Streats, 13 May 2002

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  • 12 1 Streats MONDAY, MAY 13, 2002 Hotline: 1800-844-5566 E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg MITA (P) 240/03/2002
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  • 568 1  -  Bosses urged to end bias against older workers By_ Sarah Ng e? Sonny Phua ACCOMMODATE, don’t alienate older workers. Instead of taking the easy way out by sidelining them, employers should make a concerted effort to re-examine their business processes to create jobs for them, National
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  • MORNING RUSH
    • 104 1 NTUC Fair Price will reward mothers with its own baby bonus a goodie bag containing more than 150 worth of diapers, discounts and baby products. All mothers who give birth in KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital are eligible to join the Baby Plus Club, which was launched
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    • 136 1 ARE Singaporeans investing too much in property? Two-thirds of them in a Straits Times survey think so. These people also want the CPF scheme changed to ensure that they have more cash when they retire. “They want to own their own homes rather than rent, but feel that
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  • STREATS local
    • 144 2 THE Environment Ministry yesterday warned people to stay clear of the Northern Tuas Basin because of fears of chemical contamination in the wake of a waste treatment plant blaze. A warehouse containing 50 drums of chemical waste was destroyed in the fire on Saturday at
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    • 392 2  -  Lack of interpreters hinders inter-cultural efforts &L Sonny Phua GRASSROOTS organisations which arrange trips to temples, mosques and churches to promote inter-cultural understanding are facing a snag. Some elderly Chinese visitors to mosques and churches don’t understand English and need interpreters. Similarly, there are elderly Malays
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    • 121 2 ONE KIND ACT Hamidah Y I left my wallet in a taxi on April 27 at Jurong East and did not notice my loss until I received a call from DBS Card Centre about one hour later. The lady at DBS connected me to the person who had
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    • 209 3  -  More outlets for ez-link cards Karen Chen QUEUES at MRT stations are expected to thin out a little this month with five 7-Eleven outlets joining other stores to provide the ez-link top-up and farecard return services from 7am to 11pm daily. These 7-Eleven outlets are at
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    • 225 3 Parents jostle for school places SINGAPOREANS must be, arguably, the world’s most enthusiastic queuers. And they are masters at the waiting game. Here is an example: Although registration opened yesterday morning for pre-school and kindergarten places in an education centre at Block 786 Choa Chu Kang
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    • 233 4  -  By Soraya Salim MOTHER’S Day yesterday must have been an exceptionally meaningful one for Madam Shirley Tan, 62. Her daughter, actress Andrea De Cruz, was moved out of the intensive care unit of Gleneagles Hospital at about 2.30 pm yesterday afternoon
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    • 240 4 HE was her only son and he knew exactly what she wanted an electric massager. He and his sisters pooled some money and bought one. They wanted to surprise her on Mother’s Day yesterday. But he was killed in a road accident the
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    • 449 4  -  By Khushwant Singh WHILE many celebrated Mother’s Day yesterday by giving flowers or treating their mothers to a fancy meal, Kannan Pillai Pandian, 17, bowed his head and made a vow. He promised his mother that he would turn his life
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    • 80 2 The big gap The increasing rich-poor gap in China could one day threaten national stability warns a top economic official. The English language gap in Malaysia is hurting its position in the global economy, and many want subjects to be taught in English again. PAGE 13 Foreign talent ‘His strength
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  • STREATS financial
    • 360 6 Institutions at Shanghai talks warn that recoveiy is fragile r. Reuters SHANGHAI Asia’s policy-makers yesterday wrapped up a three-day meeting brimming with optimism that last year’s economic woes are over, but institutional investors warn that recovery is still fragile. Asia may be banking too much on
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    • MONEY SCAN
      • 69 6 Reuters ASIA Pulp Paper Co (APP) said yesterday it agreed to a debt buyback programme which was one of the terms its creditors were seeking in the restructuring of its US$l3 billion ($23 billion) debt. APP said it also agreed to categorise its debt into core
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      • 58 6 -AFP TUMBLING computer chip prices sparked fears for South Korea’s economy, threatening to hurt export growth and overcome the benefits of governmentfuelled consumer spending. Analysts said investors were shocked by the sharp drop in prices for dynamic random access memory (Dram) chips, and state researchers have toned
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      • 59 6 Reuters IN a bid to offset criticism of globalisation, the world’s first “Glocalisation” conference opened in Rome on Saturday, backed by the World Bank seeking to give the global economy relevance to ordinary people. Mayors of dozens of cities around the world gathered with development experts and World
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    • 26 6 *AS AT MAY 10 US$: 551.805 552.643 EURO: $1,650 Ss: DM1.228 Ss: 70.81 YEN Ss: RM2.105 Ss: HK54.321 Ss: 23.76 BAHT Ss: 5,144 RUPIAH
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    • 493 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 all the 29 brokers. Their recommendations are placed on a 1 to 5 points scale and
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  • STREATS medical
    • 125 8 QI have acne on my body. How do I treat it? A Acne on the body is usually treated in the same way as facial acne. Creams, gels or lotions containing tretinoin, benzoyl peroxide or erythromycin are commonly used. Antibiotics, cyproterone acetate and accutane can also be take
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    • 153 8  -  By Sarah Ng WOMEN who are not sexually active should have Pap smears to protect themselves from cervical cancer. One in 10 cervical cancer patients fall ill because of adenocarcinoma a result of a weakened immune system that loses its ability to
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    • 288 8 Kits best protection from cellphone radiation: expert LONDON Hands-free kits are the best way of protecting cellphone users against potentially harmful radiation, the author of a British government report on the subject said on Friday. The new study looked at various cellphone shields to see
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    • 114 8 HEALTH FACT CERVICAL cancer affects the cervix, the neck of the womb. It is the fourth most common cancer in Singaporean women. The incidence rate has declined over the last 30 years from 18.1 to 14.2 per 100,000. Despite this decline, the incidence rate in Singaporean women, especially
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  • STREATS vocal
    • 179 11 AS an expatriate enjoying life in Singapore, the attitude of people here to using safety restraints in cars never ceases to amaze me, particularly where their own children are concerned. The attitude is that “we don’t need seat-belts because we won’t have an
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    • 148 11 L REFER to the batch of letters in Friday’s Streats about enforcement of the car child-seat regulation. As a working mum with a three-year-old child who travels with me regularly in the family car, I am appalled by the attitudes of the writers. We say
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    • 55 11 THE Land Transport Authority said bus passengers don’t need seat-belts as they travel in slower moving vehicles with good safety records. I have several times witnessed buses moving at more than 70kmh. And it’s noteworthy that a collision involving a bus on Thursday left 15 passengers and the
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    • 43 11 MY husband and I don’t have a car and rely on taxis or lifts when we go out at weekends with our toddler son. Do we need to buy a child seat and carry it everywhere with us? Mrs Teo
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    • 134 11 SOME MPs are suggesting that we boycott businesses which try to profiteer from an increase in the GST (goods and services tax). In “Say no to profiteers” (Streats, May 6) it was reported that similar action was effective in 1994 when GST was introduced. I recall that
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    • 222 11 IN response to several letters published in Streats last month on the subject of employment pass categories and dependants’ passes for foreigners, we would like to clarify that employment passes are issued based on our assessment of an applicant’s potential economic contribution. The employment
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    • 37 11 Have Your 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 ToaPayoh North, Singapore *****4. You should include your name, address and contact number.
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  • STREATS regional
    • 294 13 Widening rich-poor gap to blame, says official AP BEIJING China is headed for social unrest, a senior official has said, warning that the widening gap between the rich and poor could threaten national stability. In just 20 years, China has gone from having virtually
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    • 120 13 WAIKATO Teenager Mike Scherger was asked to write an essay entitled “How does your body betray you?” He wrote about a teenager being called to the front of the class with an embarassing “boner”. The essay got him suspended from Cambridge High School, New Zealand,
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    • 57 13 A worker hanging names ofßuddhist devotees and their wishes for prosperity on one of the hundreds of lanterns outside the Chogye temple in Seoul yesterday. The lanterns were hung to celebrate Buddha’s birthday, which will be celebrated on May 19 in South Korea. Vesak Day in
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    • 246 13 Reuters KUALA LUMPUR Most Malaysians want English-language schools reintroduced, according to a survey published in the Sunday Star. This follows Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad’s recent suggestion that schools begin teaching all subjects in English. The survey found that 97 per cent, or 4,142 respondents,
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    • REGIONAL DEBRIEF
      • 105 13 -afp ELEVEN Singaporean officers and soldiers training in Taiwan were injured after the truck they boarded overturned in an exercise. Taiwanese TV showed Singapore servicemen clad in camouflage being treated at Chishan Hospital in Kaohsiung, but doctors said none of the injured was in critical condition.
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      • 101 13 AFP FRIGHTENED passengers who ran to one side of a boat, tilting it and causing it to capsize, contributed to the drowning on Saturday of at least 19 Filipinos, most children, Philippine police said. The Melody was carrying people returning from a festival in die
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      • 92 13 -AFP THE US has “endorsed” the significance of Malaysia’s Internal Security Act (ISA), the Bemama news agency said yesterday. Mr Rais Yatim, Malaysian minister for legal affairs in the prime minister’s office, was quoted in Washington as saying on Friday he had explained to US Attorney-General John
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      • 75 13 AFP CHINA has ordered the thorough testing of all planes and pilots following two crashes in the past month that have claimed 241 lives, state media reported yesterday. The government has decided to test all pilots on their flight skills and test cabin crew, airport employees and
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  • STREATS global
    • 390 14 No assault on Gaza for now Israel demobilises reservists, cites leaking of operation details for move Wire services JERUSALEM Israel has postponed its military strike against Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip. Yesterday the Israeli government started sending home some of the army reservists it called up for the offensive
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    • GLOBAL DEBRIEF
      • 81 14 -AFP A FUGITIVE wanted by Indian police for a series of deadly bomb blasts in 1993 may be planning terror attacks to avenge the slaughter of Muslims in Gujarat, reports said yesterday. Dawood Ibrahim built up an alleged mafia empire in Bombay before he fled to Dubai
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      • 84 14 Reuters IRANIAN security guards overpowered a man who tried to hijack a plane by dousing himself in industrial alcohol and threatening to set himself alight, the official IRNA news agency said yesterday. It said the armed guards, present on all Iranian flights, pounced on the man as
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      • 62 14 Reuters NORWAY’S crown princess may have to scrap a planned trip to Germany after suffering a rare case of springtime sunburn during an outdoor television interview, the palace said. Crown Princess Mette-Marit, a single mother who wed Crown Prince Haakon last year, suffered bums to her face during
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      40 14 UN peacekeepers intervening in clashes between United Revolutionary Front Party activists and Sierra Leone Popular Party militants in Freetown yesterday. Street fighting between the rival parties' supporters broke out three days before the presidential and legislative election AFP
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    • 227 14 -AFP LONDON Muslim immigrants to Britain can be “very isolationist” and that can be exploited by political extremists, said British minister for Europe Peter Hain yesterday. He was speaking in the aftermath of the assassination of Mr Pirn Fortuyn, the Dutch politician who defended his
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    • 277 14 Wire services NEW DELHI The Indian government has quietly signalled to the US and other western governments that it is considering limited military action against Pakistan if the infiltration of terrorists into Kashmir is not curbed. And this has led to the
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  • easy STREATS
    • 717 15 Latin Americas biggest female rock star is set to seduce the world. This Colombian cracker has been shaking her bonbons up the music charts and into our hearts. DIANA SER catches up with her in Bangkok SHAKIRA wants a drink. “You know those Thai herbal
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      425 16  -  A whole meal from the pantry 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 for four servings will see you through these
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    • 117 18 On this day in 1940, Sir Winston Churchill told Britain’s wartime parliament: “I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.” In 1961 actor High Noon star Gary Cooper died aged 60. In 1981 Pope John Paul was shot at and in 1992 three
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    • Just a minute
      • 103 18 Find out how you can better manage your career prospects. Tomorrow evening’s talk will tell you how to map out the short, medium and long term strategic perspectives of your career. This includes understanding and developing your abilities and motivation. At library@orchard (#O5-22/26, Ngee Ann City Podium
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    • Happenin’
      • 56 18 MIDPOINT Sculpture Square (155 Middle Road) Wednesday to Saturday, Bpm Tickets at $2l and $l5 Call TichetCharge at 6296-2929 Midpoint is a piece of abstract work which blends dance, text, video and animation in a series of visual images. The performance explores the various conflicts and compromises that are
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      • Article, Illustration
        89 18 JACKY CHEUNG 2002 MUSIC ODYSSEY Singapore Indoor Stadium May 17 and 18, Bpm Tickets at $176, $146, $126, $76 Call Sistic at 6348-5555 The God of Songs, as Jacky Cheung is known, will hold court at the Indoor Stadium for two nights. He may be better known for his
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      • 62 18 THE LAST COARSE ACTING SHOW Drama Centre Wednesday to Saturday, Bpm Tickets at $3l and s26Call Sistic at 6348-5555 Temperamental actors. Grumpy stagehands. Bad acting. Worst sets. Coarse Acting by Michael Green lampoons these and much more. In a series of delightful one-acts, Coarse Acting makes fun of everything
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        153 18 YATRA: A JOURNEY THROUGH SEVEN LANDS University Cultural Centre Hall May 14, 7pm Tickets at $51, $36, $26, $16 Call Sistic at 6348-5555 This dance performance trails the myriad cultures of South Asia. Traverse the arena of Indian musical activity through the Singapore Indian Orchestra and its choir. Be
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    • Tune in TV & MOVIE NEWS
      • 55 19 8.30 pm, Channel U Alan is such a nice guy that he can’t exert his director’s authority on set and so never seems able to finish shoots on time. His superior, Sam, knowing this, does not shortlist him for an overseas shoot. However, an “Employers’ Visit” organised
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      • 57 19 9pm, STAR Movies (SCV 58) Dominique Swain is an intern at a fashion magazine called Skirt, willing to do whatever it takes to make a name in this dog-eat-dog world. See her claw her way to the top in this hilarious movie. And watch out for cameos from
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        39 19 10.30 pm, Channel 5 Sydney and Dixon are off to Casablanca on their next mission, investigating a plot to eliminate an international trade organisation. But a bodyguard sees through her disguise and recognises her from a previous encounter.
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      • Article, Illustration
        123 19 -AFP FOR some movie critics, Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones wasn’t worth the wait. “The movie is plagued by bad acting,” wrote Kirk Honeycutt in the Hollywood Reporter. “Surprisingly flat-footed dialogue scenes that feature wooden acting, dreary art direction and old-fashioned optical wipes are either
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      96 19 ZOUK 17 Jiak Kim Street Tel: 6192-8322 www.zoukclub. com STAR Wars fever starts at Zouk on Wednesday with the Star Wars: Episode 2 Attack of the Clones launch party. Come dressed as your favourite Star Wars character and you’ll enjoy free entry before 10pm. You’ll also stand a
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    • 275 16 ast et a ob Snag new job opportunities everyday. Register at www.jobsdb.com.sg forjour free services. JobsDß.com Asia Pacific .No. Job Site STREATS BUENA VISTA INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION 1 ifssa r «a A pair of Exclusive Preview tickets to "Snow Dogs" for 100 Streats readers! QUESTION: How many sled dogs did Ted
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  • Page 17 Miscellaneous
    • 76 17 SB QFYY y a LAI. WACKY BLOODY. SPOOKY VERY DAY IS A MOVIE DAY ON 0 IV PREMIER WED 15 aAv ««H y*-' MORE GREAT MOVIES ON CHANNEL© THIS WEEK MON SUN Jean Claude Van Damme MOM SUDDEN DEATH Heather O'Rourke Craig 1 Nelson THU POLTERGEIST II: THE OTHER SIDE
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    • 70 18 If you wish to have your event highlighted in Happenin’, e-mail Streats at streats@sph.com.sg or fax 6319-8191 Sr/ mam 7/1 If you are planning to study in Perth, the Western Australian Education Office (WAEO) can help answer your questions and give you all the information you need. Make the right
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    • 124 19 Institutions Attending: m Universities Curtin University of Technology Edith Cowan University Murdoch University The University of Western Australia (UWA) Pre-U College/Business Institutes Australian Institute for University Studies (AIUS) Canning and Tuart Colleges Curtin International College Perth Institute of Business and Technology TAFE International Western Australia Taylors College *Please bring along
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 438 19 Yourdailyhoroseope by Kelli Fox at Astrology.com AQUARIUS JAN 20-FEB 18 Cosmic influences and free-floating hormones conspire to give Aquarius a special week. Make your mark without apology or promise. Victory is more of a natural consequence than a divine right. K PISCES FEB 19-MAR 20 ✓NI Be spontaneous, and hope
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  • STREATS sports
    • 563 20 Spirit, depth and conviction key to Arsenal’s success LONDON Arsenal’s celebratory 4-3 win over Everton on Saturday wrapped up a season in which Arsene Wenger’s double-winners shifted the balance of power in English football from Old Trafford to Highbury. Just how long that shift will last is a
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    • 374 20 -AFP SPIELBERG, Austria World champion Michael Schumacher hit out at Ferrari bosses here yesterday claiming they were wrong to order team-mate Rubens Barrichello to hand him a controversial victory in the Austrian Grand Prix. Said Schumacher: “I think it was the wrong decision. If
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    • 37 20 1. Michael Schumacher (Ger) Ferrari lhr 33min 51.5625ec 2. Rubens Barrichello (Bra) Ferrari at o.lB2sec 3. Juan Pablo Montoya (Col) Williams-BMW 17.730 4. Ralf Schumacher (Ger) Williams-BMW 18.448 5. Giancarlo Fisichella (Ita) Jordan-Honda 49.965
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    • 459 21 It’s now Champions League qualifying for Manchester United MANCHESTER On a sunlit afternoon in Manchester, they made preparations for a trophy presentation on the Old Trafford pitch. It is the ritual at this time of year, after all. Yet, instead of the silverware for the Premiership or the
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    • 288 21 Wire services MANCHESTER Norway international Ronny Johnsen became a casualty of manager Alex Ferguson’s end-of-season clear-out at Manchester United. Two others, Denis Irwin and goalkeeper Raimond van der Gouw were also shown the door. Ferguson decided to release Johnsen, who joined United from
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    • 283 21 Arsenal 4 (Bergkamp 4, Henry 33, 72, Jeffers 83) Everton 3 (Carsley 20, Radzinski 31, Watson 89) Blackburn 3 (Cole 53, 81, Duff 66) Fulham 0 k Chelsea 1 (Gudjohnsen 70-pen) Aston Villa 3 (Crouch 21, Vassell 63, Dublin 88) Leeds 1 (Smith 63) Middlesbrough 0 Leicester 2
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    • 87 21 Reuters LONDON Liverpool manager Gerard Houllier paid tribute to double-winner Arsenal as Liverpool trounced Ipswich Town 5-0 to finish runner-up. “We have to acknowledge that Arsenal are worthy champions this season,” Houllier told Sky Sports. “They had a great run. “If you look at United, Arsenal and
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    • 489 22 Eriksson calls up Murphy, Sinclair on standby Reuters LONDON COLNEY, England Kieron Dyer (right) is likely to miss the World Cup finals through injury, and Steven Gerrard may need an operation on his groin strain, England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson said yesterday. “It is not good
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    • 338 22 -AFP LONDON England manager SvenGoran Eriksson has told his players to believe they can win the World Cup as he looks forward to fulfilling his dream of leading a team into the final. Eriksson, who has been careful to play down England’s chances
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    • SPORTS SCAN
      • 122 22 Reuters PARIS France playmaker Zinedine Zidane says he is “frightened” by the prospect of providing the ammunition for his country’s top strikers at the World Cup finals. In an interview to French weekly Le Journal du Dimanche, Zidane, who scored twice as France beat Brazil in the
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      • 123 22 -AFP BERLIN Belgium’s World Cup hopes have been dealt a blow after striker Emile Mpenza admitted yesterday he had lost his fitness battle for the finals. The Schalke 04 centre-forward has been out of action for much of the season with various injuries, and missed his club’s
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      • 85 22 BOWLING HE has not won an international tournament since his double-gold medal feat at the South-east Asia Games in 1999. Yesterday, national bowler Lim Zhong ended the lean spell when he triumphed at the sth PBAP-Storm International Classic at the Pearl Bowling Centre in Manila. The
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    • 390 23  -  By Tan Kim Han IS Daniel Bennett a better player following his four-month sojourn at English club Wrexham? Yes, said three coaches who watched the 24-year-old S-League Player of the Year make his return in Singapore Armed Forces FC’s
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    • 295 23 -AFP NBA SEMI-FINALS PLAY-OFFS Western Conference: Sacramento 115 Dallas 113 (OT) (Sacramento leads best-of-seven series 3-1) DALLAS With the regular forwards on the bench, Sacramento Kings’ Bobby Jackson and Mike Bibby had no problem filling in the void. Jackson fuelled a fourth-quarter comeback and Bibby made
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  • Page 22 Miscellaneous
    • 34 22 MIMIBIIIMM IN THE LIVING ROOM DELAYED TELECAST GOLF: PGA Verizon Byron Nelson Classic, final rd (Star Sports Ch 24, 2.30 pm). TENNIS: Masters Series, Rome: Men’s singles final (Star Sports Ch 24, 7.30 pm).
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