Streats, 24 July 2002

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    12 1 Streats WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 2002 Hotline: 1800-844-5566 E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg MITA (P) 240/03/2002
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  • Article
    Lock icon How low can you go?
    580 1  -  Small businesses against restoring CPF By_ Zubaidah Nazeer EVEN as Parliament was agonising over CPF caps and freezes and its impact on workers yesterday, a call was being made by businesses to cut CPF contributions even further. Too drastic? Then don’t restore contributions to the
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  • MORNING RUSH
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      Lock icon S'PORE PROPOSES NEW WATER PRICING
      182 1 SINGAPORE has proposed that the price of treated water it buys from Malaysia in future should be pegged to an agreed percentage of the cost of alternative sources of water like Newater. Such a formula can withstand the test of time, Foreign Minister S Jayakumar
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      70 1 Bush market: When George talks Wall St baulks PAGE 16 ‘We hope employers will be more openminded and more willing to employ the older workers. Many of the older workers are equally productive and reliable in their jobs. ‘And in this regard our employer organisations in Singapore have a very
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  • STREATS parliament
    • WAGES & WORKERS
      • Article
        Lock icon MINIMUM SUM: NO RUSH
        72 2 SUFFICIENT time will be given to Singaporeans to adjust to the new Minimum Sum for CPF accounts. “We took eight years in the last revision. We can take equally long or maybe a little longer,” said Manpower Minister Lee Boon Yang. The Government is studying what
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      • Article
        Lock icon HDB MAY RELAX RULES
        61 2 THE HDB is considering relaxing rules in line with its shift towards market practice for non-subsidised housing loans. Several MPs had suggested that as banks are allowed to give loans for HDB flats, rules such as the minimum occupation period and sub-letting restrictions be relaxed. Minister
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        Lock icon As MPs lament bosses’ reluctance over wage reform, Govt urges employers: Be more flexible
        434 2  -  by Philip Lee EMPLOYERS need to be more proactive, positive and flexible in their outlook towards older workers, in their wage policies and in re-training their workers. Some MPs and labour leaders called for a mindset
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        Lock icon CPF freeze: No quick fix
        66 2 The 4 per cent (nonrestoration) of the employer’s CPF is not going to make a big or immediate difference to retrenchment and hiring decisions. ‘lt’s not a quick fioc. But it is a step in the right direction! Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on
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        Lock icon CPF freeze: No magic bullet
        71 2 We have to move on every front We have to tackle the problem in many ways because this is a problem that cannot be solved with one magic bullet. ‘lt is a problem that requires a plethora of solutions or efforts in order to address
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    • RISKS & LOANS
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  • STREATS local
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      Lock icon Plan to preserve old-world charms
      111 4 SINGAPORE’S first official draft Identity Plan, launched yesterday, is packed with ideas for preserving the charms of some of the country’s most distinctive locales. The draft plan will be used for the current review of Singapore’s Master Plan. The Urban Redevelopment Authority hopes that protecting
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      Lock icon Prices up for first time in 8 months
      146 4 THE cost of consumer goods and services rose in June from a year earlier the first year-on-year increase in eight months. But lower prices for certain food items and clothing helped to push the Consumer Price Index (CPI) down 0.1 per cent
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      Lock icon New driving licence is for life
      331 4  -  By Zubaidah Nazeer FROM Dec 16 you will not have to make that annual or once-in-three-years trip to the post office to renew your driving licence. Once issued, the new licence will be for life, for a one-time payment of $5O. The plastic credit
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      Lock icon TV Media pleads guilty to 28 charges
      284 4  -  Reports by Khushwant Singh TV MEDIA distributor of Slim 10 weight-loss pills has pleaded guilty to breaching an order of the Health Sciences Authority (HSA). The company’s problems started in mid-April when the HSA found that the pills contained nicotinamide, which was not
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      Lock icon Teen guilty of sex with minor
      145 4 TAN Jia Qing and his girlfriend tried to have sex in December 2000. But it was too painful for her and they had to stop. They were both 15. They broke up in January last year. In November, the girl was raped by another
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  • STREATS financial
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      Lock icon Bank, property stocks push market up
      435 6 STI: 1,565.72 29.58 Reuters SHARES broke a six-day losing streak yesterday, with the oversold market bouncing back as bank and property shares rode higher on upcoming changes to the Central Provident Fund. The Straits Times Index closed 1.93 per cent or 29.58 points higher
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      Lock icon CPF boost for banks, property market
      353 6 Relaxation in downpayment, mortagage rules Reuters SINGAPORE Singapore’s new rules on home loans will give banks greater flexibility over their mortgage portfolio, while the depressed property market got an unexpected fillip when the required cash downpayment was cut in half. The real estate market,
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      Lock icon Prospective buyers pleased with housing loan change
      252 6 MR FREEMAN PANG and his wife were among some 17 hopeful private home buyers who told The Straits Times yesterday that they applauded the unexpected change in housing-loan rules. Mr Pang, 26, a financial adviser said: “Now, as we need to put down
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    • Article
      Lock icon FOREX RATES
      24 6 •AS AT JULY 23 US$: 551.745 552.729 EURO: 551.728 Ss: 67.31 YEN Ss: RM2.178 Ss: HK54.470 Ss: 23.45 BAHT Ss: 5,141 RUPIAH
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      Lock icon AT&T, Lucent sink deeper in red
      141 6 Reuters, AFP PHILADELPHIA Long-distance telephone and cable-television giant AT&T Corp yesterday posted a US$l2.7 billion (5522.14 billion) second-quarter loss after charges to write down the value of some of its assets, and revenues fell. AT&T’s poor results came on the heels of telecoms equipment
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      Lock icon Hanjin renews PSA pact
      124 8 Reuters SINGAPORE- South Korean container shipping line Hanjin Shipping renewed a long-term agreement with port operator PSA Corp yesterday, reaping substantial cost savings on the way. PSA slashed handling charges and offered more options to shipping lines last month in a bid to fend off cheaper
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      Lock icon Long haul ahead for WorldCom
      348 8 -AFP WASHINGTON Telecom giant World Com faces a long road back after its plunge into bankruptcy, but analysts say it could emerge as a healthy -if much different player. World Com’s bankruptcy filing, the largest in US corporate history, is the latest chapter in the
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      Lock icon Banks’ Enron role under probe
      154 8 AP WASHINGTON -US Congress is examining the role in Enron Corp’s collapse of big investment banks, which lent the company hundreds of millions of dollars and, lawmakers say, helped it conceal its true financial condition. The banks used complex financial schemes to boost Enron’s anaemic
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  • STREATS vocal
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      Lock icon Campaigners of quirk and character
      1182 11  -  Remembering Dr Lee Siew Choh Comment By PHILIP LEE HE STANDS, dressed in white, like a People’s Action Party candidate, on the back of an open lorry, fulminating against what he says is a police state in Singapore where people live in fear. It is
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      674 12 Have you heard? We are covered by Elder Shield. Yes! Any Singaporean aged between 40 and 69 automatically VS Its premium is affordable... J| ...which can be paid U9ing Medisave! D Auntie, what is Eldershield? ft's an insurance scheme that gives Singaporeans monthly cash to pay for any expenses, when
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  • STREATS regional
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      Lock icon Sea piracy most rampant in Indonesia
      165 13 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR Worldwide piracy attacks on seafarers continued to climb in the first half of this year with 171 incidents. And South-east Asia’s biggest country Indonesia is the leading contributor with 44 attacks. The Piracy Reporting Centre said yesterday that worldwide actual and
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      Lock icon PREMIER PLAYER
      27 13 Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi showing his violin-playing skills before young Russian violinists who paid a courtesy call at his residence in Tokyo yesterday AFP
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      Lock icon China says US reports ‘threat to world peace’
      206 13 -AFP BEIJING China yesterday angrily condemned a recent pair of US strategic reports naming the country as an emerging military threat, saying any risk to world peace came instead from those who “fabricated” such ideas. “The threat to Sino-US relations and the
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    • Article
      Lock icon US, Asean to sign terror pact soon
      308 13 ap, afp KUALA LUMPUR The US and South-east Asian countries are expected to sign a joint anti-terrorism declaration next week at the Asean security meeting, Malaysian Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar said yesterday. He said said the agreement between the US and the
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  • STREATS global
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      Lock icon One in 20 British women say they have been raped
      239 15 ap LONDON Nearly 5 per cent of women in Britain say they have been raped, the government said on Monday as it announced an action plan to increase the conviction rate in such cases. “Rape is an abhorrent crime which
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      Lock icon Missile blows up peace hopes
      384 15 15 killed, 145 wounded in Israeli attack Wire services GAZA STRIP An Israeli missile attack on a densely populated Palestinian neighbourhood yesterday killed 15 people, including nine children, and plunged the region into a renewed cycle of violence. The target was the home of the
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      Lock icon French shock for smokers
      128 15 Reuters PARIS French TV has aired a home-made video showing the traumatic last days of a lung cancer victim. It’s a new shock tactic to bring home the damage caused by tobacco. The 27-second film shows images of the unidentified man taken by his wife just
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      Lock icon ‘Jail Iraq plan whistleblower’
      126 15 Reuters WASHINGTON A visibly angry US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld called on Pentagon workers to help catch and jail a defence official who leaked an alleged US plan to invade Iraq to The New York Times. Said Mr Rumsfeld: “It’s inexcusable. And they ought to be
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  • STREATS people
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      Lock icon Bush talks, Dow drops
      428 16 Worst economic crisis for a US president in 75 years Wire services NEW YORK It happened again. For the third time in two weeks, President George W Bush reassured investors that the US economy is sound with corporate health improving and stock markets sank. The Dow
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      Lock icon Where in the world is Paul O’Neill?
      243 16 -AP WASHINGTON While Americans watched in horror as their nest eggs shrank with the stock market’s nose dive last week, US Treasury Secretary Paul O’Neill was noticeably missing from the scene. The chief economic spokesman for President George W Bush’s administration was visiting
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  • easy STREATS
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      Lock icon Forever young
      801 17 The 40-something Pet Shop Boys, despite being in the business for 20 long years, would rather you call them immature’and \childlike’. Lead vocalist Neil Tennant tells YVONNE KWOK he hasn’t lost his playfulness HE’S one of the UK’s favourite gay icons and an outspoken advocate of gay rights.
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      Lock icon Nick wears his heart on his car
      148 17 SPECULATION on the on-off Nicholas Tse-Faye Wong relationship might just end with his yellow Ferrari. Nicholas was seen in his favourite mean machine on Monday. And, gasp, the number plate now spells FEI which looks like “Fei”, Faye’s Chinese name. The HK$BOO,OOO (S$
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      Lock icon HK stars fight the paparazzi
      64 17 HONGKONG artistes are fighting back. Singer-actress Anita Mui (left), president of a professional artistes’ organisation, is leading a petition to protect celebrities from the relentless paparrazi. More than 600 artistes have signed the petition. According to The Sun, the association has approached Hongkong’s chief executive
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      Lock icon China fans’ sneak peek of TV show
      109 17 WHEN a TV series is popular, there’s very little that can stop it from reaching the audience. Not even the Chinese government. A shampoo company has invited the leading actor and actress of Taiwanese drama Meteor Garden, Jerry Yan (left) and Hsu Hsi-Huan,
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      Lock icon Fancy some Hakka house music?
      325 18  -  By Cara van Miriah YOU’VE heard of house music, acid jazz, pop and blues. But Hakka electronica? Yes, an album ,titled Tripping on Handbags, on this rather obscure music genre will be released on Aug 1 by Lye Kim Sheng, a former Singapore Airlines flight
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      Lock icon Eminem, P.O.D. lead MTV video nominations
      200 18 AP AMERICAN rappers Eminem and Missy Elliott and rock band P.O.D. lead the nominees for this year’s MTV Video Music Awards with six each, the channel announced on Monday. Eminem’s comic bookstyle clip for Without Me, in which he dresses up as a version
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      Lock icon Time to Snap out of it
      440 18  -  Tellvtubby BI J. YVONNE KWOK I HAVE absolutely nothing against breasts. I have two myself. I have also yet to hear anyone refer to me as a feminist or a traditionalist (although I’ve had some people writing in to call me some really unflattering
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      Lock icon Our weather girl says...
      132 20 LOVE this island? Enjoy the outdoors? Got some time? There will be thunderstorms in the morning but the afternoon will be good for a visit to The Parks and Waterbodies Plan exhibition. It will show how tropical Singapore will grow over the next 15 years. It’s
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    • Just a minute
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        100 20 Find out how the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) works to ensure a safe supply of food for Singapore at its first public education exhibition. Pick up some tips on buying, handling and storing food and win prizes along the way. At Suntec City Tower 4 Entertainment
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    • Happenin'
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        Lock icon THEATRE
        67 20 BONER R(A) Guinness Theatre, The Substation Today till Aug 3, Bpm Tickets at $23 Call Sistic at 6348-5555 This is a chamber performance about a woman who kills those dearest to her in order to collect their bones. Naturally, sex and violence feature in the R(A)-rated performance. Directed by
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        Lock icon EXHIBITION
        49 20 SINGPEX 02: SINGAPORE NATIONAL STAMP EXHIBITION Hotel New Otani, Plum Room Friday till Sunday, 10am-Bpm Free Check out up to 40 frames of exciting stamp displays on diverse themes from religion to history to sports. Organised jointly by the Association of Singapore Philatelists and the Singapore Stamp Club.
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        Lock icon PERFORMANCE
        97 20 MAGIC OF LOVE Touch Community Theatre (3615 Jalan Bukit Merah) Saturday, 3pm and Bpm Tickets at $2l Call Ticket Charge at 6296-2929 Set in 1930 s Shanghai, this is the story of a father and daughter who shoot to stardom with their magic show. However, at the height of
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        Lock icon DANCE
        94 20 BALLET UNDER THE STARS Fort Canning Green Friday to Sunday, 7.30 pm Tickets at $l6 Call Sistic at 6348-5555 Enjoy dance under the stars. After all, some 135,000 Singaporeans have since the Singapore Dance Theatre started this outdoor programme in 1995. This season’s programme will showcase new works from
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        63 20 MADAM WONG’S LIVE! LOUD DANCE FESTIVAL Siloso Beach, Sentosa Aug 3,12 pm onwards Promotional tickets at $4B till July 27; $5B July 28 onwards Call Ticket Charge at 6296-2929 Party till late with acts like Belinda Carlisle (above), Hadley, Norman and Keeble, Bananarama, The Bushmen, Energy and Alphaville. Guest
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        Lock icon DRAMA
        92 20 MAMMON INC Jubilee Hall, Raffles Hotel Tomorrow till Aug 4,3 pm (weekends) and Bpm Tickets at $43, $33 $23 Call Ticket Charge at 6296-2929 Based on Tan Hwee Hwee’s novel of the same name, the story begins when Chiah Deng, a Singaporean graduate fresh out of Oxford gets an
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    • Tune in TV & MOVIE NEWS
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        Lock icon THE GUARDIAN
        41 21 Bpm, Channel i As Burton prepares to become a Federal judge, he passes the reins of the firm to Nathan Caldwell and his assistant, whom Nick dislikes. Meanwhile, Lulu thinks her grandmother is being abused in a nursing home.
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        Lock icon TIE ME UP! TIE ME DOWN!
        76 21 10pm, Central In this Spanish film with the titillating title, Ricky (Antonio Banderas) is released from a psychiatric ward. In the quest for a normal life, he searches for Marina (Victoria Abril), a pom star whom he met during one of his escapes from
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        Lock icon METEOR GARDEN
        70 21 10.30 pm, Channel 8 Daoming Si is kidnapped by his mother’s bodyguards but manages to call Meizuo before being dragged away. Xiaozi tells the rest of F 4 that her parents are forcing her to marry Si because it would be good for their business. Si goes on
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        Lock icon Yer dinnae ken, pal?
        130 21 Reuters IS it English they’re speaking in Scotland? A Scots film may be subtitled to help audiences south of the border follow the action, the Independent newspaper reported on Tuesday. Sweet Sixteen, a Ken Loach film about a Glasgow teenager looking forward to the release from
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      Lock icon Chill out
      113 21 HER WORLD 18 of the Biggest Hits by Women Around the World THIS power-packed compilation of female singers was put together by Warner Music Singapore and Her World. It features popular radio hits such as Angel (Sarah McLachlan), Breathe (Faith Hill), I Hope You Dance (Lee Ann Womack),
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  • Page 21 Miscellaneous
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      476 21 Yourdailyhoroscope by Kelli Fox at Astrology.com AQUARIUS JAN 20-FEB 18 Your spontaneous nature gets an extra boost as the Sun enters Leo. Aquarius has the power to enchant or disturb. Anyone who can stand the menu is welcome at your table. PISCES FEB 19 -MAR 20 Be a model of
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  • STREATS sports
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      Lock icon Nothing but the best
      531 23  -  Clubs relieved as FAS plans to do away with under-23 ruling By Tan Kim Han NO need for Under-23 foreigners for next year’s S-League. The Football Association of Singapore (FAS) is planning to do away with the compulsory hiring of under-23 foreign players because of their
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      Lock icon One-armed man sinks hole-in-one
      281 23 CLOVIS, New Mexico Art Baird lost his right arm in an industrial accident in 1952. But that didn’t stop the 75-year-old native of Washington state from sinking a hole-in-one twice in the seventh hole at a Municipal Golf Course here last week. For those who wonder
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      Lock icon Botero takes revenge in longest stage
      154 23 Reuters LES DEUX ALPES, France Dropped in the first mountain stages of the Tour de France, Colombian Santiago Botero got his revenge by winning the first stage in the Alps between Vaison-la-Romaine and Les Deux Alpes yesterday. The 2000 Tour king of the mountains
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    • SPORTS SCAN
      • SOCCER
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          Lock icon DESAILLY UNDER PRESSURE
          74 25 -AFP LONDON Chelsea’s French international defender Marcel Desailly has admitted he does not always produce his best form for the club. The centre-back’s place in the Chelsea side is under increasing pressure from compatriot William Gallas and England prospect John Terry. But the 3 3-year-old former World
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          Lock icon ARSENAL MAY SIGN CARINI
          49 25 Reuters LONDON Arsenal is negotiating a loan deal with Juventus for goalkeeper Fabian Carini as a replacement for Richard Wright who is on the brink of a move to Everton. According to reports, the 22-year-old Uruguayan is being lined up as David Seaman’s understudy. Reuters
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        42 25 SEPAKTAKRAW SINGAPORE Sepaktakraw Federation (Perses) will host the World Cup 2002 from August 8-11. To date, 12 countries have confirmed their participation, They are Thailand, China, Korea, Japan, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Brunei, Malaysia, Philippines, India, Pakistan and Singapore.
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        74 25 BOWLING THE Singapore Tenpin Bowling Congress (STBC) announced yesterday that its annual general meeting, scheduled on July 31, has been postponed. The new date will be announced later. In a letter to all STBC affiliated clubs, acting president T T Nathan said that “though the draft annual
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      322 26 Reuters MANCHESTER Competitors at the Commonwealth Games will face blood and urine tests for the first time for staminaboosting erythropoietin (EPO), one of the most dangerous banned drugs abused in top-class sport. Doping officials said on Monday that athletes in endurance events in swimming,
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      327 27  -  By Lim Han Ming BADMINTON fans are in for a real treat at the Yonex-Sunrise Singapore Open from Aug 19-25. Many top-ranked shuttlers have confirmed their participation for the five-star US$l7O,OOO (*****,000) tournament. The latest to join the field are five members of Indonesia’s Thomas Cup winning
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