Today, 29 March 2004, Afternoon Edition

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    13 1 TODAY we set you thinking todayonline.com Monday March 29, 2004 MITA (P) 002/11/2002
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      Lock icon The Chiam nudge
      1049 1  -  Loh Chee Kong Opposition MP has been doing this to PAP for 20 years THE knives were quickly out when he won by less than 5 per cent of the votes in the last election, his slimmest winning margin ever. Critics say the aggressiveness that has served
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      Lock icon Chirac's party loses in regional polls
      193 1 Reuters PARIS A landslide victory for France's leftwing opposition in regional elections has put President Jacques Chirac under intense pressure to reshuffle the government and dismiss his Prime Minister. The left beat the ruling conservatives in almost all of France's 26 regions yesterday, raising
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      Lock icon Hopes of recount ease Taiwan crisis
      180 1 Reuters TAIPEI Taiwan's bitter political crisis eased slightly yesterday as the opposition Kuomintang party (KMT) said it believed a recount in a hotly contested presidential election could begin within the next two days. Hours earlier, riot police had pushed and dragged away the last
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      Lock icon Iraqi minister escapes assassination bid
      115 1 -AFP MOSUL Iraqi interim Public Works Minister Nasreen Barwari, the only woman in the government, escaped an assassination attempt here yesterday in which three of her bodyguards were killed, according to a senior police officer. Ms Barwari, 37, was last week seen seated behind US
      -AFP  -  115 words
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      56 1 Gruelling tests Cheng Shoong Tat on democracy in Taiwan and Malaysia/34 Gunners held United's equaliser cancels out Henry's great goal/51 Mah's farewell FAS boss to focus on new political responsibilities/52 Arts explosion Your guide to the local arts scene/Centre pages Impact OSIM'SI PRETTY PHASE Page 18 A 1 XENA TAKES
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      7 1 GREAT SCOTT REAL CRUSH SEVILLA SPORTS 49
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  • HOT NEWS
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        Lock icon In memory of Dr Alex Chao
        80 2 CNA In 2006, the $5-million National Vascular Centre to be set up in memory of Sars victim Dr Alex Chao (left) will be based at the old King Edward Hall in the former Outram campus, as part ot the NUS Graduate Medical School. As
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        S'pore delegation to S Korea
        62 2 Environment Minister Lim Swee Say will lead a Singapore delegation to South Korea for the fifth Global Ministerial Environment Forum from today until Wednesday. Singapore will share its experiences and expertise on water-resource management, including the Newater initiative. The focal theme of the forum initiated
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        Lock icon Young PAP under greater scrutiny
        79 2 Newsßadio 93.8 The youth wing of the People's Action Party (PAP), Young PAP, will soon come under greater public scrutiny as part of initiatives by its new chairman, Dr Vivian Balakrishnan. The Minister of State for National Development and Trade and Industry takes over the
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      Lock icon First step in long war against rats
      487 2 Clementi to be site of multi-pronged attack WAR has been declared on dementi's rat population. For years, residents at Clementi Avenue 2 have been fighting a tough enemy. The battle took on a heightened fervour yesterday with the first move in a nationwide
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      Falling through the cracks
      778 3  -  Tisa Ng NEWS comment Could we have prevented the untimely end of a mother and her 2 girls? NO man is an island, nor no woman either. Last Wednesday morning, one woman ended her life tragically. Linked by red cords which tied her to two young
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      Lock icon Thaksin cancels Europe trip after weekend bomb attack in Muslim south
      370 4 Agencies BANGKOK Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra yesterday cancelled his official visit to Europe after a weekend bomb attack which wounded nearly 30 people in the country's Muslim south. Mr Thaksin, whose government has struggled to contain a wave
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      Lock icon Abdullah's notso-new Cabinet
      644 4  - Abdullah's not-so-new Cabinet Oon Yeoh gcomment "THIS is the Cabinet for the future," declared Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi on Saturday. "This is a big change in the government that aims to give better service to the people." Malaysia's official news agency, Bernama, played along with the reformist theme
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      54 2 Did you know? The Human Organ Transplant Act (HOTA) will be expanded from July this year, to: Cover liver, heart and cornea, as well as kidneys. Allow for organs of those who died in accidents or from medical conditions to be removed for transplants For more information on NKF and
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Lock icon Have a question on e-filing your tax returns? Ask this senior citizen
      322 6  -  Loh Chee Kong IT'S never too late to e-file your income tax returns in one sense at least Just ask 75-year-old Peter Tan. The eAmbassador for the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (Iras) has been helping fellow Singaporeans
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      Ingenious way to discard ash and make cash
      244 6  -  Loh Chee Kong IT'S an ingenious solution for two of Singapore's most pressing problems and promises millions in profits. For their idea on how to get rid of tonnes of incinerator ash and excavated marine clay and provide material for land reclamation
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      Lock icon Breeding ground of two nations
      508 6  -  Raymond Andrew On its 75th anniversary, BukitTimah campus alumni members reflect on its history IT was the "cradle" of university education in Malaysia and Singapore and it was here that Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong met and courted his wife. Today, more people know No
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      Appreciation for a life of service
      524 12 Hold on to your best people by guaranteeing their retirement gratuity WE LIVE in a world where people are generally quick to criticise, but slow to show appreciation. This can be a bad mistake in a business, where good workers know their worth. They
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      What is a Contractual Retirement Programme?
      101 12 THIS is essentially a pension plan that takes the form or an insurance policy. Companies buy into it to ensure that they are able to reward a valued employee for his/her service and loyalty. This gratuity is as flexible as the insurance scheme chosen.
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      Lock icon Moeller-Maersk wants to double share of global shipping market, buy up rivals
      324 12 Bloomberg News COPENHAGEN AP MoellerMaersk, the world's biggest container shipper, wants to more than double its share of the global shipping market through acquisitions, the Politiken reported, citing a company executive. AP Moeller's container shipping unit, Maersk Sealand,
      – Bloomberg News  -  324 words
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      Singles can form family unit with parents to buy 3-room flats
      204 8  -  Tay Boon Sun I REFER to the letter, "Let singles buy three-room flats" by Mr Phua Kok Hee (Today, March 15). Our public housing policies give priority to the housing needs of citizen families, especially first-timer married couples, who
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      A cat-feeder shares her experiences
      290 8  -  Mrs C. Kennedy IN RESPONSE to Mr Michael Loh's comment, ("Feeding stray cats helps to breed rats", Today, March 25), I would like to share my experiences as a responsible feeder for the past three-and-a-half years. The area where I first lived had a lot
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      Lock icon Help the destitute, they do need it
      540 8  -  Tan Sai Siong Give them a dollar or two to buy a meal instead of waiting for the Government to fix the problem INSTEAD of wringing your hands over the poor under-class that has either the Government's or voluntary organisations' support, for a
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Lock icon Dell runs faster than planned
      420 10 Bloomberg News Sales of Linux and Windows-based operating systems lift business SYDNEY Dell Inc, the world's largest per-sonal-computer maker, is ahead of its goal to make US$6O billion ($101.4 billion) in sales for the year ended Jan 31, 2007, chief executive Michael Dell said yesterday.
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      Lock icon Yen keeps rising against greenback
      210 10 Bloomberg News TOKYO The yen climbed for a third week against the US dollar as government reports showed Japan's economic recovery is gaining steam and as overseas investors bought a record amount of the country's shares. The demand for the yen accelerated after Japan said
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    • MarketWATCH
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        Lock icon Singapore
        109 10 AFP SHARES are expected to move in a narrow band next week due to the absence of market-moving leads. The ST Index closed at 1,827.1 1 last Friday, down 12 points, or 0.65 per cent, from the previous week. News on Friday that Singapore's manufacturing output rose a robust
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 10 US$ 0.591 UK£ 0.325 Yen 62.59 HK$ 4.606 RM 2.245 Euro 0.487 Rupiah 5102. Baht 23.36 Peso 33.32 A$ 0.796 Indian Rs 26.46 Won 683.5 C$ 0.791 Yuan 4.890 NZ$ 0.91 NTS 19.63
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        Lock icon Commodities
        26 10 SGX, Bloomberg Gold uss/oz 423.2 Silver uss/oz 7.717 Platinum uss/oi 903.6 Rubber centsAg 247.75 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1,963 Brent crude uss/barrel 35.73 Information provided by
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      Lock icon Tiny Antigua wins trade spat with US
      276 10 -AFP WASHINGTON-The tiny Caribbean nation of Antigua and Barbuda won a World Trade Organization ruling against the United States that a US ban on Internet gambling violates global trade rules, officials from both countries said. An interim report from a WTO panel in
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      Lock icon China to sew up rivals when quotas end
      608 15 -AFP Asian nations' textile industries to suffer when multi-fibre agreement is phased out next January MANY of Asia's poorest nations are unprepared for the imminent end of a quota system governing global textile and clothing exports with widespread job losses inevitable as
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      Lock icon MCI plans to close three call centres, cut 4,000 jobs
      226 16 Bloomberg News PRINCETON MCI Inc, the bankrupt telecommunications company formerly known as World Com, plans to close three call centres and cut 4,000 jobs or seven per cent of its workforce to lower costs, AP reported yesterday. MCI which employs
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    • market BUZZ
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        Eureka, how's that spelt?
        239 16 I He audience at Tampines Mall was spellbound. On stage, children were confidently spelling words like "fluorescent' and "constituency". It was the Kids Company Spelling Bee, held vi me srioppmy cernre over iwo afternoons one recent weekend. Kids Company, the magazine for children aged five to
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        Float on water for 48 hours: Are you game?
        124 16 THE last person in the pool at Haig Court (picture), a freehold condominium in Haig Road, amidst the charm or Katong and the thrill of East Coast, will stand to win $88,000. It is more than another endurance feat, that is
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        Be our quest: Courts
        77 16 COURTS, Singapore's leading furniture, electrical and IT retailer, proudly announces its latest customer-centric programme, the Courts Guest Card. "The launch marks Courts' commitment to offer superior value-add services on top of catering to the lifestyle furnishings, electrical and prestigious IT product needs of the modern consumer,"
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      Lock icon Foreign investors rejoice in Japan
      626 17 Dow Jones The Nikkei 225 stock index has shot up 10%, making it the best stock market in the developed world TOKYO As Japan heads towards the close of its fiscal year this Wednesday, foreign investors have reason to rejoice. So far this year, the
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  • SAVVY INVESTOR
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      Lock icon Don't fall for minor counter-trend gains
      542 14  -  Lim Say Boon STI could correct to 1,700 before a stronger rally DON'T get suckered by shallow countertrend rallies on the market Yes, counter-trend rallies those technically driven surges on the market that coincide with key support levels are often "tradeable". And indeed, last
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      Lock icon Japan's emergency beef tariffs to be lifted
      160 14 Dow Jones Newswires TOKYO A sharp fall in beef imports since the discovery of mad cow disease in the United States in December, has led Japan to lift its emergency tariffs on beef imports imposed since last August. The Kyodo news agency reported
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      Osim's pretty phase
      691 18  -  Shobha Tsering Bhalla It breaks into health-based skin-care market FROM machines that revitalise the body to elixirs that rejuvenate the face makes good business sense for the "king" of health equipment Mr Ron Sim, chairman and chief executive officer of Osim, opened a new front in his
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        L'Oreal Award a big hit
        125 18 The annual L'Oreal Marketing Award, which is open to local business undergraduates, is becoming a hit with universities in Singapore with a three-fold jump in registrations this year. While there were 22 teams last year, 68 teams took part this year in the award, which
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        Jolly takes charge
        51 18  -  Shobha Tsering Bhalla Golin/Harris International announced last week the promotion of Mr Baxter Jolly to managing director for SingaEore, effective from Thursday. Mr Jolly as been the executive director in Singapore since he joined the public relations firm in August last year. Mr Jolly succeeds Mr Jeffrey
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      For good service, use humans
      247 18 TIRED of listening to that recorded voice asking you to key in number after number? Help may be at hand, if Dr Christopher Lovelock has his way. The services management expert from the Yale School of Management is against the excessive use of automated phoneanswering
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Megawati's rallying cry
      341 20 AFP Indonesian President calls for unity at final meet ahead of polls JAKARTA Tens of thousands of supporters of Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri packed the streets of Jakarta yesterday as she addressed her party's last major campaign rally in the capital before the April 5 general election.
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      After 911, Heathrow was next target
      273 20 LONDON Captured terror suspect Khalid Sheikh Mohammed has allegedly revealed that Al Qaeda had targeted London's Heathrow airport In a dispatch from Kabul, Britain's Sunday Times said it has seen transcripts of the interrogation of Khalid, 37, the most senior Al Qaeda operative to
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      Lock icon M'sia opposition boycotts repeat ballot
      186 20 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's opposition Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS) boycotted a repeat ballot yesterday to protest against alleged irregularities, an official said. Yesterday's repeat polling in the Sungai Lembing state constituency in central Malaysia's Pahang came after the Election Commission nullified the vote for a
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        Lock icon Saved by the yell
        75 20 Reuters A convicted Saudi murderer escaped death by seconds when he was forgiven by his victim's father as he knelt down before the executioner's sword, the Okaz daily said yesterday. Abdul-Karim Al Ghoraid, 21, who killed a friend in a dispute five years ago, was moments
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        Lock icon Dogs beaten in bizarre attack
        79 20 AFP About 145 dogs kept in a French animal refuge were hurt badly after an overnight attack in which unidentified individuals beat them with iron bars, police said. The intruders broke through the doors and opened the cages to get at the dogs kept at
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        Lock icon Tehran's tit-for-tat plaque
        85 20 -AFP Tehran s mayor is threatening to erect a plaque denouncing Germany for supplying Mr Saddam Hussein with chemicarweapons if Berlin unveils one accusing Iran of a 1 992 assassination. Mr Mahmoud Ahmadi Nejad sent a letter to his Berlin counterpart, Mr Klaus Wowereit, saying the Berlin
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      Lock icon Rice urged to testify
      417 22 Agencies US national security adviser criticised for approach to terrorism CRAWFORD (Texas) United States national security adviser Condoleezza Rice is the latest Bush administration officer to be put under the spotlight to defend the administration's anti-terror record. Ms Rice, one of US President George W Bush's
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      Lock icon France seeks clues to mystery group
      200 22 -AFP PARIS French authorities are urgently seeking leads to a mystery group before the latter makes good its threat to unleash bomb attacks on the country's railways. So far, the only real clues authorities have are two unexploded bombs that underline the serious menace
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      FBI surveillance files on Kerry stolen
      217 22 CALIFORNIA Documents detailing the Federal Bureau of Investigation's surveillance of US presidential candidate John Kerry 30 years ago were stolen from a historian's home, CNN reported yesterday. Historian Gerald Nicosia said several hundreds of pages of documents he gathered over the past decade were
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      Lock icon Israeli PM may be charged for corruption
      241 22 Agencies JERUSALEM An Israeli cabinet minister yesterday called for Israeli Premier Ariel Sharon's resignation if he is indicted in a corruption scandal following a media report that the chief prosecutor had drafted charges against Mr Sharon. "Under such circumstances, the prime minister should
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      Lock icon Teacher, confidante, friend
      607 32 RETIRED civil engineer Ms Ng Oon Oon joined the Singapore Prison Service (SPS) as a volunteer by chance. Her friend, who was already volunteering her services there, had persuaded her to help out during her spare time. It turned out to be one of the best experiences
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      Volunteer work in the prisons
      725 32  - Volunteer wo rk in the prisons Cindy Tong BEFORE he joined the Singapore Prison Service (SPS), Mr Wahab Hussein thought little about the problem of offenders. To him then, dealing with them was a mere matter of locking them up and throwing away the key. Said Mr Wahab: "The perception
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      She puts a song in their hearts
      534 33 IT WAS the desire to share happiness and joy with others that led music teacher Ms Jayme Buk to offer her services as a volunteer with the Singapore Prison Service (SPS). She said: "I was inspired by an article that I read, about
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      1013 34  -  Cheng Shoong Tat TWO consecutive, gruelling tests for democracy in Asia. Both were poised to be fought bitterly along divisive lines, with the outcome expected to have a major impact on the region. Both could have gone very wrong. In the end, one turned out to
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        125 34 -AFP An elderly couple, who are members of the Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS), have disowned and evicted their daughter and family for supporting Malaysia's ruling Barisan Nasional coalition, the New Straits Times reported yesterday. The parents of Ms Fadzilah Abu Hassan Shari, 40, acted
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        63 34 -AFP Bangladeshi police have been told to improve their public image by offering tea and lime juice instead of harsh words to complainants, the Daily Star said yesterday. Police in the crowded capital of 1 3 million people, where 1 6,420 criminal cases were
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      731 35  -  Melody Tan Mr Samyval, Spores sixth heart transplant patient, is still enjoying life with his family 12 years on AT AGE 62, Mr T Samyval enjoys playing badminton and table tennis. Twice a week, he makes his way
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      292 38 Reuters CBS is planning to launch a prime-time search for the next Martha Stewart, even as the fallen doyenne of domesticity may be headed for less genteel surroundings in a federal penitentiary. Seizing on the growing popularity of the TV talentsearch genre, CBS
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      432 38  -  Janice Lee Lucy Lawless to host documentary on warrior women ''pHANKS to her starring J. role in the TV series, Xena: Warrior Princess, Lucy Lawless is the epitome of a garang (fierce, bold) woman. And her surname helps, too. "Everyone is surprised. I've got
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      427 47  -  KOH WEI LING Victory against Sinchi will leave Clark's boys sitting pretty Woodlands v Sinchi, Woodlands Stadium, tomorrow, 7.30pm AFTER two postponements, the match between Woodlands Wellington and Sinchi TV FC will finally go ahead at Woodlands Stadium tomorrow night And now the fixture has far
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      Catch Spore-Japan clash on giant screen
      334 47  -  Koh Wei Ling FANS who failed to get tickets to catch the star-studded Japanese team in action at Jalan Besar can still enjoy a night of football under the stars beside the stadium. If you are not one of the lucky 6,000 ticket holders
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      ALL OR NOTHING
      169 48 I Woodlands v Sinchi Woodlands Stadium Tomorrow, 7.30pm Woodlands Probable line-up: Yazid Yasin (left, top), Nasiruddin Sarwardi, Fathi Yunos, Azmi Mahamud, Jaslee Hatta, John Wilkinson, Ronald Kesavan, Goh Tat Chuan, Kirn Eun Cher, Park Kung Guy, Masrezwan Masturi Form: WLWWW (3-1 v Ming Chuan University, 0-1 v
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      STAR Q&A
      116 48 Happiest moment of your life? It must be 1 0 years ago when I got my first call up to the national team. What is your philosophy for success? Work hard and be honest with yourself. What advice would you give to young footballers? You must work hard
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      Lock icon Recruit Hassan ready to face Japanese challenge
      380 48  -  STANLEY HO HE'S ON FIRE SUPREMELY fit and disciplined, Hassan Sunny will drop 20 when asked, but don't expect him to drop anything in the penalty box. The rising Young Lions star may be a recruit in the army now, but he is
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      350 48  -  Stanley Ho RATNA Suffian stole the headlines from Albirex Niigata in last week's biggest NTUC Income-Yeo's S-League clash as champions Home United took on title challengers Albirex Niigata. Despite having their sweeper, Aide Iskandar, sent off in the 22nd minute, the
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        363 49 Agencies Aussie makes superb putt to become youngest Players Championship winner GOLF The Players Championship PONTE VEDRA, Florida The guy who swings like Tiger Woods nearly finished like Greg Norman. Adam Scott (picture) made the putt of his life this morning to win the Players Championship by one
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        236 49  -  Stanley Ho HE HAS waited 10 years to make history. And when it finally came, it was well worth the wait for Singapore's No 1 golfer Mardan Mamat. Yesterday, Mardan became the first Singaporean to win on the Asian Tour when he claimed a five-stroke victory
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        Lock icon Beckham shines as Real destroy poor Sevilla
        257 49 Reuters PRIMERA LIGA Real Madrid 5 Sevilla 1 MADRID Real Madrid withstood the pressure from second-placed Valencia and retained top spot in the Primera Liga this morning when they powered their way to a stunning 5-1 win over mid-table Sevilla at the Bernabeu.
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      Lock icon Eriksson won't sing the Blues
      570 50 -AFP England coach extends contract up to 2008 SOPWELL, England Despite beating Wolverhampton Wanderers 5-2 on Saturday, Claudio Ranieri is almost certain to get the sack at the end of the season. But Sven-Goran Eriksson will not replace him. The England manager ended the uncertainty
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      Lock icon Sehwag stuns Pakistan with a magnificent double ton
      351 50 AFP TEST CRICKET Pakistan v India MULTAN, Pakistan Virender Sehwag hit a career-best 228 not out as India opened their long-awaited Test series in Pakistan with a spectacular batting display here yesterday. The Indians, playing their first Test on Pakistan soil since
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      116 50 AFP HONG KONG England salvaged some pride after their Six Nations heartbreak by defeating Argentina to clinch a hat-trick of victories in the prestigious Hong Kong Sevens rugby tournament here yesterday. Tries from Peter Richards, Simon Amor, Rob Thirlby and Saracens wing Richard Haughton handed England a 22-12
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      Lock icon Gunners break record
      436 51 But Saha cancels out Henry's fine goal ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Arsenal 1 Man United 1 LONDON The Gunners made history by not losing, but they will be disappointed that Manchester United substitute Louis Saha equalised late on at Highbury last night In the biggest fixture of the season,
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      468 51 AFP ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Leicester 0 Liverpool 0 LEICESTER Liverpool moved one point ahead of Newcastle in the race for the fourth Champions League spot after a goalless draw with Leicester on Sunday. Newcastle's 1-0 defeat at Bolton, thanks to Henrik Pedersen's 4th-minute goal, earlier
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      524 52  -  STANLEY HO FAS president steps down to focus on political career AFTER five years at the helm, Football Association of Singapore (FAS) president Mah Bow Tan has announced that he will step down at the Association's Annual General Meeting today. The Minister for National Development has decided
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      420 52  -  JOSE RAYMOND ASSOC Prof Ho Peng Kee takes over the hottest seat in Singapore football today as he succeeds outgoing Football Association of Singapore (FAS) president Mah Bow Tan. And Prof Ho knows he is in for a rough ride. With a football-mad public starved of
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