The New Paper, 6 May 2000

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1 77 The New Paper
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    7 1 the new paper SATURDAY, MAY 6, 2000
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  • THENEWSTODAY
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      Lock icon The other LOVE VIRUS
      498 2 Source: AP. THIS love bug has been on the prowl in cyberspace for a long time. It can be found in sex chat rooms and porn sites and affects both men and women. Once infected, the bug's victims become online sex addicts. With the number of
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      Lock icon REAL CASES
      93 2 AT the Stanton Peele Addiction website, a man wrote that his girlfriend of seven months was addicted to cybersex. She also had actual sex with the men and women she met. Each time he confronted her, she felt ashamed and promised it wouldn't happen again. In Detroit on
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      Lock icon Manila man the culprit
      121 2 ILOVEYOU VIRUS GUESS who caused the havoc all over the world with his "I LOVE YOU" virus? Not an American hacker, but an Asian a 23-year-old man from the Pandacan area of Manila. An Internet service provider in Manila confirmed that the man had two e-mail
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    • Article
      Lock icon The billion-dollar bill
      116 2 Source: Reuters. THE Love Bug may have cost companies around the world some US$lO billion ($l7 billion) in total damages. Estimates for losses suffered yesterday alone were estimated at between US$l billion and US$l.5 billion, said Computer Economics analyst Samir Bhavnani. And most companies will be footing
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      90 2 Looking for an International Education without leaving Singapore? The Singapore Distance Learning Fair offers fhe best source of information on the latest undergraduate/postgraduate programmes MBA's ana professional qualifications offered by international universities/institutions for study in Singapore Meet senior representatives and academics from the USA, UK. Europe Canada Australia and Singapore
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      50 2 SOWY 'n OV "600** yesterday. 'j?oi who's expanding: Singapore Poofs we stated wrong'y that rQmrpiss i O n 'S not D3'd o° t h e sales o* Singaoce SweeD tickets. This is incorrect. retailers a r e paid. Leisure Showtime: Pages 34 to 41 Comics: Page 32 TV: Page 79
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      480 3  -  REPORTS PICTURE ZAIHAN MOHAMED YUSOF IF you hear a loud and thundering chorus coming up behind you during the Big Walk, don't run for cover. It's just the army singing in tempo and making their presence felt. With 141 members already registered, these soldiers will surely attract the
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      Lock icon AIDS...and a family divided
      1165 4  -  By Genevieve Jiang THE little Singapore boy cries every time he hears his father on the phone. On the other side of the Causeway, his father breaks down too. The two have not seen each other for a year. The son thinks his father is crying
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      Lock icon 'My kids keep me alive'
      251 5  -  THE AIDS STORY By Genevieve Jiang "I DONT see why I should stop being a parent just because I have this illness." HIV positive herself, battling alone for her children. Madam Cindy hasn't given up on life. She is an active volunteer for most of
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  • QUICKNEWS
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      Lock icon JBJ declared a bankrupt
      306 6 MR J B JEYARETNAM (right) was declared a bankrupt by the High Court yesterday. He had failed to settle a $30,000 debt which arose from a defamation suit. The Workers' Party chief had been ordered to pay this amount in relation to an article in his
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      Lock icon Gone in a snap
      75 6 Pi (J"'® This Annabel Chong turned up like a bad penny in Hongkong. But she got the cameras snapping on Thursday night. What's more, 50 autographed photos of her were snapped up by men who attended the promotion of her movie, The Annabel Chong Story. It
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        66 6 GOVERNMENT CIVIL-servant salaries look set to rise. PM Mr Goh Chok Tong hinted that Singapore needed to pay internationally-competitive wages to stem the out-flow of talent and attract top brains. He said it was necessary for the salaries of civil servants to "keep pace" with those in the
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        58 6 SOCIETY A BUSINESSMAN hopes to hold Singapore's first forum on gays and lesbians. Mr Alex Au, 47, has applied to conduct Gays Lesbians Within Singapore 21 a discussion of where they stand in relation to Singapore 21, the national vision for society. "What does 'strong families' mean when
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        62 6 ENVIRONMENT THE Environment Ministers of Singapore and Malaysia yesterday agreed that the vital Straits of Johor must be clean enough for people to swim in. A new grading system will classify Straits water as good, moderate or poor. Singapore said the quality of straits water currently varied while
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        Lock icon Pergas happy
        44 6 MADRASAHS THE association of Islamic scholars and teachers, Pergas, has welcomed Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong's statement that the six full-time madrasahs here will be allowed to function if compulsory education is introduced. This signalled the PM's openness and sincerity, it added.
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      Lock icon world Head liners
      48 6 New Straits Times: Renew Umno's struggle International Herald Tribune: US unemployment rate hits 30-year low at 3.9 per cent BBC news: The United Nations has said it believes more than 300 United Nations personnel have now been taken hostage by the rebels in Sierra Leone
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      Lock icon Boy's missing; cops want mum
      97 7 in FtSKSus INTERPOL has issued an arrest warrant for a Singaporean mother. Her son, who was in the custody of her former husband, has gone missing in Denmark. And there is suspicion that Madam Amjit Kaur, 34, the boy's mother, snatched him. A neighbour saw
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      Lock icon Hit spot
      63 7 CRIME IN a world-first Internet service, Melbourne-based company Crime Net will provide details about serious criminals, drawn from newspapers and the courts. The venture was slammed by people who said it would breed community fear and play into the hands of vigilantes. But the site was a hit
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      Lock icon $272m water
      51 7 SINGAPORE Power has bought a water-treatment plant in South Korea, it said yesterday. It paid US$l6O million ($272 million). The plant was sold by Samsung General Chemicals, which wants to focus on its petrochemical business. It sold its power and steam generation facilities to Singapore Power five months
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      Lock icon All about health
      61 7 INTERNET THE Internet arm of Singapore Press Holdings, Asia One, has signed a deal with Health Answers to set up a website on healthcare. It will be ready by mid-May. Asia One Health Answers will have the latest information on health issues, personalised question sessions with experts
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      Lock icon Top properties
      52 7 INDONESIA THE Government of Singapore Investment Corporation is eyeing luxury hotels, industrial estates and prime office buildings in Jakarta, Bali, Bintan and other sites throughout Indonesia. That's why it held talks yesterday with Ibra, Indonesia's bankrestructuring agency, which launched the international sale of its property portfolio worth nearly
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      59 7 BUSINESS The Straits Times: DBS reprieve for lm customers The Business Times: US jobless rate falls to 30-year low Lianhe Zaobao: City Centre town council to examine "killer-litter" problem Berita Harian: DBSBank allows use of CPF funds to meet 'minimum balance' RCS morning news: The Prime Minister
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      53 7 lf y° u tore ver V thrifty and not snobbish, you want to save money to be an entrepreneur in Singapore, live in an HDBflat. Housing Board chairman Ngiam Tong Dow, in an interview in Ethos, a publication of the Civil Service College, on making HDB flats more
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      Lock icon US STOCKS
      101 7 $tfck The Dow Jones industrial average climbed 165.37 points, or 1.59 per cent, to end at 10,577.86, after sliding about 400 points in the previous three sessions. The Nasdaq composite index advanced 96.58 points, or 2.60 per cent, to 3,816.82. This was after it was clear that the
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    Lock icon Prankster plants nails on stairs
    548 8  -  FROM thumbtacks... TO more thumbtacks... TO these huge, rusty nails SINGAPORETODAY By Tanya Fong SOMEONE was out to nail them. With long, rusty and nasty industrial nails. Cunningly placed to catch the unwary. One false step and their feet would be skewered. Whodunnit? No one
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      110 9 Part-Time Teaching. Now Available For Former Teachers. Wouldn't it be great if you could spend a part of the day shaping and nurturing young minds? Now you can with our flexible teaching scheme. Apply now! Visit our website for more details and application forms. Please submit your application by 15
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      Lock icon Your guide to latest move
      434 10 DBS' NEW CHARGES The new $2 fee on DBS Bank and POSBank savings accounts that fall below $500 will go ahead as announced for many on June 1. But as DBS Chairman Mr S Dhanabalan explained yesterday, about a million customers will get a reprieve.
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      Lock icon Why DBS has to charge
      87 10 A customer who maintains a minimum balance of $500 in a savings account enables the Bank to make about $10per year. But the costs of running this account will cost the Bank more than $2. For example y if there are two Giro transactions, one
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      Lock icon Charges too for ATM transactions?
      35 10 Mr Dhanabalan. This is very common in other countries where they give you five transactions a month, and beyond that, you pay. It's just a matter of time... Mr Dhanabalan
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    Lock icon $15,000 richer...thanks to The New Paper on Sunday
    385 12  -  SINGAPORETODAY By Lingam Ponnampalam IT WAS second time lucky for this week's winner and in more ways than one. Abuzz with excitement, Ms Ang Geok Hwa, 34, was almost too overwhelmed to talk. But once the palpitations stopped, we learnt that she
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    Lock icon TCS star breaks a tooth
    265 14 SINGAPORETODAY TALK about doing your bit for charity. Li Nanxing went as far as getting his molar crushed on Thursday night. The Channel 8 actor was rehearsing the highlight of the road safety charity show to be held tomorrow Th« act requires him to use
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    Lock icon Soon, you'll be able to step on it a bit
    368 16 SINGAPORETODAY IT'S official. You can drive 10 kph faster. But hold on. Don't go stomping on the accelerator just yet. You will have to wait till June, if you don't want the Traffic Police after you. And that doesn't mean
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      851 17 Take the BEST Route to Improve Your English and Mathematics Enhance Your Career and Educational Opportunities! Cu» BEST The nstitute of Technical Education's (ITE) Continuing Education and Training Programmes provides skills training and continuing education courses for adult learners. In 1983, the Basic Education for Skills Training (BEST) programme was
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      173 18 r^X. N #>wr A. J B Bl ySPv Explosive Super Sunday hosts, adrenaline-pumping cast of your favourite celebntis TAO CHING YING, TSENG PAO-I, PU HSUEH LIANG, HARLEM YU DANIEL CHAN, PHIL CHANG, TANYA CHUA, GIGI LEUNG AND ERIC MOO Loving your mum means taking care of her health! Usher In
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Lock icon Finding and nurturing talent
      72 19 m m»mu CrMtto TecMocsr chairman 81m I/hug Hoo, on how the Singapore school system cm stMt talent: Those who fail will be relegated to a very boring and demanding job that they don't like; they will be cursed for life. But they could have become very
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      Lock icon Coping when baby's sick
      119 19 PUBLIC HEALTH SEMINAR How do you cope when your child falls sick? Great Eastern Life is organising a public health seminar to help parents learn more about how to cope with common child-related illnesses. Specialists from the K K Women's and Children's Hospital will tell you
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      137 19 BOYBAND Westlife will breeze into Singapore tor a concert on May 12. They will croon hits from their debut album such as Swear It Again and Seasons In The Sun. At their last show here in November, the Irish lads attracted a shrieking crowd of 1,500
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      Lock icon KILLER FLOWER POTS: THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STORY — HOUSEWIVES WHO CAN'T GROW PLANTS ANYMORE
      40 20 KILLER FLOWER POTS: THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STORY HOUSEWIVES WHO CAN'T GROW PLANTS ANYMORE POTENTIAL KILLERS: All it takes is for one of these pots outside a Tampines block to fall over and hit someone. Picture/ Zahlan Mohd Yusof
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      Lock icon How many more must die before they see the danger of their pots?
      467 20  -  By Florence Tan THEY want to see life bloom Ironic, isn t it, but that s the reason some people have for placing plants on ledges? They watch as life unfolds in their flower pots hardly giving
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      Lock icon 'How can you live with it?'
      148 20 HE'S still grieving over his daughter's death. But Mr Goh Miah Boon, Cheryl's father, summoned enough courage to talk about it a briefing by the City Centre Town Council yesterday. "I dont't have to tell you how you would feel if one of these
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      Lock icon THE HOUSEWIVES' JOY
      24 20 NO MORE: The Redhill housewife who used to hang her flowerpots outside her kitchen has since removed them. Picture/ Florence Tan
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      Lock icon Reaching out to foreign workers
      300 21 Tomorrow, a group of foreign workers the maids will be feted when The New Paper on Sunday crowns the Maid of the Year. But other foreign workers haven't been forgotten, reports AZHAR GHANI THIS teenager never imagined he'd be one-on-one with foreign workers. Philebert Leow
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      Lock icon 'MAKING A DIFFERENCE' DAY
      165 21 ON Sunday, May 28, volunteers will make their way to three well-known foreign worker haunts in Singapore: Orchard Road, Golden Mile Complex and the Indian Sunday Market. With at least one native speaker in each group, they will go around thanking foreign workers for their contributions
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      Lock icon Sunday fun at Sentosa
      177 22 Three in the hunt Who will be crowned? THE Maid of the Year will be crowned at Sentosa's Musical Fountain tomorrow. The event from spm to 6pm will feature cultural performances from the Philipines and Indonesia. For those keen to go, there'll be discounted i Sentosa
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      Lock icon Look what they're applauding in China
      89 24 FRENCH fashion has hit Beijing, with a major store featuring a top French range opening in China's capital recently. The models above seem mighty pleased about it. Some of the fashions are rather daring, even in the much less regimented modern China This Beijing
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      Lock icon Set on FIRE in playground
      543 24 Source The Times, Daily Express. A "gorgeous" boy of 11 went out to play yesterday. And life for him will never be the same again. His friend, aged 12, allegedly poured fuel on him and then set him or fire in a public playground near
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  • THE SIPADAN HOSTAGE CRISIS
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      Lock icon Who's pulling the trogger?
      725 26 President Joseph Estrada refuses to give in to the demands of Abu Sayyaf rebels. The military also has fixed views. But the chief negotiator would rather talk than shoot his way to a solution. So, who is really in charge of ending the hostage crisis in
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      Lock icon LATEST: REBELS MAY INVITE MEDIA TO WITNESS EXECUTION
      198 26 ABU Escobar, an Abu Sayyaf spokesman, has renewed the threat to execute two of the hostages, reported the Philippine Daily Inquirer. "They (rebel leaders) are assessing the situation but, if the fighting in Basilan continues, we may even invite the media to
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      Lock icon $391 m up for grabs in US lottery
      176 28 Dreams just got bigger in the land of dreams. The Big Game jackpot swelled to US$23O million ($391 million) yesterday making it the second-largest prize in American lottery history. Ms Rebecca Paul, head of the Georgia Lottery, which deals with the game
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      Lock icon Even the law has to line up
      145 28 BIG money was on this policeman's mind as well. And it has landed him in big trouble. A police officer is facing disciplinary action for jumping a queue to buy tom.com shares while on patrol, reported the South China Morning Post. Tom.com is
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      Lock icon Enough is enough
      51 28 mui<mu)< CF C 7 Malaysian evergreen singer Sharifah Aini seldom appears in concerts because she doesn't want to be over-exposed. Slw explains: You know that feeling when you have eaten too much and feel like throwing up? That is how I feel if I do too many
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      Lock icon No Aussie Virgins allowed
      362 29  -  By order: Richard Branson IS it a case of a giant company picking on the little guys? Some may think so, because several of the little guys have been ordered to do as they are told, or else! The order is from billionaire Richard Branson's lawyers.
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      Lock icon Doggone it, what happened to a good ol' tin bath?
      72 29 WHADDYA MEAN SPIN CYCLE?: The dog waiting here to be washed shouldn't worry. This automatic animal washing machine is quite safe, according to inventor, Spaniard Angel Segura. It just sprays the animal with Jets of water and soap, and then
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      Lock icon Let's just pull the plug on Ananova
      462 30  -  with MICHELLE ANG TELL me a story. With feeling. With expression. With intelligence. With mistakes. In other words, be human when you are telling me a story. Don't be a green-haired, stop-start-off-sync gizmo girl telling me about the world from the inside of
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    Lock icon Breakfast, it's a pleasure
    451 31  -  WITH CHENG PUAY KOON Monday: Lift the spoon out of the mug of steaming Milo and lick the sticky-sweet, dark brown glob coating its back. Let the tongue creep into the secret most crevices in between the teeth to remove all traces of the sticky-sweet treat.
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      706 32 Today's Hottest Issue: How To Keep A Good Employee Singapore Press Holdings isn't just the region's leading candidates to meet with the Group's fast expanding ASSISTANT MANAGER, publisher of newspapers, magazines and periodicals. needs.This would include occasional travel overseas to HUMAN RESOURC E recruit foreign talent You would also manage
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  • ShowTime
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      Lock icon A-Mei's man opens up
      935 33 He has won the heart of one of Singapore's heartthrobs, Taiwanese pop singer Chang Huei Mei. But he is shy about the relationship. Still, Brian Chow chairman of Legend Entertainment, which staged A-mei's concerts here in 1998 and 1999 allowed us a peek into his heart.
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      199 35 POP diva Marlah Carey (left) is watching her pride take a fall as her sister, Alison, washes some dirty linen in public. The Star magazine reported that Alison, who used to work as a prostitute, has written a book, Mariah and Me, which has many shocking
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      420 37  -  By SETO NU-WEN ITS hard to laugh at the funny bits in the movie. Because, at its very core, Man On The Moon is tragic and depressing. Although you won't be grabbing tissues, it won't leave you with a feel-good tingle either. Man On
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      366 47  -  Race-fixing scam: Case involving more than 50 armed men who storm PenangTurf Club BY Tanya Fong THE Singaporean suspected of being the leader of a horse race-fixing ring will be remanded for another 60 days in the lock-up at the Penang Police Headquarters. The
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      554 47 DANNY KHOO'S GUIDE TO KRANJI TRACKWORK CLEAR VISION, who was beaten narrowly at his last start, should stake a strong claim in Race 2 at Kranji tomorrow. The Laurie Laxon-trained runner looked in superb shape when he cantered two rounds on the fibresand track
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      445 48 I GUIDE TO IPOH TRACKWORK NST. New millennium wound up his preparations for a back-to-back win in Race 2, a Class 5 1,600 m event, tomorrow with an eye-catching workout in Ipoh yesterday. Taken out by jockey Danny Chee, the five-year-old Australian-bred gelding by Voodoo Rhythm
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      234 48 KIWI rider Lee Rutherford has more than one reason to be pleased with herself. Besides booting home her first winner at Kranji last Wednesday night on the Bernard Ang-trained Zafiro, the 26-year-old has applied successfully to be a club jockey with the Penang Turf
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      494 49 Reuters. ALL but two of the trainers in today's (about 4.30 am tomorrow in Singapore) 126 th Kentucky Derby are angling for their first win in America's most prestigious race. D Wayne Lukas wants his fifth "I don't see why not," said Lukas, when
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      261 50 PICK OF THE DAY This John Sargent-trained galloper needs only some luck to greet the judge again. Chalked up second career win last October but has since strung together an uneviable sequence of seconds in his last four starts. Should get a well-deserved break
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      Lock icon TODAY'S IPOH RACE CARD —Going forecast: Good to yielding
      752 50 Wo. lot 8 runt Horn Wl Ftattng Jodwy tratmr-owmr) 1 2 ACONCAGUA 55 (57) SMarzuki 1 (2ag SH Tan-Aconcagua) 2 COURAGEOUS PRINCE 55 (57) I Saifudin 2 (2ag Seow-Courageous Pnnce) 3 LEGEND MAKER 55 (57) D Chee 9 (2ag Yeo-Harmony) 4
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      37 50 RACE 2: Gippsland, Princess Xena. RACE 3: Gold Carp, Nana Abjar. RACE 4: Roadrunner Abjar, Mathieus, Amazing, Romantic Gem, Sir Caversham, Marchetti. RACE 5: Baby Boss, Ranking Ahead, Eastern Dragon, Abjar 'D' Great, Corregidor, Honey Gold.
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      2043 51 TODAY'S ASCOT RACE CARD COMMENTS AND SELECTIONS BY WESTERN AUSTRALIAN TURF CLUB HANDICAPPER PAUL BLOODWORTH Wo. Lm> 4 iwn Hortt Wt Rating Joctay Brrif (AflttertgliWitx, trrtner) 1 -54 CHRONOLOGY 56 (92) Jason Miller 10 (5am Keith Mifflin) 2 COOL BUSINESS 56 (100) Jason Brown 5 (3af Jim Taylor) 3 SOCIETY
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      1064 52 TODAY'S KRANJI (COURSE A) RACE CARD —Going forecast: Good No. L—t 6 runt How Wl RoMng Joctoy Bwrttr {Kgthi&rtmx, trakur-owrwr) 1 ANGEL OF HOPE 57 (57) *CTKuahc1.5 3 (3rug Leck-Angel) 2 CELEBRITY LOOK 57 (57) KKLoh 12 (3ag Brink-Kimmui's) 3 GOLDEN FLAG 57 (57) JCassidy 11 (3nzg Dragon-owner) 4 *****-
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      83 52 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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      584 53  -  By Danny Khoo LOOK no further than the Charles Leck-trained Pacific Prince in the $180,000 Silver Plate in Race 7 at Kranji tonight. For the newly-introduced 1,400 m feature is tailor-made for the well-performed six-year-old son of Sky Filou. The weight-for-age race conditions favour Pacific
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      40 53 RACE 2: Mark Of Courage, William's Pride. That's Good. RACE 4: Super Hammer. RACE 5: Monopoly Star, Showing Aces. RACE 6: Oriental Gold, Captain Best, Kim Valley. RACE 7: Fischer, Jugah Gagah, Veracity. RACE 8: Jangan Takut, Savraska, Molasses.
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      294 53 MARC TAN Oriental Gold (Race 6 No. 1) Expected to contest the top spot last week but disappointed when he could only finish fourth in a seven-horse event for a mixed Classes 3 4 field. Down in Class 4, he is worth another chance. With the benefit of
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      452 54 Reuters. Barathea guest could shoot down the big guns from Dubai and Ireland in today's 2,000 Guineas at Newmarket and strike a telling blow for small trainers in the first English classic of the season. Dubai's Sheik Mohammed and the John Magnier-Michael Tabor partnership
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      167 54 LOT 1 (by Casual Lies out of Te Akau Trek) $40,000 (buyer B Ong) LOT 2 (Eagle Eyed-Bridal Run) $48,000 (S Baertschiger) LOT 3 (Senor Pete-Petite Coquette) $34,000 (Lucky Stable) LOT 4 (Heroicity-Miridium) $62,000 (Oscar Racing Stable) LOT 5 (Deputy Governor-Petradia) $75,000 (Bernard Lee)
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      170 54 THE first-ever Emirates Singapore Derby at Kranji tomorrow will be one with a difference. The main attraction of the evening is undoubtedly the running of the prestigious $700,000 race over 2,000 m, which has attracted 14 gallopers, including one from the United Arab Emirates. But race-goers can lap
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      Lock icon TOMORROW'S IPOH RACE GUIDE
      8318 55 n CRYSTAL MAGICAL 57 (48) •B Taj (4) (8mg PK Leong-Owner) By Never Quit-Villa red; chestnut; 66r 8-6-4 (Il200s 1:15.8 57, BTl200y 1:14.5 53, BTl200g 1:25.957, Pl200g 1:13.855.5, P120<* 1:15.258, BTl200g 1:12.952.5, P1200y 1:16.157. KI200g 1:13.3 57); former Luckily. 08.1199 C4-2 Tai 54.5 (53) <1) 10
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      9847 59 n AURIFEROUS 55(55) D O'Heare (7) (2ac Leck-Sunshine Eight) By Gold Carot-Carlsbrvok; bay; landed 24.09.99; 2r O-l-O. 26.04.00 C4-1 Saunee 57 (57) (3) 4 4 SB (SS6) 10 Indiana Gold KRs1000g 1:002 (445) 0305 00 C4-2 O Hoare 56 5 (55) (4) 6 3
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      94 63 I Which airline was voted 'Airline of the Year' I I for the 3rd Year running? Here's a tip. I With a 40-channel personal entertainment system in even seat, five-course gourmet meals and an ever-expanding network of international destinations. Emirates is a sure thing. OT jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj^^ BE UOOD TO YOURSELF.
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      91 64 I I When it comes to the Airline Of I the Year, all bets are off. I Emirate* was first past the post for the third year running. Whit h only means one thing; whenever you fly Emirates, you're the winner. t i BE GOOD TO YOURSELF FLY EMIRATES. AIRLINE
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      102 65 I Emirates stays in the lead. I Jm J M Fly into the action on the track at the Emirates Singapore Derby 2000 Race day is on 'i J Sunday, 7 Mav 2000 at the Singapore Turf Club, kranp I V A I L-k k H Emirates ,rW% HHL >
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      84 66 I Emirates leads from the front. I Being Airline of the Year for the third year running wasn't any long shot. Our commitment to superior service, unmatched entertainment, value and quality guaranteed it. ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■I Emirates ■■■■■■■■■■IHHIIIHBBDBHJ BE GOOD TO YOURSELF. FLY EMIRATES. AIRLINE OF THE YEAR 2000 VOTED BY SUBSCRIBERS
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      141 67 Michael Schumacher is fastest in build-up to Spanish Formula 1 Grand Prix AP EVEN as the media huddles around David Coulthard (see box, left), Michael Schumacher is going about his business with deadly intent. The German, who leads the drivers' standings with 34 points, was fastest
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      69 67 David Coutthard (above) was back in action, just days after he survived a Lear jet crash that killed two pilots. Reacting to suggestions that he should sit out the race to honour the dead pilots, Coutthard said he was racing in their honour; "Had it
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      127 67 GET up close and personal with the AXA FA Cup final. Fifty readers will be invited to the "live" screening of the match between Aston Villa and Chelsea on May 20. It's called the AXA FA Cup Football Fiesta 2000. A party to remember! Organised
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      1143 68  -  I PREVIEW EDWIN YEO EDWIN'S HOT TIP: Arsenal 2 Chelsea 1 IT must be strange to footballing fans that I'm a Tottenham Hotspur supporter and yet I don't hate bitter rival Arsenal. It's very simple, really. Let me confess: See, I hate Liverpool and in 1989,
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      833 69 The gentlemanly game of cricket is bowled by a spate of match-fixing revelations. V K SANTOSH KUMAR tells you all about it WHITE flannels. It symbolised what cricket was all about in the 100 years since it assumed importance. A gentleman's game played at a leisurely pace on
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      490 70 April 7: Delhi police say they have evidence that South African captain Hansie Cronje rigged matches in the one-day series played between India and South Africa in India in March. Cronje's team-mates Herschelle Gibbs, Nicky Boje, Pieter Strydom and Henry Williams also named.
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      182 71  -  By Desmond Ng THE Lions will not be left in the lurch. The Merlion Cup may have been postponed. But if all goes according to plan, the national squad may be playing in China this June instead. The Merlion Cup, originally slated for October, was supposed
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      228 71 VENUS FUMES AS SHE CRASHES OUT POORLY Reuters. OH, she's so angry. Venus Williams' comeback after a five-month layoff was a big flop early this morning. She crashed out of the Hamburg Cup women's tennis tournament after an error-strewn 6-3, 6-4 defeat by South Africa's Amanda Coetzer.
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      178 71 AFP. YOUR grandmother will probably have a good laugh if she reads this. Some top rugby playtrt are throwing tho names off thoir grandparents in ordor to play for tho loading toams. Tho saga has gone on for quito a whilo that it
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      356 72 JUVENTUS v PARMA HE was Carlo Ancelotti's gift to Parma. Four years ago, as a 21-year-old, Hernan Crespo got his big break in life. Ancelotti was then Parma's coach and brought the striker over from his native Argentina to play in the Italian League. 'Hie young
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      117 72 HERE'S your chance to win prizes by reading our Italian Serie A page. All you need to do is call 1900-*****01 and answer a simple question based on the story found in this page. Five callers with the correst answers will be electronically picked to win a
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      106 67 IIIiHHI I I 111 lilillii Uril—r I The Emirates Singapore Derby 2000. I I It's worth taking a flyer. I Emirates is giving awav up to 55,000 cash and six return air tickets to Sydney, Australia. Look out for an official entry form at the Singapore Turf Club at Kranji
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      43 67 TODAY: (Selected programmes) 3pm: Badminton: Swedish Open (STAR Sports Channel 24) J-League Soccer: Jubilo Iwata v Kashima (SCV Channel 43) 4.30pm: English Premiership Highlights (Sportscity) 7pm: Formula One: Spanish Grand Prix Qualifying round(UVE. STAR Sports Channel 24) S-League: Sembawang v SAFFC (LIVE, Sportscity)
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      45 68 El TODAY: Arsenal v Chelsea ■J* Coventry v Sheff Wed Derby v Newcastle ES Leicester v Bradford E3 Man Utd v Tottenham U Middlesbrough v Watford Sunderland v West Ham Ljl Wimbledon v Aston Villa H TOMORROW: I-i Liverpool v Southampton MONDAY: Leeds v Everton
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      50 68 ON TV: H Man Utd v Tottenham in! (LIVE, SCV 22, 6.25pm, tod) Pi Wimbledon v Aston Villa (LIVE, SCV 22, 9.55pm, tod) B1 Leicester v Bradford 13 (DELAYED, SCV 22, En 12.05am, torn) Liverpool v Southampton (LIVE, SCV 22, 10.55pm, torn) Leeds v Everton (LIVE, SCV 22, 2.55am, Tues)
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      274 70 IB II B m I B EURO 2000 comes exclusively to SPORTSCITV in June! With almost all HHP BHP lV HP %H matches telecast LIVE, it will certainly be a month of late nights and exciting JB football action with Singapore s only FREE sports channel Kick off'this soccer ESHF
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      96 72 1 led Telecast Schedule: Juventus vs Parma Sun, 7 May B:sspm ijjß MP! B (LIVE Mon, 8 May Boloana vs Lazio Day 1 ESPA/ (Ch 23) Wk Mon, 8 May 11:00 am (Repeat) J* *il <« hitiuh •> m//)/ci fto (h.inac *'-i Et* m *1 I Si, v N •v-
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      179 73 SCV Your Homeground C European Golf Tour l 5 y 4 7, 18 -J I Mny on Ch JO Supei Sports bl inds you the best of the Luiopean Golf Toui V J Novotel Pei ikm Open (4 7 May). Benson Hedges Intel national SUPER Opc-I. (18-21 May) SP FITS
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      532 74  -  Sundram lashes out at his players after worst defeat By Desmond Ng DID the Cobras (Jurong FC's nickname) need a kick on their backsides after last night's dismal outing? Its player-coach V Sundramoorthy definitely thought so. He could barely contain himself after his team's 4-0 loss
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      132 74  -  MARINE CASTLE ITAMPINES ROVERS 0 By! Lim Han Ming HOW topsy-turvy the Tiger Beer S-League results can be! Last week, Marine Castle was annihilated 7-1 by Geylang United. And there was talk its players had not played well as they were not paid their bonuses. Last night,
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      335 75 Beckham and Posh Spice receive defaced newspaper photograph of them in the mail It has a drawing of a bullet moving towards Posh Spice It also shows blood pouring from her head On it is written: You are going to get
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      46 75 S-League: Cobras lack bite Page 77 Tennis: Venus crashes out Page 74 Cricket: Match-fixing chaos Pgs 72-73 Arsenal v Chelsea Pgs 70-71 Formula 1: Schumacher is fastest Page 69 Straight Talk: Goal 2010 project director Jan Poulsen The best team in the Premiership, the players' choice
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      816 76 TVTODAY J mm Madeline On the Inside In the Mind of Saturday Night Movie HBO (Ch 60), 9 pm Daredevils Dr Jekyll and Miss Hyde I Madeline and her 11 friends live in a Discovery (Ch 12), Bpm Channel 5,7 pm school run by Miss Clavel. The smallest Daredevils. They
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