The New Paper, 12 December 2004

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  • 36 1 the new Paper on Sunday off*Singapore Press Holdings HOTLINE 1800 733 44 55 II III III 111 Website: newpaper.asial.com.sg Email: tnp@sph.com.sg DECEMBER 12,2004 80 cents o II1 o I III MICA < P > 024/03/2004 8 *****1 *****9 >
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    • 56 1 4r Upstairs-downstairs Upstairs-downstairs tight over jCnmi, fight over car park space Vender one leaking ceiling 0 s v imam ohgHp ItiPJsP? MP W A. rffe' STORE WOMAN LEARNS BEFORE MARRIAGE I 9wliHHHI^HL_J picture I jonathan choo HhBH She even ■III H H share his suffering IB H H H H
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      1052 2  -  As Govt ponders a must before marriage, one woman has taken Ine plunge eyes wide open Man tells girlfriend he has HIV Impressed by honesty, she marries him They have unprotected sex She becomes infected EstherAuYong estheray@ sph.com.sg BROUGHT together by a mutual friend four years ago,
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    • 298 3 WITH HIV testing of pregnant women soon to be made compulsory, Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan is now looking at whether couples who are tying the knot should undergo a battery of tests, including one for HIV. But Action For Aids (AFA), a voluntary
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    • 255 4  -  ANGER UNDER ONE ROOF I THIS SPACE IS MINE THIS SPACE IS MINE w V DesmondNg desmondn@sph.com.sg I A FOR 10 years, the two families happily shared the two-storey Geylang property. Now, they have become enemies because of a dispute over parking space. Two-thirds of
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    • 518 4 THE owner of the ground-floor unit still claims she "doesn't understand" the fuss over the space in front of her property. After all, says Madam Wella Wong, the plot which can fit three cars is where her family members have parked two cars for the last 40 years.
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    • 203 5 BOTH parties have equal rights to the plot, said High Court judge Lai Siu Chiu. She explained that both parties are joint owners with equal shares of the lot (the plot of land on which the apartments sit on). They also have equal rights to use
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    • 542 5 HALF the land is ours so why should we yield? That was what Chinese physician Madam Wong Ah Chen, 60, told The New Paper on Sunday. By her account, it was when her family moved in about 10 years ago that Madam Wella's family built a wall to
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    • 846 6 ANGER UNDER ONE ROOF II LEAK& LET LIVE? DOWNSTAIRS NEIGHBOUR It'll cost almost $7,000 to repair this leaking bathroom ceiling, but this condo unit's owner is not happy with upstairs neighbour. Why? A LEAKY bathroom has two homeowners in a condominium project all flushed and bothered.
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    • 355 7 UPSTAIRS NEIGHBOUR HIS housing problems started even before he could move in. Mr Wee Ek Chian (above) said he had bought his unit in June 2000, for about $1 million. He engaged a contractor, who carried out some simple renovation works from October till
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    • 786 8  -  Despite Joo Chiaf s buzz, a businessman gives up his 5 pubs there. Why? He's turned off by the police raids, the fights and the havoc Joo Chiat pub-owner: I give up EstherAuYong estheray@ sph.com.sg J 00 Chiat Road is such a jiving, thriving place that
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    • 301 9 IT was probably The New Paper on Sunday's Nov 7 feature on Joo Chiat Road and its colourful characters that got you, our readers, talking. Yes, we reported that the sleepy Joo Chiat of yesteryear now has the reputation of being a colourful strip that
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    • 820 10  -  SLICES OF S'PORE LIFE 'UNIQUELY SINGAPORE" CELEBRATIONS Joyce Lim joycel@sph.com.sg THINK selling durians to ang mohs is like pushing meat to vegetarians? Think again. There is a market. There are expatriates who do not mind "stinking up" their homes or offices, to
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    • 501 11 THEY never expected to be learning about the differences separating male, female and gay crabs. For their annual party this year, the 35 staff members of Saint Luke's Hospital wanted to do something different. So party organiser K C Tan was brought in to present a "crab
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    • Article, Illustration
      485 12 PREGNANT MUM HUBBY DRIVE 4 KIDS INTO SEA Gambling, business debts H drive dad to desperation H HE looked like he was admiring the sea and enjoying some fresh air when he stepped out of the car. After a minute, Mr Huang Chin-shui, 47, joined his pregnant wife
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    • 789 14 HE has been dubbed the African Oskar Schindler, after the man who saved the lives of thousands of Jews in World War 11. At the height of the 1994 massacre in Rwanda, Mr Paul Rusesabagina was the one person who stood between armed Hutu
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    • 110 14 Wire services. HOTEL Rwanda recently won best film at the Toronto International Rim Festival and has been tipped for Oscar nominations. Directed by Terry George, who directed In The Name Of The Father, about four Irish youths wrongly imprisoned for an IRA bomb attack in the '70s,
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      • 292 16 TAIWAN'S pro-independence parties suffered an upset defeat in yesterday's legislative elections. The coalition that includes President Chen Shui-bian's Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) had aimed to increase its influence over the legislature and possibly win an absolute majority for the first time. Instead, the three-party
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      • 59 16 MR BERNARD Kerik, New York City's former top cop, withdrew his name from consideration to be US President George Bush's homeland security secretary. While assembling paperwork for his Senate confirmation, Mr Kerik said he uncovered questions about the immigration status of a housekeeper-nanny he employed. The homeland
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      • 72 16 INDONESIAN anti-graft officials said they were investigating allegations that a British firm bribed the daughter of ex-President Suharto in a deal to sell tanks. But close friends of Ms Siti Hardiyanti "Tutut" Rukmana have been quoted as saying that she was not involved. The Guardian newspaper has
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      • 97 16 IT won't be opt-out, but opt-in for the DBS Black credit cards. The Consumers Association of Singapore received feedback from unhappy consumers to whom the bank had sent pre-approved cards by post. The consumer was deemed to have accepted the card and the conditions if he
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      • 114 16 Reuters. CHINA Aviation Oil (Singapore) has sunk at least US$l52 million (s2som) into debt since losing USsssom in oil derivative markets, court documents showed. The Singapore-listed arm of China's dominant supplier of jet fuel owes the debt to 12 banks, according to the minutes of a closed-door
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      • 129 16 HE is prepared to accept whatever comes to him. Mr Chen Jiulin, 43, chief executive of the embattled China Aviation Oil (CAO) told Lianhe Zaobao: "No matter what happens, I'm ready to face up to it." He had left Singapore on Dec 1 and
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      • 50 16 A secondary school teacher in Xi'an, China, is under investigation for getting students to write their own epitaphs. The teacher believes it helps develop values and encourages thinking about the meaning of life. But some parents and experts were uncomfortable, as talking about death is usually taboo in China.
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
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  • i.^K.—^H Your entertainment newszine
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      1182 17  -  LowChing Ling lowcl@sph.com.sg A. "I DON'T think I'm glamorous at all," the 27-year-old told The New Paper on Sunday. "Glamour is just associated with what I used to do. Everyone has a full-time job. Mine just happened to be in the media industry." On Jan 2, the former
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    • 412 19 JANE (not her real name) was surprised to see Miss Eunice Olsen volunteering at the Andrew and Grace Home when she went there two years ago. "I knew she was an actress and Miss Singapore Universe," the 18-year-old said. "But
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    • 693 20  -  BEAUTY MATTERS MORE THAN LIFE, SAYS THIS PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHER WHO IS NOT AVERSE TO WEARING SEXY CLOTHES TO SCHOOL Joyce Lim joycel@sph.com.sg ■■P HIS teacher has violated the unspoken J I "no-sexy clothes to school" rule on I several occasions. She confessed that she
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    • 483 21  -  wmm i PSSST... EdwinYao tnp@sph.com.sg NOW that the elections are over and Tauflk Batisah has won by a landslide, it's time to move on to other stories. The talk of the town right now is the recently-concluded battle between two giants,
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    • 433 21 Humour me THE Singapore Idol contest has proven one thing quite clearly to be an idol, you must be a singer and not an instrument player no matter how brilliantly you play. It may be that the general public loves singers and can't be bothered
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    • 580 22  -  Doctor Love Dr WeiSiangYu tn p@sph.com. sg HIGH-FLYING couple Saravanan and Pathma knew that tying the knot and starting a family would be a challenge. After all, they both had busy work schedules and were used to leading mobile lifestyles. "Marriage was one thing
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    • 332 22 I'M only 18 and I need urgent help. I fell for A, who is a few years my senior. The thing is, he's an ex-convict. We met in school and I went out with him just for a fling, but as time
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    • 433 22 Did you not find it at least mildly disturbing that he bled, starved, suffered and even hurt a girl and used her like a toy? He may have noble intentions but could he not just say it with flowers? You may see his heroics as an ultimate expression of
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    • 339 23  -  k Amumtmimw HEDYKHOO DoloresTay tnp@sph.com.sg MY date with Gazali Sukor turned out to be a threesome. I was intimidated not by his bouncer build, but by his girlfriend, who had turned up as well. This was a first for me, dating a guy in full
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    • 618 23 Sexless m me anr NO buts about it, I am guilty. At least in the eyes of most of my friends and family members. For the first time since they have all been suspecting and accusing, I have admitted that, yes,
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    • 562 24  -  KarenWong karen@sph.com.sg IF you relish reading about other people's harrowing experiences, join me on my first drive in Singapore. It nearly killed my passenger and my legs were still trembling hours later. It was a few years
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  • Page 25 Miscellaneous
    • 598 25 |4 Vl I MOVieS THE NEW PAPER ON SUNDAY December 12,2004 Page 26 Takekmoo CSiiitfWEK 'VHHHI Director Eric Khoo's take on |esk|, i an inspiration behind a movie tt s called: The Ring 2 ■H-l I It stars: Naomi Watts, Dorfman In 2003 I met an inspirational lady, S It's
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  • 541 29  -  Only in Singapore Hey! Johnson Ong tnp@sph.com.sg English-language television in Singapore is at a crossroads. Singapore Idol is over. What do we watch on Thursday nights now? Achar? I'd rather poke my eyes out with chopsticks. Well, the Asian TV Awards came
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  • tech on sunday All the latest tech news
    • 707 31  -  THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH BEING: Ian Tan tanyhi@sph .com .sg EVERY once in a while, during my Sunday church service, the preacher will take time out to talk about the harmful effects of videogaming. Since I happen to review computer games for this paper, I
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    • 595 33  -  Ian Tan tanyhi@sph.com.sg THE Urbz: Sims In The City is a game that tries a little too hard to be cool and funky. To briefly recap, The Sims game franchise is the most popular in PC game history. By allowing players to
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  • 380 36 tech Reuters. INTERNET users praying for salvation from junk mail face a new torment Spiritual Spam. Along with the flood of messages offering everything from mortgages to miracle cures, they are now being asked to repent and pray. "We are seeing more and more of
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  • 286 38 tech Reuters. YOU have heard about honorary life memberships for clubs. How about paying US$999 ($1,650) for a "membership" which entitles you to a life-time of free telephone calls? For customers who either love to plan ahead or hate monthly bills, a small Massachusetts telecommunications firm has
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  • 478 40 tech BANISH the image of gamers as pasty and pudgy zombies, with exceptionally muscular thumbs. A growing number of games are getting gamers off their couches and on their feet, shouting, gyrating, singing and dancing, reported The Los Angeles Times. What these new games have in
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  • racing
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      297 41  -  CAPTURES APPRENTICE JOCKEYS' INVITATIONAL RACE ABOARD CHEW MA Marc Tan marc@sph.com.sg Apprentice Razaii Musa (above) carried his fine Kranji form to Kuala Lumpur yesterday. Fresh from his double with Le Win and Chin-Ho last Friday, he grabbed the Apprentice Jockeys' Invitational Race on Chew Ma in the ninth
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    • 841 41 5 JERAM RAINBOW 56 (96-26) *S Kumar (9) 9 8 1 (472) 9 DANCE RITUAL 54 (45-16) SMarzuki (6) 6 5 2 (510) 4 DOUBLE BEST 56 (496-90) A Kumar (3) 11 11 3 (515) Winning stable: Gold
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    • 1613 42 Race 1 1 Marfan Div2 1245 1 -1200m Stakes RM25.000 No Last 6 rum HORSE Wt Rating Jodtay Barrier (Age/origm/se*. trainer) 1 -5 OFFENSIVE 57 (53) JSilwu 3 (4ag Coetzee-Liberty) 2 2726 2 WONDERFUL FAME 57 (53) DChee 4 (4nzgT Yeoh-SS)
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    • 97 42 THERE will be no betting on Races 6 and 9 on today's Kuala Lumpur card as the two events comprising the Hong Kong Sprint and Hong Kong Cup are included in today's Hong Kong card. Racegoers who wish to bet on the
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    • Article, Illustration
      360 43 TOP TIPS RACING RACE 3: Power Of Gold, Flying Shadowfax, Smart Warrior, Gaya Unggul, Command Conquer. RACE 4: Congruence, Good Happiness, Robin Hood, Twinkle Stars, Strong Character, Ezy Dragon, Champagne Charlie. RACE 5: Big Woody, Classic League, Our Magic King, Albero, Wonderful Touch, Royal Print. RACE 7: Time To
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    • 81 43 WONDERFUL FAME (Race 1 No. 2) On form, Wonderful Fame stands out like soot on snow in this opening event, which has only a field of eight runners. While his rivals finished unplaced in their most recent efforts, Wonderful Fame ran second, byjust three parts of a length,
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    • 399 43 FRUIT 'N' VEG STAKES: GROUP 1 1,800M TODAY'S HONG KONG RACE CARD, FORM COMMENTS AND EARLY BETTING ODDS ON THE INTERNATIONAL RACES PAGES 46-47 Nose affair Kiwi Rebel (inside), hard-ridden by jockey Barend Vorster, getting up to beat the luckless Pixie Bob (No. 2) by the narowest of margins in
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    • 697 44  -  $3.8 M HONG KONG CUP NO DOUBTING JAPANESE FILLY'S CURRENT FORM f Selections and form comments from JeremyGreene N AN open Cathay Pacific I Hong Kong Cup in Race 8 at Sha Tin today, the value may lie with the three-year-old fillies. I Japanese representative
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    • 57 44 SHA TIN'S state of the art parade ring yesterday hosted the Hong Kong International Sale and it erupted with excitement when a record HK$6 million (S$1.27m) was paid for Lot 13, which smashed the previous high of HK$4.8 million set last year. The record yearling
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    • 1123 44 Race 1: Class 3 1400m Tim*: 14)0 Stakes: HK$7S0,000 NO. HORSE NAME TRAINER JOCKEY WT(IB) BAR 1 GIANFAND KWl C Williams 129 4 2 WINNING POWER JM CSoumillon 128 6 3 AMAZING ONE JS DWhyie 125 14 4
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    • 170 45 HKJC HK SPRINT: Silent Witness 1.1 fav, Calstone Light O 8.8, Sunningdale 29, Able Prince 30, Var 36, Cape Of Good Hope 38, Yell 47, Multidandy 66, Battle Won 81, Natural Blitz 89, Pivotal Point 105, Royal Millennium 130, The Tatling 149,
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    • Article, Illustration
      771 46  -  The Sporty f BOSSES V GaryKoh 1 npsports@sph.com.sg DANIEL Schwalb's mind is always on the board. Three boards, in fact snowboard, skateboard and kiteboard. And these seemed part of his office decor. Snowboarding, skateboarding, wakeboarding, kiteboarding, you name it", the 33-year-old German has done it all. What's even
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    • 258 46 DANIEL Schwalb is encouraged by the Singapore outdoor sporting scene. "Each time as I head to the beaches, I am seeing more activities being held, which is an encouraging sign for things to come. "With the recent high-profile events held here, the level of
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  • Page 41 Miscellaneous
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  • sports
    • 1096 47  -  BOWLING: WORLD CUP AMF BOWLING WORLDCUP WHERE: Superßowl Safra Mount Faber, 2Telok Blangah Way WHEN: Today, Bam to 10pm TICKETS: $50 (weekends). Check out www. superbowl. com. sg for details KorKiaBeng kianbeng@sph.com.sg THE pins were stacked high against him. His opponent had just forced him
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    • 466 48  -  KorKiaBeng kianbeng@sph.com.sg REMY Ong is going to clinch the 2004 World Cup title. That's what some expert bowling writers are betting on. Especially now that tournament hot favourite Jason Belmonte has crashed out of the 2004 AMF BWC after a surprise defeat to Finland's Kai Virtanen in
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      • 774 50  -  VIETNAM 0 INDONESIA 3 Ernest Luis in Hanoi npsports@sph.com.sg UNBELIEVABLY, Singapore's fate in the Tiger Cup group stages is back in their own hands, thanks to Indonesia. Local football punters were burnt one more time as the draw they expected was thrown out the window
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    • 470 51 WORLD CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP: FC PORTO v ONCE CALDAS Reuters. THE soccer world was too busy trying to digest Greece's performance at the European Championship last June to notice an even more astonishing upset across the Atlantic in South America. Once Caldas, a small, provincial club from
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      • 256 52  -  Southampton 2 Middlesbrough ........................2 By Jim van Wijk SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT PA Sport ENGLAND UNDER-21 winger Stewart Downing made sure Harry Redknapp's first game in charge of Southampton ended in disappointment. His stunning late strike sealed a great fightback for Middlesbrough, who trailed 2-0 with minutes to
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      • 417 53  -  Newcastle United........l Bowyer (3) Portsmouth ................1 Stone (20) IGck-off 3pm (UK time) Newcastle: Given, Taylor. Hughes, Bramble, Bernard. Jenas, Dyer, Bowyer (Ambrose 71), Milner (Robert 57), Bellamy, Ameobi. Subs (not used): Elliott, O'Brien, Harper. Booked: Taylor. Portsmouth: Ashdown, Griffin, Stefanovic. De Zeeuw. Primus,
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      • 475 53  -  Round-up By Seb James SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT PA Sport. MATH IAS SVENSSON was the hero of the day for Norwich thanks to a goal in each half. Fernando Hierro scored his first Bolton goal to cap a see-saw six-minute firsthalf spell in which Mathias Svensson had headed an
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      • 380 54  -  EVERTON 1 LIVERPOOL 0 LOCAL FANS' VIEWS ON THE MERSEYSIDE DERBY SpencerHo EVERTON fan Amril Syahrir summed up his team's performance in two words: Teamwork and grit. He added: "The key to Everton's success this season has been the midfield's workrate. They attack as
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      • 465 55  -  EVERTON 1 LIVERPOOL 0 GaiyKoh npsports@sph.com.sg PA Sport. EVERTON'S match-winner Lee Carsley insisted the great team spirit at Goodison Park was the key to their Merseyside derby victory over Liverpool. Carsley curled a low shot past an unsighted Chris Kirkland to end the Reds' run of
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      • 707 55  -  GaiyKoh npsports@sph.com.sg LEE Carsley's goal in the 68th minute ensured three precious points for Everton but it was the overall team effort that gave the home side the edge in the derby. "When Liverpool had possession, especially in the first
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      • 321 57 EVERTON 1 (Lee Carsley 68th min) LIVERPOOL 0 PA Sport. EVERTON set a few records straight with a memorable Merseyside derby victory over their bitter rivals. They moved into second place in the Premiership, thanks to Lee Carsley's second-half goal and a dominant second-half display. It
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      • 591 57 PA Sport. EVERTON: Nigel Martyn: Kept the scores level with a brilliant save from Neil Mellor in the first half and denied Steven Gerrard with his fingertips in the second half: 7 Tony Hibbert: Picked up a silly booking for thrusting his chest at Mellor but
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      • 618 58  -  TayTzeSiong npsports@sph .com .sg LONDON derbies are always tough and entertaining. Tonight's match between Arsenal and Chelsea will be the same. Normally, as the home team, Arsenal are expected to have a slight advantage over visiting Chelsea. But the home team now
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      • 1119 59 READERS' VIEWS HOW many goals have Chelsea conceded this season? Not more than six so far. How about Arsenal? As many as 20 goals without doubt. Arsenal are good attacking. Chelsea are excellent defending. The Gunners have much quality in every department, so
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      • 1020 60 When a manager has won the Uefa and Champions League in consecutive seasons as well as his own domestic league title, there has to be something special about his methods. Preparation and an overall thoroughness and attention to detail have been the cornerstones of Jose
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      • 354 60 EXECUTE all the work plans determined by the manager, with strict punctuality. PLAYERS must know they are role models, for children and adults, and they must always have an ethical and correct social behaviour. Players have an absolute duty to maintain a lifestyle
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      • 685 61 As a professional footballer, what you get to eat and drink, how you dress and what sports you can play is...wait for it... not up to you. The powers that be will decide that. It is as close as you can get to experiencing life
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      • 613 63 1 FORMER CHELSEA MANAGER CLAUPIO RANIERI PA Sport. PA Sport. FORMER Chelsea defender Paul Elliott believes Jose Mourinho's table-toppers have the self-belief to end their miserable league run at Highbury. Chelsea have never beaten their local rivals on their own ground in the
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      • 1126 66 Form: Chelsea History: Arsenal IN your experience as a player, what is it like during a derby? Any London derby is very exciting because there's a lot of pressure on the players, and tension between the two groups of fans. The fans are people who live and
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    • 115 66 Cmm TIGER CUP 2004 TIMOR LESTEv THAILAND Ch 24,5.55pm, today MALAYSIA v MYANMAR Ch 24,8.45pm, tonight SINGAPORE v LAOS Ch 24,5.55pm, tomorrow TOYOTA CUP 2004 PORTO v ONCE CALOAS Ch 22,6.10pm, today ITALIAN LEAGUE AC MILAN v HORENTINA Ch 22,9.55pm, tonight SIENA v INTER-MILAN Delayed, Ch 21, ll.OOpm, tonight BOLOGNA
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