Streats, 15 February 2002

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  • 13 1 STREATS Another quality publication of Singapore Press Holdings E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg MITA (P) 429/03/2001
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  • 386 1 Your views wanted on reshaping Singo)re CHASING the five Cs career, condominium, club, credit card and car that’s what Singaporeans have long been said to be doing. But there’s more than that, feels a committee which has been tasked to examine the political, social and cultural
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  • 114 1  -  by DIANA SER MEDIAWORKS artistes like Kym Ng (above) will bring special cheer to the new season of S-League on TV Works literally. The petite 30-something star told Streats that she will don a “short skirt with those frilly panties” to play cheerleader at upcoming live
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  • 167 1 Reuters BANGKOK Swinging Singaporean men looking for a good time in Thai bars will find slim pickings when they go there. Police have banned women from entering bars unless escorted by a man. And it started, of all days, yesterday Valentine’s Day.
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  • LOCAL
    • 433 2  -  Tudung girls by ZUBAIDAH NAZEER THE last resort. This was the reaction of the fathers of three Malay Primary 1 schoolgirls at the centre of the tudung issue when asked if they would enrol their daughters in Malaysian schools. They said this
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    • 190 2  -  by CARA van MIRIAH COUPLES hoping for a romantic stroll along Changi Beach Park yesterday had their Valentine’s Day plan spoilt by piles of trash and leftover food. During the Chinese New Year holidays, the popular beach haunt for funloving campers, families and couples
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    • 262 3  -  by CARA van MIRIAH CHINGAY 2002 will be a feast of sight and sound tomorrow. It will showcase a spectrum of local and foreign dances. Artistes from China, Japan, Australia and the US will perform. But the local flavour remains strong. Once again, the traditional
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    • 192 3 A NEW segment Skip, Spin and Stomp will showcase American street dance performed on a graffiti float. The youngest participant is nine-year-old Michael Too, a Chinese-American studying here. The 10m long float depicts colours of street culture with props like oil drums, an artificial manhole and splashes
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    • 290 4  -  Wife-beater in dock protests loudly, often by KHUSHWANT SINGH THE charges against Kaliperumal Tharuman were serious enough, but some people couldn’t help but smile during his persistent outbursts in a district court yesterday. Tharuman, 59, a security officer, threatened to chop and kill his wife, the court
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    • 291 4  -  by ADAM HASHIDY DURING the week leading up to Chinese New Year, thieves stocked up on cigarettes, beer, goodies and cash from provision stores, restaurants and one sleeping person. In just two cases, more than $5,000 worth of cigarettes, or about 100 cartons, and nine
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    • 94 4 onekindact. Nooryanti Rahman McDonald's Choa Chu Kang branch delivered my double order but it was a single. I was so angry when I complained on the telephone to the manager, Mr Samsuri, but it was such a pleasant experience when staff member Ms Suraya arrived at my
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    • Million-dollar cheating cases
      • 162 4  -  -Khushwant Singh A MILLION-DOLLAR embezzlement case that first came to light last month was followed yesterday by the emergence of a new, multi-million dollar case. Chong Seah Wee, 39, a customer service officer at HSBC Bank’s Tanglin branch, was in the dock of Court 26 for allegedly
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      • 152 4  -  Khushwant Singh BUSINESSMAN Lam Chen Fong, 29, was yesterday slapped with another 100 charges of allegedly pocketing customers’ funds. Lam, a partner in Wen Long Money Changer at City Plaza in Geylang, was charged on Jan 31 on one count of embezzling $8,160 of funds he received
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    • 210 8 DURING his recent trip to Washington, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was following in the footsteps of many predecessors who have discussed peace and sought a peaceful solution for the Middle East. All have failed, so far, to achieve a lasting peace, and one
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    • 383 8 WE refer to “Where’s the means to be green?” (Streats, Feb 4) and “Public sector should be green leader” (Streats, Feb 6), letters by James Low and “Keen to be Green” respectively. We would like to thank the writers for their feedback and
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  • FINANCIAL
    • 163 6 AS AT 9AM Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency Currencies Bid Offer Australian dollar 0.9280 0.9440 Canadian dollar 1.1380 1.1620 Euro 1.5880 1.6120 NZ dollar 0.7590 0.7800 Sterling pound 2.5990 2.6270 US dollar 1.8230 1.8350 Local dollars to 100 units of foreign currency Austrian
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    • 318 6 A SMALLER than expected decline in US retail sales last month has boosted hopes that the world’s largest economy is on the road to recovery. Total retail sales fell by 0.2 per cent in January from
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    • 460 6 STI: 1,774.63 133.95 -Reuters SHARES closed higher for the third day yesterday after solid US retail sales data strengthened hopes that a global economic recovery was on the way. The Straits Times Index finished up 33.95 points at 1,774.63, its highest level in two
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    • money scan
      • 87 6 Reuters SINGAPORE'S non-oil domestic exports in January are likely to post a smaller contraction of 6 per cent year-on-year, in line with expectations of a recovery around the middle of the year, analysts said yesterday. A survey of five economists produced a range
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      • 77 6 -AFP HEWLETT-PACKARD beat analysts’ forecasts on Wednesday by reporting quarterly earnings before exceptional items of US$564 million ($1 billion) or 29 cents a share. Analysts had expected a 25 cent per share figure from the technology group. The company’s net profit was US$4B4 million, more
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      • 85 6 -AFP NISSAN Motor Co Ltd said yesterday it would start rehiring employees it had laid off as part of a restructuring plan, as the automaker boosts its operations. “We plan to add another 1,000 hires going forward, the workers will meet the specific needs of
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      • 68 6 THE Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) said yesterday it has cancelled the licences of Meridian Petroleum and Bunkering Pte Ltd for selling contaminated fuel to ships. The harbour craft licences of two bunker tankers operated by Meridian were also revoked with effect from
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    • 222 8 Interchange have your say J Streats is pleased to publish your views. To be heard, moil us at streats'&pbxomsg or write to The Editor, Streats, 1000 Too Payoh North, Singapore *****4. You should include your name, address and contact number. SCADA PROMOTION m t Escada Sports Feeling Free 100 ml
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  • MEDICAL
    • 284 10 Reuters LONDON Cardiologists issued their own Valentine’s day message yesterday love is good for the heart. As romantics sent cards and red roses, the World Heart Federation (WHF) issued a statement urging loving couples to let
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    • 241 10 Q* I am 45, diabetic and suffering from rheumatoid arthritis. I had total knee replacement on both knees five years ago. How long do artificial knees last? What sort of exercises can I do? Al Artificial knees generally have a 90-95-per cent chance of lasting for 10 years.
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    • 139 10 healthfact. VITAMINS are organic nutrients needed for metabolism and good health. Most must be provided by diet or by supplements; only three D, K, and the B vitamin biotin can be manufactured in the body from non-dietary sources. Vitamins are not sources of energy like carbohydrates, fats,
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    • health scan
      • 155 10 Reuters NEW YORK Babies may imitate adults, but they go their own way when it makes sense. A group of 14-month-olds were made to watch an adult turn a light-box on with her head once when her hands were occupied and once when they were
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      • 93 10 Reuters NEW YORK Brain surgery may help some patients with severe obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), a study says. OCD is a psychiatric illness marked by persistent, irrational thoughts and an uncontrollable urge to repeatedly perform certain acts, such as handwashing. Patients in the study were treated with
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      • 91 10 Reuters NEW YORK Sunbathers may think reapplying sunscreen every two to three hours is good enough. But for maximum benefit, a British study says, it should be reapplied 15 to 30 minutes after sun exposure begins. At two to three hours the reasons they have for being in
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      • 108 10 Reuters NEW YORK Most doctors and nurses would rather not have parents with their children in a hospital emergency room, researchers report. “Parents want this, but as things got more intense, (fewer) doctors and nurses thought the parents should come back there,” study co-author Dr Gregory
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  • REGIONAL
    • 333 13 Wellington a government apology to Chinese settlers turned sour after it was delivered in Mandarin, a New Zealand newspaper reported yesterday. The translation to New Zealand IVime Minister Helen Clark’s apology given in Mandarin, instead of Cantonese,
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    • 148 13 -AP JAKARTA Indonesia’s armed forces are Embarking upon a plan to prevent the country from becoming a breeding ground for terrorists. “The most important thing... is to prevent Indonesia from being used as a developing place for international terrorism,” armed forces commander Admiral Widodo
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    • 47 13 An Indonesian woman pulling a makeshift raft as she leaves her flooded village in Jakarta yesterday. Jakarta's flood victims were given no respite on Wednesday as floods returned to swamp their houses. Many feared the worst as the water level continued to rise Pic: AFP
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    • From Bangkok to Taipei... love is alive and well
      • 122 13 -AP Bangkok Thais marked Valentine’s bay with wacky weddings. In Suran Thani on Wednesday, Irishman Garret Dillon, 30, was let out of his cell to marry his Thai girlfriend Meena Sae Han in jail. The ceremony was attended by fellow inmates, prison warders and the Couple’s
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      • 146 13 -AFP MANILA Most Filipinos believe in love at first sight and say each person has only one true love, according to a survey released yesterday. Belief in love at first sight is higher among older Filipinos, and also higher among school dropouts, according
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      • 139 13 -AFP MANILA Philippine President Gloria Arroyo joined her eldest son in a Valentine’s Day dinner as he asked for the hand of his girlfriend in marriage. A smiling Mrs Arroyo announced to reporters that her eldest son, Juan Miguel Arroyo, 32, and his girlfriend
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      • 145 13 -AFP TAIPEI Another admirer of Taiwan’s vice-president came forward yesterday to profess his love for the 58-year-old spinster. “Tony Chen, famous English teacher, is the true love of Annette Lu,”read the two-storey-high scrolls hung from a school run by Mr Chen, 43, in Taichung.
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  • GLOBAL
    • 368 15 LONDON The US is preparing to launch an assault on Iraq, several reports said yesterday. Britain’s The Guardian said a Pentagon-CIA plan sees 200,000 troops taking part in an assault on Iraq later this year. The aim: Get
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    • 230 15 Wire services CHICAGO -The family of a woman killed by a piece of falling glass will get US$lB million ($33 million) in compensation. Ms Ana Flores, a 36-year-old mother of two, was killed in 1999 as she walked with her
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    • 267 15 Wire services WASHINGTON Mr Yasser Arafat has “accepted responsibility” for the recent arms smuggling attempt by ship, US Secretary of State Colin Powell said on Wednesday. “(Mr Arafat) wrote me a letter three days ago on the Karine A, accepting responsibility, not personal responsibility, but
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    • 204 15 -Reuters KANDAHAR In a darkened room at the back of a teashop in dusty downtown Kandahar, 23-year-old Latif stands with his mouth open. He giggles nervously, staring at the first pair of breasts he can remember seeing. Satellite television has come here the former stronghold
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    • weird world
      • 81 15 SCOTS have more sex than other Britons, having sex an average of 122 times a year, BBC News Online reported. Britons aged between 21 and 24 had sex almost every other day. The Durex study said teens had sex 122 times a year, while over--458 averaged 77
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      • 97 15 Reuters A WOMAN chaplain has joined the British army, breaking a centuriesold tradition of chaplains being men. Curate Juliette Hulme, 44, will face four weeks of training at a military academy and a further month’s study in a chaplaincy course before being posted as a captain with a
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      • 89 15 -AP A COUPLE who sued officials for displaying a picture of their house with the words “Our view of the hillbilly hellhole” have been awarded US$5O,OOO ($91,000). Blaine and Sally Rhodes of Sewall’s Point, Florida, had asked jurors to award them more than US$l5,OOO in the lawsuit
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      • 88 15 -AP MOLE Valley District Council was thrilled when the famous Budapest Gypsy Symphony Orchestra confirmed a visit to the London suburb’s premier venue, Dorking Hall. Hoping to entice music lovers to the April 19 concert, the council sent a colourful mailer to 25,000 homes emblazoned with the words
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  • easy STREATS
    • 607 17 M She's only 16, but Alfarahizah Awangnit is already I establishing herself as a face to remember on Media Corp TV's Suria channel. YVONNE KWOK speaks to the teenage star ofSuria's most highly-rated drama series of all time and finds out the secrets to her success JUST
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    • 217 17 Suria's annual awards show will be held on Saturday, 830 pm, at the Caldecott Broadcast Centre It will also be shown live on Suria. The nominees are: 1) Roslan Kemat (Selagi Ada Kasih Jeritan Sepi) 2) Zaidi Ibrahim (Perea Kehidupan) 3) Hasnul Rahmat (Di Batik Jerjak Hati)
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    • 504 18  -  by STEPHANIE GOH I'VE never liked the Oscars. It has, what I call, an “effect” on me. And trust me, the behavioural symptoms of this condition are not pretty. The metamorphosis starts on nomination day. Names are announced. My eyes glaze over, a mysterious gust of
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    • 168 20 NICHOLAS TSE probably had a rather depressing Valentine’s Day. The Hongkong heartthrob may soon be without a girlfriend. Faye Wong hasn’t been spending too much time with a him lately. She’s been seen recently with j ex-hubby and China rocker Dou Wei. Faye, who di- vorced
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    • Article, Illustration
      406 20  -  foodieTWO-SHOES by WILEEN CHANG TOSS high and never eat it alone that’s the fun of this dish. Yusheng raw fish salad is correctly served on the seventh day of Chinese New Year, which is everybody’s birthday. But it’s so delicious, people nowadays cannot wait to get their
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    • Just a minute
      • 90 22 How far from the TV should you sit? And how far away should you hold a book when reading? Living in this digital age that's filled with computers and electronic games, it is important to adopt good eye care habits from young. Concerned parents can listen to
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      • 76 22 Coleman Street, St Andrew's Road, Parliament Place, Old Parliament Lane, Connaught Drive and Fullerton Road will be closed on Saturday 4 at 3pm because oftheChingay parade. At4pm,Suntec f City Driveway, the side road of Republic Avenue, m Nicoll Highway (in the I direction away from f Mountbatten Road between
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    • 75 22 "SHUI wei cai"- that's a Chinese saying that water represents wealth. So you should be happy that there'll be showers in the late afternoon today, though they'll be mainly over western Singapore. The high tide will reach 2.9 m at 12.50 pm. The temperature will range
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    • Happenin'
      • 127 22 URBAN STRAWBERRY LUNCH Botanic Gardens, Shaw Foundation Symphony Stage Sunday, 5.30pm Free The guys who make up Urban Strawberry Lunch hail from the United Kingdom and make music with everyday objects such as plastic barrels, car wheels and wash basins! Enjoy this extraordinary presentation in the beauty and serenity
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      • 44 22 I NOT STUPID JACK NEO Sunday, 7.30 pm www.irc.pacific.net.sg Here is your chance to ask Jack Neo anything you want about local flick, I Not Stupid. The veteran comedian is a virtual one-man show behind the movie he is actor, director and writer.
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      • 89 22 CHINGAY 2002 City Hall Saturday, spm Free This will be your only chance to catch this annual procession of stiltwalkers, dancers, jugglers and floats as there will be no preview this year. The parade, now in its 30th year, will take the same route as it
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      • 69 22 OF MICE AND MEN Drama Centre Feb 19-23,2.30 pm and Bpm (from Feb 21 onwards) Tickets at $29, $25 from Sistic (tel 348-5555) Celebrate the centennial of John Steinbeck’s birth with this elegant adaptation of his classic text. Of Mice and Men explores the close friendship between two migrant
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    • Tune in TV & Movie news
      • 77 24 70pm, TV Works Dolph Lundgren plays an American Air Force pilot who is assigned to retrieve a suitcase that stores codes and clearances for a nuclear arsenal which has fallen into terrorist hands. The terrorists demand that the US president to commit suicide on national TV or they
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      • 53 24 9pm, STAR Movies (SCV 58) Follow John Brown, a crime-fighting machine who’s implanted with countless mechanical tools after an explosion nearly ends his life. He must penetrate the shadowy world of crime to save the world from destruction at the hands of the nefarious Claw. Starring Matthew Broderick
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      • 58 24 10.30 pm, Channel U Xian is captured by Leiwu andYan pleads with Hua for his release. Xue and Ye are shocked to find out thatYan is actually Jing’s daughter. Xian escapes withYan’s help butYan is in turn imprisoned by her brother. When Xue tries to findYan, he’s captured
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      • 184 24 AS African-American actors Will Smith, Denzel Washington and Halle Berry were given Oscar nods on Tuesday, black community leaders were also nodding their heads in approval. The nominations of both Smith (Ali) and Washington (Training Day) in the Best Actor category represents a milestone
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    • Article, Illustration
      147 24 BAR OPIUME Asian Civilisations Museum Empress Place Waterfront Tel: 323-1043 BAR Opiume is the latest addition to waterfront dining. However, it is nothing like the lively mass appeal of Boat Quay or Clarke Quay. Instead, think of the quietly elegant Stadium Waterfront or One Fullerton. Bar Opiume is
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    • 144 21 ft 1 m m t. li w V Heartland 17th Febru North Stßg 22 na ua er p North West CDC *1 is n Smcswg e >k Saturday uary 2002, 5.00 pm a|City Hall -sVisit www.chingay.org.sg for more details f dby: t U Singapore Co mu nit Community,Develop Council m
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  • Page 22 Miscellaneous
    • 489 22 by Kelli Fox at Astrology.com AQUARIUS JAN 20-FEB 18 N Outfit Solid Fuel Make-up Angela Choo @*****422 Pic Francis Lee Surprise the person who supposedly has you all worked out. You’ll go against the grain if you like the effect that it produces. Minimise the possible obstacles in your path
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    • 1491 23 WSSf.- mm m m 'X Works By His Excellency: KIM JONG IL Let Us Reunify The Country Independently And Peacefully Through The Great Unify Of The Entire Nation The question of national unity is all the more urgent in view of the unique traits of our nation and characteristics of
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  • Sports
    • 448 26 STRUTS continues with its S-league countdown. Today, TAN KIM HAN profiles Tanjong Pagar's Sutee Suksomkit Only in Stmts. NO Lim Tong Hai. No Steven Tan. No Djamel Achouri. At first glance, the exodus of Tanjong
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    • 409 28 Raptors suffers second straight loss NBA CHAMPIONSHIP New York Knicks 89 Toronto Raptors 82 NEW YORK For his second game without Vince Carter, coach Lenny Wilkens tried starting all his scorers. That didn’t work, either. Wilkens’ reserves managed just three points, and Toronto Raptors suffered its
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    • SOCCER
      • 171 28 TIMES are bad. For just a few dollars you can help some 200 needy children lead a better life, while having fun and winning attractive prizes. So be at Ngee Ann City Civic Plaza this Sunday for the Charity Kick event (see below for details).
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      • 108 28 Wire services DAVID Beckham could be a Champions League doubt for Manchester United after suffering a double ankle injury during the friendly in Amsterdam. He had previously been rated doubtful with an ankle problem sustained during United’s Premiership victory at Charlton last Sunday. He was passed
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    • 60 28 •TENNIS -AP SAN FRANCISCO Andre Agassi confirmed that he will work with new coach Darren Cahill. Agassi split with long-time coach Brad Gilbert earlier this month. Cahill, an Australian who parted ways with top-ranked Lleyton Hewitt in December, is expected to join Agassi before the
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    • 260 30 Reuters PARIS There was little consolation for France’s coach Roger Lemerre as the world and European champion struggled to a 2-1 win over Romania in a friendly. He said: “I’m perplexed. It’s the first time I’ve found it hard to analyse a match. What I
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    • 71 30 Spam 1. Monentes 40 Portugal T Jorge Caste 30- Utah 1 'Dei Piero 62 United States 0 Pranas 2 (Vieira 1, Perth 27} Romanis I (Ganeo 88 I Deiiamy) Argentine I (Juiio (Duz 62) l Resajiblk of Ireland 2 (Reid 3 Roto<e V 20) IS&SSSttI D' Germany
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    • 584 30 Reuters INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY-England 1 Holland 1 J AMSTERDAM England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson says his young players could cause him a few headaches in the months ahead as he finalises his squad for the World Cup. Although the Swede admits
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    • 230 31  -  by TAN KIM HAN IT will be last dance for the Dazzler this season. Mercurial midfielderV Sundramoorthy said yesterday that he was ready to call time on his illustrious football career and focus on coaching. Said the Jurong FC’s player-coach: “My knee
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    • 406 31  -  by LIM HAN MING THIS year, S-League fans will get a panaromic view of the action on television thanks to a 39-foot crane camera. That is one of the new innovations local football fans can look out for when
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    • 272 31  -  by LIM HAN MING ARE you good at predicting the scores of S-League matches? If you are, then Combo is the game for you. To win, one has to be spot on in four, five or all six S-League matches played
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    • 89 31 SINGAPORE finished bottom of the group after crashing 0-3 to Qatar for its third straight loss in the King’s Cup tournament in Bangkok yesterday. The Lions cracked up in the sec-ond-half as Hossin Yasser (48th, 77th) and Mohamed Yasser (81st penalty) found the net. In the
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