The New Paper, 29 December 2001

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1 51 The New Paper
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    26 1 the new paper SATURDAY DECEMBER 29, 2001 Singapore Press Holdings Website: newpaper.asiaIjcom.sg Tel: 1800-7 33 44 55 Email: tnp@sph.com.sj MITA (P) 106/03/2001 60 CENTS the new
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      94 1 V r ft .7 ;> ■I "A KEPT TNP, Dec 22 MSP iIHJ painful journey Saved in S'pore but she dies in Johor a few days later. Her brother tells of her pain /p ag e 4 PTT 4 :wji VTi El u•: this open-air school, and a j9j lesson
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  • NEWS
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      Lock icon Japan facing a new banking crisis?
      416 2 JAPAN'S woes are many: A falling yen, growing unemployment and now, what may be the start of a new banking crisis. One of the country's regional banks, the Ishikawa Bank, filed for bankruptcy because of bad loans yesterday. The bank's liabilities exceeded assets and
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      Lock icon More are confident about US economic recovery
      392 2 THE role of sentiment as an economic force may be growing. After all, US consumer confidence has long been a measurable factor. Consumer confidence as measured by the Conference Board, a business research group, improved for the first time in six months. It
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      76 2 Sorry In Why the bank froze' $1,347.94 of his money (TNP, Dec 26). it was reported that whenever there is a voiding or cancellation of a Visa Electron card transaction, OCBC Bank holds the payment amount to protect the customer's interest and to prevent fraud. If the void copy is
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      209 3 I Are you game for a good time? smart are you?. See how much yow really know r > yr-f* about Music, Movies, Sports and more. "v *A wm^SS^ t .dT l I ilste Are you quick-witted enough to solve i I these challenging puzzles? Find out! I I .J
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  • SINGAPORE
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      Lock icon 'Cancer was cured, then...'
      704 4  -  THE WOMAN ON THE LEDGE By Uyen Vu Few could forget the image of the woman on the ledge. Dramatic, yes. But beyond that image lay a story of terrible, hidden pain. One The New Paper found hard to fill in, despite talking to her family
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      Lock icon Pain can be managed, say experts
      207 5 PAIN can indeed wear people down. But there are ways to deal with pain, explained Sister Maria Sim, administrator of St Joseph's Home for the Aged Hospice. "There is morphine. There are drugs to control the pain," she said. Counsellors for the terminally ill
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      Lock icon NEIGHBOUR'S PAIN
      285 5 IT hurt her, too, the news of her neighbour's death. Even if Madam Saina Alias the upstairs neighbour who helped save Madam Peng when she stood on that ledge on Friday could not find the words to express it. When told by The New Paper that Madam Peng
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      92 4 The New Paper, Dec 22 Buffet Lunch 11.30 em to 2.90pm $22.50 (Adult) $13.50 (Child) High T*a 3.00pm to 5.30pm $18.90 (Adult) $12.50 (Child) Buffet Dinner 6 30pm to 10.30pm $36.50 (Adult) $19.00 (Child) i«—*—■— ii nll i>t ■> 1 inciuaes iiuviiuvil ES ■M.iim.fM New Year's Day Buffet Lunch ll.SOem
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  • NEWS IQ
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      Lock icon School principals getting younger
      339 6 SHE came up with the idea of getting her students to babysit the teachers' children on Saturdays. That idea won her the Lee Kuan Yew Leaders in Education Programme award during her attachment with Damai Secondary. Now, Madam Soh Wai Lan, who is just 34, has
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      Lock icon Dry laundry while the sun shines
      43 6 PICTURE THIS Mr Suppiyah laying out pieces of cloth to dry outside his laundry business in St George's Road. He was taking advantage of yesterday's sunshine after a day of storms and strong winds. Picture/ Berita Harian
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      Lock icon SGX ups and downs
      82 6 THERE'S good news and bad news. The bad news is that $46 billion, or 15 per cent, has been shaved off the value of all companies on the Singapore Exchange this year in one of the worst showings ever. But, on the bright side, the market
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      Lock icon Wine trader fined
      61 6 LION Trading and Services was fined $16,000 yesterday for illegally importing and selling bottles of medicated wine containing sildenafil, a key ingredient of anti-impotence drug Viagra. The trading company pleaded guilty to importing, selling and possessing for the purpose of selling the tonic wine. The Ministry of
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      Lock icon US-China trade
      67 6 AFTER more than a decade of negotiations, US President George Bush has granted China permanent normal trade relations status, starting next year. This means that China will enjoy the same low tariffs available to America's trade partners worldwide. Also, the US Congress will no longer have to argue
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      Lock icon Agents get the chop
      61 6 ABOUT 100,000 NTUC Income customers will be affected when the insurance co-operative axes 1,000 part-time agents in the next two years. Training-deficient or inactive part-timers will be replaced by 100 customer-relations officers to be hired next month. Servicing 5,000 customers each, older retrenched workers will comprise
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      Lock icon New CEO for SGH
      61 6 SINGAPORE General Hospital has appointed a new CEO: Respiratory specialist Ong Yong Yau. Already chairman of the hospital's medical board, Professor Ong, 59, will take over from Dr Vivian Balakrishnan next Tuesday. Dr Balakrishnan has stepped down to become Minister of State (National Development). Prof Ong's
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      Lock icon New unit trust rules
      75 6 THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has issued two new guidelines to protect those who invest in unit trusts. From April, fund managers will have to pay investors who "redeem", or cash out, of their unit trusts within four business days for bond funds, and within
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      Lock icon QUOTEWORTHY
      100 7 Sught my eye was children lining up for free balloons close to the s. Doctors and documents will tell you continued exposure to jels beyond 85 dBA is when damage to hearing starts to occur. I he organisers of a lot of these shows are not aware of the
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      228 7 US STOCKS edged up yesterday on several new reports that fed optimism about the US economy's turnaround, closing out the second consecutive week of gains. For 2001, though, with just one trading day left, stocks are due to post their second straight down year for the first time
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      Lock icon Harley-Davidson roars to victory ,
      240 7 Harley-Davidson roars to victory ON THE RACK MOTORCYCLE legend, Harley-Davidson has been chosen as Forbes company of the year. Hariey's estimated 2001 sales grew 15 per cent to US$3.3 billion (s6b) and earnings grew 26 percent to US$435 million. Harley grew right through the last one, too. In fact, since
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      60 7 The Straits Times: New era of US-China trade ties The Business Times: Japanese bank goes bust, more collapses feared Lianhe Zaobao: US tries to mediate in India-Pakistan row Berita Harian: Three Al Ma'unah members sentenced to death NewsRadio 93.8FM: Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf is ready for talks with
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      41 7 International Herald Tribune: India evacuates border villages New Straits Times: Mudslide wreaks havoc BBC news: The Pakistani president General Musharraf says he's willing to meet Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee at a regional summit in Nepal next week
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  • SINGAPORE
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      Lock icon Love of a foster mum
      611 8  -  BRAIN-DAMAGED CHILD NOW WALKS AND TALKS By Irene Kew CURLED up in the hospital cot, all little Siti (not her real name) could do was cry. Almost as though the 1 Vz -year-old was hungering for a cuddle, for someone to love her. When Madam
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      Lock icon Psst, want a cheap phone card?
      442 9  -  By Kelvin Ha SINGTEL Hello! phone cards are being sold for less than their face value. The New Paper managed to buy a $10 Hello! card for $8. But, psst, they are usually sold only to foreign workers. The hush-hush business is going along
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      Lock icon CARD THAT LETS THEM CALL HOME
      61 9 THE Sing Tel Hello! Card is a prepaid international calling card which provides calls to eight designated countries. The eight countries are Bangladesh, China India, Indonesia, Myanmar, Philippines, Sri Lanka and Thailand. Most foreign workers in Singapore come from these countries. The cards can
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      Lock icon A laptop for every student
      527 10  -  (With help from the poly, if needed) By! Santokh Singh FOR Ngee Ann Polytechnic students, a laptop is soon to become a necessity. From this semester, which began in July, three of the polytechnic's faculties require students to be armed with laptops. These are the
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      Lock icon From ME to YOU then HIM...
      333 11  -  Colleagues hatch plan to steal footwear from shop BY Eugene Wee HE liked footwear so much that he helped to steal six pairs of shoes and sandals in three months. As in a courier operation, Taufiq Semaon, 19, functioned as the hub. His job
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      Lock icon Madonna's GHV2 contest results
      84 13 IN The New Paper on Dec 26, we asked readers which of four songs we listed was on Madonna's GHV2 (Greatest Hits Volume 2) album. The answer? Take A Bow. Twenty correct entries have been picked. Each winner gets a copy of Madonna's best-selling GHV2. All
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      Lock icon Several boats at sea, but none knew where they were
      685 14 Twenty sailors and two coaches were caught in a storm at sea on Thursday. Two rescuers who went out to search for them got lost themselves. One of them tells JOYCELYN WONG what happened OUT at sea on a cold,
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      174 14 Usber in the happiness of New Year 2002 with us. So let your hair down and party. j,.. Enjoy the delicacies consisting of seafood prepared with an exquisite taste to satisfy **l your taste buds with the company of live music. O" O New Year's Celebrations NEW YEAR'S EVE NEW
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  • THE NEW PAPER TEAM IN AFGHANISTAN
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      Lock icon Lessons amid the trees and under the open sky
      636 16  -  REPORTS SETO NU-WEN MOHD ISHAK PICTURE a typical Singapore school. Blocks of classrooms, air-conditioning or fans, proper doors and windows. Now, let me tell you about the school we encountered in Jalalabad, a town in east Afghanistan. From a distance, what
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      Lock icon JOURNALIST SETO NU-WEN WRITES IN HER JOURNAL...
      381 17 MY maternal instincts are aching. Every time a little kid runs up to our car, begging for money, I wish I was his mother. They are bright-eyed and adorable and chatter happily to you, with their dirty hands outstretched for a spare rupee.
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      267 16 STUDY IN AUSTRALIA [INFORMATION SESSIONS! Enrolment for matriculation/foundation/diploma and 'O' 'A* level students is open for February and July 2002. Date Thur 3 January 2002 at 7pm Venue 4th Level RELC Building 30 Orange Grove Road. Singapore *****2 These sessions will focus on courses available, admission requirements, application procedure and
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  • WOULD
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      Lock icon Another Downing St baby
      104 18 AFP. SEVENTEEN months ago, a baby arrived in No 10 Downing Street the British Prime Minister's residence in London. Yesterday, No 11 Downing Street also announced the arrival of a baby. The wife of Mr Gordon Brown Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer gave birth to a
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      Lock icon Killing himself would make ex-wife happy, so he killed kids instead
      287 18 HE felt hopeless but decided that killing himself would only make his ex-wife and other people happy. Mamoru Takuma, 38, considered running down people with a dump truck in Osaka, but decided attacking a school would be easier, reported
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      Lock icon That would make Bush so angry
      273 19 Agent removed from plane wmmmmmmmmm^^ because he's Arab? AP. ONE US airline may have taken its security precautions a little too far, and landed itself in hot water with US President George Bush. Last Tuesday at Baltimore-Washington International Airport American Airlines asked an Arab-American
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      Lock icon Free burial for New Year's Eve drunk drivers
      165 20 Reuters. DETERMINED to drink and drive on New Year's Eve? Think again. A group of US funeral homes is offering a sobering incentive to do so free burial service. To drive home the dangers of drinking and driving, six funeral homes in
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      Lock icon Mum: Deeply shocked Dad: Not a bad lad
      303 20 SHOE BOMBER SUSPECT'S PARENTS THE weeping mother of British shoe bomb suspect Richard Reid spoke on Thursday of her horror at his arrest. Ms Lesley Hughes (above, left), in her late 50s, sobbed: "He is my son. I am deeply shocked. "Other
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      Lock icon Sick of Harry Potter? Ring the Muggles hotline
      214 21 Reuters. HAD it up to here with Harry? Less than potty over Potter? Well, you're not alone. Austrians sick of the adventures of the wildly popular schoolboy wizard have been thrown a lifeline with the launch of a telephone service to let
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      Lock icon Frustration breeds lust for a fight
      663 22  -  ARE INDIA AND PAKISTAN ON THE BRINK OF WAR? IN INDIA By Surya Gangadharan REPORTING FROM NEW DEHLI YOU wouldn't be able to tell from the streets of New Delhi that India is dangerously close to war. There have been no air raid drills
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      Lock icon Hidden agendas behind talk of war
      652 23  -  I IN PAKISTAN BY Najeeb Perji REPORTING FROM ISLAMABAD ON the brink of war? Maybe not. This is how most of the Pakistanis think despite the massive military build-up on the borders and increasingly belligerent statements from both sides. Many military experts and diplomats
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      Lock icon Football is 'too easy'
      170 24 Wire services. NOBODY in the crowd seemed to know the rules, who was playing who, much less the score. But still, the crowd in Kabul cheered wildly yesterday during the first game of buzkashi (right) since the fall of the Taliban. In this traditional Afghan sport,
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      Lock icon Afghan people want US to stop bombings
      412 24 Wire services. SHE knows the US made an honest mistake. The missile, which crashed into her house last month and killed Ms Mommana's brother-in-law and his new bride just 45 days after their wedding, was actually aimed at a Taliban leader in a
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      Lock icon Foreigners in Japanese jails cause headaches
      307 25 FOREIGN inmates are getting world-class treatment at Japanese prisons, much to the chagrin of prison wardens. The number of foreign inmates has risen from just 0.6 per cent in 1990 to over 4 per cent this year, reported The Asahi Shimbun. Under the Japanese
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      Lock icon For Beckham's baby, only Man-U red will do
      154 25 DAVID Beckham bought his son, Brooklyn, a bike for Christmas and got it painted a bright, Manchester United red. He and wife Victoria picked the £85 ($210) bike, but didn't like its original yellow colour. Mike Doolan, who owns the shop in
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      478 26 FLAME AWARDS 2 0 0,1 Lm They have gone through mishaps that you wouldn't want to wish on your worst enemy. So The New Paper specially created the new Si Beh Suay (Very Unlucky) category in our Flame Awards for them. WENDYTEO speaks to two nominees WITH
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      316 26 TURN-OFF Or THE YEAR I.Lum MayYee 2. Allan Wu 3. Fiona Xle 4. LMin SCANDAL OF THE YEAR 1. Fly Entertainment stars want out 2. Mark Richmond and Vemetta Lopez split 3. Michelle Saram's contract woes 4. Glenn Ong and Kate Reyes split 5. Talentime semifinalists disqualified
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      119 28 RECENTLY, TV hosts in Taiwan have been whipping up the same excuse whenever they mispronounce words. M Oh no, I'm possessed by Zaizai!" some of them have screamed. They were referring to Vic Zhou (right) of pop group F4. The cute guy is known
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      297 29 ITS nice to pick up a skill mostly for the sheer satisfaction of creativity, but also for money-making possibilities. So, check out Precious Things, a shop at Centrepoint. At first glance, it seems to sell Victorian-inspired dolls and cute teddy bears only. But for the past
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      347 30  -  By Desmond Ng FIND some gorgeous bikini-clad ladies and bare-bodied hunks. Toss in acclaimed selections by the DJ big names John Digweed and Charles Siegling, to name a couple. Add some booze. Serve with ice-cool attitude on a fabulous beach. What do you get? An electrifying way to
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      80 30 Tonight, from 10pm to 4am and Monday, from 6pm to 7am lMWgwp; 7 Siloeo Beach, Sentosa MOW TO OCT IN: Tickets are available at $55 at all Tkrketchsrge outlets and HMV stores at Hie Heeren and City Link. This covers entry on both nights, one standard
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      387 31 PRIME-TIME TV Journalists risk their lives to bring us the news ACTION, death and suffering come together in this show. The Firing Line honours reporters and cameramen who risked their lives to get news. Their effort gave the world unforgettable stories and images: Life in Afghanistan under
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      235 31 Highlights A-Mei Truth Concert TV Works, 10.30pm The A-Mei Truth Concert held in November in Taiwan saw the star singing and dancing to new tunes. BiHy Madison Channel 5,7 J 0pm BiHy Madison is the 28-year-okJ son of Bryan Madison, a very rich man who has made his fortune in
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      302 36  -  By Danny Khoo TRAINER Malcolm Thwaites wrapped up another championship-winning season in great style at Kranji last night. The Singapore handler, who was holidaying in Australia, saddled a brilliant hat-trick to take his season's tally to 72 for his second successive Kranji title. The 56-year-old, who
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      Lock icon SINGAPORE TURF CLUB STIPENDIARY STEWARDS' REPORT HIGHLIGHTS
      970 36 RACE 1: LUCKY VICTORIES was withdrawn due to a capacity field. BRUTUS was scratched when found to be lame near-hind. BIG TIPPER was restless in the barriers, reared and jumped awkwardly out. EASY WAY jumped awkwardly out. As the start was effected, FLYING
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      Lock icon YESTERDAY'S KRANJI (LONG COURSE, D) RACE RESULTS — GOING: GOOD
      1314 37 YESTERDAY'S KRANJI (LONG COURSE, D) RACE RESULTS GOING: GOOD rae^^^^KHanasBEHEHBi 2 FLYING DIAMOND 58 (21-8) ICBSoo (7) 10 8 1 (451) 6 IMMEDIATE EFFECT 57 (424-83) G Carter (5) 11 7 2 (487) 5 WILLING N DEALING 57.5 (25-8) JSaimee (3) 7 9 3 (472) 8 FOREVER FAST 56.5 (128-30)
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      177 37 BATTLING jockey Garnet Sharrol finally entered the winners' circle. And he could not have picked a better time or race to boot home his first-ever winner at Kranji. For his success came in none other than the $100,000 Swiss Club Trophy event, the evening's main feature.
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      Lock icon LEADING JOCKEYS
      368 38 1st 2nd 3rd I Azhar 55 41 41 I Saifudin 51 40 38 KKLoh 40 31 38 R Lim 39 30 30 B Woodworth 31 31 27 KLOo 30 30 19 SH Lee 26 28 19 LSofhan 22 11 19 S Marzuki 19 19 18 M Djulkifli 19
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      120 38 1st 2nd 3rd M Breukelen 40 34 33 J Breukelen 36 28 19 BNg 33 34 30 YF Lee 29 25 26 J Sargent 27 23 24 P Lee 27 20 21 KV©|ll_ 26 16 9 W Yeo 21 12 8 WLeong 20 13 16 C Robert 19
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      Lock icon TODAY'S PENANG RACE CARD — GOING FORECAST: GOOD
      692 38 TODAY'S PENANG RACE CARD GOING FORECAST: GOOD f-k I fi ni |KA Uaoaa U|| O I f, r L j A rmm I r, ri a m i n g Mt g V no. Lasi D runs norw m hating jocney Darner i Age/ongin/sex irainef-owneri 1 03-1 DOCTOR DREAM 55.5
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      54 38 RACE 2: Dragon Lord, Sphritzer, Power Of King, Booming City, Zanzi Khan, Gold Mountain. RACE 3: Lucky Gem. RACE 4: Northerly Wind, Citichamp, Little Emperor, Robo Metrix. RACE 6: Magic Wish, Binjai Park, Lucky Eighty One, Mathieus, The Mambo Prince. RACE 7: Baby Champion, Riveira. RACE 8: That's Why,
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        Lock icon Baby Tycoon gears up well for big race
        428 39 NST. BABY TYCOON, fresh from his Coronation Cup victory, looks ready to tackle the Governor's Gold Cup, for Class 1 stayers over 2,200 m, in Race 6 tomorrow with an eye-catching workout in Penang yesterday. Taken out by a track rider, the
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        280 39 TODAY'S PENANG RACE CARD GOING FORECAST: GOOD CHAMPIONS COLLIDE: Singapore s best Saimee Jumaat (left) will be hoping to steer It All Takes Time home in time as top Malaysian jockey Azhar Ismail (right) is likely to try and steal Race 4 with front-running tactics on Our Magic King. No.
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      Lock icon TODAY'S PENANG RACE CARD — GOING FORECAST: GOOD
      937 40 TODAY'S PENANG RACE CARD GOING FORECAST: GOOD BIG CHANCE: The Boyle Chua-trained Sky's The Limit, who possesses a powerful finish, and regular partner Loh Kin Kuen warrant respect in Race 8. Mo. Last 6 runs Horte Wt Rating Joctey toriec (Agatortginfrc», trakwr-owner) 1 4049- HOT LEGS 57 (60) *N Phatiphan
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      Lock icon Strength 'N Honour (Race 7 No. 4)
      64 40 BEST BET This Deputy Governor four-year-old from the yard of trainer Bonny Ng proved he's no ordinary galloper last week when recording his third win in four starts. The only blemish in an otherwise perfect score was a head second to Dash To
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      599 41 2.00 RACE 1 C4 03—1200m 1 Big Deal T Asogan 4) 57 2 Truly Serious TLYin 3) 56.5 3 Victory Ranger LSofhan 6) 55.5 4 Lady Kingdom 'NPhatiphan 1) 54.5 5 Jet Dancer *S Salee 5) 53.5 6 Tlmelesa Kingdom R Rangasamy 2) 53 7 Influence
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        417 43 Reuters. WORLD No 6 Sergio Garcia has set his sights on becoming the top player on next year's US Tour by overcoming the threat of Tiger Woods. But the Spaniard, who won twice in the US and once in France during 2001,
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        Lock icon Jaguars skipper in Eagles' nest
        253 43  -  S-LEAGUE 2002 BY Jeremy AuYong THE Geylang Eagles are close to signing former Tanjong Pagar Jaguars skipper Lim Tong Hai (left). The Jaguars have confirmed that they have released Lim's International Transfer Certificate (ITC) at the request of the Eagles. This may finally end the
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        100 44 THE face is familiar but not the uniform he is wearing. Goran Ivanisevic is better known for his colourful creams and screams on the tennis court. What then is he doing in an army uniform? Wimbeldon champion he may be but that does not exempt Ivanisevic from compulsory military
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        90 44 Penniless Turkish club Sarigol Municipality, whose stadium is in urgent need of repair, has solved its financial problem. The club traded its players, Suleyman Ozer and Kamil Ibik, for 225 sacks of cement. Sarigol, which plays in the first division of the Amateur League in
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        107 44 A Brazilian woman has not had sex for a year following a pledge to bring luck to her favourite football team. Carolina Montebelo promised to give it up for 12 months if Fluminense won promotion to the Second Division, reported Football36s. The
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        80 44 Partizan Belgrade captain Sasa Ilic has launched a campaign to save the traditional Christmas tree by encouraging Yugoslavs not to chop them down, reported onefootball.com. Die, who wore a T-Shirt promoting the campaign during Partizan's last match, said: "Every tree cut down is
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        91 44 GOAL-shy Leicester City striker Ade Akinbiyi may have found a new way of showing off his physique during goal droughts. Following his first goal of the season against Sunderland last month, Akinbiyi (right) ripped off his shirt in celebration. The spectacle obviously impressed someone as he
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        Lock icon Gunner finds his fire-power
        616 45 FEW people thought that Robert Pires would survive in the hardest league in the world including the player himself. When he joined Arsenal 18 months ago, it was feared this soft-spoken, floppy-haired football artiste wouldn't be up to the physical challenge of the Premiership and would
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        327 45 IT is the perpetual problem that yet again threatens to wreck Arsenal's title challenge. Arsene Wenger's side is easily the worst behaved in the Premiership, reported The Mirror. The Gunners have already been weakened this season by suspensions for star performers Patrick Vieira, Ray Parlour
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      505 46 j^^WESTHAMvUVERPOOL WHEN the youthful duo of Michael Carrick and Joe Cole was paired in the heart of West Ham's midfield against Man U earlier this month, quite a few eyebrows were raised. Critics wondered whether a free spirit such as Cole could ever buckle down to
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      653 47 TNP ON SUNDAY Did the Magpies give Chelsea the blues and maintain their lead at the top? GUIDE THE FORI M Home Team Away Team Last time they Comments Tonight I met r Arsenal Middlesbrough 4-0 The home side looks too strong here. Arsenal is bubbling with
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      492 48  -  WHO'S WHO By JONATHAN ROBERTS WITH eight yellow cards and two big red ones under his belt, Craig Bellamy needs to watch his mouth. Even his manager thinks so. So often this season, Bellamy has found himself in the referee's notebook for back-chat. "If you were married
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    • SATURDAY SHOWDOWN: NEWCASTLE v CHELSEA
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        486 49 PREMIERSHIP leader Newcastle United is looking to extend its winning streak to six games when it faces Chelsea at St James' Park tonight. Newcastle had destroyed Middlesbrough on Boxing Day and its Welsh striker Craig Bellamy is hoping for more of the same against a Blues side which
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        178 49 WHEN you are on top everything seems to fall in place. That's the case with Newcastle these days and it's not complaining. The current Premiership leader has been boosted by the news that Craig Bellamy's red card picked up at Arsenal has been rescinded. The Welsh
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    • SATURDAY SHOWDOWN: SOUTHAMPTON v LEEDS
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        412 50 LEEDS United is again hit by serious injury problems as it makes its first visit to Southampton's St Mary's Stadium without five key players. The Leeds' official website reported that the squad will be without Robbie Keane (ankle), Eirik Bakke (ankle), Dominic Matteo (hamstring)
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        256 50 Wire Services. LEEDS has dismissed reports claiming Michael Duberry is set to quit the club by revealing he recently signed a new, five-year deal. The player has been persistently linked with a move away from Elland Road, with Southampton and most recently Leicester credited with
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        23 50 Robbie Keane (ankle, left) Eirik Bakke (ankle, right) Dominic Matteo (hamstring) Harry Kewell (back) Seth Johnson (thigh)
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        Lock icon Cole exit to spark Di Canio bid
        728 51 Wire Services. Blackburn has had sin £Bmillion ($20.5 m) bid for Andy Cole accepted by Man Utd, sources close to the clubs said yesterday. And that could spark United's move for West Ham's Paolo di Canio, who has been a favourite of United
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        Lock icon Paolo 'would love move to Old Trafford'
        344 51 PAOLO Di Canio would Jove to join Man Utd, his agent confirmed this morning. As speculation mounts in Manchester that Andy Cole will be sold to Blackburn very soon, paving the way for a Di Canio bid, the Italian's agent Matteo Roggi told
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