The New Paper, 7 January 2001

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  • 27 1 the new paper JANUARY 7, 2001 <$>= Slngapore Press Holdings Email: tnp@sph.com.sg I on Sunday Tel: 1800-7 33 44 55 Website: newpaper.asia I .com.sg 70 CENTS MITA(P) 19/03/2000
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  • NEWS
    • 665 2 Ex-Geylang United goalie Lutz Pfannenstiel, 27, was sentenced yesterday to five months' jail for match-fixing. BRIAN MILLER talks to afriend of the footballer on how he spent his last day as a free man THE day before the verdict was passed down, Lutz Pfannenstiel (pronounced
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    • 195 2  -  BY Wang Meng Meng FOOTBALL Association of Singapore (FAS) chief operating officer John Koh is confident this incident won't affect local fans. He said: "I'm convinced fans will not desert the S-League. "But this does not mean the authorities will be complacent after this
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    • 110 2 This is a clear signal that the FAS and CPIB are really watching. Money is the root of all evil. Players are only human but they should know the laws in Singapore well. This is a good reminder for the new S-League season that we are determined
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    • Article, Illustration
      842 3 _A l A i Passenger Larissa U 1 Sovitskaya, 20, jj AN-24 with her husbantlh|j Aug 24,1981 at Russia. Two hours into flight, a bigger military plane, TU-16, crashes Intb their turboprop plane and rips off their plane's roof and wings. jM W The Soviet authorities refused to
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    • 487 4  -  PART-TIME work is an option many students are taking up. There are many openings for waiting on tables or part-time sales assistants, especially during the festive season. There is some money in it although nobody can expect to
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    • 468 4 Once she was tied up and thrown into the loo. As if that wasn't enough, her colleagues also bombarded her with different salad dressings. Sound like torture? Actually it was fun, and she loved it. Charlotte Sng, 20, who works as a part-time waitress at
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    • 472 5 RUDY De Rozario is turning out to be a deejay who is much in demand these days. The 24-year-old who has just completed an advanced diploma in Mass Communicatic orks part-time to help pay for his studies. He has good contacts with several production companies,
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    • 242 5 ASK Michelle Koh Shu Lin (above) anything you want about coffee and tea. Well, at least the types they serve at Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf. The 18-year-old student is a part-timer at one of the chain's outlets at Scotts Shopping Centre. But even before
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    • 789 6  -  PHOTO JOURNALIST FLORENCE TAN EVERY time Madam Yanna Wahab lets her hair down, she is sending an "I love you" message to her husband. Until she got to know Mr Yusni Fadal, she wasn't too concerned or bothered about the length of
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  • 944 7 These are a few of her favourite things... THE taxi weaves through Jalan Kilang Timor, an industrial estate littered with contractors and lorries. Not a place you'd expect to seek out Singapore's top model. You've seen her face everywhere, particularly one photo spread on a
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  • NEWS
    • 575 8 Ms Sovitskaya's She is thrown to ttw onto a metal and Is regains consciousn the ground. ®Wrol^iil^lfii^^W3Wfl^»/' r i The rest of hia family does not share his love for mountains: "No, it is not in the genes and they wonder fti3|jat'®asBip4 "ii j and
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    • 599 10  -  REPORTS GLORIA CHANDY WE usually associate the making of pineapple tarts with little old ladies in sarong kebayas. Well, forget all that. I've just had some great ones. Made by teenage BOYS in football gear. Addy, 16, is adept at rolling out the
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  • EXPAT
    • 913 12  -  By Robin Leong RECENTLY, I have met some new, ugly kids on the block. And I hate them. Okay, "hate" is too strong a word. Rather, they "strongly irritate the hell out of me Who am I talking about? Three words: Arrogant, ignorant expats. In short, the
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    • 241 12 I FTTFRSTO GUS THIS week's column is at the request of Raymond. He wrote: "How about inviting Robin Leong to write? As an actor in Mediacorp and a sports host on Sportscity, he should have something to say about life in Singapore..." Thanks Raymond. Robin
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    • 184 13 HAVE you had any bad experiences with ugly expats? What are some of their behaviour and habits which you do not like? How do you deal with it? Tell us about it. Tell us 10 things you dislike about the expats. The rationale of talking
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  • @ A GLANCE
    • 388 14 MADAM Ally Phang dreams of having a family full of happy, screaming youngsters. But the 36-year-old has a problem with ovulation that makes it next to impossible for her to have a baby naturally. She tried a variety of ways to get pregnant, that included taking medication from
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    • 60 14 Members of the Japanese Edo Firemen Commemoration Association, wearing traditional firemen clothing, exhibiting their acrobatic skills on top of bamboo ladders. The display took place during a New Year demonstration in Tokyo yesterday. This is done annually in the capital at the beginning of each year
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    • 134 14 COSMIC CLOCKS: This is part of the French government's millennium project involving cosmic clocks in seven countries on five continents. They play musical pieces which resound simultaneously seven times a day. Where: The Substation, 45 Armenian Street Time: 11am 9pm Admission: Free WOMEN AT WORK—A PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION
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    • 25 14 Call our news hotline. If your tip-off leads to a news report, you'll receive a home-delivered LARGE CURRY CHICKEN PIZZA! TJS PIZZAt tht pizza professionals
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  • 170 15 [inOus] mm mm Miss Deborah Barker and Mr R Palakrishnan yesterday joined the ranks of 27 other lawyers as Senior Counsel, Singapore's version of Britain's prestigious Queen's Counsel, or QC. Senior Counsel are appointed each year by a four-man selection committee. The scheme was started
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  • BRIEFLY
    • 85 15 A TEENAGER was charged with raping a nine-year-old girl at MacRitchie Reservoir on Oct 10. On Friday, a district court heard the charge against Shankar Suppiahmaniam, 18. He was arrested on Wednesday, following a police appeal for information about his whereabouts. He is in the custody of the
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    • 94 15 THE parents of a British teen have dropped the shocking idea of giving her breast-enlargement surgery as a 16th birthday present. After criticism from surgeon Anthony Erian, Jenna's mum, Mrs Kay Franklin, said: "If he says 16 is too young, then she will have to wait until
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    • 88 15 EXIT polls predict that Mr Thaksin Shinawatra will become Thailand's next prime minister despite allegations of graft. Mr Thaksin is a former policeman who has built a high-tech empire. The polls forecast his Thai Rak Thai Party to win as many as 240 seats in the 500-seat lower
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    • 91 15 A HUSBAND and wife who ran a travel agency offering cheap trips were really in the business of murdering their clients and selling their organs, said Uzbek law enforcers. The organs may have been sold in South-east Asia. Police arrested the couple a university professor and a doctor
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    • 96 15 A VACUUM cleaner saved the life of a 70-year-old Japanese man when it was used to suck out a rice cake he was choking on. "His daughter used the vacuum cleaner to suck out the mochi," a Hokkaido official said yesterday. Although the vacuum cleaner did
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    • 71 15 THE Causeway and roads leading to hypermarkets are among the places where the Johor Baru traffic police will set up checkpoints to crack down on errant Singaporean motorists. Vehicles with Singapore plates will be stopped for inspection and drivers with unsettled summonses will be required to pay on
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    • 95 15 A SIBLING of four-year-old Jun Hao, who died of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) on Wednesday, was given the all clear yesterday. Toddler Chua Xin Yee, two, and brother Jun Jie, eight, were among eight children warded for observation at KK Women's and Children's Hospital. The rest
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    • 68 15 The treasures are therefor us to unlock and to enjoy. But in order for us to unlock the cupboards, we must have the key—and the key is education and the treasures are knowledge, which is available in books, Internet websites and in other people's minds. Prime Minister
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
    • 43 15 north Thunderstorms west Thunderstorms fjr central Thunderstorms mg lyi east Thunderstorms minimum 24 °C mmbjbhh maximum 31 °c sunrise 7:10 am sunset 7:13 pm first tide... 27 m: 8:24 am moonrise 4: 42 pm second tide... 2.5 m: 10:18 pm moonset 4:15 am
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  • 611 16  -  |[th^Weekj Guest editor CHUAH YUXIN, last /ear's top PSLE student IMAGINE living in a crumbling shelter. Cockroaches and rats infesting the place. Mosquitoes and houseflies as plentiful as dust particles in the air. The blazing sun, the stale and dusty air. Drinking water has to be fetched
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  • NEWS
    • Article, Illustration
      231 18 No, it's just Intel CEO Craig Barrett, in a stuntto prove that the PC is alive and well. Source: AFP. THE personal computer is far from dead, according to the CEO of the world's largest chip maker. Intel's Craig Barrett lashed out at critics who have been predicting the
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    • 382 19 IN THE PHILIPPINES, THE CATHOLIC CHURCH TURNS INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER WITH MASS AND MARRIAGE COUNSELLING ONLINE Traditionally, they took care of your spiritual journey. Now, they are looking after your cyberspace journey as well. The Catholic church in the Philippines has added Internet services to its long
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    • 386 20  -  By Brian Miller SHE can tease the eggs out of a sturgeon and honey from a bee. But ask the incomparable Italian stunner why she does it, and she will with the brush of a hand and the flutter of eyelashes tell you it's because she
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    • 326 21 That's how much man who lost art of love got STRANGE things can happen to people after they meet with accidents. Some lose their memory. But in British businessman John White's case, it was the art of loving that he lost, reports Mirror online. Mr White, 45, was eating
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    • 285 21 A NEW York police officer, accused of forcing women to strip after they failed breath tests, was suspended without pay on Friday. This was after a third woman came forward with a similar story. Two women claimed a Suffolk County policeman drove them to empty parking lots and
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    • 534 22  - 'Hey guys, help me fly this plane!' Aussie carrier grounded after woman pilot 1 gets passengers' help in a crisis By] Peter Wilson REPORTING FROM SYDNEY SOMETIMES, a gal just needs some extra muscle. And when she's the pilot, it may well have to come from her passengers! As in
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    • 116 19 To welcome the New Year, we have an exclusive collector's item from Japan for you the Lucky Snake Soap. This fragrant soap comes FREE with every purchase IP* IP! I Shokubutsu Body Foam 750m1. sMv£t*» shot£v't+u The Orientals believe that the Snake embodies the spirit S« °f Earth and ensures
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  • 607 24  -  the PLttE io FO Tips By Ng Wan Ching wanching@sph.com.sg ONE of the most fun things to do when one is giving a sit-down Western style dinner at home is making up a gorgeous looking table before the food is served. And you
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  • 521 26 HHI Tiine in, Decibels Hi chill out Hot Melanie B (EMI) SPICE Girl Melanie B goes all R&B on her debut solo album. But Lauryn Hill she is not. Her vocals aren't that great, and coming from a pop heritage of Spice pop, hers is a rhythm without much blues.
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  • 553 27  -  [single Column by Janice Wong do npops@sph.com.sg HAVE you ever wondered how some people can be so popular with the opposite sex? Why do they invariably attract the prettiest babes or coolest guys? Now you can be one of them. No, you don't have to
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  • Aggie MATTERS OF THE HEART AH D BODY
    • 291 28 I AM 20 and still studying. My boyfriend of four years has dumped me because he found that our relationship was not as good as it was previously. He also said that he could not discern my love for him. He says that he only likes
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    • 210 28 Last week's letter: SHE's 13 and in love with two guys. P is a guy she has been waiting for since she was in Primary 4. He's 16 and a Taiwanese like her. At the begining of this year, she found out that he has feelings
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    • 116 28 Readers' advice: ITS time to stop dwelling on P as he has made it clear that he is not interested. Focus on other aspects of your life such as your studies. You are too young to go steady with anyone. Matters of the heart are often very complex
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    • 126 28 I THINK you should just forget about P and get on with your life since you are not in his heart. Forgetting the person you like is painful but you still have to face reality, don't you? D sounds like a good guy. Although he does not have
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    • 399 29 I HAVE known my boyfriend, Z, for over a year. Previously I had a boyfriend of five years but he was the abusive type. Early this year, I became pregnant with Z's child. As both of us had just started working around that time, we opted
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    • 359 29 I AM 24 and have an 18-month-old daughter. My husband has been abusive and has left me. The problem now is that I am two months pregnant. I have a job and am financially capable of bringing up both children myself. However, I am
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    • Puberty Dr Lim Su Min clears the air over teen sex issues
      • 206 29 I have an embarrassing Q problem. I am a 25-year-old man and I do enjoy looking at pretty girls. But somehow, I have taken to visiting boutiques to buy women's underwear. In fact, I enjoy slipping into women's skirts and panties. I am also not the
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      • 153 29 I have become rather Q worried of late. You see, I have recently discovered that some of my sperm is yellowish in colour. Is it normal to have yellowish sperm? What are the "normal" colours? Also, could I be in danger or at risk in some
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    • 44 28 CAN YOU HELP? If you think you can Help with some useful advice, write or lax to Aggie by Wednesday. The best letter will be published next week. The writer of the best reply will receive a special @T-shirt and a New Paper cap.
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  • Page 29 Advertisements
    • 70 29 CALLUS If you need advice on matters of the heart or sex issues, write to: Aggie, The New Paper, News Centre, 82 Genting Lane, Singapore *****7. Or fax: 737-5375, e-mail: tnp@sph.com.sg (please mark: Aggie) or call 1900-*****07 (calls cost 30 cents a minute). (You can use a pen name, but
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  • Feature
    • Article, Illustration
      823 30  -  REPORTS GLORIA CHANDY HE had braced himself for a mammoth task. After all, "Being Prepared" is something he has been used to almost all his life. Dr Kevin Tan, 39, former associate professor of law at NUS and presently consultant with an investment group, became a cadet scout
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    • 221 30 TWO old scouts and a totem pole. Not just any totem pole. This one comes with quite a history. Mr Peter Pong, 76, and Mr Foo Sek Tong, 71, were once eager-beaver boy scouts in the St Anthony's Scout Troop. This troop kept a much-carved
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    • 552 31 ■FROM PREVIOUS PAGE WHEN Chan Chon Hoe takes part in The New Paper Big Walk every year, he doesn't mgrely walk, like everyone else. "I do the quick march. Because Lord Baden-Powell said that scouts should walk that way. You advance one yard for
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  • 534 32  -  Waiting for instructions i' I Column by Nicholas Lee SO here it is, finally the real new millennium. I'm standing on stage, in Sentosa. It's December 31st, I'm counting down the seconds to midnight with fellow celebrities, a Brazilian group of dancers and musicians and Sister Sledge (a
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  • Page 33 Miscellaneous
    • 467 33 "l lJy& CALL: 873-3333 f IA BDI 24-hour subscription sales hotline mAyjae in turn he assumes the identity of an athlete who has genes that would today Armageddon allow him to achieve his dream of 9pm This smash hit action-packed space travel. axn ifi blockbuster made millions of dollars at
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  • Page 34 Miscellaneous
    • 409 34 I sat NBA Basketball: Toronto Raptors Highlight of the Week 3.30 am vsßoston Celtics(UVE) They may be bruised and battered but Hfri Road to Eternity (TVB Primetime) discovered and TEC/TCM Buddha. He then reincarnates into Xu reconstruct the film. With more new rejects the Princess' proposal and gets per cent
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  • 450 35 Criticssayl SHARP M ALE nurse Greg Fokker (Ben Stiller), meets his girlfriend's parents before proposing. He ends up facing her suspicious father, Jack (Robert De Niro), who is every date's worst nightmare. Stars Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller, Blythe Danner, Teri Polo and Nicole DeHuff. Directed by
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  • Page 36 Miscellaneous
    • 52 36 I GV-Bishan: 11.20,1.45,4.15, 6.45, 9.15 Cathay-Orchard: 10.30,12.45, 3,7.30, 9.45 GV-EastPfcl 1.55,2.10,4.25,6.40,9 Cathay-Causeway: 12.30, 2.45,5,7.15, 9JO GY-Grand: 11.50,2.05,4.20,6.40,9 Cathay-Causeway: 12.15,230.4.45,7,9.15 I GV'PUua: <-5M.0 5 9.20 I GV-Bishan: 6.10pm GV-Plaza: Nn, 2.20,4.40, 7,9.20 GV-Marina: 11.40,2,4.20,7,9.25 Si*?? B lfif; 25 n o, I GV-Gold: 11.40,2,4.15,6.30.8.50 GV-Yrshun: 11.40, 1.55,4.20,6.50,9.20 GV-Plaza: 12.10,2.30.4.50,7.10,9J0 |V-Tar^pi I. f5
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    • 939 37  -  fey LEONG MAY LING Edited by Crispina Robert crispina@sph.com.sg f NO, it wasn't the tea that drew me to Darjeeling. It was the books written during the East India Company days that I had loved, read and remembered. Starting from the early
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    • 237 38 IT would be tragic to travel all the way to the Indian Himalayas and not rough it out in the mountains. In good weather October to December, March to May are the recommended trekking periods you might get to see the spectacular sight of snow-peaked mountains towering
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  • 834 39  -  BLOND AMBITION: Qlolumnj, FORTNIGHTLY COLUMN BY SINGAPORE'S BUSIEST FUNNYMAN by Siva Choy I'VE been thinking of dyeing my hair blond but my barber tells me it will be difficult because I'm bald. Well, he's a liar because I'm not completely bald. Sitting in the barber's chair
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  • 838 40  -  l^arriedwithkids by. Ng Wan Ching wanching@sph.com.sg Treadmills are to kids what Tom (the cat) is to Jerry (the mouse). Put them together and it's a disaster-in-waiting. Before you know it, it blows up in your face. Gym operators know that. Anyone with common sense knows
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  • Page 41 Miscellaneous
    • 691 41 Funnies WHAT'S HUP Oh no! I'm a year older again this year. Sob! But you're a year younger than next year. I don t know why but I feel better already. 90 *6 OODS IfiSIPS 4* 'IS i m "i iff i 9 1 m C# *s: WSl£/%' K •j,
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  • RACING
    • 402 44  -  By Lionel Lee THE new racing season at Kranji could not have gotten off to a better start last night with the promising Kingscote delivering as promised in the opening event. Kingscote, who came into the Class 4 Div 2 sprint over 1,200m with a
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    • 980 44 YESTERDAY'S KRANJI (COURSE B/LONG COURSE) RACE RESULTS Going: Yielding Bma^^mmmBsssaamsm 1 KINGSCOTE 59 (18-7) LDittman (6) 3 4 1 (473) 9 KIM MIGHTY 53.5 c 54.5 (15-6) J Fortune (8) 1'1 2 (494) 2 EL NINO 58 (77-18) CCarmody (2) 2 2 3 (462) 7 BALLYGUNNER54.5(18-7) EAhem (1) 5 3
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    • 1316 45 EXCERPTS FROM SINGAPORE TURF CLUB STIPENDIARY STEWARDS' REPORT RACE I: Light rain fell prior to and during the race. BALLYGUNNER and COURT OF JONGS jumped awkwardly and were slow to begin. Approaching the first turn near the I,ooom, KINGSCOTE steadied when tightened between EVER STRIKE, who
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    • 278 46  -  By Lionel Lee BANDAU surprised all and sundry by coming out from a more than a year's absence to land Race 2 at Ipoh yesterday. It was a win that signalled a great comeback for the once promising galloper, who was so mesmerising two seasons
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    • 1237 46 YESTERDAY'S IPOH RACE RESULTS Going: Good WYNNE: Steers Bandautoan easy all-the-way win in Race 2 atlpoh yesterday 6 MAYBE 57 (19-7) KKLoh (8) 7 3 1 (455) 4 FUSAITCHI57 (15-6) ACavallo (2) 4 1 2 (499) 10 UNITED VENTURE 57 (204-41) TAsogan (7) 11 8 3 (492) 1 CHONGQING EXPRESS
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    • 1469 47 EXCERPTS FROM PERAK TURF CLUB STIPENDIARY STEWARDS' REPORT RACE 1: VIRGINIA BOY broke through the gate, was checked by the vet and was passed fit to race. The gate for NOT SURPRISING was extremely slow to open. NOT SURPRISING was declared a non-runner
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    • 1443 48 TODAY'S IPOH RACE CARD —GOING FORECAST: YIELDING No. Last 6 runs Horse Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/origin/sex, trainer-owner) 1 19-905 ITS WORTH IT 57 (60) *WKYanc2.5 11 (6irg Hoy-Eres Tu No. 2) 2 *****7 PROFESSOR MARVEL 56.5 (59) I Azhar 6 (4nzg Sargent-Professor) 3 *****0 BLACK PEPPER 56 (58) T
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    • 465 49 BRIGHT HOPE: Jockey Brethem Tai (left) will have plenty of admirers when he hops aboard Justbellin Race 2. PENANG LINK: Jockey Oo Khuang Liang (left) teams up with Penang trainer Bonny Ng astride Direct Link in Race 8. Danny Khoo Lionel Lee Tan Thean Loon Michael
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    • 54 49 ii ii mn ii Must get rid of "second best" tag, and what better time to do it than the turn of a new year. Jockey-turned-trainer Peter Clarke would also love to get off the mark after a winless debut up north last year.
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    • 80 49 RACE 1: Professor Marvel, Bintan Star, Tuis All Round, Big Secret, Right Angle. RACE 2: Mr Coffee, Young Nelson, Emerald Heights, When You Believe. RACE 3: Neil Avadon, Diamond City. RACE 4: Island Princess, Innocent, Victory Pet, Rint Zest, Timberlain. RACE 5: Ideal Lad, Turf Governor. RACE 6: Toramitai.
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    • 1011 50 FINAL TUNE-UP: Singapore New Year2ooo candidate Peak Of Perfection XI being put through his paces by jockey Fernando iovine last Friday morning. Picture/ Syahriya Yahaya No. Last 6 rung Horse Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/origin/sex, trainer-owner) 1 4182-4 RED HOT 59
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    • 711 51  -  By Danny Khoo The mighty Finn's biggest claim to fame so far has been his victory in the Jumbo Jet Trophy. But he could have easily bagged a couple more features with some luck and the absence of Ouzo and Pacific Prince. His bid
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    • 321 51 Red Hot (Race I No. I) Was unlucky not to have won over the 2,000m trip two starts back, going down by a head to Banneret. Again unlucky last week when he could not secure a clear passage in the crucial stages and had to settle for fourth
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    • 110 52 HOPMAN CUP: WORLD number one Martina Hingis broke herjinx in her fourth attempt to help Switzerland win the Hopman Cup yesterday. Martina (right) and her partner Roger Federer won their singles rubbers to secure the A$1 million mixed team title at the expense of
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    • 102 52 TIGER CHALLENGE WITH precision shots, Hubertus I won the finals of the Tiger Beer Pool Challenge 2000 at Jams 2000, Clarke Quay, on Friday. In a competition that involved both skill and tactics, Hubertus I came out on top against Ice Cold Beer in the "Sudden Death".
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      • 106 52 Reuters. SOCCER: LIVERPOOL manager Gerard Houllier says striker Robbie Fowler may leave after he was attacked earlier this week. Fowler, who has failed to establish a regular first-team place this season due to a long-term injury, is still recovering from the facial cuts and bruises he suffered
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      • 123 52 AP. QOLF: TOP seed Ernie Els twice gave up a one-shot lead to crash out of the World Match Play Championship to Sweden's Pierre Fulke. In a scrappy semi-final, Els couldn't seem to find the extra gear he said he had after his earlier last-eight victory over Craig
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  • 592 53 EVER felt like you're doing more than your fair share? Vknow the feeling... you're working your butt off, and others around you seem to be coasting. If you have, then you'll know what Chris Webber's going through. Sure, his team's doing well. The Sacramento Kings
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  • 339 53 AP. THE greatest game of Chris Webber's career wasn't good enough to get the Sacramento Kings a win. Webber had career highs of 51 points and 26 rebounds, but missed two shots late in overtime and didn't score in the extra period as the Pacers
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    • 33 54 bastfwW^^' <m,yh0|M>,0fth# "I Just hops ha knows what ha's doing. "Bwybodiy lias his own thoughts, and it just happens that he wants to do those things that he's doing now."
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    • 102 54 INDRA Sahdan will not be an automatic first choice player at Home United. His availability plays a huge part, since his course will only end in June while the S-League season starts in March. Said Home club manager, Noordin Rahman: "It will depend on his form. "Also,
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    • 1574 55 MOST visitors to London make a bee-line for Buckingham Palace but second stop on the tourist bus is usually the emporium down the road in Knightsbridge, known as Harrods. Especially for those shopaholics from Singapore. Its flamboyant owner, one Mohamed A 1 Fayed, boasts
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    • 126 56 YOU wouldn't want to be in the shoes of Fulham manager Jean Tigana. On the eve of the biggest match, he knows he will be without five key players, reports Soccernet. Sean Davis is suspended, John Collins is still recovering from a hamstring problem, Lee Clark is set
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      409 57 SOCCER STRIKER NOW A COP WALSALL 2 WEST HAW 3 fA Cup third round: Vewrfu" 2 Bournemouth 2 g GWtogfum3 t BwehyZ 3~" Cardiff 1 Crewel Hi Arsenal 1 I Chariton 1 DagenhaM* Redbridge 1 Chelsea 5 Peterborough!) Deity 3 WtHUIvIIIWICII z MMtMS Leeds 1 Pamilej 0 Leicester
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    • 83 57 HIS goal is peace. His game reconciliation. Playing politics was far from Jose Alexandre "Xanana" Gusmao's mind on Friday. The president of the National Council of Timorese Resistance donned a goalkeeper's jersey to win the people's hearts. What better way to
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