The New Paper, 19 February 2000

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  • 20 1 the new paper SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2000 MITA (P) 062/04/99 60 CENTS Another quality publication of Singapore Press Holdings http://newpaper.asia1.com.sg
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  • THENEWSTODAY
    • 46 2 From the boot of a car, a kidnapped woman managed to direct a two-hour police chase that led to the capture of her abductor on Thursday—all thanks to the handphone she had the wits to grab along before her abductor locked her up
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    • 247 2 COME the year-end, yeull be able to see how much others are bidding for COEs (Certificates of Entitlement) and bid higher. Yes, auction-style open bidding is set to start sometime between October and December. Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology
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    • 185 2 Source: Wire services. US stocks crumbled this morning, dragged down by concerns that interest rates may keep rising. The Dow Jones industrial average slid 295.06 points (or 2.81 per cent) to 10,219.52, Wall Street ignored news that January consumer prices rose less than expected. Instead, it
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      486 3 Mr X wants her back it seems LIKE a rubber ba11... Um, no reference to what you are seeing left. This is about someone you CANT see in this picture. Remember Fann Wong's old flame? Well, like a rubber ball, he's bouncing back to her. Just like in
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 348 4  -  By Lingam Ponnampalam BE thankful for the general drop in crime last year but also beware rapes and murders went up in 1999. According to statistics due to be released by the police this morning, crime fell by a whopping 20.7 per cent last year. But rape cases
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    • 541 4 Crimes are DOWN, but... rapes, murders are UP PROFILE OF A RAPIST Source/ Police Intelligence Department F»OK someone who has met brutal rapists i and done some research on them, this psychologist still shook his head when we spoke about the Bukit Batok rape caae. Brutal rapee are the same
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  • QUICKNEWS
    • 389 5 m So what do you REALLYthink about this country you call home? Singaporeans surveyed by the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) gave their answers throwing up more questions instead, reports YVONNE LIM MONEY OR LIFE? DEATH and taxes, they say. Or in this case, death over
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    • News Break
      • 59 5 TRAVEL THE sleeper-seat tussle between Singapore Airlines and British Airways has been laid to rest. The companies said they were dropping their lawsuits over the introduction of special seats which fold out to beds in their first-class cabins. The decision came after two days of settlement talks before
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      • Article, Illustration
        51 5 COURT HE was not licensed to practise here, but he tried to give a woman a wrinkle treatment. Australian-registered doctor Alan Ong Hean Chye, 52, (left) yesterday admitted to practising medicine without a licence. Ong, a Malaysian, is also a registered doctor in Hongkong. He will be sentenced
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      • 49 5 INDUSTRY THE Singapore Government will make sure high-tech industries get the highest quality power for their voltage-sensitive equipment. That's because power dips can affect high-tech processes. Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong said the Government will share with the high-tech companies the additional cost of channelling the premium power.
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      • 53 5 INDONESIA FORMER president Suharto is really sick and so cannot undergo questioning in connection with the abuse-of-power allegations against him. That's what his half-brother, Mr Probosutedjo, said. The businessman said: "I am not defending Suharto. After all, when he was in power he used to reprimand me when
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    • 46 5 New Straits Times: Abdullah: Plans to regain confidence to be put in place International Herald Tribune: 1999 trade deficit set record for US South China Morning Post: Thousands line up for Tom.com shares BBC news: Votes are being counted in Iran's parliamentary elections
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    • 133 6 in F©€us MORE of your CPF contributions could go to vour Special Account. And you could also be able to invest some of that money in private sector financial instruments. This is because of the Government's concern about the need to save for retirement. And these measures could
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    • 43 6 PROPERTY THERE are plans to redevelop the Cathay Building, reports The Business Times. A privately-owned vehicle of Cathay chairman Choo Meileen will invest about $100 million for the redevelopment. Cathay Building, Singapore's first high-rise property, includes the Picturehouse and Cathay cinemas.
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    • 59 6 LABOUR MEDICAL checks will be a must from March 1 for foreigners applying for employment passes for six months' stay or more. The examinations include a general physical check-up, chest X-ray and a test for the Aids-causing human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The Health Ministry said it was
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    • 45 6 TECHNOLOGY GET comfortable with IT. The Infoccmm Development Authority of Singapore plans to help everyone including homemakers, blue-collar workers and the disabled get comfortable with using information and communication technology. This will be done from March 1 with eCelebrations Singapore, a five-week-long extravaganza.
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    • 57 6 MEDIA HBO ASIA is cracking down on cable operators who use illegal satellite decoders so that they can offer prime pay-television channels without paying for them. After confirming reports that a growing number of decoders, reportedly from places such as Taiwan and Indonesia, are being illegally sold in the
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    • 66 6 AIR RAGE HONGKONG singer Ronald Cheng, 27, (right) was arrested on Thursday for being abusive on a plane. Cheng allegedly harassed a passenger, pulled the hair of a stewardess, swore at the crew, and punched the co-pilot on the flight from Los Angeles to Taipei. The plane made
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    • 70 6 COURT A MAID who dropped a 15-month-old boy on the floor was jailed yesterday for eight years for manslaughter. Dwi Arti Samad (right), 22, had been charged originally with murdering Madam Neo Aw Sah's youngest son, Marcus Sim Zheng Xiong, but the charge was reduced. Yesterday, she
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    • 51 6 The Straits Times: Singaporean and proud of it The Business Times: Feeding frenzy at Li Ka-shing's Internet IPO Uanhe Zaobao: Government will adopt multi-lateral approach towards the development of semiconductor industry Berita Harian: Singaporeans proud of country RCS morning news: Singaporeans score high for national pride and
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    • Article, Illustration
      60 6 YOU COULD RAPE AGAIN You are a two-time rapist. In my opinion, a two-time rapist is a prospective third. "What is worse is you are a two-time chiia-rapist." Judicial Commissioner Amarjeet Singh when sentencing Abdul Razak Mohamed Maidin, 48, (left), to the maximum of 20years' preventive detention, and
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 9 7 CHECK THEM OUT: Siva and Sheela
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    • 553 7  -  Some say: How can? Loved ones say: Why not? By Tanya Fong AND what happened after they went in through that door? Now, now don't let your imagination run wild. The lovebirds business co-ordinator Sheela, 23, and a marketing manager Siva, 24 just needed privacy. To talk about their
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      629 9  -  First gasp of life in a toilet b0w1... Baby survives, but mother could be in danger Dumped here... Saved by doctor i BY Desmond Ng ITS a cruel world this baby was born into. His first experiences were in a toilet bowl. Can you believe it? That's where Singapore's
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    • 204 10 Lucky to be alive... but not abandoned Found THE baby was found just in time. Another half an hour, and he would have died. That's what the doctor who attended to him at Mount Elizabeth Hospital told The New Paper. Said Dr Pradeep Kumar, a neonatologist
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    • 683 11  -  Negligent nurse's see-sawing emotions By Chua Wei Yng THE Mount Elizabeth nurse who gave the wrong drug to a new-born baby was a bundle of nerves. One moment she was in a fighting spirit. No, I won't plead guilty if I were charged in court, she
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    • 151 11 IN court yesterday, Coroner Chay Yuen Fatt ruled that the two-day-old baby boy had died of acute drug poisoning. "I'm satisfied that the detonation of the deceased is consistent with the symptoms of promethazine poisoning," said Coroner Chay. He found Sister Kanagaranam Nanmalar negligent in giving a fatal
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    • 43 12 It's for moi andam a chuppie imn'imii' OCBC credit emit or the bank's mw Mlt canl caM the mo/ cards tar 3 Ukmuuppie-chuppies tyouag uriton CMMM French is something aspire towards. The yuppie is more while the chuppie is more Asian in persp
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 455 14  -  AIR SEATS OVERSOLD By Genevieve Jiang AVERY rare occurence. That's what Singapore Airlines says, about the 20 passengers who were turned away last Sunday. Going by the figures given by the airline, about 100,000 passengers are likely to check in for its flights before that
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    • 170 14 A CHECK with some other airlines showed that most do overbook. China Airlines overbook by five to eight per cent. Three others declined to be named, or give exact figures. But China Airlines said that if passengers have to be off-loaded, they are notified at least
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    • 323 15  -  By Chua Wei Yng FOR two children, playtime will never be the same again. Nine-year-old Ida and her eight-year-old cousin Jasmine (not their real names) were victims of this man's lust. At 50, Gopal Anamallai is old enough to be their grandfather. But he didn't behave like one.
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    • 50 15 Gopal Anamallai was sentenced to a total of one year and six weeks'jail. He could have been jailed for up to two years, fined and caned for molest. And for using criminal force on a police officer, he could have been jailed for up to two years and fined.
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 327 16 Source: Berita Harian Malaysia. THOUSANDS of Malaysians found the offer too tempting to resist buying real gold coins at less than half their normal price. So, some 16,000 Malaysians were quick to fork out US$3OO ($513) each for the gold coins offered by a
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    • 293 16 QUIETLY, almost without fanfare, Indonesian soldiers have started receiving training again in the US. Seven Indonesian officers are in the US, the Washington Post reported. The resumption of training is a big turnaround since military relations between Indonesia and the US were cut only
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    • 251 17 Source: Wire services. ITS amazing that the driver didn't die in such a fiery crash. Geoffrey Bodine's truck slammed into a wall near the finish line at 305 kmh, and tumbled over in flames. The venue: The 57th lap of the
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 57 19 Former South African president Nelson Mandela received 10 pregnant cows and oaehui as a retirement gift recently. Gleefully accepting the cat* from a South African handphone service provider, he Joked: They are so beautiful that when I saw them, I felt like taking them into my
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    • 473 19 Reuters. NOW, The Terminator's angry. Angry over anti-immigrant remarks made by Mr Joerg Haider, leader of the rightist Freedom Party, which has found a place in Austria's coalition government. The reason: Austrian-born movie star Arnold Schwarzenegger, well-known for his Conan the Barbarian and Terminator roles,
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  • 503 20  -  ANWAR CASE JUDGE WARNS: MALAYSIATODAY BY Woon Wui Tek REPORTING FROM KUALA LUMPUR ANOTHER day, another witness failed to appear. And the judge had just about had enough of the disrespectful way he thought people were treating the court. Bad enough that Malaysia's leader
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    • 420 21 Sydney's Moran family is an Australian success story. A coal miner's son who grew up in a tent went on to develop a $186 million health-care empire. But a court case has spotlighted a long-running family feut 1 PETER WILSON reports THE depressed and dying
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    • 268 21 MRS Kristina Moran told the court she discovered that her husband, Brendan, was the "black sheep" of the family when they were getting married in 1990. The wedding was nearly cancelled because he stole from the family company's petty cash to pay for taxis. She said
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    • 130 21 THERE are two sides to every story, the jury in the Moran case was told. 'These allegations are the most extraordinary mis-statement of the position one could ever imagine," Mr lan Harrison, senior counsel and barrister for Doug, Greta and Peter Moran, said. "Brendan Moran's parents
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    • 222 23 SHY of the press. But not too shy to play a stripper in an R(A) play. That's Nadya, making her stage debut in Closer. Directed by former TCS actor Ng Chin Han, Closer is a comedy revolving around four strangers whose
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    • 709 24  -  REPORTS YONG SIEW FERN MTV is "songs, songs and jiggling". That, I have to admit, is a fast-as-instant-noodles way of putting the music channel in perspective. Just as you would say that politicians just talk and wiggle around issues. But it's still
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    • What TV viewers say
      • 242 25 Mr Tan Slang Yuen, 52, an insurance agent I think SM has a point there. It's a trend. Seven out of 10 kids watch MTV. It's indicative of what the new society wants fun music, dance, hype, stars, singers. Even if a song comes out twice
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      • 162 25 Mr Anff Teck Meag, 40, lab technician: Oh, MTV is entertaining. After dinner at my in-laws recently, I, my wife and my sister-in-law were with my nephews and nieces, who are teenagers. They were telling us: This group is very good.' They
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      • 88 25 Mr Lm Soon Yoag, 28, lawyer As a medium, it's where a lot of cutting-edge creativity is seen. A lot of movie directors hone their skills through MTV. I agree that unless you follow music very closely, you wouldn't want to spend large chunks' of your time
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      • 80 25 Ms Cecilia Choo, 29, human resource executto: People watch MIV for pure entertainment. I mean, we can't watch news, politics and documentaries all the time, right? I like music and I enjoy some of the ways they tell t story in music videos. It's just
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    • 149 26 Love, (mm and fortune. A beauty qtMM shoirid hive al three. Tate MtehettePfelffer. la 1978, she was checkout counter girl. CouM she aake •bUfaralthreaTtad cutcMyT IM |H jij n r iciiia ato some smart uitiiKifig. She entered a Miss Orange County She wanted the
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    • 124 26 FAME A FORTUNE: Right timing did it. The sitcom role of Blur Queen Zhu Zhu in Don't Worry Be Happy was vacant after actress Quan Yifeng was sacked for a bowling alley fight. A talent scout spotted Lynn and bingo! But she couldn't
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    • 164 26 FAME A FORTUNE: Her films all flopped at first. Even her expensive Hindi flick, Jeans, was soon forgotten. Then, shedding her ice-maiden image, she put her classical dance training to full use in the music and dance extravaganza, Taal. And even caustic columnist Shobha
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    • 156 26 FAME A FORTUNE: She wowed the world with sharp, profound answers during the pageant. What could go wrong? Acting offers poured in. But her attitude seems to have ruined it for now. While shooting her first Hindi film, Dastak, in Seychelles, she got into
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    • 156 26 < FAME A FORTUNE: Her screen debut was with director Wong Jing, known for pornographic flicks. She couldn't break out of damsel-in-distress roles in romantic comedies and scream sajpas. She claimed she knew how to act only after working with famed director Wong Kar-wai
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    • 163 26 FAME A FORTUNE: She got fame as the first African-American to win the crown, then lost it after posing nude for Penthouse. Devastated, she said: 1 made a terrible error in judgment, and I know IH have to pay for it as long as
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    • 15 26 Hko xb Jack i* Chan oup(?imp» hospital nursing stunt
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    • Article, Illustration
      173 27 IS Emll Chau (right) in debt? According to Hongkong newspapers, the Taiwanese singer is being hounded to pay back HK$3.3 million (about $740,000). Reports said a bank in Hongkong is chasing him to repay the loan. It had been given to his third brother's engineering and construction company
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    • Article, Illustration
      141 27 SCARY Spice (Mel G) (above) has stopped crying over spilt milk. At least when it comes to the breakup with her husband of 16 months, Jimmy Gulzar. She's all smiles again now that she's romancing British TV heart-throb Max Beesley, 27, reports Australia's New Weekly. They've been dating
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    • Article, Illustration
      111 27 GEEKS and alien watchers sit up! There's no need to shed tears when Mulder and Scully (David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson, above) finally bow out of the small screen. Fox network has okayed a spin-off series from The X-Files. It'll be based on The Lone Gunmen, three "Mulder-worshipping
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    • Article, Illustration
      61 27 WOULD you like to bring Keanu Reeves (above) home to show off to your relatives? Well, now you can. Not the handsome flesh-and-blood actor, but six weapon-toting action figures based on his character in the futuristic film, The Matrix. They are created by Wamer Bros and N2Toys.
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    • Article, Illustration
      79 27 WILL we ever see Ray Park's face? Ray who, you say. Well, you've probably seen more of his body than his face. He was Death Maul in The Phantom Menace (below). Despite the publicity blitz, he could barely be recognised under all that facial make-up. In Tim Burton's
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      36 27 Being the best at solitaire is like being the best at something else you do by yourself. You don't like to brag about it —Anthony Edwards (right) of ER, on his addiction to solitaire
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  • 517 31  -  cetera LIKJBHi WITH BRIAN MILLER ON Sunday, about 20 people were bumped off a Singapore Airlines flight to Hongkong. That night, over drinks, a few of us got talking. Rightly or wrongly, we were aghast. We were disappointed that this happened to passengers of our
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    • 170 39 YESTERDAY'S workouts by horses engaged today: RACE 1: Big And Bold canter/pace work. Slow work: Manaparaone, fitter, Tracker's Delight, looking forward, Mam bo King, Riveira, Son Of Songkhla, Stockbroker (apprentice E Aslam), in good shape, Vigilante. RACE 2: Slow workRuby's Star (WH Lao), Scirroco, Sky Dragon, Silent Star.
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    • 43 39 RACE 1: Manaparaone, Tracker's Delight, Riveira, Son Of Songkhla. RACE 2: King General. RACE 3: Blue Genius. RACE 4: Phenomenal. RACES: Dazzling Merchant, Time Breaker. RACE 6: Hero's Return, Kim Governor. RACE 7: Fischer, Jugah Gagah, Just Call Me Sir, Super Goldluck.
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    • 635 39  -  By Danny Khoo FISCHER, already the circuit's best-known sprinter, will be out for more glory at Kranji tonight. The mighty galloper, who has earned his rightful place in local turf history with his 10 classic wins, will be bidding to add another feather to his illustrious
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      • 57 40 MARC TAN A three-month spell did wonders as he returned on Feb 9 to win with something in hand over the I,loom on the fibresand track. Now that he has come right, and with winning partner Olivier Doleuze in the saddle again, the Dynamo gelding is
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      • 53 40 DANNY KHOO Still looking for that elusive win but has an excellent chance to get off the mark against a mediocre bunch this evening. This former New Zealand-bred campaigner has been running some encouraging races. Notable among them was his fast-finishing fourth to stablemate Return To
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      • 68 40 LIONEL LEE Did not beat much at his last start but I like the way he won the race. Starting from barrier No. 4 in a six-horse field, he went three-wide rounding the home turn. And the way he was going at the finish also deserves
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      • 62 40 TANTHEAN LOON I One of the latest promising finds. The beauty of this horse is that he possesses an extra gear. Went into overdrive in last two starts to win in the style of a true thoroughbred. Clocked smart times on both occasions. Should prove
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    • 984 40 TODAY'S KRANJI (COURSE B) RACE CARD Going forecast: Good Ua I A U|UM Mg| D I I A#M^Wil^lhl^AV •Wi Wl w^B^P^^WlWl 1 -311 BOLD EXPLORER 57 (74) \)S*nd 8 (3ag Yuao»-CKC) 2 -8 I4ANAPARA0NE 57 (74) E Ma/chant 1 (4nzg Buwttjn-AES) 3 TRACKER'SD6LJGKT 56 5 (73) 'CAngel.5 7 (3afl Oragon-Mouilaln
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    • 352 41  -  By Danny Khoo LAST-START winner Super Zangief underlined his chances in the Class 3 Div 2 I,loom race on Wednesday with an eye-catching workout at Kranji yesterday. With stable jockey Eddie Wilkinson up, the Don Baertschiger-trained galloper strode out smartly to clock 38.2 sec on the sand
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    • 436 41 NST. BE MY LOTUS, unbeaten in his last two outings, wrapped up his preparations for a hat-trick in the Class 5 Premier 1,600 m event in Race 4 tomorrow with a good workout in Ipoh yesterday. Taken out by jockey Anandan Subramaniam, the
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    • 127 41 RESULTS of yesterday's I,ooom barrier trials on the fibresand track at Kranji. The going was good. TRIAL 1:1 Lucky Forever (WH Lao) 2 Excellent Striker (apprentice J Sainul) 3 Justice Head (E Wilkinson) 4 True General (J Saimee) 5 Turquin (apprentice T Ong) 6 Once A Native (E
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    • 233 42 THE powerful Godolphin stable has named its runner for the $3 million Singapore Airlines International Cup. It's Sea Wave, who finished third to Borgia in the Group 2 Hong Kong Vase last December and third to Fruits Of Love in the Hardwicke
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  • 380 45 Tranmere plans to rein in Shearer and Ferguson AWV /juA LAST week, Newcastle's Alan Shearer and Duncan Ferguson tore down Manchester United's defence in their club's 3-0 win. The two are England's most in-form strikers. Will they do a repeat tomorrow when they play Tranmere Rovers
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  • 186 45 EVERTONS David Unsworth knows it well. The defender is the only player facing Aston Villa tomorrow who was part of the club's Wembley victory in 1995. And he wants a repeat, reports Football36s. He says that Everton's stars want to put the icing on Bill Kenwright's
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  • 91 45 AFP. THERETS still no sign of Chelsea's missing star. And the club has all but Kin up hope of fielding in tomorrow's FA Cup quarter-final against Gillingham. Nigerian Celestine Babayaro was due back on Tuesday alter playing for Nigeria in the final of the African
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    • 37 46 WEEKEND FIXTURES TOOAY: Reggina v Perugia AS Roma v Fiorentina TOMORROW: Lecce v Bologna Piacenza v Inter Milan Torino v Cagliari Udinese v Bari Venezia v Juventus Verona v Parma AC Milan v Lazio
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    • 340 46  -  AC MILAN vLfIZIO fTomorrow) BY Ian Brown THERE is a proud tradition of artistry in the city of Milan. It is a city where Michelangelo ground •colours and learnt to paint and develop that revolutionary technique in terms of composition and use of light and
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    • 333 47 Wire Services. INTER Milan striker Ronaldo returned yesterday to his native Rio de Janeiro but remained tight-lipped over talk of a transfer to the city's biggest club, Flamengo. "Ronaldo has nothing to say about this," his aide, Rodrigo Paiva, said. "He has come only to train and
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    • 274 47 AP. NEWCASTLE United yesterday handed former England manager Bobby Robson a one-year but open-ended contact on to stay in charge of the club. For Robson, it was the ideal way to celebrate his 67th birthday. The veteran former Ipswich Town, Barcelona, Sporting Lisbon
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    • 351 48 ITS not often that a sailing event held miles off the coast has entire nations of sports fans whooping and cheering as if it were a football World Cup. Especially in Italy. The America's Cup, the world's oldest sporting trophy, is probably the only
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    • 154 46 Telecast Schedule: Italian Serie A R#gqina vs Perugia i^nX Sat, 19 Feb 9:55pm (LIVE Exclusive) SuperSports (Ch 20) V* Sun, 20 Feb 3 30am (LIVE Exclusive) f ESPN (Ch 23 Ch 25) j Sun, 20 Feb 8;00pm (Repeat) BjirX/ l A Venezia vs Juventus Mon, 21 Feb Q 10:45pm (Same
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  • 735 49 C* YOUNG GUNS ||v QLt> t>EV!LS *7 LIVE ON TV: SCV 22, Tomorrow, 7.25 pm GROUND CAPACITY: 40,000 RECORD ATTENDANCE: 57,892 v Sunderland, FA Cup sth Round Replay, March 15,1967 YEAR FORMED: 1919, as Leeds United (after disbandment of Leeds City 1904) RECORD
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  • 192 49 Harry Kawal (right) Playing Position: Midfield Date of Mrtfc Sept 22,1978 Background: Signed from New South Wales Soccer Academy International ho—na: Australia World Cup Harry Kewell caught the eye of the Premiership "big guns" during the 1997-98 season. The "Wizard of Oz", as he is popularly known, proved
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  • 239 49 PLEASE be at your best behaviour in the "Battle of the Uniteds". The Premiership's top refereeing boss Philip Don expects a potentially explosive top-of-the-table clash. He said it will be a "litmus test of whether players and managers have heeded the ultimatum
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  • 67 49 LEEDS manager David We've little chance of an upset. I'm not indulging in mind games before the biggest Premiership game of the season, only reflecting the reality which confronts me. UNITED manager Sir Alex Feiguson: It's going to be one of those very passionate games. Truly a
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  • 117 49 MANCHESTER United is No 1 in the Premiership Fair Play charts, too. The Red Devils have the cleanest record with 31 yellow cards and three red cards in 24 matches. Leeds is way down the line, in 15th position among the 20 Premiership clubs, with 56 yellow
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    • 32 50 CRAFTSMANSHIP: It's sails up for the America's Cup...but Team New Zealand supporters have their own amphibious craft to show in the sail-past on Auckland's Waitamata Harbour yesterday. Preview/Pg 51
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    • 680 50  -  ASIAN CUP QUALIFIER: Singapore v Brunei (tomorrow) REPORTS S GULAM IN MACAU WHAT'S really wrong with the Lions? Why are they not exciting? I would put it down to the absence of one man a playmaker. My reason is this: Excitement comes from goals
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    • 176 50 BRUNEI has vowed to make the Lions sweat for their win tomorrow. "Well not go down without a fight," said Mick Jones, the Brunei coach yesterday. The Englishman had a two-hour heart-to-heart talk with his players and came out promising to end the competition on a high note.
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    • 29 50 TODAY: (Selected programmes) 7.30pm: Sailing: Americas Cup Final (Sportscity) 9.30pm: Rugby: England v France (LIVE, STAR Sports Channel 24) Midnight: Rugby: Scotland v Ireland (LIVE, STAR Sports Channel 24)
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