The New Paper, 13 January 2001

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    26 1 the new paper SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 2001 Singapore Press Holdings Email: tnp@sph.com.sg Tel: 1800-7 33 44 55 Website: newpaper.asia I .com.sg MITA (P) 058/04/2000 60 CENTS
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      37 1 2* mH Family of kids stabbed at Changi Airport opens up mssm 0 Malaysian doctor's will gives 460 to wife, fortune to mum Judge says widow must get million-ringgit estate as o doctor's mind was not sound
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      124 1 J" taMMpi Family of kids stabbed at Changi Airport opens up BBBSBE q Little Anna died with •/n T J 1 3 "tffl injuries GREAT AUNT JAILED FOR LIFE® I t i I jjfll ijaFffffS«jp& "~y i %3i^F «T[ IF j j A HTi ii ii "i JHj^, k HHHa
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    12 1 GREAT AUNT JAILED FOR LIFE Picture/AFP
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  • THENEWSTODAY
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      Lock icon Court overturns will that gives widow only 46 cents
      430 2 A MALAYSIAN court has overturned a doctor's will that left only RMI (approximately 46 cents) to his wife and the rest to his mother. Judge Datuk Dr R K Nathan said he was satisified that widow Chua Kooi Hean, 58, had
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      Lock icon Kidnapped, drugged, left in hotel
      388 2 This is what happened to Riau Deputy Governor R A Azis, stopping him from swearing in the regent, deputy regent RIAU province Deputy Governor R A Azis was to have been in Tanjung Pinang on Bintan island yesterday. He was to have sworn in Mr
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      33 3 M :m mm I 1■ i .V. --■""j ijp' S '"V"-» ••.•■••-V:- •.•••'.■.'•"•r*-.- .V.'-rV; 1 >.V.-i-* V '"-V Police Forensic Laboratory said that geo-radar signals had picked up three
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      Lock icon Why they think there’s a bunker beneath
      128 3 D I A radar antenna (transducer) was pulled H along the ground. It H transmitted pulses of B ultra high-frequency radio waves into the ground. The transmitted energy was reflected b from various buried I objects or cavities found between the different fi
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      504 4  -  It's the parents who at first felt uneasy putting their Down's Syndrome kids in normal kindergarten By Fraemone Wee LITTLE April Koh has Down's Syndrome, but she has been attending a normal class at the Radin Mas PAP kindergarten for nearly two weeks now. Putting children
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      88 4 The Integrated Preschool Programme a project aimed at incorporating children with Down Syndrome in a normal kindergarten is the first of its kind in Singapore. The pilot programme was initiated by the Down Syndrome Association (Singapore) and the Radin Mas PAP Kindergarten, and started on Jan
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      207 4 r.tr~ CRAZY BARGINS «R*! 1 4W<S) *etw, NEW YEAR FACTORY CLEARANCE J I "*2. 3 13/1/01 to 17/1/01 (10.00am-7.00pm) "~«l«l ll^WSfc HL Home Theatre/Karaoke WMtss I |^l3®Pr K9H l-astest 33" TV Japanese Brand 11-lk Mk USBT Branded VCD Player «HAWF>.THOMSOM VCD m 9 I B&B Front Speaker I /*q«\ Japanese
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      272 5 hilCard by pod lets you send SMS, download free icons and nngtones from www.pod.com.sg, access |illlll% WAA -ideas (simply register at www.mysingtel.com.sg) and top up at any DBS ATM or SAM machine. Now |H j i V- hilCard offers even more value. Until 31 January. 2001, every single top-up amount
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  • QUICKNEWS
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      Lock icon Drink ‘new’ old water by 2010
      219 6 HLJ Purer than tap water... IMAGINE: The stuff that goes down the drain going into your mouth. Before you yell: "Gross!", consider this: Recycled water being churned out by a new waste-water treatment plant in Bedok is purer than tap water. And surpasses drinking-water
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        66 6 HOUSING BOARD A SIMPLE "dual circuit" lighting system for common areas will help HDB save $11 million a year. Each lamp has two light tubes. With dual circuits, the tubes can be switched off separately. At midnight, one tube turns off. The other keeps lighting up common areas
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        66 6 FESTIVAL A LEADING travel agency can set up its 74 luxury tents for tourists at the huge Maha Kumbh Mela (Grand Pitcher Festival) in Allahabad, but at a site further away. An Indian court overruled a state government order requesting Cox Kings to withdraw for violating the
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        63 6 j^^^^PITAL A MALE patient at Tan Tock Seng General Hospital threatened to jump from a ledge 10 floors above its Accident and Emergency ward yesterday afternoon. A relative of a patient saw the man, a Thai construction worker in his 30s, climb out. He was finally persuaded
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        57 6 VENEZUELA VENEZUELA'S army top brass has been sent 140 pairs of multicoloured panties an insult that riled the generals and feminists. A letter to the press said the generals were "excessively servile" to President Hugo Chavez. Women's groups slammed the government, saying the generals were victims of their
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        64 6 MARKET FIRES THE police said yesterday that they have no evidence at this stage to indicate a link between a few sporadic fire incidents reported recently at Ang Mo Kio and one at the Telok Blangah area. The Singapore Civil Defence Force and police are still investigating
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        54 6 BLOOD CLOTS A QANTAS flight attendant collapsed, suffering a potentially fatal blood clot, after a 15-hour Sydney-Los Angeles flight this week, The Sydney Morning Herald reports. This is the first reported case of aviation-linked deep-vein thrombosis (DVT) of air crew, prompting Australian pilots and attendants to seek urgent
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        52 6 i UK TEN African nurses recruited under Britain's policy to poach nurses from other countries to overcome her staff shortages, have been discovered to be HIV-positive. The health authority which recruited them will allow them to continue working and their identity will be kept secret from patients, doctors and
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        60 6 SUBMARINE A PLAN to raise the Russian nuclear submarine, the Kursk, has been unveiled by the Russian Federation and Holland. Their Kursk Foundation aims to carry out the operation in the northern summer. The bodies of more than 100 Russian sailors are still trapped in the Kursk, which
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      39 6 New Straits Times: Umno, Pas to discuss format International Herald Tribune: Hongkong's top democrat resigns from Tung's team BBC news: The woman accused by many Democrats of manipulating the presidential etectiorfftas been questioned by a commission
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      45 7 Prince -Charies despondent as his left ami sits in a sling yesterday. Britain's Prince or design award ceremony at his country house in Highgrove, England. He fell from ahorse while riding I in a fox j hunt in central Picture/ Ap
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      164 7 IN FOCUS SINGAPORE'S population is ageing. And by 2005, more than 270,000 old folks the projected number of people aged above 65 then will benefit from the latestjnove by the Government. It is building six centres to serve the social-service needs of the elderly. These centres
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      79 7 The Straits Times: Recycling to meet 15% of water needs by 2010 The Business Times: Investors leaning on companies to boost dividends Lianhe Zaobao: Neighbourhood links to be set up within the next five years to cater to the elderly Berita Harian: Treatment plant already producing ultra-clean
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      22 7 Call our news hotline. If your tip-off leads to a news report, you'll receive a home-delivered LARGE CURRY CHICKEN PIZZA! Ihepixxa professionals
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      162 7 iii —r DONT MISS this OPPORTUNITY to speak g|| with academics and representatives from IB s Perth institutions. For Secondary, "N', X)'&'A' levels, ITE, diploma degree holders who CITV want to study in Perth in 2001 or later. Institutions attending: w Universities NTIJ mm\m 11| University of Western Australia jf
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      Lock icon 18 stitches and so many bad memories
      943 8  -  Pain still dogs this little boy and his siblings A woman was charged on Dec 26 with three counts of attempted murder and one count of attempted suicide for trying to kill her three young children, and then herself, on Christmas Day. The
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      118 9 The children's mother, Kee Hwee Lun, was charged at her hospital bed on Dec 26 with three counts of attempted murder and one count of attempted suicide. She allegedly attacked her three children with a kitchen knife at her office at the Changi Cargo Complex on Christmas Day.
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      237 9 CHILDREN who are exposed to traumatic as aggressive behaviour, insomnia, recurring nightmares and flashbacks, and anxiety. They may also throw tantrums easily. And they are easily fearful, said a child psychiatrist from the Institute of Mental Health who did not want to be named. Speaking
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      239 8 m Queensland University of Technology (QUT) is one of Australia's largest universities with 30 000 students, including international students from over 70 countries. QUT is Brisbane's only inner-city campus, offering a relaxed lifestyle, safe environment and a wide range of sen/ices, including special support for international students. The Faculty of
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      Lock icon Lock to keep reserves safer
      287 10  -  Bt Timah GRC MP Dr Wang Kai Yuen SM Lee Kuan Yew THINK of it as an extra lock to protect your safe. Down the years, Singapore has built up big financial reserves which generates a stream of cash called the Net Investment Income (Nil).
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      422 10  -  By Woon Wui Tek THERE was a touch of the X Files in Parliament yesterday. Of missing trains and trains that seemed to have gone into virtual space. On Nov 19, a driverless Light Rapid Transit (LRT) train crashed into an empty, stationary train
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    814 12  - We’re into dancing swinging They're the most improved... They are the best How did this college win top fitness award? REPORTS SANTOKH SINGH DANCE. That's their secret. Tampines Junior College (TPJC) has cut its obesity level to 4.66 per cent below the acceptable five per cent for the first time
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    134 13 BRAINBUSTERS Your task this week would be to find the words missing in famous proverbs. Rve people with the correct answers will win prizes. But wait! As this column is meant for young people, please •do not send in your entries if you are over 19. Send your entries
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    102 13 DO you want to talk about something that has been bothering you? We're here to listen. Or maybe you've had an interesting experience in the past week. Contribute a leaf from your diary to us! Just write into: "Mtftwle" llw New Paper HAP^AII DAAjI Pn
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    149 13 FORBIDDEN HOLLYWOOD Ever watched Forbidden Broadway? The production that spoofed many of our favourite Broadway productions? Now, you'd be able to watch Forbidden Hollywood and enjoy its killer teasers on everything good and bad from Tinseltown that will have you rolling in the aisles. Ingenious and side-splitting, no one
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      17 14 SIGHT FOR A look at just about anything here by our roving columnist SUZANNE WALKER
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      700 14 THINK German and you think, er, Mercedes Benz, BMW and Marlene Dietrich. Wait a minute. Didn't they have a chancellor whom many fondly called the Walrus? Now what was his name? Was it Helmut Kohl? Ask any aspiring foreign service employee about Germany's gross domestic product, when
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      55 15 muifmui* S& m |W m«mM Htsnuvana iWIMgpmltOllglM wpcr 9»nt of private-sector specialists in Singapore wfio Nave taken tlie solo route) on why life in solo b taxing, on <»d-by after office hours and diwtng weekends* b J*~ r i W'!:99& I''"'*** Your life is
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      Lock icon Hey, whose ‘house’ is this?
      174 16 WHAT a perfect place to hide, he must have thought. The space under the Woodlands flyover at the Bukit Timah Expressway (BKE), that is. Away from public view, the young man was able to rest, hang his clothes out to dry and eat in peace
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      19 16 NO ESCAPE: The man, believed to be a foreigner, could not escape from the law.
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      Lock icon Where are your manners?
      62 18 mui*mui* A Hongkong university don has ticked off college students for their bad manners. Professor Edward Chen said they lacked the most basic of social etiquette taught to kindergarten children: Students sleep and use mobile phones openly during lectures. They do not cover their mouths when
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      231 18  -  By Santokh Singh AND the sportsman in school who has always wanted to learn how to play the guitar may soon get that opportunity. Thanks to the Character Development Programme (CDP) to be announced by the Ministry of Education this morning, there will
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      Lock icon THE THREE DOMAINS
      50 18 Leadership: Camping, team-building games, canoeing, hiking, trekking, the Pre-University leadership seminar and Peer Support courses. Citizenship: Civil Defence programmes, talks and exercises on Total Defence, national education, community sen/ice activities and the Heritage Trail. Personal and Social development: Public speaking, grooming courses, stress management and recreational sports.
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      Lock icon Another plot to topple Gus Dur?
      300 19 YET another plot against Gus Dur, as Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid is called, has come to light. This time it has been revealed by the chairman of Gus own National Awakening Party, Mr Matori Abdul Djalil. He said yesterday that certain members of parliament
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      Lock icon Poor little Anna...
      671 20 Couple jailed for life yesterday for drawn-out torture and murder of an eight-year-old girl Wire Services. IT was one of Britain's worst cases of child cruelty. The death of eight-year-old Anna Climbie, who came to Britain from the Ivory Coast, could have been prevented had it not
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      291 21 MARKET WATCH THE cold wind from the US will be felt in Asia. The impact of this economic weather change is far-reaching. Production lines in certain Asian companies are slowing down. Take the case of Thailand. When demand in the US
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      Lock icon No Socks-Buddy peace deal
      307 22 DOGS are dogs and cats are cats and never the twain shall meet. And not even US President Bill Clinton, hoped-to-be world peacemaker, can broker a peace deal between these natural sworn enemies. The man who is frantically trying to push peace efforts between Israelis and
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      Lock icon Judge attacked
      430 22 Accused of a heinous crime, the alleged murderer punches judge in courts leaving her with black eye and five stitches. How could he do it? He wasn't handcuffed IT is a place where justice is administered, where the guilty get punished for their crime. You would assume, a
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      237 19 'ifPHMfT S&-M. Enjoy a season of sweet abundance Swensen's VresperoOlS* Cookies Presented in unique oval-shaped gold tins, and baked with the finest ingredients with no added preservatives or animal fat, Swensen's 'Prosperous Six' cookies are perfect for your family or as a gift of goodwill for your business associates. Pineapple
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      62 21 $!m ek THE Dow Jones industrial average fell 84.17 points, or 0.79.per cent, to 10,525.38, marking its third down week in a row.. The Nasdaq composite index ended down 14.07 points, or 0.53 percent, at 2,626.50. SINGAPORE COMPANIES ON NASDAQ Close in US$/Change 1. Pacific Internet $4.125/+0.***** 2. Creative Technology
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    508 23  -  ET CETERA WITH CAROL LEONG IT is Jan 13. Have you broken your resolutions? New Year resolutions for example, "I will get up at sam every day to exercise" can be cruel wish lists of demands that create enormous amounts of stress and
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      149 23 COMICREUEF The Concrete Jungle/Colin Goh HQfiKTio, toH.rr'ift I frris A gfieKTWW TP"! I i bOMMO... 1 NDutftf! ..AMtmEbLV f what's 6»Efrr 6UIU> CD-OCWATJPfV, n<SKW& au.twf mo»e FOR SEE THEkEfiL S)W6#WJ*EWI T»M SMtT/Wb OF6»«W. 6U«U>Ue «BftSpNSOF, !p!S, Birrir? {Saw! |HR »■>. Calvin and Hobbes/Bill Watterson 7 < DO Sou TISQ2S GO
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      671 24  -  By TEO KUAN YEE HIS bald head has stopped traffic. Not once but thrice. Strangers mistake NTUC Radio Heart 100.3FM deejay You Fa for a monk. So they inch towards him respectfully, and bow from the waist with hands clasped in prayer. But the 37-year-old motormouth
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      325 25 (1) Those who call to ask if he has had lunch. (2) Those who ask why he separated from his yJPlSSS®. -1 (3) Those who mean to call a rival radio station but dialled RadioHeart's number instead. Why? You Fa considers question one
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    Lock icon So nappy to show off assets
    506 26 NAOKOlnimais Japan's Marilyn Monroe, Hollywood's 1950s sex goddess. The 32-year-old sex siren earned the nickname when she flaunted her figure on a CD cover several years ago. The porcelain-faced model-turned-actress once said: 1 wasn't deliberately imitating Marilyn, but the effect turned out that way.
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    245 27 FIVE hours. That's how long sex goddess Norika Fujiwara and Aaron Kwok, her China Strike Force co-star, went missing in Taiwan on Monday morning. They apparently wandered off for a secret rendezvous... At least, that's what the Hongkong press said. It was not clear what they did
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    Lock icon Mournful, beautiful Art
    339 29  -  GIIDMUSIC Other releases this week: My Life Is My Parents' Biggest Television NiceStupidPlayground (Positive Tone/Universal) Beneath The Skin The Cranberries Live in Paris (double VCD) (Panorama) X Kci Jojo (Universal) The Best of Laura Fygi, Eternal Flame; A Tribute to Teresa Teng Laura Fygi (Universal) What Women
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      80 29 TOSS UP YOUR PROSPERITY!!! 23 Jan 7 Feb 2001 $198 nett for 4 persons $298 nett for 6 persons $428 nett for B'lo persons $668 nett for 8-10 persons Order a Yu Sheng' dish and get a Handicraft Mandarin Orange Set Free! HHHpr a While stocks last. J|k o*9* RIVER
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      787 39 TRACK) RACE RESULTS—Going Good SUPERB PROFIT 56 (7-5) 0 Holland (5) 3 1 1 (465) 6 ROCK KING 55.5 (244-25) E Wilkinson (6) 7 7 2 (517) 2 PRETTY HAPPY 58 (54-9) LDHtman (4) 4 3 3 (467) 1 ONE FOOT KICK 59 (70-11) EAhem (8)
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      162 39 T— RAINER Michael Kent (left) was yesterday fined $1,000 for unauthorised self-medication on one of his horses. At the conclusion of an inquiry, Kent pleaded guilty to a charge under MRA Rule 226(aXi) in that he had authorised a stable staff to administer an oral phenylbutazone paste
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      617 39 RACE 1: PRETTY Jfi HAPPY jumped awkwardly, carrying SUPERB PROFIT outwards. At the same time, McLAREN STAR jumped awkwardly inwards. This resulted inItOCKKING being crowded and loosing some ground. ONE FOOT KICK and I ROCK KING had a tendency to lay inwards
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      Lock icon Agasam bounces back with Purple Josh
      527 40  -  By Michael Lee ITS been ages since we've seen an Agasam Stable-owned horse hit the post first on Singapore soil. And fittingly, it was comeback galloper Purple Josh who sent the famous purple hooped colours aloft again, at the inaugural Friday fibresand race-meeting at
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      Lock icon TODAY’S KRANJI (LONG COURSE, C) RACE CARD-Going forecast: good
      883 41 RACES TOP CHANCE: (Defence Of I Honour (left with jockey UickDittman astride after one of his three wins) ia handicapped at 50kg and will be ridden by champion rider Saimee Jumaat today. Ho. UHSrunt Horw W1 HOig Jodwr BH* WgdwMHfcM.Mwnwwri 1
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      78 41 THE Singapore Turf Club (SNTC) uses four courses—A, 8, C *d D—to differentiate the location of the rails. For Course A, the rails are at their original position. -'f<» For Course 8, they are four metres away from the orlglnatpositkm. For Courses C and D, they are eight
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    • NO RECONCILIATION THIS TIME: THREE OF OUR FOUR TIPSTERS HAVE RECONCILIATION AS THEIR BEST BETS
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        55 42 It's been the same hard luck story for this New Zealand-bred so far. Occupied the. runners-up position three times back home and has played the same role as many times at Kranji. Should, however, get his lucky break tonight in this 1,400 m event for Maidens,
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        53 42 LIONEL LEE After months of frustration, nothing but a win will satisfy this five-year-old New Zealand-bred by Dance Floor. The Bernard Ang-trained galloper gets his best chance this evening up against moderate opposition where Our Sandman, who will have jockey Saimee Jumaat aboard, looking as the
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        64 42 TAN THEAN LOON Stands out like soot on snow against today's mediocre field. With three straight seconds in his last three starts, it's just right to say that he needs luck more than anything else to open winning accounts. He was gaining ground at his last
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        62 42 MICHAEL LEE This Regal Classic three-year-old caught the eye at his debut with a brilliant second to Bayview King. Also bears a catchy name which is used as a greeting in South Africa. Looks like he can salute the judge tonight, with second spot likely to
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      663 42  -  $100,000 ORCHID TROPHY: RACE 6, 8.45pm By Danny Khoo THE last Orchid Trophy produced a cracker of a race and, by all accounts, this year's edition should be no different. With a quality field to count on, the Class 2 feature at
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      321 43 ON THE KRANJI TRACK with DANNY KHOO THE Charles Read-trained Bo Mag looms as a lively outsider in tonight's Orchid Trophy in Race 6. At Kranji yesterday morning, the six-year-old American-bred caught the eye when given a round of fast work on the fibresand
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      587 43 GUIDE TO YESTERDAY'S IPOH TRACKWORK NST. BIG FIGHTER wrapped up his preparations for his maiden victory in the Class 4 Div 4 event over 1,200 m in the opening race tomorrow'with a two-round workout in Ipoh yesterday. Taken out by a track
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      86 44 Name: Tan Hor Khoon Nationality: Singaporean Age: 39 Marital status: Wife Pek Un and daughter Yu Hui, three years old Career: Assisted trainer Charles Leek for eight years Number of horses: 15 Track rider: Bakri Hayon Overseas stint: Macau for two years Favourite horse: sprint sensation Superb Effect, who
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      647 44  -  Rookie trainer Tan Hor Khoon says: By Michael Lee WITHOUT being xenophobic, tonight's debut of a Singaporean trainer at his home turf comes as refreshing news, especially when expatriates have outnumbered the locals in the Kranji training ranks of late. Newly-licensed homegrown trainer
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      489 45 AP KENTUCKY Derby-winning jockey Chris Antley died of an overdose of multiple drugs, and injuries found on his body were probably the result of a fall while under the influence, the county coroner's office said on Thursday. Hours after the toxicology reports were
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      96 45 AP feAntlev. a high dropout from Elloree, South Carolina, began his career in New York, i 1 and was the nation's Ijeading rider inil98S /1 ffwith 469 wins. 'i He was the first jockeilo win nine races in a single day, on L*0ct31,1987,witJ*:V mounts at Aqueduct and the
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      199 45 LOCAL racegoers will get to see England's champion jockey Kevin Darley (right) in race action from next week. The reigning English champion, who has made several brief visits to Bukit Timah in recent years, is scheduled to arrive today and will make his Kranji debut
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      178 45 AP COUNT THE CHADS, Tooclosetocall and Florida Recount are among the names thoroughbred race horses have been given since the recent controversial US Presidential elections. Other names registered on foal certificates issued by or reserved with The Jockey Club in Lexington include Florida Recount, Dangling
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      682 46  -  By Michael Lee BEWAIOH will provide Malaysia's champion trainer John Sargent with an excellent chance of improving his win tally for the new season. Entered in Race 5 at Ipoh today, the five-year-old son of Bio hence the name Bewaioh, pronounced as "B—Y—O" won't surprise
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      1305 47 TODAY’S IPOH RACE CARD Going forecast: Good No. Last 6 funs Horee Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/orlgln/sex, trainer-owner) 1 -3 BIG CHANGE 57 (52) BTai 6 (3nzc Yashaiya-Westwood) 2 464- CENTILLIUM 57 (50) P Farrell 4 (3nzg J Breukelen-Hydrocarbon) 3 8 EE-YES 57 (52) MKway 5 (3ag Clarke-Jackpot) 4 700
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      1400 48 n MAJOR CHANCE 57 (59) M Wepner (1) (5nzg B Ng-Major) By Justice Prevails-Silk Sails; chestnut; landed 30.06.99; former Pulse; 9r 1-1-0 (I1200y 1:12.5 55). 19.03.00 C3-2 O'Heare 53.5 (64) (3) 6 6 9/12 ($15) 5W Red Bank K1200g 1:13.2 (478) 02.07.00 C3-2 Loh 51 (62)
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      8848 48 nSTAR 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 ParisAmour KRb1800g 1:52.1 (415) 05.01.00 C5 Wilkinson 53.5 (40) (1) 5 3 1/8 ($11)
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  • SPORT Compiled by ZAINI MOHAMMED
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      158 54 Golf Digest has developed an unofficial Tour Caddie Money List in its February issue. The magazine used the standard caddie pay rate —10 per cent for first place, eight per cent for a top-10 finish and six per cent for any other check, in addition
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      114 54 EVERTON striker Duncan Ferguson has been praised for acting bravely after tackling two burglars at his home. The 29-year-old Everton striker discovered the break-in when he returned home after his team's victory over Watford in the FA Cup last weekend. When Lancashire police officers went to his
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      77 54 GUESS what former soccer player-turned movie star Vinnie Jones was wished on his 36th birthday? Many happy re-runs. Vinnie is certainly making it big in Hollywood. There was glamour aplenty at his birthday bash. Catwalk queen Claudia Schiffer had come with a small gift wrapped up, but she
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      86 54 AP. Tiger Woods (left) is no longer a blond. In fact, he hardly has any hair at all. Woods dyed his hair blond for fun over the holidays, and joked on the sidelines at the Orange Bowl that while in the Bahamas, "I
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      119 54 TIGER Woods made his 2001 debut on Thursday at the Mercedes Championships at Kapalua on Maui. Ritz Carlton Maui is making sure that he and the others in the 34-player field are, well, pampered in the manner they are accustomed to. For instance, on
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      81 54 AP. ONCE the world's fastest man, Donovan Bailey is now facing charges for speeding. Bailey was caught on Nov 24 driving close to 200 kmh twice the speed limit on a highway near Toronto, Canada. In 1997, Bailey hurt his neck and
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      764 55 Last Saturday, we asked readers if they knew of people named after famous sports personalities. One reader who replied was Muhammad Zico bin Juahir, whose father is a big football fan. GARY LIM reports SAYANG (my love), the x baby is coming out soon. My water bag just
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      187 56 i'Mm Muhammad Zico sounds better i in in —<»■ than Muhammad Rush, so he's named afterthe Brazilian star a lit rather than the Uveroool striker iffy EAST Mi B j. -r-\ vX\ j NAME: Muhammad Zico bin Juahir AGE: Ifi J»Vr J Vr*\s; <* lltf
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        626 57  -  EDWIN'S HOT TIP: Arsenal 2 Chelsea 1 By Edwin Yeo BEFORE the season started, you would have put money on an Arsenal-Chelsea contest being a match between title challengers. Slightly halfway into the season, we all know what a joke that is. Arsenal trails Man
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        174 57 Will Limanen play? TODAY: Arsenal v Chelsea Aston Villa v Liverpool Bradford v Man United Everton v Tottenham Man City v Leeds Middlesbrough v Derby Newcastle v Coventry Southampton v Chariton West Ham v Sunderland vtTiunnvii Ipswich v Leicester ..if.-.-,■■ I^ JARI Litmanen arrived at Liverpool with
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        152 57 Reuters. CHELSEA manager Claudio Ranieri says his captain, Dennis Wise, is one of four experienced players fundamental to his team rebuilding plans. Last week Wise, who has been with Chelsea for 11 years, threatened to leave and reportedly travelled to Blackburn for discussions about a possible
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        675 58 ASTON VILLA LIVERPOOL Michael Owen scored a hat-trick when these two sides met at Anfield earlier in the season. With his confidence the way it is now, you can bet on that not happening again. Villa, despite losing for the first time at
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        82 58 IPSWICH v LEICESTER The 4-1 loss at Sunderland's Stadium of Light last week showed up Ipswich's defensive weakness, but it held out well against Birmingham in the League Cup last Wednesday when pressured. And against the likes of Leicester's striking flops like Ade Akinbiyi, the key Ipswich pair
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        88 59 Diego Maradona caresses a poster of himself, as if to re-assure himself that everything will be alright, and that he's still the greatest. He has been in the news recently—for the wrong reasons. Having been embroiled in drug scandals, he later clashed with the great Pele
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        301 59 JUAN PABLO ANGEL: Colombian international striker Juan Pablo Angel finally got the go ahead for his £9.5 million ($23.75 m) transfer from River Plate to English Premiership club Aston Villa yesterday. The 25-year-old had been expected to move over in late December but the transfer was complicated by
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        487 60  -  LIONS' DUBAI TOUR THE FIXTURES Monday: v Turkmenistan national team Thursday: v FC Energie Cottbus (German Division One club) Monday, Jan 22: v Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk (Russian Division One club) All matches at 7.30pm, Dubai time (12.30 am, Singapore time) By Suresh Nair OVER the next 10 days,
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        87 60 Goalkeepers: Rezal Hassan (SAF Warriors), Yazid Yasin (Sembawang Rangers) Defenders: Aide Iskandar (Home United), S Subramani (Home United), Robin Chitrakar (Geylang), Mohd Noh Rahman (Geylang), Rudy Khairon (Tanjong Pagar), Ratna Suffian Ishak (Tanjong Pagar) Midfielders: Rafi Ali (SAF Warriors), Mohd Noor Ali (Geylang), Steven Tan (Tanjong Pagar), Hasrin
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        218 60 ON PRESSURE: There's always a lot on the eve of a big tournament like the pre-World Cup. But I'm very realistic as a new coach. There are limitations to what a coach can do within one month. My job is to make sure that the Lions improve
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        137 60  -  By 1 Wang Meng Meng A familiar face was missing from the Lions team as it departed for Dubai. Team manager Omar Ibrahim (left) had to miss the flight because of a tragic turn of events. Said coach Jan Poulsen: "Omar's mother is warded in the Intensive
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        272 61 'Davenport fit only for shot put* AP. FORMER Wimbledon champion Pat Cash has accused women tennis players of being overweight and out of shape. Quoted yesterday in British newspaper The Mirror, Cash said the Williams sisters are the only players on
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        65 61 AUSSIE OPEN: Defending champion Lindsay Davenport opens her defence of the title against Jelena Dokic, a semi-finalist last year at Wimbledon and the Sydney Olympics. Gustavo Kuerten, the first Brazilian to be seeded No 1 at a Grand Slam tournament, plays Argentine Gaston Gaudio in Round 1.
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      43 58 It's not the result that counts, but how you play the game. Make ice cold Tiger Beer part of the EPL big match, and you'll I understand why the result isn't important any more. S l\mi T.i -f J t -.A -Ate L:
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