The New Paper, 17 March 2002

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  • NEWS
    • 473 2  -  By? Michael Lee TWO out of three older Singaporeans are putting sex in their lives and some life in their sex. This figure puts them ahead of senior citizens in Malaysia but behind those in China, according to the recent findings of the Pfizer Global Study
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    • 212 2 WHAT makes Singaporeans in their 60s and 70s still have sex? For males, it's craving, and for females, it's caring. Mr Danny Ng, psychologist and columnist (see Heart Soul, page 36), explains: "Man's need for sex has always been stable over the years: Physical pleasure. Of
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    • 74 2 Reuters. WHY are some women attracted to older men? Well, for one thing, they are better lovers! They have fewer impotence problems than their younger •aunterparts according to a British psychologist Lorraine Boule from Sheffield University. She said: "Older men sustain erections for longer, are
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  • NEWS
    • 857 4 NOW I Armchair was bed, toilet for semi-paralysed man I Smell bothered neighbours But wife said he was safer outside Nurses help him learn how to walk again He gets a regular shave and bath FOR two years, he had been living
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    • 816 6  -  BY Irene Kew THINGS looked hopeful for Susan when she got her divorce. Susan (not her real name), 31, had custody of her two kids and a monthly maintenance allowance of $850. On top of that, she got to keep the matrimonial flat, provided
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    • 350 6 TO qualify for legal aid, an applicant must satisfy the twin tests of means and merits, explained a spokesman in the Ministry of Law. Under the merits test, legal aid is granted only if the Legal Aid Board is satisfied that the applicant has reasonable
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    • 174 7 ACCORDING to checks by The New Paper On Sunday, the transfer of the flat has to comply with the order of the Court. Susan can take a mortgage loan from HDB, subject to credit assessment and the prevailing loan limit. And if the loan isn't enough to cover
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    • 195 7 HE fought with classmates, stole money and lied about completing his homework. Susan's son, Steven (not his real name) even forged her signature on test papers and his report card. After counselling, his behaviour improved. But recently he confided to a counsellor that he couldn't understand why he
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    • 1007 8 Just two months after her sex video scandal broke,former Taiwanese politician Chu Mei-feng (left, holding the microphone on a Singapore stage), published her autobiography, The Confessions of Chu Mei-feng. JOYCE LIM provides excerpts while ABHIJITNAG makes a confession on behalf of the media that played into
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    • 113 9 Her side of the story in a book SHE was at the centre of a sex scandal in Taiwan late last year when she was secretly filmed having sex with a married man and it was shown on a VCD. Ms Chu Mei-feng, 36, the disgraced former politician, published her
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    • 704 10  -  REPORT KELVIN HA FROM KUALA LUMPUR IT looked like a Grand Spree last night in the heart of Kuala Lumpur, just before today's Malaysian Formula One Grand Prix. Crowds of locals and foreigners alike were out in full force to party the night away
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    • 450 12 THE prison guards first noticed that things were being smuggled into the jail for some Mafia inmates. But it was what was being smuggled out that really grabbed their attention. It seems that the mafiosi didn't want their prison sentences to get in
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    • 119 12 THE three vials of sperm are in the deep freeze at a Manhattan fertility clinic. The government argues that the sperm is "the fruit of the crime". In this case, the crime is smuggling things out of a prison and is therefore forfeited. Mrs Maria Parlavecchio contends that
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    • 356 13 JET-SETTING to the Big Apple for a fashion shoot is nothing to be envious about, says The New Paper New Face winner Mariam Daskaloupoulou. Talk about playing it cool! The secondary four student from Chai Chee Secondary School said:
      PHOTO JOURNALIST ZAIHAN MOHD YUSOF in New York  -  356 words
    • 1191 14  -  A man in Chengdu went through his wedding ceremony alone after his cancer-stricken bride collapsed into a coma before exchanging marriage vows. Mr Wen Yijun talks about his 20 minutes of eternity REPORTS LEE TEE JONG IT was heartbreaking. Their wedding day had started with
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    • 320 15 IT all started on a train. Mr Wen Yijun and Miss Chen Xiuqing were both travelling from the south-west city of Chengdu to Shanghai by rail in October 2000. Miss Chen, a Chengdu native, ran a small business selling tonics in Shanghai, while Mr
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    • 139 16 His punishment no TV! A MANHATTAN judge has come up with the perfect punishment for a petty criminal no TV for 10 months. Once Edward Bello, 60, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to use stolen credit cards, Judge Alvin Hellerstein sentenced him to 10 months in home detention, reported the London
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    • 291 16 Firm says ratio much less than people dying of obesity Reuters. A TOTAL of 34 patients have died from taking the slimming drug, Reductil, Abbott Laboratories Inc, which produces the drug, said. The figure was disclosed by Dr Eugene Sun, vice president of pharmaceutical development,
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    • 396 17 In the US, attendance of its theme parks has dropped 15 per cent In Paris, Disney opens a $1 billion-theme park CASTLE in the air or trusty stalwart against modern-day enemies? It remains to be seen whether the latest venture by Walt Disney
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    • 361 18 ROMANCE OF ROMEO JULIET SPAWNS SERVICE FOR LOVELORN But look who's giving advice... THE man reading such letters in Italy is a retired bakery manager, in suit and tie. But to many lovelorn letter writers, he is Juliet, one half of the famous star-crossed pair, Romeo and Juliet. He is
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    • 307 19 THE Kansas Supreme Court has ruled that transsexual J'Noel Gardiner (right) is a man and isn't entitled to her late husband, Mr Marshall Gardiner's estate. The ruling came as a victory for Mr Gardiner's son, Mr Joe Gardiner, who contested
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  • NEWS
    • 229 21 THE day when your personal computer is able to make money for you, instead of just sitting idle at home, may not be far away. Imagine this: You're away at work, and your computer is turned off. But it's not lazing. It's actually churning away, crunching numbers or
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    • 464 22 Mexico has a long history of busts and booms. So, when the economy started faltering a year ago, Mexicans expected disaster. But, they were pleasantly surprised. This time, the growing trade and financial ties to the US competently managed by the central-bank chief helped
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    • 334 23 BELLY dancing may be about making all the right moves. But, as far as Egypt's famed belly dancers are concerned, foreigners are cornering all the moves to oust them from their arena. Egyptians have dominated the famous Middle Eastern art form for centuries.
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  • AT A GLANCE
    • 255 24 SINGAPORE dads see themselves as providers rather than playmates. Psychologist Soh Kay Cheng, who worked with the Singapore Children's Society on the survey, told The Sunday Times: 'The Singapore father is bogged down with work. He doesn't think that it's his role to play
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    • 259 24 P INFOCUS 1 Mi n iste r of St a te for Community Development and Sports Yaacob Ibrahim urged social workers and doctors yesterday to make stopping family violence their personal and professional goal WE must help family violence victims understand that living with violence
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    • 368 24 DR Alan Colman, the scientist who created the world's first cloned mammal, Dolly the sheep, in 1996, is moving to Singapore. Jokers add that he could move to Canada, Malaysia, Australia and stay in Scotland all at the same time, such is the wonder
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    • BRIEFLY
      • 161 25 HEALTHCARE services must remain within the reach of ordinary Singaporeans. Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said this yesterday at the official opening of the privately-run Raffles Hospital. He said: "The Government plays a major, active role in ensuring that all Singaporeans,
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      • 95 25 FIVE Bank of China officials in the southern city of Kaiping have stolen nearly US$5OO million (s9llm) from the bank, its president Liu Mingkang revealed on Friday. The latest scandal could threaten its plans to raise US$4-$5 billion in a global listing of its Hongkong unit later this
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      • 94 25 THE Japanese police have busted a ring of elderly prostitutes aged between 40 and 70. The sex ring, catering to Japan's rapidly ageing society, was run by a gangster and his wife. The couple hired grandmothers and housewives whose husbands had lost their jobs to service middle-aged men.
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      • 84 25 GRADUATES from the technical institutes are holding up well in this economic slump. Nine out of 10 of them, or 88 per cent, had their first job offer within three months of graduation last year, reports an employment survey by the Institute of Technical Education. Some
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      • 88 25 MORE fake monks and nuns have been begging here. And more foreigners are among those caught. In the first 10 weeks of this year, 11 of the 16 arrested for asking for alms were foreigners. That is equal to the total picked up for begging last year.
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    • 54 25 Brazilian soccer legend Pele (wearing a suit) and Chinese national soccer team coach Bora Milutinovic (same row as Pele) posing with a team of Chinese soccer players during their visit to the Great Wall in Beijing yesterday. Pele is on a business trip to
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  • Page 25 Miscellaneous
    • 32 25 I Partly cloudy and j slightly hazy 'j Showers with i t Th.«w*nm« I nunoerstorms thunder in the afternoon, j mainly over t', Showers i western, northern and central Singapore. Panty cioudy
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    936 26 S your magazine for the weekend Hey! Self-help gurus have the secrets of wealth and i happiness... f for a price 1/^1 ANDREW DUFFY reports IN the 1960s, materially rich but spiritually poor hippies from the West flocked East. They found gurus who were happy to
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  • HEY!
    • 869 28 Becks and Posh are in the ring England's golden couple have been slated to promote rival potato crisps. But just how do they square up in other matters? TOH PAIKCHOO does a tally HE'S a red devil and she's a Spice Girl. Together they are a
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    • 1481 30  -  There are several restaurants in Singapore which have served generations of diners. How have they survived the fickleness of tastes and trends? TAN DAWN WEI AS you enter Rendezvous Restaurant Hock Lock Kee the name synonymous with nasi padang here a spotty black-and-white photograph of the old
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    • 936 32 Hey! Sunday's resident movie bluff advises randy Oscar who he should take home come March 24 THERE is no award for this one: Make a reasonable sentence using titles from movies with a mentally challenged theme. If you came up close to Gilbert Grape's
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    • 316 33 CLASSIC OF THE WEEK Nevermind (Nirvana, 1991) AROUND this time a decade ago, Nirvana became overnight sensations and the vanguard of the alt-rock movement. It was appropriate that Nevermind, released in late 1991, had by January of the following year, displaced King of Pop Michael
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    • 579 33 I Am Sam OST (Various) YOU can't go wrong with a soundtrack chockful of Beatles covers. Producers of the I Am Sam soundtrack wanted the original versions but had problems with getting the legal copyright. So they settled for second best getting a quirky ensemble of
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    • 442 34  -  POSH NOSH TAN DAWN WEI WHAT: Intermezzo Restaurant first opened its doors at the swanky Citylink Mall in early 2000. While the interiors have stayed pretty much intact, the kitchen and the menu have seen a rather significant revamp. From contemporary Asia-Pacific and then, contemporary continental cuisine,
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    • 260 34 CHEAP CHOW FOODIES craving for some good ol' traditional fare any cuisine would know to head for the food alley at Murray Terrace. Home to some 15 or so eateries, the stretch has old-timers like Mitzis Cantonese Restaurant and Moi Kong Hakka Restaurant, as well
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    • 301 35 I AM 18 this year. Lately, I've been feeling very miserable. I used to confide in my mother, but now I can't even talk or joke freely with her anymore. It started when she said to me harshly: "You're very slow!" I felt like
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    • 294 35 Marriage isn't as easy as saying "I do". In last week's column, we see how money matters can break up what was initially a blissful marriage. How can couples prevent financial woes from plaguing their marriage? According to Dr P J John from the Family Life Centre,
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    • 293 36 I AM 19 and have a steady boyfriend of two years. I love him very much but cannot stand his possessive behaviour. He frequently suspects that I cheat on him and he likes to control what I wear or do. I
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    • Article, Illustration
      169 36 EXPERTS say our sex lives are too dull and that boring sex is becoming a global problem, reports Ananova.com An international team of behavioural specialists claim that many women now think of sex as inviting someone in for a cup of tea while some sociology researchers say there
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    • 174 36 SNIPPETS A COMPANY boss in China has promised to sack any worker found to have taken a mistress. Ms Pauline Ngan, deputy chairman and managing director of Mainland Headwear Holdings, told her staff that male workers found breaking the rule, will not have their month's
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    • 128 36 A DANISH company is threatening to sue a couple for publishing pornographic pictures taken on one of its fire engines. The pictures involved a woman and her female friend posing on an engine at a Falck depot in Haderslev. Ms Tina Rasmussen and her boyfriend,
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    • 642 37 38 *36 $>j V HEY/ Kidman? Don't kid me, kid! TWO years after she blazed out of cabaret nightclub Boom Boom Room. Norleena Salim has returned to the warpaint, wigs and shock frocks. Performing at Igor's every Wednesday with Kumar and Irene Ang, the 28-year-old
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    • 262 37 PI O.OOam: Blue Torch 10.00am: Asian X-Games Qualifiers Presented By 10.00am: Gillette Road To World Cup 11.00: ATP Tennis ABN Amro World Tennis Final Toyota Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 10.30: Formula One Qualifying 2002 Kuala Lumpur, 1.00pm: IAAF Indoor Athletics Eurojumps Highlights 11.00: EPL West Ham United Vs Manchester Malaysia Malaysian
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    • 179 37 Highlights Always Channel 5,3pm After he dies rescuing his best friend, a pilot returns as a ghost to matchmake his girlfriend with someone else. Stars Richard Dreyfuss, Holly Hunter, Audrey Hepburn. Yummy King Channel U, 9pm Hosts Adrian Pang and Michelle Chia scout for the best Yong Tau Foo in
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    • 783 38 9 9.00: Battle lO.OO:Chibi 9.00: Digimon 9.00: Let's And 9.00: Frootees 9.30: Road Trip 10.05: Wedding 10.00: Golden Dome (Variety) Maruko Adventure/In Go/Kids United —Durian Plus Peach Kids Club am 10.00: Asia (Animation) j Kids 10.00: Crocodile j Gergasi 10.02: Tonight 10.30: Masked 10.30: Kenan Hitlist (Variety) 10.30: Inside 10.00:
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    • 917 39 HEY/ WHERE V 1 J^j WHAT TO DO THIS WEEK II < lx,M V U \%jH X I *^P LASALLE-SIA opens its doors to the public from Thursday to Saturday. —]T .^vv^P^iI^^HHSHRBHI Perfect 10 DJs will be there on L I f I» V* Catch the Bond girls and listen
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  • 1044 40 Setting up shop in Geylang HEY! Entrepreneurship is the talk of the town. How do expats become entrepreneurial? GREG BERRYMAN and GERI MURPHY, husband-and-wife owners of The Shophouse, a furniture shop, share how they got started IT WAS meant to be an experiment, an adventure that, at worst, meant the
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    • 556 41 < HEY/ Mobile Madness byKeivmc Check out my I 4B| can use handphone I to our seats The whole up I before the movie when you press any I m for a sec. I friendships you are much better off. Lucky colour grey; lucky number 6. colour white; lucky number
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  • HEY!
    • 374 43 FOR the record, there are no gratuitous sex scenes in the upcoming play. Stop Kiss, despite the rather provocative publicity pictures of two women in a bed. There is. however, one kiss. In fact, the entire play pivots on this one kiss. And the
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    • 282 43 WHAT is Mark Richmond doing directing a lesbian play, you ask. After all, what would this straight DJ-actor and now director know about the intricate bond between two women, except perhaps in his wildest fantasies? "I was prepared for people to say that this guy just
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  • RACING
    • 206 45  -  By Marc Tan JOCKEY Anthony Cavallo was in irresistible form at Penang yesterday. Punters who kept their faith with the 33-year-old hoop were rewarded four times in the card of 10 races. The Australian got down to business in the opening event as he steered
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    • 1304 45 RACE 1: SHALL WIN jumped awkwardly in, making contact with TWIN TURBO. DESERT FIGHTER was slow into stride. Leaving the 200 m, PRESSURE NO MORE, who had a tendency to lay in, was switched out to obtain a clear run. At about the
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    • 1510 46 YESTERDAY'S PENANG RACE RESULTS GOING: GOOD THREE CHEERS: Trainer John Nicholls enjoys a fine afternoon at Penang with Via Spiga, Master Fox and Attack Force. 1 VIA SPIGA 57(16-7) ACavallo (5) 2 2 1 (463) 4 PRESSURE NO MORE 54.5 (10-6) RLim (2) 5 4 2 (484) 3 TWIN TURBO
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    • 1228 47 TODAY'S PENANG RACE CARD GOING FORECAST: GOOD Mini iWi Ware Tan Lionel Lee Tan Thean Loon Michael Lee mm 3 You're Right 4 Super Tornado 1 Margareda 3 You're Right 5 The Comeback King 1 Margareda 3 You're Right 1 Margareda 5 The Comeback King 1 Margareda 6 Tiger In
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    • 55 47 M BEST BET 1 Should get it right this time. The College Chapel three-year-old's six starts to date have yielded two placings, which included a half-length second to Dragon Of Jeram on Nov 3 last year. His chances have been enhanced this afternoon after
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    • 937 48 TODAY'S PENANG RACE CARD GOING FORECAST: GOOD RKS RACE 3: Steptronic, Pacific Tycoon, Club Loui, Northerly Wind, Moon Town. RACE 4: Twin Fortune, Winning Star, Victory Wang. RACE 5: The Saddler, Chaperone, Key Man. RACE 6: Win Again, Blade Runner Abjar, Baby Champion. RACE 7: Starbuzz, Fortune Star, Victory Ranger,
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    • 947 49 TODAY'S PENANG RACE CARD GOING FORECAST: GOOD STRONG HAND: Tang Weng Fei, owner of the powerful Hydrocarbon Stable, and jockey Oo Khuang Liang team up in the final two events with each-way hopes Centillium and Wellington. Mo. Last 6 runs Horae Wt Rating Jockey Barrier trainer-owner) 1 11-990 STARBUZZ 57
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    • 34 46 4-D DRAW SATURDAY March 16, 2002 FIRST 8425 SECOND 2919 THIRD 5205 STARTERS CONSOLATION 3498 8660 8229 6127 7695 6832 6895 4624 1203 8134 0236 1381 1517 4172 9621 0110 5031 3065 3422 8448
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  • SPORTS
    • 420 50  -  FOCUS ON NEW TECHNICAL INNOVATIONS IN FIELD HOCKEY BY! SUMIT MUKHERJEE FIRST they changed the surface from natural grass to astro turf. Then changed the rules of the game, allowing rolling substitutions. Now curved sticks are causing a goal glut. Thanks to these innovations,
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      442 51 FORMULA 1: MALAYSIAN GRAND PRIX Today, 2pm (Live) SCV Ch24 Reuters. FOUR for Ferrari and Michael Schumacher seems to be the lucky number at the Malaysian Grand Prix. The four-time world Formula One champion Schumacher picked up his fourth straight pole position in the four -year-old Malaysian race
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    • 158 51 AP. DESPITE two-time Formula One champion Mika Hakkinen's retirement, David Coulthard still isn't driving on easy street as the veteran for McLaren. Hakkinen's replacement for McLaren, fellow Finn Kimi Raikkonen, finished third at the accident-marred season-opener in Australia, while Coulthard
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    • 341 52 NBA UPDATE AP. KEITH van Horn scored 28 points and Jason Kidd had his seventh triple-double of the season and the 45th of his career as New Jersey defeated Miami 97-78. Kidd finished with 11 points, 14 assists and 12 rebounds and Kenyon Martin added
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    • 232 52 PGA TOUR: BAY HILL INVITATIONAL (Round two) AFP. TIGER Woods, playing in his hometown and showing a comfort he has lacked most of the season, built a four-stroke lead after two rounds of the Bay Hill Invitational by firing a seven-under-par 65 on Friday. Woods
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    • S-LEAGUE SHOWDOWN OF THE WEEK:
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        478 53 The points are shared in this clash of two of Singapore's most-heavily supported teams, which ended up 1-1. But how did their respective individual departments fared? What did they coaches think? What do our reporters think? The New Paper gives you the run down. ATTACK: For the third
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        385 53 ATTACK: Indra Sahdan was strangely muted. His trademark sprints were few and far between. And he was using his speed mainly to forage for possession rather than latching on to through balls. That really showed how heavily marked ne was. Once in possession, a posse of defenders would
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    • SUNDAY SHOWDOWN: ASTON VILLA v ARSENAL
      • 643 54  -  By Edwin Yeo ASTON Villa has had yet another usual season. Usual meaning that everybody knows it is a good side, but it is just not good enough. For many seasons now, Villa has V threatened to break W into the big boys' club, but it never
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      • 225 54 Reuters. THIERRY Henry fears his three-match ban could affect his form as Arsenal chase trophies on three fronts. The Gunners striker (right) is serving a domestic suspension following his outburst at referee Graham Poll in December but is still available for matches
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    • SUNDAY SHOWDOWN: BOSS UNDER PRESSURE
      • 664 55  -  ALAN HUBBARD Exctusivu From London BY the end of the season, the fight for the Premiership title could make any mayhem that may yet happen between Lennox Lewis and Mike Tyson seem distinctly tame. Those other heavyweight protagonists, Manchester United's Sir Alex Ferguson, and Arsene
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      • 498 56 ARSENAL'S FA Cup replay with Newcastle next Saturday threatens to throw its season into chaos, with the possibility of at least 15 matches crammed into the next 56 days, beginning at Aston Villa tonight. Enough to drive even Arsene Wenger to drink. It is extraordinary to recall
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      • 395 56 IS there a performer in the Premiership like him? The smooth style, the effortless change of pace, the deadly finish? Once again, Sir Alex Ferguson's traditional end-of-season mind games has kicked off. Especially the past fortnight when the old master hit his stride with a stunning series
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    • 1389 57 SUNDAY SHOWDOWN: GUNNING FOR GLORY says our Highbury expert JAMES FLYNN, who has been covering the glorious Gunners for 30 years ARSENE Wenger has elsewhere while the rraf Unrnrl o rrliftorinrr orrot; onrl Ri/*V»or/1 \A7 ri rrKf tirkn FnrrlioKmon olni
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    • 823 59 THE STRAITS TIMES 50 Prime Minister Goh Chok Tonggave a speech at the Straits Times 50 yesterday a series to feature 50 athletes recognised for their sporting potential. Most strikingly, he used soccer as an example of the role sport can play in Singapore. ERNEST LUIS
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    • 860 60 SOCCER: CORE, MERIT OR 'OTHER SPORT'? On Tuesday, the Singapore Sports Council will announce its revised list of'Core'and 'Merit'sports. Soccer, which currently enjoys 'Core'status, awaits its fate. Should it retain its status? Or be dropped to a 'Merit Sport' or lower? ERNEST LUIS gets the
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    • 175 61 Boro's defence is made to look like clowns SATURDAY SHOWDOWN: MIDDLESBROUGH 1 LIVERPOOL 2 Southgate (89th min) Heskey (33) Riise (84) THE Middlesbrough defence will have sleepless nights about this goal for weeks. They were back in numbers to defend against Liverpool's counter-attack, and when Nicolas Anelka came
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    • 510 61  -  By Edwin Yeo BEFORE Liverpool's match against Middlesbrough last night, Paris Saint Germain's manager Luis Fernandez told the Merseyside club that it could keep on-loan striker Nicolas Anelka if it wanted. Is he serious? If he watched Liverpool's 2-1 win at Boro last night, Anelka
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    • 197 62 YOU'VE thought that after Ruud van Nistelrooy, Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson would've stopped shopping for world-class goal-scorers. Not anymore. Sir Alex has launched a £35million (s9lm) bid to land Lazio's Argentinian striker Hernan Crespo, reported The Sun Online. He discreetly attended
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      440 62 EVERTON 2 FULHAM 1 David Unsworth (Ist min), Duncan Ferguson (13) Steed Malbranque (52) ANEW manager can make a BIG difference if he's got the charm and charisma to inspire the underdog. David Moyes, rated as England's most promising young manager, proved just that in his first match
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      566 63  -  WEST HAM UNITED 3 MANCHESTER UNITED 5 I9IMILLION RED DEVIL? BOROI Gareth Southgate 89 LIVERPOOL 2 Emile Heskey 33 John Arne Riise 84 BOLTON 1 Ricardo Gardner 46 DERBY COUNTY 3 Malcolm Christie 22 Fabrizio Ravanelli 53 Danny Higginbotham 87 CHELSEA 4 William Gallas 24 Eidur Gudjohnsen 73 Mikael
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    • 66 50 A "STICKY" CHOICE 1J More and more penalty-corner specialists all over the world are switching to the curved stick (above left) which allows them to drag-flick the ball into the goal. The conventional stick (right) helps you to hit more powerfully, but it's easier for the goalkeeper to make a
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    • 213 53 ERNEST LUIS M V\/' On Friday night, the Woodlands Rams finally faced a team After all the flak that the Protectors had received over recent i of quality. A real test to see if they have the potential to weeks, last night's performance was a marked K I challenge for
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    • 33 62 pages HOT ON ESM PRESSURE on manager Arsene Wenger. says ALAN HUBBARD: ■Mite GUNNERS 2002 better than .^SPS!SHP^. the 1998 Double team?: ASTON VILLA will be Gunn-ed down^^^'^ says EDWIN YEO: Page 55
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