The New Paper, 20 January 2001

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  • 978 2 "yUp Morning latest from Manila Estrada Saga^^H As the deadline for him to quit approached (6am, Singapore time), Mr Estrada was having breakfast with his family in the palace Supreme court chief justice to swear in Ms Arroyo as president at noon today HEROES in the
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  • 177 3 AP. WHILE President Clinton is saying goodbye to the US presidency, his college classmate is poised to take the reins of power in the Philippines. Vice-President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and Mr Clinton were classmates at Washington's Georgetown University in the *****. "I was 17 and he
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  • 380 4 SINGAPORETOm Y The Bedok Police Division Is investigating the death. DID he fall asleep in his car before death swooped down suddenly? Mr Liu Shui Shun, 54, was found dead in his car on Thursday afternoon. The car was in a carpark at Changi Village
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  • QUICKNEWS
    • 284 6 tu GENERAL ELECTION THE new magic number is 18. The PAP has lined up "three or four more" candidates in addition to the 12 unnamed new candidates already on its slate for the next General Election, Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong
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    • 56 6 wQure This Firemen battling flames at a row of shophouses in Bangkok. It began with an early morning explosion yesterday, believed to have been caused by leaked cooking gas at the eyewear shop. The blast and fire fire destroyed four shops, killed at least five people
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      • 60 6 COURT WORKERS'Party chief JB Jeyaretnam was declared a bankrupt yesterday. The High Court declared the Non-Constituency MP as such after he missed paying a defamation damages instalment to eight people. Under the Constitution, a bankrupt can't hold a seat in Parliament. Mr Jeyaretnam is appealing against the decision.
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      • 56 6 TECHNOLOGY PARENTS of babies in Thomson Medical Centre's neonatal intensive care unit can now watch their babies online. Called ViewBaby, the pilot project features a small camera installed above the baby's cot and connected to a nearby computer. The system has been set up by Viewlive.Net, a
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      • 59 6 EDUCATION IT'S compulsory for first-year students at Tampines Junior College to attend special preparation classes for the Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT). The SAT, which tests verbal and maths skills, will form part of the admissions criteria for universities from 2003. To prepare its first-year students for that, Tampines
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      • 56 6 PHONES DIAL "6" first. That's what you'll have to do from March next year. All fixed-line phone numbers will have eight digits then they will start with "6", the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) confirmed yesterday. The IDA said the extra digit "6" will "increase the numbering
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      • 58 7 TRANSPORT ANOTHER mission by the Environment Ministry (ENV): To look into the feasibility of introducing vehicles that run on compressed natural gas instead of petrol or diesel. The ENV started a working group in January last year. The trial, which is expected to begin by year's end, involves
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      • 65 7 VIRUSES WATCH out for Melissa. A new version of the Melissa virus which crashed computer networks in 1999 by clogging up e-mail systems is back, said experts. Melissa.W is a version of Melissa.A, which spread around the world as an e-mail chain letter in March 1999. The virus
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      • 67 7 THE US US PRESIDENT Bill Clinton has reached a deal in order to avoid facing charges in the Monica Lewinksy case when he leaves office. He confessed he misled lawyers under oath. "I hope my actions today will help bring closure and finality to the matters," he said,
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      • 64 7 BRAZIL NEARLY three years after leaving the government in which he served as minister for sports, former football star Pele has been invited to return to public service. "The President (Fernando Henrique Cardoso) has asked him to return," said a spokesman for Pele. Pele served as sports minister
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    • 39 6 New Straits Times: Estrada government crumbles International Herald Tribune: Estrada is left standing by himself BBC news: Reports from the Phillipine capital of Manila, say tens of thousands of protestors are marching to the Presidential Palace
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    • 65 7 The Straits Times: Estrada govt collapses The Business Times: Peso soars 13 per cent as Estrada's fall looks imminent Lianhe Zaobao: Philippine President said to be on the run Berita Harian: Estrada's aJJies join protests calling for his resignation RCS morning news: Philippine opposition officials say Vice-President
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    • 144 7 in FOCUS SINGAPORE'S national anthem has been set in a lower key so that more people can raise their voices in song. The new version of the Majulah Singapura (Onward Singapore), was unveiled yesterday. "From time to time, we have been receiving feedback that people have not
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    • Article, Illustration
      28 7 I"| This The real Bond girl, Michelle Yeoh, peers over the shoulder of a wax portrait of herself at Madame Tussaud's museum in Hongkong. Picture/ Reuters
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    • 32 7 Quote worthy I0OM8kave on my own I comb my hair. lean caress my little when he falls asleep on my knees. Mr Denis Chatelier, the world's first double-arm transplant patient
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 504 8  -  Water kept coming out of drain traps By Irene Kew NTUC FairPrice's US-style Liberty Market turned into a wet market last night. Around 6.40pm, water poured out of some drainage traps in the supermarket, covering its tiled floor. And with the water came a pungent smell.
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    • 230 8 THE lines were all engaged. And the taxis were trickling in one in every 10 minutes or so. Outside Lucky Plaza at 10pm, the taxi queue, which stretched for about 75 m, was filled with frustrated commuters punching furiously on their
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  • 434 10 SINGAPORETQDA Y On Tuesday, two lawyers serving out their notice at the law firm Lee Lee were charged in court for copying files from the computer. JOYCELYN WONG finds out what you can and cannot do after you've sent in that resignation letter BE
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 254 12 SINGAPORE TO HAVE A CREDIT BUREAU THOSE who borrow from banks and fail to repay had better look out. It is the end of the road for them once Singapore's credit bureau takes off. The Association of Banks in Singapore (ABS) has
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    • 129 12 THE wrong number (1900-733-4455) was published in our Zodiac contest yesterday. But don't worry, the ultra-cuddly Zodiac Beanies sets are still up for grabs. Call 1900-914-0801 and answer two simple questions to qualify for the draw. Each call costs 20 cents and the contest ends at midnight
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    • 556 15 We just think differently A kiss is still a kiss, but men and women think —and talk worlds apart. JOANNA HUGHES talks to an expert in male-female relationships THIS is how our fights usually start. I come home after 20 minutes in a taxi,
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    • 60 15 Dr John Jolliffe will be speaking today from 2-6pm, at Singapore International Convention Exhibition Centre Auditorium, Suntec City. Fee is $50 and includes copies of Dr Jolliffe's books on relationships. Call 256-8340, 566-0229 and 9642-6107 for more information. The lecture is organised by the enAbling Centre, the
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  • 490 16 JUMP in, jump out, jump in, jump out. This was the chant 20 JC One students of Victoria Junior College had taken up. They were cheering their 14 classmates who were on the other side of a swinging rope. They were playing the
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  • 177 16 THE Theatre Studies and Drama course was started at Victoria Junior College in 1989, the only A-level course of its kind here. It is taught by Mr Lofthouse and Singaporean Joanne Poon. Students undergo acting, directing and technical training and an introduction to acting theory. They are
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  • 425 16  -  By Sheela Narayanan HE joined theatre because he did not want to study mathematics. Now, Brendon Marc Fernandez is walking the boards with the best of Filipino talent in Rent, a Broadway musical. The Victoria Junior College Theatre Studies and
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    110 17 BRAINBUSTERS HOW well do you know the names of Asian cities? Try this puzzle and find out. Remember to circle out the words clearly. Five people with the correct answers will win prizes. But wait! As this column is meant for youths, please do not send in your entries
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    200 17 REMEMBER WeekendTRIP Youth Park —the music festival that supports local music? Well, it's back with a loud bang today. To kick off the New Year, here are the gigs you can look forward to this evening: Teh Tarik Crew, Dancing Nancies, AvantGarde and Mute. Teh Tarik Crew, a foreign
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  • 272 18 SINGAPORETODAY Infographics journalist LEE HUPKHENG shows how a bus can pick up and run on compressed natural gas Source: Semb Corp BUSES, taxis and lorries here could be running on cleaner natural gas instead of dirty diesel in a few years' time, if a
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  • MALAYSIATODAY
    • 445 20  -  arnvmr MAFOOT SIMON IDONT know Tan Sri Tajudin Ramli, the executive chairman of Malaysia Airlines (MAS), except for what I've read from newspaper reports. In 1994, this farmer's son from Kedah took over MAS, the Malaysian national carrier. He was to be the role-model for many
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    • 102 20 TAN Sri Tajudin obtained the MAS shares through his aviation services firm Naluri as part of the government's privatisation of key industries to Bumiputra businessmen. The Asian crisis, rising fuel prices and low ticket prices for domestic flights put MAS heavily in debt —RM9.4 billion. Also in debt
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    • 102 20 THE Singapore Dilemma (The Political And Educational Marginality Of The Malay Community) was published in 1998. It didn't get much attention then but late last year, the book received wide media coverage in Malaysia. The reports sent a clear message to Malays in Malaysian—that the Malays in Singapore
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  • 350 21 WORLDTODAY HE'S been accused of having bought sexual favours from four girls aged between 14 and 15. The case of the senator, unnamed but said to be in his 60s, was splashed in several Thai-language newspapers yesterday, reports The Nation. The reports said he had
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    • 485 23 CHINA SCANDAL Reuters. HE was a city lawmaker and Communist Party member. But he was far from law-abiding. In fact, Liu Yong was a violent gangster involved in brutal and shocking crimes such as torture, blackmail and murder in the north-eastern city of Shenyang in China.
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    • 46 23 muiftnui* A California primary school has 13 sets of twins, eight of the pairs identical. School officials can't explain the high figure. But, Mrs Tannie Bacon, mother of one of the pairs, said: It must be something in the water out here.
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  • 187 25 MARKET WATCH woßLonm y AFP. CALIFORNIA'S blackouts threaten to have an impact beyond the state, analysts say. After all, it is the world's sixth largest economy. "Anybody who thinks this is just going to stay within California... is just dead wrong," California Senator Dianne
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  • 843 26 THE MAN WHO MARRIED TWO WOMEN AT THE SAME TIME MALAYSIA!OOMY In love with two women, Mr Abdul Muin Hamid made the news recently by marrying both. AZHAR GHANI tracks the man down in his hometown Kuala Kerang, Kedah, but finds that things aren't as rosy
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    • 142 28 I merely lifted her leg* HEY... IS IT Hongkong actress Anita Mui is fuming over reports that she sucked the toes of Sam mi Cheng for one of the scenes in the movie, Zhong Wu Yan. In the show, she cross-dressed as an emperor who falls
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    • 94 28 Big smooch for publicity—even if it means wearing condoms on the head THERE'S just no telling what some artistes will do for publicity. In his promotional posters for his debut EP, Hongkong actor Wong Hei has different items placed around his head for close shots. He has safety pins, spaghetti,
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    • 93 28 IMAGINE having a hotel room named after you. While filming in South Korea, actress Cecilia Cheung (above) checked into the luxurious Kensington Stars Hotel. According to Oriental Daily, the hotel then decided to name the room after her. What's more, it plans to furnish the
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    • 202 29 Kelly's off to make a new film with heartthrob SOME girls really have all the luck. After her collaboration with dishy Japanese actor Takeshi Kaneshiro (aka Aniki Jin) in the whimsical movie Lavender, Kelly Chen looks set to star opposite Japanese heartthrob Yutaka Takenouchi (top). She
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    • 179 29 IT is common knowledge that award ceremonies are not only about talent and popularity. It's also a golden opportunity for the stars to show off their, erm, unique fashion sense (or lack of it). Celebrities dress to kill just so that the scribes and photographers won't miss
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    • 153 29 HONGKONG heartthrob Nicholas Tse was caught clutching his groin on stage during Hongkong band LMF's concert last Sunday. LMF is notorious for offensive lyrics in its songs. Nicholas had been invited on stage to sing with them, according to Hongkong newspapers. While belting out the controversial lyrics,
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  • 548 30 DONT tell J-pop princess Ami Suzuki to grow up. The 19-year-old singer will point to her adorable face and say with a pout: "Who asked my mum to give me such a baby face?" Not that the sassy young lady is complaining though. That kawaii
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  • 300 31  -  GOOD MUSIC REVIEW SETO NU-WEN CARMELINA who? I don't expect you to know the name yet. Carmelina Cupo is a 24-year-old singer with a strong fan base in Vancouver, Canada. And given time, she could go a long way. The people who churn
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  • 479 32 SHOWTIME So Smashing Pumpkins is officially no more. Butfans have found it hard to let go. KOR KIANBENG weeps with them to bring this report IT was a tearful good bye at the final Smashing Pumpkins concert. Crying fans, saddened by the fact of seeing
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  • 1140 34 Living Up SUE Kim's first memory is of herself at age three, saying goodbye to her parents at the Seoul airport. They were leaving Korea for the US, to prepare a better life for Sue and her sister, who would follow later. And
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  • 541 35  -  CETERA WITH LIM HAN MING I USED to think that I was street-wise. That's because I always took with a pinch of salt what people told me. But I'm no longer sure that I am. Not after my recent trip to Bangkok. Believe it or not, I
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    • 730 42  -  By Danny Khoo TRAINER Patrick Bernard Shaw is anxious to write his name in the annals of local racing. But well before he sends out his first runner, he has assured himself of at least a one-liner in the history books by being the first South African
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    • 214 42 HORSES from South Africa are presently not allowed into the Republic because of the dreaded South African horse sickness. But a ban on their entry may well be lifted in May, Under local practice, the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) will open
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    • 400 43  -  By Danny Khoo A CHAMPION and an exciting upstart lining up in the some glamour sprint should be reason enough for any race-goer to make the trip to Kranji tonight. This evening's $350,000 Lion City Cup in Race 7 is an event not
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    • 648 43 MARC TAN Marshal James (Race 4 No. 6) Was a bit rushed when making his local debut last month. But he has come along nicely and looks ready to dictate terms against his 10 Class 3 rivals here. More champagne should flow for in-form trainer Laurie Laxon after
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    • 1103 44 No. Last 6 runs Horse Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/origin/sex, trainer-owner) 1 *****- DIAMONESQUE 59 (73) E Wilkinson 9 (5ag Baertschiger-Diamonesque) 2 -41- MARATHON MAN 58 (71) SScriven 5 (4nzg Kent-Romp) 3 -80 ENDORPHfNE 57.5 (70) T Ong c1.5
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    • 83 44 THE Singapore Turf Club (SNTC) uses four courses A, B, C and D to differentiate the location of the rails. For Course A, the rails are at their original position. For Course B, they are four metres away from the original position. For Courses C and D, they
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    • 396 45 DANNY KHOO'S GUIDE TO KRANJI TRACKWORK LAST-START winner Son Of Jogger stole the limelight on a light day of trackwork at Kranji yesterday morning. Taken out by a track rider, the three-year-old New Zealand-bred by The Jogger caught the eye with an effortless 39.7sec
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    • 132 45 THE Singapore Turf Club (SNTC) and Singapore Pools will donate $150,000 to 15 charities at Kranji tonight. SNTC patron Dr Wee Kim Wee will present the cheques to representatives from the various organisations during the Lion City Cup prize-giving ceremony. The
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    • 488 45  -  By Michael Lee FOLLOWING the 76 entries received for the third runnning of the $1 million Singapore Cup, the Singapore Turf Club has narrowed down the list to the top 16 invited horses, based on the panel of handicappers' recommendations. Only three Singapore-based
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    • 697 46 *****0 Jevoretto 59 (86) (6ag Leck-Shen Li) *****7 Vincent 58 (84) (5ag Brink-Auric) 132 Classic Sport 57.5 (83) (4amg Thwaites-Sunshine Eight) 861-13 Crypto Charge 57.5 (83) (4amh Thwaites-Sunshine Eight) -9-6-8 No Drama 56.5 (81) (5ag Kent-Orkney) *****7 Always Special ...55.5 (79)
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    • 746 46 Chairman's Trophy *****1 Bo Mag 58 (96) (6amg Read-Magical) -042-4 EIDuce 58 (101) (5nzg Busuttin-Logan Sprague) 2-1496 GrafPhilipp 58 (109) (6frh Thwaites-Fairdeal) 1--501 Pacific Prince 58 (131) (7nzh Leck-Prince) *****2 Peak Of Perfection XI ..58 (118) (9irg Thwaites-Lucky) 5523-1 Veracity
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    • 416 47 Cuppa Tea (Race 8 No. 10) This Straight Strike gelding hit his straps at his third start with a game second to Big Thinker. His good trackwork form points to his chances. The only chink in the John Nicholls-trained galloper's armour would be a rain-affected track
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    • 319 47  -  By Lionel Lee TRAINER John Sargent's relatively slow start to the new season should experience some uplifting this afternoon as the action swings to his home base at the Selangor Turf Club. After two weekends of racing, the burly Kiwi (pictured right) has managed
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    • 59 47 RACE 1: Must Invest, Barracuda, Squawk Box, Alfred's Princess. RACE 2: Speedy Sovereign, Tycoon Bill, Hippo Ventura. RACE 4: Bull Jordan, Gold King, Super Happy. RACE 5: Moonstruck, Wooly Bully. RACE 6: Cookie, Intan Singapura II, Storming Eagle, Winmic. RACE 7: Mega Success. RACE 8: Energy Special, Courting Dancer,
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    • 1313 48 No. Last 6 runs Hone Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/origin/sex, trainer-owner) 1 -279-8 MUST INVEST 57 (48) DSpriggs 14 (6ah SB Tan-Mdm JA Young) 2 0 WILD WARRIOR 57 (48) 'NChong 7 (7ag YF Lee-Good-Luck) 3 ***** MY BLUE HEAVEN 56.5
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    • 469 49 NST. OBI ONE wrapped up his preparations for the Class 1 event over 1,600m in Race 6 tomorrow with a stylish workout in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. Taken out by a track rider, the four-year-old New Zealand-bred gelding by Maroof cantered one round and then sped
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    • 170 49 n STAR GENERAL 57(48) Wilkinson (4) (4nzg Baertschiger-Star General) By Waikiki Star-Maazel; bay;landed6.1.98; 8r 1-0-0 (KRsl700fl: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) Shd NaturalAce KRs1700f
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      347 58 The Serie A has its lady-killers in the Allessandro del Pieros and Francesco Tottis. The Premiership has its share of David Beckhams and Michael Owens. How does the S-League match up? Well, PETER SIOW has found out that our local imported players are not too bad in the looks
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    • 500 59 AFP. AFP. FOR Patrick Rafter, even a small gesture counts. And he is always willing to oblige. Yesterday he sent one of his playing shirts through a ballboy (see picture below) to a 50-year-old disabled man in a wheelchair in the stands after winning the match. Said
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    • 225 59 Anna Kournikova bt Barbara Schett 2-6,6-4, 6-3 AFP ANNA Kournikova may not quite be a cine star she wanted to be, but she sure knows how to behave like one. She threw tantrums aplenty during her match against Barbara Schett yesterday. Not
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    • 583 60 Walking wounded HOW EDWIN YEO RATES THE WEEKEND ACTION COVENTRY vEVERTON It looks like Everton, it plays like Everton, but you might as well call the Merseysiders the walking hospital. Manager Walter Smith will be unable to field his entire first team, given the incredible injury list and
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    • 118 60 CHELSEA loves to play at home, having lost only once at Stamford Bridge this season. But Ipswich is no pushover away from home, and it will want to continue its push for a top three placing. But if it wants to deserve that position, it has to
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    • 206 60 AP. BUDWEISER is set to take over the sponsorship of English soccer's Premier League next season. Current sponsor Carling made a surprise decision yesterday to pull out. Carling, owned by British brewer Bass, decided to end its eight-year association with the league, frustrated at
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    • 277 60 MANCHESTER United is 11 points clear of the field with 15 games to go. The title is as good as won, considering the fact that its closest challenger now is Sunderland, hardly a team to worry the Red Devils. Question: After which match will Man U
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    • 519 61  -  (»H, MATCH OF THE DAY: LEEDS v NEWCASTLE By Edwin Yeo ANY Newcastle fans out there? Any? There must be. I remember seeing a bunch of fans here proudly wearing their Newcastle jerseys not more than four years ago. Of course, that doesn't mean anything. I mean, where
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    • 273 59 H WHAT'S GONE: How the main matches went (seedings in bold): MEN (third round): 2 Marat Safin (Rus) bt Michal Tabara (Cze) 6-1,6-1,6-4 3 Pete Sampras (US) bt Juan Ignacio Chela (Arg) 6-4,4-6,4-6, 7-5,6-2 6 Andre Agassi (US) bt David Prinosil (Ger) 7-6,5-0 retired 8 Tim Henman (Brit) bt Wayne
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    • 162 63 SUNDAY SPECIAL ALAN HUBBARD ON MUHAMMAD ALI D The New Paper tomorrow AP. INTER-MILAN star Christian Vieri will miss today's Serie A game against Lazio with a swollen left knee. It was another blow for the 27-year-old striker. Only two months ago, Vieri returned from nagging
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    • 261 63  -  BY Wang Meng Meng THE whole place will be painted in red and yellow. That's V Sundramoorthy's abiding memory of Turkey. More specifically, Istanbul home of UEFA Cup champion Galatasaray. Sundram, nicknamed "The Dazzler" for his sorcery with a football, found himself dazzled by a city draped
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    • 568 64 FAS relents The Football Association of Singapore's announcement that it would ask cable operator, SCV, to show a delayed telecast of the FA Cup match between Liverpool and Leeds rather than "live" because it clashed with the Lions'friendly match against Thailand at the National
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    • 126 64 HENRY MINJOOT, 44, president of The Official Liverpool FC Fan Club: The FAS has taken a positive stand in the latest issue involving the live telecast and we appreciate it very much. We now pray that Liverpool will make it to Singapore, too, since the last time
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    • 51 64 Tickets for the "Showdown of Tiger Cup champions" between current holder Thailand and past champion Singapore are on sale at the FAS office and S-League clubs. They are priced at $9 (grandstand), $6 (gallery) and $2 (children). The match will be played at Kallang m xt Saturday at
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    • 659 65  -  By Melvin Singh Everyone loves a winner. And it doesn't hurt that my favourite soccer team, Manchester United, just keeps on winning. Unlike the flavours of the month (read: Newcastle United, Blackburn Rovers and Chelsea), the Red Devils back their loud claim with
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