The New Paper, 17 May 2005

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    10 1 the new paper V iper 17 May 2005 v J
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      71 1 EMMfflmm NEW LOOK, HEW mn S 'pore growth forecast revised DOWNWARDS to 2.545%tt£t&k feS lw A iml ■H L I? £7 received 5S rJ hay2oosh-W■ 00 fTI i Va NAT,oawl tttWW EkWIO aL# 11 I fIAt Tree hits car, driver acts \A li against Holland Road condo ftiilAnU|fl| I I
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      Lock icon Good afternoon, S'pore
      215 2 news waterier Show m «>--«. BB UiUW^p Cinema TV I Golf™ Ken Jalleh Jr, Executive Editor IN my household, a precocious 8-year-old has been the subject of much angst and contention between his mum and dad. Dad wants him to enjoy his childhood. He wants, for the
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      Lock icon Almost as tough as studying in S'pore
      1301 2  -  Indonesian journalist on being held hostage in Iraq: S I N G A P 0 R E Sl Low Ching Ling k>wcl@sph.com.sg SHE was a student at Crescent Girls' School for two years. In February, she was held hostage at gunpoint by armed
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      Lock icon Why she had tough time here
      153 3 COMING to Singapore was a drastic change of lifestyle for Miss Meutya Hafid. She recalled: "In Jakarta, my family owned a car and we had a chauffeur, who drove me to school every day. In Singapore, I had to take the bus.'* lecturer and
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      Lock icon REVISED
      508 4  -  H1 2005 BHmgj GDP growth forecast s i N G A P 0 R E ♦Down: Manufacturing ♦Down: Wholesale retail Down: Hotels restaurants ♦Up: Financial services ♦Up: Employment Year-on-year By Dawn Chia dawnchia@sph.com.sg THE news on Singapore's economy has dipped below expectations, forcing the Ministry of Trade and Industry
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      41 2 Singapore Pre** Holding* Website: tnp.sg Email: tnpOsph.com.sg Hotline 1800-7 *****5 Lee Slew Liang *****93/H Tan Lay Yan *****06/ C YapGeokLian *****10/B Ang Eng Hwa *****82/ D Ho Sze Keong *****56/G Winners will be notified by post. fjgFairPrice Singapore's very own I
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      Lock icon He hires tree expert to fight case
      855 6  -  Car hit by tree inside condo Motorist wants condo to pay damages 50... s I N G A P 0 R E By Teh Jen Lee jcnlcc@sph.com.sg SO why hire a tree expert when the damage to his car is only about $6,000?
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      Lock icon Some other cases
      306 7 BARELY a month after he bought his car, a tree fell on it while he was driving. The self-employed man, who only wanted to be known as Mr Lim, had bought the/ Nissan Sunny for $70,000 and was driving his wife around when it happened. Mr lim,
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      Lock icon TRANSPORT FARE HIKES The 5 burning questions
      709 8  -  p A R L I A M E N T By Clarence Chang clarencf@sph.com.sg CALL it deja vu. With memories of their acrimonious House debate over the last fare hikes in mid-2002 still fresh in their minds, MPs quizzed Transport Minister Yeo Cheow
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      Lock icon Class act
      414 10  -  s I N G A P 0 R E 5y Emityn Ng ngemilyn@sph.com.sg THEIR tactics: Go for the leaders. Their target: 45 people. No, this is not some secret mission, but the method used by classmates Sim Li Ling and Leonice Leow to get their entire class to
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      117 10 BY popular demand, registration for the Big Walk has been extended till Wednesday. So hurry and sign up today. WHEN: Sunday FLAG-OFF: 7.30 am ROUTE LENGTH: 10km (for both competitive and fun walkers) REGISTRATION: (Competitive) $5 at the Singapore Amateur Athletic Association and Suritec City Mall (Level 1,
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      722 11  -  ...For dead worker with no name s I N G A P 0 R E By Sim Chi Yin simcy@sph.com.sg MR Nobody, somebody cares. As Mrs Bridget Lew (above) read The New Paper on Sunday's open letter to a dead illegal worker's mum, her
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      Lock icon Dead worker eligible for compensation?
      175 11 THE dead worker may be entitled to workmen's compensation. The Ministry of Manpower said in response to a query from The New Paper: "The Workmen's Compensation Act covers all workmen engaged under a contract of service or of apprenticeship. "For illegal workers, it is up
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      Lock icon Angry mob burns lorry, attacks driver
      290 12 Girl run over by lorry M A L A Y S I A Bernama. THE residents in the area around Sekolah Rendah Agama Rantau Panjang in Klang were angry. TTiey had just seen a trailer driven by an Indonesian permanent resident knock down Nur
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      Lock icon Borrowed from loan shark to give them
      429 12 Girl bullied by schoolmates .**■t-" SHE hid in the toilet of the all-girls school last Wednesday and tried to slash her wrist with a paper cutter. The 14-year-oktwas terrified. She had borrowed RMI,OOO ($436) from a lean shark and stolen money from her
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      Lock icon For these siblings, ageing conies early
      535 13 w 0 R L D DESPITE being a boy, Ali Hussein's hair is already thinning. Only 7 years old, he looks middle-aged. This is the most visible of many symptoms. Ali suffers from progeria a rare genetic condition that causes accelerated ageing. EARLY DEATH
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      Lock icon Japanese man keeps girl prisoner for 3 weeks
      282 13 FOR 22 days, he allegedly kept a high school girl prisoner, often handcuffing her to his own wrist or to the steering wheel of his minivan. The 29-year-old told the police he did it because he "wanted to be with her". But
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      Lock icon Uni classes for pre-schoolers
      437 14 w 0 R L D Latest trend in Beijing: XIAO XIAO starts her day by studying biology, then the periodic table, the greenhouse effect, photosynthesis and finally, practical piano. What's striking is that these classes stretch from 8.30 am until the early evening on Saturday. And
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      Lock icon 'Mother of all Snakeheads' on trial in US
      267 14 Reuters. THE middle-aged woman in the dock looked like a regular office worker. But the US authorities have branded Cheng Chui Ping the Mother of all Snakeheads. They accuse her of smuggling thousands of Chinese illegally into the US under hellish conditions,
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    • News watcher
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        Lock icon Still difficult to beat CPF rates
        185 15  -  No tfaaaT Stay abreast —M i or K9y news nroH|R tne ayes af a professional By Eugene Wee tnp@spti.eom.sg LESS than a third of unit trusts and insurance-linked products in which Singaporeans invest their Central Provident Fund savings beat the 4 per cent interest
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        Lock icon MPs want child-sex offenders punished
        109 15 MEMBERS of Parliament have urged the Government to get tough on Singaporeans who have sex with children overseas. And for that they said the law must be tightened. For now, however, that looks unlikely to happen. Senior Minister of State for Home Affairs Ho Peng
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        Lock icon S'pore must think big like Dubai
        155 15 IT'S official size does matter. And the bigger, the better. While on his visit to Dubai, Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong told reporters yesterday that if Singapore wants to keep up with its peers in the Middle East, it has to think big. How
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        Lock icon SGX gets flak from investors
        129 15 INVESTORS want the Singapore Exchange (SGX) to explain why it had okayed Chinese handphone design firm Longcheer's initial public offering (IPO) despite a knowing that it had not met a listing requirement. Longcheer is required to have a minimum of 20 per cent of its
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        13 15 Ytttartfay-s actios ch—gi Cton Dow 1.11 10,252 [222!!?in2-36®HHEIH STI -0,29 2.165
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        Lock icon No revenge here, just charity
        111 15 Star Wars Jans got a chance to see a rare screening of the much awaited sd-fl flick, Episode ID: The Revenge Of The Sith last night, four days before it is to be officially released. y The gala premier, screeneaattheGVGrand cinepiex in Great World City
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        Lock icon Search for new S'pore president
        111 15 THE search for Singapore's next President will begin officially in two weeks. Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng told Parliament on Monday that elections will be held between June and August, as per the constitutional requirement. The exact date for the election, however, has not
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      73 14 The University with Total Human Formation 0 ACU National offers the following progranvnds: Puiln— iMMtal MBA Education Computing Nursing tMM9M IWly OlMMMmff IK| f iXfc r 1 Free Information Session h Speaker: Sofia G6mez, (Manager International Development Office) ACU National Australia Venue: 9 Penang Road #09-03 Park Mall (Opposite Plaza
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      76 15 CHAPALANG (chahp-ah-lahng) An indiscriminate mix of odds and ends, or sometimes even people. It usually connotes a lack of class. 1. Tai Tai: "These all diamond one,ah?" Salesman: "No,justchapalang, one." (Tai Tai: Are these all diamonds? Salesman: No, they're just a mix of this and that.) 2. "Casino got all
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      469 16  -  Talk of the town by Conrad Raj Conrad <Qsph.comsg FREE the hands of judges. I fully agree with the call for more judicial discretion in cases involving capital punishment, as suggested by former judicial commissioner K S Rajah, in the latest issue of the monthly Law Gazette.
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      193 16 Lsf.f.W.l'JIWM "EH, nu ren (woman in Mandarin), what are you doing?" I flinched under my helmet It was my first motorcycle practical lesson and I had jammed my front brakes too hard—again. And perhaps as much as that comes as a reflex action to a first-time rider, the
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      179 16 BATTLE OF THE SEXES YOU know how countries are always "she V? And so are boats? Well, a recent e-mail circulating on die Internet assigns a gender to most things. Here are some of them: Ziploc bags aremale, because they hold everything in, but you can always see
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    Lock icon Misleading claims?
    214 17 li THERE is a vast variety of international calling cards sold in Singapore. But some make misleading claims in their advertisements. For example, some claim a $10 card gives the buyer 250 minutes call time to the Philippines and 100 minutes to India. In truth, the caller can
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    195 17 1 WOULD like to make some clarifications about your report, "Seeing better, but is it for real?" (The New Paper, 11 May). You left out afew facts when reporting about the 00-Eye Exercise Device to correct mild myopia. This ommision could create confusion about
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      114 17 Do you have an experience or opinion Just send your letters to: The New Paper SpeakUp 1000 ToaPayoh North 'W Laval 6, Annexe Block Singapore *****4 You can also e-mail us at tnpQsph.com.sg or fax to 6319-8266. All letters must include the writer's full name and contact number, and preferably
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      Lock icon Super unknown? Hollywood favours such actors for super roles
      812 18  -  By Feng Zengkun zengkun@sph.com.sg AN iconic man and an obscure actor. Could this be the most enduring match in Hollywood's history? Unknown actor Brandon Routh (left) has been cast in steel as Superman in the upcoming Superman Returns. Obscure thespian loan
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      237 19 FORGET about the Mark Hamill Syndrome—these obscure actors are game to play one-off icons. ROBERT PATTINSON Playing doomed hero Cedric Diggory in this year's Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire will do wonders for this little-known American actor's career. Recruited after beating
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      Lock icon New role gives Pat strong fingers
      436 20  -  By Gregory Leow gregl@sph.com.sg CONGRATULATIONS to Patricia Mok who has her first lead role in an English language series, but only after she agreed to handle strange feet. "The big bosses were concerned that I would be touching feet all the time in this
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      749 22  -  Gerek Secretly self-taught designer transformed pop princess Siti's look By Eri Akbar eri@sphcom.sg ByJ Eri Akbar eri@sph.com.sg MALAYSIAN couturier Michael Ong didn't have money to attend a fashion school and he once had to peddle his handmade earrings for a living. Now, the 33-year-old
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      Lock icon Back together for now
      94 23 DAILY DISH SUPERMODEL Naomi Campbell has returned to the arms of multi-millionaire Flavio Briatore (with her in picture, left). This is the on-off couple's third reunion. Campbell recently split with R&B singer Usher and has had flings with Adrien Brody and Brazilian model Sergio Marone, while
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      372 25  -  Reel i deal X My Boyfriend Is Type B STARRING: Lm Dong Gun, Han Ji Hye DIRECTOR: CholSvkWon RATING://// By Wendy Teo teowyw@sph.com.sg The skinny: Ha-Mi (Ji Hye) is a college student who believes in destiny. After a wrong phone call acquaints her with Young Bin (Dong Gun),
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      97 25 The movie's two leads are said to be dating after sparks flew on the set of the film. The couple first met on the set of the drama Little Bride. In March, they were voted the second Coolest Television Couple in an Internet poll. This movie will be
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      324 25 The skinny: You've surely heard of the iconic 1972 film Deep Throat—the most famous porn flick ever made, one that's hailed as a cultural milestone. This documentary attempts to go deep inside the scandals surrounding it the police raids, presidential commission, mob money, federal prosecution, the cast's post-movie
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      Lock icon Brats don't pack a punch
      311 26 The sldnny: Desperate to impress an attractive single mum, a child-hating bachelor volunteers to babysit her two obnoxious offspring on a road trip, but they end up torturing him. The review: The last time someone threatened to kick rapper-turned-xXx2-star Ice Cube in the groin, things
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      409 27 ...and a language problem on the set Akan datang M 0 v 1 E S The Promise STARRING: Jaa| Dong Gaa, Cecilia ChMMf, Hiroyuki Sanada snd Nicholas Tm DIRECTOR: CkaaKaiH RELEASE DATE: 22 Doc Wendy Teo The Story: A young girl (Cecilia Cheung), striking a deal with a
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      252 29 Rec room VCD REVIEW ■■■■M Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom Of The Opera STARRING: Gerard Butler, Emny Rossum (right), Minnie Driver DIRECTOR: Jeel Schumacher RATING: WHAT THOSE TICKS MEAN Buy now! Put it on your next shopping list. Only if you have soare cash. ✓✓Wait for
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      160 30 Thanks to the corset, the only thing Emmy Rossum (left) could eat was ice cream because it could slide down her throat after it melted. Gerard Butler's makeup and prosthetics took nine hours to be fitted. Andrew Lloyd Webber's only demand for the actors was that they do
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      Lock icon WIN!
      63 30 For your chance to win one of 10 goodie bags comprising a Phantom Of The Opera VCD, original soundtrack, umbrella and movie poster, call our infoline on 1900-914-0801 and answer this: Who wits the stage version of The Phantom Of The Opera? a) Berari Batter hjjMrav Lloyd Wehher c)
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      Lock icon Real rock at last
      324 31  -  Rant I rave Out Of Exile AmliosJm Rating WHAT THOSE TICKS MEAH Must add to your shopping list! You'll like at least four songs on this. Worth buying, if you're a fan. Wait for the 'buy two get one free 1 sale. Not even worth downloading.
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      63 31 WANT to get a copy of Out Of Exile (far left)? Just call ourinfoline on 1900-914-0801 and answer this question: Which band did Audiosiave lead singer Chris Cornell (left) formerly sing with? 1. Soundgarden 2. Extreme 3. U2 Five callers with the correct answer will win a copy of
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      80 31 Audioslave consists of ex-Soundgarden vocalist Chris Cornell and former Rage Against The Machine members —guitarist Tom Morello, drummer Brad Wilk and bassist Tim Commerford. The barid almost broke up soon after it got together when Cornell quit, only to rejoin six months later. Before forming Soundgarden, Cornell was
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      98 31 PERHAPS no boots are big enough for Nancy Sinatra to step out of her famous dad's shadow. Not even now, when she's 64 years old. She sounds better than ever but, the album sounds old and lacks character despite wonderful tracks by Morrissey, Pete Yorn, Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore and
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      104 31 THE one thing that every Bruce Springsteen creation possesses is soul. His 13th studio album continues his folk-like lyrical approach with a gritty cast of dreamers and strugglers. The album opens with the Iraq War-inspired title track —a bare, acoustic pain-laced story of a soldier on a battlefield, killing in
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      90 31 YOU'D think that something titled Happy Day would be filled with upbeat tunes to make you feel, er, happy. But not in this album from Malaysian Yu Heng. Packed with mote melancholic ballads than fast-paced numbers, I found myself feeling mots sad than happy after listening to the album. Thankfully,
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      805 46 *****3 Ban Bay 59 (73) (6nzh Baertschiger-WS Chak) 1-1141 Able Eagle 58.5 (72) (4ireh Leck-Lucky) *****8 Iraa Eyas Cody 58 (71) (5ag Laxon-Fairdeal/Lynward) 2-3357 Tkaadar On 57.5 (70) (5ag Leck-Hydrocarbon) 230-05 FattMai Falcon 53.5 (62) (6ag Leck-Faithful Falcon) 2388- Fart Apache 52.5
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      935 47 SIA Cup v American-trained grey Star Over The Bay, ridden by Tyler Baze, surging up on me inside to track Germany's Epalo passing the grandstandfor the first time in last Sunday nighfs 13 million Singapore Airlines International Cup. The seven-year-old broke down at the Boom
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    498 48  -  In memory of S'pore Airlines International Cup contender Star Over The Bay R A C I N G By Mindy Tan mindytan @sph. com.sg HIS 23-year-old rider, Tyler Baze, returned to the grandstand in uncontrollable tears. His red-eyed owner, Sean Gerson, could
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      508 49  -  British Open Still little interest in this By Godfrey Robert npsports(3)sph.com.sg IT has been almost one month since I made the sponsorship appeal in a commentary for Singapore golfer Mardan Mamat (right) to go to the British Open in July and, sad to say, the response has been
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      406 49 Reuters. THREE-times British Open champion Jack Nicklaus plans to prepare for his final appearance at the tournament by playing golf with his son. The 65-year-old American played his first British Open at Royal Troon in 1962, winning the title in 1966,1970 and 1978. The
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    433 50 M A D A B 0 U T G 0 L F J Reuters. US MASTERS champion Tiger Woods, whose record-breaking seven-year run of avoiding the halfway cut in tournaments ended last week, will lose his world No 1 ranking also by Sunday. His closest rival, Vijay Singh,
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    342 50 but this woman seems to be uncatchable Reuters. ANNIKA Sorenstam's motivating ambition is to become the first golfer—man or woman to win all four Majors in one year. The Sfrirede confirmed she was in a class oftfcer own with a 10-shot win at the LPGA tournament at Eagles Landing oil
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      652 51  -  A! By AM' Brian Miller npsportst&sph.comsg EVERY birthday, without fail, I will get a phone calL For sure, it will be the mother-in-law. If my son happens to pick up the phone, he'll amble into the bedroom and yell: "Dad, por-por called. She wants you
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      300 51 SIMPLY put, it is a little bit 4D and a little bitToto. But unlike the two popular games, which happen only on certain days of the week, you can play chap-ji-kee every day. Also, unlike 4D and Toto, which is run by Singapore Pools, there are two
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    668 52  -  G A M I N G By Gary Lim npsportsQsph.comsg SUNDAY was a day of mourning for Singapore's football punters. Not because Southampton, Crystal Palace and Norwich City were relegated from the English Premiership. But because the English football season is over,
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    199 52 LAUREUS AWARDS AP. ROGER Federer's (left) domination of men's tennis last year saw him honoured as Sportsman of the Year at the 2005 Laureus World Sports Award yesterday. Britain's Kelly Holmes, who claimed Olympic gold in the 800 and 1,500 metres at Athens, was named
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      704 53 F 0 0 T B A L L /J EPL PA Sport. Malcolm Giazer wiu cancel Manchester United's Stock Exchange listing next month but it may be a few weeks yet before the American makes an impact at Old Trafford. Glazer splashed out another
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      268 53 PA Sport. A CHILL wind blew around Old Trafford yesterday and the supporters shivered at. the prospect of Malcolm Glazer hitting town. Listen to the chatter at Man U's Megastore and it becomes clear that fans are < concerned about the debt the club will be
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      614 55 *r EPL PA Sport. TOUGH-talking Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho has admitted he always felt his side could challenge for the Premiership tide in his first season in charge. The Portuguese arrived in England last June after winning the Champions League with Porto and has taken the league by storm. Sunday
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      195 55 BSRMM6HAM v ARSENAL (2-1) (IX2: Blum 1/2 Boat: B'ham TG: 3 HT/FT: D-H) Brian: TG Edwin: 1/2 Goal Tay: 1/2 Goal BOLTON vEVERTON (3-2) (Bolton. Everton, 5, A-HJRrm: Ix 2 Edwin: 1/2 Goal Tay: 1/2 Goal CHARLTON v Palace (2-2) e, Chariton, 4, H-D) 1/2 Goal
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      116 55 Reuters. EVERTON'S David Moyes has been named Manager of the Year after guiding his team to fourth in the Premier League and a place in the Champions League. Moyes won the League Managers Association (LMA) award in the face of strong competition from Chelsea's
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    739 56  -  F 0 0 T B A L L Rick Parry's assessment of Reds' EPL season? By Lim Han Ming npsports@sph.com.sg REPORTING FROM ANFIELD THE match had ended an hour earlier. The Anfield crowd had dispersed into the pubs that line the famous Anfield stadium to celebrate Liverpool's 2-1 victory
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    107 58 TAKE a copy of the The New Paper on Saturday, 21 May, and watch the English FA Cup final live at Tampines Mall on the 4th floor al fresco area... and enjoy these fantastic dining offers: Order any main dish at Pasta Mania and get two
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