The New Paper, 4 January 2001

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  • 7 1 the new paper THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 2001
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  • THENEWSTODAY
    • 412 2 fNASDAQTo^ONESSOAF* Wire services. Surprise, surprise. The US central bank cut a key short-term interest rate by half a percentage point to 6 per cent. The unexpected announcement, which came at Ipm, stunned analysts and markets worldwide. The Fed had not been expected
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    • 349 2  -  BY Woon Wui Tek DONT bring out the party hats as yet. Sure, the Fed's move is likely to give the stock market here a short-term boost. But it will have no direct effect on the Singapore economy. And its effect on the US
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    • 56 2 Stoc k watch THE Dow Jones industrial average soared 299.60 points to close at 10,945.75. The Nasdaq composite index rose 324.82 points to 2,616.68. SINGAPORE COMPANIES ON NASDAQ Close in US$/Change 1. Pacific Internet $3.1257+0.1875 2. Creative Technology $11.9375/+1.625 3. Flextronics International $30.3125/+6.1875 4. Chartered Semiconductor $28.6875/4-3.8125 5. STATS $13/+0.875
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    • 123 2 Bloomberg. MALAYSIA'S Bank Negara has been rated as the world's second most effective central bank. It does a good job in ensuring a stable currency, low interest rates and low inflation, said Polyconomics Inc on its website. The top five of
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    • 104 2 Here are the answers to last week's The New Paper-Casio Challenge. Dayl: Ql) Art Fazil started the year 2000 with the flu bug. Q2) The SAP's Ranger course fasts 65 days. Q3) PELE was featured under classification 2004. Day 2: Ql) Una Ng's husband is a Prisons Officer.
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 648 4 Armed with fake identity cards, some illegal workers have sneaked into the job market here. Is this why a local company is checking the birth certificates of some employees to verify their nationalities? The practice has upset Indian employees, as GENEVIEVE JIANG reports SHOW
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    • 319 5 PS: Her certificate is in good order. So why the fuss? your birth certificate to us immediately before you continue to work today. Otherwise, you shall be deemed terminated by the company with immediate effect." Oct 25 was her last day at work. Madam Silah isn't the
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    • 115 5 ALTHOUGH employers may need additional information, including the personal particulars of their employees, to determine a leave application, the Ministry urges employers to be sensitive and tactful in obtaining such personal particulars from their staff. In the reader's case, it is not clear to us as
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    • 228 5 ALL foreign workers who wish to work in Singapore must have either an employment pass or a work permit to do so. Under the law, their employers are required to apply for an employment pass or a work permit from the Ministry of Manpower. The employer
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  • QUICKNEWS
    • 181 6 HOT STORY Backpackers beware. You may have to sleep on the streets or just give up the idea of a budget holiday here. Budget hostels along Bencoolen Street are being, forced to close down. This is because the Urban Redevelopment Authority will only give
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    • 104 6 GOOD news for tourists used to travelling in style. You'd be spoilt for choice among the three luxury hotels Fullerton Hotel, Raffles Hotel and the Ritz-Carlton Millenia. Published rates for the Ritz-Carlton start from $450 for a deluxe Kallang Bay view room,
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    • News Break
      • 61 6 I HFMD THE hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) had apparently claimed another victim when a four-year-old boy died yesterday. The toddler, Chua Jun Hao, had shown symptoms of the disease fever, ulcers on the lips and rashes on his palms and toes after he fell ill on
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      • 58 6 I CPF I NEARLY three in five who invested their CPF themselves last year more than a quarter of a million members would have done better leaving them alone. Some 56 per cent of 494,725 CPF investmentaccount holders made less than the 2.5-per-cent rate. Total losses, including notional
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      • 62 6 I FALUNGONG I THE Falun Buddha Society, a registered group of Falungong practitioners in Singapore, has denied involvement in the New Year's Eve demonstration. It said it did not organise the memorial service at Macßitchie Reservoir, where 15 people were arrested. It said it always applies for
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      • 61 6 I ATTACK ITS off to home for three children hospitalised with serious stomach wounds after a Christmas attack by their mother. Daniel Yip, six, and siblings Eunice, five, and Joel, three, should be discharged from Changi General Hospital today, said their father Yip Yow Chai, 40. Kee Hwee
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    • 46 6 New Straits Times: No pre-conditions for talks International Herald Tribune: Arafat gives US 'positive' response Asian Wall Street Journal: Korea Telecom may slow 3G plans BBC news: Cuts in US interest rates, but will it stop the economy from slowing down too much?
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    • Article, Illustration
      46 7 GONE WITH THE WIND: Fire, driven by strong gusts of wind and dry vegetation, racing through a roadside canyon in Alpine <, California, yesterday. It devoured luxury homes and forced the evacuation of part of the town, an Indian reservation and a casino. Picture/ Ap
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    • 65 7 TUNNEL THE tunnel would take 20 years to build and cost $104 billion. But it would link Russia and the US, and it should be built, Moscow said this week. The proposed link, however, where the two countries are closest, is also at the most remote places.
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    • 57 7 I INDONESIA THE Christmas Eve church bombings that killed 17 persons in Indonesia are politically motivated and connected with the disappearance of fugitive Suharto son Tommy. So says Coordinating Minister for Politics, Social and Security Affairs Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. He said police will be going all out to
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    • 63 7 The Straits Times: Record 7.6 m visitors last year The Business Times: Talk of US recession gathers urgency LianheZaobao: Four-year-old boy suspected of dying from HFMD Berita Harian: MUIS calls upon Muslim community to exercise moderation RCS morning news: US Central Bank cuts interest rates by half
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    • 67 7 I HILLARY MRS Hillary Rodham Clinton was sworn in as New York senator and made US political history yesterday, becoming the first spouse of a president in Congress. Mrs Clinton's role as First Lady will end in 17 days, on Jan 20, when husband Bill steps down after
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    • 59 7 SADDAM IRAQI officials have tried to laugh off speculation that dictator Saddam Hussein is sick or dead. The rumours circulated after TV coverage of a New Year's Eve parade was pulled without explanation. Saddam has not been seen in public since. Sky News sources in Baghdad say there
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    • 75 7 Quote worthy FOR STOCK FIGURES/SEE PAGE 2 Wsfantastic. The board sold Singapore well. But we must also congratulate ourselves for our very good tourism infrastructure. Mr Bernard Harrison, the chief executive officer of Wildlife Reserves Singapore, which runs the zoo, bird park and the
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 448 8 SQ 006 crash report to go on the Net In about a month's time, the second report on the tragic crash ofSQ 006 will be released. Will it answer key questions? GENEVIEVE JIANG and MELVIN SINGH talk to Taiwan's chief investigator THE last two
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    • 403 8 Dr Yong Kay, managing director of the aviation safety council in Taiwan: We have never released the entire tape. We have only highlighted the essential parts of the last two minutes. The entire recording was 16 minutes, and the full transcript will be released
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    • 42 10 I mui*muiC« a v Tcjnasck Primary School principals Manogaran, on helping the Primary 1 students settle in during this first weekV. of school: there will be no homework, no lessons, no textbooks for them this week, only play.
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    • 729 12  -  THE BIG CCA QUESTION Don't choose an activity for the wrong reason. Or you might wind up like these two students... REPORTS SANTOKH SINGH HE did it in the name of friendship. A move that would cost him dearly. Casper Wang signed up
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    • 191 13 STUDENTS have to take one core CCA from the sports, uniformed groups or cultural groups. There are no extra points for doing a second core CCA. Why restrict students? Mr Ong Lye Huat, the Ministry of Education's deputy director for CCA, said that the
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    • 494 14  -  AUSTRALIAN COMPUTER ANALYST MURDERED IN NEWTON FOOD CENTRE BRAWL The Criminal Investigation Department is investigating the case. Anyone with information should call the CIDon *****00. By, Jason Tan ANIGHT of fun ended in death for a 39-year-old Australian at Newton Food Centre early
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    • 298 13 Tips from MOE Deputy Director ONG LYE HUAT 1. If you have done well in a CCA 'h j, Jp §1 JBg9 in primary school, maybe you H should consider carrying on with t~\ it in secondary school to hone your i'\ 2. Choose a CCA which interests you. Something
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  • 622 16 SINGAPORETODAY On Tuesday, The New Paper reported how the corridors of an HDB block in Toa Payoh had become a public toilet. The block is close to an MRTstation. LOW CHING LING finds out why the station has no toilets THE nuisance started because the
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 200 18 AN increasing number of our old luxury cars are chalking up mileage in Batam. But they're doing so without the required permits and sales documents. The illegal trade has been flourishing because Indonesian police and customs officials pay little attention to the problem, reports
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    • 222 19 Finally, it's been admitted. And by one member of his medical team. An Italian orthopaedic surgeon Gianfranco Fineschi, who operated on the Pope John Paul II (left) after he broke his leg in 1994, said so, reported The Evening Standard. In an interview to be published
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    • 248 18 I llinl Majlis Ugama Islam Singapura I I LbbmJ Islamic Religious Council of Singapore H I English Friday Sermon I I January-June 2001 I B An-nur Al-Falah Al-Firdaus Al-tstiqamah |H Darussalam AMstighfar Al-Khair Hj Mohd Salleh Kg. Delta Jamae Chulia Kg. Holland (Geylang) Kg. Holland Kg, Holland Mujahidin Kg. Holland
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    • 55 20 rJSgmt Our Life! pages are full of it. Sometimes irreverent, often funny, never boring. Edited by Richard Lim, who says he's still pVijjF got plenty of living to do. In one of our five handy sections. %Zw ifi y BfeßMj IWH iifct I I MyStmitsTLmes £/•*>;,' •„> -v r y'
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    • 322 21 even if you're the boss AP. STOP using the TV station as a political tool. We are not here "to serve the benefit of only one person or group". That is the six-page message a "group of mass media professionals" at the ITV television
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    • 95 22 CAUTION: This hotel wiH melt in three months' time. But while it lasts, enjoy! It has six guest suites, a soaring entry hall, a movie theatre and two art Ice Hotel near Quebec City, North America's first, is modelled after a similar structure in Sweden—crafted
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    • 395 22 IT was a cold winter morning, and all Ms Angelina Torres, 27, had on were her panties and high-heeled shoes. That was what she claimed a Suffolk County cop made her walk home in on Monday, reported The New York Post. Ms Torries said
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    • 64 23 Fmutfmui* New Zealand doctor, Dr Ant Gear, teed off at midnight for the second year running in order to be the first person to complete a round of golf in the new Millennium. He told the Manawatu Evening Standard: I wanted to make sure I had
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    • 330 23 Reuters. SOME people keep pet mice. But a woman in South Africa kept pet rats... More than 1,000 of them. They were such a major health risk, city health officials sent in exterminators yesterday. Their keeper, Ms Gwynneth Quick, 39, was
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    • 232 23 AUSTRALIANS have found a new way to dispose of unwanted Christmas gifts: They sell them on the Internet. By so doing, they also avoid awkward encounters at department stores, not all of which will accept returns without receipts. And who gives presents with receipts anyway? The
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    • 77 23 Naval Gunner Take A Closer Look ACE 2001 is your chance to check oui unbeatable careers with the SAF. You II be surprised by the pay and excitement that awaits you The three day Expo will provide loads ot entertainment with special performances by Mediaworks and Medlacorp artistes as well
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    • 537 24 GRAMMY NOMINEES Reuters. RAP leads the pack. "Gangsta" rapper Dr Dre and his foul-mouthed protege Eminem are leading in a diverse field of nominees for this year's Grammy Awards, the music industry's top prizes, announced organisers yesterday. Dr Dre, whose real name is Andre Young, picked
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    • 218 25 RECORD OF THE YEAR: Say My Name (Destiny's Child); I Try (Macy Gray); Music (Madonna); Bye Bye Bye CN Sync); Beautiful Day (U2). ALBUM OF THE YEAR: Midnite Vultures (Beck); The Marshall Mathers LP (Eminem); Kid A (Radiohead); You're the One (Paul Simon); Two Against Nature (Steely
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    • 458 26 Eye, I myself Blood in eye forces a closer look at her pace While filming for a shampoo commercial in Bangkok recently, Phyllis Quek's left eye turned blood red. An optic nerve had burst Blame it on workaholism, she tells KOR KIAN BENG PHYLLIS Quek (right) loves the fast working
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    • 73 27 NOW we commercial to do. If the I should do it, I will, as long as it isn't anything illegal." 1 always respect my management's decision because I think thafs m ti&hm m mmi? nfl'inw prmessitmanflTTh << f6u must have an open heartandnot be You
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    • 405 28 A newspaper report on Dec 31 said she flew to Japan alone around Christmas to get over her break-up with Thomas Ong. But two days later, Sharon Au tells TEO KUAN YEE... SINCE that public announcement, her friends have been frantically calling to console her.
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    • 50 28 IN FOCUS TOMORROW Building a better life Recently, 30 Singaporams volunteered their services In Operas! Soedarsono Batam 2000. Through Utah coMalxwatton wriUi the Indonesians, a school and a dinJc were buift on Pulau Tek/k Nipah. zbNOW talks to the big-hearted group about the challenges they faced, buBding on fortiyn ground.
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    614 29 FEW food items in this world can beat a bowl of hot, steaming rice. Rice is the simplest comfort food. Sometimes, there will be days when we just don't want to cook. Maybe it's Bpm, nobody's at home and you need to fix something simple yet tasty.
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  • 1007 30  -  barriers BY V K Santosh Kumar TWO Olympic medals. Two broken knees for her efforts. That's what Picabo Street has had to pay for her two shots at fame. The American downhill skiing champion turned up at Val D'lsere in France last month to compete in
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  • 486 31  -  ET CETERA WITH TANYA FONG MY grandma has the kindest face I have ever seen. With her sun-weathered complexion and her deep soulful eyes, her smile never fails to melt my heart. Life, for my grandma, has been all about hard work. The same went for
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  • 414 32 CAREER CHOICE I USED to think that being a waterski boatman was no big deal. 11 Aft wall doesnt the boatman |s& just drive, and the skier just ski? That perspective changed when I met MrSuter Tan, 29. His love for the water sports started when he
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  • 308 34 |FRojVmgE3s_ CAREER CHOICE WHAT requirements do you need before you drive the boat? You would first need to have a pleasure craft licence and have have been skiing or wakeboarding regularly for at least three years. For the first three months, there will be no driving,
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    • 671 49  -  WITH DANNY KHOO ON THE KRANJI TRACK WORKOUTS BY SUNDAY'S RUNNERS SINGAPORE NEW YEAR 2000 2,000 m: The Mighty Finn (Dittman) and El Duce did a testing 1,200 m workout, clocking 34.5 over the last 600 m. Slow work: Counting Stars (E Ahern). CLASS 1 1,200
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  • SPORTSTODAY
    • 337 51 B EUROPE KICKOFF: ITALY (Matches resume this weekend after winter break) AFP. INTER-MILAN chops and changes players too much. That's what its defender, Frenchman Laurent Blanc said. And he has said he might quit Inter unless some changes were made. He said the tendency of
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    • 126 51 JUVENTUS star and FIFA World Player of the Year Zinedine Zidane (right) found himself caught between two car companies yesterday after appearing in a TV commercial for US giant Ford. The ad was broadcast for the first time in France on New Year's
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    • 253 51 AFP. JUVENTUS and Holland goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar has insisted he remains the Italian side's first-choice custodian despite the arrival of Uruguayan Fabian Carini at the Stadio Delle Alpi yesterday. The 30-year-old van der Sar, capped more than 50 times,
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    • 326 52 Reuters. BRAZILIAN midfielder Denilson (above) has returned to Spain to see out the season with Second Division Real Betis. Said Denilson, once the world's most expensive player: "I am really pleased to be back. I hope to do everything I can to help get Betis back
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    • 295 52 EUROPE KICKOFF: GERMANY. SPAIN EFFENBERC'S RED LEATHER TROUSERS AFP. BAYERN Munich captain Stefan Effenberg has landed himself in hot water once again. This time over remarks concerning the club's stadium and by wearing red leather trousers to a function. Effenberg has been warned
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    • 197 52 AP. ROVING Welshman John Toshack began his third stint as coachofßeal Sociedad yesterday. He has signed a deal to stay till June 2003. He left France's Saint-Etienne to try and rescue the Spanish League's last-place team. Toshack, 50, said he was not worried about taking
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    • CHAMPIONSHIP CHASE
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        660 53 BRUSHED aside like a mosquito against a rampaging elephant. That is how West Ham manager Harry Redknapp felt after his in-form side was squashed by Manchester United, reports Reuters. 'There's not a chance of United being caught, they are in a different class," he said. "They were superb
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      • 546 53 Wire services. WHILE Man United hopes to become only the fourth team in history to win three consecutive league titles, the only question fans are asking is who will finish second. In his half-term report on the Premiership, Man U manager Alex Ferguson said: "Arsenal, because of
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    • 148 54 Reuters. ONE man who is determined to prevent the Manchester giant from romping to a third consecutive title is Gunners star Thierry Henry. "It's like when Ajax always used to win the Dutch league by five, 10 or
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    • 318 54 AFP. 1 ARSENE Wenger may think he isn't good enough to lead Arsenal to another league title this year, but one player still has plenty of faith in him. French Footballer of the Year Thierry Henry intends to stand by his manager
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    • 344 54 Wire services. OLE GUNNAR SOLSKIAER: The Manchester United striker has hit back at the Norwegian FA after he, Red Devils team-mate Ronny Johnsen and Tottenham Hotspur compatriot Steffen Iversen were banned from playing for their country in a row over sponsorship. "I've been treated extremely unfairly," he said.
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    • 651 55  -  FAS SPONSOR SINGTEL MAN U SPONSOR —VODAFONE MAN U CAN PLAY IN SINGAPORE FAS SPONSOR TIGER BEER LIVERPOOL SPONSOR CARLSBERG IIMERHpOfc CANTPUIfiI SINGAPORE COMMENT LIM HAN MING LET me set the record straight. Fm a full-blooded Liverpool fan. All 15 years of it. Which explains why Fm
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    • 121 55 LIVERPOOL has completed the free-transfer signing of Finnish international striker Jari Litmanen from Spanish club Barcelona. Litmanen passed a medical at Anfield, according to reports in the Finnish media. He is to sign a two-and-a-half-year contract. According to the website shanklygates.com, the 29-year-old Litmanen could be
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    • 401 56  -  LIONS' UPDATE BY Wang Meng Meng THERE are 10 minutes left on the clock. Your team is tied 0-0. You need to break the deadlock fast. Who you gonna call? Everybody together now: Supersub! For almost a decade, the diminutive Steven Tan has warmed the
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    • 230 56  -  RUGBY By Gary Lim TO promote from within or to look beyond our shores? The Singapore Rugby Union (SRU) has yet to decide which is the better option after the departure of former coach Mark James. Said SRU manager Ridzal Saat: 'These are
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    • 133 56 THE semi-final of the Tiger Beer Pool Challenge 2000 was held at Sultan of Swing on Tuesday. Known previously as the Leisuretron 8 Ball Pool Challenge, it is organised by Leisuretron Entertainment. In Tuesday night's semis, Team Ice Cold Beer beat Brass Rail 3-1; while
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    • 435 57 Fulham captain breaks his leg in three places in car crash I Wire services. WELSH international defender Chris Coleman is recovering in hospital after breaking his right leg in a car accident. Coleman, 30, captain of runaway English First Division leader Fulham, was reported to have been
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