The New Paper, 27 January 2001

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  • 27 1 the new paper SATURDAY, JANUARY 27, 2001 Picture/AP Singapore Press Holdings Email: tnp@sph.com.sg Tel: 1800-7 33 44 55 Website: newpaper.asiaI.com.sg MITA (P) 058/04/2000 60 CENTS g 7
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    • 64 1 mlW I BL,,, r I I Husband leaves. 11 I Wife does not Hjl want divorce, !^^»||j So she sues aBtl him another I woman for $460,000. ■Kni Reason: Lack of I gWM£\ g» |/*A -iw^KI I m mJr ®Ji V 1 Br I IvYvy 9CA| VCII w LI W
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  • THENEWSTODAY
    • 373 2 For just $12.50, parents learnt recently. Another shock from scandal-ridden UK hospital THIS hospital is no place for the sick. Parents are shocked to learn that the Alder Hey Hospital in Liverpool in the UK took out glands from babies sent to them for surgery
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    • 248 2 THE Alder Hey Children's Hospital defends itself by saying that they did it "because the pharmaceutical company they went to used them to help save lives". A spokesman for Alder Hey said yesterday: "In some cases, to carry out complex heart surgery
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    • 514 3 MAD COW DISEASE... AND A FEW OTHER FOOD SCARES REPORTS BY PRISCILLA FOO, TENG PEIYUN, CANDICE CHIA AND JACQUELINE LEE WE are not worried. Even if the mad cow disease were to hit Asia, we will still eat beef in Singapore. So said most of
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    • 157 3 BEEF here is safe to eat, said the Agri-food Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA). Said Mr S Y Goh, head of AVA's Public Affairs Department: "The AVA has imposed a condition that all countries exporting beef to Singapore must certify that the country had
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    • 131 3 WHAT is it like to get mad cow disease? Mrs Helen Jeffries saw her daughter, Zoe, an active girl of 14, die of it in Britain. Said Mrs Jeffries: "One morning, she got up and just didn't do anything. She just cried. It was as though she
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 428 4  -  By Sheela Narayanan YOU'RE familiar with the scene: A neighbour too heavy-handed with the volume on the karaoke machine. Or the stereo blasting day and night. Or children playing noisily in the corridor. These are the seeds of bad neighbourly relations. Said Professor Lim
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    • 112 4 MEDIATION as a useful life skill for all Singaporeans. That's the idea behind the Ministry of Law and Home Affairs' 2001 Workplan, said Associate Professor Ho Peng Kee, Minister of State for Law and Home Affairs. He said: "The objective in the new workplan is to
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    • 167 4 Training: The Law Ministry will be setting up a training unit to produce qualified community mediators. Currently, there are about 180 trained mediators. A basic training manual will be developed for new trainees and qualified community mediators will improve their skills through seminars and forums. Outreach
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  • QUICKNEWS
    • 244 6 HI" STORY IF you are buying a flat, good news! Resale flat prices fell 4.7 per cent last year. Said Dennis Wee Properties director, Mr Chris Koh: "I would probably tell my friends it is a good time to buy." But it's bad news for
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    • News Break
      • 59 6 ECSTASY DEATH POLYTECHNIC student Pamela Yiau Wen Chia, 19, died of Ecstasy poisoning last February, but a question mark remains over when and how she took the drug. None of her friends who were with her last saw her take Ecstasy. And after nearly a year of investigations,
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      • 69 6 ROBBERY TWO thieves stole $70 from a man at knifepoint, but gave him back $6 so he could get home. The men had cornered Mr Daniel Lim, 21, in a toilet at the Toa Payoh bus interchange just after midnight on Wednesday. Mr Lim handed over $50
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      • 50 6 SHOPPING SINGAPORE is not yet the complete shoppers' paradise, as far as the Consumers Association of Singapore (Case) is concerned. The nation still has rogue traders who make shopping hellish for consumers. So, to help retailers improve their business practices, Case is starting an education programme in April.
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      • 66 6 INTERNET MANY, if not all, of them liked what they saw. The 2,500 people who took part in Singapore Cable Vision's recently completed six-month trial to feature the Net on TV screens, that is. The cable-TV provider said its customer research showed that many of the participants
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      • 61 7 M MALAYSIA M MALAYSIA has relaxed visa rules to encourage any foreigner who is a Singapore permanent resident or holding an employment or student pass in the Republic, to visit Malaysia. Foreigners staying in Singapore on long-term visit passes can now obtain multiple-entry visas for up to
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      • 51 7 I CANADA A CANADIAN government discussion paper has mooted a publicly funded "rent-a-womb" system. In it, women would be paid to bear babies under agreements signed before conception with infertile couples and others seeking parenthood. But the proposal has raised questions on the commercial appeal of surrogate
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      • 50 7 M CHINA M THE alleged head of a massive human-smuggling syndicate, wanted in connection with the deaths of 58 mainland Chinese stowaways in Britain last June, has been arrested. Chen Xiao-kong was ambushed by police at a disco on New Year's eve in eastern Fvyian, reports Hongkong iMail.
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      • 50 7 I^the^js^B AS California's energy crisis continues, the production of electric cars may be affected. The California Air Resources Board will consider amendments to the state's zero-emission vehicle rules, which require auto-makers to produce 23,000 non-polluting electric vehicles per year for sale or tease in California starting in 2003.
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    • 36 6 New Straits Times: Quake rocks India International Herald Tribune: Westerners are focus of Chinese graft probe BBC news: More than 2,000 people dead and many still missing after an earthquake in western India
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    • 77 7 HOT This SEEING IS BELIEVING: Radln Mas Primary School Is full of twins—l 7 pairs to be exact (not all are In the picture)— with at least one pair In every standard. Why, there are five pairs just In Primary 6 alone!
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    • 71 7 The Straits Times: Quake rocks India, Pakistan Jlie Business Times: Surge in unsold homes Bto|pressure on prices UpptfaolNm: Zaobao survey: Two-thirds of iSmgaporeans do not mind living on Pulau Übin Bertta Harian: GSAs join forces to cut costs due to slow haj business RCS morning news: There
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 436 8 A two-room flat in Ang Mo Kio was destroyed in an afternoon blaze yesterday, leaving some unexpected lessons, reports ANDRE YEO WHO says we are always kiasu? When her next-door neighbour's flat caught fire, Madam Zhang Kui Kai, 68, did not run for
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    • 76 8 A SINGAPORE Civil Defence Force spokesman said the SCDF received a call at 2pm and arrived five minutes later with two fire engines. He said the entire flat was in flames when they arrived but Madam Zhang opened the gate and door for them. He
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 78 10 mukmuk National football coach Jan Poulsen, on wanting to hear the Kallang Roar when Singapore plays Thailand in the Mikasa Challenge Cup at the National Stadium tonight: I've never heard the Kallang Roar and it'll be good to finally experience it this weekend. As they always
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    • 81 10 HERE are the results for the following contests: BACKSTREET BOYS: The winners are (IC numbers): *****89, *****56, *****16, *****66, *****03, *****57,*****05, *****76, *****81 and *****07. They each receive Backstreet Boys' latest single, The Call. WESTLIFE: The winners are: *****96, *****55, *****46,*****38,*****46, *****66,*****39,*****20, *****45 and *****07. They
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    • 344 11  -  By Low Ching Ling S,HE clean forgot she had to go to the market after what she saw. Even though she tried to look away. But how do you ignore a completely naked woman walking around in the street? Who turns out to be a neighbour. Traffic
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    • 314 11 OWN HDB property? Then you are on the wanted list of the tailong. They are money-lenders "loansharks" may be a better description who traditionally prey on the cash-strapped and hapless. And they have found a fertile playground in HDB heartland, reports Berita Harian. HOW TAILONG' OPERATE The
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    • 727 12  -  REPORTS SANTOKH SINGH WHAT is 96 multiplied by 97? Even before you can key the figures into your calculator, Mr Bill Handley will give you the answer. It is 9,312. To do such big multiplications lightning-quick, Mr Handley, an Australian electronics engineer turned mathematics teacher, follows his own
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    • 111 13 FUNTASTIC METHODS How do you make You make it fun by having your students succeed... The easier the method you use to solve a problem, the faster you will solve it, with less chance of making a mistake. Mr Bill Handley, teacher
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    • Athinode
      • 139 13 IT'S the Chinese New Year weekend. Are you having fun? Have more fun with this week's puzzle in which all the are words related to the Chinese New Year. Five people with the correct answers will win prizes. But wait! As this column is meant for youths, please do
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      • 98 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 in to: "Attftude" The New Paper MacPherson Road
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      • 172 13 AUTHOR Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire —Yishun Junior College (YJC) This classic 20th century account of love and betrayal was first performed in 1947 and has been a favourite on stage and on screen ever since. The play is set in a sleazy, steamy quarter of New Orleans,
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    • 83 11 Singaporeans would not mind living on Pulau Übin if transport is convenient. So says a survey conducted last month by Singapore Press Holdings' market planning and development division. highlights of its findings: y '-;.V '3 UQO/ Yes, develop Übin |j£ /Q into an urban centre 0/ Wouldn 't mind living
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  • MALASIATODAY
    • 1037 14 A Malaysian woman and her daughter are suing her husband —along with his female friend —for RMI million (about $460,000) in damages for failing to provide them with love, care and affection. SETO NU-WEN reports on what is believed to be the
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    • 306 14 IN her statement of claim, Madam Goh and her daughter said that in December 1996, Mr Chin started to behave strangely and often returned home very late at night. They said that sometimes, he did not ever return home. They also said that since May 1997, Mr
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 196 17 DURING the Suharto regime, Indonesia's Immigration department made it tough for Chinese nationals to enter the country. The good news for such Chinese travellers is that Jakarta has eased regulations for them. "In general, the government has applied the same immigration
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    • 200 17 Married to German Foreign Ministry official, she may be victim of anti-foreigner sentiment AP. THE 33-year-old woman was found bound and gagged in a shed outside her suburban home in Germany on Thursday. A "skinhead", the nickname for one who belongs to a racist gang,
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    • 56 18 mutfmui* something to do whHe stuck in traffic jams. j Mr Tony Anchors, 51, a self-employed engineer, told The Sum t A My ambition is to get a hole in one while stuck in a traffic jam. You ought to see the looks
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    • 486 18 Elite US spy unit based in Alice Springs said to be watching China and India's naval growth WE all know there is a galaxy of spy satellites in the skies above us. But few countries like to be spied upon. Especially with
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    • 335 19 Is it Estrada's money? THERE was so much of it, a simple briefcase wouldn't do. Not even a couple of suitcases. No, they needed two vans to transport it. The merchandise: Cold cash USsll.6m ($20.3 m) of it. The money was headed for Hongkong but
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    • 138 19 AFP. YOU know IT is meant to change your life. Or will it really? Who knows since no' one knows what IT really is. But if you like surprises, you can now buy IT even though you don't know what it is. The mysterious device
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    • 66 19 THEY were sitting so still, their expressions frozen, you wondered if they were real. These solemn faces belong to circus performers from China, North Korea and Mongolia. They have joined forces to perform in Barcelona, Spain in the upcoming weeks. Here, they impress their audience by posing
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  • QUAKE ROCKS INDIA, PAKISTAN AND NEPAL
    • 584 20 IN Ahmedabad yesterday morning, a child playing on the balcony of a 10-storey apartment complex shouted all of a sudden: "Daddy, daddy, see the balcony is shaking like a boat." Even before his dad could react, the building started crumbling. At least 4,000 people were
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    • 207 21 THIS is the eighth time that India recorded tremors measuring eight or above on the Richter scale in the past 182 years. The highest intensity of 8.7 was recorded on June 12,1897, in the Shillong plateau in the north-east. The next biggest to strike was on Aug
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  • 512 22  -  ET CETERA the new paper RACING E SHAILAJA NAIR YESTERDAY I tore yet another of my stoles. The stole, or dupatta, that I wear with my Indian salwar-kameez, or Punjabi suit as it is called here, got caught in the wheels of my
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  • ShowTime
    • 974 24 You see Phua Chu Kang's nemesis, Frankie Foo as a successful actor with a blissful marriage. Did you know that Lim Kay Siu went to hell and back when he was 26? He tells SERENE FOO about his two-yearfight against the bottle and other demons
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    • 404 24 I didn't think he lashed out at me. I'm always the one who's more difficult to live with. He was just less patient with me. I... found out that no matter what, I couldn't live without him. Kay Siu's wife, Neo Swee Lin on the trying
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  • 380 26 J-Pop king Takuya Kimura (left) caused a storm when he married his pregnant sweetheart (below) last year. But his biggest nightmare declining popularity did not happen. So will other celebrity couples follow suit and tie the knot? We take a 100k... GET married
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  • 260 26 IT'S been four years since J-pop couple Masaharu Fukuyama (left) and Yuki Uchida (right) started dating. So is it high time for them to get married? Yes, said friends of the handsome couple. They even told the Japanese media that Masaharu, 32, and Yuki,
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  • 286 27 SWOONSOME Takashi Sorimachi seems to like walking two steps behind Takuya. Not only is the actor-singer second to the latter in some popularity polls, but he's also slower when it comes to affairs of the heart. After the paparazzi caught Takuya and then-girlfriend Shizuka
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  • SHOWTIME
    • 475 28 N'SYNC v THE BACKSTREET BOYS The boybands will do battle when the Grammys come around next month. Both the Backstreet Boys and N'Sync have been nominated for Best PoP Performance for a Duo Or Group with Vocal. WENDYTEO finds out what's N'Sync's take on their
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    • 40 28 HERE'S your chance to win N'Sync caps and T-shirts. Call 1900-914-0801 before midnight tomorrow to answer an easy question. Each call costs 20 cents. Hurry, as only five sets will be given out, courtesy of Zomba Records.
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    • 263 29 Malay TV fans will have their eyes glued to the Suria Channel tonight when the Pesta Perdana Awards is telecast live. SETO NU-WENspeaks to two nominees SUZAIRHE Sumari is playing it cool. Said the 28-year-old: "For me, the important thing is that the audience
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    • 114 29 Most Popular Personality: Haney Hadad, NajipAli, Ernalilah Abdullah, Suzairhe Sumari, Khaiaidln Saharom, Fauziah Abdullah, Sapian Sapari, Marina Yusof, Daud Yusof, Mohd Izwan, Ali Best Acton Khairudin Saharom (Gelora), Azhar Noor Lesta (Watan 2), Suzairhe Sumari (Selagi Ada Kasih), Abdullah Ahmad (Selagi Ada Kasih), Khairuddin Samsudin (Bara) Best Actress:
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    • 589 30 WHAZZZUP, Anita Yuen? Zzz... just taking a break. Here's the secret of the the happy-go-lucky Hongkong actress. It's her catlike ability to drop off to sleep anywhere that keeps her on her feet. Why, she just walked into a restaurant, plopped down on a sofa, lay
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    • 540 34  - @Hibiscus —chic hangout at Kranji Singapore Turf Club unveils new haunt for social race-goers By Michael Lee FRIDAY night is that time of the week when revellers pop the party question: <f Where do we go tonight?" Creatures of habit couldn't be asked, though. Hitting the bottle in some watering
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    • 433 35  -  By Lionel Lee TRAINER John Meagher has every reason to be happy. After watching Always Mine cut down the opposition on the fibresand track at Kranji last night, the Singapore Gold Cup-winning trainer knows where his precocious three-year-old is heading. While most horses his age
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    • 878 35 RACE 1:KIA FLIGHT was scratched when found to have respiratory disease. STAR MIRACLE, UNTOLD STORY and GRAND MAGIC were restless in the barriers. GRAND MAGIC also reared repeatedly and caused some delay. At the start, TRUST W TRIUMPH jumped awkwardly in, brushing
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    • 1056 36 YESTERDAY'S KRANJI (FIBRESAND TRACK) RESULTS GOING: GOOD HAVING THE EDGE: Overall Champ (Gary Carter), on the inside, staving off The Dragon (No. 6), with Craig Carmodyin the saddle, by a nose in Race 2atKranjilast night PharLegend (No. 5), with Saimee Jumaatatop, finishes third. Picture/ Drew Fritz 4 SUPER LEO 51.5
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    • 1199 37 TODAY'S KRANJI (LONG COURSE, B) RACE CARD —Going forecast: Good GUNNING FOR HIS FOURTH WIN OFF THE REEL: Bocelli, with French ace Olivier Doieuze astride and being led in by Datuk Terry Lee, is nicely weighted at 52.5 kg and has a top chance with champion jockey Saimee Jumaat aboard
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    • 370 38  -  $200,000 CHAIRMAN'S TROPHY: RACE 7,9.15pm By Danny Khoo OUR ARISTOTLE first past the post, with the rest for the minor placings. With race conditions much to the Malcolm Thwaites-trained galloper's favour, it is hard to see the well-bred Irish entire denied a second successive feature win
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    • 664 38 it Big Boris (Race 4 No. 3) This game fella always puts his best foot forward. And so, after five successive seconds, he deserves to break through again. Apprentice Leong Yoon Fei's 2.5 kg claim should do the trick this time round. He will scoot to the
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    • 1310 39 TODAY'S KUALA LUMPUR RACE CARD —GOING FORECAST: YIELDING Hi Ki§# I ©tesiSfrS i—V. ir>i ji¥~ 2QQ No. Latt 6 runt Horte iir ig Jockty Barrier 1 7-0008 KAILASH DEVI 57 (44) *M fsa 3 (4amm F Nathan-Satish Sehgal) 2 *****4 MIGHTY VITE 57 (44) *KT Cheng c3 8 (5ag V
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    • 719 40  -  By] Lionel Lee BANG-IN-FORM jockey Sofhan Latif has a first-rate chance to boot home another two winners this afternoon at Kuala Lumpur. The popular 26-year-old, who topscored last weekend with four winners, has been booked on five rides, with the much-improved pair
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    • 54 40 Ibestbet Has been sharpened up nicely for this race after his two eye-catching runs from spell. This Zoffany gelding possesses a blistering turn of foot which may prove too hot to handle for his seven rivals. You can trustjockey Dale Spriggs' powerful wrist
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    • 61 40 RACE I: Great Dream, Mega Success, Control In Style, Bold Mission. RACE 2: Alfred's Princess, Verified, Storming Eagle, Key Man. RACE 3: Forcest, Gold Carp, Winmic, Wooly Bully. RACE 4: Must Invest. RACE 5: Crystal Magical, Summertime Blues, Our Machal. RACE 6: Speedy Sovereign, Federal Highway. RACE 7: Silver
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    • 344 41 I DANNY KHOO'S GUIDE TO KRANJI TRACKWORK IF LOOKS are anything to go by, then Bocelli should put up another great showing at Kranji tonight. For the Paddy Busuttin-trained galloper looked in tip-top condition when taken out for two laps of canter by a track rider
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    • 424 41 NST. ENDANGER wrapped up his preparations for the RM500,000 ($225,000) Tunku Gold Cup for Class 1 stayers over 2,000 m in Race 7 tomorrow with an eye-catching workout in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. Taken out by a track rider, the five-year-old Australian-bred gelding by Danehill cantered
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    • 13034 42  -  Good start to new Kranji season, tastes long-awaited Oaks success in NZ By Danny Khoo WHAT a difference a year makes. Twelve months ago, the winners proved elusive for Kiwi trainer Laurie Laxon. And it was not until March 18 last year that he finally
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    • 933 42 nMY BLUE HEAVEN 57 (45) I Azhar (12) (3nzc Yashaiya-Two Eight Eight) By Spectacularphantom-Happy Lady; grey; landed 9.3.00; 6r O-O-O. 17.09.00 M-2 Samsir 57 (53) (8) 7/11 ($19) 14 Kiwi Tycoon K1200y 1:17.5(491) 24.09.00 M-1 Samsir 57 (52) (3) 7 6 7/8 ($156) 17 Lucky
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  • SPORTSTODAY
    • 126 50 AP AMERICANS Venus Williams (left) and sister Serena congratulating each other after winning the women's doubles final against compatriots Lindsay Davenport and Corina Morariu yesterday. The sisters are as close on the court as they are off it. "We love to play with each other," Venus said
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    • 228 50 Arnaud Clement bt Sebastien Grosjean (Fra) 5-7, 2-6, 7-6 (4), 7-5, 6-2 AP. "A SMALL miracle," Clement said of his victory over compatriot Sebastien Grosjean in the semi-finals of the Australian Open yesterday. Most tennis pundits feel he will require a bigger miracle when he meets
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    • 140 50 WHAT they say of the Australian Open women's final this morning: Men's finalist Andre Agassi: "Jennifer (Capriati) has nothing to lose. She should work hard and swing for the fences" Capriati: "I don't know what it is, but in this tournament, from the beginning, it's like all of
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    • CUP FEVER
      • 532 51 BEST OF THE REST OF FA CUP ACTION FA CUP fourth round TODAY: Leeds v Liverpool Aston Villa v Leicester Blackburn v Derby County Bristol City v Kingstonian Crewe v Stockport Everton vTranmere Man City v Coventry QPR v Arsenal Southampton v Sheff Wed Sunderland v
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      • 100 51 VILLA has a new Angel, although he didn't save it from defeat against Leeds midweek. But Juan Pablo Angel (above), from reports, sounds like a heck of a striker. Plus, Paul Merson's been in superb form this r season. Against a Leicester side which is competent
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    • MATCH OF THE DAY: LEEDS v LIVERPOOL
      • 527 52  -  By Edwin Yeo THE last time Liverpool faced Leeds at Elland Road, there was a seven-goal thriller. The final scoreline: Mark Viduka 4 Liverpool 3. Since then, Leeds has gone on a nightmarish run in the Premiership, and is looking over its shoulder nervously at Bradford,
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      • 158 52 WIN THESE MARK Viduka scored four against Liverpool in November. Will he rescue Leeds again in the FA Cup fourth-round match today? Guess correctly and win any ONE of the eight Mikasa products listed above. The choice is yours. WHAT TO DO: Guess whether Viduka will score
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    • 250 53 MORE PRIZE-WINNING LETTERS FROM PRO-MAN U FANS WHAT is this thing about Man U fans and players being arrogant? I quote Melvin Singh: "When you've got it, flaunt it." Stop complaining that the English Premier League is getting boring. The problem does not he with Man
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    • 182 53 I DONT understand why there should be Anti-Man U Fans. If you like your team, by all means support it. But please don't hate a team because it is better or richer than the one you support. Anti-Mem U fans accuse people like me
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    • CLUBCALL: LIVERPOOL
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        325 54 ROBBIE FOWLER ON FELLOW-STRIKER JARI LITMANEN Reuters. ROBBIE Fowler believes the whole Liverpool squad will learn from new signing Jari Litmanen. "Jari is a very clever player... and is so unselfish. He thinks about the team before he thinks about himself and he creates so much for everyone
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      • 412 54 ARSENEWENGER: Arsenal manager has denied reports that he is set to take charge of the Japanese national team for the 2002 World Cup finals. "There is no truth in the Japan rumours. I've said many times that I love my job, and Fm committed to what I do,"
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    • SHOWDOWN: SINGAPORE v THAILAND
      • 632 55 Jan Poulsen and Peter Withe have a common goal in mind. That is, to lay their hands on the Mikasa Challenge Cup tonight But there will only be one victor. Who will get his wish? LIM HAN MING checks out their thoughts before the big
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      • 73 55 WITHE: ON THAILAND MAN U LOOK at what Thailand has achieved. Wehave won the Sea Games four times, the Tiger Cup twice, the King's Cup and qualified for the Asian Cup. But we're Thailand, not Manchester United. Everyone's shooting for us. Eveiyone's trying to be as good as Thailand are.
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      784 56  -  The pressure is on new coach Jan Poulsen to deliver (National Stadium, tonight, 7.30) CO^HgNTft SURESH NAIR PRIVACY was what Jan Poulsen specially requested for the Lions yesterday. Away from the pressures of work, family and social commitments. So elusive was the Dane coach that even this morning,
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    • 460 57 AP AP KEVIN Keegan says he will be back. "I love football," he said. "There is a possibility I will be back. I don't know where and I don't know when." Keegan resigned as England manager in October 2000 after the national team's last match
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    • 176 50 H Hf V H H B M W Hp WHAT'S GONE: How the main matches went on Day 12 (seedings in bold): MEN (semi-finals): 15 Arnaud Clement (Fra) bt 16 Sebastien Grosjean (Fra) 5-7,2-6,7-6(4), 7-5,6-2 WOMEN (semi-finals): Serena and Venus Williams (US) bt 7 Lindsay Davenport and Corina Morariu (US)
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