The New Paper, 3 January 2001

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    7 1 the new paper WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3, 2001
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      37 1 V v ''£/v V! Singapore Press Holdings Email: tnp@sph.com.sg Tel: 1800-7 33 44 55 Website: newpaper.asia I .com.sg MIT A (P) 058/04/2000 60 CENTS H t m»« 8 sszisiUoooor a'j u t ii i a i L
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  • THENEWSTODAY
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      Lock icon Will syndicated racing take off here?
      516 2  -  British company latest to promote the idea By Danny Khoo SYNDICATED racing could possibly take off here but it's unlikely to succeed. So say members of the local racing fraternity to a move by a group of British horse-racing enthusiasts to get Singaporeans to
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      Lock icon How it works
      114 2 SINGLE OWNER: Has choice in selection of horse Pays for cost of horse, including freight charges Pays monthly training bills of at least $2,000 Picks his own trainer and jockey No compensation should horse die or be forced to retire Has the final say in horse's career
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Lock icon It's body art... But shhh, my family cant't see it
      543 3 More young people are going for a type of tattoo they regard as "body art'. ANN-MARIE TAN looks at this new trend BODY art or body mutilation? Rosali (his real name has been withheld as he does not want his
      Pictures/ Dominic Ying  -  543 words
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      Lock icon TEMPORARY TATTOOS
      107 3 MANY tattoo-loving teens under the age of 18, go for "tribal" designs, too. The only difference: Their tattoos are temporary rather than permanent. Most tattoo shops say they don't allow teens under 18 to have permanent tattoos. It's believed they are not old enough to make such important
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      Lock icon What's this crowd doing at Education Ministry?
      471 4  -  FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL By Santokh Singh WHERE do you go to get your child in a school near your home? To the school or the Ministry of Education (MOE)? You could wear your shoes out in search of the answer, it seems.
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      471 5 'They managed to clear the crowd earlier by asking parents to put their requests in an envelope before going home." Just as flustered was Mr James Chiang, who was there with his neighbours, the Xie family. Mr Chiang, who said he accompanied the Xies because they were expatriates
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      Lock icon They have no school to go to
      331 5 IT WAS the first day of school for more than 150,000 children in Singapore. But not for the four Aziz kids Anwar, 15, Mustapha, 13, Muhaimin, 11 and little sister Madina, six. Reason: They had no school to goto. They had been studying
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      Lock icon 210,000 lose CPF top-up
      266 6 HOT STORY Good news for some, bad news for others. That is the case for about 90 per cent of Singaporeans eligible for Central Provident Fund top-ups. About 10 per cent, or about 210,000 adult Singaporeans, did not voluntarily contribute at least $100 into their CPF
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        60 6 SMARTCARD IN a world's first, smartcards were given to all 540 students, staff and cleaners at the Canberra Secondary School in Sembawang. These cards are loaded with the user's personal details, such as height and weight. Besides pre-ordering and paying for canteen food, the cards can also
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        62 6 TELECOMS INFOCOMM Development Authority has decided to postpone its 3G auction to April or May. It said potential bidders showed "overwhelming interest" and requested for more time for consultations on the auction rules and procedures. But industry players suggested it was due to a lack of interest, pointing
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        62 6 MALAYSIA SINGAPOREANS and other foreign motorists who fail to settle their traffic summonses in Malaysia will be detained and prevented from leaving the country, Malaysian police warned. Describing the crackdown as a "last resort", police said drivers would only be released if they paid up or were
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        66 6 HOUSING GOOD news for home buyers. Prices are expected to continue sliding. CB Richard Ellis estimated a 4 per cent decline last year in Housing Development Board flats. Private home prices fell 0.9 per cent last year after surging 34 per cent in 1999, reports the Urban Redevelopment
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        58 6 COMMUNITY THE Government will match public donations up to $2 million for a proposed Malay Heritage Centre. The Istana Kampong Glam is being restored and converted into a museum, with a theme restaurant, v shops and a small theatre. When completed, it will show off Malay history, tradition
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        Lock icon Convicts to go
        60 6 RUSSIA RUSSIA is set to free 350,000 prisoners, those charged with non-violent crimes, under a special amnesty later this year. The move is aimed at improving conditions in the overcrowded jails. There are more than one million inmates in prisons and workcamps in Russia. Human rights groups
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        136 6 PHILIPPINES FILIPINO maids here now face the added responsibility of helping to turn their country's economy around. Over the weekend, the Philippine peso crashed to its lowest point in 102 years 52 to the US dollar. The stock market also slumped 3.08 per cent to 1,448.49.
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      46 6 New Straits Times: Learning the fun way International Herald Tribune: Strong euro faces a troubled economic front Asian Wall Street Journal: US Euphoria turns to prudence in 2001 BBC news: Little prospect of success in search for peace in Middle-East after Arafat-Clinton meeting
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      Lock icon Quick freeze
      55 7 Mature 1 This Ice carving? Weil, in a way. But this one's done by Mother Nature. This is a fountain in Jerry Ivey Park in Saiina, Kansas (US) that froze due to the winter chill. But it didn't stop these ducks from having fun in an frozen portion
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      64 7 would still like to see prices falling by 20 to 30 per cent in line The Consumer Association of Singapore (Case) president Teo Ho Pin on the price cut by all five petrol firms here ExxonMobil, Singapore Petroleum Company, Shell, BP and Caltex. Case now wants these companies
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      65 7 The Straits Times: Sparkling growth to end year Hie Business Times: Private home prices down 0.9% in 2000 Lianhe Zaobao: Dispute between SIAS SOR over brokerage commissions Berita Harian: Malay Heritage Foundation aims to raise $1 million RCS morning news: Nasdaq composite pounded by concerns about the
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      53 7 Stoc k watch THE Dow Jones industrial average slipped 140.70 points to 10,646.15. The Nasdaq composite index plunged 178.66 points to a 22-month closing low of 2,291.86. SINGAPORE COMPANIES ON NASDAQ Close in (JS$/Change 1. Pacific Internet S2.9375/+0.5312 2. Creative Technology $10.3125/-0.8125 3. Flextronics International S24.125M.375 4. Chartered Semiconductor $24£75/-1.5
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      265 7 Call our news hotline. If your tip-off leads to a news report, you'll receive a home-delivered LARGE CURRY CHICKEN PIZZAI TJB PIZZA* th* pizz* proftssionsls More on Nasdaq plunge /Page 16 Om «i <lw largest o*e stop re*«vatiofl design centre GRAND K§b "&J HOLDINGS yfjjggZp® $22. J&, GRAIsjfefNTERIOR RENOVATION WORKS
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      231 10 m Entrepreneur, t^HCounsellor, Director and Coach H I '^iip'' /As a teacher; yow are a// tftese and more. >-ywyr^.-«»v. You wear many hats and play many roles. This requires a variety of skills and talents. /t also means that there never a dull moment. Alteaching career is multi-faceted. This is
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      151 11 As an Entrepreneur Only through innovation can we meet the challenges of the new economy. As a teacher, you inspire your students to envision possibilities and turn them into 1 iIHI wi !hI As a Director Even the best performers need some guidance. Vou work behind m I§ I the
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      Lock icon Mum gets molested at 16. Son turns molester at 14
      709 12 Al4-year-old was sent to the Singapore Boys' Home yesterday for molesting nine girls in lifts. He said he felt a \strong urge' after watching kissing scenes on television. JASON TAN discovers a bigger twist to the story, involving his mother
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      Lock icon Father's love comes too late
      245 12 AT first he said he had neglected his son because of his work as a general worker at a cemetery. "I worked seven days a week, from 7am to 7pm." But slowly, the boy's father let the truth out. He had dumped his family after
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      Lock icon Hot dates, cold feet
      47 13 muifmui* Newlywed Yaap Yong Siew, 27, who met her husband through a Social Development Unit matchmaking website, recalled those first few dates: On the second date, I was still quite shy. At the last minute before he arrived, I hid behind a pillar.
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      Lock icon Stealing lucky items brings him bad luck
      188 13  -  By Tanya Fong HIS criminal mind started working when he came across the pasar malam stalls in front of Block 260 Boon Lay Drive. It was about 3 am on Dec 2 when Lim Chee Wee (left) spotted the auction stall where some
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      636 14 The new Civil Defence Heritage Gallery will open at the Central Fire Station in June. It will showcase nearly 120 years of fire services here. AZHAR GHANI meets one man who has contributed to that heritage IT was a public holiday —.Hari Raya Haji. Fireman 187 and
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      Lock icon 'Licensed' to fight fires
      229 15 TRACING FIRE-FIGHTING HISTORY THE Civil Defence Heritage Gallery, which cost $1.9m to build, will open in June at the Central Fire Station on Hill Street. The fire station is Singapore's oldest. The gallery will be part of an overhaul of the station famous for its distinctive
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      Lock icon Other disasters on record
      174 15 Bukit Ho Swee fire, May 25,1961. It killed four people, injured 85 and resulted in a $2.5 million property loss. 2,200 attap houses were destroyed. Robinson's fire, Nov 21, 1972. The fire at the former Robinson's store in Raffles Place killed nine people and resulted in
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      625 17 ADVERTISEMENT NEW IN SINGAPORE NOW AT BELLA BELLA INTRODUCES A FASTER, EASIER WAY TO GET RID OF UNWANTED HAIR! HOW DOES IT WORK? For men, excess hair on the chest, shoulders, back, arms little as 15 minutes, while a longer period will be needed The advanced technology targets melanin in
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      Lock icon Not unpatriotic
      42 18 muimui Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Serf Dr Mahathir Mohamad has urged Malays to discard the notion that mastering EngHsh is unpatriotic. He said: They think that just being able to speak Malay makes you a nationalist and that is wrong.
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      300 18 12 need medical treatment in Shanghai as lottery cruise craze hits China BBC. MORE people in Shanghai are falling prey to lottery addiction, say the city's doctors. The 15 million people there buy 43 million lottery tickets each month. Doctors say many are becoming obsessed with winning the
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      Lock icon Bloody family murders end in suicide
      536 20 IT is a tale of horror, the kind from which gory movies are made. Except that this really happened in Hongkong last night. A 13-year-old girl came home to find her mother and a family friend lying in a pool of blood. There was
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      Lock icon Then why can't they catch Tommy?
      207 21 Because he's rich. Stupendously rich. So rich that the Indonesian police suspect he probably has bank notes without serial numbers! So rich that no one wants to turn him in. Tommy' Mandala Putra is a familiar face in Indonesia. Yet during the two-month search
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      184 23 Woman dies when car plunges 12.1 m off a cliff TWO cars (above) plunged into the sea yesterday morning when a cliff on the North Wales coastline, UK, collapsed, killing one woman and seriously injuring a man. The police, coastguard crews and an RAF helicopter continued searching the
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      Lock icon Thieves drink blood infected with Aids
      226 24 AFP. THE two thieves were drunk when they stole a car at the Porto Velho airport in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. In the back of the car were containers of Aids-infected blood. The drunken thieves thought it was yoghurt and drank it, reported the
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      Lock icon Man+handphone = Flirt?
      387 24 Man+handphone Flirt? WHEN that man on the next table pulls out his handphone, it seems he is not just waiting for a call. No, he could well be flirting, say researchers in Britain. Men use their phones the way peacocks flaunt their feathers, said the report in The Australian today.
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    473 25  -  Etcetera With LEE TEE JONG IT was a most enjoyable experience from the top of a mountain. The evening sight from an altitude of 1,200 m was heavenly. Literally, from the summit of Mt Belumut near Kluang in southern Malaysia. Perched on
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      Lock icon BIG AND BEAUTIFUL: Sophie Dahl posing for the Yves Saint Laurent poster for Opium perfume.
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      467 27  -  A curvy model speaks up By Seto Nu-wen CRITICS have labelled it "pornographic" and "rape fantasy". Feminists have splashed paint over it. Women have complained it is degrading to the fair sex. No wonder it has been banned by the UK's Advertising Standards Authority. The picture, of a
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      403 27 NOW DahTs having the last laugh, showing off her voluptuous figure with hardly a stitch on her. She had said yes to the YSL photoshoot despite the potential backlash. The advertisement's creator, Tom Ford, had got his inspiration from a 19th century French Romantic
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    75 28 Q% mT» *»f ffiS) i sis I flT!'f!'j ITf lITp Wyj;T f! 11 l^jilllil Najip is more provocative, but Gurmit gets better guests. At the end of the day, I chose Najip because he has better hair. Or at least, what's under that hat of his
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    697 28  -  By EDWIN YEO I LOVE awards. Oscars, Emmys, Grammys, Flame Awards, Najip Awards Love 'em all. This could be because I don't ever get any, so I spend my time celebrating other people's victories. I love awards so much, I've decided to start
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    Lock icon VANISHING FINS
    682 30 spotlight Chinese New Year is just around the corner—and Chinese delicacies such as sharksfins will be more in demand than ever. TEH JEN LEE shows you how the raw shark's fins end up as soup on your table SHARKS are becoming increasingly endangered, according to a recent Asiaweek
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      198 31 HE'S nearly twice her age. But that didn't stop 34-year-old millionaire DJ Chris Evans (below) from expressing his love to 18-year-old British singer Blllie Piper (left). In the form of a silver Ferrari, make no mistakes about that. So what if she's merely six years older than Jade,
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      Lock icon BUTTERY KISSES
      186 32 OASIS frontman Uam Gallagher (right, in picture) is putty in the hands of his pregnant All Saint's girlfriend Nicole Appleton (left in picture). Appleton is three months 'pregnant. During a recent All Saints interview with Elle magazine, Gallagher dropped by. He was as obedient as a sick patient
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      129 32 ZOE Ball loves this guy so much that she has given up smoking, drinking and a partying lifestyle. But before you think romance, she has done it all for her son. So did her husband, Norman Cook akaDJ Fat Boy Slim (left), when she gave birth to
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  • the new paper RACING
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      197 44 YESTERDAY'S GOING AT IPOH TRACKWORK: GOOD INNOCENT, unbeaten in his last two outings, underlined his chances of a winning hat-trick with an eye-catching workout in Ipoh yesterday. Taken out by a track rider, the four-year-old Australian-bred sprinted impressively over the final 600 m in 38.5 sec
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      235 44 CLASS 2 I,loom straight: Black Romance (KK Loh) canter/36. Yellow Bee 37.5, keenly. Star Magic canter/39.8- Lord Virgo did two rounds of pace work. Steptronic canter/pace work. CLASS 4 DIV 2 1,200 m: Bronze Tycoon 44.2, unextended. Financial Czar (apprentice WK Yan) barrier/37.7.
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      285 44 NST CLASS 2 1,400 m: Blink Home trot/40.7. Golden Smile barrier/36.6. Business Success 35.5, impressively. Green Hornet canter/37.3, beat Star Of Vitality by 10 lengths. Indian horse Bounty Bay (Loh) barrier/37.7. Flying General did one round of pace work. CLASS 2 1,600 m
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        221 44 OLD Trafford may be Manchester United's hallowed ground where heads have rolled one after another, except for the Red Devils' slip-up against arch-rival Liverpool a few weeks ago. But Man U proved last Sunday he also had a soft spot for the Batu Gantong racetrack
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        239 44 ■IN THE same' 'footballistic" breath, a horse receives his marching orders or should we say,' 'trotting orders'', when "he sees yellow. Unlike soccer, whereby a player is sent back to the changing room when he is red-carded, a runner is declared a late withdrawal behind the
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        136 44 SINCE his return after copping a three months' suspension, jockey Ismail Azharhas not beaten about the bush with two wins to his credit already. But his comeback win aboard the Cecil Robert-trained Kiko's Champ at Penang last Saturday would be a definite prize-winner in the popular Funniest Home
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      228 45 ON THE KRANJI TRACK with DANNY KHOO LAST-START winner Cyber Gold continued to display impressive form at Kranji yesterday morning. The nice-looking Australian-bred gelding by Pacific Ruler underlined his terrific form when he disposed of 600 m easily in a swift 35.95 ec on the
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      382 45 CLASS 2 1,200 m: Cyber City canter/36, keeping form. Narcissus (E Ahern) 40.5, unextended. Super Rhydon and Super Voltop (E Wilkinson, Class 2 1,400 m) 36.2, impressively. Poetic Duke (E Marchant) 38.5. Jolly Azzaam (M Dittman, Maiden 1,200 m) and Stonewall Jackson
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      269 45 SINGAPORE NEW YEAR 2000 2,000 m: Con Air (Wilkinson) 35.8, showing form. Counting Stars (Ahern) 40.1. The Mighty Finn canter/pace work. Slow work: El Duce. CLASS 1 1,200 m: Trillion Win (Saimee) 35.8. Our Prince (apprentice C Ang) 35.3, back in form.
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      233 46 Reuters DOWN and out in Hongkong? Well, don't despair. The Jockey Club is offering punters a new year chance of winning a whopping HK$llO million ($24 million) in a race meet and lotto game. Up for grabs today is a 'Triple Trio"
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      535 46 THE 2001 season kickstarts with a two-day meeting over the weekend at Kranj i and, as expected, plenty of newcomers wilt be introduced. Among the 13 newcomers are three Class 2 horses who will make their debut in the 1,200 m sprint on Saturday. Trainer Laurie
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      Lock icon YESTERDAY'S KRANJI BARRIER TRIALS
      107 46 RESULTS of two barrier trials conducted over I,ooom on the fibresand track at Kranji yesterday. The going was good. TRIAL Is 1 Our Aristotle (J Saimee) 2 Ruby's Star (apprentice E Aslam) 3 Double Tap (M Dittman) 4 Big Timer (O Doleuze) 5 Super Starmax (E
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      149 47 nNAZAKAT II 130(35) CH Tse (3) (3nzg WL Wong) By Deputy Governor-Kansas City; chestnut 07.10.00 C 5 Dane 135 14/14 13 3 /4 FortuneSallian Slooogf 0:58.1 28.10.00 C 4 Lai 113 12/12 Jewel Box Hl6sogf 1:41.4 07/10 Around midfield. Dropped out from 400
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      4051 47 n REFRESHINGLY 134 (30) YT Cheng (12) (4nzg DA Hayes) By Straussbrook-Pearl Dragon; chestnut 02.12.00 C5 Dye 121 11/14 5Va Wishes S1400gf 1:22.8 13.12.00 C5 Cheng 124 8/13 f—) AV2 Mission Sealed H1000gy 0:58.9 2/12 Mainly among the last with moderate effort early in
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        668 51 IAN BROWN. Our UK correspondent TOTTENHAM 4 Gary Doherty 26th min, Darren Anderton 28 pen, Sertiiy Rebrov 35, Les Ferdinand 77 NEWCASTLE 2 Nolberto Solano 23, Kieron Dyer 49 pen Crowd. 34,324 A CRACKER of a match rounded off the festive season at White Hart
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        341 51 "FOR thrills and excitement, it was just like a Cup tie," Tottenham manager George Graham said in Football36s. "The FA Cup has come a week early. For the fans, it must be great to see that number of goals. It could have been 8-5." Graham
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        546 52 Wire services. AFTER Arsenal's defeat at Charlton, Arsene Wenger has admitted that his lack of quality defenders probably cost him this year's title. So deeply concerned is the Gunners manager of his defensive liabilities that he will seek to tear up his famous defence and open up
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        166 52 Reuters. A MANCHESTER bookmaker will pay out on bets that Manchester United will win the premier league title, despite the season still having five months to run. "The title race is over," a spokesman for Fred Done, known as "Fred the Red," told United's
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        164 52 AFP. WHY has Manchester United been so successful this season? Said manager Alex Ferguson: "We're getting where we are because we have a team that has stayed together. We've not made any changes, it's a maturing team and their hunger has always been good. "It doesn't
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      822 54  -  COLE. SHERINGHAM. YORKE. SOLSKJAER COMMENT EDWIN YEO WE may all hate to admit it, but it's almost a foregone conclusion that Manchester United is going to win the Premier League this season. And while everyone thought at one stage that the Andrew Cole-Dwight Yorke
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      51 54 FOUR top-class strikers who are prolific. That's been Man IPs succes story this season. However, there's considerable debate about who among the four is the best. Edwin Yeo has made his choice. Now you get the chance. E-mail us your views at npsports@sph.com.sg by midnight
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      58 54 EPL WINNERS IN our EPL contest last week, we had asked whether Ole Gunnar Solskjaer would score against Newcastle. The answer: No. Out of 1,711 entries received, 543 guessed correctly. Two winners were picked to win a Nike Triax watch each. They are (IC number): *****34 and
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      478 55  -  LIONS RESUME TRAINING By Gary Lim FROM a part-time driver to a professional footballer. Midfielder Ali Imran Lomri, who made the big leap with S-League club Balestier Central on Monday, is taking it all in his stride. Yesterday, Ali, who played part-time soccer for the past
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      166 55 THE Lions will depart on Jan 13 for a training tour to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. Singapore team manager Omar Ibrahim, however, is trying to advance the date to Jan 10. If that works out, the Lions will play an additional friendly match against
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      440 56 Reuters. NORWAY'S Football Association has barred three Premiership players from representing its national team. This is because they refused to sign a sponsorship accord. If the decision stands, Norway will be without Manchester United's Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Ronny Johnsen and Tottenham's Steffen Iversen for its
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      457 56  -  COMMENT VK SANTOSH KUMAR PERSONAL interest or duty to the nation? That's a question which dogs every football player. Most of those who play for teams J. low down in Fifa's rankings have no choice. They have to do with what pittance they get in
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      230 56 Wire services. JUAN PABLO ANGEL: Aston Villa has confirmed the signing of the Colombian striker from Argentina's River Plate for a club record fee of £9.5 million ($21.85 m). The deal was signed early yesterday morning after what a club spokesman described as "a complicated process involving several
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      543 57 THE BRAZILIAN SOCCER DISASTER AFP, AP. FORGET those extra-long television series or silly wrestling shows. The best soap opera is found in Brazilian soccer. In a pathetic but fitting end to a tournament born amid confusion, lawsuits and threats by Fifa, Brazil's
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      132 54 THE D RAW, s TOIW Net proceeds from every Singapore Sweep ticket you buy will go towards building The Esplanade Theatres On The Bay. So get your tickets today and together, let's build The Esplanade! Ist PRIZE: $1,500,000 1 m m and OTHER PRIZES WORTH $2,300,000 SINGAPORE SWEEP DRAW NO.
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      643 58 TVTOOA Y b Malcolm In The Middle: ER: "Last Rites" Striking Back TUril "Cheerleader" Channel 5,10pm Central, lOpm y i Ifc i Channels, Bpm Carter and a second-year medical Striking Back is a diehard film buff's It s Exl Reece is in love with a cheerleader but student, Dave, wind
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