Streats, 20 July 2001

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    21 1 STREATS Treats for the Streets FRIDAY 20 July 2001 Another quality publication of Singapore Press Holdings E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg MITA (P) 103/06/2000
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  • Article
    Lock icon Prolonged downturn or year-end recovery? The big question: When?
    627 1  -  by STEPHANIE GOH THE billion-dollar question is WHEN. When will the global and local economy recover? Are we in for a prolonged downturn, as some experts seem to suggest, or will the worst be over by year’s end? That has been
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    Lock icon Discount please
    108 1 morningritf/i RETAILERS are facing hard times this year, with sales expected to be the same, or down, compared to the same time last year. Singapore Retailers Association president Jannie Tay told the newswire service AFX-Asia yesterday that she thought the government should step in and help by reducing
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      199 1 Ah you the Ah Boy for Ah Girl? Ah Girl, Singapore's latest TV icon, will be on the prowl among Streats readers at Wednesday's Streats bash at the swanky Sultan of Swing/ Shanghai Sally's. Her quest: To seek the perfect Ah Boy to go steady. Are you the one? If
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  • Streatsmart local
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      Lock icon Recruitment at bus stops and MRT stations They're hiring – right off the streets
      325 2 Recruitment at bus stops and MRT stations They're hiring right off the streets RECRUITMENT exercises have taken to the streets, literally. Traditionally conducted on company premises, some have moved to cyberspace with the popularity of the Internet. Now, some agencies have taken to bus stops and MRT stations, reports today’s
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      Lock icon Wanted: More Chinese teachers
      198 2 THE Ministry of Education (MOE) has turned to China to fill the need for Chinese language teachers. In 1998, there were 33 foreign Chinese teachers in schools here. In 1999, there were 62. Now, the number has swelled to around 300, making up about 9 per
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      Lock icon Axe marks the spot
      44 2 morningsmile Teacher: "United States President George Washington not only chopped down his father's cherry tree, but also admitted doing it "Now do you know why his father didn't punish him?" Johnny: "Because George still had the axe in his hand."
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    • Confusion over maid ban
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        Lock icon Conflicting reports from Jakarta
        144 3  -  reports by KAREN CHEN A DAY after ST TV quoted Indonesia’s Manpower Minister A 1 Hilal Hamdi as saying that his country would temporarily stop sending maids to Singapore due to safety concerns, an Indonesian Manpower Ministry official has been quoted as saying there is no
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        Lock icon Bad news
        306 3 A BAN would be bad news, said two Indonesian maids, as it would make life difficult for those who need to help support their families back in Indonesia. An Indonesian maid with no working experience gets about $230 a month. Those with working experience may get $250 or
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        Lock icon Good news
        81 3 ONE maid, however, felt the ban is good. Ms Sutarni Sunarto, 20, felt lucky that she can work here so she can remit money back home to support her fisherman father, her mother and two siblings. But she said: “A lot of maids fall down. I think after
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      Lock icon Helper of Christmas past
      116 3 onekindact, JuneW MY elderly parents felt distressed as they waited in a long taxi queue outside Cold Storage supermarket at Centrepoint. But, my parents said, along came a lady in a posh car who singled them out for an offer of a lift. They were hesitant
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      Lock icon Negligence verdict in gas-leak death
      187 3  -  by KHUSHWANT SINGH AYOUTH never woke up from his first night’s sleep in the newly renovated family home because of a negligent act. Nelson Choo Joon Heng, 17, (right) an ITE student, died after inhaling gas that leaked from a punctured pipe on June 30
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      Lock icon S'poreans worried about next six months Buyers feel the blues
      215 4 Singapore suffers sharpest fall in optimism among Asia-Pacific nations SINGAPORE consumers are feeling the pinch of the economic slowdown. And they’re worried about the future, as a Master Card International survey of 13 AsiaPacific countries shows. Singapore suffered the sharpest
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      Lock icon In US, consumers still splurging
      111 4 betweenthelines. O) an unprecedented extent, we're living in a split-personality economy. *consumers, whose spending accounts for two thirds of the economy, are keeping us out of a recession with their surprisingly persistent urge to splurge. They're still buying homes and cars at near-record rates. Many
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      Lock icon Shoplifter caughtbut just can't stop
      217 4  -  by KHUSHWANT SINGH LIAN Hui Chen, 33, was a regular visitor to stores along Orchard Road. But she hardly ever bought anything. She was a shoplifter, and a persistent one. On Jan 15, Lian stole clothing worth $317 from Isetan, Shaw House. She then crossed
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      Lock icon Boost for music and the arts 2 more schools to go autonomous
      417 5  -  by DEEPAVIJIYASINGAM IF you think your daughter is a budding musician or you’d just like her to get a basic grounding in music and the arts, then Paya Lebar Methodist Girls’ Secondary School (PLMGSS) or St Anthony’s Canossian
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      Lock icon Our weather girl says...
      85 5 Our weather girl says A fine day awaits you, with only passing showers in the early afternoon mainly over the north and east. You can stay dry and enjoy al fresco dining, or simply ponder the fact that it is the end of the work week. Temperatures range between 25°C
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    • Just a minute
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        75 5 For those lunching near Raffles City, how about a bit of nostalgia to go with your meal? October Cherries, one of Singapore's top bands of the late 60s and early 70s, will play old hits like Beautiful Sunday, Butterfly and Mammy Blue at Ipm at Raffles City's
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        69 5 The year-end exams may still be quite a while away, but you can help make studying less stressful for your child. Annie Phoon from the Society for Reading and Literacy shares some strategies that are both enjoyable and effective. Parents can also learn how to interpret exam
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        Lock icon Remember...
        53 5 Instead of hoarding one-cent coins, help get them back into circulation. The Singapore Mint provides a free service to help you exchange your coins for crisp dollar bills. This weekend the service is available at the Teck Ghee Community Club from noon to 6pm. If you have any queries,
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  • Streatsmart column
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      Lock icon Gone to the dogs
      606 6 THIS is you, thundered my boss as he slapped a copy of The Business Times on my desk last week. Last Friday, BT columnist Jaime Ee wrote about parenthood in the new millennium when pets become child substitutes to doting, permissive parents. My boss had every
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      1031 6 RINGTONES Love don’t cost a thing Kids Maria maria The way you make me feel Lady Overload Around the world Rock DJ Sex bomb Singing jn the rain Sweet child of mine A love before time Babytone Don't let me be the last to know Don't think I'm not Don't
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  • Streatsmart interchange
    • Culture swop
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        Lock icon Idea a pleasant surprise
        100 7 IT was a pleasant surprise to read “Trading places” in Streats on Wednesday. A“surprise”because during my threeyear stay in Singapore, this is the first time I have come across something like this. And “pleasant” because finally someone in Singapore seems to understand that the young ones
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        Lock icon Good for bonds between groups
        54 7 YES, I totally agree that it is good to have cross-cultural studies. As a multi-racial and multi-religious country, it is good for us to learn more about other races and religions. Once implemented islandwide, bonds will develop between people of different races and religions. Brian
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        Lock icon On the right track
        95 7 I WAS just reading the front page story headlined “Trading Places” (Streats, Wednesday), and I think the cultural exchange programme is a fabulous idea right here in our own country. It will give our young guns excellent exposure. I hope to see more schools participating. I
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        Lock icon Don't omit industry
        72 7 I THINK “Trading places” is a good idea for racial harmony and should be introduced not only in schools but also in companies. “...regardless of race, language and religion.” This is a key portion of the National Pledge, so why do some companies still state a race
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      Lock icon News cuts good move
      46 7 I THINK that Media Works made the right decision to cut TV Works’ news slots. We don’t need so many. Television channels should not use news as just a filler. TV Works should shun the mindset of the former monopoly. Louis Chng
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      Lock icon More news needed
      36 7 I THINK more news slots are needed on television (Streats, Tuesday). There should be news on TV Works at noon. There should also be Ipm and 10.30 pm slots at weekends. Karen Goi
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      102 7 havevoursav Streats is pleased to publish your views. To be heard, e-mail us atstreats@sph.com.sg or write to The Editor, Streats, 82 Genting Lane, Singapore *****7. You should include your name, address and contact number. Pi* WILD SEABUCKTHORN CAPSULES rish A n ou and ish ReP |e fSSind tal thin 9
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  • Streatsmart regional
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      Lock icon His greatest regret after 20 years as prime minister Dr M gives up on 'lazy' Malays
      310 9 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s greatest regret in his 20 years as prime minister is his failure to change the “lazy” attitude of Malays. “I am sad that I will have
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      Lock icon Teen cult 'leaders' held
      122 9 -AFP Kuala lumpur TWo suspected leaders of a satanic cult have been arrested, reports said yesterday. TWenty-five other members of the “Black Metal” cult for teenagers have also been identified and will be tracked down, The Star and the Sun reported. All students involved could be
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      Lock icon Circus clothes 'indecent'
      69 9 -AFP Close it down or morals will be corrupted, say citizens KUALA LUMPUR The Royal London circus, performing at Temerloh in Pahang, should close because its artistes are indecently dressed, a group of citizens have demanded. A letter from 20 people to the district office complained the
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      Lock icon Film bloopers
      38 9 webcites MOVIES like Titanic, Jurassic Park and Saving Private Ryan may go down in film history for the biggest lists of movie mistakes. At movie-mistakes.com fans can feast on nuggets of inconsistencies, discontinuities and other trivia.
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      Lock icon Aceh gets sweeping autonomy
      155 11 JAKARTA Indonesia’s parliament yesterday passed a bill granting Aceh province sweeping autonomy. The legislation, which will come into effect in 2002, gives the predominantly Muslim region the right to impose Islamic Syariah law and the right to call itself Nangroe Aceh Darussalam. The bill, which was
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    • weird world
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        Lock icon Booked for sex
        58 11 LONDON A couple was caught having sex in the British Library yesterday. They were sighted in the gents’ toilets between the rare books and humanities reading rooms. “A couple were apprehended in what could be described as a high state of excitation in a cubicle of the
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        Lock icon Riots for peanut butter?
        82 11 SACREMENTO Without peanut butter and jelly, California’s prisons would be a very dangerous place, say state bureaucrats. The kindergarten treat is the heart of a dispute between a food supplier and the Department of General Services and its army of buyers, reported the San Fransisco Chronicle.
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        Lock icon Bush's cat claws Indians
        67 11 -Reuters BOMBAY US President George W Bush has set the cat among the pigeons in India. Claws were out after a ruling BJP party member stumbled upon the name of Bush’s cat India on the net. “Mr President, Indians are ‘lion’, not the ‘cat’,” chanted demonstrators.
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      Lock icon Member, thou shalt not... Tribal commandments
      161 13 Faced with lawlessness and cultural breakdown, <a tribe in Papua New Guinea has drawn up its own code BANZ, Papua New Guinea A tribe here has set out its own Ten Commandments. The Senglapkanem tribe in the Western Highlands Province has set out 10
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    • Article
      Lock icon Okinawa rape: US airman charged
      89 13 -AFP TOKYO A US airman was charged yesterday with raping a Japanese woman on the island of Okinawa. “He was indicted... on rape charges,” said an official with the Naha district prosecutors office. Timothy Woodland, 24, a staff sergeant at Kadena Air Base on the
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  • Streatsmart global
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      Lock icon Power pow-wows On environment: Bonn
      314 14 Reuters BONN Efforts to reach an agreement on the Kyoto global warming pact got into high gear yesterday when environment ministers met to see if they can put it into force, even without the planet’s biggest polluter, the United States. President George Bush threw the
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    • Article
      Lock icon Sinking Tuvalu sends out SOS
      202 14 ~AP SYDNEY A tiny Pacific nation has sent an SOS to Australia and New Zealand seeking homes for its 11,000 people as rising sea levels threaten to engulf their homes. The Tbvaluan government has asked the South Pacific’s two main powers for help in resettling
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      Lock icon On world economy: Genoa
      171 14 Reuters GENOA Two letter bombs exploded in northern Italy on Wednesday, heightening tension in the barricaded city of Genoa ahead of this weekend’s Group of Eight (G 8) summit. The first bomb exploded at a Milan television station controlled by Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who
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      Lock icon Seen something new in US magazines? Ads for abortion pill causes stir
      258 15 -AP CHICAGO Sandwiched between a mineral-water ad and toothpaste news is a photo of a young woman contemplating whether to take the abortion pill, RU-486. “You have the freedom to choose. And now, you have another safe abortion
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    • Article
      Lock icon Have you heard? Gossip's an offence
      75 15 Reuters SAO PAULO Rumour has been banned among municipal employees in the Brazilian city of Cascavel, the city councilman who drafted the law said on Wednesday. Public servants who gossip may now face official reprimands, obligatory pro- fessional sensitivity training and even suspension or
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    • Article
      Lock icon Teflon pans unsafe?
      89 15 Reuters TORONTO Researchers at the University of Toronto have warned that non-stick Teflon coating on cookware releases chemicals that take centuries to break down and whose longterm effects are unknown. A summary of their study is published in the July 19 issue of the science journal, Nature.
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  • Streatsmart people
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      Lock icon Have no fear, Teen angels are here
      128 16 -AP Teenangels website is at WWW. wiKdkids.org/ teenangels CHICAGO Meet the Teenangels, a team of young volunteers worldwide who help to protect their peers online. Their aim: To teach young Web surfers how to avoid criminals who prey on children by using e-mail,
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      Lock icon Renong woes The fallen son
      384 16 MALAYSIANS know him as their country’s “leading Malay tycoon”. With his 11room mansion in central Kuala Lumpur, high connections that go all the way to former finance minister Tun Daim Zainuddin, Tan Sri Halim Saad (right), the executive chairman of Renong Bhd, has carved an
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  • 3-day STREATS
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      Lock icon Are you the Ah Boy for Ah Girl?
      409 17  -  by YVONNE KWOK YOU'VE heard the news. At this Wednesday’s Streats party, we’ve promised you: A free buffet of yummy good- ies like laksa, oysters and roast lamb at the party, A free flow of drinks ji|J from 6pm-9pm, Jr wf A
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      Lock icon Japanese on a budget
      315 18  -  two shoes by Wileen Chang CAN'T decide between teppanyaki or donburi? How about sushi or does your wallet stop you from enjoying that? Well, you can have them all and still have some change left over. Main’s Japanese Meal House, located in a quiet lane off
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    • Article
      Lock icon where to go
      116 18 Jenny Loo recommends you try good Thai food at: Taste Of Thailand #BI-13/14, Sembawang Shopping Centre, 604 Sembawang Road Tel: *****21 Jenny says: "It is down at the basement food court of the rather 'deserted' Sembawang shopping centre! The crowds only appear during lunch hour and on
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    • Stephanie @ the movies
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        Lock icon Jurassic Park III
        303 19 Jurassic Park 111 udP Directed by Joe Johnston Starring Sam Neill\ Tea Leoni, William H Macy, Laura Bern THERE'S something about dinosaurs that bears repeated viewing. Although the sight of lumbering prehistorics no longer draws the oohs and aahs, Jurassic Park 111 still manages to sustain one’s
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        Lock icon take 5
        160 19 Reviewers'takes Not as awe-inspiring as the first film or as elaborate as the second, but in its own B-movie way, it's a nice little thrill machine. Chicago Sun-Times'reviewer Robert Ebert Rating: 3 out of 4 A sturdy, watchable, Saturday-afternoon-serial throwback that teems with cool creatures. But it's too
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      Lock icon Sammi gets $2m to keep her figure
      150 21 HONGKONG'S Sammi Cheng may not be as well-endowed as our Jamie Yeo, but a slimming centre thinks the 29-year-old singer-actress looks like a million dollars or rather HK$lO million ($2.2 million), to be precise. On Wednesday, the star inked a two-year contract to
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    • channel scan
      • Today's must-see TV...
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          Lock icon VIEW FROM THE TOP
          47 21 10pm, TV Works The job of AXN CEO Todd Miler requires him to bring the best action programmes to the cable television network. How is he adjusting to his new home, Singapore? And how does he manage AXN in this totally new environment?
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          Lock icon ANGEL
          50 21 11pm, TV Works A family of half-demons is endangered when demon racist group The Scourge hits town. Angel goes undercover for the Scourge, and Cordelia and Doyle arrange the half-demons’ safe passage to an island. Then Cordelia learns that Doyle is really a demon. He dies saving his charges.
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          Lock icon BANZAI MY KIDS
          27 21 Bpm, Channel U Hosted by QuanYifeng and Guo Liang, this programme explores the relationship between parents and children. This discussion is about quality time.
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          Lock icon GOLDENEYE
          34 21 7pm, Channel 5 Pierce Brosnan’s first outing as 007 in which he battles the Russians. These ones are renegade ex-KGB agents who have stolen Golden Eye, a satellite laser system that zaps anything.
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    • easyStreats sports
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        Lock icon Have that fire in your belly, Singapore
        480 27 THIS Sunday I will fly to Sri Lanka for the Asian Netball Championship and also attend the Asian Federation of Netball Associations (Afna) meeting. But it will be a flight with a difference. I will fly on Sri Lankan instead of Singapore Airlines.
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      • Article
        Lock icon Woods struggles to 71
        166 28 -AFP LYTHAM ST ANNES, England Hger Woods got his British Open title defence off to a faltering start yesterday, falling foul of the bunkers which make the Royal Lytham and St Annes links course such a test of accuracy. The 25-year-old was fortunate to come home
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        Lock icon Eagles post first win this month Back on top
        438 28  -  by 'TAN KIM HAN NTUC Income S-League Geylang United 2 Woodlands Wellington 1 FINALLY, the Eagles of Geylang United re-discovered their wings at Bedok Stadium last night. Title-chasing Geylang posted its first win this month following an earlier loss to Singapore
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      • Article
        Lock icon Ahmad Latiff sacked, to miss Man U match
        183 29 ahmad Latiff has been dropped from Team Singapore for indiscipline. This means that the tempestuous striker will miss Tuesday’s match against Manchester United at the National Stadium. His place in the South-east Asia Games squad is also under threat. A decision is
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        Lock icon Brazil in quarter-finals
        86 29 SOCCER -AFP CALI, Colombia Winger Denilson helped Brazil to a last-gasp 3-1 win over Paraguay and enter the quarter-finals of Copa America. Brazil, which lost its opening match, was shocked to find itself a goal down after just 10 rninutes when Guido Alvarenga fired the Paraguayans ahead
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      • Article
        Lock icon One Patel too many
        124 29 CRICKET Reuters London British cricket umpire Roy Higgins was stumped when he found all 22 players in his game were called Patel. As wickets began to fall, Patel was caught by Patel off the bowling of Patel, the Mirror newspaper reported yesterday. Then Patel was run
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      • Article
        Lock icon Armstrong on song
        111 29 'CYCLING -AFP CHAMROUSSE, France American Lance Armstrong blitzed a 165-man field in the 11th stage individual time trial on Wednesday to win his second successive stage on this year’s Tour de France. The US Postal rider clocked an impressive lhr 07min 27sec to relegate main rival German
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