthday Party channel 5,8 oo P m Wild Africa Arts Central, 9 P m Bright Sparks cna, 8.32pm The outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Faith, a high-flying career woman, is trying I^9 From the still depths of Lake Malawi to the Celebrate
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      485 32 -AFP Dallas overcomes 18-point deficit to upset San Antonio NBA semi-finals San Antonio 110 Dallas 113 Nowitzki inspires with 38 points SAN ANTONIO Dirk Nowitzki made all 17 of his free-throw attempts, and Michael Finley all 10 of his from the line, as the Dallas Mavericks rallied
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      Lock icon World No. 1 Hewitt says he may never win French Open
      319 32 DUSSELDORF Lleyton Hewitt has admitted he could struggle to justify his top seeding at this year's French Open and may never win in Paris. The world No. 1 won the 2001 US Open and defends his Wimbledon crown in
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      Robson keen
      111 32 LONDON Former England skipper Bryan Robson has joined the list of high-profile managers keen on taking over at Aston Villa. The former Middlesbrough boss and Manchester United captain told Sky TV he also wanted the post last year after he left Middlesbrough. "I'm interested in the job and
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      Over for Greene
      90 32 MONTE CARLO Olympic and world champion Maurice Greene's time as the world's fastest man is over for good, according to five-times Olympic Games gold medallist Michael Johnson. Despite surrendering his 100 metres world record to fellow American Tim Montgomery last year, Greene predicts he will reclaim the
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      Chinese drugs
      62 32 BEIJING Thirty-four athletes from China, the 2008 Olympic host, tested positive to drugs last year, 11 more than in 2001, state press reported yesterday. Fourteen of the doping offenders were weightlifters and 10 were from track and field events. No swimmers were among those caught, although it was
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      Paris 2012?
      53 32 PARIS City mayor Bertrand Delanoe will announce a Paris bid for the 2012 Olympics today, according to reports yesterday. London threw its hat into the ring last week. French president Jacques Chirac urged Delanoe last year to bid for the Games. Stiff competition will come from New York,
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      Lock icon Open postponed
      372 33  -  Tan Yo-Hinn Top Spore badminton event held over as SBA plays safe by yohinn@newstoday.com.sg HE WAS thrashed in last year's final by China's Chen Hong, but if Ronald Susilo was harbouring any thoughts of putting that record straight in this year's tournament, then he will have to wait
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      Lock icon Jaguars pay for goalkeeping blunder
      280 33  -  Tan Yo-Hinn A MOMENT'S hesitation by Tanjong Pagar United goalkeeper Naufalruddin Nairn may have cost his side a place in the next round of the Big Trumpet Singapore Cup. In a Group C match at the Toa Payoh Stadium last night, the 23-year-old made a
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      Police almost there
      100 33 IT SEEMS that the Singapore Recreation Club (SRC), the pacesetter for much of the season, has all but handed the Singapore Hockey Federation Women's Premier League title to Police. After a shock 2-1 loss to Police 10 days ago, SRC suffered another defeat, this time going down
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      Beckham's Olympic bid
      56 33 LONDON David Beckham is being lined up to take on Real Madrid stars Raul Gonzalez and Zinedine Zidane in the campaign for the 2012 Olympics. It was reported yesterday that Beckham has been invited to become an ambassador for London's 2012 Olympics bid, while Madrid and Paris
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      Play for the elderly
      62 33 THE Sasco senior citizens home plans to raise funds for its home with a six-a-side charity soccer tournament. It will be played on Sunday, July 6, and there will be prizes for the champion and the runnersup. Organisations that wish to register for the tournament should
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    • AFTERNOON EDITION
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        Lock icon Armstrong and Williams take top honours at sports' Oscars
        280 34 Reuters MONTE CARLO Americans Lance Armstrong and Serena Williams were named the sportsman and sportswoman of the year at the Laureus World Sports Awards this morning. Armstrong, a cancer survivor who will chase a fifth consecutive Tour de France victory in
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        Lock icon Becks longs for break
        304 34 Reuters DURBAN England captain David Beckham said yesterday he was relishing the possibility of a summer break from football for the first time in five years. Beckham, who will lead England against South Africa in Durban on Thursday, said he would be taking a long break
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        Lock icon No rest for Owen
        279 34 Agencies DURBAN Michael Owen has prepared himself for a long summer as Liverpool attempts to rebuild after what was widely viewed as a disappointing season. Owen was at least able to take one considerable positive from the past season, missing just two games due to his
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        Lock icon AC Milan puts one hand on Cup
        138 34 Reuters ROME AC Milan takes a commanding 4-1 lead into the second leg of its Italian Cup final against AS Roma after enjoying a second-half goal spree at the Olympic Stadium this morning. Two goals by Brazilian midfielder Serginho and further efforts by
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        Lock icon O'Leary returns with the Villans
        153 34 Reuters BIRMINGHAM David O'Leary ended his 11-month exile from soccer management yesterday when he took charge of Aston Villa on a three-year contract. O'Leary, sacked by Leeds United in June 2002, replaces Graham Taylor who resigned last Wednesday after finishing fifth from bottom of the
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      Lock icon Bring on the foreigners
      910 35 -AFP Unlike the legendary Lisbon Lions, Celtic cannot rely on Scotsmen in Euro final SEVILLE When Celtic last tasted European glory on that famous night in Lisbon 36 long years ago, the closest thing the Scottish club had to an imported player was Bobby Lennox. Unique
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