The New Paper, 21 October 2000

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1 79 The New Paper
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    24 1 the new paper SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2000 Singapore Press Holdings Email: tnp@sph.com.sg Tel: 1800-7 33 44 55 Website: newpaper.asial.com.sg MITA (P) 058/04/2000 60 CENTS
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      36 1 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21,2000 /rw A \f\ V *fwa' M- ■^^■1 gaegfe, sgk mi H^m miJiiJjJiMy.ti.LiiiJiJiyi.ij.u.i.i.i.i.i.i^j,Lw-.ni S/flflfapore Press Holdings Email: tnp@sph.com.sg Tel: 1800-7 33 44 55 Website: newpaper.asial .com.sg MITA (P) 058/04/2000 60 CENTS BIH m j
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      Lock icon Polio vaccine recalled
      415 2 MAD COW FEAR IN UK AFP. A POLIO vaccine made by the Medeva company was recalled yesterday by Britain's health ministry. Health chiefs are worried that it could transmit the human variant of mad cow disease, Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease (CJD), although the risk is "incalculably small". The
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      Lock icon HOW VACCINES ARE MADE
      163 2 For a long time, scientists have used animal-based ingredients to mass produce vaccines for smallpox, polio and even the flu virus. Animal cells from monkeys, hamsters or even human foetuses are used as "nurseries'', so that the modified virus can replicate to produce more copies of
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  • THENEWSTODAY
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      Lock icon Eh, pull the teh, man...
      384 3  -  Computer sales engineer wins teh tarik competition By Dawn Chia YOU have to know how to "pull" tea to be a good teh tarik man. A container in either hand, pouring out the teh into the other while you steadily increase the distance between the
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      Lock icon Experts do it straight
      201 3 WHAT do the experts say about the winner? The New Paper put the sporting Mr Lau to the test at a teh tarik stall in Zhujiao Centre (Tekka Market) on Serangoon Road. We asked Mr Mujiburrahman, 28, owner of A M Mohamed Haniffa Hot Cold Drink,
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      Lock icon WRONG BET
      570 4  -  By' Teo Kuan Yee A HORSE that could win a key race. That was the expectation riding on The Saddler, one of the entries on the card for the Dec 12,1999, Stewards' Trophy. If The Saddler won, its owners would take home $125,000 as prize money. But The
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      63 4 THE Saddler was purchased jointly in late 1998 by Mr Kent, who owns a 50 per cent stake, and Mr Chua, with a 25 percent stake. A third owner, Mr Leow LeongTeck, owns the remaining 25 per cent, with Mr Chua holding Mr Leow's share in trust. The Saddler
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  • QUICKNEWS
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      Lock icon Tibs taxis are the most expensive
      178 6 H MOST rides on Tibs taxis cost more compared to other taxi companies. The exceptions are when you take a Tibs taxi during public holidays or from the Central Business District (CBD) during peak hours. This was the result of a Straits Times comparison
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      Lock icon Bidding for time
      67 6 "tKIT WATCH OUT: Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger (right, in picture) posing with retired boxer Muhammad Aii in this undated publicity photograph promoting the Audemars Piguet's Time To Give auction at Christie's in New York on Monday. Thirty-four watches worn by celebrities such as Uma Thurman, Evander Holyfield and
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        57 6 SIA SINGAPORE Airlines bagged two of Britain's leading airline travel awards this week. Readers of the Daily Telegraph and the Sunday Telegraph voted SIA as the world's Best Scheduled Airline and it won the coveted Business Traveller magazine award for Best Long Haul Airline. Changi was also rated
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        56 6 I MALAYSIA 1 MALAYSIA'S new administrative capital, Putrajaya, will become the country's third federal territory after Kuala Lumpur and Labuan, Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said yesterday. He said Putrajaya is suitable to be made a federal territory because it is the federal administrative centre while
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        68 6 FOOD FROM Nov 1, all restaurants and hawker stalls selling raw fish, or yu sheng, must keep their fish in display chillers, if they do not already have one approved by the Ministry of the Environment. Vendors who do not meet the new storage regulation will be fined
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        69 6 AUSTRALIA MALAYSIA'S loss is Australia's gain. An outbreak of the Nipah virus (carried by pigs) in Malaysia last year led to a ban on fresh pork and pigs from that country. Now Australia will invest $4.26 million in the next two years to promote its pork and
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        60 7 SILKAIR CRASH THE Indonesian National Transportation Safety Committee has sent a draft report of its findings on the 1997 Silk Air Boeing accident to the Singapore and US authorities. Both have 60 days to file their comments with the committee, which will then release a final report. All
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        71 7 BANKING THE largest bank in the US is making Singapore the hub for its regional foreign exchange (forex) business. Bank of America is set to transfer its trading of the Group of Seven currencies, such as the euro and sterling, from its Hongkong office to its centre here.
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        57 7 MONEY A blockbuster performance by Nasdaq on Thursday, thanks to solid earnings reports by Microsoft, Sun Microsystems and Nokia, sparked a revival in regional markets yesterday. With technology counters in strong demand, the Straits Times Index shot up for the third straight day, gaining 39.62 points or
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        65 7 BRITAIN EACH day in Britain, about 75,000 children watch horse-racing, see films and do many other things rather than go to school. To stop so many children playing truant, the British government has new tough laws: Parents of truants can be jailed for three months or fined £2,500
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      56 6 New Straits Times: Camps may be relocated International Herald Tribune: Yemenis wince at sudden influx of American personnel The Sydney Morning Herald: Backbench panic over scandal BBC news: Israel says it's taking time out from the peace process of one of the worst days of violence in
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      Lock icon Bidding for licence
      143 7 SOON, mobile phones that can play videos and give super-fast Internet access will become a reality here. The Government announced yesterday that it will award four third-generation (3G) licences in an auction starting in February. However, the Infocommurn cations Development Authority of Singapore said the licences will
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      63 7 Hie Straits Times: Four 3G licences will go to highest bidders The Business Times: Government goes the auction route for 3G licences Lianhe Zaobao: Auction of 3G licences to begin in Feb 2001 Berita Harian: New economy skills for ITE trainees PCS morning news: As violence continues,
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      87 7 'HAND IT TO HIM AND HE RUINS IT' We gam him the chance of a lifetime and he ruined it. I feel sorry for and for everyone who gave him so much and then found he was such a bad example. The selection was very strict, but we
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      51 7 The Dow Jones industrial average rose 83.61 points to close at 10,226.59. The Nasdaq composite index rose 64.54 points to close at 3,483.14. SINGAPORE COMPANIES ON NASDAQ Close in US$/Change 1. Pacific Internet $7.125/+1.375 2. Creative Technology $17/-0.625 3. Flextronics International $41.5/-1.***** 4. Chartered Semiconductor $46.2813/+3.0313 5. STATS
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      Lock icon Is baring his butt ART?
      439 8 WHY do artists and audiences so often fail to be in agreement? Mr David Lim, Minister of State for Defence and Information and the Arts, gives reasons in a speech he is to make this morning. And they are important because, for Singapore now, the
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      Lock icon SELF-REGULATION IS THE BEST
      186 8 THE arts on the one hand. Social peace on the other. Is there a way not to have a conflict between the two? There is, says Mr Lim (left). "To make progress, society must from time to time examine itself and consider how it will change
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      Lock icon Students punished for swapping answers
      620 10  -  By Irene Kew A MESSAGE flashed on the handphone screen. Just what one would expect on a teenager's handphone. But this was no ordinary message. It contained answers to examination questions while the exam was going on. Two Secondary 3 students from Fairfield Secondary used
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      Lock icon HOW IT’S DONE
      67 10 They used short message service (SMS) to exchange answers. SMS is the ability to send and receive text messages to and from mobile telephones. The text can comprise words or numbers or/and alpha-numeric combinations. Each short message is up to 160 characters in length when Latin alphabets
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      118 11 Part-time teaching. Now available for former i 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
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    429 12  -  MORE ON EXAM CHEATS SINGAPORE Y By. Amy Chiew and Desmond Ng THE New Paper called 10 secondary schools yesterday and found one other school which had seen a case of cheating this year using a handphone's Short Messaging System. The school in the east said
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      541 14 But it was a small price to pay Some pregnant mothers opt for a Caesarean section without wanting to try a normal delivery. The number of Caesearean operations at the KK Women's and Children's Hospital have increased from 18.9 per cent to 21.6 per cent between
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      Lock icon THINGS CAN GO WRONG
      192 14 DURING delivery, two things can go wrong, said Dr Paul Tseng, 43, a gynaecologist in private practice. A cord prolapse, and the premature separation of the placenta. He explained: In a cord prolapse, the umbilical cord slips out first when the water bag bursts. The head
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      Lock icon SAVE BABY FIRST
      206 14 SAVE the baby.That was the first and foremost task for the doctors, said the KK Women's and Children's Hospital. Baby Zikri could have died, and doctors did what they needed to do to save the child. Explained a spokesperson for the hospital: "In the case of baby
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      Lock icon One touch at game machine, and boy, 10, dies from shock
      503 17  -  FAMILY JNITE AT FUN FAIR TURNS TRAGIC By Lee Tee Jong IT was supposed to be a night to remember for the Ang family. It turned out to be a nightmare that has continued to haunt them. Mr David
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      Lock icon NEGLIGENCE CAUSED DEATH
      63 17 HIS negligence killed a boy and caused a mother pain to this day even though the tragedy happened 18 months ago. FINED Yesterday, Loh Lay Fook, 49, an electrician, was charged with one count of causing hurt due to negligence in electrical installation and another count of
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      298 18  -  Skin from head used to save firebomb boy By Tanya Fong SKIN from this boy's scalp had to be peeled off. Ugh! That must be really painful and uncomfortable. That's what Aufa Danial Roos went through on Wednesday. The seven-year-old spent six hours in the operating theatre so that
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      Lock icon COVERS DEAD, BURNT SKIN
      105 18 A SENIOR plastic surgeon with a government hospital told The New Paper that skin grafting is done when the skin in the area that has been burnt is dead. Said the doctor: The burnt part has no protective covering and I* thus open to infection* which
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      130 17 Study in America N USEI^_ USA I g N Education Fair B H Date :22 October 2000 (Sunday) B H Time 1.00 pm 5.00 pm H H Venue Grand Hyatt Hotel M p Grand Ballroom (2nd Level) H II (Please arrive by 4.45pm to enter the exhibition) II I I
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      436 19 f WITH OF THESE 13 SET£ I I PROMOTIONAL PERIOD 7 OCT 0 B E MB E R 2000 I 98° CRAIG DAVID P!NK Jvl 'Revelation', the much anticipated album The fastest selling debut album in Featuring the hit single There You Go' and following their multi-platinum selling 98 Singapore
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      Lock icon These men have been found dead
      214 21 POLICE are looking for the next-of-kin of these men: Mr Lam Shee Oon, 69 (right). He was pronounced dead by ambulance officers on Oct 10, at 12.30pm at Baboo Lane. His last known address is 117 Tyrwhitt Road. If you have information, please call
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      71 22 I mui*mui< Miss Barbara Quek, 23, m why die wouldn't wear G-striags even Kit helps to get rid of the V dreaded Visible PantyUaefVPL): It looks like it'd be a living hell to go around walking in those things. Moreover, I'd feel so
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      Lock icon Nobody smells a rat and he gets bolder... and bolder
      402 22  -  By Lee Tee Jong SACKED for cheating. That should have been a lesson for Loh Swee Leong. But, no. He went right back to cheating in his next job too. Loh, 30, had debts of over $50,000 to clear renovation
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      61 23 Out of every cocoon emerges a butterfly. x§? IraHNW, He has a disability. But with some help, he can maximise his potential to lead a better life. It takes uncommon compassion, dedication and skills to show him how. All he needs is special education. c T Special 1 ducation. Because
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    394 24 How tiy to the bodies WOKLDTODAY Despite protests from victims' families at home, Russia has gone ahead with its plan to raise the bodies of some of the 118 sailors from the doomed nuclear submarine Kursk. Deep-sea divers are now preparing to visit the sub,
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      406 27 French rapist apologises to Thai girl He forced her to perform oral sex on him in 1994 She was 11 then, and was paid $4.80 for it Now, he gets seven years' jail AP. THE rapist was in tears. The Frenchman on trial broke
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      308 27 AFP. HUMAN rights campaigner James Mawdsley spent more than a year alone in a Myanmar jail cell. He allegedly endured torture and beatings. But he came out of jail yesterday with a smile and said he didn't mind sounding like a mama's
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      Lock icon First they hide on board, then illegal immigrants hijack ship
      328 28 AP FOUL weather added a temporary hiccup into the hijack plan of 500 illegal immigrants. The hidden cargo had risen in revolt and taken over the 65m-long Funda, confining the seven-member. Ukrainian crew to one part of the vessel. But
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      217 31 Source: Wire services. Pop idol George Michael (left,inset), who bought the piano for a whopping $3.6 million, made this generous promise yesterday. "It's not the type of thing that should be in storage somewhere or being protected, it should be seen by people," Michael told London's Capital
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      Lock icon One big family
      57 32 muiftnui* Republican candidate George W Bush on hitting the trail witii former First Lady Barbara Bush, his wife Laura and Mrs Lynne Cheney, wife of vice-presidential candidate Dich Cheney: It's about time my mother got out on the campaign trail. I'm thrilled to be able to see
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      213 32 FOUR girls in a rehabilitation centre in Malaysia are accused of attacking and molesting a 15-year-old fellow inmate. One of them, an 18-year-old, pleaded guilty to this in a Malaysian court yesterday. She and three other girls are accused of attacking the 15-year-old
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      Lock icon Slash’s mum dated David Bowie
      415 35  -  By Seto Nu-wen SLASH'S Snakepit may not have the money-making venom that Guns N' Roses had. But that's not biting Slash. "There are always the original bands, and then there are all the offshoots, when, for a while, everyone sounds the same. "Snakepit is really
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      Lock icon So long, Guns... hello Snakepit
      776 35 Rockband Guns N' Roses may be taking a break or_ breaking up, but guitarist Slash doesn't care any more. His own band, Snakepit, has come out with itssecond album. And itfinaUylooks like Slash is on his own. SETO NU-WEN reports SLASH is out of Guns
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      Lock icon SOUNDS LIKE ZEN SPIRIT
      529 36  -  By Yong Siew Fern RICKY Martin's trusty hips and tush must be in need of a break. His schedule is loco, what with the promotion of his new single She Bangs and his album Sound Loaded, slated for worldwide release next month. Just what could be
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      Lock icon TABOO? Not on Japanese TV
      480 37 YOUNG GUY, W OLDER WOMAN' HERE is what happens when a young, boyish-looking guy meets .an older woman: Sparks fly, they bicker before getting chummy, then fall in love. It's the winning formula for hit Japanese dramas of late. And that's exactly how the popular,
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      95 37 Here's your chance to win attractive posters and CD soundtracks of Long Vacation (above). Just call our Infoline at 1900-*****01 and answer two simple questions. Each call costs 20 cents. Ten callers with the correct answers will be picked to win two posters and a CD
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      Lock icon CELEBRITY COUPLE
      195 37 AFTER shooting Long Vacation in 1996, actress Tomoko Yamaguchi has been on a long break herself. Since the show, she has stopped doing dramas or movies, only appearing in the occasional TV commercial. Seems like the 36-year-old former model is content to stay at home to be the
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      419 38 SOUTHERN California rock is coming to South-east Asia. Malaysia, to be exact. While you may be humming Sugar Ray's Caribbean-inflected single, Fly, these five happy lads will be in Kuala Lumpur today joining Ramli Sarip, Jethro Tull, guitarists Steve Vai, Joe Satriani and Eric Johnson for RentakAsia (Rhythm of Asia).
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      752 55 PICK OF THE PAY This Lee Yong Fatt-trained three-year-old appears to have come right. He was unlucky to come up against the smart Turf Governor on a soft track last week. He is nicely drawn again this time and should prove too speedy for
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      60 55 RACE 2: Austin Power, Wahid Abjar, Ooatari. RACE 3: Unpredictable. RACE 4: Flying Abjar, Hero Legend. RACE 5: Mega Success, Key Man, Right Angle, Storming Eagle. RACE 6: Boy Emperor, Darumasan, Cookie, Another Chapter. RACE 7: Kiwi Tycoon, Victory Gate, Mr Quick, Crystal Crown. RACE 9: Bold Hero, Marchetti,
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      1312 56 TODAY’S PENANG RACE CARD —Going forecast: Soft to heavy No. Laat 6 runt Hone Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/orlgln/eex, trainer-owner) 1 4 CENTILLIUM 57 (52) D Bradley 1 (3nzg J Breukelen-Hydrocartxxi) 2 7660 DESERT CHIEF 57 (49) NM Selvan 10 (3nzg S Ho-TG Choong) 3 FURY FALCON 57 (53) RRangasamy
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      914 57 SWEET SUCCESS: Zimbabwean jockey Mark duPlessis, after booting home his first winner at Kranji aboard Morphyiast Wednesday night, has four rides tonight Picture/ Ian Tan No. Last 6 runs Horse Wt Rating Jockey Banter (Age/origin/sex, trainer-owner) 1 1221 ARABIAN COMMANDER
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      82 57 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 are
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      852 58  -  By Tan Thean Loon CAN Xenophon pass his first test in Class 1 and achieve his five-in-a-row feat in Race 4 at Kranji tonight? There are some who think the Michael Kent-trained galloper has a tall order for more than one reason. They not only say
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      307 58 Classic Count (Race 1 No. 7) Was unlucky to go down by a neck to Eagle General a fortnight ago, when he put up his best performance in six starts at Kranji. Has made further progress on the training track and looks ripe and ready to open winning
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      484 59  -  By Danny Khoo THEY slog six days a week, 11 hours a day and are paid a paltry sum of $1,200 a month. Theirs is an environment that most would not consider conducive. Their jobs can also be dangerous, especially when their "expensive charges"
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      434 59 NST. FIRST KINGDOM geared up for his second straight success in the Class 4 Premier Division 1,400 m event in Race 4 tomorrow with a two-round workout in Penang yesterday. Taken out by a track rider, the three-year-old Australian-bred gelding by Kenvain cantered two rounds on
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      464 60 TAN THEAN LOON'S GUIDE TO KRANJI TRACKWORK SHERIFF showed the benefit of a good rest at Kranji yesterday morning. Fresh from a four-month break, the Bernard Ang-trained American-bred took off eagerly from the end of the backstretch and strode out smartly over the
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      369 60  -  By' Tan Thean Loon ALL eyes were on Our Aristotle yesterday morning. Why? Because trainer Malcolm Thwaites' $2 million import was having his first barrier test at Kranji, as required under a racing rule for new horses entered for races. Our Aristotle,
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      115 60 RESULTS of yesterday's three barrier trials conducted over I,ooom on the Kranji fibresand track. The going was firm. TRIAL 1:1 Full Moon 2 Our Aristotle (J Saimee) 3 Omagh Prince (E Marchant). Unofficial mattfro and time: 1V2,3 (lmin 02.7 sec). TRIAL 2:1 Te Akau (0 O'Heare) 2
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      12255 61 n VICTORY LEXUS 57(60) D Chee (4) (6nzg Yashaiya-Victory) By Kaapstad-lt's My Party; bay; landed25.08.99; 13r 0-1-3; stakes won NZ$16,950; former The Party Lions. 02.07.00 C3-3 Saifudin 54 (66) (9) 6 6 6/11 ($45) 7 Great Expectation K1600g 1:39.5(487) 30.07.00 C3-2 Saifudin 53 (66) (2) 2
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      176 61 n STAR GENERAL 57(48) Wilkinson (4) (4nzg Baertschiger-Star General) By Waikiki Star-Maazel; bay; landed 6.1.98; 8r 1-0-0 (KRsl 700fl:49.153.5) 12.12.99 C5 Soo 55 (42) (5) 9 9 4/11 ($23) 1 Paris Amour KRb1800g 1:52.1 (415) 05.01.00 C5 Wilkinson 53.5 (40) (1) 5 3 1/8 ($11)
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      452 68 FA's requirements for manager's role: Integrity Sustained football success as a coach or manager Long-term commitment Venabies' black marks: Seven-year ban from serving as a company director for business irregularities Contravenes linked to his involvment at Crystal Palace and Portsmouth. Many Palace fans believe his incredible
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      207 68 YES, Venables is not the man to manage England. Internet site Football 365supports" the decision of the Football Association. It mainly rests on the question of integrity, Terry Venables is dogged by allegations of dirty dealing. He is still disbarred from directing any company. The main
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      288 68 SVEN-GORAN Eriksson appears to be the front-runner for the England manager post, reports Soccernet. It said that the FA's chief executive, Adam Crozier, is hoping to appoint the Lazio coach as early as next week. Crozier faces a huge task to capture the Swede immediately as
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      690 69  - Chay Mark of a champion BEST SCHOOLBOY FOR INDIVIDUAL SPORT nrn/^nT REPORT GARY LIM TWO gold and two silver medals at the biggest regional event may sound like music to your ears. But teen swimmer Mark Chay, who won those at the SEA Games at Brunei Darussalam last year, is
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      Lock icon HIS PERFORMANCE
      154 69 MARK first SEA Games outing in Jakarta three years ago was not a fruitful one. He returned with no medals to show for his efforts. Two years later, at Brunei Darussalam, he clinched four medals two silvers and two bronzes. Chay was also one of the better performers
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      789 71 Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger insists that Patrick Vieira (above)has finally shed his bad-boy image ahead of today's potentially explosive clash with West Ham. Vieira was fined £45,000 ($117,000) and banned for seven matches after the corresponding fixture last season after spitting
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      136 71 AP. ENGLAND international centreback Ugo Ehiogu joined Middlesbrough from Aston Villa for £8 million (s2om) yesterday. But £3m of the transfer fee will be going to his former club, West Bromwich Albion, which plays in the First Division. Ehiogu, 27, who has played once for England, signed
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      100 71 j EPL CONTEST THIS WEEK MAN U plays Leeds. What can you expect? Sparks to fty, and Roy Keane in the thick oTftall. So, our contest question is: Will Roy Keane be booked? Guess correctly and you stand to win oat new EA Sports FA Premier
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      Lock icon Forgotten man conies good
      486 72 MAN U w LEEDS ALL things come to those who wait, so they say. Dwight Yorke has certainly had to wait before ending his barren run for Man United, reports Football 365. Yorke had not scored since April 29. When he ran almost half the length
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      243 72 AP. MAN United manager Alex Ferguson (top) was accused of arrogance after repeatedly reshuffling his line-ups for domestic and European games. Leeds' David O'Leary would like to have that luxury. For arrogant, read desperate. 'The way we are going we're not going to have anybody left,"
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      716 73 reasons why Leeds won't beat Man United Be warned, Leeds fans. If you must watch your team play against Manchester United at Old Trafford this evening, don't hope for a miracle. There are many reasons why Leeds will not become the first club to beat
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      635 75 I ASIAN CUP IN LEBANON: JAPAN 1 QATAR 1 Akinori Nishizawa 61st Abdulnasser Al Obaidly 22nd JAPAN: Daijiro Takakuwa, Ryuzo Morioka, Mochizuki Shigeyoshi, Hiroshi Nanami, Atsuhiro Miura, Daisuke Oku, Tatsuhiko Kubo, Yuji Nakazawa, Keiji Kaimoto, Hideaki Kitajima, Shinji Ono QATAR: Saoud Fath, Abdulnasser Al Obaidly,
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      183 75 ASIAN football supremo Peter Velappan has criticised the organisers of the Asian Cup over appalling attendances which he said had left teams playing in stadia resembling "graveyards." Opening group matches have taken place in practically empty stadia, reaching a low point on Thursday when South Korea
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      461 76  - Our very own Jekyll Hyde TIGER CUP BUILD-UP: SINGAPORE LIONS IN AUSTRALIA Yes, that's striker Ahmad Latiff SINGAPORE 3 Nazri Nasir 63rd min; Ahmad Latiff 75,85 BLACKTOWN CITY 3 Jimmy Brown 58; Shu Shu 70; Vesdim Metosky 80 Reports/ Suresh Nair YOUNG striker Ahmad Latiff is presenting, yet again, two
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      171 76 REMEMBER Abbas Saad (above)? The maverick Australian playmaker who, in the early 1990 s, led Singapore to the Malaysian League and Cup double? Abbas paid a surprise visit to the lions at Sydney's Stamford Plaza Jiotel yesterday. The former Australian international striker, as well as being
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      174 76 IN THE NEW PAPER ON SUNDAY Meet Singapore's Mrs Football LIONS coach Vincent Subramaniam's latest experiment last night was to try central defender Rafi Ali in midfield and midfielder Aide Iskandar as sweeper. "Both came off well and I'll be trying out more players in different
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      877 77 SYDNEY PARALYMPIC 2000 They mightn't be able to run as fast or jump as high as their able-bodied compatriots, but Paralympians certainly try as hard. The sad news is, however, that some also go as far as to use banned drugs and methods
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      54 77 BOOSTING: Blocking their catheters so that their bladders will overfill, raising heart rates and increasing blood flow to their muscles. DRUGS: As with able-bodied athletes, performance-enhancing drugs to boost performance. LYING: Some Paralympians declare themselves more disabled than they really are so they can compete with others
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