Streats, 7 October 2002

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  • 11 1 Streats MONDAY, OCTOBER 7 2002 Hotline: 1800*844-5566 E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg MITA(P) 240/03/2002
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  • 488 1  -  Three more golds, but are bodybuilding and bowling ‘real’ sports? By Adam Hashidy BODYBUILDING and bowling are fast becoming the darlings of Singapore sports. Yesterday, bodybuilding bagged two Asian Games golds in the bantamweight and welterweight categories, and bowling one in the men’s trios. It was Singapore’s
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  • MORNING RUSH
    • 168 1 Wire services A FRENCH oil supertanker was rammed by a small boat packed with explosives at a Yemeni port in the Gulf of Aden, French Vice-Consul Marcel Goncalves said yesterday. All of the Linbourg’s 25 crew members were rescued from the burning ship as it
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  • STREATS local
    • 632 2  -  By_ Gary Lim POLICE and the Registry of Societies (ROS) appear to be tightening the screws on sports clubs this year. They have shut down 17 so far for breaking various rules. Last year, only one club was ordered to close its doors. But because sports
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    • 333 3 Fruit wars: Part 111 THE dollar lure in the small trade war in Ang Mo Kio has spread from fruits to underwear. Two shops in the Block 408 neighbourhood of Avenue 10 yesterday used the same sales tactic, offering T-shirts at $1 and underwear
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    • 142 3 THE Majulah Connection, launched in San Francisco yesterday, is going to be a club with a difference. Its members will be Singaporeans, home and away, who want to do business. Senior Minister of State for Information, Communications and the Arts, and Transport Khaw Boon
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    • 250 4 POLICE yesterday shot and wounded a man who charged at a police officer with a knife. At 7.40 am yesterday, a security guard at Mount Alvemia Hospital reported to the police that a man was seen changing the registration plate of a motorcycle at
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    • 454 4  -  ‘Only if there are sweeteners’ By_ Yong Hui Mien TELEVISION actress Loke Loo Pin is unhappy about having to pay $12,000 to retain her Pinetree Town Country Club membership, now under a new owner. But still, for old times’ sake, she is prepared to cough up
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  • STREATS financial
    • 532 6  -  They shouldn’t make up more than 20% of portfolio, says expert By Chua Kong Ho MORE Singaporeans will be able to put money into hedge funds when minimum investment hurdles are lowered at the end of the year. But trendy as hedge funds may be, would-be
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    • 154 6 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia’s no-frills airline, Air Asia, has laid out an expansion plan that involves more than doubling its fleet, increasing flight frequency and launching international flights. Expressing optimism for the airline’s outlook after surviving nearly a year in business, Air Asia chief
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    • 21 6 *AS AT OCTOBER 4 US$:S$l.7BO £:552.792 EURO:SSI.7S6 Ss: 69.00 YEN SS:RM2.I34 Ss: HK54.381 Ss: 24.44 BAHT Ss: 5,065 RUPIAH
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    • 492 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 brokets. Their recommendations are placed on a X to 5 points scale and
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  • STREATS medical
    • 97 8 Reuters NEW YORK Women who douche at least once a month are 40 per cent more likely to have bacterial vaginosisa, a mild infection that can lead to odour and vaginal discharge. It is typically found in 5-15 per cent of women, especially those who are
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    • 233 8 Sexually-transmitted infection raises cancer risk Reuters NEW YORK Women, get that infection down there checked out. Because if it turns out to be chlamydia, you have an increased risk of cervical cancer. A team led by Dr Keng-Ling Wallin of Sweden’s Karolinska Hospital looked at
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  • STREATS vocal
    • 320 10 IN the article “The big MP divide” (Streats, Oct 3), Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong was reported to have cited a commentary, which appeared in Chinese daily Lianhe Zaobao, in Parliament on Wednesday. Streats reported excerpts of the commentary as: “The English-educated
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    • 160 10 Key to flexible life policy ‘estate’ I WOULD like to clarify some points covered in “Stuck for life” (Streats, Oct 4). Although you can’t change the beneficiary name on many life insurance policies when filling out an application for a policy you can designate the beneficiary as “estate”. The policy’s
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    • 413 10 I REFER to “Aware: Marriage is no reason for discrimination” (Streats, Oct 4), a letter by Ms Tisa Ng, the president of the Association of Women for Action and Research (Aware). Ms Ng illustrates how brutally correct Senior Minister Lee Kuan Tew was when he
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    • 134 10 Have Your Say E-mail 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. We reserve the right to edit your letters far brevity and clarity. By your writing to us, it shall be deemed that
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  • STREATS regional
    • 329 11 Suspect is one of six charged by US with war conspiracy afp KUALA LUMPUR The US has asked Malaysia to help capture an American terrorist suspect, a security official said here yesterday. The request came after the arrest in the US of four people from
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    • REGIONAL DEBRIEF
      • 61 11 afp MANILA and Washington will press ahead with joint military operations against the Abu Sayyaf despite the death of a US soldier in a bomb attack last week, National Security Adviser Roilo Golez said yesterday. About 600 US troops are scheduled to arrive this month for
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      • 65 11 A MALAYSIAN collapsed and died in his car while talking with his bride by cellphone on his way to their wedding, The Star reported yesterday. Mr Lim Wei Kiong, 27, was being driven to his 25-year-old fiancee’s house for the exchange of vows when his best
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      • 68 11 AP ABOUT 20 men in black shirts broke into the office of Next magazine in Taipei yesterday, breaking windows and smashing computers and other equipment, police said. The men, who sped sway in cars, were suspected of having links with gangs, said Mr Pei Wei, the magazine’s
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    • 46 11 Manila city councillor Kim Atienza (right) cradling a lizard at a Manila church yesterday. An albino python and three species of lizards were blessed with holy water here to celebrate the feast of Saint Francis of Assisi, the Catholic patron saint of animals AFP
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    • 222 11 16 wives, 86 kids ‘Can’t control my lust’ -AFP HANOI One family is enough for most men, but apparently not Mr Tran Viet Chu, a retired bricklayer, who has sired 86 children from 16 women. The 7 5-year-old from the central province of Quang Tri, who spent 60 years travelling
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    • 312 11 Reuters TOKYO The retrenched Japanese worker’s future is still unsure. Even a Labour Ministry plan, which allocates up to 300,000 yen (554,350) for each worker, could only find jobs for eight people, the Yomiuri Shimbun daily said yesterday. And that’s because
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  • STREATS global
    • 186 12 Reuters SAN FRANCISCO Some 200 cargo ships carrying food, critical manufacturing equipment and retail goods sat idle along the American West Coast yesterday. But US President George W Bush isn’t ready to intervene. Officials said that his reluctance is due to the Tafit-Hartley
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    • 271 12 LONDON An employee at Credit Lyonnais in London has been suspended after sending an e-mail on Wednesday to five colleagues boasting of a recent sexual conquest. The e-mail spread across the Internet with some half a million
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    • Article, Illustration
      37 12 Jose Luis Soria from Spain set a record time of 13.96 seconds in the eighth annual National Waiters Race in Barcelona, running 100 m with a tray carrying two glasses ofheer and a full bottle
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    • 113 12 IRAQ UPDATE WASHINGTON The eight Iraqi presidential compounds in the middle of the UN weapons inspection dispute are a world of opulent kitsch and lavish excess, the Los Angeles Times reported on Saturday. The palaces, the newspaper said, contained crystal chandeliers, velvet-covered chairs, gold-topped tables
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    • 365 14 Woman in Kabul execution video a battered wife who didn’t know her fate till end LONDON Her public execution was broadcast around the world and became synonymous with women’s suffering under Taleban rule. Nearly a year ago, television viewers were horrified by the sight of
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    • 123 14 LONDON This is the monster plane that Boeing is planning to build. The craft, the Pelican, will have a fuselage longer than a football pitch. Its wing area will be o.4ha, or three-quarters of a football field, with its wingspan more than twice that of a
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  • easy STREATS
    • Article, Illustration
      565 15 Veteran singer Wendi Koh releases her first album next week, but it hasn’t been easy CARAVAN MIRIAH finds out why SHE has been a familiar face and a sought-after singer in the local entertainment scene for the past 19 years, pulling in the crowds at every nightspot
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    • 332 15  -  Foodie two-shoes By WILEEN CHANG SAY Vietnamese food and I’m sure three items will immediately come to mind pho bo, Vietnamese springrolls and susar cane Drawn. And what makes them so popular is that they are simple yet special. Generally though, it’s hard to get good
      Francis Lei  -  332 words
    • 113 16 CHESS and sex is a connection not often made, but the Australian chess team, heading this month to Slovenia for the 35th Chess Olympiad, has just achieved j it, the Sydney Morning Herald has reported. The team is being sponsored by condom maker Ansell, which has
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    • Just a minute
      • 70 16 The Pasir Ris office of the Pasir Ris-Punggol Town Council has moved. From today, they are at Block 577, Pasir Ris Street 53, #01-88, tel: 6585-4938, e-mail: pasirris@prpg-tc.org.sg or log on to www.prpg-tc.org.sg The town council’s Sengkang office remains at Block 238, Compassvale Road, #01-618, tel 6489-0520, e-mail
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      • 48 16 Should you stay or should you go? Find out what to do if you are caught in a relationship dilemma. Wednesday, 7.30pm-9.30pm, Joint Social Service Centre (381 Toa Payoh Lorong 1, beside Braddell MRT). $5 per person, call Huilin or Dorcas at 6563-1106 to register.
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    • Happenin'
      • 85 16 CHILDREN’S ART CLASS Toa Pay oh (South) Community Club 1999 Lorong 8 Toa Pay oh, Classroom #O2-03 Tel: 6259-6602/6259-0533 Every Saturday from Oct 12, 2pm-3.30pm $5O for 12 sessions The course for children aged four to 12 not only gives children an early start in learning colours, shapes and
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      • 77 16 JAZZ EVENINGS Wednesday, 7-30pm-Bpm and 8.15pm-8.45pm, Dome Park Mall (9 Penang Road, #Ol-22/23 Park Mall) Friday, Bpm-8.30pm and 8.45pm-9-15pm, Dome Bras Basah (71 Bras Basah Road, #Ol-01 Singapore Art Museum) There are no rules in jazz what you hear is shaped by the musician’s enthusiasm, mentality and will.
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      • Article, Illustration
        74 16 BLINDSPOT: INFRINGE THE OBVIOUS Sculpture Square, 155 Middle Road Wednesday to Dec 1 llam-6pm on weekdays, 12pm-6pm on weekends, closed on public holidays Free Four budding local artists Jeremy Hiah, Claire Lim, Benjamin Puah and Tan Wee Lit challenge your perception of time and space through their installation art.
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      • 73 16 ISRAELI STUDENT FILM SHOWCASE Tuesday to Friday, Bpm The Substation Guinness Theatre $5 For ticket and programme information, call The Substation box office at 6337-7800 from 4pm-Bpm Showcased here are documentary films from the Ma’ale School Of Television, Film And The Arts. The lively and original creative works bring
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      • 82 16 SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION Wednesday to Saturday DBS Art Centre (20 Merbau Road) $36, s26from Sistic The Stage Club presents the Asian premiere of this award winning comedy by acclaimed US playwright John Guare. The title of the play refers to the so-called “small world phenomenon” the idea that
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      • Article, Illustration
        45 16 CARMINA BURANA Friday and Saturday, Bpm Victoria Theatre $3l, $26, $2l, $l6 from Sistic This performance is the first co-production between the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts’ Dance Department and Music Department. This colourful and exciting dance journey explores the various moods of love.
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    • Tune in TV & MOVIE NEWS
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        74 17 7-30 pm, Channel 5 A Hongkong fashion designer (Jean Claude Van Damme in an epic travesty of casting) who had previously been involved in knock-offs of major label merchandise, such as “Pumma” running shoes, tries to go straight with the help of his new partner (Rob Schneider), who is
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      • 69 17 10pm, Channel i A Caucasian infant is rescued from a shipwreck by ninja warriors, who raise him as their own. But Haru, as he is called, never quite fits in, nor does he manage to make a worthy Ninja. However, the good-natured boy, in his own bumbling
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      • 228 17 AP ACTOR Jackie Chan received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles on Friday. In return, the 48-year-old gongfii star promised to “make better films”. Jackie’s star is No 2,205 on the Walk of Fame, only about 7.5 m from the
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    • 17 16 If you wish to have your event highlighted in Happenin’, e-mail Streats at streats@sph.com.sg or fax 6319-8191
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  • Page 17 Miscellaneous
    • 450 17 Yourdaily' AQUARIUS JAN 20 -FEB 18 If you have nothing to lose, what’s the problem? Instead of letting the Scorpio moon intimidate, rise to the challenge that it throws down before you. Heroic Aquarius doesn’t know the meaning of impossible. PISCES FEB 19-MAR 20 Esoteric measures bring about effects that
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  • STREATS sports
    • 536 19  -  S’pore strongmen overcome illness to comer glory at Asiad UM HAN MING reports from South Korea BUSAN Every champion has a story to tell. Ditto for Singapore bodybuilders Abdul Halim Haron and Simon Chua, who came out tops in their respective events at the Busan Citizens’ Hall
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    • 311 19  -  By Lim Han Ming VOICES of dissent were heard when Singapore grabbed two golds and a bronze on the final day of the bodybuilding finals yesterday. A handful of South Korean supporters voiced their disapproval during the medal presentation ceremony. The criticisms were mostly directed at
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    • 35 19 BODYBUILDING Men’s welterweight (75kg) 1 Simon Chua (Sin) 2 Yano Yoshihiro (Jpn) 3 Min Zaw Oo (Mya) Men’s Bantamweight (65kg) 1 Abdul Halim Haron (Sin) 2 Lee Lap Chi (HK) 3 Amir Zainal (Sin)
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    • 14th Aston Games BUSAN 2002
      • 597 20  -  Singapore’s Lee Yu Wen dedicates bowling’s trio gold to late father By Lim Han Ming LEE Yu Wen won a gold in bowling’s trios event yesterday and dedicated it to his late father, Roger Lee. Next month, he plans to take the medal to his
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      • 119 20 -AFP HONGKONG mixed doubles duo Cheung Yuk and Tie Yana staged an extraordinary comeback to win the territory’s first Asian Games table tennis gold yesterday. The duo, who had earlier stunned China’s WangLiqin and Wang Nan in the semi-finals, looked to be heading for
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      • 343 21  -  BUSAN I LIM HAN MING reports from South Korea AFTER a week in the southern port city of Busan, I realise it never sleeps. In Singapore, you will find most of the shopping malls and shops closed by 10pm. Here, the city is
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      • 88 21 AFP CHINESE teenager Liu Chunhong powered her way to three world records yesterday to take the gold medal in the women’s weighlifting 69 kg division. The 17-year-old world junior champion set new marks in the snatch, clean and jerk and overall total. Silver and bronze
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      • 328 21 AP BUSAN Sri Lankan sprinter Susantika Jayasinghe (right) has said gold medals in the 100 and 200 m here this week will go a long way in silencing her detractors. Controversy has always been part of the 26-year-old’s sparkling sprinting career, which includes a 200 m
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      • 118 22 AFP JAPANESE world record holder Kosuke Kitajima is among the candidates for the Asian Games Most Valuable Player honours. Kitajima smashed the oldest record in swimming last week in the 200 m breaststroke. Others include three Chinese athletes swimming boy wonder Wu Peng, weightlifter Le Maosneng
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      • 536 22 ap BUSAN It’s a marriage of grace with brawn. An unusual husband-and-wife team at the Asian Games has won gold medals in gymnastics and missed a bronze in wrestling. Although dedicated to quite dissimilar sports, petite
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      • 97 22 BOWLING Men’s Team of Five Remy Ong, Carl de Vries, Alvin Kwang, Dominic Urn, Lee Yu Wen (Bam) Women’s Team of five Jesmine Ho, Jennifer Tan, Yap Seok Kim, Rena Teng, Valerie Teo, Alice Tay (12.30 pm) (Asiad Bowling Alley) SEPAK TAKRAW Regu Men’s team (9am,
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      • 149 22 G s B Tot China 92 38 32 162 South Korea 32 37 45 114 Japan 28 42 36 106 Kazakstan 9 7 11 27 North Korea 6 8 10 24 Thailand 5 8 3 16 Taiwan 5 7 13 25 Uzbekistan 5 6 7 18 Singapore 4
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    • SPORTS SCAN
      • 102 23 GOLF AFP ST ANDREWS, Scotland Ernie Els pulled out of the US$5 million (SsB.9 million) Dunhill Links championship here yesterday when his wife Liezl went into labour. The South African immediately returned to his home in London to be with her. Els had warned earlier in the
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      • SOCCER
        • 131 23 Reuters LONDON Manchester United is still Britain’s No 1 club despite the current form of champion Arsenal, manager Alex Ferguson said. He told The People: “Manchester United are, without question, the most recognised team in Britain. I know that even Arsenal would admit that. “Arsenal
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        • 104 23 GEYLANG United has one foot in the third round of the Asian Football Confederations Champions League after it thrashed Brunei champion Duli Pengiran Muda Mahkota (DPMM) FC 3-0 at the Bedok Stadium last night. Winger Mohd Noor Ali continued his red-hot form with a brace (65th,
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    • 276 23 Arsenal now unbeaten for 30 Premier League matches Wire services ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE Arsenal 3 Sunderland 1 LONDON Reigning champion Arsenal continued its remarkable unbeaten run in the English Premier League with a dominant 3-1 victory over Sunderland yesterday. Two goals from Nwankwo Kanu in the first
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    • 210 23 Wire services LONDON Rio Ferdinand is facing a lay-off of several weeks after having an exploratory knee operation. The Manchester United and England defender is certain to miss tonight’s Premiership clash against Everton. He will also miss England’s opening two Euro 2004 qualifiers. England meets Slovakia
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    • 194 23 P W D L F A Pts 1. Arsenal 9 7 2 0 24 9 23 2. Liverpool 8 5 3 0 18 8 18 3. Middlesbrough 9 5 2 2 13 5 17 4. Fulham 8 4 2 2 13 8 14 5. Man United 8 4
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  • Page 23 Miscellaneous
    • 30 23 IN THE LIVING ROOM ASIAN GAMES: Highlights (RTMI, 11.05 am and 3pm. Chs and TVMobile, 4pm and 11.30 pm). SOCCER: EPL: Manchester United v Everton (Ch 24, tomorrow, 2.55 am).
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