Streats, 1 June 2004

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  • 10 3 Streats TUESDAY, JUNE 1, 2004 E-mail: streats@sph.com„sg mita (p) 196/03/2004
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  • 635 3  -  By Khushwant Singh SINGAPOREANS will know in July the exact day that Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong will hand over the reins of government to his deputy, Mr Lee Hsien Loong. After months of speculation by the media, the public and even MPs,
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  • 535 3  -  By HoLian-Yi Volunteers at parks try to dissuade Buddhists from their Vesak Day duty ATTEMPTS by a group of 50 volunteers over the weekend to dissuade Buddhist devotees from releasing animals into the wild to mark Vesak Day tomorrow proved one thing: Old traditions
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  • Morning Rush
    • 386 4  -  School children learn about intellectual properly rights at three-day national camp By Sarah Ng ELIAS Park Primary School pupil James Chang and his classmates used to download images from the Internet for their school projects. After attending a camp on intellectual property (IP),
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    • 193 4 A DOCTOR has been suspended from practice for six months and fined $5,000 for inappropriately prescribing sleeping pills to patients. Dr Peter Yong Thiam Look, who practised at the East Coast branch of the Grace Polyclinic, was found guilty by the Singapore Medical Council’s
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    • 484 5 Ex-president Jiang resisting pressure to retire: sources The Washington Post BEIJING China’s former president Jiang Zemin is strengthening his hold on power by promoting a hardline approach towards Hong Kong and Taiwan, making it more difficult for the country’s new leaders to consider concessions
      – The Washington Post  -  484 words
    • 561 6 Graduate takes over mum’s trishaw business, wants to prove a point MR Lionel Chew is going to spend the next three years proving a point that he can run a successful trishaw business here for tourists. When Mr Chew, 39, a graduate, took over
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    • 360 8  -  7 people die each day from smoking-related diseases By Zubaidah Nazeer YOUNG people who are thinking of picking up the smoking habit, and those already hooked, should keep this in mind: More than seven Singaporeans die each day from smoking-related diseases. This works out to 2,500-plus
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    • 284 10  -  City Square complex valued at more than sl79m By Janice Wong SINGAPOREANS thronging the popular City Square in Johor Baru will now have a special connection with the mall. The property arm of the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC), which manages Singapore’s
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    • 284 10 Wire services QUITO, Ecuador Bookmakers have tipped Miss Norway, TV gameshow hostess Kathrine Soerland (left), to win the Miss Universe 2004 title, online betting website readaßet.com reported yesterday. The annual beauty pageant, watched by hundreds of millions around the world, is set to
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    • 136 12 BUZZSTOP Wire services SINGAPORE’S trade-driven economy created more than half a million jobs over the past decade, and further growth is likely this year, the Ministry of Manpower said yesterday. A nine-page study a one-off investigation into long-term employment trends
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      65 12  -  Text by Khushwant Singh Student Erik-Jan Elzimga (above), 20, emerged the winner in the Strong Men Competition on Sunday at the Serangoon Gardens Country Club. He beat 14 other club members in five events, which included pulling a 6.5-tonne prime mover over 25 metres. The competition, held
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    • 145 12 Indonesians, Chinese top visitors list Reuters THE number of visitors to Singapore jumped three-fold in April compared with the same month last year when the Sars outbreak ravaged the region’s tourism industry. The Singapore Tourism Board yesterday said that Singapore received 651,860 visitors this April
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    • 141 12 Focus on Indon patients SENAI Airport is targeting a bigger share of the health tourism market. Johor state has 12 hospitals and is focusing particularly on Indonesian patients. About 55,000 Indonesians sought medical treatment in Malaysia last year, almost half of them in Malacca. Mr Freddie
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    • 128 12 IS Japan brewery makes breakthrough Reuters KIRIN Brewery, Japan’s No 2 beermaker, said yesterday that it had produced, jointly with a US company, a cow that is immune to mad cow disease. The animal, produced through genetic manipulation, carries none of the prion proteins that cause
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    • 97 12 THE Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy will be officially established as an autonomous school of the National University of Singapore on Aug 16. NUS said in a statement yesterday that Mr Kishore Mahbubani, who is currently Singapore’s permanent representative to the United Nations,
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    • 84 12 THE Ministry of Defence yesterday said that Singapore has not agreed to buy Eurofighter aircraft from Britain. “The three shortlisted candidates for our Next Generation Fighter Programme the F-15T, Rafale and Eurofighter are still undergoing flight trials and technical evaluation. A decision is not likely
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    • 83 12 Bloomberg SMRT and ComfortDelgro, which operate rail and bus services in Singapore, will deploy guards at their stations from today to increase security against potential terrorist attacks. The uniformed guards will conduct patrols and random bag checks, the government and the transport companies said in a
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    • 116 12 -AFP AN elderly Thai man died on Sunday after eating too much durian in what was the second such death in the country this month, Thai police said yesterday. Mr Thavin Chaiya, 68, collapsed at a fresh produce market in northern Chiang Mai on Sunday. “He ate
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  • Financial
    • 433 14  -  NTUC Income CEO says new spam law may stifle legitimate businesses By r Ho Lian-Yi CHARGE businesses for sending unsolicited marketing e-mail to non-customers, says NTUC Income chief executive officer Tan Kin Lian. He is concerned that the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore’s (IDA) proposed new
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    • 96 14 Bloomberg SINGAPORE OCBC Bank said yesterday that it will raise its dividend payout to at least 35 per cent of the group’s earnings from its key lending business, from 25 per cent previously. The change comes after the Monetary Authority of Singapore said last week that
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    • 99 14 Bloomberg SINGAPORE United Overseas Bank yesterday said that it is paying $196 million for 23 per cent of PT Bank Buana Indonesia, boosting its efforts to expand in Asia. UOB is buying the stake from PT Sari Dasa Karsa, a holding company that owns 62 per
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    • 102 14 Bloomberg JAKARTA Asia Pulp Paper Co’s Indonesian units, PT Indah Kiat Pulp Paper and PT Pabrik Kertas Tjiwi Kimia, posted losses for a fourth year. In the year ended Dec 31, Indah Kiat’s net loss widened to U *****.6 million (Ss4B6 million), or 5.2 US cents
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      581 15  -  w iS ffirepreneurs^ By* Janice Wong Dad, uncle, sister they're all helping ‘beach-babe’ Denise Oi, 24, run her cafes YOU can call Ms Denise Oi a beach babe. The 24-year-old is tanned, sporty and dons a mini-skirt while running a cate by the beach at Pasir Ris Park.
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    • 343 16 Growing flexibility in contracts sees it becoming globally traded Bloomberg SINGAPORE Minister of State for Trade and Industry Vivian Balakrishnan yesterday said that Singapore, where more than US$5OO million (*****.6 million) of oil is traded each day, is studying to become a trading centre
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    • 24 16 *AS AT MAY 31 US$: 551.698 553.114 EURO: 552.075 Ss: 65.51 YEN Ss: RM2.238 Ss: HK54.591 ss: 23.85 BAHT Ss: 5,460 RUPIAH
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    • 377 18 Bloomberg LONDON Ryanair Holdings pic, Europe’s largest low-cost airline, may today report its first quarterly loss since selling shares to the public in May 1997, after cutting fares by almost a third to fill seats amid rising competition. The net loss is probably
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    • 166 18 SINGAPORE A new Code of Advertising Practice (CAP) for banks was unveiled yesterday by the the Association of Banks in Singapore (ABS). The code, which seeks to promote clarity in advertisements, lays out what banks should and should not include in their advertisements. “Advertisements should
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    • 327 20 Reuters TURIN By choosing Mr Luca di Montezemolo (below) as its new chairman, Fiat has come as close as it could to keeping the top job at Italy’s biggest industrial group in the family.
      – Reuters; AFP  -  327 words
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    • 722 22  -  By PRADEEP RAJAN IT took some time for wisdom to prevail upon Libya, Syria and Pakistan, the countries alleged to have been involved in state-sponsored terrorism, that one day they would get a taste of their own medicine. Today, Saudi Arabia is a glaring example
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    • 80 25 m; Great Singapore Sale SPFfTAT UI jjVjJLTV I j Produced by the Special Projects Unit Marketing TUESDAY, JUNE 1, 2004 STREATS 25 92 TEE-RRIFIC BUYS, PAGE 40 CUFF ’EM, PAGE 44 MINI MOUSE, PAGE 52 The biggest sale of the year is back and it's stretching for eight weeks till
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  • SPECIAL Great Singapore Sale Produced by the Special Projects Unit • Marketing Division • SPH
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      236 26 Get a grip on the Great Singapore Sale Mall events •26 SOLOMON LlM's money-saving guide to 1,001 things happening at the malls Kids' stuff •28 Pottery, dinosaurs, art camps, dance classes and Lego-specially for children Family Kids' fashion •30 Travelling with kids? Check out PATRICIA CADDY'S guide on what
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    • 1142 26 Time to soak up the fun at the Great Singapore Sale. Get a headstart and stay sane with SOLOMON LIM as he guides you on the cool dos at the GSS. Marina Square Get active with Sporty Joe’s Fitness Fantastica (June 12 and 19, 1.45
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    • 303 26 SPH SHOP WIN DRAW From now to July 25, shoppers can take part in the SPH Shop Win Draw and stand to win fabulous cash prizes and vouchers. Simply spend $3O in a single receipt at any SPH Shop Win outlet and call 1900-912-0006 to register. Each call costs 20
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      389 28 Mop up cool bargains at the Great Singapore Sale. SOLOMON LIM fills you in onwhat to target. Casio Exilim From now till June 6, buy a Casio Exilim digital camera and get freebies worth up to $260. You also stand a chance to win $lO,OOO worth of prizes
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    • 615 30 Cool stuff for kids no kidding! While you shop, let your kids unwind and let their imagination take flight with MELISSA CHIN as she checks out some kidsfriendly places. Moulding minds With their enthusiasm for creating items, children have always been able to amuse themselves for hours with Play-Doh. Now,
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    • 358 30  -  Compiled by, Solomon Lim. Adidas Concept Store: 30 per cent off off-season footwear, sports apparel and accessories. Barang Barang: Up to 80 per cent off on selected furniture, home furnishings and accessories. British India: Up to 70 per cent off women's wear, men's wear and home furnishings.
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    • 466 32 An outfit for every destination. Here are some ideas on how to tog up your kids for a trip out of town. TRAVEL TIME It pays to shop and satisfy your wanderlust guilt-free. Chan Brothers is offering six sets of travel
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    • 721 38 It’s hard to imagine how a little bundle of joy could need so much stuff. And this stuff doesn’t come cheap. Mum-to-be KAYLENE TAN braves a bewildering array of baby gear to do some serious practical shopping for her baby. D-Day is four months away, I’ve got
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      310 42 A girls tee can tell who she is or how she’s feeling. MELISSA CHIN picks out some say-it-alls from baby-tiny to slouchy and they’re all under $3O! Melissa Chin is a freelance writer. HIPPIE FAIRY p You're a 21st century flower child, a bohemian who loves ethnic
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      2336 44 A heavy breakfast for energy, and a credit card for monied muscle. That’s all you need to hit the Raffles Place and Tanjong Pagar areas, which are teeming with good buys at within-reach prices. LEONG SU-LIN scours the CBD to sniff out wise buys. From here to page 50.
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      735 54 A mini phone, camera, mouse or a thumbnail-sized Lan? MUGILAN RAJAS EGERAN serves up new sushi-small gadgets that will make you lick your lips. PANASONIC D-SNAP DIGITAL VIDEO CAMERA SV-AVSO Wow factor: This is a video camera, still camera and voice recorder all rolled into one nifty palm-sized package.
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      784 58 Those who work and play hard deserve a bag that pulls its load. MUGILAN RAJAS EGE RAN checks out what will hold your notepad, your PDA and your mobile phone in style. Gone are the days of the boxy briefcase your dad once had. Forget a compartment full
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    • 208 62 FLARED, FLIRTY AND OH-SO-FEMININE, THE NEW SKIRT HAS SWISH! FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: TRAFFIC STOPPER Chinese-inspired cotton tee ($169), cotton jacquard hanky ($2O) and printed polyester palace pleated skirt ($737). All by Kenzo Jeans from Kenzo at Ngee Ann City. VAMP IT UP Viscose jersey ruched
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      645 68 Treats and squeeze toys? Boring. We furry lovelies prefer to be spoiled rotten. Clothes, toys, prams... That’s more like it. And if you have a doting pet parent like KOH JOH TING, you’re a lucky dog! Well-dressed fur sure! Okay, it's a bit early for Chinese New
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    • 462 27 Shopping at the Great Singapore Sale: $256 Your Mum believing that you need yet another pair of shoes: priceless Jrt hy Singapore Trchnologn Aerospace m lliig,. HK'rfl ■n Every $30 charged to your MasterCard card this Great Singapore Sale gives you two ways to win: Grand prize Look forward to
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    • 181 73 OUR Sri Lankan maid started working for us in December 2000. On March 9, 2002, we received news that her mother had died. That evening, I took her to the airport and sent her home on two weeks leave. On March 22, she called and said
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    • 251 74 WE were at the Indoor Stadium on May 26 to watch the Black Eyed Peas concert. My friends and I thoroughly enjoyed the very lively and vibrant show. Equally exhilarating were the local opening acts. They were a rap group, a little girl singing in the
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    • 121 74 I RECENTLY noticed that HDB contractors use high-pressure water jets to remove moss from carpark kerbs. They also remove moss from the drains surrounding HDB estates. Do we really need to do this? If the moss on the surface of drains do not cause any clogging
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    • 148 74 ONE of the best ways to measure the value of a company is through the average customer experience. Recently, I applied for a small personal loan of about $5,000 from a local bank. The application was rejected. When I sought to find out why, I
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    • 514 76 Soft landing for China could still impact on region, says EIU report -AFP SINGAPORE Economic growth in the Asia-Pacific will continue to outpace the rest of the world in the next five years, but a Chinese slowdown looms as a genuine threat to the
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    • 136 76 -AFP JAKARTA Threats by the Indonesian intelligence agency to crack down on analysts and human rights workers are jeopardising the country’s nascent democracy, activists said. “Even though the scale was small, the quality of the statement was serious as it can destroy the nascent democracy that
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      28 76 A Thai passer-by in Bangkok yesterday looking at a car crushed by a gigantic football which fell from a billboard promoting the Euro 2004 tournament Reuters
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    • 561 78 Snappy suits, conspicuous boarding procedures blow their cover, say officers Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON As they settled into first class on American Airlines Flight 1438 from Chicago to Miami, they were supposed to be the last line of defence against terrorists two highly trained
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    • 267 78 Wire services RIYADH Sunday’s attack in the Saudi Arabian city of A 1 Khobar has heightened fears that Islamic militants are targeting Westerners to try to drive them put of the kingdom. “I fear that this time there could be a real exodus,” a
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    • 288 80 LONDON -As a growing number of reports sound the alarm bell over obesity and unhealthy lifestyles among just about every age group in the developing and developed economies, singer and actress Madonna could provide some inspiration. At 45, the star can bend over backwards, as she
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    • 645 82 1 icturej I From biotechnology to film-making-that is along way to travel. Tania Sng tells SHARLENE TAN why she made the switch TANIA Sng, 30, has been making films for seven years now, but it was only a few months ago that she began submitting her works to
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    • 298 82 OPERA singers seldom come as sexy as French diva Emma Shapplin. If you’re a fan of the operatic techno in The Fifth Element soundtrack or tenor Andrea Bocelli, who can straddle both the classical and pop worlds with ease, you’re likely to enjoy Shapplin’s soulful blend.
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    • 257 84  -  By_ Lee Choo Kiong THE mad scramble by 100 people to board the Superstar Virgo cruise ship on May 21 wasn’t surprising. The crowd was, after all, in a frantic hunt for one of the most prized possessions in Singapore a car. All they
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    • 467 84 WHO will be Singapore’s Simon, Paula and Randy? The names of the judges of Singapore Idol are finally out. And in a local twist, the hottest TV show to hit our screens soon, will feature not three, but four judges. They are (pictured from top) singer-songwriter
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    • 397 86  -  rucK JĔ By. Sharon Soh STARTING this month, Sakae Sushi will have 10 new items in its revamped menu. Regulars of the sushi chain would also have noticed that the outlets at Funan The IT Mall, Lot 1 Shoppers Mall and Parkway Parade sport teppanyaki counters
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    • 132 88 Hi, I’m Irin, your weather girl for June. The spell of hot, dry weather has caused a beer k drought in South Wales. Bottles of the award-winning Tomos Watkin OSB have been completely exhausted over the past fortnight, icwales.co.uk reported yesterday. The company J which makes
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      • 54 88 OPEN HOUSE Tomorrow, 10am-7pm Singapore Art Museum (71, Bras Basah Road, tel 6332-3220) Free Programmes include Hunt the Runner, in conjunction with the Encounters with Modernism exhibition. Your hunt for the pieces to assemble the exhibition’s mascot will take you through the galleries and past works by Picasso, Warhol,
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    • 382 88 Yourdailyhoroseope by Kelli Fox at. Astrology.com AQUARIUS JAN 20-FEB 18 PISCES FEB 19-MAR 20 You’re not ordinarily into emoting, most especially not in public. One event could change all that now, but don’t worry. It won’t be a permanent affliction. Last week’s events are probably still causing you to stare
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      540 89 Euro 2004 1 finals likely swan-song for Frances golden generation Reuters La GRANDE MOTTE, France Whatever the outcome of Euro 2004 for defending champion France, the tournament will mark the end of the generation brought to life by coach Aime Jacquet. In the space of 10
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    • 350 89 Wire services MANCHESTER England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson will be using friendlies against Japan and Iceland this week to carry out his last experiments before the Euro 2004 opener against France on June 13 in Lisbon. Eriksson has a key issue to resolve in his team’s
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    • 485 90 -Bloomberg NUERBURGRING, Germany Takuma Sato (right), Japan’s only Formula One driver, does not err on the side of caution. He smashed into Rubens Barrichello’s Ferrari while attempting to grab second place with 13 laps left of Sunday’s European Grand
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    • FOOTBALL
      • 91 90 LONDON Eric Cantona is being tipped for a comeback in football as a coach. The Manchester United legend has emerged as a surprise candidate to return to his former haunt at Old Trafford, reported The Sun. United boss Alex Ferguson is on the lookout for a No
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      • 69 90 Reuters TUNIS Italy completed a confident 4-0 victory over African champion Tunisia on Sunday in its final warm-up game before Euro 2004. After an own goal from Riadh Bouazizi in the 15th minute, three Italians scored their debut goals for the national side. They are Fabio Cannavaro (27th
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    • 87 90 GOLF -AFP MEMPHIS, Tennessee David Toms capped his battle back from a wrist injury with a sixshot victory on Sunday in the St Jude Classic, becoming just the third player to defend a title here. He won the US$4.7 million (SsBm) event despite carding a two-over 73
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    • 421 92 Three-time champion Kuerten shrugs off injury to reach quarters AP PARIS With the red clay he loves caked on his shirt and shorts, Gustavo Kuerten (below) moved one round closer to his fourth French Open title. He took a hard spill in the final game but
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    • 262 92 -AFP PARIS The home crowd’s hopes for the first French Open men’s champion in over 20 years may have been dashed, but all eyes are now on the talented but skittish Amelie Mauresmo in the women’s tournament. The 24-year-old is popular here, not only for
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    • 378 92 -AFP NBA PLAYOFFS EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS Detroit 83 Indiana 65 (Detroit lead best-of-seven series 3-2) INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana Richard Hamilton scored a playoff career-high 33 points as the Detroit Pistons captured Game Five of the NBA Eastern Conference finals series with an 83-65 victory
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    • 406 93  -  Midfielder on verge of becoming first Chinese football export By i Gary Lim CHINESE midfielder Shi Jiayi (right) of Sinchi TV Football Club is expected to join the Young Lions soon. He will switch camps later this month when the mid-season transfer window opens. If the
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    • 174 93  -  By Gary Lim FROM its humble beginnings as a boat club in Telok Ayer Basin to the posh clubhouse at Tanah Merah Coast Road. The Singapore Armed Forces Yacht Club (SAFYC) has come a long way indeed. The Changi clubhouse (above), which cost
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