The New Paper, 1 April 2000

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    7 1 the new paper SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 2000
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      68 1 HW H By I MM I!uf.VP9 i^V 1 i! 1 1'! a tuition teacher Uf do this? J*. Turn to Page 10 to find out the horrible things she did 6 Another quality publication ol Singapore Pr—a Holdings http://newpaper.asia1.com.sg MITA (P) 062/04/99 60 CENTS 8 8 37 If )000r LATEST
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      Lock icon BOEING ALERT
      347 2 BOEING has alerted all airlines which use its 767-300 passenger aircraft. It has found cracks in the metal frame of some planes of this model, reports AP. Yesterday, the US-based Boeing Company said that parts of the plane's wing structure, near the central fuel tank, are showing signs
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      Lock icon SAFETY RECORD
      106 2 THE Boeing 767-300 aircraft has a good safety record. But there have been two instances when it crashed. In 1991, a 767-300 owned by Lauda Air crashed in Thailand, killing 223 people. Last October, an EgyptAir 767-300ER plunged at near-supersonic speed into the Atlantic, 100 km off the
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      100 3 ■pgJH There is a rumble H deep in the heartland H of Singapore. H In a primary school in Ang Mo Kio to be exact. The noises are coming from parents concerned about the welfare of their darling little kids. They want an escalator to replace the staircase in the
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      Lock icon Mr BIG
      427 4 EVER tried the Yoke Race? Not many have. If you know what this guy did to win it, you will know why. Norwegian Svend Karlsen, 33, lifted a 350-kg weight and walked 20m in 20sec. The race is part of a competition for the title of world's strongest
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      Lock icon THE SHOW
      73 4 WANT to watch Mr Svend Karlsen in action? Then head for Shaw House at 4pm. He will attempt to break a record at Starhub's two-day Launch Party. The party will take place along Orchard Road, from Shaw House to Orchard Point today and tomorrow, from 11am. Artistes and
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      Lock icon Great rates for handphone users
      319 6 IT'S finally here the great Singapore Telecom sale. Perhaps the best news for consumers is being able to get the best deal in town without hassle you can change mobile phone operators without having to change your phone number. Also, subscribers can still use services
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      52 6 GUN LOCK: This gun can't be used by a child because it has a built-in lock. Maryland, USA, could become the first state in the nation to require handguns like the one feature here. This was prompted by recent cases of children using their parents' guns.
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      Lock icon 93% say yes
      58 6 CLOB JUST over 93 per cent of Clob investors have accepted the offer from Malaysian private firm Effective Capital. ITus will pave the way for a 56-week staggered sale of their frozen shares. The acceptances from 160,313 investors involve 11.04 billion shares or about 98 per cent
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      52 6 BRITAIN BRITAIN is now looking to recruit informationtechnology experts from Singapore, Malaysia and other countries. The British government is rushing through new laws to make it easy for British companies to recruit such staff. Recently, the Leeds National Health Trust said it wants to recruit 100 nurses
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      Lock icon Mt Usu erupts
      62 6 I VOLCANO Japan's Mount Usu volcano in Hokkaido erupted a second time just before dawn today. A blast on Friday spewed tonnes of hot rock, smoke and ash 3.2 km into the air. The eruptions, the first in 20 years, forced the evacuation of 15,000 people and
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      Lock icon $1.7 m kidney?
      71 6 LOTTERY! BRITON Mick Taylor won about $11 million in a lottery. But Mr Taylor, 26, who has been suffering from severe kidney problems since he was 11, is also waiting for an organ transplant. So he offered $1.7 million in return for a healthy kidney. But under
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      45 6 The New Straits Times: RM60 access fee cap to go International Herald Tribune: Gore jumps into Elian spotlight BBC news: The Russian president-elect Vladimir Putin says he'll be appointing technocrats in his cabinet and there'll be no place in it for communists
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      Lock icon in Focus Hone your grammar
      147 7 DO you tell the car next to you to stop "horning"? Or, do you put up signs like The Most Excited Sale of the Year" outside your shop? If you do, it may be a good idea get a copy of Grammar Matters, a new
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      Lock icon No rise — yet
      57 7 No rise yet I JAKARTA has delayed a rise in fuel prices. After the Parliament warned that the announced 71-per-cent fuelprice rise could spark unrest, President Abdurrahman Wahid said: The government has decided to postpone the increase of fuel prices until we decide that the time is right." He said
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      Lock icon Piece of Virgin
      63 7 I AIRLINES IT'S official Singapore Airlines owns 49 per cent of Mr Richard Branson's Virgin Atlantic Airways and several of its subsidiaries. SLA announced yesterday the paperwork that finally sealed the SLA-Virgin deal was completed on Thursday, The Business Times reports. SLA is paying $1.6 billion for
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      63 7 The Straits Times: Big Bang triggers price war The Business Times: StarHub-SingTel Mobile spat resolved, thanks to IDA Lianhe Zaobao: Full liberalisation of telecommunications market from now on; SM Lee: we welcome international players to base themselves in Singapore (pix) Berita Harlan: A milestone in Singapore's telecommunication
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      Lock icon Healthy profits
      63 7 I RESULTS LISTED companies in Singapore made close to $9 billion in total last year, a big reversal from 1998 when combined earnings were $750 million. Some analysts expect their earnings to grow by up to 20 per cent this year, and this year's figure so far doesn't
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      61 7 CONTEST 1 STAY off cigarettes for a month and you could win a trip to Expo 2000 at Hanover, Germany, and US$10,000 ($17,000). For the first time, Singapore is taking part in Quit Win, an international anti-smoking scheme. But participants have to prove that they are smokers. Entry
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      Lock icon US STOCKS
      24 7 The Dow Jones industrial average fell 58.33 points to close at 10,921.92. The Nasdaq Composite index rose 114.99 to close at 4,572.88.
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      65 7 A knowledge-based economy is about tf* production, exploitation ahd application of knowledge. In the earlier stages of Singapore's development, we relied heavily on knowledge created by others. Our competitive advantage was in application of knowledge. Over time f we also became adept at exploiting knowledge using knowledge to
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      60 7 For a better WOfld... 30 we care as at 8 am today H The world's mist recognized icon* is /mi fl ■I toner available Singapore Emergency Hotline: 1-800-*****68 See The Sunday Times Press Ad for full details. •Alwayi "Coca-Cola" logo ***** Th« Coca Cota Con»any -Coca-Cota" OMmdM Contou- BoWa and
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
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      Lock icon Where have all the taxis gone?
      67 9 muifmui* 11m SMto Nim pi0i vivttv Eiw||i1ftiM«k«r v m nprtriali Mat ia Singapore, aa haw dMIcalt It Is to git a taxi feriafpaakbaars: In Singapore, nearly every taxi driver is 4 shift' between 5 pm and 6 pm, so that even if an unoccupied
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      Lock icon BEWARE! This tuition teacher is a thief and a cheat
      749 10  -  JAILED: Vicky Herman Quek Bee Lan was sentenced to 30 months' jail for theft. She faced three charges of stealing from Madam Hairanah, Madam Goh, and schoolboy Lin Zhenwem. She could have been jailed for up to seven years and
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      Lock icon BEWARE! THIS WOMAN DRUGS THEN ROBS
      188 10 VICKY Herman Quek, a former lounge hostess, was sentenced to four years'jail last November. She had drugged an air steward and then robbed him in his own flat. Mr Lee Yoong Kwee, 30, was waiting for a cab past midnight on July 25 last
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      Lock icon Drawn by her ad in the papers
      244 11  -  By Chua Wei Yng MADAM Hairanah Ahmad first contacted tuition teacher Vicky Herman Quek (left) in March 1998, after reading her advertisement in The Straits Times Classifieds. "The way she worded her advertisement was very impressive. And she wasn't in a rush to
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      Lock icon WHAT CASE SAYS:
      154 11 A CONSUMER Association of Singapore (Case) spokesman was surprised to hear of Quek's exploits. "This must be the first of the lot, and hopefully the last." She added that at the moment there is no governing body, no regulations or industry norms that apply to tuition teachers.
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      Lock icon Ommm...
      802 12 humiyS unwinding doesn't come j naturally to these people Y HANDS ON STUFF: The Zoo staff and Hongbao, the orang-utan therapist, meditating. Holding Hongbao's left hand is administrative assistant Madam Aini Ayob. Beside her is the Zoo's senior marketing manager George Goh. About the ANIMAL therapy is still in
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      117 13 1 *m Vj;x3&jfeL' JMk A tastes tjtf^way. "The <jf Seasoning" at the Singapore FoooFestival 2000 proudly brought to you by SINSIN Venue: Parco Bugis Junction Date 31/3 (6.45pm 9.30pm) 01/4 (11am-9.30pm) 02/4 (11am-9.30pm) KjL< JackNeo Hilarious comedy segment with Jack Neo Sizzling dance by our Spicy Babes plus see if
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    Lock icon He stole bike, took drugs, sold porn
    352 14  -  SINGAPORETODAY By] Lingam Ponnampalam WHAT a bad boy! Only 20 years old and he had already strung together a crime list that would put other criminals to shame. Stealing motorbikes, taking drugs and peddling pornography were all in a day's work for him.
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      88 16 H- 7 1 In business, as in life, it's important to know what's coming your way. Which is why for 23 years, businessmen have relied on The Business Times IKITCI I IPCIUrC rUAHI r C C CI/CDVTUIUP r accurate predictions and analysis. Now, it will be using this expertise WltLLiVltlivt
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      Lock icon More like forced schooling...
      610 17 MADRASAHS AND COMPULSORY EDUCATION So says Pergas, an association of Islamic scholars and teachers. In a strongly-worded statement yesterday, the association said the proposed compulsory education is like killing the roots of the religious education system here. AZHAR GHANlgives the details MATTER BEING STUDIED In August
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      111 17 Retain primary madrasah and improve its curriculum. The compulsory education proposal has two objectives: To give all students adequate skills training and to promote national integration. Pergas feels that the first can be done by improving the madrasah curriculum and the way it is taught. Twinning wtth government schools.
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      187 18 M. i In 'Police Catch Thief', the police always win. i jg&r I was always the The never because we carried on playing late into the evening I .Y§f§®fc Jfe '-:t*»- until eventually we caught him (unless mum called us in first). P t 9p The point is, we never
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      437 19 CHANGE Star Hub iln the last issue of the Change series, HONGXJNYI talks to a Temasek lecturer and an assistant chief executive of a computer Mchool about the classroom of the 21st century [NO problem. This is possible in the schools of tomorrow, ays
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      Lock icon TELL US YOUR FAVOURITE
      93 19 THE New Paper, together with StarHub, hat run six stories on changes that have made, or will make, an Impact on our lives. Just To rerresn, xri© W0 n)^nii^ntou were handphones, the Internet transport. e-Commerce, cashless socles and how t r«-n f>4i n ri 4a nlmnln
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      Lock icon Testers needed for high-tech video phones
      298 20  -  By Dotty Li OKAY, it's here. The brave new world of the liberalised telecom market. New services, cheaper rates. Phones are just not going to be the same again. And one upstart local company is showing how far and how fast players in this
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      55 20 Here's how to register for Fasti and get a chance to win a new handphone: Just call The New Paper infoline at 1900-*****01 before midnight today. Each call costs 20 cents. The lucky three will be electronically picked. Their IC numbers will be published in The
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      106 19 Register for Star Hub's lOD 008 service today Qand you can take advantage of Singapore's new International phone service with immediate effect from 1 April. You don't need to have a Star Hub phone line to use IDO 008. You can dial 008 from your existing phone line. There's no
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      Lock icon Is she the ONE?
      130 23 HOW TO TAKE PART SEND your Maid of the Year nomination to: The New Paper, Times House, 390 Kim Seng Road, Singapore *****5. Fax: 737-5375 E-mail: npops@sph.com.sg. Your nomination, with a supporting statement, should reach us by April 9. Your nomination should say why your maid
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      50 23 The stepson was charged with rape, two counts of aggravated outraging of modesty and consumption and possession of controlled drugs. He has been sentenced to nine years'jail and nine strokes of the cane. He could have been jailed up to 20 years, in addition to a fine or caning.
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      Lock icon Man, 19, rapes stepmother while father is in hospital. But she forgives him for his crime WHY?
      626 23  -  By Sheela Narayanan SHE was a picture of calm in a light-blue sarung and T-shirt. Madam S (not her real name), 39, recounted her ordeal with no apparent sign of hate, anger or
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      Lock icon Robo-driver passes his driving test
      198 24 Reuters. KLAUS passed his driving test with flying colours yesterday. That's him in the picture. He has three arms, three legs and is made of aluminium. Klaus pioneered by car maker Volkswagen AG (VW) drove in public for the first time around a German test
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      Lock icon Close fight for voters' hearts
      595 24  -  PAHANG BY-ELECTION REPORTS WOON WUI TEK IN MENTAKAB PAHANG LAST night in Mentakab town, the streets were alive. Alive with the cajoling, intimidating, pressuring, beseeching voices of a thousand political operatives. If ever the phrase "too close to call" applied to a political war, it
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      Lock icon CALLING ON GOD AND MAN
      176 24 OUT in the kampung battlegrounds of Malaysia's Sanggang by-election, both God and Man were being pressed into service. God, because activists of the Islamic Pas party still threatened that "those who vote for (ruling party) Umno won't go to Heaven". Man, firstly, because the background
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      Lock icon they're still good friends
      47 27 muKmu Jerry Greenfield and Ben Cohen, both co-founders and vtce-ihahnwrn of famous Ice-cream brand Ban A Jerry's, on nimonra that there It a Hfl between them: Today, we are slower and fatter and better friends than ever. We expect that trend to continue.
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      Lock icon His money woes may affect YOU
      499 27  -  By: Suresh Kumar FOR years, this man (above) was viewed as a master stock picker who helped his rich clients to become even richer. But on Thursday, Mr Julian Robertson, chairman of Tiger Management hedge fund, dropped a bombshell: He was closing shop after
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      Lock icon The man behind Uganda's deadly cult
      355 28 Wire Services. THIS is the face of the fanaticial Christian leader being blamed for more than 900 deaths in Uganda over the last two weeks. Joseph Kibwetere, 68, one of the leaders of the Doomsday cult, was initially believed to have led 500 of
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      Lock icon DEATH TOLL CLIMBS TO OVER 900
      95 28 Wire services THE death toll in the Ugandan cult massacre reached 924 yesterday, making it the worst modern-day cult-related killing in recent history. The only other tragedy that comes close is the 1978 Jonestown mass suicide and killings in Guyana where Reverend Jim Jones
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      Lock icon Carrying on doggedly
      68 29 Yes, this puppy gets around on wheels. He Is Jake, a four-month-old golden retriever from Scarborough, Maine, USA. The bottom half of Jake's hind legs were chewed off by his mother, who rejected him when he was born. But his loving owners, determined to save him, fitted
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      Lock icon He appeals to their heart, not head
      342 29 Wire Services HE is a real man. That is what Russian women say of their president-elect, Mr Vladimir Putin (left). After a long time, they have a politician over whom they can swoon and sigh. Someone whose smile they want to see as
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    Lock icon SATURDAY with BRIAN MILLER
    324 31 If you've got money, Everest is yours WORLDTODAY I DONT think Sir Edmund Hillary was cheapening the sport of mountain climbing when he said recently that scaling Mount Everest is no longer the big challenge it once was. Sir Edmund, who scaled Everest in 1953 with
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      264 32 B f< "iMfCtin lis w E IV Singapore A/ |,i f r I FASHION INTERPRETATIONS V j*BF* Spotlighting P Singapore's top fashion stylists and celebrating the latest fashion statements for the (*)f new millennium p Mil' apr *a ni' V 1 Millenia Walk and the Trade Development Board are proud
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      Lock icon I didn't kill my friend, says boy, six
      288 33 Source: AP. NO, I did not shoot her. With little more than his eyes and nose visible over the witness stand, a six-year-old boy denied that he shot classmate Kayla Roll and to death and blamed another first-grader. The boy was testifying
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      Lock icon DADDY (UN) COOL
      350 33 He injected daughter with drug to make her think he's hip Ms Freeman said Avery injected two of the girls 20 to 30 times, and one possibly 75 times, with "crank" 9 a slang word for methamphetamine. According to her, this was what happened: He took the
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      1367 54 TODAY'S IPOH RACE CARD Going forecast: Yielding Mo. la**nm Horw W W*t .today T* 1 *****7 KIASU 57 (47) DCh«a 1 (4<ug YF Slwa) 2 *****- AUSCHAMP 56.5 (46) *RUmc2.5 3 (6ag SH TarvOwrwr) 3 o-O- RARE TREASURE 56 (45) 'JChuah 6 (3ag Tiang-Anrta) 4 -022- COMPUANCE CHIEF 55.5 (44)
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      55 54 PICK OF THE DAY Top proposition with up-and-coming apprentice Richard Lim aboard. Is turning to be somewhat of a 1,100m straight course specialist. Has had three starts for two wins and a second. A wet track will suit him fine as he has won
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      307 55 Marc Tan Danny Khoo Lionel Lee Tan Thean Loon 4 Swift Grey 6 Sumptuous 2 Precious Pesrl 6 Sumptuous Mm 8 Silent Star 1 Tip Top 6 Sumptuous 8 Silent Star 6 Sumptuous 5 Ocean Jade 5 Ocean Jade 5 Ocean Jade 2 Deo Grades 6
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        57 55 MARC TAN Good thing beaten when jockey David Walker dropped his whip in the crucial stages last week when this nice-looking entire finished third to Orlando City in a 1,400m event. The mile trip suits him just fine. The added advantage is that he
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        57 55 DANNY KHOO Has been frustratingly unlucky so far, finding one to beat on three occasions. Has an excellent chance, however, to break through here against rivals who have come through the ranks. Should handle the 2,000m trip without problem as one of his
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        66 55 LIONEL LEE A winner of two races over 1,600 m earlier in the season, he was sent over the 1,400 m last week and what a performance he put up. Seventh for home, he unleashed a terrific burst in the final 100 m to win
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      48 55 RACE 1: East Anglia, William's Pride. RACE 4: King General, Mark Of Courage. RACE 5: Super Hammer. RACE 6: Just Call Me Sir, Veracity, Excellent Striker, Set The Fashion, Latin Lad. RACE 7: King Street. RACE 8: Super Nidoking, Ouragan Noir, Blue Genius, Riveira, Son Of Songkhla.
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      309 55  -  By Danny Khoo SUPERB EFFECT or Wonderful General for the Tiger Beer Triple Challenge second leg? That has been the burning question at Kranji all week. The two Charles Leck-trained runners certainly look to have the second leg over 1,400 m, slated as Race 7 tonight,
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      1023 56 TODAY'S KRANJI (COURSEA) RACE CARD Going forecast: Good No. uaiww How WW Rating Joday Swrtar tnrfmr-owwf) 1 *****7 TIPTOP 59 (48) KLOo 4 (4n*g Yeoh-Aunc) 2 7-29- PRECIOUS PEARL 58 (46) TOngc25 8 (4ag Kwit-Carltonian) 3 -5— MING GENERAL 57.5 (45) \ISmri 6 (4ah Kcnt-Oragon) 4 *****5 SWIFT GREY 57
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      83 56 THE Singapore Turf Club (SNTC) uses four courses A, B, C and D to differentiate the location of the rails. For Course A, the rails are at their original position. For Course B, they are four metres away from the original position. For Courses C and D, they
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      405 57 DANNY KHOO'S GUIDE TO KRANJI TRACKWORK TRAINER Malcolm Thwaites' Trillion Win looks the one to follow at Kranji next Wednesday night. Taken out by leading jockey Saimee Jumaat, the unbeaten two-time winner looked a picture of fitness as he cantered one round on the
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      212 57 RACE 1: Slow work: Swift Grey (L Dittman), looking well. RACE 2: Slow work: Casual Trio, Power General (apprentice CT Kuah), looking forward, Purple Power, looking well, Purple River, Dragon Prospero (V Sivan). RACE 3: Slow work: Myst, The Bossman, Destined To Win, fit, Beat Em' All.
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      189 57  -  By Danny Khoo THE Penang Sprint Trophy will retain its status as the premier sprint race in Malaysia. Prize money for the Aug 27 event over 1,400m at Batu Gantong has been raised to RM700,000 ($315,000) RM50,000 more than the last running in 1998. Last
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      44 58 RESULTS of yesterday's 1,000m barrier trial on the fibresand track at Kranji. The going was good. 1 Conglomerate (apprentice M Hairin) 2 Super Leader (apprentice KB Soo) 3 Colle System 4 Diamonesque (E Wilkinson). Unofficial margins and time: Distance, hd, hd (lmin01.22sec).
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      250 58 AFP. JAPAN'S top jockey Yutaka Take said he would move to the United States in June with a long-term view to establishing his reputation in US races. "It's been my dream to compete in the US for a long time since I
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      395 58 NST. RANKING AHEAD wrapped up his preparations for the Pangkor Special Stakes for Class 4 sprinters over 1,200m in Race 7 tomorrow with an impressive workout yesterday. With a track rider up, the Australian-bred sprinted keenly over the final 600m to clock 38.7sec. He finished full
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      14145 59 STRONG CHANCE: Jockey Sam Sublan can gat off to a flying atart aboard the All Afandl-tralned Claaay Lurnner. n MIGHTY GENERAL 57(48) TM Wan (13) (4ag B Chua-Fated To Win) By Bold Rancher-Lyric Grove; grey; landed 16.9.98; 3rfa0-0; late Bold Lyric. 23.01.99 RT-2 Sainwt 57 H
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      177 59 n STAR GENERAL 57(48) Wilkinson (4) (4nzg Baertschiger-Star General) By Waikiki Star-Maazel; bay; landed 6.1.98; 8r l-OO (KR*****f1:49.153.5) 12.12.99 C 5 Soo 55 (42) (5) 9 9 4/11 ($23) 1 Paris Amour KRbl6oog 1:52.1 (415) 05.01.00 C 5 Wilkinson 53.5 (40) (1) 5 3 1/8 ($11)
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      845 68 GUTS FOR GLORY: Gutsy Big Splendour (left, in file picture, who just failed to catch Three Crowns in the 1998 Singapore Gold Cup at Bukit Timah) is among 30 horses entered for the April 16 Sultan OfSelangor Gold Cup race In
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      36 70 WEEKEND ACTION TODAY: Fiorentina v Bologna Juventus v Lazio TOMORROW: Bari v Cagliari Inter-Milan v Reggina Perugia v Torino AS Roma v Udinese Venezia v Lecce Verona v Piacenza Parma v AC Milan
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      307 70 JUVENTUS v LAZIO SERIE A leader Juventus and second-placed Lazio have sent out an "air force" of private planes to bring home their international stars. And they hope the legion of stars many involved in crucial World Cup qualifiers in South America will be back
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      940 71 NO 2 POSITION Apr 9: Aston Villa A Apr 16: Arsenal H Apr 22: Newcastle Utd A Apr 30: Sheffield Wed A May 3: Watford H May 6: Everton H May 14: West Ham A NO 5 POSITION Apr 12: Coventry H Apr IS: Sheff Wed
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      107 71 Leeds and Chelsea have met 81 times. Leeds holds the advantage, winning 37, losing 22 and drawing 22 1999: Chelsea 0 Leeds 2 1998: Chelsea 1 Leeds 0 Leeds 0 Chelsea 0 1997: Leeds 3 Chelsea 1 Chelsea 0 Leeds 0 1996: Chelsea 0 Leeds 0 Leeds
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      137 71 AP. A MAN was charged with assault yesterday In connection with an attack on a female soccer fan that shocked the British nation. The attack had led to a campaign to track down England's most wanted hooligan. The man, identified as 31-year-old Jonathan Edmonds,
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      136 72 YOU have Dion Dublin, we have EidurGudjohnsen. Good what? Gudjohnsen. Good at scoring goals. The 21-year-old has banged in 117 goals in 142 matches. That kind of goal ratio can make legends like Gary Linekerand Ian Rush blush. And the kid even makes a habit of the
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      145 73 AP. FAST bowler Waqar Younis led Pakistan to victory at the Coca-Cola Cup cricket tournament in Shaxjah (UAE). Waqar, who was named Man of the Match, took wickets at vital times to ensure the 16-run win over South Africa. Pakistan scored 263 for 6 in 50
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      1197 75 SINGAPORE ATHLETICS disappointed there is no seconder. I'm afraid this is a sad end to your team. But I'm prepared to wait. I'm prepared to give you all a chance." There was silence. Heads began to turn again. Pereira, head bowed and wetting his lips,
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      40 76 JURONG v TANJONG PAGAR (Jurong East Stadium) HOMEUTDv BALESTIER (Btshan Stadium) Both matches start at 7.30pm QALLINFOUNE Call 1900-*****13 after 8.30pm for the half-time score and after 9.30pm for full-time results. Calls cost 30 cents a minute.
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      73 76 Azizah Razak, 29, teacher (wife off Jurong Keeper Bahir Khan: I predict that Jurong will win 1-0. Why? Because my husband is the goalkeeper. And he had better stop all the balls from going in. Nfeha, girlfriend of Home United midfielder Iswandy Ami!: Of course, Home United will win.
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