The New Paper, 4 April 2001

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1 49 The New Paper
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  • NEWS
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      Lock icon US eye-in-the-sky shows China examining US plane
      527 2 US president steps into fray over spy plane in China US satellite pictures shdw Chinese have boarded spy plane (right) and are "t/nkering with it" Not known yet if any top-secret eavesdropping equipment has been removed from plane Wire services. WITH the damaged
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      Lock icon 'Crew in good health, want to come home'
      140 2 AP. AS the Sino-US standoff persists, President George Bush has urged China to release the crew and the damaged Navy spy plane. "It is time for our servicemen and women to return home. It is time for the Chinese government to return
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      Lock icon Sell-off on Wall Street
      168 2 MARKET WATCH Wire services. THE US stock markets took another beating yesterday. The Nasdaq, home to most of the big Internet and telecoms-related firms in the US, was down 109.98 at 1,672.99 a 6 per cent loss. The Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbled 292.22, or almost
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      Lock icon Stock watch
      73 2 THE Dow Jones industrials index fell 292.22 to 9,485.71, a drop of 2.99 per cent. The Nasdaq composite index was down 109.98 at 1,672.99, a 6 per cent loss. Over 1.62 billion shares were traded compared with 1.25 billion on Monday. SINGAPORE COMPANIES OH NASDAQ Close in US$/Change
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  • SINGAPORE
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      Lock icon They didn't want to pay fines, so...
      1186 4  -  A Singaporean family entered Johorßaru without having their passports stamped and white forms checked. They claimed they did hand over their passports and white forms at the immigration checkpoint. But they didn't check if the passports had been stamped when the officers handed
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      Lock icon MISUNDERSTANDING?
      267 4 MALAYSIAN officials confirmed that the Singaporeans were kept in the police station overnight because they refused to pay the compound fee. There was apparently a misunderstanding between immigration officers and the Singaporeans involved. According to a senior Malaysian immigration officer, the Singaporeans were questioning the compound fee even though
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  • QUICKNEWS
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      Lock icon JUNCTIONS OF DANGER
      173 5 Motorists run the red light most often here W.J STOP! That's the message from the red lights. But, at three junctions, motorists just ignore them. Last year, more than 1,000 motorists were booked at each of the junctions: Sime Road and Adam Road Bukit Batok East Avenue
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      Lock icon JUST FOLLOWING TRADITION
      96 5 5 Hafflcay there, the contractions_ got stronger and then his head just popped out! When I saw his head was out, I had no choice but to push and he slid out easily into my arms. Madam Cindy Goh (pictured here with son Brandon Lim in 53-year-old
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      Lock icon At mum's bedside before she died
      96 5 mm p. "n\T Wire services. Jailed Malaysian ex-deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim arriving at University Hospital in Petal ingJaya near Kuala Lumpur in a wheelchair yesterday. He was escorted by more than 12 prison officers. He was at his mum's bedside when she died
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        Lock icon Sing dollar up
        70 5 CURRENCY THE Singapore dollar rebounded yesterday from an 11-year low amid talk the central bank was stepping in. At 5 pm, it was at $1,815 to the the US dollar, up from $1,823 in London on Monday. Analysts said it could not be confirmed that the central
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        Lock icon Son finds body
        70 5 DEATH POLICE found the badly decomposed body of Madam Kok Fong Lin, 70, after her son, in his 40s, told them he could not get into her flat in Veerasamy Road. It is believed she had been dead about a week. A week ago, a woman, Madam
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        Lock icon Candidates wanted
        62 5 POLITICS THE National Solidarity Party is advertising on its website at www.nsp.org.sg for candidates to contest the coming General Election. Those who are keen must have at least tertiary education, preferably be over 30 and have no criminal record. They must have the ability to deliver speeches in
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        Lock icon Notes save maid
        63 5 MOLEST A MAID molested by her employer scribbled notes and threw them from her bedroom window to get help. The 18-year-old Indonesian even threw a knife from the seventh-floor Kim Seng Road flat. A jogger read a note, saw her waving at him and called the police.
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        Lock icon $40m needed
        60 6 CHARITY THE National Council of Social Service needs about $40 million this year to help about 300,000 people through 118 programmes. More than two-thirds will go to the disability services, more than 15 per cent to children, youth and family services and the rest to elderly and community
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        Lock icon Biggest deal
        67 6 MUSIC SINGER Mariah Carey has signed a three-album deal, worth US$25 million ($45 million) per album, with record label Virgin. It's the most lucrative music deal in history, say analysts. Carey, 31, has sold more than 125 million records and has had 14 No. 1 hits in the
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        Lock icon Paid the same
        56 6 EXPATS OVER half the expats here are not on special wage packages. A poll of 363 companies found that 56 per cent of expats were on the same working terms and conditions as Singaporeans. Global consulting firm Watson Wyatt's survey also found that most of the expats
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        Lock icon High growth
        58 6 MALAYSIA MALAYSIANS were promised their long-awaited 30 per cent share of the economic pie yesterday, and a doubling of per capita income in the next 10 years. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad, unveiling the economic and social blueprint, said the gross domestic product (GDP) would rise
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      Lock icon Cheaper petrol? Don't bet on it
      256 6 P!§R§ U S MOTORISTS, if you're hoping for petrol prices to go down, you're in for a disappointment. Power Supply may have decided to cut electricity tariffs by up to 13.4 per cent due to the drop in crude oil prices, but petrol companies
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      89 6 The Straits Times: Jiang tells US to stop spy flights The Business Times: Fund managers markedly bullish on stocks Lianhe Zaobao: Beijing wants US to apologise and explain collision of jets Berita Harian: China blames US for mid-air jet collision RCS morning news: US president George Bush
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      60 6 New Straits Times: Higher growth target international Herald Tribune: US Envoys Meet Crew of Spy Plane Asian Wall Street Journal: Long Feud Looms Over Supply Plane BBC news: President Bush has urged China to release immediately the crew of the American surveillance plane forced to land in
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      54 6 Dilbert /Scott Adams (THEY CAN P\AKE IAE\ i OUR ISO SOOO 1 AND ONE OF THE WORK IN A LITTLE 1 COORDINATOR DIED j QUALITY ASSURANCE > BOX, BUT THEY CANT) 1 OF BOREDOM. YOU'LL f GUYS IS LOOKING CRUSH KY SPIRIT, f 1 HAVE TO DO HIS f PALE...
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    Lock icon He was having a cuppa when... CRASH!
    512 7  -  SINGAPORE By Irene Kew ONE moment, he was sipping his daily cuppa and waiting for the thundering rain to stop. The next moment, the roof crashed down on Mr Li Yao Long. About 3.30pm yesterday, the 70-year-old cleaner was sitting under the awning
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    Lock icon Keeping in touch...
    753 8 ADVERTORIAL Grandpa Ang has s| stopped writing letter» like he used to. «j "With the magic of e-mail, 1 letter writing has become a 1 thing of the past for me," he said. A retiree in his 60s, Grandpa has discovered the convenience of electronic communications. He
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      64 8 UPCOMING EVENTS VPost Road Show: April 5-6 at Robinson Post Office (llam-2pm and 5-8pm), and March 7 (10am-2pm) Assistive Technology 2001: April 6 7, Civic Plaza at Ngee Ann City ComdexAsia at Singapore Informatics 2001: Apr 10-12 at Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre. (Note: this is a trade-only exhibition)
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  • SINGAPORE
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      Lock icon WAIT, WAIT, WAIT... Just to be seen by a doctor for 5 minutes
      676 9 Waiting times at specialist clinics can be extremely long, and tiring for this elderly man. AMRITKAURspeaks to a woman who often had to take her father to hospital EVERY time Mr Ahmad Abdullah, 83, needed to go
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    • Article
      Lock icon IS THIS THE REASON?
      420 10 THE number of doctors getting a post-graduate diploma in geriatric medicine has been falling, says the Ministry of Health (MOH). A geriatrician is trained to assess complex medical problems and plan the most appropriate care for old people. Generally, it is better for an elderly patient
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      Lock icon What others say
      182 10 Entire days can be spent at the specialist clinic sitting and waiting sometimes over two hours for the Woctor to see him. The doctor will examine him for five minutes or so to tell us that nothing was wrong... Madam Fadilah Ahmad, 51, on the long wait
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      Lock icon MAED OF THE YEAR 2001
      257 11 jhp v WESTERN MONEY UNION TRANSFER YOU have only three days left. To acknowledge the one person who has become an indispensable part of your household. She cooks the meals, does the chores and makes sure that your home is in perfect order. Your maid.
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      Lock icon What's Andy Lau doing at Boat Quay?
      456 12  -  SINGAPORE REPORT SERENE FOO Superstar Andy Lau may look like he just strolled in for a drink (above right), but he's actually hard at work at his first location shoot after arriving in Singapore yesterday. And the film crew for the movie, Quan
      PICTURE MOHD ISHAK  -  456 words
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      Lock icon The 3 things he did to help Europa'
      752 13  -  THE RAFFLES TOWN CLUB SAGA By Brian Miller THE ailing Europa Holdings faced almost-certain extinction. It badly needed a saviour. That's when Mr Peter Lim stepped in, said his lawyer, senior counsel Davinder Singh, cross-examinating Mr Lawrence Ang yesterday. "It was around
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      Lock icon RAFFLES TOWN CLUB TO BE INVESTIGATED
      58 13 THE Commercial Affairs Department (CAD) has begun investigating the Raffles Town Club, The Straits Times reported this morning. The newspaper said the probe was prompted by complaints from the public. But it is not clear which aspect of the club's affairs it is looking
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    Lock icon Hey! They're stealing bikes!
    286 11 IF 3 YOUR FORUM SPEAKIJP Andrew Koh Yong Beng (e-mail) Last Tuesday, I parked my bicycle, a brand new double suspension 21-speed Shimano Brake with a chrome blue frame, at the usual place the Kembangan MRT station. But when I came back after work that day
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon At 10, he was seduced by the Tamil Tigers...
      312 15 On Sunday, two hand grenades were used in a gang dash, involving youths, in Sri Lanka. There is a whole generation of young people there who have grown up not knowing anything but war and violence. The New Paper's SETO NU-WEN
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      Lock icon The lost generation
      337 15 CLOSE to half of the 4,000 soldiers fighting for the Tamil Tigers are children under 17. Many joined the movement through coercion or pressure or were too young to understand what was going on. Only slightly taller than the AK 47s they were to later carry, they
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      Lock icon Into a life of guns, death and cyanide
      515 16 They were taken from the comfort and safety of their schools and families to join the Tigers in a bloody war against the Sri Lankan army. Ajit needed little persuasion. Speaking through an interpreter, the muscular youth told The New Paper: "I
      Pictures/ Simon Ker  -  515 words
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      Lock icon Child soldiers go back to school
      276 16 AT the Don Bosco Rehabilitation Centre (left) in Negombo, instead of fighting, Sinhalese boys and Tamil boys work side-by-side to produce woodcraft. Centre's director Reverend Felix Joachim Mellawarachchy said the former child soldiers have made progress: "The boys integrate well into the school. Among
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      Lock icon Children caught between crossfire
      163 17 HE is only 10-months-old and already he has seen the horrors of war. The Jewish baby boy (top picture) is in critical condition after being wounded by Palestinian militants. The militants fired mortar rounds at a Jewish settlement in the Gaza Strip yesterday. The boy has
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      Lock icon $65.8b cheat released
      146 17 TANYA FONG SHE'S arrested for trying to cheat a Hongkong bank of an eye-popping US$36.5 billion ($65.8 billion). But all it took was $115 to bail her out. The Hongkong police told The New Paper that the 63-year-old Singaporean woman has been released late last night. Believed
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      Lock icon Be thrifty, Gus Dur
      111 17 INDONESIAN President Abdurrahman Wahid was reminded to be more frugal. Finance Minister Prijadi Praptosuhardjo has informed the President that the state Budget could worsen. There are signs of a greater-than-expected deficit this year. He told reporters this yesterday after meeting Mr Abdurrahman at Merdeka Palace, reported
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      Lock icon Stitch mouth for stealing
      145 17 A VIETNAMESE woman forced her 10-year-old stepson to stitch up his mouth as a punishment for stealing 200 dong (2 cents), the police said yesterday. Phan Thi Hien, 31, handed the boy a needle and thread after beating him severely for stealing the money in Bac
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      Lock icon Two hard choices
      417 18 ISwim across river at 3am 2 Be shot with a stun gun OTHER INCIDENTS This is not the first time the fraternity or the school has faced trouble. In 1998, a student at the University of Michigan died when she fell out of her dormitory window after
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      Lock icon Small woman causes BIG trouble on flight
      305 18 A PASSENGER "has taken ill", we are turning back, the pilot announced. This was already three hours into the flight. The Virgin Atlantic Airbus 340 was on its way to London from Hongkong. But it turned out the passenger was not ill just
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      Lock icon mui'mui'
      75 18 1,450 km ttroogh treacherous seas on Us school oftunelielpedlriniSßiyive the nine months of loneliness and boredom and that he'll never eat another tuna sandwich again: It was like having my own fishy soap opera running by my side. I watched them grow, have babies, eat, sleep, fight and hunt.
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    Lock icon So this is supposed to be designer wear?
    1079 19 <" r *A- y Not since the Emperor's New Clothes has there been such a fashion rip-off. JOANNA HUGHES wants to know what happened to the Glam in Glam Rock at Dior's recent fashion show CALL me frumpy. Or a fashion reactionary.
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  • HEY!
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      Lock icon Tsk, Tsk, Sammi
      184 21 ONE good way to hype up a movie must be to generate negative publicity. And singer Sammi Cheng is such a convenient target. For the new movie, TongJu Mi You (Close Flatmate), co-starring Tony Leung, Sammi reportedly turned up for filming on time only for scenes that
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      Lock icon Dave Wang turns daredevil
      187 21 IT seems you have to bare some flesh or even risk your life to draw crowds at concerts these days. Take the case of singer Dave Wang Jie (left). He recently revealed that he will be dressed like a messenger from hell for his upcoming concert.
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      Lock icon Peter Pau's touch now costs millions
      150 22 FRESH from his Best Cinematography win at the Oscars for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Peter Pau has a new movie for his fans. The movie, Beijing Le Yu Nu (Love and Fury in Beijing) stars sex-siren Shu Qi with dishy actors Daniel Wu and
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      Lock icon Mr Cool, that's Tony
      229 22 TONY Leung wasn't his usual reticent self last Saturday. He was at Wanchai, Hongkong, for the filming of his new movie, TongJu Mi You when scribes started their probe into, what else, his love life. In the past, he has refused to talk about his break-up
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      Lock icon None of that, please,
      187 23 USED to be, I would read stories about how some people want to set up media review groups and get really concerned about their hidden agenda. Then, some cute girl with big knockers would walk past and I would forget what I was reading about. MEDIA
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      Lock icon we're Singaporean
      628 24 time he "accidentally" logged on to a porn site was because he thought the site advertising "teen amateurs" was dedicated to young athletes. MEDIA WATCHER: Yes, that was veiy disturbing indeed. His role here today is to provide a check and balance to what I write, and also
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    Lock icon Monaco mania
    1266 25 spotlight Since Princess Diana's death, no royal family has quite captured the world's attention like Monaco's monarchy has. Starvedfor palace gossip, the paparazzi even made Princess Caroline's knee surgery worldwide news two months ago. CANDICE CHIA finds out what makes the Grimaldisso riveting Princess Caroline The Tragic One
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  • HEY!
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      Lock icon Desperately seeking... fire extinguishers
      487 26  -  By Kelvin Ha GIVE the maze a go. Hard work finding your way through? I had an equally hard time finding a home fire extinguisher. Okay, so not every one wants one. But they should, says the Singapore Civil Defence Force. It advises that every home
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      Lock icon Sui or not?
      210 26  -  By Priscilla Foo HER grandaunt was a samsui woman. Severe and strict, she inspired awe in the young Madam Wong Ah Mei, then five. Recalled Madam Wong: "My grandparents are from the Samsui province in Canton, and my grandaunt was a samsui woman. "She was very fiercer
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    524 28  -  e t cetera WITH CAROL LEONG LAST month, I busted my budget in spectacular manner and, in reproach, Fve been slapping myself silly. My financial planner will be shocked when I confess to the scale of my extravagance. It makes me wonder:
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      500 28 MID-AIR COLLISION OF US-CHINA PLANES" \W Adding fuel to the ft political fire It's hardly surprising Beijing US regional ambitions is to hasn't rushed to hand over a US become the organising spy plane and its 24-man crew principle off its military involved in a mid-air collision with doctrine. fly
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      225 39 ON THE KRANJI TRACK with DANNY KHOO AUSTRALIAN trainer John Meagher, who closed the final meeting last month with a winner, can kick off the resumption of racing at Kranji on a winning note on Saturday. The Victorian has 14 entries and two that should have strong
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      79 39 Reuters IRISH horses have been given the go-ahead to run in Saturday's Grand National at Aintree,"but the horses cannot go back for an indefinite period. The Irish government last month clamped down on the movement of animals to Britain and around Ireland as part of precautionary
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      477 39 THE MARTELL CUP 1,400m: Polar Falcon (O Chavez canter/36. Carry The Flag canter/38.4. Able Tycoon (E Wilkinson) 38.7, fluently. Xenophon 36.3, shaped better than River Phoenix (S Scriven, Class 3 Div 11,200m). Danajiva, Seton Hall (C3 D1 1,200m) and Poetic Duke (C2
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      463 39 NST. COURTING DANCER, a course-scratching last week, showed nothing amiss with a dashing trial in Penang yesterday. He looks ready for a comeback win in the Class 3 Div 2 event over 1,700m on Saturday. Taken out by a track rider, the six-year-old New Zealand-bred gelding by
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      464 40 A TOTAL of 11 barrier trials —five official ones for maidens and six practices were conducted over 1,000m on the fibresand track at Kranji yesterday morning. The going was good. OFFICIAL RACE TRIALS TRIAL 1:1 Johnnie Fox 2 Comfort Classic 3 Jumpin Jack Rash 4 Broadband (B
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        169 41 MANY grievances were expressed by horse owners about the Singapore Turf Club's decision to upgrade Level 2 patrons on non-Singapore race-days to Level 3. The move arose when the club thought it would be more cost-effective to shift the low turnout of patrons in the air-conditioned
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        102 41 BRAZIL'S best-known imports are probably soccer stars Joselito and Adilson from the Tampines Rovers. Another Brazilian ambassador will soon come underthe floodlights, not those at Kallang Stadium, but the Singapore Racecourse at Kranji. Auerbach, prepared by South African rookie trainer Patrick Shaw, is the first Brazilian-bred galloper
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        121 41 CASTING the net wide didn't pay dividends for the Kiko clan at Penang last Sunday. Fielding three "Kiko's" Kiko's Destiny, Kiko's Palace and Kiko's Victory—in Race 1, trainer Cecil Robert could eventually collect only a third place, earned by Kiko's Destiny. Owned by Mdm PP Yong,
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        117 41 AN INDIGNANT reader, who is well verse in Cantonese dialect, called The Whip to express his disapproval about the new name given to a Malaysian-based horse. The horse in question was Thule Height, who raced in Race 8 at Penang last Sunday. "It sounds like
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        84 41 HE MAY be approaching 71, with a training career spanning nearly 50 years behind him, but Donald 'Ginger' McCain of Red Rum fame is still hopeful of further Grand National success at Aintree. The former second-hand car dealer has two entries, Hanakham and Amberleigh House, in Saturday's
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      924 41 Ho. iMtSnm* How* W(lb»l R«tlng Jockey Btfrttr Age/Trainer 1 ***** NO COMPETITOR 133 (50) E Saint-Martin 9 (7YOLHo) 2 0 BOXING DAY 130 (47) KHTing 4 (3YO TP Cheung) 3 09 DARWIN 129 (46) ELegrix 10 (3YOGLane) 4 ***** HEAVENLY WIND 129 (46) YT
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      142 42 INJURY UPDATE Football Unlimited GILLES Grimandi is the latest player to be ruled out of Arsenal's Champions League quarter final first leg against Valencia. The Frenchman has not recovered fully from a bout of flu which kept him out of the 2-0 derby win over Tottenham. He joins
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      458 42 ARSENAL v VALENCIA Live on SportscHy, 2.35 am, tomorrow FIXTURES TODAY (Tomorrow, Singapore) Leeds v Deportivo Coruna (LIVE, ESPN, 2.30am, tomorrow) Arsenal v Valencia (UVE, Sportscity, 2.35am, tomorrow) ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP I Aston Villa v Leicester INFOLINE: Call I 1900-*****13 after 6.30 am I tomorrow for
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      232 42 AFP THE pressure's all on me and my team. So says Hector Cuper, manager of Spanish side Valencia, which faces Arsenal in the quarter-finals of the Champions League at Highbury here tomorrow. "We want to go as far as we can now in the Champions League because
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      661 43  -  LEEDS UNITED v DEPORTIVO LA CORUNA Live on ESPN, 2.30 am, tomorrow By Edwin Yeo IT WOULD be so easy to write off Leeds' chances against Deportivo La Coruna in the quarter-final of the Champions League to be played tonight. After all, Deportivo is
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      282 43 AFP. LEEDS' strike partnership of Mark Viduka and Alan Smith have been targeted by Deportivo La Coruna ahead of the Champions League quarter-final first-leg tie at Elland Road tonight. Viduka and Smith have scored 10 goals between them in the last five games. The in-form
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      235 43 AFP. SINCE Rio Ferdinand arrived in Leeds in early December, he has been a virtual ever-present and has watched partners come and go during that time. Tonight against Deportivo, he would need to have a new partner in the centre of defence again. This is
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      85 43 LEEDS PLAYERS' TRIAL Wire services. THE trial of Leeds players Jonathan Woodgate and Lee Bowyer, accused of beating up a student, goes to the jury today. Judge David Poole said there were "legitimate questions" over the defendants' claims that another group battered Sarfraz Najeib unconscious.
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      662 44 GALATASARAY 3 REAL MADRID 2 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Q-FINALS Reuters, Ap. ANOTHER famous scalp for Galatasaray. This time, the Turkish club came from 2-0 down to earn a stunning 3-2 victory over Real Madrid in an extraordinary game this morning, dragging itself back into contention for a place in
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      417 45 COACHES' COMMENTS BAYERN COACH SAYS: Wire services. BAYERN Munich coach Ottmar Hitzfeld said the Champions League quarter-final against Manchester United was not over despite the German side's 1-0 win at Old Trafford this morning. Said Hitzfeld: "I know our chances of winning the tie have not increased
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      253 45 MORE ON GALATASARAY v REAL MADRID Reuters. REAL Madrid star Roberto Carlos said his side was still confident of going through to the semi-finals of the Champions League despite a shock 3-2 defeat to Galatasaray this morning. The European champions led 2-0 at half time
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      67 45 REAL Madrid coach Vicente del Bosque remained confident that his side can secure victory at home. "I don't like this result, but we can overcome this given the level of our players," said del Bosque. "We witnessed an excellent match with impeccable first-half domination by
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      145 45 AFP. GALATASARAY coach Mircea Lucescu said that the fear of losing face on front of 30,000 supporters at the Sami Ali Yen stadium had spurred the home side on to its second-half comeback. "At half time we had a good look at ourselves. We were
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        600 46  -  By V K Santosh Kumar BIG man. Bumping into him can be dangerous. David Beckham played the hard game. He came a cropper. He hit a wall in the form of Bayern captain Stefan Effenberg whose job was to cut off the Man U maestro
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        273 46 GOOD with the bad. A chameleon-like display is usually expected from the Red Devils' French custodian, Fabien Barthez. This morning, there were no gaffes from him. He did not show his extreme and eccentric side. That limited Bayern to just
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        573 47  -  MAN UNITED 0 BAYERN MUNICH 1 DCEJ^DT r\fcrvr\l DARRYL DAVID BEFORE j this game, I had mentioned that a draw in Old Trafford was not beyond Bayern Munich, but I never dreamed that it would actually leave Old Trafford with a victory. Even discounting the
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        521 47  -  REPORT EDWIN YEO SIR Alex Ferguson, brilliant manager that he is, just never learns from his mistakes. Oh wait, he doesn't think he makes mistakes, does he? Not when Man U lost 3-1 to PSV Eindhoven in the first phase of the Champions League, when he
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      794 48 TV Film Art: Mo' Better Blues The Intimate Universe: Life Who Wants To Be A TUFII Central, 10pm Story Millionaire O-- m Starring Hollywood hot shots Denzel Discovery Channel (Ch 12), Channel s,Bpm I Washington and Wesley Snipes, don't opm Like anyone could say no to that I miss this
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    507 49 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE G-FINALS Wire services. SUBSTITUTE Paulo Sergio scored four minutes from time to give Bayern Munich a priceless 1-0 victory over Manchester United in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-final at Old Trafford this morning. The evenly-matched game was heading for a goalless
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