The New Paper, 12 May 2001

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    30 1 the new paper SATURDAY, MAY 12, 2001 w Singapore Press Holdings Email: tnp@sph.com.sg Tel: 1800-7 33 44 55 Website: newpaper.asia I .com.sg MITA (P) 106/03/2001 68 CENTS the new paper
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  • NEWS
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      Lock icon New Windows, old tricks?
      428 2 Rivals say Microsoft still trying to wipe out competition What's included in Microsoft's latest Windows XP: MSN Messenger, an instant-messaging program that starts up automatically New Internet Explorer 6 browser New security program New media and DVD player Software to make personal CDs AP. MICROSOFT'S latest
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      Lock icon This could be the real Shakespeare
      316 2 YOU think you know how the great playwright William Shakespeare looked like because there are 450 images of his in circulation. But all of them are said to be based on the likeness of someone else. Only the bust on his grave in Stratford,
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      Lock icon Sell you a T-shirt? No way!
      475 3 SHE will swop 'em but sell 'em? No. Two hundred dollars. That's how much she was offered for one of the tees, she says. And the answer? Still, no. Nothing will make Madam Hasnah Masnod and family give those T-shirts away. Just what makes
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      83 3 You can register for the Big Walk from noon to Bpm daily at: Causeway Point (Level 1) Jurong Point (Level 1) Ngee Ann City (Basement 2) Parco Bugis Junction (Level 1) Suntec City (Level 1) Tampines Mall (Information counter) OUB Centre (Information counter), from 11am to 3pm f
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      120 2 gApl* Looking for an Jap 4 In terna tional *A Qualification 1 |i without leaving J JP Singapore? OitL 'W -t/'en w's/'f f/ie Singapore |j| distance and Open Learning Fair. j|§t%' For information on the latest undergraduate postgraduate and professional qualifications offered by international universities/institutions for further study in Singapore.
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      12 2 Leisure Hey! Pages 28 to 36 Comics: Page 37 TV: Page 75
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  • SINGAPORE
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      Lock icon Caught in a fight, guess who wife stands bail for...
      434 4  -  By Andre Yeo MURUGAN accused Kunalan of having an affair with his wife. And fought with him at the hospital where she was warded. That's how they ended up in court yesterday. Kunalan insisted he and Murugan's wife were just
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      Lock icon FINED
      34 4 MURUGAN Bala Subramaiam, 37, and Kunalan Muthu Kumar, 26, pleaded guilty to. one charge of affray. They were each fined $1,000 yesterday. They could have been jailed up to a year and fined.
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  • QUICKNEWS
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      Lock icon 40-storey HDB flats, starting in Toa Payoh
      222 6 ftilV IfoJ FANCY a window with an aerial view or at least, walk along a corridor with one? Well, 40-storey Housing Board (HDB) flats are already in the works. They will appear in Toa Payoh in two to three years' time, National Development
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      Lock icon Congrats... You have a 300 kg baby!
      64 6 This Not a very smooth delivery, you may say—as students try to move this giant baby into shelter in the rain. At 4.5-metre tall, this "baby" weighing 300 kg, will be the star of the Kanda Wyojin Festival tommorrow —one of Tokyo's three
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        Lock icon US won't pay dues
        75 6 UNITED NATIONS THE US House of Representatives voted 252-165 to block US$244 million (Ss439m) in UN arrears. The US will still pay US$5B2 million in UN dues this year but the third and last instalment will be withheld unless the US seat is restored on the
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        Lock icon More night buses
        63 6 TRANSPORT THREE new Tibs Nightßider bus services, were launched last night. NR 15 will ply between Tampines and Changi Village. Nanyang Technological University hostelites can take NR 17, which will take them to Choa Chu Kang via Bukit Batok and Jurong and back. The third service, NR
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        Lock icon Divorce spat remedy
        74 6 HDB WRANGLING over Housing Board (HDB) flats was the No. 1 financial dispute in divorces. Associate Professor Debbie Ong Siew Ling, a Family Court mediator, suggested that divorcing couples be allowed to remain joint tenants of their HDB flats until their children turn 18. This will reduce
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        Lock icon Upgrading PCs
        61 6 I TRAINING STUDENTS from Singapore Polytechnic have been spending time in a reform centre, willingly. On Thursday, 15 student volunteers worked with residents of Changi Reformative Training Centre as part of a two-day training programme. Working on a one-on-one basis, students and trainees stripped down 30 computers and
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        Lock icon Shocking find
        71 7 HEALTH ONE in 10 airline passengers on long-haul flights develops tiny blood clots which can lead to possibly fatal deep vein thrombosis (DVT), British researchers claim. The finding comes as a shock because it indicates that the risk of DVT, also known as economy class syndrome, is 40
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        Lock icon Picking baby's sex
        78 7 HEALTH MANY couples want to choose their baby's sex, but this option is allowed only to parents here who have a sex-linked genetic disease. However, said the chief scientist at Thomson Medical Centre, Dr Chia Choy May, certain things may help. A boy is more likely if
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        Lock icon Cholera outbreak
        66 7 MALAYSIA ONE person has died following the outbreak of cholera in Selangor last month, state Medicine and Health director Datin Dr Shahidah Abdul ManafF said yesterday. She said that as of midnight Thursday, the number of children cases admitted to hospital in the state stood at 121. Of
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        Lock icon Windows smashed
        66 7 CRIME MORE than a dozen men armed with batons and knives threatened hawker CB Tan outside his home on Wednesday night. They smashed all the flat's windows facing the corridor when he refused to come out. The incident happened when Mr Tan, 34, and his wife were watching
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      Lock icon world Head liners
      41 6 International Herald Tribune: US looks set to delay execution of McVeigh New Straits Times: Cuba seeks closer ties BBC news: A mistake by the FBI in the trial of Timothy McVeigh puts back his execution by another month
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      Lock icon RELIGIOUS HARMONY
      80 7 Quote jworthy The worst that can happen is to have people who feel that the aMkwWes cannot protect them. Then the people might take thmgs Mto their own hands. Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng in an interview with The Straits Times. Religious harmony law was nearly used
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      72 7 Hie Straits Times: Govt reins in religious leaders The Business Times: Fed to start raising interest rates by year-end? Lianhe Zaobao: Primary and secondary school students will be armed with smart cards to schools next year Berita Harian: New fund for investors in Mendaki Growth Fund RCS
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      Lock icon No need to wait one year
      141 7 irt FOCUS SMU admission POLYTECHNIC graduates may only have to wait three months after graduating, before entering the Singapore Management University (SMU). The university is allowing those in their last year of study to apply for a place even before they sit for their
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      45 7 Dilbert /Scott Adams g THERE ARENT ENOUGH ALL WE CAN FIND ARE N0 rf SURE FRIENDLY PEOPLE TO ANGRY PEOPLE WHO THE PROBLEIA FILL OUR CALL CENTER I REFUSE TO PUT THEIR IS 0N YOuR END JOBS. I TELEPHONE HEADSET t 2 MICROPHONES NEAR f
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      Lock icon Want my albums? Order them online
      523 9  -  By Seto Nu-Wen WHEN Malaysian singer Zainal Abidin releases his new album in August, you may not find it in the shops. Instead, you will have to order it online from his website. That might not seem like the best way to promote a
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      Lock icon STARS AGAINST PIRACY
      117 9 MORE and more Malaysian artistes are stepping out to fight their own war against the rampant piracy problem. Singer Sharifah Aini is doing more concerts and dinner shows to boost her earnings because her record sales have been hit by pirated discs. Rock singer Awie did a
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  • SINGAPORE
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      Lock icon Keening her eve on the ball
      632 10  -  DARE TO DREAM: PART 2 Wei Ping is the national under-14 champion off the Spex 2000 Age Group competition. Singapore Lawn Tennis Association's elite squad coach Joe Russell gives her four to six years before she wins a SEA Games medal. SANTOKH SINGH REPORTS
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      Lock icon 'She must get a chance for her dream'
      416 11 MR Lee Nyok Ling, 40, is a provision shop owner in Simei. Back in 1995, he spoke very little English and knew nothing about tennis. But just three years later, he pumped in $70,000 to send his daughter Lee Wei Ping, then
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      Lock icon Attitude
      274 11 T HERE is a list of words that describe shapes. Try your hand at unscrambling them... 1. cbue 2. ccirel 3. qsaure 4. rctenagle 5. cliyndre 6. pnetagno 7. tirangel 8. dceagno 9. otcanog 10. hxeagno Five people with the correct answers will win prizes. Remember, this is open
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      Lock icon Unexplained miss
      35 12 mutfmui* PrNgCbee W«ag,6B, wit cmimml by the flwgipiim Mwlli rifimwl wit owtowd to pay $s y ooofef prof i nlu—l whr wiicf. H»tadfahdtod>toct« medical student can't miss §&0-weeks pregnant. lawwhowlxnissedifc, Ican't explain it.
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  • SINGAPORE
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      Lock icon He took the girl, 3, down this
      678 14 And then began the nightmare for the three-year-old girl. Parents, keep an eye on your little darlings. Never let plaee. Here's the ehilling story of a toddler who strayed out of sight of her parents at a hciwker eentre and was FOR three
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      Lock icon Some touching is right, some not
      309 14 Practical Tips lor parents: Teach your child that NO ONE has any right to touch his or her body. If anyone tries to touch them, tell your child to say NO. They don't need to explain why they say, 'No'. And they must tell
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      304 15 them out of sight, even in a crowded public molested by a pervert. IRENE KEW reports my child." Sarah was taken to the KK Women's and Children's Hospital for a medical check-up. It wasn't until after police investigations that the man's horrible deeds came to light. Recalled Wendy:
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    • Article
      Lock icon HE LURED HER AWAY AND MOLESTED HER
      209 15 HE saw that she was not being watched over. And Eoo Hua Lian, 33, led her away to a toilet on the second floor of a factory nearby. He locked the door and undressed her. He kissed her all over and forced his
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      Lock icon No guard, no one stopped us
      246 15  -  By Sheela Narayanan THE dimly-lit corridor was quiet and creepy. Just around the corner was the toilet where Eoo Hua Lian, 33, took his little victim. On the second storey of the factory in Kolam Ayer. The seven-storey factory was undergoing refurbishment. We saw
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      Lock icon This is just for you, mum
      414 16  -  By Teng Pei Yun HE has never, ever cooked before. Not unless you count buttering his bread. But tomorrow, just for his mother, five-year-old Jordan Png (left, with Jiis mother and sister) will play chef. Jordan, along with 20 other children aged between five
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      9 16 Foldable Home Sauna Ist 50 Customers jm $300 Discounts
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    Lock icon The king of Singapore's Swing
    597 17 Concert by the River You don't have to wait till the Singapore International Jazz Festival next week to start swinging. LIMLEE CHlNGgets into the beat with veteran jazz drummer Louis Soliano, who will be performing at tomorrow's Concert by the River IT took quite a
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    Lock icon Smoke detectors in HDB lifts?
    186 18 SPEAKUP SPEAK UP YOUR FORUM June Leong (e-mail) I would like to bring to your attention how some residents carry lighted cigarettes into HDB lifts so they can continue smoking when they get out. I believe most HDB lifts have a No Smoking sign. Despite
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    Lock icon Execution delayed
    380 19 Oklahoma bomber case WORLD Reuters. Oklahoma city bomber Timothy McVeigh, 33, was scheduled to be executed by lethal injection next Wednesday. And in the US, there has been such media hype about his death day that plans for the execution had been arranged carefully. Such plans affected everyone,
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    Lock icon Girl hit by lightning while on coconut tree
    309 21  -  MALAYSIA By Genevieve Jiang THEY just wanted to help their brother get a university education. By helping him raise enough money to pay for his school fees. The three children, aged five, seven and nine, risked their lives to get that little
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon All set to Rock Hollywood
      46 22 mutfmui* World Wrestling Federation star The Rock, aka Dwayne Johnson, after landing a role in The Mummy Returns, remains serious about making his stint in Hollywood a success: I hired an acting coach. I wanted to be 110 per cent prepared.
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      Lock icon What? Violence in Disney video game?
      472 22 AP. THE Walt Disney Co, which is known for its soft stance in the entertainment business, has decided to add a very un-Disney-like element to its latest video game violence. This does not mean blood and guts, limbs flying or people screaming in agony.
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      Lock icon One more cut before rising costs force rates to rise
      351 23 MARKET WATCH ONCE again, there's good news and bad news. The bad news is that the US Federal Reserve Board is likely to raise interest rates again by the year's end. Why? Because inflation in the US is likely to
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      94 23 $!m« k The Dow Jones industrial average fell 89.13 points (0.82 per cent), to end at 10,821.31. The Nasdaq composite index lost 21.43 points (1.01 per cent), closing at 2,107.43, the lowest finish since April 27. Declining issues outnumbered advancers 3 to 2 on the New York Stock Exchange. Preliminary
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      80 23 Software piracy is a crime. Make no mistake about Piracy is wrong. Let's stop it together. that. It is as good as stealing, pilfering and robbing. So, if you know of any company or organisation that is using, manufacturing or selling pirated software, Business Software Alliance call our hotline and
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon SHOOTOUT
      249 25 Fugitive killed in New York gun battle AP. THE man was a "most wanted" suspect of a series of cross-country crimes in the US. The Federal Bureau of Investigation had featured Maghfoor Mansoor, 35, as one of its "April fugitives" on its website. He had been on the run
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      Lock icon See ya later, alligator
      67 26 IN A WHILE, CROCODILE: Or so eight-year-old Pierre seems to be saying, as he ducks in and out of the murky waters in a US zoo. He is one of two albino alligators that are a rare genetic mutation of the American alligator. They, along with
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      Lock icon Designer athletes: IOC is NOT amused
      517 26 SHE was sunbathing by the pool when a stranger came up to her and said: "You are absolutely beautiful; I'll give you U5535,000 ($63,000) for one of your eggs." And the gorgeous foreign exchange student readily agreed. Stranger still, a female basketball player asked
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      Lock icon Plans to raise Dracula from grave
      230 26 VAMPIRES are real. Or so medical studies claim. And a group of US businessmen believe in these blood-sucking monsters enough to bring Dracula back to 21st-century life. They have announced plans to clone Dracula by digging up the body of Vlad the Impaler, the
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    964 28 David Beckham wrote his autobiography, My World, late last year. Now, you can catch a TV feature about the famous footballer guaranteed to make you raise an eyebrow, snigger and scratch your head at the same time. YONG SIEW FERN reviews David Beckham's Story, coming to Star World on
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    26 29 BECKS AT HOME: (From left) With wife, Victoria; relaxing in his bathroom; cooking pasta at team-mate Gary Neville s house. Picture/ Star TV
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      383 30 One band splits up, while another begins to shine. Here we look at Porno Graffitti, one of the fastest rising rock bands in the past year, and Judy And Mary, which disbanded two months ago WITH a name like Porno Graffitti, there's no way this band
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      Lock icon A final goodbye from Judy And Mary
      140 31 rocks lane JUDY And Mary waved sayonara to their fans in March. With hankies, no less! But it came as no surprise because signs of the split were seen as early as two years ago. Not only did the foursome vocalist Yuki, guitarists
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      468 32 The Cannes Film Festival is an annual showcase for films around the world. The star-studded 12-day event in southern France also serves as a place where moviemakers and distributors do business with each other. The highlight of the festival is the giving of the
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      78 37 "Being an entertainer sucks! Your privacy is continuously encroached. The local media just does not know when to stop. The other month, I was walking down the street late at night with a woman friend, and a TV station got me on tape. They played the tape every
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      68 37 BBC. So, you think that the dog is man's best friend? Maybe now. But in ancient times, it was the goat that played this role. New genetic evidence suggests that goats travelled around the world with early farmers, serving as a walking milk supply and a tool
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  • CUP DAY
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      548 46  -  Mosse's mount has more than one score to settle $3 MILLION SINGAPORE AIRLINES INTERNATIONAL CUP (Race 7,9.40pm) By Danny Khoo HOME advantage played a huge part in the success of local favourite Ouzo in the inaugural $3 million SIA International Cup last year.
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      47 46 SIA INTERNATIONAL CUP Marc Tan: Lazy Lode Danny Khoo: Jim And Tonic Lionel Lee: Silvano Tan Thean Loon: Silvano Michael Lee: Silvano SIA KRISFLYER SPRINT Marc Tan: Toledo Danny Khoo: Superior Premium Lionel Lee: Toledo Tan Thean Loon: Toledo Michael Lee: Superior Premium
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      243 46 $1 MILLION SINGAPORE AIRLINES KRISFLYER SPRINT (Race 6, 8.50pm) ONE ride, one winner. That could well be the outcome of Irishman's Johnny Murtagh debut appearance in the inaugural Singapore International KrisFlyer Sprint in Race 6 tonight. It is a lot of trouble to make a
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      503 47  -  Quality line-up in SIA International second Cup Tonight, 10 highly-charged thoroughbreds from no fewer than six racing nations will thunder up the Kranji straight to vie for the second running of the $3 million Singapore Airlines International Cup. Each is a top horse in his
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      756 49  -  11 high-fliers in SIA KrisFlyer Three top Kranjibased sprinters will do battle with eight foreign gallopers in tonight's inaugural $1 million Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer Sprint over 1,200m. The New Paper tracks the form of the runners. REPORT LIONEL LEE Jockey: Robert Burke (4) Trainer: Lam Yui
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      642 50 No, Ouzo wont be back to defend his title in tonight's Singapore Airlines International Cup. Instead, this new 0 word refers to a hero as big as Ouzo, but too often unsung the "Big Organisation" behind the making of tonight's racing fest.
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      342 50 YOU won't need to be at Kranji to catch a slice of the action of Singapore's arguably biggest racing bash of the year tonight. An estimated 1.9 billion pairs of eyes will be able to tune in to their TV sets to watch some
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      234 50 STAGING a world-class race-day entails fringe events for both international guests and local race-goers. Having been in the thick of the monthly Friday's Ladies' Nights and the open-house Fun For All Under The Stars, Simon Leong, the club's marketing manager, knows only too well how to deal
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      1448 51 TONIGHT'S KRANJI (SHORT COURSE, A) RACE CARD —GOING FORECAST: GOOD No. Last 6 runs Horse Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/origin/sex. trainer-owner) 1 -532-2 BRIGHT WONDER 59 (61) *YFLeongc2.5 13 (3ag Yusof-CKC) 2 2-1-64 CYBER KID 59 (61) YH Lim 4 (3ag Leck-Cyber) 3 800- KONINDERIE 59 (61) K Wright 10
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      83 51 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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      695 52 MARC TAN Super Istana (Race I No. 7) Looked very well at his debut a fortnight ago over today's 1,200 m trip and put up a sparklingdisplay. Didn't enjoy a clean start from a wide alley but settled quickly and overtook his 12 rivals to take the lead.
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      40 52 1st 2nd 3rd J Saimee 15 8 10 0 Chavez 14 11 7 S Scriven 13 9 12 D Holland 13 7 11 C Carmody 11 14 6 E Wilkinson 11 V| 16 T Ong 10 7 12
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      39 52 1st 2nd 3rd M Thwaites 27 27 12 J Brink 19 17 9 k_ 19 13 15 C Leek 16 14 12 D Baertschjger 14 13 21 M Kent 13 17 23 J Meagher 10 19 14
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      312 53 NST. SAMARAC wrapped up his preparations for the Class 2 Div 1 1.200 m event (Race 5) tomorrow with a two-round workout in Ipoh yesterday. Taken out by apprentice Yan Weng Kuan, the four-year-old Australian-bred gelding by Key Business cantered two rounds on the sand track and pulled
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      540 53 DANNY KHOO'S GUIDE TO KRANJI TRACKWORK IT WAS a relatively quiet morning at Kranji yesterday with only three of the international visitors being sent against the clock. Among the trio who made time was SIA International Cup hopeful With The Flow. After cantering one lap
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      174 53  -  By Michael Lee ONE person could have taken the shine off tonight's star-studded line-up in the SIA Cup, horses and jockeys alike. Actress Michelle Pfeiffer. The "What Lies Beneath" star nearly came to Kranji to see her horse Yaralino tompete in the 2,000 m
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      532 54  -  By Lionel Lee THE news of Con Soborno winning the $150,000 Singapore Polo Club Trophy will reach them one way or another. And in double quick time, too. That was the immediate task for trainer Patrick Shaw, after his Argentinian-bred runner stormed
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      1656 55 YESTERDAY'S KRANJI (LONG COURSE, C) RACE RESULTS —GOING: GOOD Picture/ Florence Tan DOUBLE DELIGHT: Jockey Patrick Payne astride Race A winner Moon Shadow, the first leg of his double at Kranji last night. The Australian hoop then booted home Skyhub Hero in Race 8. EMlHHnilBHBSI 4 INJURIOUS 57 (88-36) GCooksley
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      1450 56 RACE 1: Due to a capacity field. BLACK MAGIC, COMFORT CLASSIC, SMARTER THAN YOU and CYBER EXPRESS were withdrawn. PULLING AWAY became fractious after being loaded into the barriers, reared, dislodged jockey 0 Chavez and became cast. Acting on vet advice, the race meeting stewards
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      9571 57 JOIN THE RUSH: Kiwi jockey Catherine Trey mane has a top chance to boot home the Lee Yong Fatt-trained Rush For Money. PARTNERS AGAIN: Jockey Azhar Ismail, who has already won thrice on Wonder Planet, teams up again with the Ideal Planet gelding. D BUILT OF
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      178 57 D STAR GENERAL 57(48) Wilkinson (4) (4nzg Baertschiger-Star General) By Waikiki Star-Maazel; bay; landed 6.1.98; Hr 1-0-0 (KRslTOOf 1:49.1 53.5) 12.12.99 C5 Soo 55 (42) (5) 9 9 4/11 ($23) 1 Paris Amour KRb1800g 1:52.1 (415) 05.01 00 C5 Wilkinson 53.5 (40) (1) 5
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      649 63  -  By Wang Meng Meng This was how V Narongchai described his 25-metre scorcher that brought the Tanjung Pagar Jaguars back from the brink of defeat against the Tampines Stags last night. Of course, it's often easier said than done. But the fact that his
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      350 64  -  LAST NIGHT'S S-LEAGUE ACTION: TANJONG PAGAR JAGUARS 2 TAMPINES STAGS 1 It was a silly goal to give away. Noorisham was performing heroics for us until he misjudged the corner in the last minute A dejected Stags team manager, Francis Wong BY Wang Meng Meng PLAYERS
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      642 65 ■JJJ Whenever Liverpool plays, as it does in Cardiff tonight against Arsenal in the FA Cup final, the venue throbs with excitement. Singaporean Benjamin Lee Chong Lee, 36, knows that his favourite club is a huge draw around the globe. That set him thinking: What would the atmosphere be like
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    • CUP FINAL
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        Lock icon Mr Dependable
        955 67  -  I LIVERPOOL v ARSENAL I LIVE ON FOOTBALL CHANNEL SPORTSCITY, from 9.30 PM REPORT CLIVE WHITE THEY called him Son of George, because of the unerring manner in which he carried out the instructions of his former manager. And his subsequent manager at Highbury has found him to
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      • THE VETERANS
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          Lock icon Adams blames hooligans
          280 68  -  By Clive White IF THERE has been one regret in Tony Adams' long and successful career, it is that he has not enjoyed greater success with England. And he knows who was to blame for that: England's hooliganism problem in the 80s. The suspension of English clubs
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          Lock icon Seaman: Success better than a great team
          447 68 The Times. TIME moves on and does not wait for legends. In a sport where rising young stars are a dime a dozen, the Arsenal defence, the "Famous Five," is creaking. Nigel Winterburn is no longer at Highbury, having decamped to West Ham
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        1015 69  -  By Richard Hubbard WHEN Liverpool's European Cup charge was stopped in its tracks by a failure to score in the final five games of last season, manager Gerard Houllier publicly pondered the need to add to his ranks an "older head" to help avoid a similar fate befalling his
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        Lock icon In-form Pool will win this one
        647 70  -  ARSENAL V LIVERPOOL LIVE ON FOOTBALL CHANNEL SPORTSCITY, from 9.30 pm COMMENT EDWIN YEO A POLL with my Liverpool friends recently showed an interesting result. All of them don't believe that Pool will win the Cup treble this season. And it is almost unanimous
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        270 70 Arsenal and Liverpool are meeting in the Cup final for the third time following their previous encounters in 1950 and 1971 with the Gunners winning both. M In 1950 Arsenal beat Liverpool 2-0, thanks to a Reg Lewis brace. In 1971 Arsenal beat Liverpool 2-1 to register only the
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      • Who'll partner...
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          Lock icon LIVERPOOL: OWEN OR FOWLER?
          339 71 LIVERPOOL v ARSENAL LIVE ON FOOTBALL CHANNEL SPORTSCITY, from 9.30 PM Reuters, Football365. GERARD Houllier has confirmed that Emile Heskey will start against Arsenal. But the Liverpool manager is keeping his choice of Heskey's partner close to his chest. In a rare break from his secrecy
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          Lock icon ARSENAL: BERGKAMP OR WILTORD?
          147 71 AFP. FRENCH striker Sylvain Wiltord will be in Arsenal's line-up after the club dismissed a report that the £13 million ($33.8 m) record signing had gone missing. But the former Bordeaux star, who has scored in every round of the Cup apart from the semi-final, may
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      Lock icon Take heart, Liverpool
      467 72 EURO KICKOFF: SPAIN DEPORTIVO2 Diego Tristan 45 pen, 54pen ALAVESI Javi Moreno 15pen Reuters. DEPORTIVO Coruna kept its faint Spanish title hopes alive. Its opponent, Alaves, lost its momentum in the run-up to the Uefa Cup final against Liverpool. Deportivo recovered from a goal down and the
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      Lock icon ZZ inspires Juve
      251 73 EURO KICKOFF: ITALY FIORENTINAI Marco Rossi 40th min JUVENTUS 3 Zinedine Zidane 24, Igor Tudor 28, David Trezeguet 89 Wire services. ZINEDINE Zidane starred in Juventus' 3-1 win at Fiorentina yesterday. The win kept the Turin side firmly in the running for the Serie A title race
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      Lock icon Inter's worst defeat at home
      445 73 INTER-MILAN OAC MILAN 6 Gianni Comandini 3,19, Federico Giunti 53, Andriy Shevchenko 67,78, Serginho 81 Reuters. AC MILAN hammered Inter 6-0 in the Milan derby at the San Siro stadium. And Andriy Shevchenko and Gianni Comandini had the greatest joy against the arch-rival, each scoring
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      Lock icon New role suits Serginho
      124 73 Reuters. BRAZILIAN Serginho has been a revelation since AC Milan coach Cesare Maldini switched to a flat back four, allowing Serginho a more advanced role. "I feel more protected in this system and I can focus on what I do best," the Brazilian said. Cesare said
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    397 75 Italian soccer is gasping for breath as racism and hooliganism continues to reduce the much-vaunted Serie A into an ugly soccer brawl Juvenilis beats Fiorentina Page 74 Wire services. INTER-MILAN fans, angered by a humiliating 6-0 trashing by crosstown rival AC Milan in a league match,
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