Streats, 7 February 2002

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    17 1 STREATS THURSQAY 7 February 2002 Another quality publication of Singapore Press Holdings E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg MITA (P) 429/03/2001
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    Lock icon Brilliant, beautiful, but... bold?
    718 1  -  Two scholars; two separate career paths by YVONNE KWOK they are both young government scholars, with a future that’s brighter than most. They are brilliant, resourceful and energetic exactly the breed of Singaporeans that Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew wishes to see as entrepreneurs. SM Lee,
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    Lock icon Now boarding: At Changi MRT station
    111 1 mmmqrush THE new Changi Airport MRT station begins operations tomorrow. The station, on the East-West line, is located between Terminal 2 and Terminal 3, which is now being built. It is linked to the arrival and departure levels of Terminal 2 by lifts and
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      44 1 lovers men m 'S' msm mm ex-Taiwanese city official: Chu Mei-feng bares all in print PAGE 22 Two ex-SAP schoolers, two views In a class of their own: Diana Ser and Sarah Ng on the racial cocoon of their SAP school days PAGE 4
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  • LOCAL
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      Lock icon New lifeline for needy
      275 2  -  Community programme helps resolve disputes before they reach court by WENDY TAN HE had no job, no money and a pregnant wife to support. To make matters worse, he was embroiled in maintenance disputes with his first wife. By the time he was referred to a
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      Lock icon UP: Prices of chicken
      175 2  -  Sarah Ng IF you want cheap chicken for your festive reunion dinner, poultry traders say you should buy the fowls early. According to the Poultry Merchants’ Association of Singapore, (PMA) bad weather killed many chickens in Malaysia and caused a shortage of birds weighing more than
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      Lock icon A vital loan
      59 2 onekindact SW Cuinther I had to make it to an interview on Tuesday and was running late. I needed to take a cab and realised that I had forgotten my wallet so I approached Ang Mo Kio station manager MrLimYang. Without hesitation, he handed me $lO and
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      Lock icon Extended coverage lets motorists keep tneir NCD
      220 2 MAKING a claim on your vehicle insurance policy will no longer set you back on your noclaim discount (NCD). The General Insurance Association of Singapore (GIA) yesterday announced that 35 companies which insure vehicles now offer extended policies. The extra cover costs about
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      Lock icon Keep cab receipts: Comfort
      130 2  -  Sarah Ng ASK for a receipt at the end of your next taxi ride. It will be useful if you leave something behind. The receipt will show which cab you took. Comfort Transportation said only 65 per cent of all items left behind in cabs are
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      Lock icon Day 2: 'Anthrax in the mail'trial Powder tit-for-threat
      192 3  -  reports by KHUSHWANT SINGH HOUSEWIFEYongYuet Mei, 42, accused of sending “anthrax” to her former colleague, looked quite lost on the witness stand yesterday, mumbling that she was just reciprocating the deed. Coming across as reserved and soft-spoken, Yong claimed she had received
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      Lock icon Fat man, thin man – conmen
      184 3 Fat man, thin man conmen FOR want of $lO,OOO, a contractor lost $30,000 to two conmen instead. Last Wednesday, the contractor, known only as Mr Zhu in a Shin Min Daily News report, withdrew $42,000 from UOB bank at Upper Thomson Road. Outside the bank, he saw a tall, thin
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      Lock icon He removed shower to elude molest rap
      176 3 HE molested a girl in his shower, then renovated it and lied to the court that he couldn’t have molested the girl because he had no shower in his bathroom. Ismail Mustafah (left), 28, unemployed, witnessed three 14-year-old girls stealing slippers in the
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      Lock icon $2,500 fine for unmuzzled dog
      83 3 A DOG-OWNER was very sheepish in court yesterday. His Rottweiler had attacked a domestic maid at about 8.45 pm on Oct 17 last year at Soo Chow Garden Road near Thomson Plaza. Bitten on the wrist and back, and scratched on her left breast, the
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      Lock icon Mollycoddled by rules
      223 8 I REFER to “Regulate doorstep deals” (Streats, Feb 6), a letter by Yeo Kok Seng, who says that legislation should be introduced to protect consumers from overly zealous door-to-door salesmen. Every week, I become aware of something new that indicates how Singaporeans have grown complacent in their
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      Lock icon Fazed by fair sex in men's loo
      141 8 ON my way to Johor Baru on Jan 27,1 cleared immigration at the Tuas Second Link checkpoint without trouble. But the queue of women in the men’s toilets that snaked past the urinals made me feel uncomfortable. The women’s toilet had a long
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      Lock icon The rights and lefts of plain courtesy
      112 8 I DISAGREE with the views stated in “There are times when left isn’t right” (Streats, Feb 6), a letter by Amelia Seah. Keeping left when standing on MRT station escalators is simply a matter of being considerate to other commuters. Reminders to keep
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      Lock icon MOM on alert for building-site dangers
      122 8 WE refer to “Dangerous working practices” (Streats, Jan 24), a letter by Bernard Dragonheart. The writer described unsafe working practices during the construction of a link-way between Blk 181 Stirling Road and the Queenstown MRT station. An occupational safety department inspector checked the site
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  • FINANCIAL
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      Lock icon FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES
      159 6 AS AT 9AM Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency Currencies Bid Offer Australian dollar 0.9290 0.9460 Canadian dollar 1.1370 1.1610 Euro 1.5850 1.6100 NZ dollar 0.7580 0.7800 Sterling pound 2.5840 2.6110 US dollar 1.8290 1.8410 Local dollars to WO units of foreign currency Austrian
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      Lock icon 'Choose science over engineering'
      355 6  -  Biotech sector grew by 3.2% last year by DEEPAVIJIYASINGAM IF you’re a parent, you might want to ask your child to read science when he gets into university. Because that’s where the future lies, says Economic Development Board co-chairman Phillip Yeo. The biomedical sciences industry proved
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      Lock icon Blue-chip bargains get STI out of losing streak
      463 6 STI: 1,748.61 20.98 Reuters SHARES snapped a three-day losing streak to close firm yesterday as blue chips were bought on bargains after sliding for the past three days. However, volumes thinned ahead of the Chinese New Year holiday. The Straits Times Index
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      Lock icon Small US boost too will push Asian exports: CSFB
      188 6 -AFP THE much anticipated recovery in the global economy will bolster Asian exports this year even if the US, the world’s biggest economy, posts a smaller turnaround than expected, a report released yesterday said. “For this year, we believe that even
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        Lock icon Gold hits 2-year high
        78 6 -AFP GOLD prices surged yesterday to two-year highs close to US$3OO I an ounce, as bullion emerged I as a safe haven for investors I disillusioned by the dismal performance of other assets such I as currencies and shares, particularly in Japan. An ounce of the
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        Lock icon Optus to see losses in Q3
        91 6 SINGTEL unit Optus is expected to see sharp losses as it adopts more conservative accounting procedures following the departure of former Optus chief financial officer Norman Gillespie, The Australian newspaper reported. Optus will show losses when it reports third quarter to December results on
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      38 8 Interchange have your say Streats is pleased to publish your views. To be heard, email us at $treats@sph,com,sg or write to The Editor, Streats, 1000 Toa Payoh tlorth, Singapore*****4. You should include your name, address and contact number.
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  • MEDICAL
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      260 10 New tactic wakes up the immune system NEW YORK -A genet ically engineered vaccine that activates the patient’s own immune system to attack and destroy tumours is showing promise for the treatment of prostate cancer. And the strategy holds the potential to stop the spread of all types
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      188 10 Q: What is heart murmur? Can a person die from it? Al A heart murmur is simply turbulence of blood in the heart which is audible through the stethoscope. Many murmurs are what are called "innocent" or "benign they are harmless. Others are more serious and may be
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      68 10 healthfact. PROSTATE cancer runs in families. Statistically, the risk of developing prostate cancer increases as more relatives get the disease. Men with a brother or father affected are twice as likely to develop prostate cancer, compared to men who have no relatives with the cancer. The pattern
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        Lock icon Gene patent jungle
        139 10 -AFP PARIS Patients will suffer from the scramble by biotech companies to patent genes and charge high fees for tests, a study says. Tens of thousands of such patent applications have already been filed. In a study published last week in the British science weekly Nature, a
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        Lock icon Hormone therapy
        75 10 -AP WASHINGTON -Taking sex hormones after menopause does not appear to make many older women feel happier and more vibrant, and may even make some feel worse, a new study reported yesterday. Only those women who had hot flashes seem to enjoy better emotional well-being from taking oestrogen
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        Lock icon Alzheimer's costs
        52 10 Reuters WASHINGTON -The costs of caring for a patient with Alzheimer’s disease in the US just go up, a new study says. The UCLA research showed that health care costs were about US$2O,OOO ($37,000) for someone recently diagnosed, and for patients with severe dementia, costs rose to about
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  • REGIONAL
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      Lock icon Indon spy chief denies slacking in war on terror "We're doing our part'
      460 13 Reuters JAKARTA “We don’t have ISA (Internal Security Act) like Malaysia and Singapore so we have to be smarter in applying strategy... We can’t arrest people we suspect without any evidence.” That’s what Indonesian intelligence chief A
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      Lock icon FBI wrong to name M'sia as terror origin: sources
      178 13 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia is working closely with the US in its war on terrorism, Western intelligence sources say. Scoffing at a widely-publi-cised FBI report labelling Malaysia a “primary planning hub”forthe Sept 11 attacks, they point out that the same could
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      Lock icon US-hating a badge of identity
      94 13 betweenthelines jff!always, anti-US radicalism feeds off the widespread anger over the plight of the Palestinians. However, even if that settlement were arrived at tomorrow, anti-Americanism would probably not abate. It has become too useful a smokescreen for Muslim nations'many defects... America-hating has become a badge
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      Lock icon M'sian press continues with tudung debate Playing it up
      250 15  -  by ZUBAIDAH NAZEER MALAYSIAN newspapers are making big play of the ongoing issue here of students wearing tudungs to school. With a front page report on Tuesday, Berita Harian Malaysia (BHM) ran side-by-side pictures of a Sikh boy and Siti Farwiza,
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      Lock icon Top Aussie Muslim in vice sting
      88 15 -AFP BRISBANE A senior Australian Muslim leader offered to pay a woman for sex, police said yesterday. Sultan Deen, the chairman of the Islamic Council of Queensland, faces a charge of public solicitation for prostitution. Police said that Deen offered an undercover officer Asso
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      Lock icon Bird flu mutating fast
      95 15 Reuters HONGKONG The bird flu virus sweeping farms here is mutating fast and may turn into a strain that killed six people in 1997. Scientist Ken Shortridge told the South China Morning Post that the flu was from that same family of deadly viruses. Some 169,000
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  • GLOBAL
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      Lock icon 'Axis of evil'comments aimed at France, Russia, China Bush's fire a warning for friends
      191 16 WASHINGTON Mr George W Bush’s “axis of evil” comments weren’t targeted at his enemies. Rather, Mr Bush’s State of the Union address was aimed at France, Russia and China, the International Herald Tribune said yesterday. He
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      Lock icon Briton sought for Pearl's kidnap
      70 16 ISLAMABAD A British citizen has been identified as the mastermind of the kidnapping of US journalist Daniel Pearl. Pakistan is hunting Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, The Times of London reported yesterday. FBI agents said three accomplices were arrested in Karachi. Sheikh was captured in 1994
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      Lock icon HAIR-RAISING RECORD:
      26 16 BD Tyagi, a resident of Indian city of Bhopal, displaying the longest ear hair in the world, measuring 10.2 cm, yesterday PicAP f PicAP
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      Lock icon 'New Leeson stole $1.3b' from Irish bank
      142 16 -AP DUBLIN A dealer at an Irish bank’s US subsidiary may have stolen as much as US$75O million ($1.3 billion). The fraud is the biggest pinned to a single man since Nick Leeson, then of Barings Bank, piled up US$l.4 billion in losses
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  • easy STREATS
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      Lock icon Jack's not stupid
      492 17  -  Inortiuptil Directed by: Jack Neo Starring: Huang Po Ju, Shawn Lee, Joshua Ang, Jack Neo, Xiang Yun, Richard Low, Selena Tan stephanie@theMOVlES by STEPHANIE GOH NOT only has the Jack of all trades done it again, he has done it wiser. Just when you’re probably expecting another
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      Lock icon Nanako's maternal urge
      136 18 JAPANESE drama queen Nanako Matsushima may be preparing to become a mother. According to Japanese news Si reports, Nanako, who married heartthrob Takashi Sorimachi one-and-a-half years ago, has asked her agency not to schedule any filming for her after October. Her latest TV role as a doting
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      Lock icon Jackie's star power
      226 18 HONGKONG action star Jackie Chan has cause to celebrate. In The Hollywood Reporter’s 2002 Star Power survey, he was placed at No 16 in terms of earning potential, ahead of Cameron Diaz (17th) and Nicole Kidman (18th), Hongkong’s Oriental daily reported yesterday. The survey, which polled more
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      Lock icon I'm not guilty, says Winona
      196 20 Reuters ACTRESS Winona Ryder pleaded innocent on Tuesday to shoplifting and drug possession charges stemming from a December incident at a posh Beverly Hills store. Ryder, 30, took most of the media by surprise by going to the Beverly Hills Courthouse on Tuesday afternoon for
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      Lock icon Tiffany's all grown up
      176 20 REMEMBER 80s teen idol Tiffany, the more wholesome precursor of today’s Britney? She’s back and will feature in the pages of Playboy’s April issue. The picture spread was designed to shake off the popular image of Tiffany as a 15-year-old teenybopper, rather than a 30-year-old wife
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      Lock icon Mei-feng bares all – in print
      394 22 Mei-feng bares all in print SHE grabbed headlines as an attractive and ambitious politician, and then as the leading lady in a porn VCD. Now Ms Chu Mei-feng, the former Hsinchu city official at the centre of the still much-talked-about scandal, has decided to tell all in a book. In
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      Lock icon Our weather girl says...
      88 24 If you haven't stocked up on love-letters and pineapple tarts, today is a good day to go shopping for your Chinese New Year goodies. It will be fair all round the island, including hot-spots like Chinatown and the pasar malam in Woodlands. No fear of getting
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    • Just a minute
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        76 24 Don't get too carried away with your Chinese New Year celebrations. If you're caught possessing and discharging firecrackers, you can be fined up to $lO,OOO or jailed for not more than two years or both. Those caught selling them can get a jail term of between six months and
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        Lock icon Check this out...
        127 24 What's life like at the Singapore Polytechnic? From today till Saturday, 'o'level school leavers and their parents can visit its Courses and Career Fair where there will be talks, counselling, exhibitions of student projects, seminars for parents, carnivals and bazaars. It's at Blk TIA, 1 OamSpm. Call
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    • Happenin'
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        Lock icon CELEBRITY
        98 24 CAST OF I NOT STUPID Saturday, 4pm, IMM Building (MacDonald's) Sunday, 4pm, Jurong Point (Macdonald's) This socio-comedy by veteran comedian Jack Neo looks it’ll be a winner. Meet the cast of the movie, including Jack himself. Hongbaos and movie posters for those smart enough to go early. CELEST CHONG
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        Lock icon THEATRE
        56 24 FOUR SIDES TO A RING The Substation, Guiness Theatre Thursday till Saturday, Bpm $lB, $l2 (student) Call Mime Unlimited at 235-1325 for information This is an anthology that brings together three voices: Two classical Indian dancers, a mime and a percussionist in the search of the perfect love affair.
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        52 24 WORLD WRESTLING FEDERATION SMACKDOWN! TOUR 2002 Singapore Indoor Stadium March 3,3 pm $4Ol (VIP Package), $341, $251, $l6l, $Bl, $5l Call Sistic at 348-5555 They rumbled into town two weeks ago. Catch World Wrestling Federation Superstars Chris Benoit, Torrie Wilson andYoshiroTajiri in action as they bump, thump and trump
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        73 24 MENDELSSOHN NIGHT BRADDELL HEIGHTS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Victoria Concert Hall Saturday, Bpm $22, $l7, $l2 Call Sistic at 348-5555 Mendelssohn was a German child prodigy composer. In this concert, the orchestra will be playing his compositions his very popular Hebrides Overture, Piano Concerto No 2 in D minor and Symphony
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    • Tune in TV & Movie news
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        Lock icon BASIL
        80 25 10pm, TV Works Basil, a young aristocrat in turn-of the century England struggles to meet the approval of his over-bearing, class-conscious father. He befriends John Mannion who saves him from drowning one day and introduces him to Julia Sherwin, with whom he falls in love. Trying to please the
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        Lock icon ULTRA PROTECTION
        77 25 9 pm, Channel 8 Debut of a new Hongkong drama series about a policeman, Lei Tianbao, who leaves his job to become a bodyguard in order to investigate his wife’s death. In the first episode, a millionaire’s son is kidnapped and Tianbao has to keep an eye on
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        Lock icon SIMPLY ORDINARY
        51 25 10.30 pm, Channel U The mayor of the village has a heart attack and seizes the opportunity to persuade the villagers to elect a new mayor. He hires a doctor to demonstrate the horrible effects °f eating pork to the villagers. Everyone blames Rong for the °ld mayor’s
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        Lock icon Whoopi's stolen Oscar found in trash
        160 25 WHOOPI Goldberg’s Academy Award was stolen after it was sent out for cleaning, but was recovered on Tuesday. Goldberg, who won the Oscar for best supporting-actress for Ghost in 1990, had returned it to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which sent
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      Lock icon Chill out
      118 25 HARRY'S BAR *8 Boat Quay Tel: 538-3029 Ww.harrys-bar.com.sg OVER the years, Harry’s has developed a brand name by showcasing an array of internationally famous musicians. Heavyweights such as Wynton Marsalis, Carol Kidd, Bob James, Ernie Watts, Paul Jackson and our very own Jeremy Monteiro have performed here. But
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      578 27 STRUTS V continues with itsS-League countdown, focusing on the one player who will make a big difference to his team's fortune. Today, ADAM HASHlDYfocuses on Steven Tan fromSengkang Marine. Who will be the other maestros? They will be unmasked
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        111 29 -AFP LONDON Tottenham crushed Premiership rival Bolton Wanderers 4-0 to book its place in the fifth round of the English FA Cup on Tuesday. Spurs, which has already secured a place in the League Cup final where it will meet Blackburn Rovers, swept aside Sam Allardyce’s
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        80 29 -AP ZURICH Fifa yesterday extended worldwide the doping ban on Dutch international Jaap Stam and Spain’s Josep Guardiola. “Stam and Guardiola are suspended for all matches, including friendly games, for five and four months respectively, starting from Nov 22, 2001,” Fifa said in a statement. The
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      98 29 •rugby THE national rugby squad left for Hongkong yesterday for a four-day training tour in preparation for the World Sevens Series next month and the World Cup qualifiers in April. The Anchor Reds 15s team will play two friendly matches against the Hongkong national team today
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      457 30 MANCHESTER Alex i Ferguson (left) has renewed 1 his determination to keep 1 David Beckham and capI tain Roy Keane at the club, I after he decided to stay on I beyond this season. The news stunned the United dressing room
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      244 30 Reuters LONDON -Two of the English game’s elder statesmen, Alex Ferguson and Graham Taylor, showed that their footballing appetites were undiminished, by deciding to extend their careers in club management. Manchester United may have wobbled on the pitch towards the end of last year, but
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      243 30 MANCHESTER The Manchester United board will ask Alex Ferguson to stop employing his son, Jason, in player transfer deals. The board has grown increasingly concerned with the number of transfers being masterminded by Elite Sports Group Ltd, the Manchester-based company of
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      256 31  -  r ASIAN CUP-WINNERS'CUP QUARTER-FINAL (IST LEG) Home United 0 Chongqing Lifan 2 J by TAN KIM HAN THE band played“ Mission Impossible”in injury time as Home limped home against Chinese club Chongqing Lifan. How appropriate. After last night’s 0-2 defeat, no one at Home
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      400 31  -  Indonesia wants world body's support to punish player by ADAM HASHIDY THE Singapore Badminton Association’s prized capture of Indonesian Taufik Hidayat (right) has hit rock bottom. The Indonesian Badminton Association (PBSI) has decided to apply to the International Badminton Federation (IBF) to ban the player temporarily.
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