Streats, 18 November 2002

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1 32 Streats
  • 10 1 Streats Monday, November is, 2002 E-maii: streats@spilxom.sg mita (p> 240/03/2002
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  • 640 1  -  Hong Leong S’pore’s Oz boss pushes for rebranding; will it lead to re-strategising? B 2L Conrad Raj EVEN as the deadline for finance companies to beef up their paid-up capital to $5O million approaches, the new man at the helm of Singapore’s largest finance company is seizing the
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  • 237 1  -  By_ Pradeep Rajan AMERICAN terrorism expert Zachary Abuza thinks he knows the place to start looking for A 1 Qaeda’s South-east Asia terror mastermind, Riduan Isamuddin alias Hambali. “I think Hambali is in the southern Philippines in areas controlled by the Moro Islamic Liberation
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    • 75 1 mm MHms to» m NOW AN AIRPORT TOO Malaysia’s Syed Mokhtar adds an airport to his business empire, while projecting the face of successful, moderate Islam PAGE 7 rv Sp a ON THE STREET Movie studios race for rights to tell-ali book about sexual harrassment on Wall Street PAGE 21
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  • Morning Rush
    • 383 2  -  Reports by Sim Chi Yin THE Autism Association (Singapore) used to get three to five autistic children a month seeking help two years ago. Now, it gets 16 to 18 new cases a month. At the Rainbow Centre’s Margaret Drive and Balestier special schools, there
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    • 155 2 AUTISTIC children do make it in mainstream schools. Mr Justin Kuah, 18, is autistic and now studying chemical engineering at Temasek Polytechnic. He was five when he was diagnosed with the disorder but his parents, with a hope and a prayer, sent him to mainstream primary
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    • 472 3  -  Sarah Ng MORE people who are desperate for Work are seeking help from their Members of Parliament. Most of them, mainly aged 40 and above, are from single-income households with children and elderly Parents, or retirees with no financial support, nine MPs told Streats. There
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    • 87 4 BUZZSTOP MALAYSIAN Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar sees the spirit of neighbourliness as the key to moving ahead in settling unresolved bilateral issues with Singapore. “For the time being, we should not talk about rights. We should focus on the spirit of neighbourliness, the desire
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    • Article, Illustration
      89 4 If you want a car badly, just place your right palm on it. And it's yours but only if you can keep it there until Thursday despite feeling exhausted. In three groups of 40,120 people took up the challenge in the Subaru Impreza All Wheel Drive Challenge at
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    • 134 4 London terror scare -AP, AFP THREE members of a fundamentalist group linked to A 1 Qaeda were charged in London over an alleged plot to release poison gas, possibly cyanide, in London Underground trains during rush hour. North Africans Rabah Chekat-Bais, 21, Rabah Kadris, in his
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    • 133 4 Economic survey SINGAPORE companies are more gloomy about business prospects between now and March next year, according to the latest quarterly BT-NUS Consulting Business Activity Index. This despite reporting better sales, profits and new order levels for the third quarter. The poorer outlook was the result
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    • 146 4 UN weapons inspections -ap, AFP IRAQI President Saddam Hussein said in Baghdad that he had no choice but to accept the new UN resolution because the US and Israel had shown their “claws and teeth” and declared unilateral war on the Iraqi people. He hoped
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    • 97 4 SINGAPORE businessman Sudhir Gupta, 44, narrowly escaped being shot dead in Moscow last week. Gunmen with automatic weapons held up his car, near his home in Moscow, on Nov 12, but he was at that time celebrating his birthday in town. His Russian driver, Mr Igor
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    • 96 4 SINGAPOREANS who are too tired or uptight to make love are suffering from “lifestyle impotency”, said Professor Victor Goh of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the National University of Singapore (NUS). “In our study, it was found that stress was the single most damaging
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    • 97 4 A NEW erotic spot for women has been discovered by Dr Chua Chee Ann of Malaysia. It’s called the A-spot, or Anterior Fornix Erogenous zone, and could rival the G-spot. It is behind the G-spot, which is also deep in the upper wall of the cervix, but
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    • 84 4 SINGAPORE’S annual dragon boat race almost didn’t make it this year. The Singapore River Regatta, a tourist draw which has been going for 19 years, almost sank when organiser Singapore Dragon Boat Association failed to drum up funds from cash-strapped sponsors. But the race will go
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    • 611 5 o: A **i -r T jsa«BMMp«vg >^s //fS\S upon ci 15 Nov 24 Dec 2002 m Hansel and Gretel saw a little mermaid and invited her to a party hosted by the Prince. Aware of men's shallow preference for long legs, she got herself a nice pair, then headed for
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  • Financial
    • 897 7 Syed Mokhtar seizes Senai, threatens Changi HE is the shining new sword of Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, and he has been cutting red tape and slashing other obstructions to achieve his goals. From his stunning business and investment successes in a variety of interests,
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    • 420 8  -  Six-month delay for tenants of Capita Land tower Loma Tan TENANTS will not be moving into their spanking new 30-storey office tower at Church Street next month. That is because the building, developed jointly by property giant Capita Land and two other parties, cannot
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    • 265 8 Bloomberg SINGAPORE Mobile One Asia has told fund managers that it can pay as much as four-fifths of profit as dividends by 2004. Mobile One’s move is part of a bid to lure investors concerned about falling stocks to its
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    • 241 8 SINGAPORE While crowds throng big shops such as Ikea and Courts, the economic uncertainty has hit small and medium furniture retailers hard. Last Friday, three companies Dynasty Pacific Homes (Lakeside 2), Sterling Home Furnishings and Del Mar Furniture Industries posted liquidation notices. They
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    • 383 10 Bloomberg BEIJING Mr Chow Kin Wor is set to overtake Mr Li Ka Shing (right), Asia’s wealthiest businessman, as builder of the biggest home and shopping complex in the Chinese capital. But his timing may be off. He is
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    • 260 10 Bloomberg WASHINGTON The US economy is growing too slowly and the Federal Reserve will do everything possible to head off deflation, St Louis Federal Reserve president William Poole has said. He called the current pace of the expansion “disappointingly slow” in a speech
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    • 24 10 *AS AT NOVEMBER 15 US$: 551.763 552.784 EURO: 551.769 Ss: 68.45 YEN Ss: RM2.156 Ss: HK54.425 Ss: 24.68 BAHT Ss: 5,121 RUPIAH
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    • 563 10 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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    • 711 12 Was ratings upgrade traded for prized seats? AFP NEW YORK More selective than Harvard and with a price tag to match, a nursery school in New York has become the unlikely focus of the latest revelations concerning US corporate misbehaviour. The three- to five-year-olds who
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    • 304 12 -AFP BANGKOK Thailand’s government has dumped controversial legislation which would have regulated foreignowned retailers to protect the country’s struggling “mom and pop” stores, a report said yesterday. The Nation newspaper said Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra told a provincial chamber of commerce meeting that
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  • Analysis
    • 905 13  -  The level of disclosure, or rather the lack of it, has stirred up questions over DBS’ decision to sell its Nat Steel stake to 98 Holdings. It is not enoughfor justice to he done, it must also he seen to he done By CONRAD RAJ
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    • 192 14 This is one chicken that tastes as good as it looks, ~i521-?pSf|fi s y jjfam: v. Hit t~ +zi ONrv&rP e ta«p tfie freshest chickens and marinade them in natural citrus, herbs and spices. Then, we slowly turn them over a fire so hot that the fat drips out while
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  • Vocal
    • 241 15 IN the report “He bets against terror strikes” (Streats, Nov 15), Mr Bobby Heerasing of insurer Catlin Asia, a Lloyd’s syndicate, tells how his company sees a business opportunity in covering against terrorism while other firms shun the liability. Insurers here do seem content to
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    • 155 15 AFTER my friend’s cellphone was snatched from her in broad daylight, the thief was spotted entering an HDB block. Some helpful passersby helped to watch the doors so that he couldn’t escape before the police arrived. However, the police couldn’t catch the thief as they were
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    • 192 15 WITH an increase in the goods and services tax (GST) from 3 per cent to 5 per cent on the way, I am reminded of the way retailers and service providers profiteered when it was first introduced. Take, for example, the price of a can
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    • 115 15 THE Economic Review Committee sub-group looking at domestic enterprises has singled out the Tung Lok restaurant group as a role model for Singapore businesses to emulate. Tung Lok became a publicly listed company last year and reported a full-year net loss of $1.5 million
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    • 94 15 THE Government will postpone restoring the last 4 per cent of employers’ CPF contributions and has indicated that any revision will be after July. Can we also defer the cut in CPF rates for older workers and the lowering of the income ceiling for employers’
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    • 75 15 E-mail us at StreatS@S|lll s €©m K Sg or write to The Editor, Streats, News Centre, 1000 Toa Payoh North, Singapore *****4. You should include your name, address and contact number. We reserve the right to edit your letters for brevity and clarity. By your writing to us, it shall
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    • 157 15 n TESOL Diploma in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages Be a Professional. Train with the Professionals and obtain a UK award that'll enable you to be a qualified and certified international English Language Teacher. Course comprises: Language Theory Language Teachinq ii .1 j I 7:oopm 22 Nov Methodology
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  • Medical
    • 252 16 CONSUMING lots of the plant product flaxseed may reduce the side and severity of prostate tumours in mice, according to scientists at the Duke University Medical Center in North Carolina. They genetically engineered 135 mice to develop prostate cancer. One group received a conventional diet
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    • 196 16 THREE neurologists are challenging conventional thought on what causes multiple sclerosis (MS), the chronic disease of the nervous system that leads to motor and speech problems. It has long been thought that MS is caused by immune system cells attacking the sheaths that surround the nerves
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    • Article, Illustration
      312 16 CMy 10-year-old V* daughter’s shoulder-length hair has recently started to drop, especially after she combs it. How much hair loss daily is normal? What causes hair loss in children? A Hair loss is normal if the 24-hour count ranges from 100 to 150 hairs per day. When hair
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    • 362 18 w&§ i 1 “I don’t leave my future to chance. I ensure my degree is recognised and prestigious as well.” SeowWei Lin STUDENT .Thames Get recognised with a degree from the prestigious University of Wales Thames lets you earn a degree from this established institution, the second largest university in
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  • Global
    • 780 19  -  By PRADEEPRAJAN AMERICAN terrorism expert Zachary Abuza was in for a surprise when he interviewed Indonesian preacher Abu Bakar Bashir in June. At the end of it, Bashir turned to Dr Abuza, 33, who is of Jewish descent, and suggested flippantly that
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    • 278 19 AFP DENPASAR The mastermind behind the Bali bombing was identified by Indonesian police yesterday, together with five more suspects. Imam Samudra was “the leader of this group, both in the planning and the execution”, said chief Indonesian police investigator General I Made Mangku Pastika. Indonesia’s
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    • 39 21 Chinese students performing at a gathering in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, to celebrate the selection of a new Standing Committee of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party, led by new party chief Hu Jintao Reuters
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    • 178 21 -ap FAIRFAX, Virginia His light is too bright, his mattress is not soft enough and he doesn’t have the reading material or food he wants. These are the complaints of jailed 17-year-old sniper suspect John Lee Malvo, who Was found sleeping in a car when
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    • 562 21 Rape, harassment reports rock Wall St LONDON One woman suffered the humiliation of having her slacks pulled down in public. Another heard her male colleagues refer to women as no more than sexual organs. One man even sent condoms to women colleagues through pneumatic tubes that
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  • Easy Streats
    • 580 23  -  By JillLim Km can hardly turn a comer without seeing the three child actors who play Harry Potter and his two good friends. But much less in the limelight is Harry’s arch-nemesis and unsung anti-hero Draco Malfoy, phyed by Tom Felton WHERE Harry gets to smile
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    • 303 23  -  By Gregory Leow “TRY not to smile,” they were told. And they took this rather alarmingsounding advice with the utmost seriousness. It was one of the many pieces of advice that 132 people received from Clinique cosmetics experts at the Clinique/Streats Beauty Workshop on Saturday at
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    • 132 24 THEY were all there: The skimpily dressed models, the stringy stilettos, the sexy saunters and the anti-fur protesters. The Victoria’s Secret Show in New York on Thursday didn’t go exactly as planned. As Brazilian model Gisele Bundchen strode down the runway in a beaded bra and
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    • 478 24  -  With Hari Raya Puasajust around the comer, bazaars are everywhere and the main event is, of course, food. Even if you’re not a Muslim, you can join in thefeast and try out the food. We checked out the hottest eats in two of the
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    • 101 26 SAY goodbye to grey skies. The north-east monsoon is expected in two weeks, the weatherman said on Friday. The winds should then blow mainly from the north-east or northwest and push the smoke haze out of Singapore’s skies. We’ll also be getting more afternoon I thunderstorms.
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    • Just a minute
      • 56 26 Malay/Muslim students have until Saturday to register for next year’s classes under the Mendaki Tuition Scheme. In addition to English and mathematics, upper secondary students can also sign up for physics, chemistry and additional mathematics classes. Call Mr Khuttub Deen M Abdullah, tuition administration manager, at 6245-5797
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      • 31 26 The first-time passing rates of driving centres and private instmctors, test dates and the estimated waiting period for theory and practical tests will be available on line at http://ecitizen.gov.sg
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    • Happenin’
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        87 26 BE@RBRICK Till Dec 25, lOam-llpm The Heeren Shops, atrium level one Free Bom from the concept of combining the Internet with toys, the Be@rbrick comes marked with an symbol to reflect the union of the digital world and analogue 3D. The bears have become canvasses for artists from Japan,
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      • 57 26 CONTES D’AUTOMME (AUTUMN TALE) Tomorrow, 9pm AGF Theatre, Alliance Francaise (1, Sarkies Road) Tickets at s7far non members and ssfar members from Sistic Magali is a widow whose best friend decides to find her a new husband by placing an ad in the local newspaper. That’s how she finds
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      • 66 26 VIRTUOSITY ABIGAIL IN CONCERT Tomorrow, Bpm Victoria Concert Hall Tickets at $3l, $2l, $l6, $ll from Sistic Ten year old Abigail Sin (below) is possibly Singapore’s youngest concert pianist. The child prodigy is well on her way to becoming a world-renowned concert pianist. Internationally renowned musicians have praised her
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      • 55 26 AT LARGE Till Thursday, llam-9pm The Substation Gallery Free Colourful paintings by Chantal Manning-Knight feature surprising juxtapositions of colours from opposite ends of the colour spectrum. On display are two series of her works one of huge flowers and the other of abstract circles. Thirty per cent of painting
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      • Article, Illustration
        76 26 THE GLASS MENAGERIE Friday till Sunday, Bpm Guinness Theatre, The Substation Tickets at s2sfrom The Substation Lim Jen Erh adapts Tennessee William’s classic in Chinese and sets it in Singapore in the early *****. Yaohua k is an aspiring poet who toils in a shoe I warehouse to support
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    • Tune in TV & MOVIE NEWS
      • 54 27 7.30 pm, Channel i This reality series takes viewers to one of the last places in North America where dangerous and predatory animals still rule the land. Set as a fast-moving dramatic adventure series, the show explores just how close man can get to the wildest and most
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      • Article, Illustration
        38 27 7.30 pm, Channel 5 Roper (Eddie Murphy) is a hostage negotiator who foils a bank heist and nabs the robber. When the bank robber escapes from prison, he goes after the man who put him behind bars.
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      • 50 27 Channel News Asia, 7-32 pm Is the Chinese saying “yang er fan lao” (have children to provide against old age) still valid in today’s society? Young Ming and his guests expound their theories on how to make you attractive to your children as you age.
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      • 72 27 LOS ANGELES Pirated copies of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, which opened last week, are showing up on the Internet. A search by the Associated Press discovered what appeared to be the movie available on a site hosted in Europe. The site claimed that the
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    • Article, Illustration
      106 27 banryu FORGET about a guard dog for your home. How about a guard dragon instead? Japanese robotics firm Tmsuk (pronounced Temzack) a nd Sanyo have developed Banryu, which means “guard dragon”. The ancient-looking reptile has a very futuristic twist an odour sensor. It is believed to be one
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    • 74 26 If you wish to have your event highlighted in Happenin’, e-mail Streats at streats @sph.com.sg or fax 6319-8191 Take the first step towards Study In Perth Universities Curtin University of Technology Murdoch University The University of Western Australia Pre-U Colleges/Business Institutes/Vocational Courses Murdoch College TAFE WA International Taylors College, Perth
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  • Page 26 Miscellaneous

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    • 60 27 realizing your dreams FREE ADMISSION Date 23 Nov (Sat) 24 Nov (Sun) Time 11am to spm Venue The Oriental, Singapore The Oriental Ballroom 2, Lobby Level 5 Raffles Avenue, Marina Square Western Australian Education Office (WAEO) 1 Coleman Street #O5-13, The Adelphi (opposite Funan Centre) PERTH Opening Hours: Mon to
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  • Page 27 Miscellaneous
    • 451 27 by Kelli Fox at Astrology.com AQUARIUS JAN 20-FEB 18 As long as you walk beneath a cloud, no one will smile at you. There seems to be some confusion over exactly what the weather is supposed to be. Move this situation out of your life before it grows roots there.
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  • Sports
    • 618 28  -  Spaniard scores top marks for entertaining 5,000-strong crowd By Lim Han Ming IF Sergio Garcia gives up golf one day, he should consider a career in show business. The 22-year-old Spaniard, touted as Europe’s answer to Tiger Woods, was easily the most entertaining golfer among the “Fab
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    • 83 28 Champion Retief Goosen (Rsa) Total skins won: US$7O,OOO (*****,000) Won holes No 3 (US$10,000) and No 11 (US$6O,OOO) Padraig Harrington (irl) US$5O,OOO Won holes No 4 (US$5,OOO) and No 18 (U 5545,000) Vijay Singh (Fiji) I U 5545,000 Won holes No 1 (US$5,OOO) and No 14
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    • 798 29  -  SSC chairman Alex Chan: Incentives alone cannot make a sportsman By Adam Hashidy WITH millions of dollars coming into sports by way of incentives, the danger is that it will draw undesirables out to make a fast buck. These are the type of people who will
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    • 235 29  -  Tan Kim Han NATIONAL team midfielder Rudy Khairon will play for Woodlands Wellington in the S-League next year. The 29-year-old had spent the last four years with the Jaguars of Tanjong Pagar. Rudy is convinced that the move up north would further develop his football
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    • 744 30 Henry ends barren spell with world-class strike Wire services LONDON It will certainly be a strong candidate for the “goal of the season” when the league winds down next May. It had the class of Thierry Henry written all over it. In what was the most
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    • 231 30 Arsenal 3 (Henry 13, Ljungberg 55, Wiltord 71) Tottenham 0 L Chelsea 1 (Babayaro 47) Middlesbrough 0 k Manchester City 0 V Charlton Athletic 1 (Bartlett 79) Newcastle United 2 (Ameobi 41, k Hughes 54) Southampton 1 (Beattie 2) v k West Bromwich Albion 0 Aston Villa 0
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    • 143 30 Wire services NEWCASTLE Alan Shearer helped Newcastle United up to sixth in the Premiership, and left the field with praise from the losing manager ringing in his ears. His performance in the narrow 2-1 win over his former club Southampton showed his value to
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    • 405 31 Wire services LONDON Alex Ferguson (right) came under fire at Manchester United’s Annual General Meeting. A livid United shareholder told the manager on Saturday that it was time he stepped down, and “take carthorse Juan Sebastian
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    • 96 31 SOCCER -AFP LONDON England captain David Beckham will be out of action for up to three weeks after tests revealed he has fractured ribs. The Manchester United midfielder is thought to have picked up the injury in the win over Southampton on Nov 9. But he still played
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    • 90 31 BASKETBALL Reuters EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey Steve Nash had 30 points and Michael Finley added 20 points and 13 rebounds to lead the unbeaten Dallas Mavericks to their 10th consecutive victory, a 96-88 win over New Jersey Nets in the NBA on Saturday. Other results Philadelphia
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