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    13 1 TODAY we set you thinking todayonline.com Thursday February 12, 2004 MITA (P) 002/11/2002
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    Feedback letdown
    816 1  -  Lee Ching Wern Panelists disappointed with ministries' replies FOR more than six months, hundreds of volunteers spent hours of their free time engaged in discussions and agonised over long lists of recommendations, which were eventually submitted as the Feedback Groups' conference papers to the Government early last month.
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    SMU shows other universities the way
    632 1  -  Derrick A Paulo FOUR years ago, it was a bit of an experiment But the approach taken by the Government when the Singapore Management University (SMU) was set up now looks like being a model for the revamp of the other two universities. Deputy
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      45 1 NEWSX^YIEWS H Why it failed Court told of complications during twins' operation/3 Word of caution Clamour for SGX board seats I may hit small investors/12 Prithpal Singh Wants to see an airport at Marina South/22 GOAL MACHINE 101 reasons to^^JjS^, keep Henry I /48 f^M
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  • HOT NEWS
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      S'pore construction booms overseas
      383 2  -  Shobha Tsering Bhalla Newly-formed consortium cuts $100m-deal in India THE efforts by Singapore's beleaguered construction industry to expand overseas appears to be reaping rich dividends in India and China. In 2001 and 2002, Singapore contractors consistently did close to $800 million worth of jobs in these
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      Lock icon Fatal snag after 'point of no return'
      402 3  -  Joy Frances Bijani twins operation 90% done then, court told A CORONER'S inquiry into the deaths of the conjoined Iranian twins who died after a 50-hour operation last year to separate them, began yesterday. Some 12 witnesses, including neurosurgeon Dr Keith Goh who
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      Big debt's the way forward
      360 4  -  Tor Ching Li Singapore aiming to be major debt hub WITH the debt market having more than tripled since 1998, Singapore is looking at claiming the status of a major debt hub in the region. Speaking at the launch of Bloomberg TV here yesterday, Deputy
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      Lock icon Clark quits White House bid
      156 4 Agencies WASHINGTON Former Nato commander Wesley Clark is ending his race for the White House after a disappointing show in two crucial Democratic Party primaries on Tuesday. "It was a very difficult decision to make, obviously," said Mr Matt Bennett, a spokesman for the Clark
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      Lock icon Shankar appeals
      78 4 Joy Frances FORMER TV presenter Vidya Shankar Aiyar has appealed to the President for clemency. The plea against the 16-month jail term and four strokes of the cane, but not against the verdict, was submitted last month, his lawyers told Today. They said he would not be caned
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      Lock icon Windows security patch finally available
      142 4 Agencies WASHINGTON In the latest of a series of security alerts, leading computer software maker Microsoft warned on Tuesday that its Windows operating system could be vulnerable to attacks by hackers. The company announced on its website the critical deficiencies in the Windows NT, 2000,
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      Booking rate for Sundial project was 70%, not 'insufficient*
      252 6  -  1Andrew Ting Kok Liang DESPITE the Government's efforts to promote greater transparency in its pol-icy-making, I am disappointed that the Housing and Development Board (HDB) is lagging behind in that aspect I reached this conclusion following my participation in two of
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      Dolphins won't be confiscated
      320 6  -  Goh Shih Yong, Acquisition did not break rules: AVA I REFER to Mr Leong Sze Hian's letter, "Pink dolphins: Singapore's reputation is at stake" (Today, Feb 9) and Mr Louis Ng's letter, "Confiscate UWS's pink dolphins" (Today, Feb 10). The Convention on International Trade in Endangered
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Lock icon OCBCs profit up 43%
      275 10 Dow Jones Earnings reach record $954.1 m last year OVERSEA-Chinese Banking Corp (OCBC) reported record-high annual earnings yesterday, thanks to a steep fall in provisions, better-than-expected profits at its insurance affiliate and divestment gains. Singapore's third largest lender in terms of assets said net profit for
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      Lock icon SembCorp Industries' 4Q profit rises 16%
      184 10 Bloomberg SEMBCORP Industries, South-east Asia's biggest civil engineering company, said fourth-quarter profit rose 16 per cent as earnings from its utilities division more than doubled. Net income rose to $53.8 million in the three months ended Dec 31, from $46.4 million. Sales rose to
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      Lock icon ANA Hotel S'pore to make way for condo
      200 10 Agencies COME April this year and the ANA Hotel Singapore will be no more. Capita Land and ANA Hotels Resorts plan to close the 457-room hotel and redevelop its Nassim Hill site into an "upmarket condominium at the appropriate time", said both
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        Lock icon Singapore
        243 10 Agencies SHARES ended slightly lower yesterday as investors shifted attention from blue chips to two new listings, both of which rose. The ST Index fell for a second day, closing at 1,868.51, down 4.17 points, or 0.2 per cent, the second straight day of declines. Losers led gainers 1
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        SGX most active
        54 10 fy volume Close Change 'OOO MnaFlexP \EI Corp JnitedTAC iTAssemb iunningdale SingTel >ac Cent ipeedy-Tech illipsiz Hi-P 1.090 0.375 1.180 1.950 0.495 2.250 0.370 0.820 0.655 1.160 -0.010 -0.030 +0.035 -0.020 -0.015 +0.040 +0.040 -0.8 -1.5 +7.6 -5.1 -1.8 +6.5 +3.6 119,861 90,616 58,671 43,684 37,039 30,470
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        SGX top rises
        79 10 By$ Close Change Thai Prime200USS 12.000 +0.50I APB Breweries 7.200 +0.20I Noble 3.640 +0.14I OCBC 12.700 +0.10I Robinson 7.400 +0.10I UOB 13.800 +0.10I InlRoller 1.030 +0.061 OE 1.780 +0.06I PCI 0.695 +0.051 Raffles Las 0.965 +0.051 By percentage Close Change ChipEngSW*****2 0.035 +16.7 SinSoonH W*****9 0.070 +16.7
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        SGX top falls
        81 10 By Close failure 21.000 Changi -0.501 ISH 500USS 5.000 -0.251 jealive50 18.500 -0.201 IMH 400USS 9.300 -0.201 BukilSem 14.900 -0.101 F&N 13.000 -0.101 XBC 4.59SNCPS 100 101.000 -0.101 iPH 100 18.700 -0.101 Haw Par 4.780 -0.081 3P Bal 3.780 -0.061 iy percentage )KP Close 0.130 Change -18.8
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        World markets
        53 10 Index Value Change Pis Nikkei 225 Hang Seng Ml Ordinaries laiwan Wtd Closed *****.76 3315.30 6454.39 +9.10 +14.10 -33.95 +o.o; +0.4: -0.5: Korea Comp 876.34 +9.54 +1.11 KLCI 818.22 +6.16 +0.7I SET Index Jakarta Comp 753.24 769.79 +13.60 +3.02 +1.8' +0.3' Phils Comp Shenzhen B 1477.04 294.14 -13.17
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        Lock icon Commodities
        26 10 Gold uss/oz 407.500 Silver uss/oi 6.345 Platinum uss/oz 833.00 Rubber centsAg 214.75 Palm oil RM/tonne 1896 Brent crude uss/barrel 30.18 Information provided by SGX, Bloomberg
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 10 US$ 0.5963 UK£ 0.3192 Yen 62.9853 HK$ 4.6328 RM 2.2664 Euro 0.4706 Rupiah 5009.5 Baht 23.2304 Peso 33.3234 A$ 0.7656 Indian Rs 26.9724 Won 692.98 C$ 0.7941 Yuan 4.936 NZ$ 0.8556 NTS 19.77
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      New filter for ultra pure water developed
      240 12  -  Suresh Mark Kumar TAP water is safe to drink in Singapore. But for a few hundred dollars, you can have purified water flowing from your tap. Targeting the increasingly healthconscious consumer, Hyflux and Best World International (BWI) have developed Pure Flo, a water
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      A word of caution from SGX boss
      351 12  -  Emril Shafeeq Jamil Clamour for board seat can hit interests of small investors SINGAPORE Exchange chairman JY Pillay warned minority shareholders yesterday that clamouring to place their representatives on company boards may be inimical to their own interests. Speaking at an industry conference,
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      CORPORATEbriefs
      101 12 Midas Holdings, which makes gas and water pipes, is offering investors 55 million shares at 23 cents each, it said in a prospectus filed with the Monetary Authority of Singapore yesterday. The IPO is priced at a multiple of 9.09 times historical earnings per share of 2.53 cents for
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      Lock icon Hyflux sees $1 b from Govt deal
      305 14 Bloomberg With recurring income, it sees a stable future WATER specialist Hyflux may reap as much as $1 billion in sales of water from its desalination plant over its 20-year contract with the Government "By selling water, we can get a very stable
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      Lock icon Bird flu impact minimal, says Exel CEO
      237 14 Dow Jones GLOBAL logistics group Exel expects the bird-flu outbreak in the region to have a minimal impact on its Asia-Pacific operations, chief executive John Allan said. The Asia-Pacific region is a major market for UK-based Exel, accounting for US$l.OB billion ($l.Bl billion),
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      Lock icon US flays Opec move to cut oil supplies
      143 14 Reuters ALGIERS The US slammed the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) after the cartel announced a surprise cut in oil supplies on Tuesday. Washington warned that the move risked stunting world economic growth. The decision sliced four per cent from production
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  • SAVVY INVESTOR
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      Lock icon C&C and that Indonesian factor
      669 16 Dow Jones Indonesia provides it with 80 cents out of each dollar it earns, but political risks worry investors JARDINE Cycle Carriage (C&C) should continue to benefit from its bold foray into Indonesia, but political uncertainty and possibly thinner profit margins ahead will blunt the
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Sri Lanka crisis deepens
      246 18 -AP President sacks 39 ministers and deputy ministers COLOMBO Sri Lanka's President Chandrika Kumaratunga (picture) fired 39 ministers and deputy ministers yesterday from the caretaker government headed by her rival, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, worsening the country's political crisis. "The President has sacked 27 non-Cabinet ministers
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      Lock icon Atkins diet kills its founder
      102 18 Agencies NEW YORK It is an irony that Dr Robert Atkins, whose high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet became fashionable, had a history of heart failure, the Wall Street Journal said on Tuesday. The report said Dr Atkins had a history of heart attacks, congestive heart failure and
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      Lock icon China to stay out of Taiwan polls
      71 18 Agencies BEIJING Yesterday, China claimed it did not care who wins next month's presidential election in Taiwan and pledged not to get involved. However, China continued to criticise President Chen Shui-bian and his intention to hold an island-wide referendum alongside the March 20
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    • GLOBALroundup
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        Lock icon Baghdad bombing kills 36
        53 18 Reuters A suicide car bomb exploded at an Iraqi army recruitment centre in Baghdad yesterday, killing 36. It was the second deadly attack against Iraqis working with US occupation forces in 24 hours. Around 50 people were killed on Tuesday in a similar attack outside a
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        Lock icon Another bird flu stock in US
        66 18 Reuters Bird flu has been discovered in a second chicken flock in Delaware with US officials saying that they are to kill 72,000 chickens to stop the spread of the virus. Officials said the bird flu virus found was the same H7 strain found
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        Lock icon Putin's critic reappears
        82 18 Reuters Russian presidential hopeful Ivan Rybkin returned to Moscow after a five-day mystery absence, saying he was on an impromptu break in Ukraine. Family and aides who reported him missing triggered a police hunt for the fierce critic of President Vladimir Putin. His haggard look, evasiveness and
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      Lock icon Bush defends 'shirker' charge
      355 20 Reuters But new records released raise more questions with gaps of absence WASHINGTON In a bid to put a lid on a controversial election-year issue, the White House released new records of President George W Bush's service in the United States National Guards following accusations that
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Lock icon Wanted: City airport in Marina South
      858 22  -  Prithpal Singh It will ease congestion at Changi and create more tourism opportunities WHAT is missing from the Urban Redevelopment Authority's plan to create a ferry terminal hub by moving Clifford Pier to Marina South is the air transportation element Incorporating all the three
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      851 26  - Will Grace Janice Lee Why singer Michelle Branch keeps climbing MCHELLE Branch was anxious to :now what time it was in Singapore the moment we were connected on the telephone. Eight in the morning, I replied, to which she apologised hastily with a gasp. It was late afternoon in Los
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      340 28  -  Razali Abdullah Sony Music high on Thai as next big hit OONY Music is on a high. Its O artistes dominated the recent Grammy Awards, with Beyonce winning five awards and newcomers Evanescence bagging a double. Now, the record company is set to unveil an artiste it
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      372 30  -  YONG SHU CHIANG THE evolution from successful child actor to adult performer can be very difficult Jodie Foster and Mickey Rooney are two success stories, with more recent examples being Christina Ricci and the precocious Oscar winner, Anna Paquin. Haley Joel Osment, who burst onto the scene with
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      277 30  -  YONG SHU CHIANG JOE is a successful PR man who meets a pretty secretary and falls in love with her. It looks like it'll be a rosy romance, but there's a problem. Joe's job requires plenty of socialising and the "social" drinker soon finds that
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      379 32  -  -Janice Lee IT WAS a void she had to fill when the original Sugababe member Siobhan Donaghy left to pursue a solo career in 2001. But take it from Heidi Range. The newer-and-improved trio have become extremely close knit over the years. "We're all very
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      125 32 Local personalities, including the cast of Theatre Work's new play, Marriage of Inconvenience, will entertain tomorrow and on Saturday at the Love Fetish party at Rouge Club. Stars on show dressed by No 1 Costume Costume include Chua Enlai (in suit) and Corinne Adrienne Jan (in nurse's
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      530 32  -  Ted Chen McFerrin does not like to perform JAZZ, a capella and classical music fans will be in for a treat at tonight's performance at the Esplanade Concert Hall when world renowned vocalist Bobby McFerrin performs with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra in a one-night performance. McFerrin, a 10-time
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        384 32  -  Katrina Karim IF YOU haven't visited Captain Cook, which is located at Sengkang, this is a good month to do so because the seafaring-themed fast food restaurant has some worthy deals on offer. This month's promotions at Captain Cook include new toppings for its waffles which include
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      458 33  -  Koh Chieng Mun Fair Price supermarkets pamper shoppers with ease of shopping and an extensive product range NTUC Fair Price at Singapore Post (Sing Post) is located at the heart of the eastern part of Singapore. The outlet is one of the larger supermarkets in the
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      229 33  -  Mr Harold Fernandez Fair Price at Sing Post is used as a fulfilment centre for FairPrice's Online facility, completing the claim that customer care is of top priority. The service has been offered since 1 998 and has over 1 8,000 registrants to date. Existing customers include families
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        392 35 Reuters Delay in Oscar broadcast irks Academy and spells start of censorship LOS ANGELES Five seconds might not amount to a long time, considering that this year's Academy Awards broadcast on ABC is expected to run three-and-a-half hours on Feb 29. But the network's insistence on using a
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        110 35  -  Yong Shu Chiang THE Odd Couple's, role reversal is on hold. The Singapore Repertory Theatre (SRT) cancelled last night's performance of the Neil Simon play the first cancellation in its 10-year history because actor Remesh Panicker lost his voice. Patrons were offered tickets for another
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        369 36 Reuters Long-awaited Star Wars Trilogy to be released on DVD LOS ANGELES -Star Wars fans will have their DVD dreams come true. The Star Wars Trilogy, one of the most-requested DVD episodic film franchises, is expected to be released as a four-disc box
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        279 36 -Reuters LOS ANGELES Oscar-winning actress Catherine Zeta-Jones is joining the all-star cast of the upcoming sequel to the Warner Bros' hit caper film, Ocean's Eleven, the studio said on Tuesday. The 34-year-old Welsh-born beauty will round out the ensemble of actors returning from the 2001 hit
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        244 37  -  Janice Lee ONE IS inclined to think that Liberty X's far-from-prima-donna attitude is what earned them their tremendous success since their so-called "failure". Kevin Simm, Tony Lundon, Michelle Heaton, Jessica Taylor and Kelli Young were openly rejected on British television's first series of Popstars
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          124 38 For the couple who prefers to keep things simple and sweet, Goldheart Jewelry has just the gift. For her, a classic heart-shaped white gold pendant encrusted with 10 diamonds ($388) is perfect i for everyday-wear and you'll constantly be in her heart. To
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          THE PERFECT DIAMOND AT LEE HWA JEWELLERY
          129 38 Lee Hwa Jewellery is Singapore's sole distributor for the Destinee diamond, each of which is uniquely and consistently cut with 57 facets instead of the usual 58. This cut ensures that no light is lost from the Destinee diamond but is instead reflected
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          SEEDS OF LOVE AT RISIS
          105 38 Ever picked the ruby-red Saga seeds (known as siang si dou in Mandarin, meaning loving ■noughts) and presented them to your loved Dne as a gift? It is this nostalgic practice that inspired the RISIS Seeds of Love Collection. Crafted in 925 silver and plated
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          MAGNETIC ATTRACTION AT FELIN JEWELRY
          95 38 The key to true love that endures the test of time is that the couple must be constantly and mutually attracted to each other. At Felin Jewelry, this logic was adopted literally into jewellery designs and the Levarii collection was born. Levarii rings, crafted with
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          123 38 Soo Kee Jewellery's Brilliant Rose Eternal Collection isn't just about the perfect dazzling cut, it is also the symbol of growing anc eternal love whicn is why each Brilliant Rose retains 1 00 per cent of its original retail value, allowing owners to
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        836 40  -  Jaime Koh Shenzhen sheds sleazy image as it transforms into a modern, prosperous tourist attraction FOR some, Shenzhen pales in comparison to other major Chinese cities. After all, it is neither rich in history unlike Beijing or Shanghai nor culture, which the ancient Chinese
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        522 42 Gulf Air's special deals WHATEVER class they may be travelling in, Gulf Air has lined up some special deals for its passengers. Until the end of May, every adult who books an economy class ticket can take two children under 12 for free to any of Gulf Air's more
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        the other side of SYDNEY
        621 44  -  Gurmeet Singh If you think you've seen it all, you're in for a pleasant surprise and some good fun, too BEEN there, done that? Not with Sydney, you haven't And the people at Tourism New South Wales are prepared to unveil more secrets of this
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      1045 46  -  ROHIT BRIJNATH Watching the Tiger being chased by Vijay, Mickelson and Els will make 2004 a great year for golf WHAT year is it by the way? 2003? No! Wait a minute, it has to be. Earnest Els is rendering courses out of
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      614 47 Hype no longer necessary as world's top two golfers face off SAN DIEGO Forget the streaks and statistics that identify the best two players in golf. The real comparison starts now. Tiger Woods began his practice session at dawn yesterday with a full moon fading over
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      359 47 SYDNEY When Laura Davies tees off today in the ANZ Championship here, a men's event on the Australasian tour, she will be subject to intense media scrutiny. Can this big-hitting former world No 1 compete with the likes of Peter
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      Lock icon India show must go on in Pakistan, says legend Wasim
      345 47 -AFP KARACHI Former Pakistan cricketing great Wasim Akram called on India's cricketers yesterday to put aside security concerns and press ahead with their tour of Pakistan next month. Wasim, who retired from the game with a world record of 502
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      652 48 Agencies Wenger praises striker, tells Real to back off LONDON Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger stated the rather obvious point yesterday when he said his French striker was "world class". Having reached, and then surpassed, his Premiership century of goals yesterday morning {Singapore time), there is
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      316 48 -AFP LONDON Manchester United fans are planning to stage a huge protest against the club's principal shareholders at horse racing's Cheltenham Festival next month. The United 4 Action group are hoping up to 250 fans will take part in the protest against Irish
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      134 48 -AFP LONDON Glenn Hoddle is set to make a sensational return to management at Southampton this week less than three years after he walked out on them. Newspapers reported yesterday that the former England, Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur boss was scheduled to strike a
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        102 50 NEW YORK Richard Jefferson scored 17 points and hauled down 1 0 rebounds to carry the New Jersey Nets to their ninth straight win, beating the Detroit Pistons 89-78 on Tuesday [yesterday morning, Singapore time). The Nets are 8-0 under new coach Lawrence Frank after
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        48 50 LONDON Jordan expect Italian Giorgio Pantano to sign up as the Formula 1 team's second driver this morning. "We are just waiting for everything to fall into line," lan Phillips, the team's director of business development said. Jordan have already signed Germany's Nick Heidfeld.
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        62 50 WASHINGTON Russia's Anna Koumikova and American star Serena Williams might be absent from the women's tennis Tour, but they made a splash as swimwear models in the annual Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue yesterday. The American sports magazine's 40th edition of the swimsuit issue showcases top models in
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        Warne returns with two
        54 50 MELBOURNE Australian bowler Shane Warne (picture) said he was pleased with his return to competitive cricket after taking 2-32 in his first match since completing a 12-month drugs ban. me 34-year-old leg-spinner, Australia's greatest Test wicket-taker, claimed the figures in a 1 6-over spell for the
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        75 50 MUNICH Bayern Munich manager Ottmar Hitzfeld has laughed off suggestions that defeat to Real Madrid in the Champions League could spell the end of his reign at the Olympic Stadium. "It is a joke to talk about me in connection with the Real game," Hitzfeld
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      Whipping boys no more
      521 50  -  KOH WEI LING Young Lions will finish in the top five with foreigners, says Poulsen THE final S-League standings told the story last season. An astounding 60 points separated S-League champions Home United from the Young Lions, who finished bottom. Some would claim the gap in
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      Lock icon Two goals leave Poulsen optimistic despite defeat
      313 50  -  Koh Wei Ling YOUNG LIONS supporters who turned up at Jalan Besar Stadium, expecting to see their three foreign signings from Nigeria in action were disappointed last night. Only midfielder Itimi Dickson and recent import Kazeem Babaunde played in an entertaining friendly that
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      208 51 LONDON For the first time, a British government report is urging the Premier League to consider introducing a wage cap. The report also asks the Premier League to double the broadcasting income it passes on to the rest of football, reported BBC Sport Online
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      Lock icon Irish tycoons raise stake in Man United
      185 51 -AFP LONDON Irish racing tycoons John Magnier and J P McManus (picture) have raised their stake in Manchester United to 29 per cent, the BBC reported yesterday. It said they had acquired a 4 per cent stake from Dutch media tycoon John de
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      Lock icon Egmar shoots down critics
      434 51  -  STANLEY HO Singapore striker leads Home to victory with glorious hat-trick EGMAR Goncalves certainly knows how to silence his critics. The heavily criticised Home United striker scored a hat-trick to help his team trounce Hong Kong league champions Happy Valley 5-1 in their Asian Football Confederation
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      Lock icon Fifa won't back down on controversial offside guidelines
      336 51 LONDON Fifa stood by their new offside guidelines yesterday after controversial tactics employed by Bolton Wanderers in a Premiership game at Leicester City. Bolton manager Sam Allardyce took advantage of the ruling body's decision to allow referees more liberal interpretation of the
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