Streats, 10 March 2003

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    10 1 Streats MONDAY, MARCH 10, 2003 E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg mita (p> 240/03/2002
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    Lock icon ‘S’pore designed’ next cash-pnrase
    615 1  -  Top Motorola designer says Republic is just five years from becoming key industrial design hub in region By Khushwant Singh WITH his flowing shoulder-length hair, goatee and solid black clothing, Mr lulius Lucaci (pictured) could easily be dismissed as just another “creative type”. But the 3
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      84 1 1 il* i what was top Raefian disciple Color Shin doing in Singapore recently? PRADEEP mm finds out mmm Yogeswarni Mohana Sundram proves that she can be as tough as the guys, reports ADAM HASHIDY PAGE 27 CONRAD RAJ sings the praises of maids and says they deserve more j
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  • Morning Rush
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      Lock icon ‘Many S’poreans have contacted our Japan HQ’
      730 2  -  Radians hope to extend sect’s reach here, says visiting leader By Pradeep Rajan JUST three weeks after Clonaid, the human cloning company founded by the UFO-worshipping Raelian sect, claimed the birth of a fifth cloned baby on Feb 4, a top Raelian disciple
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      Lock icon Anything but a mall
      471 3  -  Offbeat ideas for St James Power House include turning it into home office space for entrepreneurs By Chug Kong Ho ST JAMES Power House, a forgotten 1920 s coal-fired plant off Keppel Road, will receive a dose of glamour when it hosts the Singapore Fashion Festival
      Ashbigh Sim  -  471 words
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      Lock icon UN says global fertility rate down from 2.1 to 1.85 Not enough people soon?
      406 4 WASHINGTON Most countries could run short of people one day, judging by the latest projections from the United Nations, and Singapore will be one of them. The organisation said in its 2002 revised population database that
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      Lock icon Kids cost too much, so Japanese aren’t procreating
      483 4 TOKYO Many Japanese want three children but often have only one or two because of worries about education costs and loss of freedom, the Yomiuri Shimbun reported yesterday, citing the government’s latest lifestyle survey. More than 45 per cent of respondents to
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      Lock icon NMP apologises to maids
      131 6 BUZZSTOP NOMINATED MP Braema Mathi has apologised for the Government’s failure to protect foreign maids from abusive employers and pledged to try and introduce legislation to protect them. “I would like to apologise to all the domestic workers here because we have done nothing over the
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      Lock icon ONE STEP FORWARD, TWO STEPS BACK
      36 6 Calling themselves Breakers Fanatics, these youngsters preparing for a dance competition practise 80s breakdancing moves fused with 90s hip hop funk at the City Link Mall last week Ashlelgh Sim
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      Lock icon Crowds gather in Indonesia
      124 6 Anti-war protests -AP HUGE crowds in Pakistan and Indonesia, among the world’s largest Muslim countries, rallied yesterday against a looming US-led war in Iraq. In Indonesia, more than 100,000 people gathered in a field in the eastern city of Surabaya as clerics read passages from the
      -AP  -  124 words
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      Lock icon Time to boost confidence: MPs
      142 6 Budget debate MEMBERS of Parliament say it’s time to focus on boosting Singaporeans’ confidence and spirit. Speaking to The Straits Times ahead of the two-week Budget debate that starts today, they said that the time to lament the loss of jobs or lack of growth
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      Lock icon ‘The future is bright’
      147 6 PM’s message TAKE heart, don’t despair, there are better things to come. That was the message Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong gave to young Singaporeans who might be feeling down about their lack of job prospects. Things will get better, he assured them, even if there
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      Lock icon Petrol price war spreads
      107 6 PETROL discounts have fuelled a price war across Singapore. Last month, Caltex, Shell and Exxon Mobil began to offer a 6 per cent discount at their stations in Yio Chu Kang, Upper Thomson, Peirce Reservoir and Yishun. Three Singapore Petroleum Company stations in their vicinity gave
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      Lock icon JB traffic crackdown
      82 6 SINGAPORE cars with outstanding traffic offences in Malaysia will now have a new system tracking them down A vehicle screening mechanism has been set by Malaysia at the Tanjung Kupang Second Link at Gelang Patah, the Causeway and Tanjung Puteri. The RM2.9 million (Ssl.3 million) system records
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      Lock icon Medical pioneer dies
      95 6 FAMILY and friends gathered yesterday evening at a wake for the man who isolated the flu virus, Professor Lim Kok Ann, who died on Friday aged 83. Prof Lim gained worldwide fame in 1957 when he isolated the virus at the height of the Asian influenza epidemic.
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      Lock icon US plotting N-attack?
      97 6 -AP NORTH KOREA yesterday accused the US of plotting a “nuclear attack” as American and South Korean soldiers staged a military exercise near the border with the communist country. It also slammed Washington’s recent decision to send additional long-range bombers to Guam, about 3,200 km from the
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  • Financial
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      Lock icon Band of brothers at the helm
      702 8  -  ASL Marine sees good business in offshore oil and marine infrastructure industry By 1 ChuaKongHo MR ANG KOK TIAN, 41, has probably never given as many interviews, or Powerpoint presentations about his company, local shipyard and vessel charterer ASL Marine Holdings Ltd., as in
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      Lock icon FOREX RATES
      24 8 •AS AT MARCH 7 US$: 551.736 552.874 EURO: 551.913 Ss: 67.52 YEN Ss: RM2.189 Ss: HK54.492 Ss: 24.51 BAHT Ss: 5,118 RUPIAH
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      Lock icon BROKERS’ RECOMMENDATIONS
      475 8 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 ait the 29 brokers. Their recommendations are placed on a 1 to 5 points scale and
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      Lock icon S’pore moves up the food chain
      445 10 Disk drive makers move out, but high-value activites such as R&D remain Reuters SINGAPORE Walking the factory floor of Western Digital Technologies in Kuala Lumpur, Mr John Coyne is comforted by the sound of well-oiled machinery. But the hum comes at deafening price for
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      Lock icon Telekom sees $l60m savings
      78 11 Reuters KUALA LUMPUR Telekom Malaysia Bhd said yesterday that it expected to save RM3SO million (S$ 159.7 million) in operational costs •over the next two years following the planned merger of its cellular arm and Celcom. “The integration of network and systems will also result in
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      Lock icon Thistle may auction hotels
      112 11 Reuters LONDON Britain’s Thistle Hotels is in talks to auction some of its flagship London hotels to defeat a £554.7 million (ssl.s billion) bid from its largest shareholder, which it spurned this week, the Sunday Times said yesterday. It said that Thistle chief executive lan Burke
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      Lock icon Get drastic, BOJ told
      95 11 Bloomberg TOKYO Japanese Financial Services Minister Heizo Takenaka has urged the Bank of Japan to consider taking “drastic measures”, such as buying stock funds or real estate to help reverse declining prices and improve Japan’s economy. Mr Takenaka supported a proposal made on Saturday by Mr
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      Lock icon Beijing may clear way for investors to put money abroad $l.9t China hope for Hang Seng
      367 11 Bloomberg BEIJING China’s regulators spent the last three years opening Asia’s second-biggest equity market to overseas investors. Now, for the first time, they may allow China citizens, who have US$l.l trillion (S$ 1.9 trillion)
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      Lock icon Glaxo faces $295m fine in Japan
      152 11 -AFP TOKYO British pharmaceutical group GlaxoSmithKline’s Tokyobased investment firm failed to report 65 billion yen (*****.7 million) in income to tax authorities over three years, reports said yesterday. The Tokyo taxation bureau is likely to order the firm, Glaxo, to pay more than 20
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      Lock icon War threat drives up prices as fish supply in $370m industry dwindles Fish tales in Kuwait
      533 13 Bloomberg ‘The price offish reflects the overall economy and the mood of the region. I just bought 30kg (ofsoberfish). The price is the highest it’s ever been in Kuwait’s history.’ -Mr Massaud Hay at,
      – Bloomberg; Bloomberg  -  533 words
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      153 11 tu a» one Soltdwood Oxford Bed 1 w with convertible spring Pullout Bed (w/o mattress) Q Q f PER SET 3 Kid's model &*££<§•- Single onvi or 90x190x15cm Super Single created for protection against house sJdust mites^ HP Magic Koil mATTRESS Student Concession $B7 105x190x15cm $ll7 Teen's model (Adults)] Single
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      211 13 COOL INSTANT RELIEF FROM INSECT BITES. 40th Anniversary Trusted since 1963 o m kr> *c VJ m x 1 Mopiko not only soothes insect bites fast, but also leaves the most refreshing sensation on your skin. So keep a tube handy wherever you go. Sole Agent: Weng Seng Heng Chinese
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  • Comment
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      Lock icon Let’s give our maids more
      754 14  -  By CONRAD RAJ DESPITE the many reported cases of maid trouble abuse caused by the maids themselves or by their employers there is ample reason to be thankful for the presence of the 140,000 maids here. They help Singaporeans enjoy a better quality of life.
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      206 14 Successful Diploma Holder last 7 seats available for 25th March 2003 intake A LA TROBE UNIVERSITY Disdnct Advantages Diploma is awarded by La Trobe University, not validated A faster and less expensive path to a Bachelor Degree 12 months programme Full and part time classes available Dedicated and experienced lecturers
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  • Vocal
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      Lock icon HDB Corp recruiting afresh
      187 15 I REFER to the commentary by Mr Lee Han Shih, “Open HDB Corp jobs to public” (Streats, March 5), and the letter by Mr Paul Wee, “HDB Corp should openly hire the best” (Streats, March 6). HDB staff who have to leave HDB are not being
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      Lock icon Spare us the financial jargon
      198 15 I BANK with DBS/POSB and went in for a routine transaction recently. As I waited, I browsed through some pamphlets on investment options. I work for a bank myself and am a post-graduate in commerce and economics. Moreover, as I grew up as a banker’s
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      Lock icon Dialects on TV would be a setback
      388 16 RECENT articles in the newspapers have supported the Programmes Advisory Committee’s (PAC) suggestion to relax current controls over dialect programming on television. The PAC’s suggestion was made in the context of increasing programming variety. It felt that because our speak Mandarin policy has
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      Lock icon Photocard licence: Police can verify eligibility to drive
      278 16 I REFER to “Is it my fault if I drive without a licence?” (Streats, March 6), a letter by Mr Sin Chee Kharn. All eligible drivers will receive an application form for the photocard driving licence via mail six weeks before their
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      Lock icon Only a 2-week wait for cancer checks
      271 16 I REFER to the report “Better cancer screening” (Streats, March 6). Women who go for mammography under the National Breast Cancer Screening Programme, also known as Breast Screen Singapore, currently receive their results about three weeks from the date of screening. About 8
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      428 15 -v 333 3-; E-mail us at sir eats@sph.com.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 tor brevity and clarity. By your writing to us it shall
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  • Medical
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      Lock icon Eat organic and stay healthy
      181 17 Reuters WASHINGTON Organically grown crops are a healthy choice because they contain more healthy compounds than conventional crops, perhaps because they are not exposed to pesticides, according to US researchers. Tests on organically and sustainably grown berries and com showed they contain up to 58
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      176 17 QHow do you get a 16-month-old baby who is underweight to eat more? A Generally, babies are very clever at regulating the amount of food, and eat the right amount required for growth and development. If they are hungry, they may cry for more, and if full, will
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      Lock icon I'm a 'babyholic', says mother of 15
      285 18 LONDON A self-confessed “babyholic” has given birth to her 15th child and is already planning number 16. Ms Sue Povey, 43, gave birth on Friday to daughter Isabelle, 23 years after delivering her first child. “I really adore newborn babies. I suppose you
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      Lock icon Tycoon hit by controversy
      359 18 Tempo magazine calls Indonesian Tomy Winata a ‘scavenger’ JAKARTA Indonesia’s leading newsweekly magazine Tempo is feeling the heat after it published a report in which it called real estate tycoon and banker Tomy Winata (pictured) a “scavenger” in an article that tentatively linked him to last
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      Lock icon Under pressure
      282 20 US turns 1 thumbscrew^ on key 9/11 suspect NEW YORK Khalid Sheikh Mohammed hasn’t been brought back to the US. And with good reason. The suspected 9/11 mastermind is being subjected to interrogation techniques which border on torture by the Central Intelligence Agency, Australia’s The Age newspaper reported
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      Lock icon College says sorry to Bush
      177 20 WASHINGTON -The president of Citrus College, a community college in Glendora, California, is sending a letter to US President George W Bush, apologising for an instructor who gave students extra credit for writing anti-war missives to the White House. Prof Louis E Zellers wrote that
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      237 18 B Skills Certificate in Logistics Operations Awarded by Institute of Technical Education (ITE), Singapore Certificate in Logistics Operations SDF Approved course Certificate in Logistics Operations is a nationally recognised programme, designed for individuals working in Warehousing, Inventory, Transport, Customer Services, Quality, Production and Materials Control. A 154-hour programme that is
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      75 19 Golden Point Award NAC SPH Golden Point Award 2003 Make a literary statement. This biennial writing competition is open for short story and poetry entries in the four official languages. Entry forms are available from National Arts Council from 3 March 2003 onwards. For more information, please refer to NAC
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      125 20 1 Year Masters Masters of Arts (Professional Practice) Awarded by Middlesex University, UK 1 Year Bachelor BA (Hons) Fashion Design BA (Hons) Visual Communication (Graphic Design/Multimedia) Validated by Middlesex University, UK BA (Hons) Management Awarded by Australian Institute of Management Sciences (AIMS), Australia BA (Arts) On-Line***New Awarded by Curtin University,
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  • Easy Streats
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      Lock icon A cappella fellas
      564 21 Their slogan is, ‘Six gays six months that’s it! GREGORYLEOW finds oat more about US a cappella group Ball in the House THEY’RE a group of 20-something guys who make music together but don’t call Boston a cappella group Ball in the House (BitH) a boyband. The
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      Lock icon JUST ONE VOICE
      418 21  -  Magdalene Phang THEY came expecting to learn how to mimic musical instruments. But most of the 50 people or so who crammed into the choral studio at the Young Musicians Society building on Waterloo Street on Saturday morning must have left more awed than inspired by what
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      Lock icon Chelsea gets a job
      111 22 -AFP FORMER first daughter Chelsea Clinton has landed a lucrative New York consultancy job, Newsweek magazine reported on Saturday. According the magazine’s website, Ms Clinton recently rejected a US$lOO,OOO (S$ 173,470) a year offer from the top consulting firm McKinsey and Company in London, but said
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      Lock icon Not just a daddy’s girl
      83 22 LISA PRESLEY’S new album, To Whom It May Concern, will get some attention when it is released in the US on April 8 if only because she is the daughter of Elvis Presley. But she’s not depending on her lineage to sell the album. Instead,
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      Lock icon Near miss for actors
      161 22 COLIN HANKS, actor son of Tom Hanks, 7th Heaven stars Geoff and George Stults, and That ‘7os Show costars Ashton Kutcher, Wilmer Valderrama and Danny Masterson had a narrow escape on a charter flight from New Orleans to Hollywood. Everyone was asleep, except for Kutcher, when
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      Lock icon Worth waking up for
      526 22  -  By, Sharon Soh IT’S Bam. Your eyelids are still heavy with half-woken slumber and your mind’s in a dreamy haze. You find yourself in a room, whitewashed by sunlight streaming through a glass pane. On the table, breakfast is served a thick slice of toast, red
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      Lock icon Our weather girl says...
      121 23 THE weather had a huge impact on the Formula One Grand Prix in Melbourne yesterday, with most teams forced into the pits to change tyres and three early casualties. Before the race, each team was faced with a question: Whether to start with wet or dry
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    • Tune in TV & MOVIE NEWS
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        Lock icon MOSCOW ON THE HUDSON
        53 23 10pm, Channel i On the last day of the Moscow circus’s US tour, Vladimir Ivanoff (Robin Williams) is awakened with a desire to defect. He manages to outrun the KGB and becomes a free man with no family or friends and no chance of ever returning
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        55 23 Bpm, Channel U Jia Min gets agitated when Zhi Ling picks up an earring in Jia Min’s car and nearly has an accident. Zhi Wen secretly searches the car for the earring, knowing that Kelly left her earring in the car. But he doesn’t know that Jia Min
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    • Happenin’
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        Lock icon FESTIVAL
        52 23 GUINNESS IRISH FESTIVAL Tonight, 6.30 pm Father Flanagans Irish Pub (Chiimes, 30, Victoria Street) Ambassador Hugh Swift, Ireland’s Ambassador to Singapore, officially launches this year’s Guinness Irish Festival, which celebrates all things Irish in Singapore. There will be a musical and dance performance entitled A Night of Craic at
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        Lock icon EXHIBITION
        53 23 VISUAL ARTS TOUR Till tomorrow, 10am-10pm Bukit Panjang Plaza, atrium. Free The Art of Watercolour, a travelling exhibition of 70 watercolour paintings by 30 artists from the Singapore Watercolour Society goes round the heartlands to bring art closer to people. This exhibition goes next to Woodlands Regional Library from
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      58 23 If you wish to have your event highlighted in Happenin’, e-mail Streats at streats@sph.com.sg or fax 6319-8191 I N TODAY i n 8 mm ■NHI Lob on to Changi GH's website ior interactive Chinese medical info For Subscription, call 6388 3838 FA CUP Q-HNALS «4® Did the Saints go marching
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  • Page 23 Miscellaneous
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      482 23 Yourdailyhoroscope JjP AQUARIUS JAN2O-FEB 18 by Kelli Fox at Astrology.com PISCES FEB 19 -MAR 20 Monday is a gift for you to open. Your secret wish is answered in all of the best ways. Many want to be around you, but only a select few meet your requirements. The faint
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  • Sports
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      Lock icon Ljungberg: I’m not gay
      117 24 Wire services LONDON- Arsenal star Freddie Ljungberg has blasted rumours that he is gay. The Swede’s multi-coloured hair and wacky fashion sense apparently fuelled the rumours. He told Sky TV in an interview: “I love dressing up. That doesn’t make me gay. But gay men can
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      Lock icon Under attack
      584 24 Football Association to investigate after missile hits Hemy Wire services FA CUP QUARTER-FINALS Arsenal 2 Chelsea 2 LONDON Arsenal striker Thierry Henry was struck by a missile, presumably thrown by a Chelsea fan, during his side’s FA Cup quarter-final tie at Highbury yesterday. The game ended 2-2 with
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      Lock icon Coulthard throws Ferrari out of gear
      362 25 Wire services MELBOURNE David Coulthard (right) handed McLaren a winning start to the Formula One season here yesterday as world champion Ferrari was pushed off the podium for the first time in years. The Scot’s victory was all the more remarkable as he had
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      Lock icon Brother’s BURDEN
      548 25  -  Hadi has the toughest job in Singapore football to better Fandi By' Tan Kim Han FANDI Ahmad’s shoes will not be easy to fill. Not even by stepbrother Abdul Hadi Mohamed. Even though, like Fandi, he can defy gravity and hang in the air for what seems like
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      Lock icon Late surge helps Milwaukee
      278 26 NBA CHAMPIONSHIP Milwaukee 138 Golden State 133 (OT) MILWAUKEE Gary Payton (below) hit a threepointer with three seconds left in regulation and Sam Cassell made five free throws in the final 18sec of overtime as the Milwaukee Bucks rallied for a 138-133 victory over the Golden
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      Lock icon Mean machine
      568 27  -  Mess around with Yogeswami and you may end up with a bloody nose By- Adam Hashidy DO not mess around with Yogeswami Mohana Sundram (above), a 16-year-old who aims to prove that girls can be as tough as guys. She even spars with them and has bloodied several
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      Lock icon Geneva welcomes Cup
      87 27 SAILING -AFP GENEVA The America’s Cup finally landed here in Europe on Saturday for the first time in 152 years. The victorious Team Alinghi was greeted by 100 dignitaries, including Swiss president Pascal Couchepin, as the syndicate owner Ernesto Bertarelli stepped on to the tarmac with the
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      Lock icon Real extends lead
      103 27 SOCCER Reuters MADRID Real Madrid extended its lead at the top of the Spanish First Division to three points after strolling to a 4-1 home win over Racing Santander at the Bernabeu on Saturday. Luis Figo (13th minute) opened the scoring and Zinedine Zidane (43rd minute) extended
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