Streats, 6 October 2004

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  • 10 1 Streats Wednesday, October 6, 2004 E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg mita (p) 196/03/2004
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  • 381 1  -  Janice Wong SOME customers of a DBS Bank branch in Hong Kong have been given the devastating news that their safety deposit boxes and contents have been destroyed. The bank was undergoing renovations and extension, and last Saturday the contractor mistakenly
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  • 591 1  -  Locals, tourists spend $4.6b, pushing sales growth to best in 11 years By 1 Zubaidah Nazeer MS Cheryl Oh, 32, spent $BOO on clothes for herself and her three children, and on home furnishings during the Great Singapore Sale (GSS). “We didn’t
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    • 106 1 SINGHI DOES IT AGAIN r S-LEAGUE CLUB SACK COACH AND ENTIRE TEAM; THREATEN WITHDRAWAL PAGE 36 THE TAXMAN WONT COMETH IRAS GRANTS CONCESSIONS FOR PARTIES, OTHER GENERAL k BENEFITS-IN-KIND PAGE 14 SHARE YOUR PAPER AIOW THAT YOU REALISE WHAT $1 CAAJAJOT BUY... FLY US. WE’RE REFRESH lAI6-LY PIFFEREMt! Complimentary meals,
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  • Morning Rush
    • 391 4 PM Lee announces move during KL meeting with Abdullah KUALA LUMPUR Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong will spearhead Singapore’s efforts to resolve outstanding issues with Malaysia, Prime Minister Lee Hsian Loong announced yesterday. Mr Lee, who is making his first visit to Malaysia
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    • 382 5 Iran-born engineer Anousheh Ansari was a key contributor to the USslom Ansari X Prize Wire services MOJAVE, California Anousheh Ansari (pictured) provided major motivation for the world’s first private manned spaceflight. Although plaudits deservedly go to the team behind the privately-built SpaceShipOne that went to
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    • 200 6 TAIWAN Vice-President Annette Lu (right) tried to explain away the muchpublicised vulgar remarks used in reference to Singapore by its foreign minister a week ago. In response to Mr Mark Chen’s use of the Hokkien word for testicles when he accused Singapore of currying
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    • 315 6  -  Pair tell court they did not see lesson plan before fatal dunking By Khushwant Singh TWO commando instructors involved in the fatal dunking of a soldier on Aug 21 last year testified yesterday that they had not referred to the lesson plan for the course. Regular
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    • 390 8  -  Foreign companies can vie for environment awards By Christopher Lim THE annual awards for companies which implement environmentally friendly measures are to include foreign firms here for the first time. The same criteria for an award will apply to both but, because local companies
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    • 288 8  -  By Sarah Ng TO Mr Loh Tze Joo (pictured, left), physics is as puzzling as rocket science. But this did not stop the events organiser from creating his version of hydro rockets the latest hobby in Japan, the United Kingdom and United States. Mr
      Edwin Koo  -  288 words
    • 139 10 BUZZSTOP IN a limited trial, new tests for ovarian cancer developed here were 100 per cent accurate in determining the presence of the two most common forms of the disease even at a very early stage. The new tests, formulated
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    • 33 10 Jonathan Borofsky’s 30.4 m high ‘Walking to the Sky f sculpture is on show at the Rockefeller Center in New York. The work will be on display until Oct 18 AFP
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    • 151 10 PUB eyes Punggol, Serangoon THE Public Utilities Board (PUB) is exploring the damming up of rivers in the north-east that include Sungei Punggol and Sungei Serangoon, similar to the $3OO million Marina Barrage project currently underway. Studies are being conducted on Sungei Punggol and Sungei Serangoon
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    • 146 10 Illegal trappers face $l,OOO fine A TWO-STOREY high net that had trapped and killed birds and bats was found strung up between trees near Lorong Buang Kok. The net, set up by poachers, was recently discovered by two bird-watchers, who saw the carcasses of animals
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    • 150 10 Kidnappings at sea on the rise KIDNAPPINGS by armed pirates in the Malacca Strait have prompted calls for patrols of the waters to be increased. Mr Noel Choong, regional manager of the International Maritime Bureau’s Piracy Reporting Centre, said he wants swift action to deter pirates
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    • 91 10 THE Lift Upgrading Programme (LUP) will go ahead for all five blocks of flats in the Cashew Road/Petir Road precinct, with at least 75 per cent of flat owners voting for it. Polling began on Sept 24 and ended on Sept 27. The LUP will begin
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    • 84 10 -ap INDONESIA’S outgoing president Megawati Sukarnoputri yesterday tearfully conceded defeat in last month’s elections, clearing the way for the winner, Dr Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, to begin forming a new government. Dr Yudhoyono had been waiting for Ms Megawati’s concession before claiming victory, respecting the decorum of Indonesia’s
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    • 98 10 -AFP THE corruption trial of a former Malaysian cabinet minister was delayed yesterday after a court postponed the formal mention of his case to December in order to resolve preliminary issues. Former lands and cooperative development minister Kasitah Gaddam, 56, who is now out on bail,
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    • 92 10 -AFP A TRAINING school for counterterrorist spies from Australia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific will be set up if the coalition is re-elected on Saturday, Prime Minister John Howard said yesterday. The As2o million (5524.4 million) centre for counter-terrorism, cooperation and intelligence training or spy-school as it
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    • 380 11 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2004 STREATS 11 We’ve learnt about corporate responsibility. We’ve also learnt the importance of integrity in building trust. (With invitation to Honours) A full, specialised Psychology degree all subjects are psychology-based. Provides graduates with opportunities to enter professional programs in psychology (clinical, organisational, forensic). Prepares graduates for
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  • Financial
    • 574 12 $70m disposal marks end of carrier’s failed foray in Australasia -AFP SINGAPORE Singapore Airlines (SIA) sold its 6.3 per cent stake in Air New Zealand for NZ$61.7 million (SS69.8 million) yesterday, officially ending a costly, failed foray into the Australasian market. SIA sold its 37.8
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    • 312 12 Bloomberg SINGAPORE Star Hub is poised to price its first public share sale tomorrow, as some of the company’s biggest shareholders cut their stakes amid concerns about expansion opportunities. Stakeholders, including BT Group and Nippon Telegraph Telephone, plan to sell 481.8
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    • 80 12 THE tender to design and build Changi’s low-cost terminal drew bids from 28 companies. The minimum bid was $23 million and the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore is now reviewing the submissions. The CAAS decided in July to proceed with plans for the terminal after Tiger
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    • 84 12 SINGAPORE In an extraordinary shareholders’ meeting lasting more than three hours, maverick non-executive director Quek Chek Lan succeeded in ousting Teledata chairman Esmond Goei from the board. Two other directors as well as Teledata’s acting chief executive Roland Tan resigned on the spot. The board now comprises
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    • 91 12 MANY regional banks have been operating with little insight into the drivers of income and expenses and are thus unable to make informed decisions critical to business performance, says global independent research and advisory firm Financial Insights in two recent research reports. It warned that many
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    • 94 12 Reuters SINGAPORE Flextronics International said yesterday that Asia would probably account for over 50 per cent of its revenues by March 2005. Singapore-based, Nasdaq-listed Flextronics expects its Asian operations to chalk up revenues of around US$9 billion (Ssls billion), or about half its forecast sales of
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    • 370 14  -  Relief given for company benefits applicable to all By Janice Wong WHEN employees fill out their income tax forms next year, they no longer need to declare the value of free meals and selected transportation services provided by employers. Nor do employers have to report these
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    • 194 14 Bloomberg SINGAPORE Venture Corp, the biggest electronics maker listed on the Singapore Exchange, said it is raising some product prices to help compensate for increased component costs. Venture, which makes computer printers and cellphones for customers such as Hewlett-Packard and Motorola, has suffered from higher
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    • 406 16 Govt moves to boost return on its investments Bloomberg KUALA LUMPUR Malayan Banking Bhd, Commerce Asset-Holding Bhd and RHB Capital Bhd, Malaysia’s biggest statebacked lenders, may buy overseas banks as the Malaysian government tries to boost returns on its investments. The three lenders are among
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    • 188 16 Bloomberg NEW YORK Billionaire George Soros is handing greater control of his US$l2.B billion (5521.5 billion)) money management firm to his sons, Robert and Jonathan, and spinning off his real estate, credit and buyout units, a memo sent to investors and staff said on
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    • 392 17 Leather goods maker gains toehold where other US brands have failed ap TOKYO Walking down a street in Tokyo, it doesn’t take long to spot women clutching Coach bags. Coach, the New York-based maker of fine leather goods, is succeeding where other American companies have
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    • 137 17 STI: 2,011.74 2.15 Reuters SHARES were pulled slightly down from a near four-year high yesterday as profit-taking and a spike in oil prices wiped out recent gains in blue chips, but technology stocks helped restrict the fall. The Straits Times Index ended down 2.15 points
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    • 24 17 •AS AT OCT 5 US$: £>51,687 Ss: 65.74 YEN Ss: 24.54 BAHT 553.014 Ss: RM2.253 Ss: 5,385 RUPIAH EURO: 552.070 Ss: HK54.624
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  • Comment
    • 733 18  -  By GENEVIEVE CUA The Business Times IF you’ve had the bad luck to be hospitalised recently and tried to claim from MediShield, you may have been shocked at how little you could get back if anything. Recent disclosures have made clear what insurance industry observers long
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  • Vocal
    • 341 20 THE reports, “S’pore returns lower than HK’s: S&P” (Streats, Oct 1) and “S&P estimates S’pore returns ‘markedly inferior’ to HK’s” (Straits Times, Oct 1), referred to a Standard Poor’s report that questioned whether the Government could have done more to cushion the economy from shocks and
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    • 156 20 I REFER to Ms Chua Kim Choo’s observation that the elderly, after being deprived of the facility to inexpensively trade their odd-lot Sing Tel shares, face having their shares die with them. I would also like to highlight another area where, because of economics, money
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    • 235 20 I WOULD like to thank Mr Teo Kueh Liang for his letter, “Give us relief from Takashimaya jams” (Streats, Oct 1). We agree with Mr Teo that Orchard Turn and Orchard Link are well-used roads, especially during peak hours and weekends. This is
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    • 430 22 IN recent months there have been many charity shows on TV that were organised to raise funds for our fellow Singaporeans who suffer from cancer or kidney failure and require expensive medical treatment. The procedure for donating is to call a
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    • 85 20 HAVE YOUR SAY E-mail us at streats@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 for brevity and clarity. By your writing to us, it shall be
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  • Global
    • 192 24 WITH China’s steadily flourishing economy, Japan, which had for years extended economic aid to its mainland neighbour, has assured its citizens that it would eventually stop doing this. But Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura said the time was not ripe yet. Japan
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    • 459 24 Beijingers have already spent s94m since start of holiday -AFP BEIJING China’s city dwellers have been busy spending money during the ongoing “Golden Week” Oct 1 National Day holiday, state media reported yesterday, looking back at the first four days of the vacation. In Beijing alone,
      -AFP; AFP msm  -  459 words
    • 174 26 -AP BANGKOK The Thai government plans to buy about five million duck eggs from farmers and destroy them in a bid to thwart the spread of bird flu, which has devastated poultry stocks and killed 11 people in Thailand this year. A panel
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    • 377 26  -  ‘Misconceptions about Thai religious schools ke/ By_ Pradeep Rajan SINGAPORE Muslims in the violence-hit southern provinces of Thailand are feeling alienated by certain actions of the Thai government, a visiting senior research fellow said yesterday. Mr Maarof Haji Salleh (pictured) added that the community perceived these
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    • 104 26 ■AFP A MALAYSIAN truck driver has been sentenced to a total of 93 years in prison and 58 strokes of the cane for committing incest with his four daughters, aged 14 to 20 years. The 40-year-old man from Negri Sembilan pleaded guilty to
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    • 294 28 Karzai faces tough fight from ex-minister ■AFP GHAZNI, Afghanistan Interim President Hamid Karzai risked a rare trip outside Kabul yesterday as he and his main rival stepped up their campaigns just days ahead of landmark elections. Mr Karzai, whose first attempt to campaign beyond the
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    • 152 28 AFP SEOUL South Korea has prepared secret plans to take control of North Korea and to accommodate at least 200,000 refugees in the event of the sudden collapse of the communist regime, a news report said yesterday. The JoongAng Ilbo, a major Seoul daily,
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    • 93 28 -AFP WASHINGTON US researcher Richard Axel, who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine on Monday, said that he would like to donate his 1.1-million-euro (552.2 million) prize to a charity. “I’d like to find a charity that is commensurate with the spirit
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  • Medical
    • 246 30 -ap PHILADELPHIA A Mediterranean diet rich in vegetable oil, nuts and fish may help fend off more than heart disease and diabetes. It appears to prevent gallstones, too. Men who ate more of the unsaturated fats found in such foods lowered their risk of gallstones by
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  • EasyStreats
    • 683 31 Engaging in rugged travel and activities is nothing new for women but easy-tofind specialised clothing and gear is. SHARLENE TAN finds out more about this j growing trend WOMEN and men are built very differently. Yet, many women resort to unisex or men’s clothing and gear
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    • 324 32 THE'' Q Awards in London on Monday saw some familiar faces mounting the stage to receive their awards: U 2 for the Q Icon Award, Elton John for the Q Classic Songwriter award and Red Hot Chili Peppers for best act in the world. Top
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    • 139 32 ap LOS ANGELES The big-budget stage musical The Ten Commandments, starring Val Kilmer (pictured) as Moses, has cancelled three performances per week after receiving negative reviews. The show, which opened last week at the Kodak Theater, is being retooled, said producers on Monday. Last Friday,
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    • 612 33  -  He doesn't have a powerful voice and he writes some cringe-worthy purple prose in his blog. But Singapore Idol watchers should just lay off contestant Jerry Ong because he isn’t the only Unworthy one of the remaining nine finalists Broadside By YVONNE KWOK Jerry Ong. One
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    • 283 34 Wire services LONDON Austen aficionados and Indian film fans alike gathered at London’s West End on Monday for the premiere of British director Gurinder Chadha’s Bride and Prejudice, which transposes Jane Austen’s 19th century novel to modern-day India. It is, Chadha says, a perfect match. There’s
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    • 132 34 KEVIN Spacey’s new play at London’s Old Vic Theatre has received harsh criticism from almost all quarters. The Oscar award-winning actor (left) made his debut as artistic director of the famous English theatre by directing the play Cloaca, by littleknown Dutch playwright Maria Goos. The production
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    • 147 34 TAIWAN’S doe-eyed singer Van Fan (left) was caught kissing a female colleague in a drunken stupor and peeing in the streets on Saturday night a rude shock to fans who love him for his good-boy image. According to the paparazzi who tailed him that night, he got
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    • 119 35 Farmers in England and Wa/es yesterday reported\ a good harvest despite this year’s poor weather. The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) estimate the wheat yield will be 15.8 million tonnes and barley will hit six million tonnes both figures are higher than last year, The Scotsman newspaper
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    • Tune in TV & MOVIE NEWS
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        40 35 10pm, Channel i A mild-mannered man (Luke Wilson) is attracted to a children’s TV show hostess (Natasha Henstridge). But the relationship goes nowhere because of her obsession with her dog, Peanut. Will true love go to the dogs?
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      • 71 35 9.30 pm, Central The most ambitious series about ancient Egypt ever made, using live action drama and movie quality CGI special effects to tell the story of Egypt through the eyes of its people. In the first episode, a rebel Syrian warlord challenges the might
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    • Happenin’
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        57 35 ALICIA KEYS WORLD TOUR Tomorrow, Bpm Suntec Hall 602 Tickets from $5B to $l2B at Sistic Singer/songwriter Alicia Keys’ music is a blend of diverse influences including R&B, hip-hop, jazz and classical piano. She will perform hits from her current platinum selling album, The Diary of Alicia Keys, and
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      • 60 35 CROSSING BRIDGES Today till Oct 20 The Photographer’s Gallery, MICA Building (140 Hill Street, #Ol-02) Free A visual journey through central Java by 36 photographers from Indonesia and Singapore. The photographers represent three online photo forums Fotografer.net, CIubSNAP and Offstone. They include Harper’s Bazaar contributor Larry Loh, Kompas picture
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    • 26 35 If you wish to have your event highlighted in Happenin’, e-mail Streats at streats@sph.com.sg or fax 6319-8191. Please check with organisers for latest status of events.
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    • 114 35 Children are our future. Teach them well. yuuuuaMiumCertificate in Pre-schooi Teaching (Mandarin English) Diploma in Pre-school Education (Teaching) SDF SRP funding available Diploma in Pre-school Education (Leadership) SDF funding available Next Intake: 18th October 2004 For enquiries, please call 6216 9094 £tji Academy AIT Academy Unicampus 73,Stamford Road, Singapore *****5
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    • 489 35 Yourdailyhoroscope jp AQUARIUS mm JAN 20 -FEB 18 by Kelli Fox at Astrology.com PISCES FEB 19-MAR 20 Before complaining, remember that you welcomed this situation with open arms. You can go back, but there’s a price for retreat. Learning involves surrender as well as taking aboard new information. The normal
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  • Sports
    • 521 36  -  Club may pull out of S-League next season if they do not improve By Lim Han Ming S-LEAGUE football club Sinchi FC will have a totally new look next year. The reason: They have sacked coach Li Hu’en and the entire SLeague squad after
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    • 239 36  -  By Gary Lim THE score at full time read 3-1 in Planet FC’s favour against an S-League Selection at the Jalan Besar Stadium last night. But the truth is that the scoreline flattered the Cameroon team, whose game was littered with mispasses and poor tackles.
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      450 37 Owen, Henry in the spotlight as World Cup quahfiers loom -AFP PARIS European heavyweights England and France resume their World Cup qualifying campaign on Saturday with serious concerns over the goalscoring potency of two of the world’s deadliest hitmen. Although Michael Owen (right) and Thierry Henry are feared
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    • 176 37 Wire services LONDON Tottenham captain Jamie Redknapp is facing a three-match ban following unprecedented Football Association (FA) action after being charged with serious foul play over his horrific tackle on Everton’s Tim Cahill And the FA could also come under pressure to apply the same criteria
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    • 236 37 Wire services LONDON Michael Owen insists that he can deliver for England in the World Cup qualifier against Wales, despite his stuttering start at Real Madrid. A defiant Owen told The Times: “I am as certain as ever that I can do a good
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      406 38 Lakers look to Bryant to rally team in new season after exit of big names AP EL SEGUNDO, California Kobe Bryant (left) is a free man and the Los Angeles Lakers are his team. Shaquille O’Neal, Derek Fisher, Gary Payton and Karl Malone are gone, leaving Bryant as
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    • 92 38 FOOTBALL Reuters BEIJING A leading Chinese soccer club manager said yesterday that the country’s professional league was facing collapse because of rampant corruption and match-fixing, the Xinhua news agency reported yesterday. Yang Zuwu, general manager of Premier League Beijing Hyundai, said that “faked matches, black whistles (corrupt referees),
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    • 94 38 -AFP LONDON Crystal Palace boss lain Dowie hailed Andy Johnson as one of the best strikers in the country after the centre-forward scored his fifth goal of the season in a 2-0 win against Fulham on Monday. The victory, Palace’s first in the Premiership this season, also lifted
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    • 88 38 BASKETBALL AFP NEW YORK -National Basketball Association clubs made some last-minute signings on Monday in preparation for the start of pre-season training camps, with China’s Mengke Bateer joining the New York Knicks. The 2.13 m centre joined Yao Ming as a member of China’s Olympic squad, who matched
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    • 581 39 Tee-off with Godfrey Robert IF you hit a wayward drive at the long holes of the Changi Golf Club course and try to retrieve your ball, you might notice locks of hair on the fringes of the fairway. No, Changi golfers are not tearing
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    • 106 39 LONDON Nick Faldo has urged Tiger Woods to block out his business interests and refocus on golf if he wants to regain the World No 1 spot. Faldo, 47, insisted that the 28-year-old Woods needs to play more tournaments rather than cash in on his name.
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