Streats, 17 December 2002

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  • 10 1 Streats TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2002 E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg MITA (P) 240/03/2002
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  • 659 1  -  S’pore Pools wants to give more retail licences to big players By Chua Kong Ho THE long snaky queues at your local neighbourhood shop on 4-D betting days may well become a rarer sight. That’s because Singapore Pools has stopped recruiting ordinary people to run its
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    • 95 1 BUBBLING Joylyn Koh, 29, was up against the big boys but won a spot at The Esplanade for Fabulous Fizz, her dream champagne bar and restaurant. It was her first business venture, JANICE WONG reports PAGE 10 BEAT THE BLUES fVIP Irene Ng knows what ft’s like to be home
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  • Morning Rush
    • Article, Illustration
      556 2  -  Former national defender scores big By Gary Lim HIS wide smile conceals the scars that his young life inflicted upon him. It also expresses the success that former national football defender Tan Kim Leng has achieved despite the odds, thanks to those very same challenges that threatened his
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    • 176 2 They looked after me Phillip Chew No one wishes to be in an accident, but if you were, you would want people like these around. I was flung off my bike recently at the junction of Ang Mo Kio Ave 5 and 6 and sent rolling towards
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    • 197 3 Clinton in the way of a Demi Moore-Brace Willis reunion FORMER US president Bill Clinton is in the news again. And you’re right if you guess that it’s about another woman. Celebrated Hollywood actress Demi Moore is the latest woman to be captivated by Mr Clinton’s
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    • 250 4  -  Elena Chong A YOUNG woman moved away from a man who had stared at her and stood near her on the platform while she was waiting for a city-bound train one night at Yishun MRT station. When the train came, the 22-year-old cashier
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    • 243 4 TEMASEK Holdings made a surprise announcement yesterday that it has finally accepted 98 Holdings’ offer of $2.05 a share for its 7.9 per cent stake in Nat Steel Ltd. In a statement, Temasek said that it took the offer as there
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    • 642 4  -  MP to attend New Year bash organised by Singles Connect group By, Sarah Ng MEMBER of Parliament Irene Ng knows what it’s like to be home alone on New Year’s Eve. When she was a journalist with The New Paper, she was in charge
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    • 76 6 BUZZSTOP Bemama MALAYSIA has banned an advertisement for Toyota Altis cars featuring Hollywood star Brad Pitt because it is “an insult to Asians”. Malaysian Deputy Information Minister Zainuddin Maidin said that the advertisements featuring non-Asian models and personalities would “plant a sense
      – Bemama; Reuters  -  76 words
    • 71 6 To the din created by large numbers of shrieking co-eds, masked but naked student members of the Alpha-Omega fraternity which celebrates its 50th anniversary this year at the University of the Philippines in Quezon, make their way around the Arts and Science building for a protest
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    • 137 6 S’ pore’s show of support PM Goh in Indonesia PRIME Minister Goh Chok Tong and Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri pledged that Singapore and Indonesia would work together to fight terrorism and revive the region’s flagging economy. Mr Goh, the first foreign leader to visit Indonesia after the Oct 12 Bali
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    • 140 6 Oct retail sales index IT may just be the silly season, but retailers are not looking a gift horse in the mouth. Whatever the reasons, they are happy that Singaporeans are loosening their purse strings and doing what Singaporeans do best shopping. And what are they
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    • 144 6 LTA HQ sparks change A NEW government rule limits the amount of rental space in public buildings to just 20 per cent of the project. The rule has come about following the Land Transport Authority’s (LTA’s) controversial plan to rent out more than half
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    • 94 6 FROM next April, the Defence Ministry will let operationally ready national servicemen take the Individual Physical Proficiency Test as often as they want to. This gives them more chances to pass the annual fitness test or to try for a better result, compared to the current and
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    • 98 6 THE landmark free-trade agreement (FTA) to be signed between Singapore and the US may mean good news for beer drinkers. Under the FTA, Singapore will be scrapping import taxes on alcoholic beverages such as beer. This means a 355 ml can of Budweiser selling for around
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    • 89 6 TWENTY-FOUR expatriate schoolchildren and two adults were injured in a three-vehicle pile-up on the Central Expressway yesterday. None of the injuries was serious. The only detail available was that one of the drivers hurt her stomach and knee. The students were travelling in two mini-buses of
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    • 93 6 THE JTC Corporation yesterday announced that it will cut rents and land prices for its industrial properties by as much as 10 and 18 per cent respectively from next month. “To ensure greater competitiveness with market rates, JTC is cutting the posted rents for most
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    • 248 2 Insure your car at full market value Tel: 6788 5255 Visit: streats.income.com.sg Email: mkquot@income.com.sg Our motor insurance 'Quality Plan' now offers you 2 options: Plan Plus the excess for first two accident repairs will be waived free use of courtesy car or daily transport allowance of $5O will be provided
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    • 406 3 University el Sunderland UK’s Best New University for Research-2002 -The Times Good University Guide The Best New University in England-2001 The Guardian Newspaper University Guide One of the Top 5 New Universities in England for Computer Science -TheTimes Good University Guide May 2002 to the BSc (Hons) in Computer or
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  • Financial
    • 391 9  -  Bargain offers via SMS, but only for ABN-Amro customers By_ Chua Kong Ho DUTCH bank ABN Amro has shown time and again it can be aggressive in pricing its mortgages and unsecured credit lines. But has it gone too far with $1 movie tickets? Mr
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    • 362 9 Bloomberg JAKARTA ST Telemedia’s winning 5.62 trillion rupiah (SSI.2 billion) bid for Indonesia’s main international phone company, Indosat, opens another front in its competition with Sing Tel. With this bid of 12,950 rupiah a share for a 41.9 per cent stake, the two
      – Bloomberg; Reuters  -  362 words
    • 73 9 -AFP SINGAPORE Singapore yesterday reopened applications for wholesale bank licences, further opening up the industry to foreign competition. Seven wholesale bank licences are available, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) said. The licences are part of a bank liberalisation programme announced in mid-2001, when MAS said
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    • 114 9 Reuters SINGAPORE SIA posted gains in passenger and cargo loads for the 11th straight month in November, lifted by a low base effect the previous year, analysts said yesterday. It said that its overall load factor rose 2.3 points to 70.6 per cent in November
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    • 93 9 Bloomberg KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia will begin cutting import tariffs on some foreign cars as early as next year. It will also introduce measures, such as an excise duty on imported cars, to help local carmakers cope with the competition. Malaysia plans to lower tariffs on
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    • 80 9 Reuters SINGAPORE Chip tester ST Assembly Test Services Ltd said yesterday that its US subsidiary would acquire the manufacturing assets of communications chip maker Conexant Systems Inc in San Diego, California, for an undisclosed sum. It said that the purchase of Conexant’s communications test floor operation
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    • 907 10  -  This is part of an occasional series on young Singaporean entrepreneurs Pit Janice Wong The cynics said that they would never make it. The two women hung onto their dream. Today they have every reason to be bubbly. Their champagne restaurant at the Esplanade is
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    • 316 12 Bloomberg TURIN, Italy Can Mr Alessandro Barberis, named Fiat SpA’s co-chief executive on Friday, do it again? Mr Barberis, who became chairman of Piaggio in 1997, used a new-generation Vespa scooter, released before his arrival, to increase
      – Bloomberg; AFP  -  316 words
    • 90 12 Oana/Yonhap SEOUL Top foreign firms stationed in South Korea are making a grab for Samsungschooled business executives, business sources said yesterday. Already tagged as the “academy to nurture the talented”, Samsung has produced some 10 officials who have secured top jobs at South Korean branches of
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    • 24 12 AS AT DECEMBER K US$: SS1.749 SS2.783 EURO: S$1.791 S$: 68.97 YEN S$: RM2.173 S$: HK$4.460 S$: 24.69 BAHT S$: 5,034 RUPIAH
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    • 434 12 STI: 1,360.83 6.65 Reuters STOCKS closed lower yesterday, posting a second straight-session of losses, following Wall Street’s tumble and persistent worries over the economy despite a favourable retail sales data. The Straits Times Index ended 0.49 per cent, or 6.65 points down, at 1,360.83,
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    • 426 13 •JURONE POIWT SETS YOUR UERRT RELOW THIS CURISTMRS 'Tis the season to shop at Jurong Point where you'll be showered with love, joy and peace. Best of all, there'll be prizes and surprises galore to make it a memorable Christmas. Sweet Tidings (16 Nov 24 Dec) What a sweet deal!
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  • Medical
    • 424 14 Office desks, equipment harbour more germs than toilet seats AUSTIN, Texas There’s no doubt that more people get sick during this period, and the number of cases of flu and colds in Singapore tend to increase at the end of the year. The big question is: Should
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    • 110 14 QWhat is dermabrasion? A Dermabrasion helps to “refinish” the skin through a method of controlled surgical scraping. The treatments soften the sharp edges of surface irregularities, giving the skin a smoother appearance. Dermabrasion is most often used to improve the look of facial skin left scarred by accidents
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  • Comment
    • 972 16  -  By 1 PAULCHEONG DEAR SANTA, I’ve been a really good boy this year. So good that I think I deserve a present for each of the 12 days of Christmas. So here’s my list: My first and biggest wish is that old neighbours and
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    • 83 16 <&2^lrp UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY Rated For "Graduate Starting Salary" by Good Universitites Guide 2002 BACHELOR OF BUSINESS IN MANAGEMENT Accelerated 12 months program For PSB SIM MDIS MIS SNEF CIM Holders. Exemptions available for Poly Biz Related Diploma Graduates. Call For Details! Course Fee inclusive of Books Materials Exam
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    • 45 17 Event: Booz Launch Date: 17/12/02 Time: 9pm onwards Venue: CIIID SC\ 16 Mohamad Sultan Road Distributed by: FNB Asia Tel: 6746 8009 Fax: 6746 1303 email: fnbasia@singnet.com.sg Available Selected zs outlets, £3 Porcupine Groceries, The Pa Sat (Lau Pa Sat), Jelita Minimart Far East Plaza
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  • Vocal
    • 236 18 I READ the commentary “The language of race” (Streats, Dec 12) and I completely agree that despite our portraying ourselves as Singaporeans, people will still be able to identify each of us by race. When I am overseas, people take me for an Indian from India,
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    • 235 18 I REFER to the incident of the two national sailors who were banned for two years from competitive sailing for attempting to bring a Korean woman into the Games Village at the Busan Asian Games without the required clearance. When the report first came out, the
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    • 153 18 EATING, drinking, legs on the seats, occupying three or four seats for a nap, smoking, monster children turning the carriage into their playground with their parents grinning on as if their children are so cute these continue to be common occurrences because SMRT staff continue
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    • 150 18 I REFER to “Cab drivers’ midnight conspiracy” (Streats, Dec 12), a letter by Cheng Shing Chow. The availability of taxis is closely tied to demand and supply. Our statistics show that the period from 10pm to midnight is one of the peak periods for
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    • 210 18 ON Dec 12 at about 9.30 am, I was stopped at the Woodlands checkpoint located after the immigration counters. The first word the duty officer uttered was “passport”, followed by “move your bike to the motorcycle parking lot”, in a threatening manner. In the meantime,
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    • 71 18 E-mail us at 3treatS@Sph.CORVI.8g 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 be deemed that you
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    • 506 19 Make this Christmas most joyous and memorable for your loved ones with a grand feast from Jack’s Place to juicy perfection and Festive Party Platters filled with mouthwatering nibbles. For an extra sweet ending to the merry making, there's a good selection of delicious Christmas Cakes and delicate mini French
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  • Global
    • 449 20 Gujarat chief minister leads BJP to victory J. Reuters NEW DELHI Narendra Modi, Chief Minister of India’s western state of Gujarat, has been transformed from the villain of bloody Hindu-Muslim clashes into the hero of the Hindu right-wing and undisputed victor of a watershed election in
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    • 372 20 WASHINGTON Online pranksters, taking their lead from a San Francisco journalist, have published the home phone number and other personal information of retired Admiral John Poindexter, head of the US government’s Total Information Awareness project to protest against the programme, Wirednews.com reported yesterday.
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    • 54 22 A Palestinian teenager running for cover to avoid being hit by flares fired by an Israeli tank on Sunday. This scene is played out almost every day in the West Bank city of Nablus as the Palestinians and Israelis continue to fight despite repeated efforts to
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    • 476 22 LONDON Princess Diana’s ex-lover James Hewitt has tried to sell her love letters to him for £lO million (Ss27 million) in a sting operation carried out by the News of the World tabloid. The British paper reported yesterday
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    • 325 22 Love resorts Israel’s growing industry Reuters BEIT ELAZARI, Israel An innovative industry is catching up in a big way in Israel. Makom Bakfar a collection of holiday cottages surrounded by high hedges and monitored by security cameras caters to adulterous Israeli couples seeking a discreet refuge for their trysts. And
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    • 126 22 -AFP JAKARTA Terrorist suspect Abu Bakar Bashir refuses to be interrogated and won’t respond to questioning. Bashir, 64, has been detained since Oct 20 but has dodged serious police questioning by seeking refuge in hospital with respiratory and other problems, and his legal team has fought
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    • 476 23 5 5 O Yv> C W (>ere bef wee acbif ve yv> Chi.,. tiA.» Hartford loves seeing aspirations achieved. That's why we bring you only the best programmes from top universities in the world. Quality courses that give you the power to turn vision into reality. And the finesse to
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  • EasyStreats
    • 70 24 A SEQUEL to Steven Soderbergh’s 2001 hit, Ocean’s Eleven, is reportedly in the works, with producer Jerry Weintraub lined up, as well as the first film’s stars, including George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon and Julia Roberts, reported the BBC website. The script is currently
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    • 83 24 THE search continues for someone to play Professor Albus Dumbledore after Richard Harris’ death in October from cancer, but one plan is to see if computer effects can bring him to life for the third film, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Hours of footage
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    • 160 24 EVEN as the second instalment of The Lord of the Rings opens worldwide, interest is mounting in an elf who appears for just three seconds in the first part of the trilogy and not at all in the second. He’s dark-haired, appears in the scene at
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    • 548 24  -  Tellytubby By YVONNE KWOK So MediaCorp finally screened the Asian Television Awards... a highly-truncated version, of course, and at a rather odd time, too. IF you’ve ever watched Ripley’s Believe It Or Not on Channel i, you’ll realise that we live in a strange world,
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    • 489 25 Lego is apart of many childhoods and more than 70 years after its invention, the little bricks still hold their popularity among the high-tech toys of today AT its most basic, it is simply a tiny plastic brick. Yet it has been responsible for millions of hours
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    • 205 25 RAFFLES City Shopping Centre together with Robinsons and Lego are organising a Lego Christmas Card Building Event in support of The Straits Times School Pocket Money Fund. Be part of creating the longest Lego Christmas card in Singapore and stand a chance
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    • Happenin’
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        47 26 ART AGAINST AIDS Till Sunday, llam-9pm (10pm on Saturday and Sunday), library @orchard (#O5-22/26Ngee Ann City, podium block) The exhibition is the culmination of the biennial Art Against Aids art competition held between October and November. This year’s theme was Aids Our Legacy, Aids Our Future.
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      • 64 26 BREADTALK Tomorrow and Thursday Pick up a copy of Streats for a cut-out coupon To commemorate the opening of Breadtalk at Plaza Singapura, the outlet will be giving away chocolate chip walnut cookies tomorrow to the first 500 Streats readers with a coupon that will appear in tomorrow’s paper.
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    • 79 26 IT’S the monsoon season and villages in Malaysia are facing the usual disruptions. In Kuantan, Pahang, 35 people were evacuated on Monday after floods hit their homes when a river burst its banks. Singapore will be wet, too, with rain all round. Temperatures: 24°C-31°C. High tides:
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    • Tune in TV&MOVIE NEWS
      • 72 26 7pm, Channel i Baseball player Jack Cooper (Matt Leßlanc) is obsessed with improving his game. When Ed, a chimpanzee, joins the team as a mascot, the team manager makes Jack share a room with Ed, hoping that he will loosen up with the fun-loving chimp. Jack’s life and career
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      • 46 26 7pm, Channel U In the competition, Wenbin uses unscrupulous methods to injure Zhengming and Zhishan. On his deathbed, Zhengming tells Bohu that he must win the contest to salvage their reputation. Bohu wins and Wenbin is found to have taken prohibited drugs.
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    • 17 26 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 26 Miscellaneous
    • 395 26 Yourdailyhoroscope by Kelli Fox at Astrology.com AQUARIUS JAN 20-FEB 18 PISCES FEB 19-MAR 20 ARIES MAR2I -APR 19 Love and magic are interchangeable forces. Even the most down-to-earth Aquarian sounds like a mystic today. If you’re among likely followers, you could end up as their leader. Your story has great
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  • Sports
    • Article, Illustration
      462 28  -  Towering Thailand striker Worrawoot eyes Golden Boot again By Tan Kim Han WORRAWOOT Srimaka, the Thai gunslinger with a penchant for shooting first and asking questions later, is in town. As usual, the towering 1.90-metre striker (right) will be gunning for goals at the Tiger Cup in
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    • 259 28  -  By Tan Kim Han WEAR a red T-shirt when you watch the Tiger Cup football tournament, starting tomorrow at the National Stadium. The appeal was made by local football officials and players in an attempt to revive the deafening Kallang Roar. Remember
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    • 629 31 Houllier confident team can return to winning ways Wire services LIVERPOOL Gerard Houllier has vowed to drag his side out of its Premiership slump after struggling Sunderland further dented its title hopes. Howard Wilkinson’s side climbed out of the relegation zone with its lastgasp 2-1 victory, but
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    • 218 31 Fulham 0 Birmingham 1 (Kirovski 7) k Sunderland 2 (McCann 36, Proctor 85) Liverpool 1 (Baros 68) k Tottenham 1 (Ziege 11) Arsenal 1 (Pires 45-pen) P W D L F A Pts 1. Arsenal 18 11 3 4 37 20 36 2. Man Utd 18 10 5
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    • 230 31 Wire services LONDON If luck is to be a deciding factor in the Premiership title race this season, then put all the money on Arsenal retaining its title. Manager Arsene Wenger may not have admitted as much, but Tottenham should have buried his side in
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    • 538 32 Reuters PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico World No 2 Phil Mickelson and David Toms suffered a double bogey at the final hole in the US$3 million (555.3 million) World Cup to gift Japan a
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    • 308 32 AP NBA CHAMPIONSHIP Washington 95 Toronto 82 TORONTO As Michael Jordan’s career descends from god-like status to that of mere mortal, he demonstrates every so often that maybe it really was the little things that made him so great. Jordan tied a career
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    • 540 35  -  Some sports officials feel national sailors’ two-year suspension too harsh By- Lim Han Ming BOYS will be boys, so to try and sneak a woman friend into the Games Village is normal. Ivy Singh-Lim, president of Netball Singapore, claims that athletes in the old days often did
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    • 98 35 SOCCER Reuters BARCELONA Barcelona coach Louis van Gaal and club president Joan Gaspart both pledged to soldier on in their posts on Sunday, despite the furious reaction of Nou Camp fans to a 3-0 home defeat by Sevilla. The result left Barca in 13th place in the
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    • 106 35 ATHLETICS -AP BANGKOK A Thai criminal court has sentenced a former top sprinter to four years in prison for child rape, officials said yesterday. Sraphong Kamtrap, 32, was sentenced on Friday after a one-year trial on charges that he molested and raped an 11-year-old boy four times
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    • 165 33 Egmar Goncalves 0- I Come support the Lions in the Tiger Cup match against Malaysia on 18 Dec! Buy your ticket at any SISTIC outlet before 18 Dec and redeem for a free “Official Lions Die-hard Fan” T-shirt (worth $15.90) at the National Stadium, East Plaza, from 3pm on the
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    • 204 34 TUESDAY I i Embas 11 di Embassy ti Singapore's ent floor area of 20, hub of preferred hottest nightspot in town. ral notches up to breathe new life into over two levels at Esplanade with an open ceiling, Embassy is arguably the trendy --K'!. Mm pj SiSt 11 U I
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    • 137 35 MANY HAVE BENEFITED! HAVE /yv FREE COPY OF THE NEW PAPER! The first 500 customers will get a FREE copy of The New Paper every Tuesday from now to 31 December 2002. First come, first served. So don't miss out! NTUC Foodfare LOYALTY REWARDS PROGRAM (Aug 15 Dec 31 2002)
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  • Page 35 Miscellaneous
    • 29 35 IN THE LIVING ROOM SOCCER: Tiger Cup: Philippines v Myanmar (Star Sports Ch 24, spm). Worthington Cup q-final: Manchester United v Chelsea (Super Sports Ch 22, tomorrow, 3.55 am).
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