Streats, 8 July 2002

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    11 1 Streats MONDAY, JULY 8, 2002 Hotline: 1800-844*5566 E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg MITA <?) ?*O/03/2002
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  • Article
    Lock icon What goes up...
    787 1  -  Transport fare hike debate today: unlikely, say observers By Deepa Vijiyasingam TUNE in to Parliament today for the answer to the most contentious question on commuters’ minds: Will the transport fare hike be reviewed or even reversed? The decision by the 14 men and women on the
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    Lock icon HANDS UP FOR S'PORE.
    36 1 TICKET CHARGE: ‘Secret’National Day ticket distribution locations sniffed out by kiasu Singaporeans. The result overnight queues, frayed tempers, broken barricades, spats as tickets are snapped up. SEE PAGE 3 Oanhe W etcsS&r.
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    Lock icon NEW WATER PRICING PLAN UNVEILED
    94 1 MORNING RUSH FOR the first time, Malaysia has unveiled a plan to raise the price of raw water sold to Singapore by almost 100 times. According to Berita Minggu, Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar said that Malaysia wants 60 sen (28 cents) for 1,000 gallons
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  • STREATS local
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      Lock icon ‘Charges contrary to my values’
      319 2  -  Former ACS principal breaks silence over molest charge By Khushwant Singh, FORMER Anglo-Chinese School (Barker Road) principal Ng Eng Chin spoke up on Saturday for the first time since being accused of molest. He was silent over the last two months because “it is not
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      Lock icon Seized: $200,000 fake Nokia parts
      195 2  -  By 'Gary Lim THOSE cellphone accessories you thought a bargain at the pasar malam might be fakes. Some 2,870 “Nokia” cellphone accessories worth $15,000 being sold at four stalls in Jurong West Street 64 on Saturday were all counterfeit, and seized. This is the first
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      Lock icon More firms want to be called family-friendly
      233 2  -  By YongHuiMien MORE companies are putting their hands up to be counted for the national Family Friendly Firm (FFF) Award 2002 to be given out on Friday. This year there are 435 entries, up from 342 the last time the award was given
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      Lock icon Car-nival rakes in $11 million
      153 2  -  By Yen Feng OVER $ll million worth of cars were snapped up at Car-nival, the seventh annual outdoor car event organised by The Straits Times Classified and Lianhe Zaobao Classified yesterday. The 150 cars that were sold 100 new and 50 pre-owned included the latest
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      Lock icon Night owls beat NDP early birds
      608 3  -  Kiasu queue culture 1 By_ Cara van Miriah IT seems you just can’t beat the kiasu Singaporean. And the coveted National Day Parade or preview ticket is just the thing to kick the kiasu spirit into overdrive. The plan was for registration to start
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      Lock icon White tent set flat-buyers lining up
      366 3 Kiasu queue culture 2 THESE are some of the features of the typical Singaporean queue: plastic chairs, stools, umbrellas and even jackets, which people use to prepare for a long wait and bad weather. Now this time, the people were missing. But they had
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  • STREATS vocal
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      Lock icon How is PTC selected?
      148 4 I WOULD like to expand on the issues raised in “Creating a them-and-us feeling” (Streats, July 5), a letter by Henry Lim Li. Mr Eric Gwee Teck Hai, the chairman of the Public Transport Council (PTC), has stated that council members are drawn from various parts
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      Lock icon We know speed counts: SCDF
      235 4 I REFER to “The long and anxious wait for medics” (Streats, June 27), a letter by Sad and Annoyed Passerby. The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) received a call at 7.39 pm on June 24 about a road traffic accident near Yew Tee MRT station.
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      Lock icon One C is too ambitious for me
      129 4 JAZ had no right to suggest that few Singaporeans are struggling financially and that it’s not difficult to survive in Singapore unless one strives for the 5Cs (“A better life costs money”, Streats, July 3). Many Singaporeans have either been retrenched or have
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      Lock icon SMRT's apologies unsatisfactory
      126 4 LET’S examine the commercial responsibilities of SMRT. It must give a fair return on its investment to satisfy shareholders. But what about its customers commuters? When trains are delayed, apologies are broadcast over the public address system. When escalators break down, apologies are displayed on written notices.
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      Lock icon Don’t ask us to solve ez-errors
      108 4 IN its letter “No free ride for ez-link glitch” (Streats, July 5), Trans Island Bus Services pointed out that bus riders need to pay cash if an ez-link scanner breaks down. It’s ridiculous to expect us to carry a supply of coins after we’ve
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      Lock icon Fare policy is fair, says SBS
      135 4 I REFER to “Which fare is fair?” (Streats, June 17), “Bus driver said ‘no’ to ez-scanner switch” (Streats, June 20) and “Compensate users for ez woes” (Streats, June 24), letters by Mrs Irene Neo Leo Kheng, Mrs Ong and Mr Yoong San respectively. If
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      55 4 Have Your Say Streats is pleased to publish your views. To be heard, email us at streats@sph.comsg or write to The Editor, Streats, 1000 Toa Payoh North, Singapore *****4. You should include your name, address and contact number. Contributions should comprise no more than 200 words. Letters sent to other
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  • STREATS financial
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      Lock icon Temasek’s balancing act
      455 6 Reuters SINGAPORE Singapore’s drive to develop the economy of the future may have stalled at a key junction when the Government decided to keep large state-owned firms at the heart of efforts to stay globally competitive. Instead of rolling back its influence and freeing up space for
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      Lock icon Cash-rich Telstra shops in Asia
      153 6 AFP SYDNEY Telstra Corp, Australia’s largest telecommunications company, said yesterday that it was cashed up and looking for further Asian acquisitions. The company last week took sole control of CSL, Hongkong’s only profitable mobile phone company, in a deal worth AS 1.1 billion (S$ 1.08
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      Lock icon Bank of China hopes to raise $5.6b from IPO
      193 6 Reuters HONGKONG The Bank of China Hongkong, the territory’s second-largest by assets, said yesterday it hopes to raise up to US$3.l7 billion (555.6 billion) from its initial public offering, Hongkong’s biggest this year, and will offer a 5 per cent discount
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      Lock icon FOREX RATES*
      26 6 •AS AT JULY S US$: 551.772 552.690 EURO: $1,725 Ss: DM1.250 Ss: 68.02 YEN Ss: RM2.144 Ss: HK54.401 Ss: 23.48 BAHT Ss: 4,991 RUPIAH
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      Lock icon BROKERS’ RECOMMENDATIONS
      529 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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      115 7 Have you heard? We are covered by ElderShield. Yesi Any Singaporean aged between 40 and 69 automatically qualifies. Its premium is affordable... .which can be paid using Medisavej what is Eldershield? u It's cm insurance scheme that gives Singaporeans monthly cash to pay for any expenses, when they become severely
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  • STREATS medical
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      Lock icon Thais plan world’s biggest HIV vaccine trial
      129 8 Reuters BANGKOK Thailand will hold the world’s biggest HIV vaccine trial, lasting five years and involving 16,000 people, a health official has said. Volunteers aged between 20 and 30 will be selected from the general population rather than high-risk groups, such as drug
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      Lock icon Aids may never be wiped out: expert
      165 8 Wire services LONDON A leading expert has warned that the Aids epidemic hasn’t peaked yet and HIV, the virus that causes Aids, may never be eradicated. A third or more people in some African nations are infected with HIV but Dr Peter Piot,
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      Lock icon Soya, tofu cut breast cancer risk
      275 8 AFP LONDON Soya milk and tofu may reduce the risk of breast cancer, according to a new study carried out partly in Singapore. Diets rich in soya appear to affect the make-up of breast tissue, said scientists from the charity Cancer Research UK, which
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  • STREATS regional
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      Lock icon I’m off in 15 months, 23 days’
      281 9 Najib best choice for No 2 job: Mahathir AP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, who had not previously announced a specific date for his retirement, yesterday said he would leave office in 15 months and 23 days. He added that after
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      Lock icon Most M’sians ignorant of hudud
      198 9 KUALA LUMPUR The Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS) tabled the controversial syariah criminal bill (hudud and qisas) in the Terengannu state legislative assembly yesterday, but a majority of the state’s people are ignorant of the new law. “An important revelation was that they were oblivious to
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      Lock icon FLOOD RELIEF
      42 9 A boy sitting on a fire hydrant as flood waters make their way through a busy street of Manila’s Makati financial district on Saturday. Yesterday 10 people, including three South Korean tourists, were killed after typhoons battered the Philippines Reuters
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      Lock icon Longer English classes for KL schools
      206 9 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian schools will allocate more time for the teaching of English to help students master the language, the Star reported yesterday. The paper quoted Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi as saying that this was one of five measures to be carried
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      Lock icon Beauty and the East
      145 9 -AFP BEIJING China appears to be going to extraordinary lengths to ignore its third-place 2000 Miss Universe winner. Shanghai model Zhuo Ling, 19, won the prize the first time China entered, at the competition in Puerto Rico in May. Media commentators have said that although, according
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    • REGIONAL DEBRIEF
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        Lock icon ‘I’LL STAY WITH UMNO’
        79 9 UMNO Vice-President Muhammad Muhammad Taib is a “party loyalist” who will abide by all decisions made by its leaders, the Star has quoted him as saying. Mr Muhammad would stay with Umno “no matter what” and follow all decisions that ensured the party grew stronger. He
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        Lock icon NAVY ADMITS MISTAKE
        79 9 AFP THE South Korean navy has admitted it mishandled last month’s inter-Korean sea clash but rejected North Korea’s accusations that it provoked the skirmish. The defence ministry said yesterday that an incorrect report by field commanders led to the slow response by navy ships which came under
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        Lock icon CAL TO PAY CRASH KIN
        97 9 AFP CHINA Airlines (CAL) has offered to pay NTS6.S million (*****,000) in emergency funds to each family of those killed in a May plane crash while negotiations on final compensation are bogged down. “Considering some families may badly need money, China Airlines has agreed to
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  • STREATS global
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      Lock icon Probe team set up
      299 11 Afghan V-P’s shooting Wire services KABUL The murder of powerful Vice-President Haji Abdul Qadir has shaken the fragile Afghan government of President Hamid Karzai once again. Mr Qadir, who was also minister for public works, was killed in a hail of bullets as he was being
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      Lock icon DIVING HEAD FIRST
      55 11 A man’s legs sticking up from the crowd as thousands of revellers pack the central plaza in Pamplona, northern Spain, on Saturday to mark the start of the San Fermin hull-running festival. The ‘Chupinazo’ attracts tens of thousands of foreign visitors each year for nine days of
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      Lock icon Mood detector for angry phone calls
      108 11 LONDON Frustration caused to phone users listening to options on automated answering systems could soon be eliminated. Angry callers will be detected earlier and routed to staff trained in “conflict resolution”, the Telegraph reported. Anyone who jabs too quickly at the telephone keys, addresses
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      Lock icon LA airport gunman ‘not an extremist’
      166 11 AFP LOS ANGELES The Egyptian man who went on a shooting rampage at the El A 1 check-in counter in Los Angeles airport had a financial dispute with the Israeli airline, his family has said. A heavily-armed Hesham Mohamed Hadayet carried out the shooting
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  • STREATS people
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      Lock icon Karzai loses key aide
      307 13 Slain leader was crucial for govt-Pashtun ties Reuters PARIS Haji Abdul Qadir, the Afghan vice-president assassinated in Kabul on Saturday, was a prominent Pashtun leader who forged a key alliance with the Tajik-led Northern Alliance to overthrow the Taleban last year. His appointment in June as
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      Lock icon Michael Jackson slams treatment of black artists
      204 13 Reuters NEW YORK -Pop star Michael Jackson lashed out at the music industry’s treatment of black artists including himself here on Saturday. Appearing with New York civil rights leader Rev A 1 Sharpton, Jackson, 43, told an adoring crowd of around 350 people
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  • easy STREATS
    • When stars burn out
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        Lock icon Celebrity crybaby
        439 14 Celebrity c r ybaby Beneath the glitz, glamour and toothy grins, celebrities are under constant pressure to perfoim and do it well Over the weekend, the heat got to Hongkong singer-actress Cecilia Cheung and she broke down very publicly. We look at three other stars who have given up anonymity
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        Lock icon When Fiona cried every night
        289 14  -  By Yen Feng PREENED to perfection, Fiona Xie was positively glowing at the launch of Exilim, Casio’s new digital camera, held at the Swissotel last Wednesday. But less than a year ago, the young star, who’s currently dating US-born actor Robin Leong, had been crying
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        Lock icon Stefanie cries for her family
        307 14 DO not envy Stefanie Sun. Her meteoric rise to be one of the region’s hottest recording artistes (five albums in two years) has taken such a toll on the Singapore gal that she has been given to sudden teary outbursts. Recently, she broke down during
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      Lock icon Singapore zing
      392 16  -  Foodie two-shoes B y WLLEEN CHANG Simple or elaborate, breakfasts prepares you for each gruelling day. The importance of this meal is clear from the old advice: Brea/fast like a king, lunch like a prince and dine like a pauper. THE name says Shanghai, but the taste is
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      Lock icon Our weather girl says...
      107 18 IT will be fair all round... which is weather-speak for hot and horrible. Seems to the person in the street that it’s certainly not “fair” when the sun beats down all day and there are no clouds in sight. Talking about hot, on this day in
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    • Just a minute
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        Lock icon Check this out...
        153 18 Make yourself a cup of tea and have a relaxing start to the week. And while you’re waiting for the kettle to boil, visit www.tenren.com The site examines tea types, equipment for a good cuppa and snacks that will go with it. It also tells you about
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    • Happenin’
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        Lock icon THEATRE
        92 18 FAME THE MUSICAL Kallang Theatre Till July 14, Bpm Tickets at 8111, $9l, $76, $7l, $6l, $5l, $4l (student) Call Sistic at 6348-5555 Nominated for two London Laurence Olivier Awards (Best New Musical and Best Choreography), Fame the Musical traces the lives of a group of students attending New
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        Lock icon CHARITY
        84 18 AWARE GODDESS WALK Haw Par Villa Sunday, 5pm-7-30pm $10, $5 (senior citizens) and $25 family) Call Aware at 6779-7137 or e-mail aware@pacific.net.sg Take part in a charity walk that aims to raise funds for Aware, a non-governmental advocacy group that works for women’s rights and gender parity. Six Godesses
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        Lock icon EXHIBITION
        201 18 IDENTITY AND AUTHENTICITY Art Gallery, Goethe-Institut Singapore Till July 20,9am-6pm (except Sundays) Free Celebrated fashion photographer Horst Wackerbarth exhibits his Fashion Series and Gallery of Mankind. The latter is the central part of Wackerbarth’s work, and is an ongoing project that already spans two decades. People from all walks
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    • Tune in TV & MOVIE NEWS
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        Lock icon FANTASY
        67 19 9pm, Channel 8 Michelle Saram bounces back from her trauma with her former Taiwanese company with this new drama by Media Corp. In it, she plays blind singer Qianqian, who is tom between two men her songwriter Haoran (Chen Hanwei) and doctor Ziqian (Tay Ping Hui). In the first
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        Lock icon A KINDRED SPIRIT
        46 19 7pm, Channel U Fu blames Lele for causing Qin’s death. However, Lele’s sincerity moves Fu, who starts afresh and changes his sloppy work attitude. Hai learns that Gui was lying about her pregnancy. Someone tries to kill Wen, and takes her wedding ring.
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        Lock icon KOPI-O II
        63 19 7pm, Channel 8 This sequel to the hit 1980 s drama brings back familiar faces, including Liu Qiulian and Cai Pingkai. It continues with the lives of the Hong family and their friends at a neighbourhood coffeeshop. In the debut episode, Jintu (Qian Zhigang) finds a bomb in
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        Lock icon Oscar slims down
        163 19 AS part of an attempt to cut the running time of the Oscar presentation last year was a record four hours and 16 minutes the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has voted to trim the honorary awards. The academy said it wants to limit the
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      Lock icon Chill out
      88 19 PHUTURE 17 Jiak Kim Street Tel: 6739-2988 www.zoukclub. com LOOK out for the DJ Quest this Friday, an annual event to identify the up and coming stars of the Singapore dance scene. Juice DJ Quest provides a platform which will hopefully launch the careers of wannabes in the
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
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      428 18 Yourdailyhoroscope by Kelli Fox at Astrology.com AQUARIUS JAN 20-FEB 18 Business and pleasure are inextricably bound together. You’re free to do whatever is necessary. Accuracy is natural, the glorious mix of what you’ve already learned. K PISCES FEB 19-MAR 20 Look at the bright side of misfortune. Hidden virtues appear
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  • STREATS sports
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      Lock icon No sweat for Hewitt
      522 20 Top seed becomes first Australian since Cash in 1987 to take title afp WIMBLEDON Top seed and world No 1 Lleyton Hewitt (right) ruthlessly crushed David Nalbandian’s magical run to become the first Australian in 15 years to win the Wimbledon title here yesterday. He won
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      Lock icon Streaker on court
      117 20 LONDON A streaker (right) ran onto Centre Court during the men’s singles final between Lleyton Hewitt and David Nalbandian yesterday. The man, in his late 30’s or early 40’s, sporting an all-over tan, ran on to court just as players were making their way back after a
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      Lock icon Serena had extra drive to win Wimbledon
      474 20 Wire services WIMBLEDON Wimbledon champion and world No 1 Serena Williams claimed she had extra drive to win Wimbledon since her quarter-final defeat last year by Jennifer Capriati. She said: “I’m a different person mentally and I’m stronger. I seem to have more
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      Lock icon Unbeatable Schumacher
      620 21 Ferrari makes it 1-2 for third time this season AP SILVERSTONE, England Michael Schumacher (right) proved again he’s the best in the damp as he won yesterday’s British Grand Prix for his seventh victory of the season and the 60th of his record-breaking career. Starting from the No
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      Lock icon Bertogliati wins first stage to take yellow jersey
      275 21 AFP LUXEMBOURG Switzerland’s Rubens Bertogliati won a hilly first stage of the Tour de France yesterday, crossing the finish line just ahead of the main pack that included Lance Armstrong. Bertogliati, of the LampreDaikin team, ended the stage in four hours, 49
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    • SPORTS SCAN
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        Lock icon HIDDINK LEAVES
        84 21 AFP SEOUL Guus Hiddink returned to Holland yesterday having completed an 18month mission to make South Korea Asia’s top team again. The Dutchman, who said he will start talks with Dutch side PSV Eindhoven today, was given a hero’s farewell by hundreds of fans and again promised to
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        Lock icon FRENCH COACH
        74 21 AP LYON, France The head of French soccer’s governing body said on Saturday he hopes to name Roger Lemerre’s replacement as national team coach by July 20. “In the week of July 14-20,1 would like the whole matter to be settled,” said Claude Simonet, president of the French
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        Lock icon KAHN OUT
        93 21 Reuters MUNICH Germany’s captain Oliver Kahn, the first goalkeeper to win Fifa’s Golden Ball award, is likely to be out of action for six weeks with a finger injury, his doctor said. Kahn would be ready to play again at the start of the Bundesliga season on Aug
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      Lock icon Man United, Liverpool’s bids for Duff accepted
      302 22 Wire services LONDON Liverpool and Manchester United have had £25 million (SS67 million) bids for Blackburn Rovers star Damien Duff (above) accepted, according to reports in the Sunday tabliods. The player is expected to complete a move to one of the clubs this
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