Streats, 6 January 2001

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  • 23 1 STREATS Treats for the Streets SA7 UR DAY C January 2001 Another quality publication of Singapore Press Holdings E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg MITA (P) 103/06/2000
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  • 511 1  -  by KAREN WONG SHE sits next to you in the office. She trades gossip with you at lunch. You trust her with your confidential mail. She’s the boss’ secretary. You’d never guess she also has
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  • morning rush
    • 62 1 DESPITE the unexpected half per cent cut in the US interest rates announced on Jan 3, Singapore will not be revising its growth estimate for 2001, Monetary Authority of Singapore chairman and Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong told CNBC Asia yesterday. The US is Singapore’s biggest
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    • 82 1 THE level of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in fish in Singapore is within World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines and does not pose a food safety risk, according to an Agri-food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) statement yesterday. In Britain, concern has arisen recently about the level of pollutants in
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    • 60 1 A NEW Air Force School (AFS) at Paya Lebar was officially opened yesterday by the Minister of State for Defence, and Minister of State for Information and the Arts, Mr David Lim. Equipped with the latest IT, the AFS will comprise three Wings: The Air Engineering
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    • 61 1 LOCAL companies which aspire to be world-class will soon be able to learn from the best. The Singapore Productivity and Standards Board (PSB) and the European Centre for Total Quality Management yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding to promote co-operation. The best practices of top European companies will
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    • 37 1 you sing with her, Mr Ho? Sing with me for charity, says his wife, NMP Claire Chiang. So will he? Turn to the Second Front Page (fold the paper from the centre for your frontpage to fun)
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  • Streatsmart local
    • 275 2  -  by 'SHEELA NARAYANAN IT was a family business. And as the eldest son, Khoo Siong Hui, 30, had helped to run it since 1994. But when he ran up huge gambling debts in Malaysia, Khoo helped himself to the family money. Khoo was spending
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    • 321 2 IT was her first brush with the law. But for 31-year-old Jennifer Sam Suay Mei it was a $3 million one. Sam was charged with 40 counts of criminal breach of trust and forgery. She was a clerk with the United Overseas Bank (UOB) Parkway
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    • 265 2  -  by 'VIOLETTA WONG HE used an irritant spray four times to rob and run. But the 49-year-old man and his 50-year-old accomplice did not get away. On Thursday, at about 2.35 pm, a 37-year-old housewife, had changed US$2,OOO ($3,500) into Singapore currency at People’s
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    • news scan
      • 103 2 DRAGONS were not forthcoming when needed last year, but the Year of the Snake should pose no such problem. Singapore River Hongbao 2001 will have not only snakes but a snake charmer, too. Close-up photos will be permitted. Miss Pang Cheng Lian, secretary of the River Hongbao organising
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      • 116 2 PEOPLE can now chart their career paths using the Ministry of Manpower’s (MOM) CareerLink@mom. Since it started last July, of all people using its free resources, the percentage with only tertiary education visiting the centre increased by about two points. Each month, about 1,000 visitors get information
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      • 131 2 HOUSEWIFE Jelita Jamaludin, 31, had a home business that was just “magic”. But she fell foul of the law when she claimed to have the power of spiritual healing and to call on the ‘spirits’ to multiply money. In August 1999, Jelita told Rosnah Abdullah she could
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      • 75 2 BURGLARS netted more than $15,000 in a break-in at a beauty products shop on Kallang Pudding Road. The store and offices were found to be ransacked when the owner opened the premises at about 9am on Thursday. A safe in an office of the store, Chezreine Marketing
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    • 339 3 THE Malay MPs have prepared a blueprint to help the MalayMuslim community stay on the right side of the digital divide. This was announced by Mr Abdullah Tarmugi, Minister for Community Development and Sports and Minister in Charge of Muslim Affairs. One area of focus
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    • 291 3 Eye cannot avoid accepting responsibility. Anything less would be dishonourable and shameful. SI A chief executive Cheong Choong Kong SINGAPORE Airlines cannot avoid taking responsibility for the crash of flight SQOO6 in Taiwan, airline chief executive Cheong Choong Kong said. In
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    • 157 3 onekindact. Haizam Bin Abdul Sadily On the night of Nov 21, my wife f our two children and I boarded the train from Orchard MRT. There were two empty seats near the door. But when the door opened, a man rushed from behind us and took those seats.
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    • 279 3 A MAN who bought two mobile phones on a stolen credit card got caught when he went back to the shop to complain that he had been overcharged. Ong Hsia Shi, 26, snatched a woman’s handbag which contained several credit cards, a
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    • 54 5 OUT with the old and in with the new as a worker at Parco Bugis Junction takes down silvery Christmas ornaments to make way for scarlet lanterns. Chinese Singaporeans are gearing up to usher in the Year of the Snake, which falls on
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    • 339 5  -  by KHUSHWANT SINGH THE NEXT time you are at a kopi tiam, your favourite soft drink should not be out of stock. With kafel23.com the new ordering and invoicing portal coffeeshop owners can enjoy 50 per cent improvement in inventory management and have
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    • 71 5 Today will be partly cloudy, s<hqoyoi!rl umbrella along, especially if you plan to be in the northern, western and southern parts j| of the island. There'll be showers with thunder mainly over these areas. Temperature will reach 31°C. High tide will reach 2.3 at 9.03 pm.
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    • Just a minute
      • 62 5 All new HDB flats tendered for three years from Tuesday will have free gas-powered water heaters installed. This is to get residents to switch to more energy-efficient heaters. The first of such homes will be ready in 2003. Residents will also pay on average $2 less for
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      • 38 5 If you're a civil servant, you will no longer need to send forms to the claims office for reimbursement. You can now check your pay, file medical, dental, transport and other claims electronically via the PaC@Gov system.
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      • 42 5 Explore the works of homegrown artists like lan Woo, Chua Ek Kay and Vincent Leow which showcase abstracts, oils and contemporary calligraphy. Exhibition held at Plastique Kinetic Worms Gallery. Until tomorrow (noon to x 7pmj. It's free. Call 324-3221.
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  • Streatsmart regional
    • 304 6 -AR AFP His tenure could be cut shortif corruption charges proved BANGKOK Thailand could be thrown into chaos after today’s general election if communications magnate Thaksin Shinawatra’s party wins, his opponents say. The country’s powerful election watchdog has warned that some Thai Rak Thai party
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    • 165 6 .-afp HONGKONG China has banned radio and television presenters from speaking anything other than standard Mandarin in broadcasts, Hongkong media reported yesterday. Under a new law that took effect on Monday, the broadcasters will be taken off air unless they stick to the Chinese equivalent
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    • 87 6 knowornot Did you know that mail used to be sent for free? The word "philately" comes from two Greek words that mean "the love of tax-free things" The delivery was paid for by the recipient. If the recipient refused delivery, the post office lost out. In 1837, an
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    • 136 6 -AFP SYDNEY -Australia and New Zealand have suspended imports of all beef products from 30 countries, including all European nations, because of mad cow disease. The two countries announced yesterday that their joint food regulator, the Australia New Zealand Food Authority (Anzfa), said it
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    • 258 7 Wire Services The decision has helped reduce racial tension KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian Chinese pressure group, Suqiu, has withdrawn its demands relating to the abolition of special rights for bumiputra Malays, just a day before several groups had planned to riot over the issue.
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    • 134 7 -AFP JAKARTA Millions of Indonesian civil servants are pressing for new regional autonomy laws to be changed, fearing they will lose their salary ratings and promotion system. Regional governments were illprepared to manage civil servants working for them, the head of the Civil Servants Employee
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    • Article, Illustration
      29 7 A blue-fin tuna is tagged after fetching a record 20.2 million yen ($299,982) at the first auction at Tsukiji fish market for wholesale middlemen yesterday Pic: Reuters
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    • 169 7 -AFP BRISBANE The man accused of starting a hostel fire in which 15 young people died told a British backpacker to leave the fire escape open less than two hours before the disaster. Lisa Duffy, of Kent, was one of the survivors who relived
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    • news scan
      • 84 7 Reuters ZAMBOANGA, Philippines An American held hostage by Muslim rebels in the southern Philippines since August has been seen armed and walking freely with his captors. Jeffrey Schilling was seen by villagers on the island of Jolo carrying an M-16 assault rifle. He was accompanied by members
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      • 95 7 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR A Malaysian minister announced his resignation yesterday, following reports that Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad would reshuffle his cabinet next week. Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Abdul Hamid Othman was quoted as saying by the Bernama news agency he had tendered
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      • 80 7 AP SEOUL A T 7 -year-old high school student was arrested yesterday on charges of selling child pornography through the Internet. The suspect, identified only by his surname, Shin, opened a website in August advertising his wares illegal compact discs containing images of girls having
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      • 115 7 -AFP BANGKOK DNA tests on a child rescued from a beggar gang working the streets of Phuket have shown she is not related to the woman who claimed her as her long-lost daughter. The tests were made after the woman’s former mother-in-law said the girl was
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      • 63 7 Reuters MANILA A grenade explosion killed a husband and wife in Manila yesterday. However, police officials said the blast appeared unrelated to a series of bomb attacks in the city last week in which 22 people were killed and more than 100 injured. The explosion took
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  • Streatsmart global
    • 367 8 -AFP LONDON The parents of a British teenager have dropped the idea of giving her breast-enlarge-ment surgery as a 16th birthday present following criticism from the medical profession, the Guardian newspaper said yesterday. Ms Kay Franklin,
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    • 177 8 -AP WASHINGTON Two TV networks have taken the blame for errors made in covering the US presidential election. “Mistakes made by NBC on Election Night 2000 were regrettable,” the network said in a report on Thursday after an investigation into its election
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    • 149 8 -Reuters LONDON Flollywood stars who smoke in films encourage young fans to do the same, according to a new US study published yesterday. And despite a ban on tobacco companies paying film-makers to place their products in the movies, there is no sign that the practice
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    • news scan
      • 95 8 Reuters LISBON An armed man who broke into the offices of Portugal’s RTP state TV on Thursday, threatening to kill himself, has surrendered to police, the TV station said. Live TV showed businessman Manuel Subtil, who had threatened to blow himself up with a bomb he claimed
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      • 96 8 Reuters CALGARY, Canada Two big birds of prey have vanished from one of Canada’s biggest zoos. Zookeepers and police said on Thursday they believed the birds of prey were birdnapped. The birdnapping case at Calgary Zoo began on Dec 23, when a broad-winged hawk disappeared overnight from
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      • 108 8 Reuters WASHINGTON Efforts to protect US women from domestic violence have reduced the murder rate of men by their partners by almost 70 per cent since 1976, according to new figures released on Thursday. The data, compiled by James Alan Fox, a professor of criminal justice at
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      • 72 8 -Reuters NEW YORK The publisher of George, the political magazine that was run by John F Kennedy Jr before he died in 1999, plans to cease publication, French conglomerate Lagardere’s magazine publishing arm Hachette Filipacchi Magazines said on Thursday. The magazine failed to attract advertisers
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      • 83 8 Reuters MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota A six-year-old girl who underwent a bone marrow transplant with stem cells from a baby brother conceived in part to be her donor went home on Thursday. Doctors said Molly Nash’s “prognosis looks great” three months after stem cells taken from her brother Adam’s
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  • Streatsmart people
    • 190 9 -AP ROME -A surgeon who reportedly told a magazine that Pope John Paul II had Parkinson’s disease denied making such a statement. Gianfranco Fineschi (above right), who operated on the Pope in 1994, said on Thursday that he had been misquoted by
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    • 244 9 r:f CONCORD, New Hampshire A newly elected Republican state lawmaker has enraged his constituents, party leaders and police by saying he favours killing police officers when they cross the line. Mr Tom Alciere, 41, won a seat in the New Hampshire House
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    • 248 9 Reuters WASHINGTON Outgoing US Attorney General Janet Reno said she wanted the handover of her office to Mr John Ashcroft to be smooth although she did not see eye to eye with him. The former senator from Missouri was nominated to her office
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    • 168 9 Reuters SAO PAULO A convicted Brazilian rapist sliced off his penis and flushed it down the toilet, saying the amputation would bring him closer to God. Prison guards said they found Flavio dos Santos Cruz, 23, screaming and bleeding profusely in his cell early
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  • STREATS
    • 454 11  -  by DIANA SER NOMINATED MP Claire Chiang does not take no for an answer. Not even from her husband, chairman of the Singapore Institute of Management and president of the Wah Chang Group of Companies Mr Ho Kwon Ping. Not even if he’s never
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    • buzz Stop
      • 194 12 Jackie's story minus the affair HAVE you always wanted to know how action star Jackie Chan rose to become the success that he is today? Well, soon you can. A documentary on his life, shot by famed Hongkong director Mabel Cheung (City of Glass) and Luo Qirui, is near completion,
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      • 125 12 CHINA may have blacklisted Chang Huei Mei for singing the Taiwan anthem at President Chen Shuibian’s presidential inauguration last May. But the Taiwanese I songbird better known 1 as Ah-Mei may have the last laugh, according to Lianhe Wanbao yesterday. While, China does not
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    • Take 5
      • 365 13 Reuters: LOS ANGELES It’s called Survivor: The Australian Outback, but the second instalment of the smash CBS reality series looks more like something from the set of Melrose Place. The network gave viewers their first glimpse of the second Survivor crew on .Thursday’s
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    • Go havoc
      • 388 16 A Mohamad Sultan coffeeshop owner pursues his dream of running a disco by CARA VAN MIRIAH HE owns the most popular and lucrative food and beverage outlet in Singapore’s main clubbing district, Mohamed Sultan Road. No he’s not Mr Peter Wong aka the King of Mohamed
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      • Go watch
        • Must-see TV...
          • 58 16 7pm, Channel 5 Still likeable and watchable after years of re- j peat broadcasts on Jj TV is this funny and m sweet movie about jw three bachelors who are saddled with a If baby girl when she is 1 left on their front door.
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          • Article, Illustration
            82 16 9pm, Channel 5 Susan and co-workers Vicki and Luis find their Uli work life disrupted by their new boss, lan Maxtone-Graham, who buys The Gate and transforms it into an upscale men’s ma- Hp gazine. He brings with r him his fiercely loyal executive assistant, Miran- da Charles,
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          • 91 16 10.30 pm, Channel 8 Chow Yuen Fatt brings his trademark smirk to his role as Ko Chun, the M god of gamblers in i this Wong Tsing-direct- 1 ed sequel. Of course, 1 what is a good Chow if Yuen Fatt movie with- 1 out a
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          • 63 16 I, CAESAR: JULIUS CAESAR I AM NOT KING BUT CAESAR 9.1 Opm, BBC World (SCV 13) The first programme in this series explores the life of the Rome’s most famous citizen Julius Caesar. It gives a recounting of his conquests, both military and romantic Queen Cleopatra was just one of
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          • 73 16 10pm, AXN (SCV 19) Jane has inherited a rent-controlled apartment from her aunt, and despite her boyfriend’s appeals, has decided to move in and live on her own for the first time. However, her dream life is disrupted by a neighbour on the fourth floor who dislikes
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    • Go play
      • 268 18 -AFP ROME As Italian Serie A action resumes after the festive break, the results of two matches this weekend could have particular significance to the final league standings. Tonight, second-placed Juventus takes on fast-im-proving Fiorentina, while third-placed Atalanta faces current league leader AS
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      • 438 18 -AFP LONDON Manchester United returns to FA Cup action this weekend against First Division Fulham after a season’s absence. Alex Ferguson’s rampant Red Devils face Jean Tigana’s run-away First Division leader at Old Trafford tomorrow in the pick of the ties as
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      • 313 18 -AFP MADRID Real Zaragoza will be aiming to spoil John Toshack’s return for his third spell as Real Sociedad coach as Spain’s Primera Liga swings back into action after the winter break this weekend. Toshack quit St Etienne on Wednesday after just 10 weeks at the
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      • 193 19 Reuters MELBOURNE -South African top seed Ernie Els beat Jean van de Velde on the 19th hole on a day of enthralling contests in the Accenture World Matchplay Championship’s third round yesterday. Els made a birdie putt on the 17th to make it all-square before van de
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      • 197 19 Camby scores and man-marks well too -AP NEW YORK Marcus Camby had 22 points and 12 rebounds, but his biggest contribution was playing defensive stopper against Tracy McGrady as the New York Knicks beat the Orlando Magic 95-92 in overtime on Thursday night. The Knicks held their opponents below 100
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      • 305 19 Reuters PERTH Roger Federer and Martina Hingis brushed aside defending champion South Africa in the mixed doubles decider yesterday to take topseed Switzerland into the Hopman Cup final against the United States. World No. 1 Hingis, in superb form, gave the Swiss a
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 467 12 wi y &mi wHJtyzm mm iKin 5 on Your Daily Horoscope JAN 20- FEB 18 So many attractive offers are coming your way that you feel like you’re a target. On this magic mood, you always seem to do the right thing, even when clueless. The question isn’t whether you’ll
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    • 103 13 Z' Si*** mm mi V'** y finery (fay, 8 winners will each win a r fromGohJooHin There are differences between the pictures. Qfhree (2)Five Call 1900-911-0005 by midnight tonight with your answer. Each call costs 20 cents. Then check Monday's paper to see if you are correct! Winners will be
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 214 14 SATURDAY Q 6 January 2001 %eLast Dragon Scouj The story is about But he finds himself in all manner of conflict, and has to stay one step ahead of alien bounty hunters who are out to strip him ofhis"PowerViscos". Being young, Carter's powers have yet to reach full maturity. So
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    • 74 16 aWatch s Every week photographers from Streats will wander all over Singapore to catch you reading the paper. The reader's picture will be published each Saturday. And if it is your picture, you will win a limited edition Streats watch. But you must call 1-800-844-5566 and give us your name,
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
    • 90 18 Inthelivingroom BASKETBALL NBA: Philadelphia 76ers v Seattle Supersonks (ESPN Ch 23, Bam). GOLF WGC Accenture Match play Championship (Sportscity, 2pm). SOCCER FA Cup 3rd rd: Walsall v West Ham United (PC Ch 2 10.55 pm), Leyton Orient v Tottenham Hotspur (FC Ch 22, tomorrow, lam- Delayed). Italian Serie A: Vicenza
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