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    33 1 TODAY /AehiaCofip incorporating utrCfltS E o o 6 "E o (0 ■o o o o <s cT I I MICA (P) 103/07/2004 TODAY /A=£JJACORP incorporating ulXCfttS Wednesday April 20,2005 todayonline.com MICA (P) 103/07/2004
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    Big boys vie for resort deals
    825 1  -  Val Chua Government will decide on winners of casino bonanza by the end of the year val@newstoday.com.sg ONE day after the Government gave the nod for two integrated resorts in Singapore, those eyeing the mega-projects have started jockeying for position. One new player has
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      38 1 NEWSX^/lEWS Dr Balhetchet The papacy is not a one-man show/3 Face in the crowd Where is the kindness? asks chronically-ill lass/20 One last hurrah Lance Armstrong to retire after Tour de France race/49 CQ> 6V A fl f
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      55 1 I Joseph Ratzinger, i m* 78, elected Pope I It finally was white smoke from I the chimney of the Sistine Chapel Al at the Vatican City as the German I cardinal is elected to head the ■F M I Catholic Church. The 265th I pontiff will be known as
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  • hot news
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      HOW DID SINGAPOREANS REACT TO MONDAY'S INTEGRATED RESORT (IR) ANNOUNCEMENT?
      132 2 With Disneyland coming to Hong Kong and Universal Studios opening in Shanghai, I think our IRs have to step up and be ready to face stiff competition from the regional players. They need to be world-class and have a more
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      Lock icon Efficiency'no longer enough'
      389 2  -  Tor Ching Li Singapore needs to get with it or get left behind: MM Lee chingli(gnewstoday.com.sg HAVING said a firm "no" to suggestions of a casino in Singapore as Prime Minister about 30 years ago, Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew gave a detailed account in Parliament yesterday
      AFP  -  389 words
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      Labour chief Lim: 'Not an easy decision'
      194 2  -  Tor Ching Li LABOUR chief and MP for Jurong GRC Lim Boon Heng nearly broke down in Parliament yesterday. Mr Lim ended his speech in support of the Cabinet's decision with a pause and quiver in his voice: "This is not an easy
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      The three MPs who said 'no'
      155 2  -  Tor Ching Li ONLY three of the 15 MPs who spoke in Parliament yesterday stood their ground against the Government's decision to allow casinos in Singapore. These were Opposition MPs Low Thia Khiang and Chiam See Tong and Nominated MP Dr Tan Sze Wee.
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      Muisto reach out to Muslims
      70 2 THE Islamic Religious Council of Singapore (Muis) will strengthen its effort to reach out to Muslims. In a statement, Muis said the ultimate response to the challenges of an open society must come from the inner strength of individuals, families and the community. Muslims must
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        Papacy is not a one-man show
        683 3 Pope guided by many experts from clergy, laity THE passing of a Pope inevitably brings in its wake rife speculation as to who will emerge as the Pontiff's successor from the Conclave. The death of John Paul II has not been an exception and,
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      Lock icon Indon activist faces jail over tsunami aid theft
      329 4 -AFP Trial raises concerns over handling of disaster relief funds JANTHO An Indonesian antigraft activist, who was allegedly beaten up by police for stealing aid meant for disaster victims in the tsunami-hit province of Aceh, went on trial yesterday. Farid Faqih, the
      -AFP; AFP  -  329 words
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  • singapore news
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      Tuition grants attract overseas talent MOE
      431 6  -  Lee U-Wen Three-fifths of foreign students become PRs, Singapore citizens u-wen@newstoday.com.sg OVER 60 per cent of foreign students at Singapore's local universities go on to become permanent residents (PR) or take up citizenship after they graduate. This high retention rate expected to increase in
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        Lock icon Amendments to Registration of Criminals Act proposed
        129 6 Channel News Asia The Government is amending the Registration of Criminals Act so that records kept for minor offences can be treated as "spent". A Bill has been tabled in Parliament, proposing that the person's records be considered spent if he or she
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        Hand, Foot and Mouth disease statistics released
        176 6 Singapore saw a weekly average of 1 63 cases of Hand, Foot and Mouth disease (HFMD) in January, 1 80 cases in February, 382 cases in March and 347 cases in the first week of this month. Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan gave
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      Lock icon Get treatment by telemedicine
      429 8  -  Sheralyn Tay New technology allows long-distance consultations sheralyn(gnewstoday.com.sg IT USED to be that foreigners who wanted to tap on Singapore's medical expertise had to catch a flight here first. But with new technologies, some doctors in Singapore are now diagnosing their overseas patients via what is
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        Lock icon Beware of email scam
        99 8 Newsßadio 93.8 The Singapore Red Cross has urged Singaporeans to be wary of fraudulent email asking for donations to help those hit by last year's tsunami disaster. It cited an email sent by someone who claims he is with the International Federation of Red Cross and
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        Lock icon Maid jailed for false reports
        84 8 Newsßadio 93.8 An Indonesian maid has been jailed for six weeks for giving the police false information that her employer abused her. Vita Lailatul Nuraini made two police reports in October and December last year saying her employer burnt her arms with a hot iron.
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        Lock icon Road rage driver gets jail, fine
        70 8 Newsßadio 93.8 A 28-year-old motorist has been jailed for six weeks and fined $2,000 for injuring another driver in a road rage incident. Allan Low kicked his victim's Honda Civic car before pulling him out and punching him. The incident took place along Frankel
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      Lock icon Wife of former S'pore President dies
      304 10 Channel News Asia Funeral of Mrs Nair planned for Friday in Canada MRS Dhanalatchimi Devan Nair, the wife of former President Devan Nair, died on Monday night at the age of 80. Her husband, four children and five grandchildren were by her bedside when
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      Lock icon It's Pope Benedict XVI
      489 12 AFP I VATICAN CITY Germany's Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, 78, who will be known as Pope Benedict XVI, appeared early this morning on the balcony of St Peter's Basilica to a huge ovation from about 100,000 people in St Peter's Square. The Roman Catholic Church elected its
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      Lock icon An arresting birthday bash
      353 14 -AP Under house arrest, ousted President Estrada celebrates birthday in style MANILA Ousted President Joseph Estrada, who is being held under house arrest on corruption charges, threw open his sprawling luxury home to celebrities and politicians yesterday to celebrate his 68th birthday much to the chagrin
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      M'sian airspace to remain shut to RSAF
      124 14 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's airspace will remain shut to the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF), a senior Malaysian official said yesterday. The decision was based on "protecting the country's sovereignty and security", Bernama quoted senior foreign ministry official Zainal Abidin Osman as saying
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      Lock icon Away with enthusiasm over knowledge: Former BBC chief
      211 14 LONDON Some of the BBC's most-loved presenters have been slammed by a former chief of the World Service. He says their television programmes are a sign of the dumbing down of the corporation, reported The Daily Telegraph. Mr John Tusa said that
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      Lock icon Koizumi wants to talk, but Hu yet to agree
      360 16 Agencies China-Japan row set to overshadow Bandung conference BEIJING A possible crunch meeting between the leaders of China and Japan threatens to overshadow the Asian-African summit in Jakarta this week, which is supposed to be about peace and good neighbourly relations.
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      M'sia to attract more foreigners
      145 16 PUTRAJAYA Malaysia will introduce new incentives to attract foreigners and make the country their "second home", The New Straits Times reported. "Foreigners taking part in the 'Malaysia My Second Home' (MMSH) programme can now bring in their cars, free of import duty, excise duty and
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        Lock icon Official rebuilding agency for Aceh, Nias
        42 16 -AP President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono inaugurated the special agency tasked with coordinating the rebuilding of tsunami-stricken Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam and the Nias islands yesterday. The agency will manage 46.1 trillion rupiah ($7.9 million) in reconstruction funds.
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        Lock icon Nuclear plant in Java
        48 16 Agencies The Indonesian government said yesterday that it had revived a plan to build the country's first nuclear power plant on Java, the world's most-populated island. The government expects to start taking private sector bids for the construction of the 1,000-megawatt reactor in 2008.
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      Lock icon Polls point to big win for Labour
      256 18 -AFP LONDON Britain's Labour Party appeared yesterday to be heading for another big election win on May 5, as new surveys put the party well ahead of its rivals, despite waning popularity for Prime Minister Tony Blair. Labour's lead on the main opposition
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      Lock icon Jacko 'fooled the world': Accuser's mum
      233 18 -AFP SANTA MARIA (California) The mother of Michael Jackson's child sex accuser has lashed out at the pop icon, claiming that he had "fooled the world" over the nature of his relationships with children. She stunned the courtroom on Monday, claiming that she had
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        Taleban radio returns
        38 18 The Taleban has returned to the airwaves in parts of Afghanistan with the relaunch of broadcasts on a pirate radio station, the BBC reported. The station is called Voice of Sharia Sharia means Islamic Law.
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        Iran bans Al Jazeera
        35 18 Iran has suspended operations by Al Jazeera, accusing it of inflaming vio- lent protests by the country's Arab minority, the BBC reported. Al Jazeera described the action as "surprising and unjustified".
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        Lock icon Koizumi rating at 60 per cent
        32 18 AFP More than 60 per cent of Japanese voters are content with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, a survey by the liberal daily, Asahi Shimbun showed yesterday.
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      Focus On The Family
      279 20  -  Dr James Dobson Tbiws by//////// COMPARING YOURSELF WITH OTHERS Someone once said: "Comparison is the root of all inferiority". How true that is. When you look at another person's strengths and compare them to your own weaknesses, there is just no way to come out feeling
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      Lock icon Crippling pain for company
      846 20  -  JOANNE HO Where is the kindness and support in S'pore, asks chronically-ill lass face id the crowd 22, business student AT 22 years old, Joanne Ho lives with the kind of crippling, unrelenting pain you'd more often find in a sickly person three times her age.
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      Not just about cash
      281 22  -  |IVANTANKOKLEONG More importantly, pop culture can help bind a nation Letter from MINISTER Mentor Lee Kuan Yew has said he regretted not focussing on pop culture in the 70s because it would have meant big money now. Having lived in Taiwan, a place with a healthy
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      Have some HDB guidelines on renovation work been tightened?
      195 22  -  HOI LAI SAN Letter from ON MARCH 30, the Housing and Development Board (HDB) relaxed guidelines on 19 items for renovation work. Yet, my recent experience suggests that rules on other renovation work items are being tightened unnecessarily. I applied for
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      Vantage bid unfair to shareholders
      170 22  -  DENIS DISTANT Letter from I REFER to your report "Simon Cheong in $49m Vantage bid" (April 18). The bid is unfair to shareholders of Vantage, who have had their shares suspended for more than seven months as the company has stayed silent about any developments.
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      $5.48m is no calamity
      131 23  -  ALWYN LIM Letter from I REFER to your report, "The NKF 'Calamity' Show?" (April 19). Sprains and strains are normal with any form of physical exertion, even for professionals. Every year, we read about the risks and negative comments about such charity shows, but little about
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      Pregnancy no excuse for child abuse
      151 23  -  [YVONNE CHUNG YEE WEN I Letter from I REFER to Apple Lee's letter "Pregnant staff can be trouble" (April 18) I'm appalled that as an employer in the early childhood field, Ms Lee would allow a teacher to treat a child in that manner.
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      Lock icon Puzzling why Chia held as role model
      473 24  -  [NARAYANANARAYANA Is high-roller's paper a cautionary tale, or plug for the casino? I Letter from WITH reference to high-roller Chia Teck Leng's paper, Taming the Casino Dragon, I have wondered, as many other readers must have, why an official decision to share the
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      Judgment call made, now make the best of it together
      291 24  -  EDMUND LIM WEE KIAT I Letter from THE choice has been made. Though I do not support the move to have a casino, let alone two, we have now to make the best of this decision and its consequences. As
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      477 28 FINANCIAL RESULTS flft nilC ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2004 L/13iJ SUMMARISED FINANCIAL INFORMATION FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2004 The following Financial Statements contain only a summary of the information in the full financial statements and directors' report of DBS Group Holdings Ltd and its subsidiaries ("the Group"). They do
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      591 29 ODBS DBS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES AUDITED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31 Non-voting Non-voting Total Ordinary Convertible Preference Redeemable Share Share Non-distributable Revenue Total In millions Shares Shares (CPS) CPS Capital Premium Reserves Reserve Reserves 2004 Balance at January 1,2004
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      338 30 ©DBS DBS BANK LTD AUDITED PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31 In millions 2004 2003 Interest income 2,712 2,228 Less: Interest expense 1,051 775 Net interest income 1,661 1,453 Fee and commission income 523 457 Dividend income 121 109 Rental income 21 20 Other income 1,179
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      535 32 Dow Jones Bid for Metro's interest in complex may pre-empt Ergo's IPO A BATTLE for the crown jewel of Orchard Road is brewing, with a Hong Kong-backed property trust facing off with a German insurance giant And in between stands a homegrown
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        385 34  -  Christie Loh Advises shareholders not to take action on takeover bid by SC Global christie@newstoday.com.se VANTAGE Corp said yesterday that it was considering other business opportunities besides the unsolicited takeover bid announced by property developer SC Global Developments on Sunday. In a statement issued yesterday, the
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          213 34 THE much-loved local sitcom on MediaCorp Channel 5, Phua Chu Kang, is now a musical. Phua Chu Kang The Musical will start its run at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on June 10 in celebration of Phua Chu Kang's 40th birthday and the nation's 40th birthday,
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        213 34  -  Chow Penn Nee AFTER losing half their value on Monday, shares of United Fiber System (Unifiber) rebounded 36 per cent yesterday after the company dismissed negative rumours surrounding its Indonesian pulp projects. Unifiber's chief executive officer Kishore Dass told Today that he was "relieved" that the share price
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        147 34 Ernst Young has doubt over Greatronic Channel News Asia ERNST Young has expressed "substantial doubt" as to whether Greatronic is able to continue as a going concern. In February, Greatronic called in Ernst Young to investigate if fraud had been committed at its Malaysian unit. But in its report, the
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        496 36  -  Christie Loh IE Singapore's deputy CEO talks about new Govt programme, BrandPact christie@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPORE is brimming with great products but these do not automatically translate into great brands partly because many Singapore firms mistakenly think branding is only for the big boys, said Mr Ted
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        89 36  -  Christie Loh ALL you entrepreneurs aged between 15 and 35, make your way down to CitibankYMCA's Youth Forum on Social Enterprise. Household names including 77th Street's founder Elim Chew and ApexPal's chief executive officer Douglas Foo will share their success stories. Plus, find out
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        238 37 -AFP KL speeds up projects worth $1b KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia will fast forward 26 development projects worth about RM2.4 billion ringgit ($1.05 billion) to revive its subdued construction sector and strengthen the economy, Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said yesterday. The projects were originally scheduled under
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        188 37 AFP JAKARTA Indonesian police have arrested three top executives of a private firm linked to a loan fraud scandal at Bank Mandiri, the country's biggest lender, the attor-ney-general's office said yesterday. The three arrested identified as Cipta Graha Nunsantara's president,
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      897 38  -  Yong Shu Chiang CLOSING her eyes soon to be used for sussing out the advances of 10 eligible guys Denise Keller (picture) twirled her right index finger and jabbed it randomly at a piece of paper. On the paper were the names of 10 bachelors, aged 21 to
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      347 40  -  Mervin Tav It's more than being slim, says HK's Christy Chung mervin@newstoday.com.sg RECENTLY, a television commercial used the ease with which one squeezes between two cars parked almost bumper-to-bumper as the benchmark for slimness. While the star of that commercial Marie France Bodyline spokesperson Christy Chung (picture)
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      209 40 AFP MUMBAI French national Achille Forler has bought the rights of 25,200 Bollywood songs and movies for US$3 million ($4.96 million) to ensure the original composers and lyricists get royalties. "Bollywood does not know that such rights exist in the world," Forler told AFP. "There
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      245 41 Top Fun The eighth season of the variety show hosted by Jack Neo, Mark Lee and Marcus Chin feature celebrity look-alikes and impersonators, as well as wacky categories such as "Most Womanly Man". "You can even invent your own category if you want to join our
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      144 41 LOCAL comedian Jack Neo has not heard from his good friend, Taiwanese host Jacky Wu, since Jacky was attacked outside a Taipei restaurant two days ago. "I only heard about the news when a reporter called me this morning," Jack told Today. "I tried to
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      207 41  -  -Jeanine Tan A TEENAGER who can twist and -TA-bend forks by just looking at them may not be standard issue variety show fare, but the novelty factor behind such an act would surely attract many to tune in. And tuning in is the aim
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      379 42  -  —Jeanine Tan STAFF at the United Nations (UN) may have seen their fair share of the political bigwigs, but when actress Nicole Kidman (picture) took a tour of the UN headquarters in New York, heads still turned. It certainly helped that she
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      600 42  -  Ross Wallace Nixon director discovers fact and fiction can overlap ross@newstoday.com.sg ''pRUTH isn't always stranger J. than fiction. Sometimes, they're interchangeable. In the mid-90s, American screenwriter Niels Mueller wrote a script outline about a character who is separated from his family, who tapes his bitter musings
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        164 43  -  Yong Shu Chiang Amityville remake topples adventure, Sahara HORRID reviews meant nothing for North American cinema-goers last weekend, as they made a gory horror remake their top choice at the box office. The Amityville Horror, starring Ryan Reynolds (Blade: Trinity) and Alias' Melissa George,
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      363 52 AFP LONDON Manchester United fans turned on Rio Ferdinand yesterday, after the Daily Mirror revealed his second meeting with Chelsea chief executive Peter Kenyon. The controversy surrounding Ferdinand provoked strong reactions on Internet chatrooms. On the respected Red Issue forum,
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      368 53 Agencies Everton are themselves involved in a manic scrap for the last Champions League place, with Bolton Wanderers just two points behind in fifth place. Wayne Rooney will play his first Premiership game at his former club, after performing a
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        66 53 GLASGOW Celtic chairman Brian Quinn has admitted he rang a teenage girl in England when he tried to berate manager Martin O'Neill over player salaries. Quinn left a message criticising the manager on a mobile phone belonging to 1 8-year-old Kayley Elkington. "When you reach my
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        83 53 PHILADELPHIA Allen Iverson (picture) scored 39 points, 12 assists and seven rebounds on Monday [yesterday morning, Singapore time) as the Philadelphia 76ers cruised to a 122--1 06 victory over Milwaukee to clinch their sixth National Basketball Association playoff berth in seven seasons. Other NBA results: Orlando
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        79 53 HONG KONG Manchester United will bring their full first team squad to play a friendly in Hong Kong, the club's director, Bobby Charlton, said yesterday. "Every match that Manchester United play, they expect to win, and they will put on an impressive performance when they
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        484 49 Agencies AUGUSTA, Georgia "It will be the last one, win or lose," he said, at a press conference here on Monday (yesterday morning, Singapore time). Which means this year's Tour de France will have extra meaning for Lance Armstrong (right). While he confirmed that
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        252 50  -  Tan Yo-Hinn ACCORDING to the Singapore Rugby Union, a total of nearly 26,000 fans attended the two-day Standard Chartered Sevens Singapore 2005 event. It was the fifth of the seven legs that make up the 2005 IRB Sevens Series and, just like in 2002
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        458 50  -  TAN YO-HINN With current tenure up next year and stadium coming down, SSC to submit proposal yohinn@newstoday.com.sg IT HAS become one of the marquee events in Singapore's attempt to become a global sports hub. Last Sunday, the curtain came down on the Standard Chartered
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        228 50 -AFP BEIJING China's top golfer, Zhang Lianwei, said yesterday that the Visa Dynasty Cup showdown last week had been a model of intra-Asian relations, despite growing anti-Japanese feeling in China. Zhang, instrumental in Asia's win over Japan, said the event was played with
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        390 51  -  Tan Yo-Hinn WOODLANDS Wellington defender Jamie Fullarton received a $500 fine yesterday, for confronting a Today journalist at a recent S-League match. Following an investigation, the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) concluded that the 30-year-old's actions were not acceptable and he
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        292 51  -  Jose Raymond THEY may have slumped to a surprising 1-0 defeat in Male two weeks ago, but Home United are confident they will exact revenge against Maldives champions New Radiant FC. The two sides clash tonight at the Bishan Stadium, in
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