The New Paper, 4 July 1999

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1 56 The New Paper
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    28 1 the new paper on sunday JULY 4, 1999 70 CENTS Another quality publication of Singapore Pr—a Holding* irj» V V *y>- ry. http://newpaper.asial .com.sg MITA (P) 107/03/99 •x-
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  • EXCLUSIVE
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      Lock icon Night of bigwigs
      418 2  -  What happens when one of Malaysia's most powerful businessmen marries a Singapore girl who happens to be niece of Clob offer man Akbar Khan? Glitter, glamour and gifts at a BY Yong Siew Fern ALL that glitters is not gold. Why should it be when a heavy
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      Lock icon GIFTS OF LOVE
      190 3 THEY arrived, bearing gifts. But probably the most precious gift of all was Shaesta Said, who will now be the jewel in Malaysian tycoon Tan Sri Halim Saad's life. Still, as is customary at weddings, tangible signs of love had to be displayed. Among them, a $27,000
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  • NEWS
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      Lock icon Abah (Father) is a bad person
      1966 4  -  CHILLI PADI CASE A young mother had chilli padi smeared into her face, body and private parts by her mother-in-law while her husband and his sister held her down and punched her. All in front of her three crying children. All because of a
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      Lock icon Fooled by a rogue trader
      837 6  -  By Riana Zakir FOUR years back, this man broke a bank and slipped out of Singapore, leaving a frustrated world searching for him. Yesterday, Nick Leeson was due to leave Singapore again, but this time everyone was prepared. The notorious paparazzi was here in full
      Pictures/ Jonathan Choo, David Tan, Kenneth Koh & Dominic Ong  -  837 words
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      Lock icon Who's sorry now?
      517 7  -  By Brian Miller I CAN hear some mothers going: "Poor thing." He lost his high-flying job. He went to jail. He wife divorced him. His mother died He got cancer in prison. Finally he's out and everybody is after him But don't let his boy-boy looks make
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      Lock icon Would you work for this 'crude boss'?
      84 8 HE says he's a "crude boss". His employees tell us that he is hot-tempered. But Mr K K Fong, a former bankrupt and the latest poster boy of the business community, gives us a hundred thousand good reasons why young people should work
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      Lock icon Teacher: Singing against religion Court: No, it's not
      466 9  -  SACKED OVER 'MAIULAH SINGAPURA' Q When can you say 'It's against your religion? BY Woon Wui Tek QUESTION: Must your boss back off, if you disobey an order because it's against your religious beliefs? After all, you have a constitutional right to
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      Lock icon WITNESSES IN S'PORE
      89 9 JEHOVAH'S Witnesses refuse to perform military service, salute the state flag or swear allegiance to the state 1962: The Singapore Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses (SCJW) is recognised under the Societies Act. 1972: The SCJW is deregistered for being "prejudicial to public welfare and order*. Publications by the
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      Lock icon The Witness who sued
      133 9 WHEN Mr Nappalli (right) joined ITE in 1984, it was still known as the Vocational and Industrial Training Board. Starting off as a trainee training officer, he earned a Certificate-in-Education and was confirmed as a training officer in January 1988. In July, 1993, Mr Nappalli crossed
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      Lock icon But no one 'heard' it
      577 10  -  Beep is louder than a diesel freight train Watch can act as your bodyguard, says its maker By Ernest Luis BEEP, beep, beep, beep... You've heard pagers go off. You've probably been irritated by vehicle burglar alarms that scream in the dead of the night.
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      Lock icon eath of a marriage
      621 11  -  BY Woon Wui Tek A MARRIAGE is born. A marriage dies. The two momentous events have one thing in common: Both involve a formal question-and-answer session. Divorce is on the rise, say the statistics. Last Thursday I sat in a crowded courtroom to see how divorces
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      Lock icon BAD TIMES COULD BE FACTOR
      223 11 MORE marriages are breaking up. And the economic crisis could be one of the bigger reasons. About 5,000 couples called it quits last year. And the quarrel may have been mostly due to money, given the choppy financial waters. Madam Jamaliah Abdul Rahim, manager of
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      Lock icon Will you CLOB ME?
      465 13  -  BY Ernest Luis AMID all the recent technical talk about Clob, I asked an 85-year-old retiree if he knew what it stands for. "I don't know", said Mr S Sivadas, as he steadied himself with his walking stick. "All I know is that I got clobbered
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      112 13 DECLARED Sias president Mr David J Gerald: "We will watch the developments between the SES (Stock Exchange of Singapore) and the KLSE (Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange). "We'll ask the SES to be transparent on any developments and give a time-frame because Clob investors should not have to wait
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    760 14  -  km BY John M WHENEVER ardent Manchester United fans and other people ask me why I left the beautiful national parks of Manchester for the concrete expanse of Singapore, I'd tell them, with a wry smile, that I came here for scenic
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      42 14 Tell us what you think Doyoathhik John Made the right rhirfft hi th# My here to search for Ha ax-ghtfitead? Write or cairn at JPPThe New Paper Expat Pafi 390, Kim Seng Road Times aa nouse wppw *****5 Tot 1800-733-4455 Fax: 737-5375
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  • THE WEEK
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      420 15  -  Guest editor MOSES LIM A LONG long time ago, in a small province in China, there was a farmer by the name of Ah Teck (no, lah, not related to Under One Roofs Tan Ah Teck). Ah Teck owned a bull called Ah Goo. Every year, there
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      Lock icon GIVE FOR A GOOD REASON
      205 15 THE contrasting fates of two charities were highlighted this week. (By the way, I don't talk this way. Blame TNP writer Augustine Pang who is capturing my thoughts for this column.) One charity could not raise enough money, the other had money pour in. The
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  • @ A CLANCE
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      Lock icon Acid poured into baby's mouth: Maid charged
      230 16 A 17-YEAR-OLD Indonesian maid was charged in a district court yesterday with pouring sulphuric acid into the mouth of a three-month-old baby boy last Tuesday. Sulphuric acid burns and the baby suffered severe burns on the inside of his mouth, chin and throat.
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      43 16 DOG PATROL: These high-tech motorbikes designed to remove some of the 10 tons of dog droppings that soil Paris streets each day. The 50 green Suzuki bikes are equipped with a water-spraying vacuum-cleaning pipe (arrowed). Picture/ Afp
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      186 16 Gn£>us] WHAT'S happening at the boardroom of The Singapore Chinese High School? At its 80th anniversary recently, guests included President Ong Teng Cheong and Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong. All looked fine outside. But not so within the boardroom of the non-profit company that runs top institutions
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      Lock icon FOR THE FAMILY
      108 16 DANCE IN THE PARK: Watch dancers light-foot it through the Marina Promenade Park as they dance the rumba, tango, Viennese waltz and more. Performers include members of the Kampong Glam Community Club Social Dance Group. It's on from 5.30 pm and it's free. BOOKS ON SALE: Go
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    • BRIEFLY
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        104 16 NORTH Korea is in a position to fire another ballistic missile following a test last year that stirred international security concerns. Kyodo News reported that a North Korean diplomatic official told a former Japanese diplomat North Korea was ready to test a missile. On Wednesday, US officials
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        Lock icon Family dis-union
        100 16 PROSPECTS of families separated in North and South Korea reuniting have turned cold again. A last-ditch effort to salvage talks in Beijing between North and South Korea on reuniting such families collapsed yesterday with Seoul deploring Pyongyang's attitude. The South Korean the embassy spokesman said nothing had changed.
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        170 16 A SCORCHING month-long heatwave in Russia has sparked a series of particularly brutal murders, a Moscow newspaper reports. Moskovsky Komsomolets, which obtains information from police files, said one man hit his wife over the head with a stool after she begged him to buy an air conditioner.
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        108 16 AFP. INDONESIANS went to elect their parliamentary representatives almost a month ago. The final count was supposed to be announced on Tuesday. But yesterday, a poll official said the final result of the will delayed by about a week. "We are certain that this delay of not
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        Lock icon 21 st century school
        108 16 THE 21st century and the global city are just a short step away. And Deputy Prime Minister Tony Tan last night challenged a top girls' school to embrace it. His three ways they can do it: enrol more foreign students, expose students to a wider range
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        110 16 RESIDENTS of Dawson Road and Margaret Drive voiced their unhappiness with compensation for their terrace houses at a press conference last night. The 60-odd residents who gathered at a badminton court in the estate want to stay on in the 68 houses built in the 1950s which
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      168 17 Source: Reuters. A FORMER basketball coach was killed and six Orthodox Jews were wounded in a series of drive-by shootings in Chicago. The Friday shootings were apparently the work of the same person a white male, police said. The shootings are being investigated as hate
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      312 17 Source: Bernama. I DID not mean to insult you, Dr Mahathir. And if you had felt insulted by what I had written in my book, I'm sorry. So said Professor Datuk Shahnon Ahmad, 66, the author of the controversial book, *****. "If he (Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir
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      254 17  -  Heart doc orders Australian millionaire By Peter Wilson REPORTING FROM SYDNEY AUSTRALIA'S richest man has stopped being a teetotaller on the advice of his heart surgeon. A teetotaller is someone who never drinks alcohol. Mr Kerry Packer, 61, was told the occasional glass of red wine would
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      77 17 SALES of red wine have boomed around the world since the publication of medical reports saying a few glasses help ward off heart problems. In April, a French doctor, Jean-Paul Broustet from Bordeaux, nominated cabernet sauvignon as the preferred red. Writing in the medical journal Heart, he said
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      Lock icon Happy days here again for Marcos clan
      289 17 Wire services. TWO straight nights of partying with her family and friends, including US actor George Hamilton. That was how former Philippine First Lady Imelda Marcos celebrated her 70th birthday this week. Mr Hamilton, a long-time friend, had the honour of having the
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      Lock icon Battle in the heavens
      282 18 Source: BBC, wire services. HERE today, gone without a trace tomorrow. That's how treacherous life can be for Indian and Pakistani soliders serving at the highest battlefield on Earth, the Siachen Glacier in disputed Kashmir. The latest flare-up is partly due to Indian concern that Kashmiri
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      150 18 Source: Bernama. THE monkeys on a resort island in Terengganu seemed so adorable that some tourists just could not resist playing with and feeding them. But at least two ended up being attacked by the monkeys on Pulau Redang. In the latest incident on Thursday, a monkey
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  • THE PLACE TO DIP FOR HOMEMAKING TIPS
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      337 20  -  Edited by Trudy Lim trudy@sph.com.sg TIME is short, the kids are clamouring for their dinner. No, you do not need to pop down to the neighbourhood coffeeshop. Quick, easy meals are possible. It just takes some planning. CI Tip: Go for cans Canned food is
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      Lock icon High Tea with Violet Oon
      207 20 CAMPBELL'S Soup has been a mainstay on our supermarket shelves for years, and Singaporeans have taken to the warm, comforting creamy soups, especially their best seller, Cream of Mushroom. So how does one make the perfect bowl of soup? El Tip: Whisk it When you
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  • Things SUSHI FOR TECHNO NIPSTERS
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      Lock icon This palm-size PC adds colour to your life
      373 21  -  f*Y Yong Shu Hoong shyong@singnetcom.sg IF you have been using a monochrome digital organiser all your working life, well, it's time to get out of Pleasantville. Switch on the Philips Nino 500 palm-size PC and you will notice that its screen supports
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      Lock icon This website's groovy, baby!
      245 21 [weired] REALLY, no other website is more shagadelic than this the official home page of the one and only Austin Powers. Entering the site, you are greeted by Austin winking coyly at you from the centre of the screen. In keeping with the ambience of the
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      Lock icon Austin Powers 3 in the making?
      333 21 [chatterbox! IF you believe the content of this e-mail, you'd believe anything. According to a message penned by a Net surfer nicknamed Red King (poslq42o@hotmail.com), Hollywood directors are reportedly so enamoured by Austin Powers' box-office prowess that they are lining up to churn out
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  • MATTERS OF THE HEART AND BODY
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      Lock icon My dad visits 'dirty' websites
      104 22 I'VE just found out that my father, a very caring family man, has been visiting pornographic sites on the Internet. These sites feature pictures of naked women and people having sex. I found out by looking at the "history" directory of the Internet. I feel
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      Lock icon Last week's letter:
      154 22 HELPLESS says she has known her boyfriend for a couple of months. He is 28 years old and an expatriate working in Singapore. They met at a nightspot and it was love at first sight. He seemed to be a nice chap, although he looked nervous whenever
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      Lock icon Was he honest with you?
      246 22 A counsellor's advice... I CAN understand your disappointment when your friend left you without a word. You do not know where you stand in terms of your relationship with him, and are at a loss. You have noted that he looked nervous when you met.
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      Lock icon He plays with my feelings
      555 23 I'M 27. A year ago, I met this guy who is working in the same company as I. We spoke to each other only a couple of times on work-related matters. Then, six months ago, he started to e-mail to me, showing great concern for
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      Lock icon I can't get to be alone with her
      271 23 I HAVE some relationship problems. We (two guys and two gals) often go out together to shop, eat and so on. This has been going on for six months. We are merely friends but I have this nagging feeling that it's not
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    • Puberty Dr Lim Su Min clears the air over teen sex issues
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      44 22 CAN YOU HELP? K you think you can help with some useful advice, write or Cut to Aggie by Wednesday. The best letter will be published next week. The writer of the best reply will receive a special OT-shlrt and a New Paper cap.
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      185 25 Jcue&ehJ I If I were not a celebrity "I would have been a commercial pilot. I like to fly. I enrolled in the Junior Flying Club when I was in school but never graduated!" Hubert Tang, 30s, Perfect 10 DJ "I would be a very rich tai-tai, the kind that
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    Lock icon As yankee as ABC
    1358 26  -  Other famous ABCs Feature By Chan Seet Fun seetfijn@sph.com.sg HE is an ABC. Or American-born Chinese. Funny thing, being an ABC. He is Chinese but speaks like Ang Moh. It can be irritating. It can raise a heckle or two. And on Singapore TV, it can
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      1633 27 I J jj 1118,,, M hhl ULi Ibhb^ IKJSCLUIi AM Withdrawing CPF at 55 is a breeze cpf Minimum sum dan* S^SKS. f CPF Minimum Sum has been raised from $55,000 to $60,000 j I I lIHB I I I T ts as s j m P' e as Board
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      912 28 7.00 AM Stories from My Turn Childhood/Fabulicious Day HL I B*o Darling Duck/Disney's Quack Madonna 9.00 Extreme Dinosaurs/Disney's Doug 4-|-» Japan Hour Newton's Apple/Cow Chicken OT CH6 Channel 5,7 pm 7.30 pm 11.00 Beast War/Clueless Jjjy > Ever since Madonna drew inspiration noon la Heat (Drama/r) \M€tj from the geisha,
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    Lock icon Being single is being miserable
    668 29  -  [SingleColumnl by Jason Tan jasont@sph.com.sg Edited by Lela Jalil lela@sph.com.sg IT has been 10 months since I broke up with my ex-girlfriend. A traumatic 10 months, and I still haven't recovered. Perhaps I don't want to recover. Perhaps I am comfortable wallowing in tears, with
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    Lock icon Lost in the Matrix of the multiplex
    609 30  -  El* 'm OI U m ACTOR L,M KAY TONG WR,TES A FORTNIGHTLY COL by Lim Kay Tong ALTHOUGH in his 70s, my uncle is not in his dotage. Nor am I. But when my wife and I took him to see The Matrix,
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  • SeenHeard SHARP
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      Lock icon 'Limp' sequel with only some funny bits
      240 32  -  by CHAN SEET FUN Edited by Chan Seet Fun seetfun@sph.com.sg AUSTIN Powers The Spy Who Let Us Down. Austin seems like such a nice chap, but it looks like he's really losing his mojo. The Spy Who Shagged Me simply doesn't measure up
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      Lock icon Austin Powers, The Spy Who Shagged Me
      34 32 THE MOVIE This is the sequel to the achingly funny Austin Powers, International Man of Mystery, which spoofed the spy genre. Stars: Mike Myers and Heather Graham
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      70 33 Best Lines: "Mini-He, you complete me." Dr Evil (Mike Myers) rapping Just The Two Of Us, a la Will Smith. "You're not evil enough, you're the Diet Coke of Evil." Dr Evil (Mike Myers) to his son Scott Evil on a talk show. "My name's Felicity Shagwell. Shagwell
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      224 33  -  by ERNEST LUIS SOME colleagues say Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, is not as funny as the first one. Oh well, as Austin would say, they're a bunch of squares, baby. They also say it's a rip-off of Star Wars, James Bond and Back
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      201 33 Paul Tatara in his CNN online review: "The tag line for Mike Myers' latest contribution to not much of anything, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, reads "First he fought for the crown, now he's fighting for the family jewels." That's about as inventive as it gets.
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      551 44  -  By Danny Khoo Destined to win is nicely tuned up after two runs under his belt and can be followed safely in the Bukit Mile Stakes in Race 8 today. The former Queensland galloper ran a terrific race when fifth to Jazz Malone over an
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      160 44 MARC TAN Himalayas (Race 9 No. 1) Was not far behind the winner at his last start over 1,400 m. Can make amends for that below-par performance last May. Has been doing good work on the training track and will have winning partner Saifudin Ismail atop again over
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      54 44 RACE 1: Mr Mobile. RACE 2: Savraska, Assagay. RACE 3: Oriental Gold, Golden Rampage, Lucky Forever. RACE 5: Big Opportunity, Born To Be King, Spirit Of The Wild, Time Breaker. RACE 6: Lucky Tycoon. RACE 7: Justa Point. RACE 8: Fiesta De Luna, Biggie. RACE 9: Joyful Hunter, Storming
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      1343 45 TODAY'S BUKIT TIMAH RACE CARD: Going forecast —Soft Wo. L—11 bw How m WoMng Joctoy Barrier (Aflttortflln/wi, trahwr-owmr) 1 ***** PRIMA FACIE 57 (47) Saimee 4 (4ag Thwaites-Eres Tu) 2 3-07-0 CRYSTAL WARRIOR 55.5 (44) Foong 9 (3nzg Clements-Crystal Courser) 3 *****7 BE MY LOTUS 55 (43) Chavez 6 (5ag
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      349 46  -  By Danny Khoo TRAINER Charles Leek enjoyed a dream start to the two-day Singapore meeting yesterday. The reigning champion had runners in all eight races but needed just three races to complete a brilliant hat-trick. He was off to a flying start as East
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      1341 47 UPSET: Apprentice Soo Khoon Beng boots home $114 winner Victory Fighter In Race 6 at Buklt Tlmah. UPSET: Jockey Saifudln Ismail boots home $225 winner Victory Grace In Race Batßuklt Tlmah. 7 EAST ANGLIA 54.5 (24-6) Woodworth (5) 9 6 1 (436) 8 SILENT STAR
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      1041 48 RACE 1: Crystal Crown was restless in the barrier and jumped awkwardly. Magic Circle jumped awkwardly out, brushing the gate. At about the 900 m, Brixton Spirits steadied after racing up to the heels of Prince Blakeney. Shortly after, he again steadied
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      920 50 TOSSING AWAY 128 YEARS OF TRADITION English football has gambled its past against the future. Manchester United, the most successful club in Europe and the richest stock in the world, was pushed into giving up the FA Cup without defending it. This Is a political hijacking. Tony
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      133 50 MY weekend is being spent in France, where a certain cycle race is in the blood just as FA Cup football is in an Englishman's blood. The French love a scandal, and may forgive all the riders of the Tour de France for the impression that the three-week
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      865 51 PATRICK RAFTER MEN'S SINGLES SEMI-FINALS TWO things define Pat Rafter. One: He never gives up. Don't underestimate the power of tenacity. His record in five-set matches is 11-2, and in each of these victories, he had come from behind. Two: He's decent and honest.
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      349 51 UNTIL he started adding height and muscle to hi 3 scrawny body at the age of 19, there was doubt whether Patrick Rafter could cut it as a player. Even so, the Queenslander, who grew up in the Outback town of Eumundi, has had
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      511 51 Wire services. MORE than a place in the men's singles final was at stake when Andre Agassi slugged it out with Patrick Rafter yesterday. Under the ATP rankings system, which compares results over the previous 12 months, the victor would displace Pete Sampras as the world No
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      505 52  -  Wow showing... By Brian Miller SHE plants the yellow ball into the net. He screams and slams his racket to the ground. He serves wide. She screams and she smashes her racket to the ground. Then they laugh. Welcome to the McGraf show now showing on Centre
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      475 52 WOMEN'S SINGLES SEMI-FINALS: Wire services. THIRTEEN years may separate them, but they both sport the same blonde ponytail and they both have devastating forehands. However, the veteran last night showed that she was not ready to pass on the mantle. Steffi Graf,
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      310 53  -  SEA GAMES WARM-UP FIXTURES Tomorrow: Lions v Sony Sendai Tuesday: v Fukushima State Prefecture Wedensday: vKashima Antlers Friday: v Kashiwa Reysol By S Gulam THE Lions have been hit by the flu bug. First to go down was S Subramani. He has since recovered. Then
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      375 53 Same date, same place now US wants revenge I WOMEN'S WORLD CUP IN AMERICA AFP. FIVE years to the day after their male counterparts met in the World Cup on the same soccer field, Brazil and the US will battle in the semi-finals of the women's World Cup tomorrow (Singapore
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      481 54  -  nnPfl AMERICA TOURNAMENT IN PARAGUAY He scored two goals to stake his claim as Ronaldo's permanent strike partner as Brazil trounced Venezuela 7-0 on Thursday. But Amoroso's career almost ended before it began... By Ian Brown WHEN Amoroso scores, he loves to lift his jersey to display a
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      512 54  -  By Ian Brown IVAN Kaviedes is more Cyndi Lauper than Brian Laudrup he just wants to have fun. "I don't feel like other pros, I play football 'cos I like it. It's always been the same with me. Money helps you
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      373 55 YESTERDAY'S CORA AMERICA ACTION AFP. Paraguay 4 Japan 0 Strikers Miguel Benitez and 17-year-old Roque Santa Cruz scored twice each as Copa America host Paraguay routed Japan 4-0 yesterday. Paraguay put the frustration of Tuesday's opening 0-0 draw with Bolivia behind it as it claimed its
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      262 55 I ENGLISH FOOTBALL UPDATE MANCHESTER United's players are upset about missing out on the chance to defend the FA Cup next season. United pulled out of the competition next season to play in the first ever World Club championship tournament in Brazil
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      134 55 AFP. THE transfer of Arsenal's French international forward Nicolas Anelka to Italian Serie A giant Lazio will be concluded early next week, Italian television reported yesterday. This follows a lightning visit to London on Friday by Lazio director Vincenzo Morabito to finalise deals with Gunners
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