The New Paper, 3 June 2001

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1 63 The New Paper
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    5 1 the new paper JUNE 3,2001
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      49 1 the nejjgjlape^ Singapore Press Holdings Email: tnp@sph.com.sg 33 44 55 Website: newpaper.asiaI com.sg MITA (P)1 03/03/2001 8"*****1"*****9 > Jwj^" Picture/SINOPIX 1 Tod criminal iawver* 1^1 A* Am l Indons flock to Malacca hospitals ib rt$&g:*cz?i3i r *'i r -jf -J5 mm V "^&^e^df%^2^»-&-iM^'C^*2cC■• »T,-i:t:d» c :riw Ui-T ut-b;t*4Kl% TTfetoiC'i.,..«. -.-!r;
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  • NEWS
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      Lock icon CHINA BLEAK
      484 2 Income gaps widen, protests spike, corruption looms, and things will get worse Communist Party report CHINA'S on a roll and Beijing's feeling shaken. It looks like life on the fast track to prosperity has upset a lot of people's gravy trains. The country is seething with protests, says
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      Lock icon ...and Chinese tipsters
      135 2 SPY on your neighbour... and earn big bucks. That's the message to the residents of Dalian, on China's north-east coast. As of May 24, people can report wayward colleagues, acquaintances or local officials. All they have to do is drop off anonymous tip-offs at their post office,
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      862 2 On© night stand *****01 Mj Need to be next to you >*****8 1 Yesterday once more *****02 Ni de ming zi *****96 I A love before time *****08 Ni zhui zhen gui *****97 I Ai pin cai hui yin *****04 1 030 dance *****98 I Ai shi yong heng *****05
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      207 2 Pinocchio isn't just a fairy tale Ps rue Tell a lie, and your nose will grow. That's what scientists have discovered, reports The Daily Mail. Just like children's favourite Pinocchio whose nose gets longer every time he tells a lie noses actually swell when people aren't totally honest. •#?gpgk A
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  • NEWS
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      Lock icon I'm bored here... I miss char siew
      842 4  -  Last week, we broke the news of Singaporean policeman Adrian Ng who spent his 21 st birthday locked in a Batam jail. Yesterday, Ng, who's serving an eight-month jail term for using fake money, spoke to The New Paper on Sunday about his
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      Lock icon WHAT HAPPENED
      240 5 ADRIAN NG was arrested on Jan 21 in Nagoya district in Batam, after he tried to change US$7OO ($1,263) in fake currency with a money-changer. Yesterday, he declined to talk about the offence, claiming that there could be another investigation on him here. After his arrest, he had
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      Lock icon Still standing after 3 heart attacks
      1197 6  -  Despite his nickname The Basher, he is all for the law. All Mr Subhas Anandan wants is to keep practising law as longas he can By Suresh Nair IN private, Mr Subhas Anandan would show you frightening scars all over his body. In the
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      Lock icon Poor man's lawyer
      319 7 HE calls himself a "poor man's lawyer in a big corporate firm". Mr Subhas Anandan joined Harry Elias Partnership, which has 51 lawyers, as a criminal consultant last July. His latest professional target: To whip younger lawyers into shape and fight crime cases in court. Since he
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      Lock icon TESTING TIME
      522 8 HANDPHONE RADIATION With all the debate over handphone radiation, have you ever wondered how it is checked? JESSLYN CHIA reports THEY look at what handphone radiation can do to a mannequin. And find out what it can do to the users. At the Electrical and Electronics Test Centre
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      Lock icon MYTHS ABOUT HANDPHONES
      669 9 YOU'VE probably heard some of these things being said about handphones. We put some of the more common fears to Mr Teo Swee Hoe, senior engineer of the PSB's Electrical and Electronics Test Centre. Memory and DN A are adversely affected by electromagnetic forces (EMF) caused by
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      Lock icon Who is the winner this year?
      76 10 the new paper MAID OF THE YEAR 2001 Ms Mumaningsih Marjani Madam Minda Barcelona Baykm Ms Maribei Camilet Pacleb Ms Pafyati Madsupandi Ms Warsini Sumingan Ms Esteltta Lapada These are the names of the six finalists in The New Paper-Western Union Maid of the
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      Lock icon Raining? Walk into my house
      462 10  -  By Jason Tan ITS hard to miss the sign if you travel along Tanjong Katong Road. It hangs outside a singlestorey white house with dark windows. It reads: "Public rain shelter." In two languages. It was set up in 1996 by Mr Simon Tee, who
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      Lock icon They're pulling in Indon patients up north
      819 12 More and more Indonesians are heading to Malacca for their medical needs. The pull: The Mahkota Medical Centre, a Singapore-run hospital NG WAN CHING speaks to a patient MR Ari Rinaldi had excruciating pain in his back for two years. Pain so severe,
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      Lock icon Malacca turns hospital town
      481 13 FROM a sleepy seaside town, Malacca is slowly turning into a "medical" town. It has three privately-run hospitals with patients from other parts of Malaysia and Indonesia flocking to it for medical care. Competition for patients is fierce. The hospitals not only offer good medical care
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      Lock icon Fewer Indon patients here now
      226 13 PRIVATE doctors in Singapore have noticed a drop in the number of Indonesian patients coming here for treatment. But there are no figures available. The New Paper on Sunday spoke to five consultants in private practice who all said their practices have suffered a drop
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  • EXPAT
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      98 14 Contact Gus Born in Cambodia, grew up in France, working in Singapore... SHARE your experience with us. Let the Expat Page be a place where we can talk to one another, a platform to exchange ideas and a forum for views to be heard. And feel free
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      192 14 BUENOS dias! I would like to say how much I enjoyed the Big Walk. It was my first experience of such a healthy and fun activity that a newspaper has planned for the people. I came here recently from New Mexico, US. The Walk
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      731 15  -  By Thierry Do CALL it a dilemma I don't know how many Singaporeans can identify with: To have roots, yet remain rootless. Most of you are born here, have lived here all your life except for stints abroad, and most likely will call it a day here. In many
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      942 15 "t»" UPDATED: 1 JUNE 2001 ■■■HHHHll Another Day In Paradise *****61 Give Me Some More *****97 Rendezvous *****64 Can We Fix It *****11 I Just Wanna Love You *****77 Still Believing *****06 Come Along *****66 I Need You *****98 Take Five *****79 Crawling (Intro) *****68 I'm Like A Bird *****63
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  • AT A GLANCE
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      Lock icon 100,000 potential killer litter homes warned
      174 16 IMAGINE this, more than 100,000 households have been told over the last 12 months, to remove potential killer litter. They risk being fined and even having their homes confiscated. The advice and warnings, both written and verbal, came from the HDB and town councils,
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      Lock icon Car plunges into Orchard road canal
      125 16 S A dramatic accident! look place next to Phoenix Hotefearty; yesterday morning. I A4O year old man .'who had been drinking lost control of his car and drove it Into a canal next tothe hotel. The car jumped the kerb, smashed through inetal bafitoades
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      Lock icon Full of surprises, so what's next?
      393 16 INDONESIA WHEN he took over in 1999, Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid was expected to perform miracles. Now, not many would expect him to pull anything out of the hat. Indeed, he would have to conjure up the hat first. He had few options, and
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      Lock icon Story-time but the teachers aren't reading
      162 17 INFOCUS SPEAK BETTER ENGLISH Talk, talk, talk! Since March, NTUC childcare centres have set aside half an hour every day for their children to read and talk about books. Previously, the centres had the teachers tell stories. Now, the children are the ones reading
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    • BRIEFLY
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        82 17 JOHNNY and Luther, the infamous gun-wielding twins who fought Myanmar troops in the jungle, may be headed for a new life in the US. The twins, now 15, their parents and followers of their rebel group known as God's Army have reportedly begun procedures for resettlement
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        Lock icon Chinese in Mendaki
        79 17 A CHINESE-MUSLIM, Mr Muhammad Arif Hong Chu Sen, 35, was elected to Mendaki's board of directors yesterday. Mr Muhammad was nominated by Perdaus, the Adult Religious Students' Association of Singapore. Mr Abdullah Tarmugi, the Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs and chairman of Mendaki said: "People are selected based
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        Lock icon Unborn baby sues
        94 17 A PREGNANT woman has included her 30-week-old foetus in her suit against a businessman for breaking his promise to marry her. Miss Chin Yoke Teng, 29, wants Mr William Ui to bear all expenses from the moment the baby is born until he turns 21. Ms Chin
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        Lock icon 'Dennis' cartoonist dead
        85 17 THE creator of Dennis the Menace, Mr Henry "Hank" Ketcham, 81, died of a heart attack in California three days ago. He created the character after his wife complained that their young son named Dennis was indeed a menace. Dennis, a freckle-faced symbol of mischievous youth, became
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        65 17 SIX hostages kidnapped by the Abu Sayyaf rebels have escaped during a clash with government troops, said Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo yesterday. She also said the leader of the rebels, Khadafy Janjalani, was killed. Officials had previously said four Filipinos, including an eight-year-old boy, had escaped.
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        Lock icon Free beer for 10 years
        81 17 ONE of Ireland's most well-known companies, Guinness Breweries, has found a way to pacify workers laid off by the closure of one of its plants. The closure decision had led to strikes at Guinness plants across Ireland earlier this year. But now most of the
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        Lock icon Wages and career boost
        73 17 BUCKING the economic gloom, police, civil defence, prisons and anti-narcotics officers will get better career opportunities and improved employment terms. There will be bonuses for junior officers to stay in service. Plus a retirement fund to help officers move into a second career. Specialist career tracks
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        Lock icon Drug-on-breasts trick
        88 17 THREE sexy Colombian women rubbed their breasts with a drug and invited men to lick them. As the men reeled from the effects of the drug, the women escaped with their wallets and cars, the police said yesterday. The women stood by the roadside near bars and restaurants
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      131 17 SAND PARK: Sand takes on the shapes of legends and historical sites on Sentosa China's terracotta warriors, erotic etchings on an Indian temple and a fearsome-looking Japanese samurai. The centrepiece is a 12m-tall Cambodian temple crowned with a column showing the four faces of an ancient king.
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      442 16 Fast Easy Oownloaos At 99 tows Per minute Do you want my love *****7 Some where up there *****9 If it makes you happy *****8 Nothing gonna change my Stop *****9 love for you *****0 Arthurs theme *****0 Foolish games *****1 It gonna be me *****1 Listen to your heart
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      35 17 Showers with thunder In the afternoon mainly over northern.eastern and central Singapore. east sunrise 6.57 am moonrtse 456 pm minimum 25 C fcstfirfe 15 tltm mowset 478 am maximum 33 C sko«m)Mde 16 m: 9.24p
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    Lock icon Shop, shop, shop but you won't drop if...
    638 18 Yoesman Sugianto SENIOR MARKETING MANAGER OF STAR REGIONAL (SEA) GUEST EDITOR THE pull of shopping seems as powerful as the Force from Star Wars. You think you cannot resist it. Especially during the big sale season we're in now. But let me
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  • Health Now WITH JOANNA HUGHES
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      282 20 Medicine today is about more than just pills and prescriptions DR Kingsley Logan practices medicine in the spa country of New Zealand, the area around Rotorua with its famous hot springs. Over the years, he's become more curious about what used to be called "alternative medicine". He
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      233 20 Economy class stockings: A recent Australian study of economy class travellers revealed that those who wore knee high compression stockings were better off. For, they showed none of the signs of deep vein thrombosis, also known as economy class syndrome. These stockings are often worn by
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    240 26 MASSACRE OF NEPAL'S ROYAL FAMILY [NEWS] Wire services. NEPAL'S Crown Prince Dipendra, who reportedly shot his parents and family before turning the gun on himself, is not dead as earlier reports had suggested. He is alive, but in a deep coma. And he
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      151 26 I HaV?€ Furi I with You Weekly Free Kellogg's Products when I you purchase You-Weekly* of I Carrefour Atrium from noon 1 THE NEW PAPER/TOURISM VICTORIA PROMOTION M* CONGRATULATIONS, TAN KWEE CHENG IC *****99 A)! *V*/ Lim Chien Chien, Serene 1C*****25H Maureen de Costa IC *****62H f Tang KokWai IC
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  • HEY!
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      Lock icon The BIG girls' revenge to fashionable
      425 28 CHANG MAY CHOON SAYS: The Great Singapore Sale is on, but it doesn't mean greater-sized girls have a great time finding clothes that fit. Forget "aunty-ah-so baggiesWe want sexy, slinky clothes that flatter us. Our glamorously-dressed size 14 (yes, it's XL) reporters ERIAKBAR and
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      Lock icon ERI AKBAR SAYS:
      485 29 CLOTHES buyers, bless their size Bs, have since realised that not all Asian women are built like a Victoria Secret's model. Some of us are larger-than-life and closer to the shape of women painted by Rubens. I have noticed, almost with fiendish glee, that more fashion houses
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      Lock icon WHERE TO GO
      31 29 Topshop, #02-18, Wisma Atria Metro, Paragon #02-08 Mimosa, Lot 1 Shopper's Mall, #02-26 San't Rolane, Blk 447, #01-205, Clementi Avenue 3 Eye Witness Boutique, Beauty World Centre, #81-Kl2
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      Lock icon Hooray! Trendy shops stock bigger sizes
      364 29 LOOKING at the stick-thin girls who emerge from their outlets with masses of shopping bags, you'd never guess that Mango and This Fashion carry sizes up to XXXL, would you? And not in a designed tent or a shiftless dress mind you, but in
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      Lock icon How to get a life without going abroad?
      765 30  -  SUZANNE WALKER EVERY few months the phone rings after midnight and a disembodied voice asks me when Fm going to sell my flat, pack my bags and make that permanent move overseas. For the past 10 years, Fve always thanked those voices
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      Lock icon Silence of the womb
      677 31  -  WONG MENG LEONG I HAVE two girls. They play together a lot. Often this results in disputes. I am, in other words, the designated fixer. As other fathers know, we perform an indispensable service to the smooth running of a new nuclear family; more important perhaps
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      Lock icon A treasure trove of ancient wonders
      690 32  -  Pyramids, minarets, the Sphinx. These are some of the wonders of Egypt. LEE TEE JONG steps back in time and marvels at Egypt's ancient, glorious past JET, SET. GO EGYPT teems with life. There are horse carriages on the streets. Next to them, brand
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      53 32 EGYPT Air flies twice a week direct from Singapore to Cairo. A round trip is $1,100 in economy, $2,400 in business class and $3,600 in first class. A night at a four-star hotel costs the equivalent of about $50. At a luxury five-star hotel this can go up
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      Lock icon I'm confused, word for word
      617 33  -  MIKE CHUA THE English language never fails to fascinate me. While most words are meant to communicate, some will inadvertently trip you because they are peculiar and disorienting. For example, I would have thought that the word, peculiar, describes a unique liar. And the word,
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      Lock icon Ready for the right woman
      597 34  -  ARUL JOHN THE question would have come eventually. So rather than shrug it off, I decided to face it. Hopefully my friends would see my head held high as I answered them this time. Previously I answered questions about my single state feeling both anxiety
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      Lock icon I love her but she's attached
      305 35  -  MATTERS OF THE HEART AND SOUL I AM 22 and have been seeing B for seven months now. She is two years older than me but despite the age gap, we fell in love with each other. The trouble is B already has a
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      Lock icon Teen loves older man
      166 35 Last week's letter: CONFUSED heartache has known her boyfriend for 11 months. He is 26 years old. Seven months ago, they became lovers. The problem is that she's only 16. Her family members are against the age gap. The only person who is supportive is her
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      Lock icon Take your time
      169 35 Readers' advice: IT seems to me that you are looking at this relationship as a long-term partnership. It is perfectly all right to date someone 10 years older, provided you are prepared to face the challenges that will come your way as a result of your choice.
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      Lock icon Earn their trust
      161 35 YOU are head over heels in love, so your parents are understandably worried that your future may be affected and your goals derailed by this relationship. You are far too young to decide on something as important as a life partner. You are at an age when
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      Lock icon Rejected by best friend
      539 36 I GOT to know this guy, F, late last year. We started dating this year. Lots of girls are after him. By being his girl, I have made many other girls unhappy. I once had a best friend, A. We were good friends for three years.
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      Lock icon Does he like me or not?
      297 36 I BROKE up with my boyfriend two months ago. He said he wanted to get back with his ex-girlfriend. One month after we broke-up, he called me and we became friends again. We talk almost every night. His girlfriend doesn't know about this. Whenever
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      231 36  -  DR LIM SU MIN I WOULD like to know if Q there is any other way a girl can lose her virginity, apart from having sex. Someone once told me that if your hymen is torn, you are no longer a virgin. My problem is that
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      Lock icon Can I jog with weak heart?
      171 36 I WANT to know if my Qweak heart (made weak by stress) can lead to death? With such a condition, can I still do vigorous exercise like playing badminton, table-tennis, volleyball or basketball? Can I go long-distance jogging? Lastly, will shaving off my armpit
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      Lock icon Wrap up for style
      515 37  -  CAROL LEONG IT started out as a casual enough request. Friends in Hongkong asked Mrs Natasha Mirpuri to buy them some pashmina shawls while she was visiting New Delhi. She obliged, and it changed her life. Soon, this ex-primary school teacher was selling pashminas full-time from
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      Lock icon Distinctive, hand-crafted embroidery
      50 37 (From left) Indian work on Western clothes, an idea that Jemima Khan uses for her exclusive line of clothing in Britain; The Parsee Borders which sell at $200; And the jamawar shawl which showcases the "mango" motif an idea the Indians took from the French paisley print.
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      Lock icon The Boss still a rousing rocker
      459 38  -  SAW TEK MENG BRUCE Springsteen concerts are legendary, almost akin to a religious experience. The Boss doesn't just perform, he connects with the audience through his monologues, the best of which become epiphanies. And, like any artiste worth his salt, he tinkers with his
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      439 49 PICK OF THE DAY This John Sargent-trained galloper looks good for a second successive dose. Was all conquering on May 6 and should prove hard to catch with jockey Azhar Ismail in the saddle again. His winning time of lmin lisec over the Kuala
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      96 49 RACE 1: Secret Formula, Bonus. RACE 2: Hot Striker. RACE 3: Citichamp, Best Win, Victory Wang, Empire Enforcers, Taifei, Diamond City, Persian Tycoon. RACE 4: Hello Kitty, Northerly Wind, Up And Up, Steptronic. RACE 5: Always An Angel, Jugah Gagah, Lucky Eighty One, Magic Luck, Magic Wish. RACE 6:
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      1429 50 Wo. Last 6 runs Horse Wl Rating Jockey Banter (Afle/origln/wx. trainer-owner) 1 16 ZOOM ZOOMS 57 (61) MClafke 11 (4nzg Tennent-Clarke) 2 3-28- SECRET WIN 56.5 (60) CDinri 5 (5ag Robert-Mdm PP Yong) 3 2-3291 SECRET FORMULA 56 (59) *RLim 3 (6nzg Zafir-AK
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      1529 51 6 DEFEAT ACCEPTABLE 55 (322-46) *KOh (1) 1 1 1 (493) 5 POWER JET 56 (124-19) KLOo (6) 4 4 2 (441) 1 MENAIDA57 (13-7) M Miller (8) 2 2 3 (491) 2 UNITED JOY 57 c 54 (56-12) 'DChong (10) 6 5 4
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      317 51  -  By Lionel Lee Eight-year-old Precedent showed he could still pack a solid punch when he carved out an impressive win in Race 5 at Kuala Lumpur yesterday. Lining up against a Class 2 field which included the highly-touted The Fashion Bay,
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      1475 52 RACE 1: HAPPY DANSEUR was withdrawn when no suitable jockey was available. KK Loh was stood down for the remainder of the day by the club doctor. MEYER TECH jumped awkwardly. UNITED JOY and CITY EMPEROR came together at the start. Near
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      282 52 Reuters, AFP. Trainer Pascal Bary, who has posted a hat-trick of French Derby wins since 1994, is hoping to extend his record at the event with the impressive Sensible at Chantilly today. The horse has looked a high-class prospect on the evidence
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    227 53 y p f th, Robinson, a Buck since said of ran: playoff team. playoffe, we're winning, and there's nothing like winning this time of the year." 1 r > '•!>■ »'i>'iwi»iii»i>jiw«'i"i»%w*>»ahgß^»»fe<»ekJ-CgP tasted with die Houston Rockets, ;Fiust paidtr&UtetOilllft-BigrXr^H:; 1 "^g| n^J| p^a Q{ wea^ can do it."
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    22 53 SCORE TIED AT 3-3 AFP c^ cisedth guards Allen Iverson and Eric Snow and even said NBA commissioner David 76ers.
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      1691 55 South Korea's Chung Moon Joon and Kim un-Yong set to take on the big guns on the international sporting stage JOSEPH Blatter, the head man of Fifa, has always been a bit of a leg man, too, both in his former life as bag carrier
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      408 57 mm/I SATURDAY WHEN the Geylang Eagles told South Korean Jang Jung to lead them this year as head coach, his mission was made clear. As Jang Jung, 37, recalled: "Chairman Patrick Ang asked me to turn Geylang into a team that has about 70 per cent
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      486 58  -  REPORTS ERNEST LUIS mentions discipline, he doesn't just say it. He believes in practising it as well. Even after a hard-earned victory, he will always stay back in the Bedok Stadium dressing room with assistant coach Kadir Yahaya, sometimes till about 10.45pm, to go over team tactics and mistakes.
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      202 58 EAGLES HIT THE POST...llth minute: Basri Halis shoots from 20 m but sees his shot bounce off the post. Duric heads the rebound but Stags' goalkeeper Noorisham Zainon tips it away. STAGS MISS... 291h minute: Through on goal, with only Eagles' goalkeeper Lionel Lewis to beat, Nahar Daud
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      112 58 Geylang coach Jang Jung: We made two silly defensive errors. The way my boys were giving away possession towards the end, I had a bad feeling something might happen. Perhaps, it's over-confidence since they had already beaten Tampines 5-0 on Tuesday in the Singapore Cup group
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        925 59 THE LIE-DETECTOR DEBATE WHAT would I do if I were an S-League ref and had to do a polygraph (lie-detector) test? A Football Association of Singapore (FAS) official put the question to me moments before Monday's closed-door meeting of referees at Kallang. I hung up my
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        66 59 Singapore and SAF Warriors skipper Nazri Nasir i allegedly alluded that a leading Fife referee was involved in Score, the football betting game. This was mentioned in referee R Vijay's official report to the Football Association of Singapore after SAF Warriors lost to Tampines Rovers 3-1 at Tampines
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        100 60 STRESS. This six-letter word has taken its toll on a very promising Fifa Assistant referee (previously known as linesman) who quit last week. Sports journalist Tay Tze Siong (right) of the Shin Min Daily News is only 33, with five years international experience. "Enough is
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        882 61  -  'Where's the discipline, where's the dedication, where's the sports ethics when you hang around until the wee hours of morning at a pub or disco?' LION CUB'S MURDER AT BOAT QUAY By Suresh Nair NEVER have I heard Samad Alapitchay talk with
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        126 61 DETECTIVES have picked up at least two suspects after Thursday's gang attack at Boat Quay. It is learnt police is close to rounding up other members of the gang, believed to be behind a number of recent attacks in the vicinity of Boat Quay and Clarke
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        306 62 FIFA CONFEDERATIONS CUP f JAPAN CAMEROON 0 AP. IT was the tale of a "Rising Son" in the Land of the Rising Sun. Japan discovered an unlikely hero in the 24-year-old Takayuki Suzuki, who emerged from obscurity to fire home both its goals in a 2-0 upset win
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        66 62 AP. shock goalless draw against Canada, ranked 71st in the world, meant Brazil missed out on sealing a semi-final spot. It now has to wait for its last game against Japan in a bid to qualify. Brazil's frustrations were summed up aptly by striker Washington:
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