Streats, 13 December 2001

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    18 1 STREATS THURSDAY 13 December 2001 Mother quality publication of JT Singapore Press Holdings E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg MITA (P) 103/06/2000
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    Lock icon Case casts net wider
    407 1  -  Focus on 8 service industries by ZUBAIDAH NAZEER IMAGINE collecting your car from a motor workshop only to drive home with a spluttering engine and an inflated bill. It shouldn’t happen and the Consumers Association of Singapore (Case) wants to put an end to it. The
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    Lock icon Osama's men refuse to surrender
    294 1 Wire services TORA BORA, Afghanistan Osama bin Laden’s Al Qaeda fighters are proving to be a stubborn lot. Yesterday, they defied an “Bam surrender-or-die deadline” (Afghan time) set by opposing Northern Alliance forces. And US B-52 bombers were immediately seen pounding Al Qaeda hideouts in
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  • Staatsmart local
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      Lock icon Mind's healing power
      381 2  -  Fight cancer the holistic way by SARAH NG SUCCESSFUL treatment of cancer depends on more than just medicine and radiotherapy. You can play a big role if your loved one is stricken by helping to ease his fear, anxiety and stress. Common sense? Perhaps, but Assoc Professor
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      Lock icon Do the right thing, put it in the bin
      100 2 FOUR MRT stations Raffles Place, City Hall, Outram Park and Tanjong Pagar will get paper recycling bins, 15 of them. They will be there for two months, placed there by the Singapore Environment Council (SEC), SMRT, Spiral Recycling Services and main
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      Lock icon $1m grant to help furniture companies
      284 2 A MILLION dollars for Christmas. That’s what’s on offer to furniture compand to help them improve their business in the ne year. The Singapore Furniture Industries Counci which represents almost all locally-owned furit ture makers, is offering its members up to each to help
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      Lock icon More demand for free textbooks
      129 3 THE list for this year’s NTUC Fair Price textbook giveaway had about 1,000 more students’ names than last year’s. The supermarket chain has organised the collection of the books and their redistribution to children from low-income families every year for the past 19 years. Last
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      Lock icon 'Unlikely extortionist'
      289 3  -  Two bullets extortion case: Bookie not suspect at outset reports by I KHUSHWANT SINGH A MALAYSIAN bookmaker who is on trial for extortion and making death threats over a debt seemed like an unlikely culprit at the time of the crime. That was the testimony a court heard
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        Lock icon Stall robbed for 4th time
        101 3 A BEDOK Road coffee stall was the target of thieves for the fourth time. The stallholder, Madam Lim Yoke Sim, 57, discovered that she had lost $260 worth of cigarettes and some cash when she went to her stall on Monday morning. The hinges on
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        Lock icon 'Customer' robbed her
        94 3 A THIEF posing as a customer snatched a gold chain from the hand of a jewellery shop sales assistant and fled. At about 6pm on Monday, Ms Jasmine Loh, 33, was showing the gold chain to a man she thought was a customer at Tong Sang Goldsmiths,
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        Lock icon 194 held in drugs swoop
        77 3  -  Eiktha Murli Khemlani CENTRAL Narcotics Bureau (CNB) officers arrested 194 suspects in a 20-hour, islandwide anti-drugs operation on Thesday. The CNB said that heroin and more than $7,000 in cash were seized during the operation, which included undercover police work. One man arrested was also
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      Lock icon Only jail keeps him out of trouble
      160 3 HABITUAL thief Rosli Samad, 51, doesn’t need help, he needs another long spell in jail, the authorities have decided. A court heard yesterday that Rosli convicted of theft 18 times since 1977 had been sent to the Institute of Mental Health because he
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      Lock icon Chauffeur gets 6 years for theft
      117 3 TAN Geok Hong was jailed yesterday for stealing about $2.5 million worth of property from Madam Ratnawati Harjojudanto, the daughter-in-law of former Indonesian president Suharto. Tan, 37, (right) was formerly the chauffeur and housekeeper of Madam Ratnawati. The court heard yesterday that Tan used
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      Lock icon No more Streats on Saturdays Five-day focus
      373 5  -  by DEEPAVIJIYASINGAM FROM next week, look out for a beefed up, revamped edition of Streats more focused to your needs. Streats will no longer be published on Saturdays. Instead we will concentrate on widening our news coverage during the weekdays for you, the
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      Lock icon Our weather girl says...
      91 5 Our weather girl says It'll be raining and pouring but you won't feel like snoring because you'll be i rushing home trying to beat the thunderstorms, which are expected in the afternoon and early evening over many areas. It's best you keep a jacket or cardigan at the office to
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    • Just a minute
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        70 5 Hari Raya is on Sunday and the Singapore History Museum, Singapore Art Museum, Asian Civilisations Museum and Singapore Philatelic Museum have all waived admission fees for the day and put on free activities, guided tours, 3D shows and exhibitions. A shuttle bus service, also free, will run
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        Lock icon Remember...
        35 5 SBS service 405 will operate on Sunday and Monday for Hari Raya Puasa. The route is Boon Lay interchange via Jalan Bahar, Choa Chu Kang Road and Urn Chu Kang Road. Details at www.sbs.com.sg.
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      Lock icon 6,000 prisoners'families can tele-visit at Paya Lebar Video link opens prison doors
      318 6  - 6, 000 prisoners'families can tele-visit at Paya Lebar Video link opens prison doors by 'SONNY PHUA VIDEO conferencing isn’t just for office boardrooms any more. This same technology is being used by the Singapore Prison Service. Families of 6,000 inmates at five prisons can now go to the Tele-Visiting Centre
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    • Article
      Lock icon Weird thief at Bugis Village
      172 6 THE thief who broke into a sundry goods store at Bugis Village last weekend got up to some strange things. He sprinkled baby powder all over the shop and poured shower foam, shampoo and hair gel over the goods and electrical appliances. He also destroyed
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  • Streatsmart regional
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      Lock icon Taiwan school dropout's video game contest win prompts move Credits for game buffs
      208 7 TAIPEI A high school dropout’s world-beating video game-playing prowess may prod Taiwan educators into granting academic credits for such skills. Seventeen-year-old videogame wizard Jeng Cheng Tseng took first prize at the first World Cyber Games in Seoul
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      Lock icon Killed for complaining about din
      131 7 -AP JAKARTA A group of men noisily parading down a street here to wake up Muslims for their pre-dawn meal killed a man who complained about the din, The Jakarta Post reported yesterday. The victim, identified as Mr Risman, told the passing group to shut
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      Lock icon Raja of Perlis is new M'sian King
      171 7 -AP KUALA LUMPUR The Raja of Perlis was elected Malaysia’s new king yesterday. The Raja, Tbanku Syedi Sirajuddin Syed Putra Jamalullail (right), will be; Malaysia’s 12th Yang di-l Pertuan Agong (he who is made lord) following a secret vote by the Conference of
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  • WAR
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      Lock icon Crude caves
      284 9 Hideouts not hi-tech as experts believed TORA BORA, Afghanistan So far, the famous caves where Osama bin Laden and his A 1 Qaeda fighters were assumed to be hiding have turned out to be little more than rough-walled rooms dug into hills. The first probes into the caves
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    • war diary
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        Lock icon Phase II: Bio-attack
        63 9 TALEBAN fighter John Walker Lindh has told US intelligence officials that the A 1 Qaeda plans to launch a biological attack on the US within days. He told intelligence debriefers at a Marine Corps base near Kandahar that “Phase II” of A 1 Qaeda’s war on the
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        Lock icon N-experts met Osama
        51 9 TWO Pakistani scientists have told investigators that they had discussions about nuclear, chemical and biological weapons with Osama bin Laden in August in Kabul, the Washington Post reported yesterday. The scientists Sultan Bashiruddin Mahmood, Abdul Majid had claimed that they met Osama only to discuss their charitable
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      Lock icon Aussie fighter caught
      107 11 Reuters An Australian man captured fighting for terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden's Al Qaeda group in Afghanistan could face murder charges or a long stint in prison. South Australian David Hicks was captured by Northern Alliance troops in Afghanistan on or around Dec 9, Australian Attorney General
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      Lock icon US indicts Frenchman for WTC attacks Terror charge
      279 11 Wire services WASHINGTON The indictment of Zacarias Moussaoui suggests that significant progress has been made in tracing the Sept 11 conspiracy. The 31-page indictment ''paints Moussaoui as one of the intended hijackers and also for the first time details how the plot
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      Lock icon Plans for Al Qaeda leaders'trials laid
      258 11 Wire services WASHINGTON With the last Al Qaeda stronghold in Afghanistan close to collapse, the Pentagon is laying out plans to bring to justice the enemy fighters that US forces expect to round up. Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said Ameican troops will route Al
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  • Streatsmart global
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      Lock icon Software gives computers sight
      156 12 -AFP SAN FRANCISCO Researchers at computer chip maker Intel have released free software that allows computers to “see” in three dimensions. The software gives computers the ability to recognise depth as well as objects on a flat surface, the world’s largest computer chip maker announced onThesday.
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    • weird world
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        Lock icon Saucy Prince Charlie
        83 12 Reuters PRINCE Charles, who once called a London landmark a “monstrous carbuncle”, queried on Tuesday why he had been chosen to address a meeting on tall buildings. “I can only imagine that, like a bottle of HP sauce, I am to be used as a means of
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        Lock icon Norway car rat
        75 12 Reuters A TERRIFIED woman in Norway shared her car with a rat for two weeks after failing to lure the animal into a trap. The 15cm rat, which nested under the dashboard with old banknotes and receipts, ignored traps loaded with cheese, sausage and minced beef. “I
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        Lock icon Tattoo fellowship
        81 12 Reuters ALL the Lord of the Rings cast have something in common tattoos. “When we had it done in a tattoo parlour in Wellington, we all swore never to tell anyone,” said lan McKellen, who plays wizard Gandalf. “It wasn’t painful. In fact it was joyful. For the
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      Lock icon UK report on race violence Oath proposed for immigrants
      286 13 This debate will give credence to the racists and all the racial prejudice in this country. -Mr Habib Rahman, head of the Joint Council for the Welfare oflmmigrants LONDON Immigrants should swear an oath of allegiance to Britain, according to the
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      Lock icon Misuari is an unwanted man
      224 13 MANILA Nur Misuari has become a pariah, unwanted anywhere. Three weeks after renewing his fight for a Muslim homeland in the largely Catholic Philippines, the 60-year-old former university professor is being held incommunicado by Malaysian police as Kuala Lumpur and Manila ponder his fate. Neither
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      Lock icon Erap trial put off
      160 13 -AP MANILA-A court has suspended former Philippine President Joseph Estrada’s corruption trial until January. Justice Teresita de Castro cancelled the trial yesterday and two remaining hearings this month because of a lack of a quorum following the suspension of a key judge. The trial was set
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      Lock icon Ambon riots after ferry blast
      74 13 Reuters JAKARTA Riots ravaged Ambon yesterday after 10 people died in a mysterious ferry explosion, officials said. Hundreds went on a rampage in the city, setting fire to a local parliament building and several trucks following the blast on the wooden ferryboat. The ferry was
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  • Streatsmart people
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      Lock icon Money where his mouth is
      418 14 Clinton takes to elder statesman role Reuters GLASGOW Former US president Bill Clinton is slipping smoothly into the role of elder statesman, prescribing solutions for all the problems of the world that no longer drop on to his desk. On a speaking tour of Britain
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  • easy STREATS
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      Lock icon Man-ning the fort
      448 15  -  TV Works'new boss Man Shu Sum has plans for TV Works by DIANA SER TALK about a roller coaster ride. In the six months since its launch, SPH’s English-language channel, TV Works, has seen its star vehicles like Paradise and Big Buffet come and go. It scored
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    • Stephanei @ the movies
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        Lock icon Cool but not very deep
        440 17 Ocean's Eleven Directed by Steven Soderbergh Starring George Clooney; Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Don Cheadle, Julia Roberts TO say that last year was a hectic one for Steven Soderbergh is an understatement. That was the year of his Erin Brockovich and Traffic stint, two critically
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        188 17 Does Ocean's Eleven sparkle or sink? ffhis giddy and glancing charade is one of the most sheerly pleasurable movies to come out this year, and it cements Soderbergh's status as the reigning artist-entertainer at work in Holly wood today. Entertainment Weekly reviewer Owen Gleiberman (Rating: A) didn't shake
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      Lock icon Cashing in on Potter
      420 18  -  by CARA van MIRIAH HARRY Potter and The Sorcerer’s Stone hit the jackpot last month with millions of movie-goers flocking to the cinemas. And the fever is still on. And like the movie, the merchandise is doing well too. Miss Fanny Chai, brand man- ager of
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      Lock icon New CBS series to include Sept 11 themes
      241 19 Wire services ANGELES US President George s “war on terrorism” has inspired girst television series. c *h Tuesday, CBS announced the first to prime-time TV series with ties to (t 11 and America’s new war: srican Fighter Pilots, which will ut as
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      • Today's must-see TV
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          Lock icon STRIKING DISTANCE
          47 19 10pm, TV Works Detective Tom Hardy (Bruce Willis) is pay- ing dearly for testifyv ing against his part- ner in a police bruI tality case. And as I the body count gets higher, Tom gets closer to the truth. W Also starring Sarah Jessica Parker.
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          Lock icon DARK TALES II
          39 19 Bpm, Channel U Wei is jail and feeling remorseful. Lang misses many chances to be reincarnated due to his magnanimous character. Will he finally be able to fulfill his wish of returning to the living world?
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          Lock icon SCREAM TEST
          53 19 10pm, Channel 5 This Australian show dared 20 contestants to spend the night in six haunted locations, with the best of each group to spend a night in the most haunted place of all. The first night they go to the 150-year-old Maitland Gaol for violent prisoners. Don’t
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          Lock icon ERIN BROCKOVICH
          55 19 9pm, HBO (SCV 60) A woman working in a law j office stumbles upon medical I records among real estate files, investigates, and discovers a cover-up involving contaminated water. The firm went on to receive the largest settlement ever paid in a direct-action lawsuit in US history. Stars
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      Lock icon No gay role for Andy
      165 21 Hongkong heartthrob Andy Uu may desperately want to win movie award, but that doesn’t hean he’ll take on just any role. Andy recently confessed to Hongkong reporters that “if you *sk me to act in a gay movie, I 'eally don’t have the courage”. The
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      Lock icon Japanese Madonna
      128 21 J-POP princess Ayumi Hamasaki has finally made a dent in the UK pop charts. The petite singer, who recently released an album, M, in Europe and America, is in 13th spot in the UK magazine Music Week’s popular pop chart this week. She first entered the charts two
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    • easyStreats sports
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        Lock icon Fowler arrested, unlikely to be charged
        152 23 Reuters LEEDS England striker Robbie Fowler has been arrested by police in Leeds in relation to an alleged offence of criminal damage. A Leeds police statement said yesterday that two unnamed men in their 20s were released after the incident just before midnight on
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        Lock icon Zico' set to join Sembawang
        372 23  -  by TAN KIM HAN TOP striker Kiatisuk “Zico” Senamuang (left) is almost certain to sign for SLeague club Sembawang Rangers next season. Yesterday, the former Singapore Armed Forces FC player said he was about “80 per cent sure”of going to the northernbased club. Said the
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        Lock icon Knicks loses game in overtime Celtics' charge
        344 24 Reuters NBA CHAMPIONSHIP New York Knicks 93 Boston Celtics 102 NEW YORK Antoine Walker drained his sixth three-pointer with 3.6 sec left to send the game into overtime, and Boston Celtics thoroughly dominated the extra session to beat New York Knicks 102-93 on
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        Lock icon Teams focused on Europe and Premiership Cup nobody wants
        441 25 LONDON Good teams are supposed to put poor opponents to the sword. But as Tottenham Hotspur celebrates its passage into the semi-finals of the Worthington Cup with a 6-0 win over Bolton, only the truly partisan can really have enjoyed an
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        Lock icon Wenger: We lacked experience
        208 25 LONDON Arsene Wenger admitted that his under-strength Arsenal side was well beaten by Blackburn Rovers in the Worthington Cup. He said: “We played against a very good Blackburn team. We had a good start, but then lost some stupid balls in the middle of the park
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        Lock icon worthington cup results
        31 25 Blackburn 4 (Matt Jansen 11,15,68, Mark Hughes 21) Arsenal 0 k Tottenham 6 (Simon Davies 21, F Les Ferdinand29,3o,3B, Anthony Barness 79 og, Steffen Iversen 84) Bolton 0
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      • SOCCER
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          Lock icon Leeds to meet Eindhoven
          115 25 Reuters NYON, Switzerland Leeds United will meet PSV Eindhoven, and Glasgow Rangers takes on Dutch team Feyenoord in the Uefa Cup fourth round. The draw was made yesterday. AC Milan has drawn Roda JC Kerkrade, and Parma with Israeli outsider HapoelTel Aviv. Serie A leader Inter
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          Lock icon Rush tips Owen for award
          103 25 LONDON lan Rush, Liverpool’s greatest striker, believes Michael Owen should be named European Footballer of the Year. And Rush reckons Owen who scored his 99th Liverpool goal against Middlesbrough could have had twice as many goals, but for his hamstring problems, reports ananova. Rush said:
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        Lock icon Top pugilists for Minolta Cup
        61 25 'KARATE ABOUT 100 pugilists, including South-east Asia Games bronze medallist Ken Lee, will compete in the 2nd Minolta Cup karate-do tournament on Monday at the Cairhnhill Community Club. They will take part in the various categories of kata and kumite.The tournament is jointly organised by
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        Lock icon Ruud: Fourth place would be nice
        334 26 LONDON Ruud Van Nistelrooy (left) admitted that Manchester United will be happy just to finish its tortuous season in the Premiership’s top four. The Dutch striker revealed that the crisis of confidence at Old Trafford has become so bad that scraping a Champions League
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        Lock icon Ferguson: Team has to rediscover fighting spirit 'It's not over yet'
        438 26 H LONDON B Alex W Ferguson I (right) has I backtracked on his r gloomy assessment of Manchester United’s Y championship prospects, saying the f Red Devils still have a chance of winning the league. F After plunging to
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        Lock icon WHAT THE ENGLISH SAY
        53 27 Bennett's a central defender. In that position; you've got to be really good in the air. He wasn't dominating in that department. -Billy Brown, Bradford City's assistant manager We're not offering him a contract as he's no better than anyone that we've got. -Alan Hardy, Oldham
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        Lock icon WHAT S'POREANS SAY
        134 27 You might be god's gift to football!, but your style of play must be what the coach wants, or else you're out. Even Thailand's KiatisukSenamuang struggled to create an impact at First Division Huddersfield. Seak Poh Leong, Geylang's director of football I don't envy Bennett, but this
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        Lock icon Two English clubs give their reasons Why Bennett flopped
        415 27  - Two English clubs give their reasons W hy Bennett flopped by ADAM HASHIDY S-LEAGUE Player of the Year Daniel Bennett is not good enough to play in England. So said officials of two English clubs the 23-year-old had trials with Division One Bradford City and Division T\vo Oldham Athletic. The
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