The New Paper, 17 January 2001

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    31 1 the new paper WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2001 -JB* Singapore Pr&SS 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 i the 1 liikJ
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  • THENEWTODAY
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      Lock icon The sand scandal
      542 2 Indonesian prof accuses navy of backing illegal sand supply to S'pore BIG THE Indonesian navy is helping companies steal sand, charged a high-ranking Indonesian professor. And these companies, based in Jakarta and Riau, are making a bundle by selling the sand to Singapore illegally. Professor Tabrani Rab,
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      44 2 rnmssor i a Dram iuid atiegeu uisi uiese places Island, up to 213 mMon lllfVestern island, 900 mHNoa cubic nin« Tuas, 42 cubic metres; IfKibrtti Eastern Island, 200 mHHon cubic metres^? Punggol, 10 wBBoalibttictrilsif j§3otith«ni Ssptos%tS million cabtofMtreSv. Pasir toitipsf 15§ cubic
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      529 3 Sources: BBC, Sky News JUST who do these chubby twins belong to? Their birth mother sold them on the Internet. An American couple claim they are the first buyers. But an English couple refute that. Now, the FBI and the British government are stepping into the fray. Six-month-old
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      793 4  -  TREMORS ROCK SINGAPORE By Irene Kew and Andre Yeo YOU would think that everyone would be scared and flustered when the earth shakes. But not some of the residents of The Atria condo in Meyer Road, it seems. The simple reason: They've been through it all before.
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      Lock icon WHAT THE POLICE AND SCDF SAY
      72 4 METEOROLOGICAL Services, confirmed that an earthquake registering 6.4 on the Richter scale (which is used to measure the strength of earthquakes), shook south-western Sumatra last night. A joint statement from the police and the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said earth tremors were reported
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      215 5 Toa Payoh rocks to the tremor too RESIDENTS at Block 228 on Toa Payoh Lorong 8 were rocked by tremors too. Most people living on the lower floors of the 16-storey block were unaware of the incident. i But those higher up felt the tremors. A 60-year-old
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  • QUICKNEWS
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      Lock icon Pay your Malaysian traffic fines now and get a discount
      295 6  -  HOT STORY By C L Tan REPORTING FROM KUALA LUMPUR OVER the past 10 years, Malaysian traffic police have issued about 4.3 million summonses. Of these, more than 67,000 were handed out to Singaporeans. If you were one of those
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        66 6 LAWYERS LAWYERS Tan Su-Ean, 30, and Eddee N g Ka Luon, 29, were charged yesterday with copying computer data from Lee Lee while serving notice last February. Tan and Ng left the firm to join Tan's father, Senior Counsel Tan Kok Quan, who had started his own practice.
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        Lock icon M1 fined
        52 6 TELECOMS TELECOMS firm Ml has been fined $5,000 for anti-competitive behaviour over a marketing ploy. Singapore's Infocomm Development Authority said it was penalising Ml for inserting a 10-second voice message aimed at customers using rival international-call services. x Sing Tel and Star Hub had complained the message was
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        Lock icon Record high
        57 6 TOURISM SINGAPORE had a record-breaking 7.68 million visitors last year, said the tourism board. This brought in revenue of at least $4.5 billion. And the tourism board is predicting over eight million visitors this year, despite a slowdown forecast for the US. It will also train travel agents
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        63 6 JB JEYARETNAM WORKERS' Party chief and Non-Constituency MP J B Jeyaretnam may lose his seat in Parliament because he missed the noon deadline yesterday to pay $235,000 in defamation damages to eight people. They have told him they would ask the High Court to restore their petitions
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        Lock icon Japan miffs co-host Korea
        117 7 WORLD CUP 2000 JAPAN plans to print "Japan" before "Korea" on ticket applications for the finals 0f2002 World Cup, Korea Football Association president Chung Mong-joon told the media on Tuesday. This despite the official title being "2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan", which Mr Chung said was
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        Lock icon Rebels give up
        64 7 THAILAND AP. THE twin leaders of 'God's Army' surrendered to Thai authorities yesterday. Brothers Luther and Johnny, together with 12 other members of the rebel cult from Myanmar, turned themselves in following heightened security patrols along both sides of the border by Thai and Myanmar forces. The
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        62 7 GENE RESEARCH BRITISH scientists claim to have discovered a gene that causes leukaemia (a blood cancer), and are hopeful that this will lead to a cure for cancer. Researchers at London's Hammersmith Hospital and Imperial College performed six-year studies to identify WT-1, the gene found in cells that
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      64 6 The Straits Times: 8 million: The magic number for arrivals this year The Business Times: Bhakti hits the limelight with Indon asset deals Lianhe Zaobao: Philippines Senate Committee rules in Estrada's favour; Cardinal Jaime Sin and ex-President Aquino launch protests Berita Harian: Police boost capabilities in fighting economic and
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      Lock icon Walking the talk
      147 7 In focus FAMILY-life educators can "talk the talk" to teens. But for someone who can really "walk the talk", try the teens themselves. Teens are more likely to listen to other teens, especially on thorny issues like behaviour and relationships. Because they easily relate to role models
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      42 7 New Straits Times: Discount on compounds international Herald Tribune: Manila impeachment is thrown into chaos Asian Wall Street Journal: Unicom considers minority-stake sale BBC news: Belgian foreign ministry says President Kabila of Congo shot dead by his own bodyguards
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      26 7 threat to sustainable development than to have too few children horn. Sweden's Environment Minister Kjell Larsson, at the on-going European Union summit in Sweden
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    Lock icon Robot inside your stomach
    542 8 Could robots take over from doctors? Should they? After all, medical diagnosis and treatment is where we come face-to-face with life sciences? AMY CHIEWtakes a look at what might happen, in the not-too-distant future, when we get those awful stomachaches i"SI Visual inspection of colon I
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Lock icon Here's looking at you,sexy!
      349 10  -  By Jacqueline Lee THE next time Jon Voight wants to look for an anaconda, I suggest he pays a visit to the Singapore Zoo. And he can forget about all the unnecessary drama. After all, this beautiful reptile with its brownish skin covered with olive-green diamond-shaped
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      Lock icon TATTOOS, PHOTOS AND SHOWS
      78 10 ifc ffil y-j&yfc 'P'fJt :> -hi; M,4'"" f- f' THE giant green anaconda will be eager to meet visitors from Jan 21. Besides the anaconda, the zoo and Discovery Networks will be organising a special programme, Snakes, Snakes, Snakes, to usher in the Year of the
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    500 12  -  SINQAPORETODfI Y By Sheela Narayanan Thirteen is usually associated with bad luck. But they were so much in love that they never thought twice about getting married on Dec 13. Mr Ruthiraparthi Rajakumar, 35, and Miss Thamarai Selvi, 29, had been dating
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      Lock icon Money doesn't fall from sky.
      676 14  -  By' Teo Kuan Yee JUST look at that queue! You would think it's people lining up outside McDonald's for the Hello Kitty toy. Or at least a line-up of 4D hopefuls. It is actually, believe it or not, the crowd outside a Central Provident Fund
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      Lock icon MAKE YOUR MONEY GROW
      114 14 YOU can visit the CPF website at www.cpf.gov.sg or call their hotline 1800-3271X68 to find out more about the list of CPF-approved, retirement-related instruments like long-term bank deposits, deferred. annuities, endowment insurance plans and selected unit trusts. To hire or consult a professional financial planner, you
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      Lock icon It grows from CPF Patience is the key to good investments
      304 15 WITH more access to CPF funds, what's the best option for them? Mr Chong Yoon Chou, director of investment, Aberdeen Asset Management, called unit trusts a 'long-term savings vehicle". He said: 'They are not risk-free compared to bank fixed
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      Lock icon TELL ME MORE
      224 15 WHAT'S the activity all about? New rules from the CPF Board, which now allow the previously-untouchable special-account savings to be used for investment. Also, you don't have to maintain the minimum required amount in your CPF ordinary account in order to invest. What does this mean? It
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      Lock icon The conman who cheated
      513 16 A guitar, a villain, a saviour. And in the middle of it all, a bewildered star. ART FAZIL himself gives us the drama of the false auction bid. And yes, it has a happy ending Prologue: It was a simple request from the organisers of Tabung
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      Lock icon HOAX UPSET ME, SAYS GENEROUS DONOR
      220 16  -  By Arul John HAD Mr Norzaidi Zaini not been so generous, TAA would have been $7,000 short. Mr Norzaidi, a businessman, said: "I didn't really want the guitar. But it gave me a chance to donate to charity. I wanted to donate $10,000 but
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      Lock icon my beloved Nur
      465 17 Act Three, Scene One (My room): The next day, I got a phone call from a journalist who wanted to know what I thought of the hoax. Apparently, it had been confirmed that the $7,000 bid was a hoax. But, as I had not received any information
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  • SPEAKUP
    • YOUR UP YOUR FORUM
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        130 18 Stanley Norbert Assistant Director 11, Mm PJaflnw media K6iduons (Covering) B..LU. ruMic Amirs Department Singapore Police Force I REFER to the report "Karaoke too loud next door, so he closed the door ...and was beaten up" (TNP, Jan 14). The report stated that
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        407 18 In his e-mail last Friday, Derek had argued that the different classes of licence for motorcycles are one too many. To illustrate his point, Derek used this example: "Ifl pass my driving test in a Nissan March (around lOOOcc), I become eligible to drive a Porsche (around3ooocc).~ "There
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Lock icon Shop owner's 'mini waterfall' woes
      371 21  -  By Irene Kew EACH time the skies begin to clap and grumble, Mr Ng Chai 800, 35, says a little prayer. The rain spells nothing but trouble for tins shop owner. His shop on the ground floor of Woodlands Mart is located below a leaking
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      Lock icon Speak good English and attract a mate
      55 22 muifmuif Assistant Professor Uonel Wee, a member of the Speak Good i English Movement Committee, on how food spoken Engßth can Impress glris during dates: If good English becomes part of the arsenal in the Singapore mating game, perhaps the slogan ought to
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      516 24  -  A Malaysian woman, 34, charged with selling pirated CD-ROMs together with her Singaporean husband, finds that he's done a disappearing act and left her to face the music alone. Now, she's set to spend 14 months in jail By< Joycelyn Wong FOR a brief period in the
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      Lock icon Jailed for selling pirated CD-ROMs
      119 24 TAN Poh Hong, 34, was charged with 37 counts of conspiring to possess pirated CD-ROMs for sale. The prosecution proceeded with 12 charges, with the remaining taken into consideration during sentencing. She was jailed 14 months. Tan said she felt obliged to help her husband
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  • worldtoday
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      Lock icon Movie-making's like a box of chocolates; you gotta choose the good ones
      72 26 muifmui* Tom Hanks, star of the new fflm, Castaway, admfts that he's hotter at working with producerslhan tfjringene. He says he has never directed anything whk* had any real or artistic risk: V ir'. 1 f I couldn't
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      Lock icon Wine, women & song = mafia killing?
      361 26  - Wine, women song mafia killing? By C L Tan. REPORTING FROM KUALA LUMPUR WOMEN, karaoke and late night parties were what he loved. And when the 44-year-old bodyguard of the head of a Singaporean debt collection firm was shot dead in a mafia-style killing in Ampang on Monday, the police
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      160 26 II I i«lb n N 111 i Reporting to the District Manager, 2 liF you will be fully empowered to manage a store Iflllffl achieve standards of QSC and maximize profitability through and control of manpower and resources. You should have an eye for detail, excellent interpersonal and communication skills,
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    Lock icon Sharp cut in oil production
    241 28 MARKET WATCH WORLOWMY Ministers in the major petroleum producing countries have agreed to cut oil production by a lot more than markets expect. They are doing this knowing it could send crude prices soaring and threaten economic growth already slowing down in the US and
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      471 28 PURCHASE LUCKY DRAW RESULTS CREATIVE LIVING 2001 6-14 JANUARY 2001 SUNTEC, EXHIBITION HALL 404 Ist1 st Prize: *****5 sth5 th Prize: *****6 2 nd Prize: *****4 6 th Prize: *****3 3 rd Prize: *****5 7 th Prize: *****4 4 th Prize *****9 Bth8 th Prize: *****8 Super-Sales Management (S) Pie
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      173 28 THE Dow Jones industrial average climbed 127.28 If points, or 1.21 percent,to 10,652.66. The Nasdaq composite index, however, dipped slightly by 7.95 points, or0.30 percent, to 2,618.55. SINGAPORE COMPANIES ON NASDAQ Close in US$/Change 1. Pacific Internet S4.375/+0.25 2. Creative Technology $11.5625/+0.4375 3. Flextronics International $31.25/-0.9375 4. Chartered Semiconductor $317+0.6875
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      Lock icon Man photographs corpses with props
      305 30 SCANDAL IN THE MORGUE AP. THIS photographer may have called it art, using corpses in various poses. But the police think it could be a crime. And the authorities want to know how a man was allowed to take such pictures at the Hamilton County
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      Lock icon Woman gives birth in carpark
      168 30 Source: AFP. SO near, yet so far. Supermarket worker Paula Chamberlain knows the feeling only too well. The poor woman, 23, said she was forced to give birth in a freezing carpark last Friday because the doors to the maternity unit were locked. Her husband,
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  • spotlight
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      Lock icon Night of protests in Manila
      379 32 Thousands protest against decision to bar inspection of Estrada's bank accounts THOUSANDS of protesters demanded the resignation of Philippine President Joseph Estrada in Manila early this morning. The demonstrations followed a decision by the trial's Senate judges to bar the inspection of the President's bank
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      Lock icon ESTRADA APPEALS FOR CALM
      171 32 Wire services. PRESIDENT Joseph Estrada (right) called on Filipinos this morning to shun violence. "Just like in any important trial... you win some, you lose some," the former movie actor said in a statement. "Let us be calm and pray for unity and guidance so that
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      620 33 Call me what you like I don't care DREAMS are important. Especially when you're only 21. Ask Adelina Ong, who appeared as the confused and lovesick receptionist in last year's Channel 5 dramedy, Money. "A car can bang into me now and I will die with no regrets," she said.
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      122 34 figfe t I r :;tr u c"..g:M:cg^"-Ufl!^K^^u:.ruP-U^*^ THE feminist streak is ever bubbling below even say if she She said: "I want to be ■Iferson in my jsg£ BaifMavea 5 fcnfeirtohinP| MAdelina'ia^ pert this her bra and wear sackcloth as a protest against ogling eyes. "I dress sexilybecause women
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      214 35 AHH, the luxury of being a star. Who else but a star can slap a man 50 times and get paid handsomely for it... too? Hongkong singer-actress Kelly Chen slapped her model co-star Sean about 50 times during the filming of a Pepsi advertisement.
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      119 35 THERE was a surprise at TVB Jade Solid Gold Awards 2000 last Saturday. The Most Popular Newcomer award went to Louis Koo and Edison Chen. Sparking rumours that it was the station's last-minute strategy to please the two heartthrobs, according to Oriental Daily. To make matters
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      124 36 CLAD in a low-cut bridal gown, Hongkong actress Ada Choi was radiant at the opening ceremony of a bridal boutique last Friday. Looking unscathed from scandals such as her mother's debts that plagued her last year. And how one boutique which she did
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      128 36 HONGKONG pop queen Sammi Cheng was the only star present at last Saturday's premiere of her new movie, Zhong Wu Yan, reported Apple Daily. Her equally famous co-stars Anita Mui and Cecilia Cheung were missing. Thus fuelling speculation about the on-set rivalries among the three. Sammi reportedly
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      103 36 HONGKONG singer Aaron Kwok arrived in Beijing last week to attend aFuji Film event at The Great Hall of The People. There was a sumptuous dinner hosted specially to announce his advertising stint with the company. It was his first time there and the excited singer
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    329 37 LOVE those little multiple-choice questionnaires in women's magazines. Yes, the ones that tell you whether your partner is right for you or reveal some aBRSM other important jj aspect of your current life. Who writes all these things and J how the heck do tkhj' they know
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    478 38 hands er, minds wmm concert for your fans in Singapore for the very first time. Do you: a) Believe that your singing alone is what the fans paid money to see and that's what you will give them? b) Shed some clothes for the first 15 minutes when the press
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    440 39  -  Etcetera WITH JASON TAN SOMEONE scratched my car last month. I'm okay. But I'm not sure about Smoothy. The poor baby has two long, parallel slash wounds, from the left front door to the boot. Especially bad is the deep, thick gash almost
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      548 48 f^NN^HM^GUID^OK^NjrT^KWOR^^" INDIAN-BRED Polar Falcon can recoup losses for his connections in the Class 2 1,200 m sprint on Saturday. At Kranji yesterday morning, the last-start beaten fancy showed impressive form when reeling off 600 m in 36.8 sec on the fibresand track. The track was
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      486 49  -  By Michael Lee OUZO'S old foe Jim And Tonic may be back for another bite at the cherry as he heads the list of foreign entries for the $1 million Singapore Cup over 2,000 m on March 3. The pair's most recent clash came
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        196 49 TRAINERS at Kranji have gotten off to a nice start. This could have sounded like one of race-caller George Simon's starting lines as a field of runners are despatched in a race, except that it's normally horses who make up the runners. With only four race-meetings completed in
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        164 49 WITH headline trainers such as Malcolm Thwaites and Michael Kent having a mortgage on feature races at Kranji, it is heart-warming to see the'' Davids" of racing rock the scene every now and then. Usually off-the-limelight trainer Charles Read turned giant-killer last Saturday when his sling
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        130 49 CHAMPION trainer Malcolm Thwaites did not just bring back seven horses from the Gold Coast Magic Millions Sale. Killing two birds with one stone, Thwaites made his brief Queensland jaunt even more worthwhile by cutting a deal with the Australian Racing Training Industry Centre (Artie) for the
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      811 50 NST. FIRST KINGDOM drew attention to his chances in the Class 4 1,200m event for home-based horses with a dashing workout in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. Taken out by a track rider, the three-year-old Australian-bred gelding by Kenvain easily held stablemate Silver King, who is engaged
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      2901 50 n HEAVENLY WIND 131(48) WM Lai (9) (6agGLane) ByRory's Jester-Heavenly Trail; chestnut. 26.12.00 C3 WMLai 113 12/14 15V4 Winning Counter S1150mg 1:08.6 Mkffield till straight, then weakened. Q LANDLORD 131(48) KM KH Ting (11) (4nzg PC Kan) By Twenty Four Karat-Charvet; bay. 01.01.01 C4
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      126 50 nNAZAKAT II 130(35) CH Tse (3) (3nzgWLWong) By Deputy Governor-Kansas City; chestnut. 28.10.00 C 4 Lai 113 12/12 Jewel Box Hl6sogf 1:41.4 Well up. Began to give ground early, further inconvenienced at 400 m. Soon tailed off. LEGEND: Number in reverse is saddle-cloth
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      538 54 M We continue with our letters from Man U haters Today's prize-winning letters are written by TANG LOON YANG and RAYMOND WEN They each win a meal at the Red Cafe plus an exclusive Treble Col lection set. The winners of the remaining four anti-Man
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      378 54 Raymond Wen I AM the self-proclaimed No 1 anti-Man U person in Singapore. How much do I hate "ManUre"? What if I tell you that I lost one of my best friends for five years because he could not take my verbal-meltdown of
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      298 55 THREE PAST MASTERS V.' ,ii_iiiii 11. iiiiirtiiiiiiiinnTiimrmm 111 Fabrics Sniorett "TC4C C 9 J 7-5,4-6,6-3,6-4 bit AFP. 9 MICHAEL Chang's is bidding to rebuild a career that is apparently in terminal decline. But he won't be doing it at this year"s Australian Open. He crashed out
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      255 55 Carios AP. MARCELO Rios was on a high after his wedding in December and winning a title in Doha two weeks ago. But his run ended yesterday. He was outmanoeuvred by Spaniard Carlos Moya in the Australian Open. Moya abandoned his natural clay court tendency
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      309 56 KUERTEN'S TOPSY-TURVY WORLD DOWN UNDER Gustavo Kuerten bt Gaston Gaudio 7-5,6-7,6-3,7-5 AP. A LOT of players say how comfortable they feel at the Australian Open in Melbourne.. They talk about the hospitality, the sunshine, the
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      181 56 AFP. THAILAND'S Tamarine Tanasugarn enjoys playing the Australian Open. And it shows in her record at Melbourne: she reached the last 16 of the Open here in 1998 and advanced to the third round last year. Said Tamarine after beating Bulgaria's Magdalena Maleeva 7-6 (2), 7-5
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      440 57 Boost for Arsenal: Bergkamp, Vieira stay; Edu signs DENNIS BERGKAMP: UNTIL 2003 DENNIS will continue to be a Premiership menace, at least for the next two years. BBC Sport reported that Dutch striker Dennis Bergkamp (left) ended months of speculation about his future by signing an
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      184 57 BBC Sport, Reuters. AFTER overcoming more obstacles than a Survivor competitor, Arsenal finally completed the signing of Brazilian midfielder Edu. The 22-year-old, whose full name is Eduarde Daude Gaspar, also qualifies for a Portuguese passport through his father, and has been cleared to work in Britain by
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      151 57 BBC Sport, Reuters. FRENCH international Patrick Vieira has committed himself to staying at Arsenal. The midfielder declared that he would not leave London for another top European club. "No, m tell you no and definitely no. I'm so happy here. I have four years left on my
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      334 57 Arsenal is 13 points behind Man U and everyone has already handed the trophy to Sir Alex Ferguson. Three years ago, Arsenal, 12points behind, went on to win the Double. Can IP Is WED R£SaJCTCfc f Some would say that Manchester United lost
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      121 58 Reuters. TRIPLE Olympic champion Marion Jones won the 2000 World Sports Award for women's athletics. Michael Johnson was voted men's track and field athlete after retaining his 400 m title at Sydney. Dutch Olympic swimming champions Pieter van den Hoogenband and Inge de Bruin took the water sports
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      333 58 Reuters, Afp. ARSENE Wenger's worst fears have been confirmed. Thierry Henry has revealed that the long Premiership season is starting to take its toll. The Arsenal boss has already aired his worries about how long Arsenal's top scorer can last as a regular starter this season. Now
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      291 58 Wire services. CHRISTIAN DAILLY: The Scotland international defender signed for West Ham from Blackburn for £1.75 million ($4.72 m). The former Derby and Dundee United player could make his first appearance for his new club against Charlton on Monday. LUCAS RADEBLLeeds and the South African FA are set
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      89 59 Reuters WALK: 9.6 sec 12 metres (19 steps) OLYMPIC sprint champion Maurice Greene holds the 100-metre world record at 9.79 seconds. However, Greene said that was not good enough and that 9.76 was his target. He added that his coach, John Smith,
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      328 59 LEUROPEKjCKOFR SPAIN 1 Reuters, Skysports STEVE McManaman deserves to walk into Sven Goran Eriksson's England side, according to his team-mates and rivals.. McManaman's outstanding goal for Real Madrid in Sunday's 4-0 win over Oviedo has increased the campaign for him to win his way back into the
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      178 59 Reuters. FORMER Barcelona star Ronald Koeman said it was a massive mistake to let Luis Figo go to Real Madrid. "I am afraid that it is an historic error on the part of Barcelona," Koeman said. "Not only have we lost him, at
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      110 59 Reuters BARCELONA reached Spain's King's Cup quarter-finals after a goalless draw against Third Division Gimnastica Torrelavega in a third round, second leg match. Barca made the last eight 1-0 on aggregate, thanks to Rivaldo's goal in the first leg. Gimnastica, which had eliminated
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      458 60 The new England soccer management team held a press conference. And they spoke...and spoke., .about, what else. England England challenge: The two men are well aware of the task ahead. Said Eriksson: "How long will I stay? That's the one question I can't answer. It's down
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      284 60 WHILE England's new coach and his assistant may profess admiration for things done the Anfield way, potential England players need not worry that they might only see things through a Red perspective. They have already picked out several promising players from outside the England set-up. No 2
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      333 61 WEAR AND TEAR AT THE AUSSIE OPEN IN MELBOURNE 'I don't know if it's one of her creations (Venus is a design student). Well, she just got this deal with Reebok, so they had to come up with something new...l don't know if I would be able to wear something
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      60 61 Michael Chang's tennis career has gone downhill, dropping from a No 2 world ranking to being unseeded at the Australian Open. Hey, Mike, do the names Bridgestone and Michelin ring a bell? Maybe skipping a taco or two will increase the lpst
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      305 56 WHATS GONE: How the main matches went (seeding* in bold): MEN (first round): I Gustavo Kuerten (Bra) bt Gaston Gaudio (Arg) 7-5,6-7 (6), 6-3, 7-5 4 Magnus Norman (Swe) bt Stephane Huet(Fra) 1-6, 7-5, 6-1, 7-6 (5) 5 Yevgeny Kafelnikov (Rus) bt Jens Knippschild (Ger) 6-1,6-4, 6-2 7 Lleyton Hewitt
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