The New Paper, 13 December 2004

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  • 15 1 the new paper MONDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2004 Hotline: 1800- 7 33 44 55 mm H
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    • 56 1 CL Ul Arsenal 2 Chelsea 2 Gunners' 3Cs Classy Clever Clumsy m AT COLOMBO'S H BIGGEST CONCEPT AFTER PROTESTS X> Dead monk m,mrSfc! MONDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2004, new f i i *UH» I A| Protests because concert held on his first death anniversary Sfi pregnant fan Blast kills her as
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 964 2  -  Alert customer calls police, v who raided Lucky Plaza goldsmith By Dawn Chia dawnehia@sph.com.sg SHE had been window-shopping when she decided to pop into a Lucky Plaza goldsmith shop. Then, scanning through the rings and bracelets at the display counter, one piece in
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    • 315 2 THEY came to Singapore posing as businessmen out to make some money. Their idea of "doing business" and "making money" was breaking into people's homes. According to the police, the five men from Hong Kong Cheung Kan Lam, Lam Kong Shan Samuel, Lam Chi Yu, Chan
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    • 548 3 No sleep for 2 years, then... In the second part of our series, NG WAN CHING talks to a man who was on the edge of despair because of insomnia AFTER two years of struggling to fall asleep, Mr Christopher Ang took a desperate,
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    • 363 4 A FEW black sheep in the medical profession have now caused many doctors here to feel "edgy" when it comes to prescribing sleeping pills. Due to the bad press received by doctors who too freely gave out sleeping pills for profit, the Singapore Sleep
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    • 235 4 ACCORDING to the Singapore Sleep Society, two to three in every 10 Singaporeans suffer from insomnia. That means 800,000 to a million people here have trouble sleeping every night. SSS president K Puvanendran said that, of the many causes of insomnia, stress and
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    • 776 5  -  Motorist after being caught with handphone while driving: Police catch 5 drivers using handphones daily Phone and SIM card will be confiscated pending investigations, warn police By Teh Jen Lee jenlee@sph. com.sg IF you think the antenna quote above is a
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    • 205 5 IT won't make any difference whether you are speaking into an earpiece. If you are caught holding a phone while driving, you are guilty of the offence of handphone driving. A mobile phone includes any hand-held equipment capable of being used for
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  • NEWS IQ
    • 338 6 This could help cut huge bills by half WITH this increase, the patient's share of huge medical bills could be cut by half from 60 per cent or more now, to only 30 per cent. Details of the new changes
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    • 131 6 LAST WEEK: All markets fell. Oil prices declined another 4 per cent to U5540.71 per barrel. Prices have fallen 23 per cent from their U5555.67 high. China Aviation Oil's $900 million loss continues to weigh on Chinese counters, which have lost $1 billion in market value in the
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    • 78 6 A POWERFUL explosion rocked a public market packed with Christmas shoppers in General Santos City, southern Philippines yesterday. Eleven people died and about 30 others were injured. The mid-afternoon blast, believed to be from a homemade bomb or a grenade hidden in a
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    • 83 6 SINGAPORE is the largest buyer of foreign assets in the region by volume, says a KPMG/Dealogic survey of cross-border merger and acquisition (M&A) activity. For the first 11 months of this year, Singapore has US$l5.5 billion ($25.6 billion) of deals completed, up 74 per cent from
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    • 71 6 SENIOR Minister Goh Chok Tong is in Malaysia today at the invitation of Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. Both leaders are expected to discuss outstanding bilateral issues. Mr Goh had expressed interest in promoting student exchanges for young Singaporeans and Malaysians to interact. Mr
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    • 80 6 RAFFLES Medical Group (RMG) has called off its proposed RMIIO million ($4B million) acquisition of Penang-based Island Hospital Sdn Bhd due to a "number of issues" that could not be resolved. The mainboard-listed group had announced the proposal six weeks ago as a step towards
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    • 68 6 AN elephant sanctuary in Pahang is under investigation following allegations that foreign women were raped and sexually assaulted by park workers over the past few years. The alleged victims, including several Canadians, had been doing volunteer work there. They claimed they could not fully remember the
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    • 76 6 FROM next month, canoeing will be allowed in Singapore reservoirs, says Environment and Water Resources Minister Yaacob Ibrahim. The move is being developed by the Public Utilities Board and the Singapore Canoe Federation. The federation is already using Macßitchie Reservoir for training and for schools and
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    • 80 6 WIVES and female relatives of Jemaah Islamiah (JI) detainees smuggled 13 cellphones into the Kamunting Detention Camp near Taiping, Perak, by hiding them under several layers of clothing, say human rights investigators. Last week, about a dozen detainees were involved in a brawl with their
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 329 7 A centre that will help monitor the movements of Singapore pilgrims and provide up-to-date reports on the situation. That is what the Islamic Religious Council of Singapore's (Muis) guard post in Mena will be, reported Berita Harian. For the first time, Muis will set
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    • 1176 8  -  Fann Wong and Zoe Tay were complete opposites at the Star Awards 2004 last night. While Zoe was more than happy to chat about her pregnancy, Fann was still desperately dodging the issue of whether she and Christopher Lee are an
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    • 236 8 ONE moment she was waving elegantly to her adoring legion of fans. The next, she was in a heap on the floor. Actress Jacelyn Tay took a tumble on the mock red-carpet walk that was the opening item of Star Awards last night. While walking out
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  • 1127 9 GRENADE BLAST AT CONCERT WORLD FOR Ms Maheshika, a telephone operator at Colombo's Taj Samudra hotel, it was a dream come true. The pregnant fan of the Bollywood superstar had forked out nearly $165 to watch him perform in what was billed as Sri Lanka's
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  • MALAYSIA
    • 831 11 FLOODS RAVAGE MALAYSIA'S EAST COAST Wife begs husband to save children first but dies as this car is swept away LEAVE me and save the kids. Those were Madam Norhayati Saad's (above) last words to her husband, Mr Zuzuki Mat Sari, before the
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    • 72 12 WHERE: Terengganu, Kelantan and Pahang DEAD: 7 MISSING: 3 EVACUATED: More than 6,500 TRAINS: Forced to turn back, including one from Singapore RUSHING TO SAFETY: Staff of Kota Baru hospital evacuating patients through the floodwaters. SCARED AND WET: A girl pulls her playmate in a
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    • 794 13  -  Showtime&Lifestyls las* >. v.? I At their first solo performances over the weekend, Singapore Idol Taufik Batisah and runner-up Sylvester Sim both showed that they are stars their own right By Eri Akbar eri@sph.com.sg EVEN as he was singing onstage, a mak cik
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    • 284 13  -  By Chang May Choon changmc@sph. com. sg THE critics were right, we do have a budding Mandorock star in Sylvester Sim (right). Opening for Taiwanese pop princess Jolin Tsai at the Singapore Indoor Stadium last Saturday, he performed two self-penned Chinese rock tunes that
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    • 244 13 JOLIN Tsai (right) was hot, sexy and oozing with style, with immaculately choreographed dance sequences and skimpy costumes. One minute, the pint-sized knockout was in a flowing yellow nightie; the next, a black jacket over neon pink shorts. She made all the right moves, except
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    • 591 14  -  Mandarin for to fall out with people Bv Chang May Choon cha ngmc@sph. com. sg BY her own admission, Vicki Zhao Wei has a habit of keeping mum whenever she is plagued by controversies. Which is quite often, if
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    • 396 15 SINGAPORE is an oasis to Vicki Zhao Wei. Here, she can stay out of the line of prying Hong Kong paparazzi lenses and away from the distraction of dozens of old pals in Beijing who flood her with calls. That's the only way she can concentrate
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    • 369 16 CHA Tae Hyun is hailed as the Prince Of Comedy in Korea, and it's true. There's just something about his Garfield face and goofy grin that make you want to laugh. I know, because I was there in Yong Pyong Dome in Gangwondo, Korea,
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    • 661 18 THE NEW PAPER/Monday, December 13, 2004 PffflVlE THVIE TV Page 23 6 6.00: Masked 6.00: American 6.30: News 6.30: Singapore 6.00: In Our 6.00: Aroma 6.02: Partners In 6.00: 6.00: The Rider Ryuki Idol 3 Group I Today (News) House (Children) Progress Gonsomaden Simpsons myyi 6.30: Three Performance (Preschool) 6.30:
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  • Page 36 Miscellaneous

  • SPORTS
    • Tiger Cup 2004
      • 1183 37  -  REPORTS ERNEST LUIS npsports@sph.com.sg UPSETS in football happen all the time. But sometimes the way they happen causes tongues to wag all furiously. And over time, they can sometimes be detrimental as the public lose faith. Last Thursday, the Tiger Cup saw a match that
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      • 46 37 TIME TO SCORE, LIONS: The three strikers who have been criticised are (from far right) Mohd Noh Alam Shah. Agu Casmir and Indra Sahdan Daud(who scored Singapore s only goal so far in the tournament against Vietnam)
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      • 87 37 INDONESIA did a my big favour for the Lions on Saturday by beating Vietnam 3-0. A draw would have left them at the mercy of Group A's final outcome on goal difference. The Lions have an inferior goal difference compared to Vietnam and Indonesia. But they
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      • 348 37 THE war of words has begun in Hanoi. And today at 6pm (Singapore time), the first step to Singapore's dream of a Tiger Cup semi-final spot happens at the My Dinh National Stadium here. Laos coach Bounlap Khenkitisack fired the first salvo at yesterday's pre-match
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      830 38  -  BOWLINGiWORLD CUP FINALS By Kor Kian Beng kianbeng@sph.com.sg HE came so close. But yet again, Singapore's top male bowler Remy Ong found the coveted World Cup slipping out of his grasp. He crashed out of the 2004 AMF Bowling World Cup in the semi-finals yesterday to Norway's
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    • 252 38 WHAT went wrong for Remy? Some experts believe that his three open frames in the second game cost him the match. And they blamed it on Remy's over-confidence after a superb first game. Said B N Murali, 36, who writes for Asian Bowling Digest and who had
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    • 829 39 EURO KICKOFF: ITALY Wire Services. ITALIAN champions AC Milan crushed Fiorentina 6-0 at the San Siro yesterday, with Andrei Shevchenko and Clarence Seedorf scoring two goals each. Ukrainian Shevchenko, widely tipped to be named European Footballer of the Year later today, took
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    • 1155 40 EURO-KICKOFF: SPAIN VALENCIA 1 NUMANCIA 0 A2IST-MINUTE header by Carlos Marchena (picture, right) handed Valencia victory over Numancia to help Claudio Ranieri's men overcome the agony of their Champions League exit. However, the way they played and struggled against bottom-of-the-table Numancia this morning
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    • 71 40 Real Madrid 1 Real Sociedad 1 (match abandoned after 86 minutes) ONFIELD matters were overshadowed at the Santiago Bernabeu on Sunday when Real Madrid's clash with Real Sociedad was abandoned with four minutes to go following a bomb alert. Sociedad striker Kahveci Nihat scored a second-half equaliser
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    • EPL MONDAY MAm
      • 763 41 FULHAM v MANCHESTER UNITED PA Sport. A YOUNG defender made history by becoming the first British-born Asian player to start a Premiership match. Zesh Rehman, whose parents are from Pakistan, made his Fulham debut against Boston in the Carling Cup in September. This was
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      • 111 41 MICHAEL CHOPRA: Product of Newcastle's youth academy, his substitute appearances include a cameo at the Nou Camp. Aged 20, now on loan to Barnsley. HARPAL SINGH (right): Talented Leeds left-footed winger, 23. Has been hampered by injury. Loan spells at Bristol City, Bradford and Bury. SHAH
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      • 223 42 ASTON VILLA 1 (Gareth Barry 90th min) BIRMINGHAM 2 (Clinton Morrison 9, David Dunn 18) Crowd: 41,329 PA Sport. BIRMINGHAM maintained their Premiership dominance over Aston Villa as goals from Clinton Morrison and David Dunn moved them away from the relegation zone in a pulsating Villa
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      • 427 42 PA Sport BIRMINGHAM manager Steve Bruce admitted his side's 2-1 victory over bitter city rivals Aston Villa was about more than just three points. Villa have failed to beat Birmingham since City won promotion to the Premiership, and Clinton Morrison's opener less than 10 minutes into
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    • 782 43  -  EPL 2 SHOWDOWN 2 MONDAY MANIA By Ernest Luis REPORTING FROM HANOI npsports@sph.com. sg AFTER a week in Vietnam, the picture has certainly become clearer. Football rules in this country. Tennis comes a distant second. With football, the English Premier League rules. Then comes the Italian
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    • EPL 2 SHOWDOWN 2
      • 344 44 DELIGHTED DISGRUNTLED Terry marks out real title chasers PA Sport. CHELSEA captain John Terry is on a high. And rightly so after the dramatic draw at Highbury. He now believes the 2-2 stalemate with Arsenal showed the two leading sides will be the ones contesting the Premiership title. Thierry Henry
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      • 185 44 Reuters. ARSENAL manager Arsene Wenger (left, watching the Gunners celebrate) was impressed at how his young team coped with the hothouse atmosphere at Highbury. "I think the team can be proud of the performance even if they lack the maturity to be calm at times," said Wenger.
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      • 181 44 Henry alarmed over controversial goal PA Sport. THIERRY Henry has hit out at the critics who've slammed his 2-1 goal at Highbury. "I thought it was a good goal, I took it quickly like a natural striker and I really thought it would be enough for us to win,"
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      383 45 Mourinho on 'silly' goal MONDAY MANIA SOURCE: OPTA PA Sport. CHELSEA manager Jose Mourinho left Highbury satisfied with a point but was unable to stomach Arsenal's controversial second goal. The Portuguese coach, whose team twice came back from a goal down to keep a five-point lead over champions Arsenal,
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    • 1051 46 EPL 2 SHOWDOWN 2 Honours were shared but Arsenal don't need to be told they missed a better chance than most teams get to beat this exceptional Chelsea side. Twice ahead, courtesy of Thierry Henry's quick start and then even quicker thinking, the champions will
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    • 155 47 MONDAY MANIA The ball was not perfect. The ball could have been played more behind and on his right foot. Arsene Wenger on Thierry Henry's horrible miss. Robert (Pires) gave me a great ball but I had to stretch for it and it bounced just a bit,
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      168 48 ARSENAL'S 3CS EPL 2 SHOWDOWN 2 Pires is brought down by a combination of Lampard and Makelele 25 metres from goal. As Chelsea are still sorting out their defences, Henry takes the free-kick quickly and curls the ball into the net, with Cech scrambling across his goal. The Blues
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    • MONDAY MANIA
      • 437 49 GRAHAM Poll attracted controversy by allowing the quick free-kick with which Arsenal's Thierry Henry caught Chelsea unawares for his second goal in this morning's (Singapore time) drawn London derby. But the respected Premier League referee explains there was nothing unusual in his decision-making at Highbury. Laying out
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      • 63 49 With a free-kick around the penalty area, we always ask the players whether they want it quick or slow. This is their window of opportunity to surprise the defence. There is nothing in the laws of the game that say we have to indicate
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      • 152 49 THIERRY Henry revealed that match official Poll had asked him whether he wanted to take the free-kick which resulted in Arsenal's second goal. The French star said: "He asked me, 'do you want to wait for the whistle and for the players to
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      • 269 49 ARSENAL MANAGER: ARSENAL manager Arsene Wenger said he understood the rule to mean that a referee could ask the free kick taker if he wanted to wait until the defensive wall was formed or not. "I don't agree with the rule, because it's difficult to defend unless
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      • 169 49 CHELSEA MANAGER JOSE Mourinho, the Portuguese tactician, voiced no complaints about Poll giving Henry the go-ahead to catch Cech unaware from a long-range free-kick. Instead he said drily: "I don't want to speak about it if I speak about it maybe I have
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      • 50 49 CHELSEA striker Eidur Gudjohnsen said: "We were a little bit aggrieved, the referee pushed the wall back but you get some for you and some against you, it's part of football. "We were hard done by this time but maybe we'll get a bit of luck next time."
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    • Article, Illustration
      58 50 ARSENAL'S 3Cs EPL 2 SHOWDOWN 2 Reyes wins a header and sends the ball to Henry 16 metres out. Henry controls the ball with his right before it lands on the ground then follows it up with a stunning volley with his left that leaves Cech with absolutely no
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      657 51 LEVER AJkumsy THREE C's classy, clever and yes, clumsy marked the Chelsea-Arsenal match early this morning. In the highly dramatic match between the two London giants at Highbury, Arsenal twice looked to have broken the table-toppers' resistance. But twice Jose Mourinho's side responded with equalisers that exposed the Gunners'
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    • 118 41 I United wait on van Nistelrooy SIR Alex Ferguson will make a late check on top scorer Ruud van Nistelrooy's problematic calf before deciding whether to pitch the 12-goal striker into tonight's Premiership clash with Fulham. Wes Brown (Achilles) is out, joining Kleberson (ankle) and Louis Saha (knee) on the
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    • 125 43 Malaysia/Vietnam 2004 Singapore Laos Mon, 13/12/04 6.00pm E Premier Fulham Manchester Utd Tue, 14/12/04 4.00 am Malaysia/Vietnam 2004 Malaysia Thailand Tue, 14/12/04 8.45pm E Premier Liverpool Portsmouth Wed, 15/12/04 4.00 am Check the current odds at any Singapore Pools branch or retail outlet, or at www.singaporepools.com.sg Sales starts at Bam
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  • Page 51 Miscellaneous
    • 88 51 Cmm TIGER CUP 2004 SINGAPORE v LAOS Ch 24, 5.55pm, today Delayed, Ch 5,12.30 am tomorrow MALAYSIA v THAILAND Ch 24,8.30pm, tomorrow VIETNAM v LAOS Ch 24, 5.55pm, Wednesday THAILAND v PHILIPPINES Ch 24,5.55pm, Thursday EPL FULHAM v MAN UTD Ch 24, 3.55 am, tomorrow UEFA CUP BORO v PARTI
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