Streats, 8 April 2002

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    12 1 Streats MONDAY, APRIL 8, 2002 Hotline: 1800-844-5566 E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg MITA (P) 429/03/2001
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  • Article
    Lock icon ISA points the way
    716 1  -  As India and the US invoke versions of the detention law, has Singapore been vindicated? By Robin Ganguly Sarah Ng A SENSITIVE piece of Singapore legislation, dating back to 1948, is gaining new relevance and respect in today’s post-911 world. It is the Internal Security Act.
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  • MORNING RUSH
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      Lock icon ISRAELI PLANES RAID LEBANON
      121 1 -AFP ISRAELI warplanes last night launched air raids on southern Lebanon following a rocket and mortar attack on a disputed border area here by the Lebanese Shiite guerilla group Hizbollah, police said. Two Israeli soldiers were injured moments earlier when Hizbollah fired rockets and mortar shells
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      Lock icon $11M BONUS FOR 16,000 BABIES
      118 1 THE first babies in the Baby Bonus Scheme will just be taking their first unsteady steps about now, but the scheme itself seems to have already found its feet. Since its launch on April 1 last year, 16,000 babies have benefited from it, and more
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  • STREATS local
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      Lock icon Necessity or evil?
      340 2  -  ISA just one weapon in anti-terrorism arsenal: experts By Sarah Ng NEWS that an Islamic militant had planned to crash an airliner into Changi Airport further vindicates the belief that Singapore’s Internal Security Act is more a necessity than an evil, even though the terrorist escaped before
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      Lock icon Two missing as craft collide off Tekong
      125 2 A WORKBOAT collided with a tug-and-barge composite unit off Pulau Tekong yesterday morning, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) said. Two people from the workboat are missing. The MPA said that it was informed at about 6.30 am that there had
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    • Article
      Lock icon Have a heart for one another
      206 2  -  Cara van Miriah LET the term “heartlands”, used so often these days, take on a new meaning from today. Let it mean a land where people have heart for one another. And to make this happen, the Housing Board estates are where this year’s
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      Lock icon ONE KIND ACT
      87 2 A BAG RETURNED Sanisah Thank you to Mr Yusoff of Woodlands, the officer of A 1 Riyadh Madrasah (Woodlands) and one other person who played a part in reuniting my son with the school bag that he left on Trans Island service 911 on March 30. The
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      Lock icon Woman of contradictions
      468 3  -  Well oft but wanted easy money Intelligent, but never learnt lesson I Manipulative, yet still caring By Khushwant Singh WHEN Agnes Ng, 52, was sentenced to life imprisonment last Monday for her part in the Aug 10 kidnap of Mr Tay Teng Joo, 33, a director of
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      Lock icon Hi-tech soccer bookies booked
      141 3 THE Criminal Investigation Department has smashed a high-tech soccer betting syndicate, the biggest to date. On Saturday, the syndicate’s headquarters at Hume Avenue and eight other branches were raided simultaneously at 9.30 pm. Eighteen people, including the syndicate’s leader, 30, and his collectors and runners, aged
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  • STREATS parliament
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      629 4  -  In the House By PHILIP LEE THERE are remarkable similarities and contrasts between the time I started to cover Parliament in the mid-1970s to that last week. At the end of 1975, Singapore was breathing again after a severe economic recession saw it register near-zero growth.
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      Lock icon Let me tell you a story
      832 4 Every me loves a good story And quite a number of MPs who spoke during last week’s debate on the President’s Address told meaningful stories that livened up the debate. Stiff service Dr Michael Lim (Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC) IN an appeal to. public servants
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  • STREATS financial
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      Lock icon BROKERS’ RECOMMENDATIONS
      479 6 The stock recommendation is the average of all the recommendations submitted by analysts following the stock. There is a total of 29 brokers submitting recommendations but not every stock is followed by alt the 29 brokers. Their recommendations are placed on a 1 to 5 points scale and
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      Lock icon FOREX RATES
      26 6 AS AT APR 5 US$: 551.835 552.632 EURO: $1,612 Ss: DM1.208 Ss: 71.95 YEN Ss: RM2.071 Ss: HK54.250 Ss: 23.72 BAHT Ss: 5,226 RUPIAH
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      Lock icon Asean growth seen at 3.5-4%
      373 6 Global recovery, integration are key factors, say finance ministers -afp YANGON South-east Asian finance ministers left Myanmar yesterday after a meeting where they tipped regional growth of 3.5-4 per cent in 2002, due to global recovery and integration of member nations’ economies. At the conclusion
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      Lock icon On account of friendship
      346 6 afp SINGAPORE When signs of trouble emerged at the once venerable Arthur Andersen accounting empire in the US, Mr Steven Lim, the manager of its Singapore affiliate, got an unexpected phone call. It was from Fang Ai Lian, his counterpart at rival Ernst and Young, who
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      Lock icon From L to V to maybe W...
      266 6 AP WASHINGTON Experts expected the economic recovery to look like a lazy “L”. But so far this year, though, the US economy has soared, tracing the right side of a steep “V”. But with Middle East tensions, analysts say a “W” the dreaded
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  • STREATS medical
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      Lock icon HEALTH FORUM
      242 8 QHow can genital warts be treated, other than going to hospital to remove them? Why do warts return five months after treatment? What can a patient do to prevent the warts recurring? A There are many types of warts, coming in different forms and sizes and affecting different
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      Lock icon HEALTH FACT
      89 8 Asthmatics on the go CARRY more than enough medication for the trip. Do not put all your medication in check-in luggage, which may get lost. Have a list of your medicines with a translation in the language of the country you are visiting. When you arrive, note the
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      Lock icon Bad gums, bad health
      373 8 75% of S poreans have periodontal disease IT’S more common than the cold. It can aggravate respiratory disease, complicate diabetes, increase the risk of heart disease and raise the risk of having small, pre-term babies. But most Singaporeans know little about gum (or periodontal) disease. Gum
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      Lock icon Local tips in asthma handbook
      224 8 A NEW handbook on asthma will offer local information on the latest antiasthma drugs and management of environmental triggers. It will give recommendations, derived from local medical research, on dust mites and environmental pollutants. The handbook, published by the Ministry of Health (MOH), carries a
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      Lock icon Stay active, stay alive
      177 8  -  By Wendy Tan SIT up, couch potatoes. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), a sedentary lifestyle is one of the 10 leading causes of death and disability. It puts you at risk of being one of the two million people who die each year as
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  • STREATS vocal
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      Lock icon Ravindran misused parliamentary forum
      272 10 FREEDOM of speech in Parliament is essential for good suggestions and feedback to be aired, but it is not the proper forum to air views about relations with neighbouring countries. I disagree with MP S Ravindran’s decision to make remarks about Malaysia in Parliament on Tuesday.
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      Lock icon Tired of water concerns
      90 10 I WAS glad to hear Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong say in Parliament that we will establish more water treatment plants that will make us less reliant on Malaysia as a source of water. I am sick and tired of feeling under threat of having our
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      Lock icon Resale levy is fair: HDB
      275 10 I REFER to “A heavy levy” (Streats, April 2), a letter by Michael Low. We wish to clarify that the objective of the resale levy is to prevent over-consumption of subsidies for public housing intended for long-term owneroccupation by eligible Singaporean families. Lessees or ex-lessees
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      Lock icon Want babies? Give dads time off
      146 10 THE Government must do more to reverse the decline in our birth-rate as the current incentives are inadequate. Last year, the Government suggested three days of paternity leave for male employees, but very few private companies took up the suggestion. Most give only one
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      168 10 Goodwood Park Hotel CELEBRATING THE RETURN OF THE KING 8 April ii August 2002 t ft iam 1 For the past 19 years, Goodwood Park Hotel’s legendary durian pastry has remained a highlight with many. To try our two new sensational creations the Durian Crumble and the Durian Pavlova, or
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      37 10 Have'tour Say Streats is pleased to publish your views. To be heard, email us at streats@sph.com.sg or write to The Editor, Streats, 1000 Toa Payoh North, Singapore *****4. You should include your name, address and contact number.
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  • STREATS global
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      Lock icon Sharon steps up offensive
      391 11 I expect Israel to heed to my advice: Bush Wire services CRAWFORD, Texas Israel has intensified its military offensive in the West Bank after US President George W Bush demanded that it withdraw from Palestinian areas “without delay”. Two villages around Ramallah were the latest targets
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      Lock icon Pessimistic Israelis vs optimistic militants
      324 11 Wire services Wire services j JERUSALEM Palestinian suicide bomb attacks and other assaults against civilian targets such as coffee shops, supermarkets and hotels have struck terror and rekindled a state of siege within Israelis. > Although some Israelis are supporting Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s military
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      Lock icon Israeli bomb victim’s kidney donated to Palestinian
      132 11 Wire services THE kidney of an Israeli killed in a suicide bomb attack was transplanted into a Palestinian woman. The donor, Mr Zeev Vidor, 49, died of his wounds a week after the attack by a Palestinian suicide bomber at a hotel in
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    • GLOBAL DEBRIEF
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        Lock icon FIRST CLONE IS AN ARAB
        59 11 THE world’s first cloned human baby is the son of a rich Arab, an Italian fertility specialist is reported as saying. Severino Antinori, a wellknown fertility doctor, claimed the father was a VIP “big cheese” and that he had limitless funding to work on human
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        Lock icon KABUL ROCKET ATTACK
        68 11 AFP KABUL Two rockets were fired early yesterday at a compound housing multinational security troops in Kabul. No one was hurt in the attack. A security force spokesman described it as “part of an effort to disrupt the city prior to the election and new government”. Afghanistan
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      Lock icon Teacher stripped for right answers
      159 11 ap KENT, Washington A boy who fathered two children with his sixth-grade teacher has testified that she began seducing him by offering to remove an item of clothing for every question he answered correctly in a history test. Vili Fualaau, 18, said he had a
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  • STREATS regional
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      Lock icon A position of strength
      384 12 ‘New plant will give Johor edge in water talks’ JOHOR BARU The completion of Johor’s Semangar water treatment plant, expected by April next year, will not only help the state be selfsufficient in treated water supply, but will also give Malaysia the upper hand in water
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      Lock icon Water diplomacy
      118 12 “PUT simply, we do not see see how a new price structure would constitute an erosion of Singapore’s sovereignty. “If indeed its sovereignty and existence hinge on the Water Agreements, we truly dread the fate of the Republic upon the expiry of the Water Agreements in 2061. “The
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      Lock icon Most Aceh villages are rebel dens
      211 12 AFP BANDA ACEH One third of villages in the violence-scourged province of Aceh are operating as bases for rebels fighting for independence, Indonesian police said yesterday. Police spokesman Dadek Achmad said 32 per cent of the oil and gas rich province’s villages were still
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      Lock icon China told to curb military ambition
      163 12 AFP TOKYO A top Japanese political leader has warned Beijing that Japan can arm itself with nuclear weapons overnight if China goes ahead with an excessive military build-up. The warning came from opposition Liberal Party chief Ichiro Ozawa. In a lecture at Fukuoka on
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      Lock icon WET PAINT! DON'T TOUCH
      31 12 A Chinese model showing off her body painting to a group of photographers outside a shopping centre in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou on Saturday tIS
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    • REGIONAL DEBRIEF
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        Lock icon SUE, SAYS RAFIDAH
        51 12 Bemama JOHOR BARU Wanita Umno chief Datuk Seri Rafidah Aziz said yesterday that Malaysians should sue Singapore if they have suffered damage from its landreclamation works in the Johor Strait. She said legal action was appropriate because Singapore had not given a positive response to Malaysia’s concerns.
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        Lock icon SAVED BY SMS SOS
        59 12 Reuters KUALA LUMPUR A kidnapped woman’s cellphone text message led to her rescue and the arrest of her abductors in Kuala Lumpur. The “attractive” 29-year-old television producer was grabbed by two men one aged 60, the other 29 She was held in a condominium, but a
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        Lock icon DOUBLE-DECKER
        46 12 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Datuk Abdul Kader Talib, the former Mufti of Kuala Lumpur, has proposed “double-decker” burials to overcome a shortage of burial land in Selangor. Datuk Abdul Kader, 74, said: “Islam says the dead must be buried... It is something like double-decker beds.” afp
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  • STREATS people
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      Lock icon Our mutual friends
      299 13 Blair, Bush find much in common LONDON Since Sept 11, US President George W Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair have talked more regularly over the phone than any other two world leaders. Before Mr Bush became President in 2000, he and Mr Blair had never
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      Lock icon Temper costs him his perks
      200 13 LONDON An argument with a warder has cost Jeffrey Archer his prison privileges. Archer lost his temper when a prison officer stopped him from taking documents into a visiting room, a breach of prison regulations. “He got very agitated and jabbed at the senior officer
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  • easy STREATS
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      Lock icon Hot in the city
      742 14  -  Where were you over the weekend? If you missed the Streats Singapore International Latin Festival 2002, you missed one of the most happening events of the party-going year. We give you the low-doxm By Yvonne Kwok THERE is only one word to describe the atmosphere at
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      Lock icon Cecilia’s knights-in-waiting
      198 16 HONGKONG singeractor Nicholas Tse may have dumped the old (Faye Wong) for the new (Cecilia Cheung), but Cecilia has yet to name her knight in shining armour. There are reportedly still two more suitors waiting for Cecilia in the wings. They are actor-singer Jordan Chan and music composer
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      Lock icon Crowe ‘stars’ in a brawl video
      178 16 -AFP SYDNEY Oscar winner Russell Crowe could star in a video of a wild brawl to be to be screened in an Australian court next week. Three men are accused of attempting to use the video, captured by a security camera, of a brawl
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      Lock icon Rice and spices
      470 16  -  Stylish eating on a shoestring JUDI LOW Looking to impress in the kitchen on a budget? Judi Low’s recipes for stylish, nutritious, yummy meals that are easy to do and cost $lO or less forfour servings, will see you through these tough times MY fondest food memory
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      Lock icon Our weather girl says...
      76 18 Take an umbrella with you as it will be rather wet today. There will be thunderstorms in the morning and afternoon in the northern, western and eastern areas. Temperatures will reach a low of 25°C and a high of 33°C. The tide will reach 2.3 m
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    • Just a minute
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        Lock icon Remember...
        111 18 Some bus services have been amended with the shift of Ang Mo Kio Bus Interchange to a temporary location at the junction of Ang Mo Kio Avenue 8 and Ang Mo Kio Central 2. Service 138 now plies Ang Mo Kio Avenue 3 and 6. Service 265 has integrated
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      • Article
        Lock icon Check this out..
        25 18 Find out how to prevent stroke at an exhibition at Woodlands Polyclinic (10 Woodlands Street 31, tel: 6367-7880). Till April 12, Bam-spm.
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    • Happenin'
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        Lock icon EXHIBITION
        81 18 VIVID! A SOLO EXHIBITION BY ERZAN ADAM Societe Generate Gallery, Alliance Francaise Till April 17, llam-7pm (except Sunday) This is the first solo exhibition by young award-winning artist Erzan Adam. Through 15 works, Erzan explores themes like multi-culturalism and identity formation in Singapore. With a passion for painting, his
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        Lock icon FESTIVAL
        171 18 SINGAPORE MUSIC FESTIVAL GIGS ON THE GREEN Fort Canning Green April 12 to 14 Tickets at $41 for one-day pass and $66 for two-day pass Call Sistic at 6348-5555 This year’s festival will feature an impressive variety of singers from many music genres, from pop to jazz, hip hop
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        Lock icon CONCERT
        131 18 SEVEN SUNDAYS library @orchard Thursday, 7pm Free Local band Seven Sundays will reverberate the library@orchard with their sound that is straight from the Oasis, Embrace and Led Zeppelin school of rock. Drown yourself in the music of these Singaporean boys. RUSSIAN NIGHTS 3 Victoria Concert Hall Friday and Saturday,
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        Lock icon DRAMA
        89 18 ONE FLEA SPARE Guinness Theatre, The Substation Till April 14, 3pm and Bpm Tickets at $2l and $l9 Call Ticket Charge at 6296-2929 A tale that takes you back to the midnth century England during the time of the Black Death the Plague. What happens to society when death
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    • Tune in TV & MOVIE NEWS
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        Lock icon SEVEN YEARS IN TIBET
        68 19 10pm, Channel i Brad Pitt plays a self-centred Austrian and a Nazi sympathiser who escapes from a POW camp and finds his way to Tibet. There, he befriends the young Dalai Lama. Through his new friend’s influence, he slowly gains greater selfawareness and inner wisdom. At
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        Lock icon ENEMY OF THE STATE
        89 19 7pm, Channel 5 Robert Clayton Dean is a successful labour lawyer with a beautiful wife, an adorable son and a nice house in the suburbs. But things take a turn for the surreal when a chance encounter with an old friend leaves him evidence of a
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        Lock icon ADDAMS FAMILY REUNION
        79 19 9pm, Star Movies (SCVSB) Starring: Daryl Hannah and Tim Curry When an invitation to the first-ever family reunion arrives at the Addams’ gothic mansion, Morticia (Daryl Hannah) and Gomez (Tim Curry) eagerly await the opportunity to exchange horror stories with their long-lost relatives, unaware that a computer
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        Lock icon Lagaan wins at ‘Bollywood Oscars’
        324 19 Reuters GENTING HIGHLANDS Days after Lagaan failed to win an Oscar for the best foreign film, the Indian film industry gathered at Genting Highlands to heap praise and awards on the emotional saga of a cricket match. A star-studded cast of Indian film stars gathered
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      Lock icon Chill out
      111 19 PRU IT HAS been over eight months since this album made its debut in Thailand. PRU, a four-piece Thai band, has since garnered six Top 5 singles. The sentimental acoustic ballad Still Waiting clinched the top spot in Thailand’s song chart while the angst-ridden track, If Only, stayed
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  • Page 17 Miscellaneous
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      440 18 Yourda: AQUARIUS JAN2O-FEB b 8 Yesterday’s concerns are far behind. Your sparkle and strut brighten the landscape. Spectators and participants alike are happy to be included. Illusion pales next to the genuine article. JUL23-AUG22 by Kelli Fox at Astrology.com m$ It’s hard to pick a favourite person when you see
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  • STREATS sports
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      Lock icon Maldives coach questions Brazil-born striker’s role but says... We’re not scared of Goncalves’
      574 20  -  By Lim Han Ming TIGER BEER CHALLENGE TROPHY Singapore v Maldives IF Egmar Goncalves is Jan Poulsen’s trump card against the Maldives tomorrow, then the national football coach might have unwittingly flashed it a bit too soon.
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      Lock icon Poulsen to settle for nothing less than win
      371 20  -  By- Adam Hashidy WE must win against the Maldives. No other result will be good enough for the Lions. So said Singapore coach Jan Poulsen, who stressed that “whenever the Lions play a match, we always go for a win”. But against
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      Lock icon Teo to wield axe on Stags?
      450 21  -  S-League reflections By ADAM HASffIDY TAMPINES Rovers looks set to take off its velvet gloves. After just one victory in seven matches, its chairman Teo Hock Seng (above) is ready to display the iron fist that has been his hallmark over the years. Rightly
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      Lock icon S-LEAGUE
      109 21 P W D L F A Pts SAFFC 7 7 0 0 17 5 21 Woodlands 7 4 2 1 14 3 14 Geylang United 7 4 1 2 13 7 13 Sembawang 7 4 1 2 12 7 13 Home United 7 3 3 1 15 10 12
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      Lock icon Duncan keeps his nerves in winning shot
      223 21 NBA Championship San Antonio 89 Dallas 87 SAN ANTONIO Tim Duncan upstaged Dirk Nowitzki. He nailed a difficult 16-foot jumper over Nowitzki with two seconds left as San Antonio Spurs edged Dallas Mavericks in a key Midwest Division clash. Nowitzki capped Mavericks’ rally
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    • SPORTS SCAN
      • SOCCER
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          Lock icon LEADERS TRIUMPH
          128 21 Reuters MADRID Spain’s Champions League hopefuls Real Madrid, Deportivo Coruna and Barcelona warmed up for next week’s quarter-final comeback missions with valuable league victories on Saturday. Real Madrid moved three points clear at the top with a 3-1 home win over city rival Rayo Vallecano, while Barcelona rediscovered
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          Lock icon INJURY WORRY
          102 21 Reuters BEIJING Concerned by a string of injuries, Chinese soccer coach Bora Milutinovic has told his players to save their best for China’s debut in the World Cup finals. “I want to see a complete and healthy team when we meet together next time for training not one
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          Lock icon BARCA EYES RANIERI
          98 21 -AFP LONDON Spanish giant Barcelona is attempting to lure experienced Chelsea coach Claudio Ranieri away from Stamford Bridge in a bid to revive its flagging fortunes, according to reports here yesterday. Barcelona, whose lost hopes of winning the Spanish Primera Liga title have topped off another mediocre
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      Lock icon Giggs: Wenger too cocky over Arsenal’s chances
      245 22 Reuters LONDON Manchester United winger Ryan Giggs has said that Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is “too cocky” over his team’s chances of winning the Premier League title. “There is no question that Arsenal are in the driving seat, but Wenger’s over-confidence could be
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      Lock icon Fergie confident Veron will be fit
      298 22 Reuters LONDON Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson is confident that Argentine midfielder Juan Sebastian Veron will be fit for Wednesday’s Champions League quarter-final second leg against Deportivo Coruna. “I have no worries about Seba,” Ferguson told the Mail on Sunday. “This is a situation
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      Lock icon Nerves of steel
      549 22 Lauren remains calm to post all-important victory for Gunners Wire services ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE Arsenal 2 Tottenham Hotspur 1 LONDON Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger praised his players as they stayed on course for the first title in four years. In a thrilling end to the game at
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      Lock icon Keegan: City can live with Premier League’s best
      271 23 Reuters LONDON Kevin Keegan paid his Manchester City players the highest compliment after they celebrated promotion to the Premier League in style with a 5-1 hammering of Barnsley on Saturday. “I’ve no doubt we’re the best team in this Division and all
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      530 23 LONDON Sven Goran Eriksson (below) will provoke a huge club-versus-country conflict by insisting on sending out his strongest possible England XI against Paraguay at Anfield on April 17. This unexpectedly belligerent stance by the previously compliant England coach is certain to produce a storm
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