The New Paper, 7 March 2000

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    23 1 the new paper TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 2000 MITA (P) 062/04/99 60 CENTS Another quality publication of Singapore Press Holdings http://newpaper.asia1.com.sg the new paper
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      111 1 b yooioe^^^^Hp parkins New owner B VtMH4 BrbB Mr |J]^^B Previous flat owner: '^jjj^jj them. flP^liiewrap <iallAiAi»« Ml UVIIvlVII9i jf KJ ft ft I because he looks j| Hi Till Jill I I I I I normal. Mr M Wong 1 I I I I B I I I I
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  • THENEWSTODAY
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      Lock icon CHEAP Internet use
      391 2 Britons offered deal: One-off payment plus a yearly fee and no phone charges Wire services. SURF the net without worrying about how big the phone bill is going to be. That's the deal British consumers are being offered unlimited Internet access free of telephone charges for just
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      Lock icon Jumbo protest in Bangkok
      132 2 AP. ANGRY elephant handlers paraded their animals in a rare street protest in Bangkok, Thailand, yesterday. Their reason: The city plans to ban begging elephants. The handlers, or mahouts, have been ordered to leave the capital with their elephants before Friday or face arrest. The mahouts
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      679 3 ADVERTISEMENT NEW IN SINGAPORE NOW AT BELIA BELLA INTRODUCES A NEW FASTER, EASIER WAY TO GET RID OF UNWANTED HAIR jm:i Bella with it's extensive years of experience in the LATEST TECHNOLOGY FOR PERMANENT HAIR REDUCTION hair removal business means they are highly qualified Bella Shin Can Centre it a
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Lock icon Polio man gels rough time for using special parking lot
      566 4  -  By Tanya Fong He WAS just getting out of the parking lot for the handicapped at Scotts shopping centre on Orchard Road when a woman came charging towards him. Mr M Wong, 45, a hair stylist, and his wife had
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    • Article
      Lock icon Label nothing to do with looks
      265 4 PARKING labels for people with disabilities are issued only by the National Council of Social Services (NCSS). The label allows vehicle owners to park in parking lots reserved for the disabled. Applicants must fill in a Mobility Status Report to state the nature of
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  • QUICKNEWS
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      197 5 m SUMATRAN FOREST FIRES WIND CHANGE The winds are likely to change direction in the next few days and only a small part of the smoke is likely to be carried over to Singapore. SINGAPORE was enveloped in a slight haze yesterday afternoon. The cause:
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      Lock icon Tummy fat for the breast
      68 5 TISSUE SHARING: Identical twins Jane Culbreath (left) and Joan Liddell with their surgeon, Dr Robert Allen, at New Orleans' Memorial Hospital last week. In a medical first, Ms Liddell donated fat tissue from her tummy to her sister for reconstructive breast surgery. The surgery was
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        58 5 BANKING DBS Group Holdings' 1999 net profit surged nine-fold to $1.07 billion thanks to higher net interest income and strong profits from proprietary trading, stockbroking and investment banking. DBS wants to raise its annual dividend to 25 per cent from 18 per cent. POSBank contributed net profit of
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        Lock icon Murdani sick
        48 5 INDONESIA GENERAL Benny Murdani, once considered the second most powerful man in Indonesia after former president Suharto, is in hospital. The 68-year-old retired general collapsed while playing golf possibly because of a stroke. Among those who visited him yesterday was President Abdurrahman Wahid and military officers.
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        Lock icon Cheap Net calls
        71 5 TELECOMS SOON you'll be able to get ultra-low IDD rates from Sing Tel from your computer. Its eVoiz Internet phone service from March 15 will cost as low as 6 per cent of overseas call rates. Users can call and surf at the same time on one
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        Lock icon Guilty plea
        50 5 CRIME A JAPANESE housewife yesterday pleaded guilty to strangling a neighbour's two-year-old daughter. The case had ignited debate over intense competition in Japan's prestigious kindergartens. Mitsuko Yamada, 35, pleaded guilty to killing Haruna Wakayama after the girl was accepted in a kindergarten which turned down her own child.
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      62 5 New Straits Times: Nomination for all posts The Asian Wall Street Journal: Toyota plans to buy 5 per cent stake in Yamaha Motor International Herald Tribune: Survival is the goal in 16 state contests BBC news: The judge in Chile has began legal moves to strip the
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      Lock icon Policemen found guilty
      53 6 in F©@us In 1997, Haitian immigrant Abner Louima(left) was tortured in a police station bathroom. Yesterday, three New York police officers (above) were convicted of obstructing justice by claiming that Schwarz was not present during the attack on Louima. Thomas Bruder Haitian Immigrant AbnerLouima Pictures/ Ap Charles
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      62 6 SCAM ESTATE agents found guilty of offering monetary incentives to clients may lose their licences. The Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore has sounded this warning to unscrupulous estate agents who reportedly have joined loansharks to cheat flat-owners here. Such agents offer to pay owners big money before the
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      Lock icon Kerosene baths
      62 6 AUSTRALIA MOST of the 57 aged residents bathed in kerosene at a Melbourne nursing home to treat scabies six weeks ago were moved to a hospital yesterday. The Australian health ministry acted after news reports and political debate. But some relatives are not letting their elderly be moved
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      Lock icon Food looted
      54 6 AID RELIEF supplies have been looted, say officials in flood-ravaged Mozambique. But Gaza province officials in the south have cracked down on the looting of food meant for 70,000 people. 'The situation is now stable," said governor Eugenio Numaio, adding that supplies were being distributed with the "strong
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      Lock icon Double blow?
      63 6 CLOB CLOB investors had a double surprise which upset some of them yesterday: Those who accept the Effective Capital Sdn Bhd proposal will have to pay upfront the 1.5 per cent fees. The Singapore Central Depository Pte Ltd said the Singapore Exchange would not be liable for any
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      Lock icon US STOCKS
      25 6 The Dow Jones industrial average slid 196.70 points to close at 10,170.50. The Nasdaq composite index fell 9.94 points to close at 4,904.85.
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      73 6 The Straits Times: MPs ask: Are we ready for new economy? The Business Times: Anger at paying fee to Effective upfront Lianhe Zaobao: Family of man who died in shipyard accident 23 years ago sues US petroleum company and receives $20 m in compensation Berita Haiian: Haze
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      106 6 THEJEST PLACE I Was told Singapore was the best place been use everyone could come there from vm fij different places throughout Asia. I'm very excited to be going to Singapore for the first I time and meeting the people. I never knew h about my Asian fan
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      117 5 p| XBACHELOR OF ARTS IN MASS M COMMUNICATION M AWARDED BY UNIVERSITY OF AISTTtALIA SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND (AUSTRALIA) "USQ is judged the world's best global university for distance learning." The Executive Committee ct the lntp-nation«l Council for Open and Distance Learning (ICOE). Norway. 1999 flDi The degree course is administered by
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      41 6 £n$B WHAT'S HUP Enter cinema code. Enter movie code. I i Enter number of tickets. Enter 1 for 9.15pm. Enter 2 for 11.30pm m Press 1 for credit card payment. Press 2 for cash payment. V r *'-j I r. m
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      Lock icon Explosion near Killiney Road
      181 7  -  By Irene Kew A LOUD "boom" stopped the chatter at a coffeeshop on Lloyd Road, off Killiney Road, yesterday evening. The owner of a private investigation agency was at the coffeeshop when he heard a loud explosion coming from Regalis Court, a hotel along the road.
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      Lock icon Two lighters a YSL pen some coins and then...
      214 7  -  By Andre Yeo A ladder and a T axe. That's what two crooks used for a break-in. And what did they get? One got away. The other got jail. Somebody had seen them and called the police. At 1.51 am on
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      130 9 As A Teacher. You Must Raise The Noise Level In Class. W& m bTV I nil MMBmb———^^— Mj|: K|fs fc jSKr vUkjfe jk I f A" t l|' jft- fl S ]mk F#j2^F#j kfl V I M ■r ucix. wl W&'^ r^B i A JA A I I J flmy
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      Lock icon YUK! Worms in my new flat!
      421 10  -  Previous owner: We loved to eat them By Jason Tan ONE day it was their dream home. The next day it was a nightmarish expanse of stinking worms. And they still don't know how such a thing could have happened. The Tans paid $418,000
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      Lock icon WHAT PREVIOUS OWNER SAYS
      109 10 YES, we had worms in the house, but edible ones, said Ms Lim, who sold the flat to the fans. The civil servant said she had bought a 500 g packet of the big fat worms on a trip to Thailand last November. "We fried them.
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    326 11  -  He dies after drunken brawl near his home in drug and sex district THENEWSTODAY By Melvin Singh HE was just 20 when Tan Teac Hai left for the bright lights of Bangkok. Now, 10 years later, he is dead. After he was stabbed twice at 7
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  • PARLIAMENTTODAY
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      Lock icon Let them play with IT
      476 13  -  Thanks for thinking > this way in the 1970s J WHAT 'TIGHT-FISTED' EX-FINANCE MINISTER SAID BY Yvonne Lim and Woon Wui Tek HE was tight-fisted. And this makes what he reportedly did so extraordinary. The late Finance Minister, Mr Hon Sui Sen, "was known as
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      Lock icon Mah: Memories are made of more than bricks
      301 13 TILL he began recalling warmly a rather special bus stop, he had been speaking words of cold reason. His subject: The planned demolition of the National Library building on Stamford Road. Mr Mah Bow Tan (left), the Minister for National Development, admitted
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      816 14 -"Tj B I Construction supervisors are commonly entrusted to do 4 u .j Marking of building reference lines is normally carried out by taking-off building quantities from site measurements and Construction works today are more sophisticated a 'qualified land surveyor. However, companies these days are project drawings However, a poor
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    Lock icon MPs ask for more rewards for the people
    435 15  -  THE BUDGET PARLIAMENTTODAY BY Yvonne Lim SHOULD Singaporeans be rewarded more for the sacrifices they made over the past two years? This was the theme heard most often yesterday, as Parliament debated the Finance Minister's Budget statement. Last week, Dr Richard Hu
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      202 15 It's an alliance worth clapping about. when you can enjoy up to 50% off our fares. y AV .lim (ortyonAftaia) w h-4 fJ/ BOOKING/TICKETING PERIOD :BT MARCH 10, 2000 ONLY DBWmjRE EX-SNGAPORE :BY APRIL 15, 2000 y~ y J J J <- J- J O~CHD the klm-autalia partnership KIM-Alitalia Europe
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      668 16 ADVERTISEMENT i A WOMAN'S LOSS woman's golden years are measured by her flowing locks, A* which disappear all too quickly. Reasons can be so many. W -n Previously devastated by her loss, Nancy was able to face jrr* y k up to the trauma and seek professional help. Our reporter
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      683 17 Attention CLOB Securities Owners PricewaterhouseCoopers has set up three IRA Document Facilitation Centres one each in Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and Johor Bahru to assist CLOB Securities Owners to understand: a) Kffective Capital Sdn Bhd's (LCSB) Irrevocable Request and Authority (IRA) Document; b) how to complete the necessary forms described in
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    59 18 muKmuK SINGAPORETODA Y ITEBlblimi—rali rtiMl—lti it Jodjy Hfc 1*: Some people don't understand. They think nurses are just like cleaners the only difference is that we clean human beings instead of things. But we've also got to understand patients' emotions and find out how to cheer them
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      665 18 CAMBERWELL COLLEGE OF ARTS CENTRAL SAINT MARTINS COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN CHELSEA COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN LONDON COLLEGE OF FASHION LONDON COLLEGE OF PRINTING s4nt and education in TfTC The London Institute is one of the largest art and design education institutions in the world, with 5 of
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      Lock icon $930m First 'catch' of Suharto millions to be ordered soon
      316 19 SO much talk about taking over the hidden millions from former Indonesian president Suharto. So little action so far. But Indonesians, who used to feel that way, have woken up to news of a concrete step by President Abdurrahman Wahid
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      Lock icon Headless body found in suitcase
      191 19 THE woman's corpse was squashed tightly into a suitcase. The head missing. A construction worker made this gruesome find, when he fished the case out of a Bangkok canal yesterday, in the Khlong Toei district. The woman's body was tightly wrapped in 12 layers of
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      221 20 For 7 years now, we have impressed students with our outstanding teaching quality and commitment. in i > i ■in We have now gone a little out of our way and created a "City University Campus 99 just for you/ Our new top facilities include: Football field Basketball Courts Badminton
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      151 21 AFP. THIS six-lane highway (left) became a runway when a Southwest Airlines skidded onto it early yesterday morning. It finally came to rest in front of petrol station (above), narrowly missing it. The Boeing 737, carrying 142 passengers and crew members from Las Vegas, overshot the runway at
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      232 21 MOVE over e-commerce and Internet. Biotech is the rage. Investors in the United States are rushing to this sector, spurred by the promise that companies would decode the human gene soon, reports The Business Times. This was predicted last month by Mr Philip Yeo, chief
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      805 22 tMany congratulations to the British Alumni (Singapore) on anothei vary f» A 1 1 I fll fl I Vactive and successful year. The strong educational links between Singapore cJvJIII LIIC L/ 1 ILl©ll ivlllllllll i 1 and the United Kingdom are one of the vital elements ol our flourishing <•
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      Lock icon Stay as you are
      38 23 muimui Japanese Prim MWster Keizo Obuchi could not help rnoddac at opposition leader Yukio Hatoyama dwt|| a question-and-answer time in RwiwwtisceeHy. Mr Obuchi said: I hope you will stay the 'next prime minister* forever.
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      Lock icon B-day boy's heart pierced by pencil
      316 23 Source: AP A 12-YEAR-OLD boy literally had a heart-wrenching birthday he will never forget on Feb 23. His heart was pierced by a pencil that day as he lunged toward his bed to catch a football. But today, after two weeks, Young Nathan King
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      Lock icon Oh dear, did I get it wrong again?
      380 24 A prank has left US presidential candidate George WBush looking sheepish Reuters. THE "favourite son" needs to brush up on his current affairs fast. Republican candidate George W Bush (above) has raised many eyebrows in recent months with his poor grasp of
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      86 24 IN an interview last November, Mr Bush failed to name the leaders of Chechnya, Taiwan, India and Pakistan all in the news at that time. When asked about Pakistan's new leader, he said: The new Pakistani general, he's just been elected not elected, this guy took over office. It
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      Lock icon OOPS AGAIN
      68 24 My administration will deploy antl-baUistic missile systems, both theatre and national, to guard against attack and blackmail (from countries like North Korea). Mr Bush on his position on North Korea, considered a rogue country by the US. Sure, it's fine getting tough with the unpredictable communist country except
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      Lock icon SAFE TO EAT?
      1230 25  -  BY Angeline Song THEY worked feverishly into the night returning home only after 10 pm on most weekdays, and working overtime on weekends. A special emergency room was set aside for daily meetings involving officers from other ministries, and for impromptu press conferences. "Speed was essential firstly,
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      101 25 WHAT: FoodAgri 21, the Primary Production Department's 40th anniversary exhibition showcasing food supply and safety, animal and plant health, and agrotechnology. WHEN: Thursday to Sunday, 10 am to 8 pm WHERE: World Trade Centre HIGHLIGHTS: Guided tour of an ultra-modem fisheries vessel, the M V Seafdec. Experience hi-tech
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  • Showtime
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      Lock icon Tired Evelyn shuns top role
      642 27  -  By Hazel Tan EVELYN Tan (left) is tired. Her hectic work schedule has taken its toll on her health. That was why the TCS actress recently turned down the lead role in a new drama serial, Four Walls and a Ceiling. Though it was tailor-made
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      Lock icon Not a 'slutty' part
      437 27 AIYOYO! Evelyn is no longer the sweetie pie. Not in My Home Affairs, at least. The actress, hailed as the successor to Chen Liping*s Aiyoyo teacher roles, will play a husband-snatcher in Channel B's heavy-duty drama serial. It will make its debut on March 15 at
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      Lock icon THAT FIRST SCREEN KISS
      254 27 IT was her first on-screen kiss. But Evelyn hardly made any preparations for it. "The only preparation I did was, I told him, 'Ping Hui, I will eat whatever you eat later'," she said. "So that our breath won't turn each other off!" They had a
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      Lock icon Mad on men
      123 28 No, I'm always hopeful. Definitely, I've had moments where I think, 'Ugh, all men are pathetic.' Not pathetic, but all men are babies. Five minutes later, I change my mind: 7 need a man'. They have redeeming qualities. Five minutes later (when my tyre is flat), they're
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      Lock icon Gifted, sexy, successful and... no airs
      430 29  -  That's tabla maestro Zakir Hussain v By Rinkoo Bhowmik THERE are plenty of reasons why this man should be swollen-headed. In fact, any ordinary man would find it hard to walk with his feet on the ground, given his list of achievements. First, there
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      Lock icon SISTER AND DAD DIED ON SAME DAY
      98 29 HE did not talk about it. And you could never guess from Zakir Hussain's calm voice over the phone that he had lost his father and sister last month. His sister, Razia Hussain Abrar, 51, had a cataract operation that turned fatal. Their
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    Lock icon Should I get the Star Wars ringing tone?
    545 30  -  Etcetera WITH J J RAJENDRAN WHILE all around me were rushing to get their hands on one, I steadfastly stood my ground. Not that I had anything against mobile phones They are wonderful instruments, one of the things to have really changed
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      59 30 COMICHt The Concrete Jungle/Colin Goh TumtH j*J|sra»a»&rl|lseM-.] is ®s«J HS-H Calvin and Hobbes/Bili Watterson Dilbert/Scott Adams CLJE OONT PAY i fI NEED OJEBIOT 1 (ID EXPECT ENOUGH TO HIRE SAVANTS WHO STOCK BRILLIANT PEOPLE Jf DO NT KNOW THEY 1 OPTIONS fjjEß rrr f should have better J i of
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      719 39  -  Singapore Turf Club puts up great show for world to see By Danny Khoo WHAT an opening. What a night. What a race. What a result. The inaugural running of the $3 million SIA International Cup at Kranji last Saturday, which highlighted the official opening of the
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      252 39 OUZO has become the highest-rated horse in local turf history following his sensational victory in the $3 million SIA International Cup last Saturday. The Malcolm Thwaites-trained galloper has been penalised one point to 131, one more than Fischer. Trainer Michael Kent's Carry The Flag also moves
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    486 41  -  27th ASIAN RACING CONFERENCE RACING By Brian Miller HORSE racing needs a World Championship where a horse wins while representing a country. That, said the Marquess of Hartington, was the way towards globalisation. Yes, globalisation was a word tossed around quite freely when
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      485 42 Aussie forces gearing up for Olympics -just in case IT'S not only athletes who are training hard for the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney. Australia's defence forces are also gearing up for the ultimate test of their strength The event: Operation Gold. The
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      428 43 NATIONWIDE LEAGUE DIVISION ONE IN ENGLAND WEEKEND RESULTS Sheffield United IQPRI Bolton 0 Charlton 2 Crewe 1 Norwich 0 Crystal Palace 1 Man City 1 Fulham 3 Port Vale 1 Huddersfield 2 Wolves 0 Ipswich 0 Portsmouth 1 Nottingham Forest 3 Swindon 1 Tranmere 2 Blackburn
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      114 43 Skysports. PROMOTION chasing Manchester City was frustrated by a spirited Crystal Palace. Steve Coppell's side fought tooth and nail for the privilege of a precious point at Selhurst Park on Saturday. City went ahead as early as the eighth minute when Robert Taylor nodded in
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      345 44 Bordeaux coach Elie Baup, commenting on the first-leg 2-0 deficit against United: "To win (against United) we need to go through a moment of madness... of euphoria." TE"; CROUP*:; 5 MuMm fIJVE, PfW, 3^o—, SpMtaPncwv Hirtlwlwfci 6HOUPB 2SSSEL, i CAULMPQUNE 04 I 800 t l lßifl
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      142 44 THE Red Devils suffered a mid-air scare on their flight to Bordeaux last night. The pilot of the chartered Boeing 757, carrying the Treble winner, spotted a potentia problem with the landing gear, reports The Sun Online. About 20 minutes into the flight from Manchester
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      94 44 DAVID Beckham has made peace with Sir Alex Ferguson ending their fortnight-long feud, reports Soccernet. As United angrily denied claims that it wanted to sell the star midfielder, Sir Alex revealed Beckham had vowed to toe the line after a recent series of bust-ups. "David knolvs
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      426 45 SPORTSTODAY THE five-digit number on this page is a mw Premiership record. Yes, an unprecedented 61,592 fans packed Manchester United's stadium Old Trafford on Saturday to watch the top-of-the-table clash between the Treble champion and Liverpool. The match ended 1-1. It's way above the 56,387-capacity at the home ground
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      119 43 "p* II >M«d -MM II- -j- -i- |.j\ READY TO SCORE? The S.League is back again, and it looks like it's going to be goal after goal after goal! And you don't have to be an expert to win with SCORE! Singapore Pools' football betting game. Just play any of
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      577 47 Eighteen new foreigners will take the field in the S-League as it goes into its fifth year on Thursday. But who among them will shine and possibly even win the Player of the Year award? LIM HAN MING narrows the field down to two Thawatchai (left)
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      172 47 BALESTIER CENTRAL Darren Stewart (Aus) S Rajkumar (Mas) Paul Richardson (Eng) CLEMENTI KHALSA Bogdan Brasoveanu (Rom) Reza Manesh (Ira) V Kovacevic (Bos); new. GEYLANG UNITED Billy Bone (Eng) Lutz Pfannenstiel (Ger) Gavin Wilkinson (NZ), new Brian Bothwell (Eng), new GOMBAK UNFTED Surachai Ja (Tha) Surachai Ji (Tha)
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      49 47 Wo* Happy With The Pa#b#l Lions' Performance, IMEHHJ' 16 t\ AwGiuG Av—Here's Your Chance to I I tell it to Vincent! National coach F jMßfek g* m 1 Vincent Subramaniam I I will be "Live" the \y www.Soccerasia.net Forum! vR Tuesday, 7th March 7.30 pm to 8.30 pm. tJffff/Hjint
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    544 48  -  Last Tuesday we broke the news... SPORTSTODAY By Peter Slow FIRST, they were invited to play in the S-League as foreign players. Next, they were given permanent residency, which allows them to live in Singapore and compete on local terms with the Republic's players. But, yesterday, they
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    94 50 Quick, duck... that baseball is headed straight for you. Oris it? Well, Florida Marlins' pitcher Vladimir Nunez doesn't seem to care either way. He just wants the batter— and you to flinch (Far left) NBA star John Stockton gets the basketball. The fan gets the
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      33 50 S-League 2000 countdown Pages 48-49 PR ban for next year's S-League Page 50 Operation Gold at Sydney Olympics Page 44 Man United gets ready for Bordeaux Mid-air scare for Red Devils Page 46
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