The New Paper, 19 January 2001

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Total Pages: 93
1 93 The New Paper
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    7 1 the new paper FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 2001
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  • THENEWSTODAY
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      Lock icon 'No recession but...'
      479 2  -  MORNING LATEST By Woon Wui Tek AT least the experts don't expect a recession. Other than that, the latest economic forecast by a Nanyang Technological University team is a gloomy one 4.5 per cent growth in 2001. That's below the band of 5 .to 7 per cent
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      Lock icon Tech stocks bring cheer
      83 2 I MARKET WATCH THANK God for IBM! A rosy earnings forecast from the world's biggest computer maker, International Business Machines Corp, pushed the Nasdaq market to a five-week high. Even Wall Street got a shot in the arm through hopes of a further cut in interest
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      70 2 m THE Dow Jones industrial average made solid headway into positive territory, rising 93.94 points, or 0.89 per cent, to 10,678.28. The Nasdaq composite index also ended the day up 85.71 points, or 3.19 percent, at 2,768.49. SINGAPORE COMPANIES ON NASDAQ Close In US$/Change 1. Pacific Internet $5.*****+0.1563
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      52 2 Leisure Showtime: Pages 46 to 53 Comics: Page 54 TV: Page 95 Yonex Badminton Champ in the news with a Wf%. W^l^PM^jrw^rlP Hi |H|r 1 donation of over $70,000 worth of Yonex \y f a |lf a IIP 3< y Champ and I Wmm as H hh't >» %vv» 4
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    422 3  -  By Irene Kew HOW can you say no to such a proposal! Love was in the air, literally, at Geylang Bahru yesterday evening. Nine fat yellow balloons floated in the air, trailing this banner of love. Below, in a bundle of nerves, going "Will
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    Lock icon Look who's in Eric's soccer flick
    548 4  -  SINGAPORETODAY By^ Wang Meng Meng RENATO Martins is a star player in more ways than one. Besides scoring goals as a Premium Player for S-League side Tampines Rovers, the photogenic Brazilian is set to hit the big screen. The 26-year-old, together with compatriot Adriano
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      Lock icon OCBC charges for large deposits
      212 6 HOT STORY BANKING ■■WrM 11 HI I^l DEPOSIT more than $10,000 at a Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation (OCBC) branch, and you will be charged for it. There are no charges for the first $10,000. But, from this year, for the next $10,000 where the face value
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      Lock icon Not the real thing
      62 6 P '™s e PRESIDENTIAL STATUES: ms is not a picture of past, present and future US presidents in front of the White House. That's not even the White House. It's a iookaiike —the office building of Japanese materials company Mikami, which unveiled the statues of former
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        109 6 POLYCLINICS NIGHT polyclinics do not "duplicate the services offered by general practioners (GPs) said Health Minister Lim Hng Kiang. And the money spent to keep the polyclinics running at night was "resources well spent", he added. The minister was responding to criticism from the Singapore Medical
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        Lock icon Going country
        52 6 LEISURE YEEEE Ha! We're foot-tapping, country-style. Thousands of Singaporeans old and young are going for country line dancing classes. Membership at The Country Line Dance Association has grown from 100 to around 500 in just six months. And more than 3,000 people throng community clubs and centres yearly
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        55 6 HEALTH A PROPOSAL to amend the Human Organ Transplant Act to include Muslims has been submitted to the Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs, Mr Abdullah Tarmugi. Now, any Singaporean except Muslims —aged 21 to 60, who dies in an accident may have his kidneys removed for transplantation, unless he
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      51 6 New Straits Times: PM: Japan must lead Asia International Herald Tribune: Californians in the dark as power crisis deepens Asian Wall Street Journal: Arroyo makes preparations for possible life after Estrada BBC news: Joseph Kabila son takes over power in Congo officially following confirmation of his father's
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      Lock icon From Japan: New Web phone service for Europe
      129 7 Jp m JAPANESE mobile phone company NTT DoCoMo has announced plans to offer European consumers a version of i-mode, its popular web phone service. The company said that two new alliances, with KPN Mobile of the Netherlands and Telecom Italia Mobile, will
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      Lock icon Thaksin on trial
      56 7 THAILAND A THAI court has ordered that Prime Minister-elect Thaksin Shinawatra stand trial for corruption. Mr Thaksin was indicted last month by the National Counter-Corruption Commission for allegedly concealing personal assets when he was a deputy premier in 1997. Mr Thaksin won an unprecedented majority in the
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      Lock icon Goodbye, Jill
      59 7 MEDIA ONE OF the best known faces of Channel News Asia is leaving. Newscaster Jill Neubronner is moving to Hongkong-based Cable News Network. "It's a goal I set myself a long time ago," she told The New Paper over the phone last night. But her final broadcast date
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      52 7 THE PHILIPPINES A MILLION protesters will march on Malacanang from the Edsa Shrine in Manila in three to four days to demand President Estrada's immediate resignation. Groups led by the Estrada Resign Movement and the Kongreso ng Mamamayang Pilipino also said a nationwide civil disobedience campaign would kick
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      64 7 MALAYSIA THE first runner-up of the Miss Chinese Universe Beauty Pageant 2000 in Malaysia has filed a suit against a promotion company for unlawfully taking away the title, crown and sash that she won. Ms Zoe Chong Lee Lee, 24, claims Prize Image Sdn Bhd, had on Dec
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      72 7 The Straits Times: Judges order Thaksin to be tried for graft The Business Times: Price perks fuel talk of property price war Lianiie Zaobao: BG Lee: Soft landing possible for US economy Berita Harian: Night polyclinics are resources well spent RCS morning news: Anti-Estrada groups set to
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      293 6 Ikll COPTHORNE gggffrf HARBOUR VIEW HOTEL SINGAPORE Celebrate The New Year With fllMl More Than Just Good Food f ImBI i I';**! i <■'J. <• x With a sparkling new interior, the hotel offers a refreshing touch to your festive f, v 'Ss f m celebrations. s Kran£t3Pfe v V*.
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      477 7 Call our news hotline. If your tip-off leads to a news report, you'll receive a home-delivered LARGE CURRY CHICKEN PIZZA! TTS PIZZA* tht pint professionals music my music A/oaiv HAGEME>ER (SMGAPORE) PTE LTD 4366 Ate*anrbs Road 801-06/06 Alaiandra Tachnopark S< *****6) Holbna 377 577V6 BAN LEONG TECHNOLOGIES PTE LTD No
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    Lock icon 'I don't want to be like mum'
    887 8 MARRIAGE tS OVER SINGAPORETODAY So Growing JJp's Irin Gan has broken up with her businessman husband. YEOH WEE TECK captures the real drama in the gym yesterday IT started as a meet-the-press session to talk about Irin Gan's wushu training. Then it turned
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      608 10 Executive Development Programmes The PSB-IPT Diplomas are recognised as entry qualifications by the Singapore Open University Degree Programmes (OIIDP) and lip Loughborough University (UK) for the BSc (Hons) in Business Studies offered in collaboration with PSB-IPT. No. Programme Titles Intakes Days Fees (ind. GST) Diploma in Business Administration 5 Feb
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    249 11 SPEAKUP SPEAK UP YOUR FORUM SHMHam (e-mail THE Government urges us to "be creative, break the trend, think out of the box". Yet every day we come across incidents that set us back to the cavemen days. In "Size matters" (TNP, Jan 17), the writer
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      419 12 f~ >m~\^ H i January 28 February k^_) TRADITIONAL TURKISH ENTERTAINMENT 6 EXHIBITION- Now till 27 ianuary 2001 Hp Get set to be charmed by all things Turkish at junction 8! For the first time in Singapore you can watch native Turks dance and oil wrestle or visit an exhibition
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      Lock icon When 3 jabs are better than 1
      515 13 HEP B VIRUS The figures aren't too comforting. One in 20 Singaporeans is a hepatitis B virus carrier. To cut down the numbers, the Ministry of Health has come up with a four-year programme to immunise students up to university level, beginning next
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      Lock icon ALL ABOUT HEP B
      85 13 HEPATITIS B is a liver inflammation caused by a virus. It can spread from one person to another through saliva, blood, other body fluids and sexual contact. An infected woman may also pass it to her newborn baby. Symptoms include tiredness, flu-like conditions, nausea, diarrhoea, jaundice
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      104 13 #1 at the U.S. Box Office for 3 weeks! "Tom Hanks holds his own, triumphantly Whang Yee Ling, 8 days I "If you're seeing only one movie this season, this is the obvious choice Lou Lime nick, NYPost.com I DREAMWORKS PICTURES AND TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX present AN MOVERS IPLAYTONE to
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    Lock icon Now for the moving mailbox
    287 16  -  SINGAPORETODAY By Jacqueline Lee WHO says you have to go to the post office or even the roadside mailbox to post your letters? The good old mailbox has moved into a bus a Tibs bus to be exact. Called PosTibs, the new service was launched
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      207 16 frail [jsll [rUPI [TeHI frsDl I fHH pii]| [niDl pill [jail pall jHMHL cafe resta ura nt Celebrate Vjowr "New with Swcmsch's 'Bvmblcs of Luck' meals Offering you great gastronomic delight, our meals come bundled with delicious Soup-of-the-Day and a totally irresistible Orange Sherbet Sundae! Auspicious Puck HP" —r~TTT If|
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      Lock icon 11-year-old rumbles to a win
      231 19 Eleven-year-old Mohd Nuh Abdul Malek was all smiles yesterday. Well, he should be. He's among the 10 lucky winners of The New Paper Scrabble Rumble contest announced yesterday. And the youngest of them all. But it was the Zhenghua Primary School student's father who was
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      Lock icon He looked for his wife with chopper. He got jail instead
      279 20  -  By. Azhar Ghani MADAM Kandasamy Jayamani's restaurant on Veerasamy Road in Little India serves spicy curries. But none of them ever proved as hot as the sizzling drama that took place there on Nov 12 last year. It had
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      44 20 For criminal intimidation —threatening to cause death or grievous hurt —the penalty is imprisonment for maximum seven years, or a fine, or both. For possessing a dangerous or offensive instrument without lawful authority or purpose, the penalty is imprisonment for maximum two years.
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      278 22 You could have lots more to celebrate with NETS $28,000 NEW YEAR Bonus. a Here's your chance to win the latest range of laptops, PCs and pocket V I PCs from Compaq Computer Asia Pacific worth more than $28,000 in I Attach 2 receipts (Nets, Cash Card or NETSCash) to
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    Lock icon Compass Rose to close for six months
    205 23 SINGAPORETODAY COMPASS Rose will close for six months from March 15 for major renovations that could run into millions of dollars, reported The Business Times. The restaurant on the 69th floor of the Westin Stamford commands a stunning view of Singapore's business district.
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      263 23 &ELUK. Ellane 30th Anniversary Joint Promotion with Power Gas Congratulations to all our winners! Name Guarantee Card No. Ist Prize: 2 return air tickets to London $3000 cash Yeo Nancy C *****1 2nd Prize: 2 return air tickets to Sydney $2000 cash Kek Ling Ling GH *****48 3rd Prize: 2
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      249 24 piy Catch the spectacular sight of the Chingay procession at our very own private street! Drive ,nto Time s^uare Millenia Walk's very own private street, for an exciting line up of entertainment and the chance H to win great prizes. It's all happening from 18 January -18 February. Witness a
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      67 25 Big bullies muifmui* The Straits Times Forum page writer Tan La Tiang, on larger vehicles such as trucks which do not observe traffic rules and speed limits: Many of these drivers of large vehicles, including buses, appear to enjoy playing a game of'chicken' with smaller road users by intimidating them
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      664 26 A lift technician was crushed to death by a lift while he was cleaning the lift pit at Block 705, Hougang Avenue 2, last night. Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) officers took 10 minutes to free the man's body. TANYA FONG reports AngMoKio Police Division is investigating.
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      135 25 Want a free holiday? Use SPInS. The next time you use SPInS (Star Hub Payphone Interactive Service), it might reward you with a FREE holiday! Each week, you could win a $1,000 travel voucher or one of 10 Star Hub Commemorative Phonecard sets worth $88 each! Simply access SPInS with
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      731 28  -  First, husband becomes bedridden after hit-and-run accident, leaving family with no income REPORTS DAWN CHIA in JOHOR BARU SHE is almost at her wits' end. Her husband lies bedridden, victim of a hit-and-run accident. She has to look after him and cannot work. Their kids are studying. A
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      Lock icon And another: Daughter missing for two weeks
      440 29 Then, people donate $12,810. But the money is stolen, and the family is left broke again ABOUT a month after the money was stolen, Madam Moy was dealt another blow. Her 11-year-old daughter, Tan Chia Hui, disappeared. "Chia Hui was very close to
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      Lock icon Two babies died Third one burnt Mum arrested
      270 30 TWO of her babies died under mysterious circumstances, when each was three months old. The woman's first boy died of severe dehydration in May 1997. Her second son died in April 1999 after choking on something. The police of Saitama prefecture in
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      65 30 Start the new millennium with flying colours! It's easy to use, erasable and endlessly fun! Pilot Color Eno mechanical colour pencil now comes in a promotional box with 2 pencil leads FREE! Get yours today, while stocks last! j Available at leading bookshops, stationers, department stores and supermarkets. r I
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      225 30 Wanna wish someone Gong Xi Facai in a different way? jjllp Send lovely Chinese New Year tones to your friends and to yourself I Check out also our new logos tones! fj§||| ***** Chinese New Year ringtones -1&Z Ba Nian ***** -G3 fev ***** God of wealth ***** ***** Gong
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      279 33 And the winner is... MANY girls would not want to be in this "beauty" contest in Thailand. For the winners will be those with the worst acne, reports Bangkok's The Nation. Yet, this Sunday, as many as 200 semi-finalists will walk down the runway at The
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      Lock icon The birds must go
      244 34 TRAFALGAR SQUARE Wire services. FEEDING the pigeons, a must-do for most London tourists, may soon be history. In an effort to spruce up the historical image of Trafalgar Square, London authorities have revoked the licence of its lone pigeon-feed dealer. Yesterday was the last day for
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      74 33 y 1 1 fF^ ioco LUCKY DRAW 17 How 8000 1 Jan 8001 Congratulations to the following lucky winners! > -x Ist Prize Novak Ho *****92Z j 2nd Prize Ong Bee Moi *****05J I' 3rd Prize Ng Chin Lai *****50G 4th Prize Teo Siok Hong *****656 j sth Prize Tan
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      252 34 lErjßrjßrjßrjßrjgrjgrjgrjgrjpnirjm" Come usher in the Year of the Snake with us at Hotel New Otani. Whatever your purpose to celebrate with family, friends or business associates you'll find lots of authentic reasons to enjoy the auspicious start in the fine ambience of our Award-Winning Restaurants. Gong Xi Fa Cai! 23
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      146 34 Announcing lomegate Gold Coast Getaway Winners Grand Prize Tan Kian Aik Second Prize Belle Ang Chan Ah Kin Cheong Kok Kong Chia Cheng Sun Chia Wan Pak Philip Chung Thau Fui James Hon Kew Qi Lan Lam Mi Lan Francis Ng Third Prize Mohammed Tauftq Aman Catharina Bonang Olivia Chan
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      328 36 CHANNEL V CHINESE MUSIC AWARDS Hongkong superstars Andy Lau and Faye Wong proved they can hold their own even in the Mandarin pop arena. They won top honours for the second consecutive year at the 7th annual Channel V Chinese Music Awards. Andy
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      180 68 RESULTS of four barrier trials conducted over I,ooom on the fibresand track at Kranji yesterday. The going was good. TRIAL 1:1 Prinzoskar(CTreymane)2 No Drama (S Scriven) 3 Jupiter (J Saimee) 4 Sun God (E Ahem) 5 Bedouin (apprentice YF Leong) 6 Thunder Light. Unofficial margins and time:
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      516 69 NST UNITED TYCOON wrapped up his preparations for his maiden win in the Class 5 Div 5 event over 1,600 m in Race 7 tomorrow with a stylish workout in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. Taken out by jockey Asogan Thangaraju, the three-year-old Australian-bred gelding was
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      266 69 SINGAPORE TURF CLUB REPLY WE REFER to the Whip Hand article "Redress bad timing" (The New Paper,-Dec 27), complaining that the odds for the last two Penang races on Dec 23 suddenly vanished from the semaphore board and the live images from Penang were replaced
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      27 69 NAUGHTYFELLA: Apprentice Mohd Hairin having a hard time with his frisky charge at Kranji yesterday morning and he finally brings the horse under control.
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      83 69 AP A BETTOR in America won a record U*****,788 ($526,640) for picking all six winners in Gulfstream Park's Pick 6 last Wednesday. The payout was the largest one-ticket winner in Gulfstream history. The previous record was U*****,585 on Pick 6 wagering on Feb 24,1996. That pool was split
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      83 69 AP A 23-YEAR-OLD Irish jumps jockey was sentenced to life imprisonment last Tuesday for beating a man to death outside a pub. Christopher Martin McGrath was high on ecstasy and alcohol when he smashed Gary Walton in the face with a brick and choked him last July 17,
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      9304 70 DDIAMONESQUE 59(73) E Wilkinson (9) (5ag Baertschiger-Diamonesque) ByZabaleta-Brief Romance; bay; landed 10.6.98; 22r4-4-3 (KRal200g 1:11.657, KRal200g 1:12.255, KRbl400y 1:24.752.5, KRbl400g 1:24.4 54.5); late Quick Affair. 26.08.00 C3 Soo 56.5 (69) (6) 11 6 5/13 ($71) 4V4 Xenophon KRa1200g 1:10.7 (492) 09.09.00 C3 W'kinson
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      4429 75 D MUST INVEST 57(48) D Spriggs (14) (6ah SB Tan-Mdm JA Young) By Mustin Lake-Hussar's Girl; bay/brown;landed26.2.97; 3lr2-7-2 (Pl200g 1:12.753.5, K1400s 1:28.353). 21.05.00 C4-2 Selvan 54 (55) (7) 11 10 6/13 ($201) 5V4 Clever Gill K1200g 1:12.2 (472) 24.06.00 C4-5 Skinner 54 (53) (4) 5
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      6905 78 31.12.00 C3 Selvan 54 (67) (8) 6 7 4/12 ($351) 7 Nitty Witty P1200y 1:13.3 (474) r Fourth but beaten a long way last outing; can aspire fora place at the very best ill GOLD KING 54.5 (65) Kfl B Woodworth (14) (3nzg Murray-Stanley Ho) By Kenfair-Petty Sessions; chestnut;
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      322 82 Greg Rusedski bt Gustavo Kuerten 4-6,6-4,6-3,2-6,9-7 Reuters GUESS what Greg Rusedski needed most when he was down and out? Cash. And that is what he got. Former Wimbledon champion Pat Cash helped rebuild Rusedski's faltering career when he was on the verge of quitting the game.
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      210 82 Andrew Ilie bt Juan Carlos Ferrero 3-6,6-2,6-1,1-6,6-2 AP. ANDREW Ilie doesn't "Just do it." He would rather "Just rip it." Australian Ilie has become so popular for his shirt-ripping acts after big wins that he's now giving lessons on it in "meet the fans"
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        378 83 THE LAST TWO PRIZE-WINNING LETTERS FROM AOTI-MAN U FANS The last two anti-Man U prize-winning letters are written by STEVEN WU and BEN YEONG WING FAI They each win a meal at the Red Cafe plus an exclusive Treble Collection set. MAN U, Man U,
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        317 83 TEN reasons why I hate Manchester United? Easy. 1. It makes the Premiership so boring that one need not use psychic powers to predict who is going to win the league before the season starts. 2. Its players are getting greedier for wages
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      327 82 WHATSGONE: How the main matches went (seedings in bold): MEN (second round): Greg Rusedski (Brit) bt 1 Gustavo Kuerten (Bra) 4-6,6-4, 6-3, 2-6, 9-7 4 Magnus Norman (Swe) bt Fabrice Santoro (Fra) 7-6 (6), 6-3 6-0 5 Yevgeny Kafelnikov (Rus) bt Nicolas Kiefer (Ger) 6-2,3-6, 3-6 6-3,6-0 7 Lleyton Hewitt
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      341 85 ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP: WEEKEND ACTION AP. FORMER Italian international Roberto Mancini joined Premier League side Leicester yesterday on a short-term basis and could face Arsenal tomorrow. He was the former assistant to new England coach Sven Goran Eriksson at the Italian club
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      156 85 TOMORROW: Chelsea v Ipswich Coventry v Everton Derby County v Man City Leeds v Newcastle (LIVE, SCV 22,10.30pm, tomorrow) Leicester v Arsenal Liverpool v Middlesbrough Man United v Aston Villa Tottenham v Southampton SUNDAY: Sunderland v Bradford (LIVE, SCV 22,11.55pm, Sunday) MONDAY: Charlton v West Ham
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      294 85 AP. BRUCE Grobbelaar's battle to clear his name over match-fixing charges is going into extra time. Cleared of criminal charges more than three years ago, the Zimbabwean goalkeeper thought he'd heard the last of the case when a jury awarded him £85,000 ($220,000)
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      135 85 In November 1994 The Sun alleged that Grobbelaar took £40,000 to make sure Liverpool lost 3-0 at Newcastle in November 1993. The paper also said he had missed a chance of winning £125,000 in a January 1994 game against Manchester United that ended In a 3-3 tie.
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      Lock icon Who, after Man U?
      758 87  -  Ipswich is team of the season The season is over, right? Man Uis going to win the league and, that is the bottom line. It might be too early to talk about the second, third and fourth spots, but unless Man U self-destructs, it really wouldn't
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      323 88 WHO. AFTER MAN U7...EDWIN YEO LISTS THE OTHER CHALLENfiFRS Nickname: Black Cats. Current posn: 2nd (42 points, 31 goals). Strength: Sensational unbeaten home form. Has won seven of its last eight matches. Recent results: Dec 30: drew Arsenal 2-2; Jan 1: beat Ipswich 4-1; Jan 13:
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      381 88 Nickname: The Reds. Current posn: sth (39 points, 42 goals). Strength: Steady progress but too many points have been dropped against teams it should have beaten. Recent results: Dec 26: lost to Boro 1-0; Jan 1: beat Southampton 2-1; Jan 13: beat Aston Villa 3-0 I
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      400 89  -  M Telecast of Liverpool-Leeds FA Cup tie clashes with Lions-Thailand match By Suresh Nair Another FAS-Liverpool storm is brewing. And it may end up with Made-in-Singapore Merseyside fans seeing red once again. Singapore Cable Vision (SCV) will be showing "live" next Saturday's English FA Cup
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      122 89 HAVELANGE CUP REPLAY Reuters IT was Vasco da Gama in the end. And Romario again. Vasco da Gama clinched the Brazilian title in style, winning the replayed second-leg of the final against Sao Caetano 3-1 yesterday. It won on 4-2 on aggregate. The second leg had been
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      108 89 JUST three weeks ago, the FAS ruled out the visit of Carlsberg-sponsored Liverpool in May, out of in respect for one of its most loyal sponsors, Tiger Beer. But after an outcry of public opinion and later a magnanimous gesture by Tiger Beer, the FAS
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      201 89 Why Liverpool again? I think the FAS must be open-hearted and not interfere with the SCV match. Just fearing that there will not be a good crowd because of one FA Cup match on TV is silly. Jerome Wong, 38, schoolteacher The FAS looks sincere here.
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      609 90  -  LIONS TRAINING TOUR OF DUBAI SINGAPORE 0 FC ENERGIE COTTBUS 2 (Toni Micevski 15. Franklin Bitencourt 37 Reports/ Lim Han Ming SO Jan Poulsen lost his second match in charge. Not only that. The Lions finished with 10 men for the second match in a
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      183 90 ALL football and no play would make Jan Poulsen a dull coach. That is why the Dane has decided to take things easy today. For this morning's training session, the Lions squad (left) will be divided into two. Those who played yesterday will do some light training, while
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      162 91 WIN CASIO WRIST CAMERAS 20 ccnta. We are giving you mora time eojm can wait until after toawnWfl match brfon mating op your mind. Example: Referring to tha bat of matcbea below, if you think Man U will cttndi tbe Premiership title
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      Lock icon Pele versus Maradona: Hagi makes his choice
      143 91 Reuters. ITS the Romanian's farewell match. But there's no place for the "great" Diego Maradona in it. Georghe Hagi, one of the finest ball players to sprout from the east European nation, has made his choice clear. He said yesterday: "I decided to
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      85 91 AP. SHE had dared to take on fashion leaders Anna Kournikova and Martina Hingis in the first round of the Australian Open. Venus Williams' low-cut two-piece top (inset) had many male eyes popping out of their sockets. Yesterday, the top women's tennis player was back to her
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