The Straits Times, 7 December 2003

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  • 560 1  - Run on flu vaccine sparks global shortage Paul Zach TOP OF THE NEWS A RUSH for the flu vaccine has spawned shortages worldwide, including Singapore. Anxious Singaporeans flooded medical centres and clinics yesterday asking for flu shots, after virologist ling Ai Ec strongly recommended that everyone get vaccinated as protection
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  • agenda
    • 208 2 home New arts venue The stately Old Parliament House building is being turned into an arts venue, which will also have yoga classes and three new eateries. PAGE 6 Playing Cupid The Social Development Unit plays matchmaker to Singaporean men abroad who feel more at ease marrying someone from
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    • 50 2 Their own success They are spouses who mind their own business literally rather than hitch a ride on the coat-tails of their partner's success. PAGE 22 Setting the mood Developers are dressing up show-flats and wooing visitors with everything from clowns and gift vouchers to thematic settings. PAGE 24
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    • 47 2 Branded goods What really is branding? Businessmen and marketing gurus on the importance of capturing and retaining consumer interest. PAGE 26 Steering Asean Asean secretary-general Ong Keng Yong opens up about the challenges of his job and its limitations one year after taking charge. PAGE 30
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    • 76 2 Golden haul Bodybuilders Abdul Hal im Haron, Simon Chua and Mohd Ismail Mohd win gold medals at the South-east Asia Games. PAGE 34 Snooker duo win Keith E and Alex Puan outplay Malaysians Lee Poh Soon and Moh Keen Hoo for Singapore's first SEA Games snooker gold since 1995.
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    • 25 2 Wireless surveillance A local company has developed wireless surveillance cameras for outdoor events which are simple to set up, portable and flexible. PAGE 40
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    • 30 2 Naked online You reveal much more about yourself than you are aware of when surfing the Net. And right now you have little help from the law. PAGE 41
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    • 27 2 Teething problems Despite the discomfort, the largest group of patients wanting braces to straighten their teeth are from the 11 to 19 age group. PAGE 42
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    • Article, Illustration
      137 2 A class act! Judie ScarpajJK the tanned Singaporean "mfc of restaurateur Paolo Scarpa, answers questions on Italian food, looking young, dresses, diamonds and love. PAGE 43 Crime time Sumiko Tan Is an addiction to police shows on TV a symptom of a larger malaise? A learning experience? Or just
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    • 74 2 lifestyle Child molesters What paedophiles have m common is a desire for pre-pubescent children and a problem that's hard to treat. PAGE L 6 Woman power Esther Tay is not only Singapore's only female naval diver, but also one of the island's best female endurance athletes. PAGE L 4
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    • 28 2 Marathon man There are dozens of myths about long-distance running. Pick up some tips on doing it right if you desire to run a marathon. PAGE Ll2
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    • 25 2 Terminal benefits Shopping at the airport comes with price guarantees, promotional coupons, no GST and savings of up to 50 per cent. PAGE Ll7
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    • 23 2 All-purpose outfits The secret to transforming from urban professional to party animal without running home to change after work. PAGE L 34
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    • SPECIALREPORT: SERVICE IN S'PORE
      • 599 3  - Who gets served first? Li Xueying A poll shows that many believe foreigners get served first. The Sunday Times does a quick test Margaret Perry DoS'poreans deserve bad service? More reports on next page IT WAS to be a chill-out night at the hip bar Liquid Room, but lawyer Richard
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        742 4  - BAD SERVICE Li Xueying Yes. Poll results show S'poreans don't place emphasis on service Most important factor m choosing where to shop: Location 30% Price of goods 22% Range of goods 13% Atmosphere/environment 13% Quality of goods 11% Customer service 11% Most important factor when choosing eatery: Food quality 45%
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      • 56 6 A FORMER managing director of Temasek Holdings, Mr Khoo Teng Chye, has been appointed chief executive of the Public Utilities Board. His appointment starts tomorrow. He has held positions as president and chief executive of Mapletree Investments, group president of PSA Corporation, and chief executive and chief
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      • 57 6 SUNGEI Buloh Wetland Reserve will be nominated to join other parks already under the umbrella of the Asean Heritage Parks and Reserves. National Development Minister M ah Bow Tan, who visited the reserve yesterday to celebrate its first decade and also launched a commemorative book, said it is
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      • 60 6 BUSKERS will no longer need to donate part of their earnings to charity. The Government has accepted this recommendation made by the Remaking Singapore committee to allow more freedom for expression and experimen tThe busking scheme was introduced m 1997. In 2001, buskers were exempted from licensing and
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    • 594 6  -  Irena Josoeb The old landmark is becoming the new hip place for arts and corporate events IF YOU hear chants of "Om" coming from the Old Parliament House, don't be alarmed it's just a yoga class. The stately building, which is being
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    • 649 6  -  Li Xueying 'My doctors told me t "When others walk 100m f you must walk 150 m". I have to do things on my own, learn to get things for myself/ MISS LIU, on the hard road to recovery after a
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    • 563 8  -  Tracy Quek DATING TREND *t1 They live abroad but when it comes to marriage, some S'porean men want only girls back home SOFTWARE engineer Chung Wei Foong works and lives m Seattle. He is 35 and thinks it is time to get married. But he wants
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    • 620 8  - Mass rapid dating Tracy Quek DATING TREND 82 'Singles like the idea of meeting so many people m one night, plus it's got an element of fun. 1 MS SUSANNAH LOW, founder of an online dating portal EIGHTY young and single professionals, all m the same place, at the same
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    • 614 10  -  Li Xueying Ex-boss of 0ne.99 Shop is bankrupt but... Her empire of 14 shops crumbled, but Nanz Chong-Komo finds joy m the birth of her first child BY MOST accounts, it has not been a good year for entrepreneur Nanz Chong-Komo. Her 0ne.99 Shop empire of 14
      ALAN LIM  -  614 words
    • 680 11  -  Tracy Quek TANJONG PAGAR SKYSCRAPERS Plan for 50-storey blocks may be scrapped to avoid having glut of unsold units, says minister 'That will help us avoid some of the problems we used to have when demand fell sharply and we ended up with
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    • 336 11 FOUR Australian tourists strolling m the Orchard Road area were hit by a car driven by a full-time national serviceman (NSF) reporting for a recall exercise early yesterday morning. The family of four, who were holidaying here, were walking along the
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    • 1958 12  - Murderers. Maid abusers. Rapists. And he defends them all Elena Chong Top criminal lawyer Subhas Anandan believes every accused person deserves a proper trial 'His outright honesty that is something of an 'Papa, don't you have outstanding feature. He tells the client when there is any good clients? no case.
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    • 307 12  -  Lydia Lim ABOUT 50 people marked International Human Rights Day yesterday with a forum held m the basement of the Oxford Hotel m Queen Street. They also witnessed former opposition politician J.B. Jeyaretnam receiving a Human Rights Defenders award from the activist group Think
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    • 1705 13 THE RISE OF INDIA Growth is only just starting, but the country's brainpower is already reshaping corporate America and setting it apart from China's raw muscle of factory labour, reports Business Week PULLING into General Electrics John F. Welch Technology Centre, a uniformed guard waves you through an iron gate.
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    • 77 13 Software IT Consulting Call Centres Chip Design India is now a Companies such as Thousands of Intel, Texas major base for Winpro, Infosys, Indians handle Instruments, and developing new and Tata are customer service many US startups applications for managing US IT and process
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    • 86 13 Financial Industries A M iu«r« Dru 9 Analysis Engineering Anaiyxics Research Research for Wall India does vital US companies are As R&D costs Street will surge R&D for GE hiring Indian maths soar, India is as US investment Medical. GM, experts to devise expected to
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    • 116 13 Growth Language GDP has risen an average of 8% for the past gives ndia a big edge m IT services decade, compared with India's 6%. and back-office work. Infrastructure Capital markets Highways, ports, power sector, and industrial private firms have
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    • 454 14 Sock bom ber US warns of Al-Oaeda plot after explosives residue is found m a terror suspect's socks WASHINGTON THE discovery m Britain of a pair of stretched-out socks with traces of explosives m them has prompted a US government warning that the Al-Qae-da may still be planning to use
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    • 460 14 Bush calls in Baker to tackle Iraq debt WASHINGTON UNITED STATES President George W. Bush has asked his family's trusted troubleshooter, former secretary of state James Baker, to take on the thorny job of persuading nations to forgive or restructure Iraq's huge debt. The appointment places one of the closest
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    • 120 14 Thai draw offers trip to Iraq BANGKOK THAIS who buy New Year cards for their troops abroad will get a chance to win a free trip m a lucky draw. The destination: war-torn Iraq. The Thai Defence Ministry has put on sale two million Happy New Year postcards for its
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    • 422 14 Chinese rivalry may spur new US lunar missions WASHINGTON IT HAS been 31 years since a United States astronaut last walked on the moon, but China's space ambitions may have prompted a possible American return to the lunar surface as part of a renewed space programme. Reports say US President
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    • 404 16  - Chairman Mao's words come alive again in rap Chua Chin Hon CHINA BUREAU BEIJING IN A velvety voice and mid-tempo beat, Jing Hui raps: "Must let the comrades maintain/Their humble, cautious and patient ways. "Must let the comrades maintain/Their arduous struggle." Not quite Eminem, but early sales figures indicate that
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    • 156 16  -  Chua Chin Hon MANY activities have been lined up to celebrate the 110 th anniversary of the late chairman Mao Zedong's birth m a big way. The Great Helmsman, who proclaimed the founding of Communist China m 1949, was born on Dec 26, 1893, m the city
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    • world front
      • 65 16 THE US Secret Service is trying to find out if any action needs to be taken over lyrics by rapper Eminem which may be a threat to President George W. Bush. CNN reported that m the song We Are American, Eminem sings: "(Expletive) money, I don't rap
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      • 33 16 A BOMB exploded m the main market m the southern Afghan city of Kandahar yesterday, wounding at least 18 people, police said. Police blamed Islamic militants for the blast. Reuters
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      • 75 16 A TEXAS woman who ran over a McDonald's manager after not getting mayonnaise on her cheeseburger has been sentenced to 10 years m jail. Waynetta Nolan, 37, was at a drivesithrough restaurant last. April when she was told that her order did not come with mayonnaise. At that,
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      • 28 16 JAPAN will announce plans to provide US$7OO,OOO (Ssl.2 million) m technical assistance to four South-east Asian countries: Indonesia, Brunei, Malaysia and the Philippines. AFP
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      • 57 16 PROSECUTION lawyers m the Michael Jackson case have found a witness to corroborate claims of molestation the alleged victim's brother. In an interview aired on US television network ABC on Friday, reporter Diane Dimond said the younger brother of the alleged victim of the sexual assault had
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      • 75 16 OFFICIALS m the Iranian town of Khomein have had to quash a bizarre rumour about dwarfs apparently aimed at bringing down property prices. According to a report m the Jomhuri Eslami newspaper, rumours had been circulating that a group of 14 macaroni-eating dwarfs were living m the town's
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      • 38 16 SOUTH Korean President Roh Moo Hyun signed into law yesterday a Bill which he had tried to throw out last month allowing for an independent probe into corruption allegations against his former aides. AFP
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    • 684 16  - Sorry, my darling Mary Kwang HK lawyer Rosaline Wong's olive branch to tycoon ex-lover... After a public spat, girlfriend apologises and tycoon admits he had proposed HONGKONG CORRESPONDENT FIRST, they outraged Hong Kong with lurid details of their affair. Now, the former lovers almost seem ready to kiss and make
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    • 547 17  -  Tan Tarn How Message of hatred put up by people misusing religion should be neutralised, says PM Goh ABUJA (NIGERIA) PRIME Minister Goh Chok Tong backed measures proposed by the Commonwealth to fight terrorism, but told fellow leaders at the summit here it was
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    • 228 18 US stocks fall after sluggish jobs report ON THE STREET NEW YORK US STOCKS fell after a government report showed that the economy added fewer jobs than forecast last month, tempering some of the optimism that lifted benchmark indexes to 18-month highs two weeks ago. "You've got to have a
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    • 701 18  - Jakarta sizzles after dark Devi Asmarani Book reveals how sex trade is changing, with services aimed at the young, rich and gay INDONESIA BUREAU JAKARTA AT SOME private parties, beautiful girls strut around stark naked. At a sushi restaurant, men pluck sashimi from the body of a naked woman. And
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    • 325 19  -  TAIPEI It will demand that Beijing withdraw them and vow not to use force against Taipei TAIWAN will hold a referendum next March to demand that China withdraw ballistic missiles targeting the island and promise not to use force against it, President Chen
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    • 168 19  -  SANYA (CHINA) PHOTO: MISS Ireland Rosanna Davison was crowned Miss World 2003 last night. The first runner-up was Miss Canada Nazanin Af-shin-Jam and the second runner-up was Miss China Guan Qi. Miss Davison, 19, is the daughter of Lady In Red singer Chris de
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    • 627 20  - Chinese leaving PAS-led Terengganu Reme Ahmad MCA blames opposition for poor economy, but others say it is the fault of the federal govt KUALA TERENGGANU 'The Chinese do not want to leave their birth state, but they are forced to because they are facing all kinds of difficulties. They cannot
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    • 529 22  - Minding their business: His Hers Leong Chan Teik 1 Far from taking life easy, the other halves of some business high-fliers are running their own companies and enjoying success too MS VAL Sim and Mr David Chew may not be famous but their spouses are well-known and rich. For some,
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    • 360 22 WHILE his wife helps women look beautiful at the well-known Expressions beauty and spa chain, Mr David Chew is m the business of making homes and offices look good. It makes wrought iron gates and handrailing, offering a touch of old
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    • 569 23  -  Leong Chan Teik THE SAVVY INVESTOR Cardiologist buys fine vintage not for investment but out of his love of wines ITS the kind of relaxed setting where a glass of wine fits m perfectly. Just a few metres from where you are seated
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    • 352 23 He's Mr Osim, she's serving French fare with flair His Hers SAVOIR is a French restaurant m bustling Far East Square, a short walk from the offices of Citibank, the Singapore Exchange and Great Eastern life. There, you will find Ms Val Sim, the wife of Mr Ron Sim of
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      • 39 24 The Grandif lora Location: Lorong L, Telok Kurau, off East Coast Road Tenure: Freehold Unit sizes: 797 sq ft to 1,690 so ft (two- and three-bedroom units) Price range: $474,000 to $852,000 Developer Fragrance Properties Expected completion: June 2005
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        36 24 Location: Sunrise Way, offYio Chu Kang Road Tenure: Freehold Unit sizes: Three-storey terrace homes with built-up area of 3,649 sqftto3,724sqft Price range: $1.56 million to $2.8 million Developer Far East Organization Expected completion: 2006
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    • 687 24  -  Neo Chai Chin PROPERTY Spa setting Clowns, caricaturists and magicians Space wear They make a splash with thematic showflats and add on events and vouchers to put likely buyers m the right mood 'People buy on emotion, but Justify on facts/ MR CHNO MONO HU
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    • 678 25 YOUR PERSONAL ADVISER Q paid $13,000 for a timeshare membership of holiday resorts two years ago, but have not used the benefits yet. Some people paid $7,000, others $16,000. There was no fixed price. The time-share company had said I could sell
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      2619 26  -  Cheong Suk-Wai Branding is the most bandied about keyword m business today, but what is it really all about? What's m a brand? Here are hints for a successful brand from the marketing experts at last week's inaugural Global Brand Forum 'Branding is fundamentally about character who we
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    • 295 28 thesundaytimes Not only football PORTUGAL is to Singaporeans the least known of southern Europe's great historical swathe that sweeps down the spine of the Iberian peninsula, past the jagged contours of Italy, and expires m Greece and Turkey. Greying adults who learnt their world history m British days remember Portugal
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    • 124 28 "Seeking well-built man, 18-30 years old, for slaughter." German computer expert Armin Meiwes (above). 42, advertising on the Internet for a willing victim, m a bizarre case of sexually inspired cannibalism "Did I just see Air Force One?" Unknown British Airways pilot, who accidentally spotted
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    • 989 28  -  Janadas Devan ON CULTURE IN 1650, Archbishop James Ussher, the Anglican Primate of All Ireland "an ecclesiastical title for a leader among bishops, not a zoological designation for a monkey's uncle", as Stephen J. Gould mischievously put it once published his Annals
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    • 813 28  -  Asad Latif ON GENDER FAMILY values primarily faithfulness to the spouse do help protect people from Aids. However, when one partner honours those values and the other does not, the family becomes a deadly sexual trap. Then there emerge family "values", like husbands who go to
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      895 29  -  Luz Baguioro PHILIPPINES JOURNAL Despite a lack of government support and money, Filipino inventors are trying to make a difference with nothing more than their imagination ELECTION fever has gripped the Philippines, lending a false exuberant air to this year's Christmas celebrations. Giant billboards of politicians, from village
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      • 141 30 SINGAPORE'S permanent representative to the United Nations has been dubbed a "party animal by the Asian Wall Street Journal. In a piece this week examining why New York society no longer favours UN ambassadors as guests, the newspaper singled out Mr Kishore Mahbubani as ■I an exception.
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      • 104 30  -  Ong Sor Fern WELLINGTON, New Zealand, threw a bash last Monday for the world premiere ofthe movie The Return Of The King, made by director Peter Jackson. But the best party turned out to be a much more I intimate get-together held at Premiere House, the
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      • 139 30  -  i DEEPAK Chopra, who bills himself as a mind-body guru and whose current spiel is leadership with soul is often the epitome of calm. But at the Global Brand Forum last week, he flashed and whizzed through his Powerpoint presentation slides so quickly, he left his
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      • 93 30 AN INITIATIVE like Singapore's Cut Waste panel would be hard to repeat m Malaysia, says the MCA youth chief for Johor Baru. Mr Wee Ka Siong told the press recently that the Malaysian public did not have a culture of making suggestions about public works, thinking
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    • 2101 30  -  Felix Soh TEA WITH THINK DEPUTY EDITOR IT IS said m diplomatic circles that if there is one Singaporean who can flourish m the job of Asean secretary-general, that person is Mr Ong Keng Yong. And it is not just brainpower that
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    • 255 26 What a cop-out AFTER a year on the run m Malaysia, Tan Kian Keong (below), 23, surrendered to Singapore police, who were after him for armed robbery. He was sentenced to six years and three months m jail, and 12 strokes of the cane. Apparently, he gave himself up because
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    • 67 31 SINGAPORE'S Under-23 soccer team, already eliminated from the Games, beat Cambodia 5-1 m their final match thanks to a hat-trick from Noh Alam Shah. He struck m the 67th, 70th and 74th minutes after Chea Virath pulled his side level m the 60th minute. Masrezwan Masturi
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    • 57 31 THE bodybuilders' toughest task was not the competition yesterday, but producing enough urine for the drug test since they had been drinking just two glasses a day to prevent bloating. Said Singapore's Robert Cliff Hoffman, who won a bronze m the 55-kg category: "I drank five bottles and
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    • 57 31 A VIETNAMESE song has been haunting athletes, officials, journalists and spectators. The Games' anthem, For The World of Tomorrow, seems to be set on auto-replay mode m stadiums and official hotels. But if anyone can't get enough of it, the seven-track official CD is available for 18,000
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  • 832 31  -  Wilfred Yeo Chia Han Keonq Precious point gained at Leeds after Damien Duff grabs equaliser THE joke, before yesterday, was that cashstrapped Leeds United's all-white home jersey had a dual purpose: apart from clothing the players, it has served as a white flag as they surrendered
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  • 94 32 Leeds 1 (Jermaine Pennant 18) Chelsea 1 (Damien Ehiff 69) Leeds: Paul Robinson, Gaiy Kelly, Lucas Radebe, Michael Dubeny, lan Harte, Dominic Matteo, Stephen McPhail (Didier Domi 64), James Milner (Seth Johnson 63), Jermaine Pennant, Alan Smith, Marie Viduka. Subs not used: Scott Carson, Jody Morris, Michael Bridges.
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  • 332 32 Birmingham O Blackburn 4 The game was turned on its head within two minutes midway through the second-half Barry Ferguson and Lucas Neill scored. Christophe Dugany was sent off before Tugay and Paul Gallagher rounded off the scoring. Fulham 2 Bolton 1 Two goals m two second-half minutes
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  • 546 32 PREMIERSHIP Weekend Premiership Top Scorers Alan Shearer (Newcastle) 13 Ruud van Nistelrooy (Manchester United) 11 Thierry Henry (Arsenal) 10 Nicolas Anelka (Manchester City) 8 Michael Owen (Liverpool) 8 Louis Saha (Fulham) 8 James Beattie (Southampton) 7 Playing Today Everton (ddllwd v Manchester City iwlwlld Live on cn23, 925pm Stuck m
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    6 33 SOURCE: FOURFOURTWO MAGAZINE
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  • 436 33 Newcastle 1 (Alan Shearer 62, pen) Liverpool 1 (Danny Murphy 6) NEWCASTLE NEWCASTLE captain Alan Shearer felt his side deserved to win yesterday's 1-1 draw at home to Liverpool but admitted some from top-class goalkeeping from Chris Kirkland frustrated them. The visitors took an early
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  • 767 33  -  Rob Hughes HEART OF FOOTBALL THE Ego has landed. World football has just had two of its most important draws for the Euro 2004 Finals m Portugal, and the World Cup 2006 m Germany. And, on the eve of each of them, Fifa
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  • 130 33 EUROPE Gp 1: Czech Rep, Holland, Romania, Finland, Macedonia, Armenia, Andorra. Gp 2: Turkey, Denmark, Greece, Ukraine, Georgia, Albania, Kazakhstan. Gp 3: Portugal, Russia, Slovakia, Latvia, Estonia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg. Gp 4: France, Ireland, Switzerland, Israel, Cyprus, Faroe Isl. Gp 5: Italy, Slovenia, Scotland, Norway, Belarus, Moldova. Gp 6:
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  • 545 34  - Three golds, as Chua said Peh Shing Huei THE SEA GAMES Bodybuilders deliver the expected number, but it's silver again for Ibrahim HOCHIMINHCITY PAUL CHUA is not infallible. Yes, he predicted correctly that Singapore would win three bodybuilding gold medals at the South-east Asia Games yesterday. And the Singapore Bodybuilders'
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  • 266 34  -  Jeffrey Low HO CHI MINH CITY THIRTEEN-year-old Jason Goh pulled off an unexpected silver medal m the individual rapid-chess competition last night, beating three grandmasters on the way to the final at the Van Don Indoor Stadium m Ho Chi Minh City. The Anglo-Chinese
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  • 308 34 BASKETBALL: Men: Singapore bt Indonesia 68-64, Malaysia bt Vietnam 98-56. Women: Singapore bt Indonesia 70-44. BODYBUILDING: Men's 55kg: 1 Ho Tan Phat (Vie) 2 Zaw Wan (Mya) 3 Robert Cliff Hoffman (Sin). 60kg: 1 Pham Van Mach (Vie) 2 Ibrahim Sihat (Sin) 3 Jaran Jariya (Tha). 65kg: 1 Sazali
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    • 60 34 GYMNAST Low Sanmay followed Friday's team silver with a silver of her own m the Women's Ail-Around event yesterday. The 17-year-old finished with 32.236 points from four disciplines, just behind Malaysia's Nurul Fatiha Abdul Hamid, who had 33.237 points. The Malaysian proved too strong for Sanmay, who
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    • 92 34 SINGAPORE rower Elsie Lim's third-place finish m the women's single sculls yesterday was rowing's first medal of the Vietnam Games. The 28-year-old clocked Bmin 52.645ec. behind Thailand'sNikree Phuttharaksa (8:43.10) and Indonesia's PereKaroba (8:28.26). She only just pipped fourth-placed Soe Yu Maw of M van mar to the bronze,
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    • 65 34 ONE enthusiastic flag-waving Thai fan elected himself chief entertainer at the National Aquatic Centre yesterday, even getting one Vietnamese teenager to dance with him m front of the cheering crowd. But that came to a rude end when the girl's mother rushed up and pulled her away, to
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    • 46 34 Almost 8,000 fans, most of them Vietnamese, crowded the National Aquatic Centre, despite the 4,000 seating capacity. By the end of the first three races, however, the crowd had thinned to 3,000. The Vietnamese fans left after their local swimmers all lost their events.
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    • 60 34 RESIDENTS of Hanoi are expecting traffic to come to a standstill today because their national football team are playing. Every time the Vietnamese win, hundreds of fans m red take to the streets on motorbikes, stopping at hotels and intersections to cheer their throats sore. With Vietnam facing
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    • 53 34 LI M Chea Rong, Aishah Samad and Sari n a Abidin got shooting's first medal of the Games by taking the bronze m the women's 50-metre free rifle prone event. They combined for a total score of 1,732, just one behind runners-up Thailand and 28 behind gold medallists
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    • 41 34 SEVERAL Malaysian shooters missed their events when the competition began because their guns did not arrive on time. Bibiana Ng, winner of three gold medals m Kuala Lumpur two years ago, had to skip the 25-metre sport pistol event.
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  • 380 35  - Joscelin's 29. .30 G. Sivakkumaran THE SEA GAMES Singapore's swim queen takes another two gold medals, more to come HANOI JOSCELIN YEO had a psychological boost at the National Aquatic Centre yesterday by winning her first event of this South-east Asia Games: the 100 metres freestyle. After clinching her second
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  • 421 35  -  Jeffrey Low HOCHIMINHCITY DOUBLES pair Keith E and Alex Puan were clearly superior against their Malaysian opponents as they won Singapore's first South-east Asia Games snooker gold medal at the Nguyen Dv Sports Centre yesterday. Surviving a protest from Lee Poh Soon and
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    • 513 35 Today's Events HANOI Archery: Men's individual, eliminatio»/q-final9-(9am S-finals/final (2pm). Athletics: Heats (10.30 am). Finals (3pm). Rowing: Finals Women's Coxless pair (9.40 am). Men's Lightweight double sculls (10am). Sepak takraw: Men's team, qualifying round (9am). Silat: Men's and women's Tanding class, elimination rounds (9am). Shooting: Men's trap qualifying rd/final. Swimming: Men
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    • 26 36 'In all honesty, Eric rarely played away during his time m England, but m France, the gloves, or rather the pants, were often off.'
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    • 38 36 'I raised my glass and named the wife of a former Manchester United player, whose car I often used to see parked outside my flat whenever she and Eric met for their regular bit of fun.'
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    • 202 36 After getting over our Cup-final hangovers, we returned to Manchester by train later that day and were met at the station by an open-topped bus for the procession through the streets. The reception was remarkable and the Double-winning players were welcomed home
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      823 37 MARTIN EDWARDS PeeDina Tom There's something else, Ned WE WERE off to meet Liverpool m the FA Cup final at Wembley on May 11, 1996, and I spent the week before making security arrangements with Ken Ramsden, the ticketing officer. "There's something else, Ned. A very delicate matter
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    • 22 37 'At the after-match party, please keep an eye on Martin Edwards. His visits to the Ladies are becoming more frequent/
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    • 30 37 'The only sour note occurred when Martin Edwards was spotted following a soldier's wife into the ladies' lavatory. The soldier concerned was all for tearing Edwards' head off.'
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    • 28 37 'He protested his innocence "I did not have sex with that woman" on television and m the newspapers, but there were few who believed his story.'
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    • 98 37 Michael *Ned' Kelly is a former SAS soldier who served m Northern Ireland, Germany and Malaya. After leaving the armed services, he established his own security firm, Special Projects Security, and began his 12-year association with Manchester United. Since 2002, he has lived m the United States.
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      • 81 37 THE latest reason for the All Blacks' semi-final exit from the rugby World Cup is that all but one player was overweight. TheChristchurch Press newspaper measured the New Zealand players by using the Body Mass Index test, m which a person's weight m kilograms is divided
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      • 50 37 CHINA advanced to the final of the women's Champions Trophy hockey tournament after holding England to a 2-2 draw m their final round-robin match m Sydney yesterday. They will meet Australia today after the hosts beat South Korea 5-0 and Argentina were held 3-3 by Holland. AFP
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      • 50 37 LATRELL Sprewell scored a season-high 37 points, including two clutch jumpers m overtime, as the Minnesota Timberwolves dealt the Sacramento Kings their first home loss of the season, 109-112 on Friday. It was the fourth straight overtime game between the teams, a National Basketball Association record. Reuters
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      • 52 37 MANCHESTER City manager Kevin Keegan is making a surprise move for Oman's 21-year-old goalkeeper Ali Al-Habsi as a cheap replacement for David Seaman. Al-Habsi, who plays for Lyn Oslo m Norway, is rated the most exciting young *keeper to come out of an Arab country, reported
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      • 80 37 ALEX Ferguson has escaped a second charge of the season after Manchester United expressed "regrets" for comments the manager made suggesting that Arsenal colluded with the Football Association over players' punishments following the fracas at Old Trafford on Sept 21, reported The Guardian. A club statement said:
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      • 58 37 WOLVES boss Dave Jones admitted on Friday that he was one of three Premiership managers chasing Rivaldo following the Brazilian World Cup winner's release from AC Milan earlier this week. "The answer was pretty much what we expected Rivaldo feels he has bigger fish to fry," said
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  • 490 38  -  Wei Koh Love of the sport spans the generations m Singapore FORGET the detractors who say that wrestling should be banned from television. It's great family entertainment. Just ask the Loh family, who represent three generations of wrestling loyalists. "My father loves it because he
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  • 331 38 The Incredible Bulk passionate about his soap opera IN EVERY story you need a big bad Giant In the soap opera world of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), this role is fulfilled by the Big Show, a 2.2 m, 226 kg behemoth with the demeanour of a bear that's been roused
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      974 39 ANICCA VATA SANKHARA TAN PUCK CHEE Age: 75 passed away peacefully on 5 December 2003. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Keonq Wai Keng Sons: Daughter-in-law: Tan Wing Kee Tan Weng Cheong, Linus Tan Weng Fatt, James Toh Lay Eng, Amy Daughters: Sons-in-law: Tan Kwai Hoi, Karen
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    • 506 41  -  Eugene Wee Watch your back when you go online. The Net's hidden devices can track your entire lifestyle SURFING the Internet without protecting your privacy is like roaming around Orchard Road m the Emperor's New Clothes. You end up showing off more than you should and you're
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    • 1233 43  - high-class Ah Lian? Wong Kim Hoh DRAGONS are one of the most magnetic animals m the Chinese zodiac. Extremely charismatic, they are supposed to wield great influence over their peers and often find themselves the centre of attention m social situations. Dragon lady Judie Scarpa, 52, is a head-turner all
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    • 123 43 SHOULD Singapore import foreign talent at the ministerial level? This forum attracted some very cogently argued threads. User "eze" is m favour of the idea. "We get the best brains from global markets who will be competitive and experienced enough to represent Singapore m the economic and social
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      • 243 43 DESPITE what others may say, living with one's in-laws has its benefits like free language tuition and home-cooked meals. Mine spoke mostly Mandarin and Teochew. In the first year they lived m my home, I spoke Mandarin very haltingly. Every so often I had to slip
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        861 2 star power The next president of the Philippines cc)uld well be another film idol, if star-struck voters have their way FERNANDO POE JR (above), the Philippine answer to John Wayne, has played tough guys, avenging cops and heroic gunfighters. JHe is following a trail blazed by his best friend Joseph
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