Streats, 1 November 2004

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  • 12 1 Streats MONDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2004 website: www.streats.com.sg e-mail: streats@sph.com.sg VUCA (P) 196/03/2004
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  • 393 1 Halting mega-projects was the hardest thing to do in first year, says M’sian PM AP DATUK Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi says that the toughest decision he has had to make since becoming prime minister was to cancel major infrastructure projects of his mentor and predecessor Tun Dr
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  • 596 1  -  By Khushwant Singh WHEN the parents of Chinese national Huang Na sent her to Singapore, they were fall of hope for her future. But their dreams have turned into a nightmare. A highly decomposed naked body of a young girl was discovered at 10.30
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  • Morning Rush
    • 212 2  -  By. Lee Choo Kiong MISSING schoolgirl Huang Na, 8, touched so many hearts that hundreds of people, including taxi drivers, volunteered their services in the massive attempt to locate her. Hundreds of other volunteers, many roped in by non-profit organisation Crime Library Singapore, put up posters
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    • US Votes
      • 504 3 Virtual rerun of 2000 presidential race, says report as many of the same states again too close to call The Washington Post WASHINGTON US President George W Bush and his Democratic challenger, Senator John F Kerry, went into the final hours of the
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      • 243 3 AP APPLETON, Wisconsin President George W Bush opened a six-point lead over Democratic challenger John Kerry in the first opinion poll to include sampling taken after the new Osama bin Laden videotape was broadcast on Friday. The Newsweek poll published yesterday, only days before
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      • 170 3 -AFP WASHINGTON Independent candidate Ralph Nader may emerge once again as the “spoiler” for the Democrats in a closely contested US presidential election and hurt Senator John Kerry’s chances of entering the White House, analysts said. The 70-year-old consumer crusader also ran in the 2000
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    • 314 4 Figueres didn’t reveal he was working as consultant for Alcatel Bloomberg BRUSSELS The World Economic Forum (WEF) said on Saturday that chief executive Jose Maria Figueres (pictured), the former president of Costa Rica, has resigned after breaking the organisation’s disclosure rules. Mr Figueres, who faces
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    • 209 4  -  B y Lee Choo Kiong NgSorLuan INDIAN snake charmers, with sluggish pythons draped across their shoulders, moved among 18 nervous men and women yesterday as they crowded on an 88 sqm board to win a $lO,OOO cash prize. They had been selected from
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    • 330 6 Yudhoyono to teach moderation globally -afp SYDNEY New Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono yesterday said that he would consider becoming a globe-trotting advocate for moderate Islam, promoting peace in hotspots such as the Middle East. Dr Yudhoyono said that he wanted Indonesia, the world’s most populous
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    • Article, Illustration
      186 6 -afp SINGAPORE A company founded by a former communist youth revolutionary, Mr Jack Song, 51, has bred a fast-growing poplar that can help meet China’s massive demand for paper and reduce deforestation in the country. Singapore-listed Guangzhao Industrial Forest has used tissue culture to breed a strain of
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    • 308 6  -  By_ i Chua Kong Ho THE strong rebound in regional travel and emergence of several low-fare airlines have benefited not only holidaymakers looking for bargain getaways but also online agents who help book airline seats, hotel rooms and car rentals. Underlying this trend in online booking
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    • 139 8 BUZZSTOP THE Singapore Land Authority (SLA) has declined to intervene in the claims of Virtual Map against hundreds of SMEs for allegedly copying maps which SLA licensed to Virtual Map. Lawyers for Virtual Map have written letters to the
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    • Article, Illustration
      41 8 A photographer taking a picture of Russia’s most advanced fighter aircraft, the SU47, in a trade hall prior to the start of the Zhuhai Airshow yesterday. The week-long trade show, starting today, brings together manufacturers from 27 countries AFP
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    • 151 8 Man used bag as float A YOUNG man was pulled from the sea off the north of Singapore on Saturday evening as he attempted to swim ashore with the aid of an inflated black trash bag. The 19-year-old man, who had no travel documents
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    • 152 8 Kan Seng wants more input HOME Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng yesterday called on younger Singaporeans to play a more active role in politics. He told Lianhe Zaobao in an interview that he would like to have more young people join him in the ruling People’s
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    • 143 8 Survey identifies positive signs ECONOMISTS and other analysts now believe that the unemployment rate will fall to 4.3 per cent in the third quarter, The Straits Times reports today. They say that the economy is now buoyant, business prospects are upbeat and the job market is
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    • 98 8 Reuters AL JAZEERA television yesterday aired a video of three UN employees held hostage in Afghanistan by kidnappers who are threatening to kill them unless Taleban and A 1 Qaeda prisoners are freed. The Arab television network showed the hostages, a man and two women,
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    • 84 8 A DAY after the Media Corp Radio Subaru Impreza WRX Challenge started on Saturday, about three-quarters of the contestants (190 out of 240) were eliminated. Contestants have to place their palms on their assigned cars and keep them there until only one person is left standing.
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    • 82 8 -AP TAIPEI’S popular mayor and potential opposition presidential candidate on Saturday accused Taiwanese leaders of seeking to politicise simple economic moves by failing to sign a free trade agreement (FTA) with Singapore this year. Singapore rejected Taiwan’s move to make it a formal, govemment-to-govemment deal, Mr
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    • 93 8 AFP WEST Sumatra Governor Zainal Bakar has been declared a suspect in a corruption case involving 6.4 billion rupiah (551.17 million), joining 43 provincial legislators already convicted of graft, a report said yesterday. He was implicated in court by some of the 43 provincial parliament members
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    • 475 7 ENGINEERING] CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR GRADUATES! V. .1 Y v/ 4 ?*i sr* -Wj 17 n ,*V. y Congratulations to our Engineering graduates from The University of Newcastle. We are proud of your achievement and wish you all the best for the future. -'""V i C*. Mr Ng Yu Jen (Honours
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    • 174 9 Before we test our students, we test our lecturers. THE QUALITY OF PSB ACADEMY DIPLOMA IS TRIED AND TESTED. At PSB Academy, the PSB Lecturer Management Unit assesses the Education Technology Unit and the PSB Exam Unit. Which is part of qualifications, experience and ability of all our lecturers. None
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  • Financial
    • 264 10 THE Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC) has said that rumours that it had invested in ill-fated US hedge fund LongTerm Capital Management (LTCM) are unfounded, The Straits Times reports today. The story emerged following a speech by Mr Anthony Lim, president of the
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    • 425 10  -  Trade official highlights investment opportunities; plays down China potential By_ Khushwant Singh MORE than 71 per cent of foreign firms in India are turning a profit and a further 9 per cent are breaking even, according to a prominent Indian trade official. Dr Amit Mitra, secretary-general
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    • 24 10 *AS AT October 29 US$: 551.663 553.048 EURO: 552.123 Ss: 63.67 YEN Ss: RM2.285 Ss: HK54.678 Ss: 24.66 BAHT Ss: 5,465 RUPIAH
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    • 473 10 The stock recommendation is the average of ail the recommendations submitted by analysts following the stock. There is a total of 29 brokers submitting recommendations but not every stock is followed by all the 29 brokers. Their recommendations are placed on a 1 to 5 points scale and
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    • 364 12 Singapore’s Acendas gains from the boom via investment in tech park AFP BANGALORE, India Companies in India’s high-tech city of Bangalore are snapping up commercial space with the country’s only joint venture IT park almost fully occupied, an official said on Saturday. Ms Chong Siak
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    • 309 12  -  By Christopher Lim A CAMPAIGN in the US to raise publicity funding for free web browser Firefox has drawn extensive support in faraway Singapore. Web developer and blogger Cheah Chu Yeow, who inspired 12 others to make donations, feels that the cause is worthy as Firefox
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    • 427 14 IPO proceeds fell far short of target: analysts Bloomberg KUALA LUMPUR Air Asia’s expansion plans may be hindered after the discount carrier failed to raise as much money as it had sought in an initial share sale, fund managers said. Air Asia raised
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    • 80 14 ANWELL Technologies announced yesterday that the placement tranche of its initial public offering has been fully taken up by investors. Four fund managers have collectively bought some 69.7 million shares, which represents nearly 30 per cent of the 235 million shares on offer. Comprising 165 million new
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    • 53 14 TRADE and Industry Minister Lim Hng Kiang will visit Nanning, Guangxi from today to Thursday. He will attend the China-Asean Business and Investment Summit, as well as lead a trade and investment mission to the China-Asean Expo. He will be accompanied by officials from his ministry and
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  • Comment
    • 726 15  -  By ANDY MUKHERJEE Bloomberg IT had been a topic of such intense speculation, and for so long, that when China did finally raise interest rates, the move was something of an anti-climax. The central bank’s decision last week to raise the benchmark one-year
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    • 389 15 m jy 8k V Absolutely Trustworthy. Absolutely Professional. That’s the APMI Advantage. “At APMI there is a highly developed set of standard operating procedures for ensuring student support. We had never come across such close and detailed student support systems for any other business school.” EQUIS ACCREDITATION REVIEW 2004 of
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  • Vocal
    • 125 16 IT never ceases to impress me how beautiful our HDB estates have become now as a result of the interim upgrading projects. The variety of beautiful shrubs and flowers, as well as the design of the numerous parks and gardens in most
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    • 76 16 I WAS at Eunos bus interchange with my baby last Saturday when I rang the bus enquiry hotline for assistance. I was surprised when the officer told me that there was no feeder service travelling the loop from Eunos Interchange towards Geylang market and back. The
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    • 135 16 I AGREE with the letter “Crack down on spitting” (Streats, Oct 28). Spitting is an ugly and rude habit. And current rules are not effective. It takes just seconds to spit and walk away, so few spitters are caught. Will the spitter think about being fined
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    • 210 18 SHOPPING in a supermarket can be a trying experience, especially when you ask a staff member about the location of some items or seek advice on certain products only to be told: “I’m not in charge of this section.” It would be good for supermarket
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    • 316 18 I REFER to media reports about the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) setting out guidelines on investment fund switches to curb “churning” (excessive trading in financial products in order to boost a broker’s commission). I understand that, for unit trusts, there is a fee when
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    • 98 18 I READ a recent newspaper report which said that the People’s Association plans to turn the one-night Chingay festival into a 16-day celebration, from Feb 18 to March 6, next year. It said the event was founded in 1973. Singapore archival records have the
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  • Global
    • 388 20 Apology for crisis comes as Japanese traveller’s body found in Iraq -AFP TOKYO The parents of a 24-year-old Japanese traveller who was kidnapped and beheaded in Iraq said yesterday that they hoped for peace in the insurgency-torn country and apologised for the trouble caused by
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    • 258 20 PARIS Image is everything for Palestinian “first lady” Suha Arafat (pictured). But she risks widening a gulf between herself and her people, many of whom live on little more than £3 (559.18) a day per family. The wife of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, she
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    • 122 20 LONDON The 216-year-old Times of London will stop publishing its broadsheet edition today, appearing only in its compact format, The Independent reported yesterday. The move has been spurred by sales increases in areas where The Times is sold only in its compact format. In the Republic
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    • 476 22 Ex-DPMvowsto push for reforms; seeks meeting with Abdullah AP KUALA LUMPUR Charismatic Malaysian opposition figure Anwar Ibrahim released from jail two months ago kicked off his political comeback effort yesterday by vowing to restart a campaign for democratic reforms. “Don’t think that just because Anwar Ibrahim is
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    • 187 22 -ap KUALA LUMPUR Umno may offer some assistance to Muslims living in Thailand’s south, which has been wracked by fighting between insurgents and government forces, Bernama reported yesterday. “The (Umno Youth) movement is still deciding on the measures to take to help the Muslims
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    • 145 22 AP CANBERRA Prison authorities in New South Wales state are monitoring some inmates who have converted to Islam in jail, for fear that they might try to plan terrorist attacks from behind bars, the state government said yesterday. Several prisoners have been put under surveillance because
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  • Medical
    • 331 23 WEST PALM BEACH, Florida. A testosterone patch for women is making waves in the US, The New York Times reported yesterday. Nicknamed “Viagra for women”, the patch called Intrinsa is creating excitement in their sex lives. The majority of women using Intrinsa now being tested
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    • 121 23 NEW research into Parkinson’s disease suggests that regular exercise could prevent the degeneration of nerve cells that are normally associated with the condition. The study by a team from the University of Pittsburg was conducted on rats. The researchers will next be studying the effects
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  • EasyStreats
    • 84 24 HANNIBAL Lector will be making another comeback next year. American writer Thomas Harris will publish Behind the Mask next autumn, the fourth book to feature the cannibalistic psychopath. Richard Cable, the managing director of Harris’ publishers, Random House, hinted that the book would explore the
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    • 122 24 ARTHUR Miller’s latest play opened to mixed reviews but it has also received plenty of attention, for one simple reason: It is about Marilyn Monroe. Finishing The Picture opened in Chicago earlier this month, reported The Guardian on Saturday. Set in Nevada in the *****,
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    • 72 24 NEW York’s Metropolitan Opera, considered one of the world’s premier opera venues, will be headed by the president of Sony Music’s classical record label. Peter Gelb (pictured), who takes over in 2006, joined Sony promising to “redefine the meaning of classical music”, reported The Philadelphia
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    • 693 24 Philippines-born DJ Mario Lajarca Jr speaks to ZUBAIDAH NAZEER about his first album, which was in the works since 1997 IF you thought you heard Power 98FM DJ Mario Lajarca Jr introduce a certain song on the radio as his own, you didn’t hear him wrong.
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    • journeys
      • 679 25 There’s more to Suzhou than just its industrial park, KOH SU HAW observes on a recent trip there TO many Singaporeans, the first mention of Suzhou brings to mind its well-known industrial park. Yet, there is more to this thriving city in eastern China than just manufacturing. On
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    • 327 26 YOU could almost call it the latest Hollywood trend weight loss for the sake of a movie. Hardly a month goes by without news of some actor or actress gaining or losing weight for a role. While the celebrity, with his or her personal nutritionist
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    • 128 26 THEY may have produced one of the biggest flops in recent movie history, but that isn’t stopping Madonna and husband Guy Ritchie from teaming up again. She will play a crime boss for Ritchie’s new gangster movie, Revolver, news service ananova.com reported. The couple’s 2002
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    • 98 26 THE collection of papers and memorabilia relating to playwright Oscar Wilde fetched more than £850,000 (552.6 million) at a London auction on Friday, more than the £600,000 expected. Not all the items were sold, however. A private buyer paid £72,000 for a handwritten manuscript of
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    • 104 27 Hi! I’m Cheryl Ling your weather girl for November. China’s first independently developed weather satellite has successfully captured its first visible cloud picture, China Radio International reported on Friday. This means that the Fengyun-2 C, launched into space on Oct 19, has reached its targeted orbit.
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    • Tune in TV & MOVIE NEWS
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        44 27 9pm, Channel i Dodge is a computer hacker serving a prison term and Piper is a tough guy. Chained together, they are forced to flee with each other in a chaingang escape attempt gone wrong. Starring Lawrence Fishburne, Stephen Baldwin and Will Patton.
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      • 47 27 Cinemax (Star Hub Ch 59) Five-year old Danny helps his neighbour to deliver her baby, Anna Swan. Twenty-five years on, he returns to marry Anna. But he receives a rude awakening when he discovers that she has taken up with a rich man.
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    • Happenin’
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        72 27 THE FAB FOUR Till Nov 15,10am-7pm Monday to Saturday Taksu Singapore (Workloft Chip Bee, Block 43, #02-74 Jalan Merah Saga, tel 6476-4788) Free An exhibition of new and exciting works by the next big things in Malaysian art Fauzul Yusri, Ahmad Zuraimi, Yusri Sulaiman and Saiful Razman. Yusri has
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      • 49 27 THE VIENNA BOYS’ CHOIR Tomorrow, 7-30 pm Esplanade Concert Hall Tickets from $25 to $lO5 at Sistic Conducted by Martin Schebesta, the choir will perform a triple bill of music ranging from the Renaissance period, folk polkas to contemporary music inspired by the movie Pirates of the Caribbean.
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    • 42 27 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. stroom IUnHiS I fUUVC PALMY coverstory Joo*'' r+K SDO memt mo M- imsirmtn 90 r r
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  • Page 27 Miscellaneous
    • 3 27 Break fast: 6.51pm.
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    • 487 27 Yburdail}lioroscope" M jp AQUARIUS PISCES JAN 20 FEB 18 FEB 19-M Love takes control of your schedule and uses you for its own purposes. Welcome any surprise that gives you an edge. You’re hot property for the brave souls that are fireproof enough to possess you these days. More of
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    • 48 28 TWO SINGAPOREAN ICONS Both are an integral part of the Singapore landscape. Both are recognised by Singaporeans. Both are viewed as symbols of Singapore the world over. But only one has a bold new look and 3 fresh weekly magazines. IH11?... m wtm Hill OUR WORLD. OUR NEWSPAPER.
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  • Sports
    • 287 29  -  By Tan Kim Han INDRA Sahdan Daud’s Tiger Cup participation is in doubt because of an ankle injury. The Home United striker has also opted out of the national squad to play Malaysia tonight because of loose joint tissues around the
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    • 508 29  -  Prime League players get chance to shine on national scene By Tan Kim Han NATIONAL team hopefuls use the S-League to parade their skills in the hope of catching the selectors’ eye. Not Tengku Mushadad (left). The midfielder has yet to taste S-League action but has already caught
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    • 383 30  -  Chen ready to swop law books for wakeboarding gear Lim Han Ming IN four years’ time, she will have obtained a degree in law. But pre-university student Chen Li Li, 17, (left) does not foresee herself working in a courtroom. If given a choice, the Chinese
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    • 223 30  -  By Gary Lim PADDLER Li Jiawei must be feeling a sense of deja vu after losing the third place match at the Women’s World Cup in Hangzhou, China, yesterday. She lost 6-11, 9-11, 11-7, 8-11, 10-12 to Hong Kong’s Tie Yana. Li has now
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    • 84 30 BOWLING SINGAPORE struck gold at the 3rd Guam International Open yesterday with Remy Ong and Evelyn Chan bagging the men’s and women’s open step-ladder titles. Ong’s defeated John Bouwens of Guam 226-194. Ong who also scored a perfect game dining the qualifying rounds on Wednesday, now
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    • 71 30 RUGBY THE Singapore Reds won the Division Two title at the Asian Rugby Football Union (ARFU) tournament in Hong Kong after beating Thailand 41-34 yesterday. It is now ranked fifth in Asia. Thailand threatened to run away with the game when it built up an impressive
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    • 426 31 Team still reeling from loss to Man United, admits Wenger -AFP LONDON Arsene Wenger (right) admitted that Arsenal are suffering the effects of last week’s ill-tempered defeat at Manchester United after seeing struggling Southampton come close to claiming a shock win at Highbury on Saturday. Rory Delap scored
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    • 202 31 -AFP LONDON Disgraced Romanian international Adrian Mutu, sacked by Chelsea after testing positive for cocaine last month, says the incident has ruined his career. Mutu, 25, was sacked by the club on Friday for gross misconduct after he tested positive for the drug and faces
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    • 480 32 Liverpool in striker crisis as Frenchman fractures left leg AFP BLACKBURN Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez was left counting the cost following a 2-2 draw against bottom-placed Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park on Saturday, which left French striker Djibril Cisse in hospital with a broken leg. Cisse, signed
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    • 285 32 ■AFP BIRMINGHAM Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho said that his team were “fantastic” after seeing them draw level on points with Arsenal at the top of the Premiership table following a resounding 4-1 win at West Brom on Saturday. William Gallas’ first goal for the club in 14
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    • 258 32 Wire services PORTSMOUTH Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson told his players that their victory over Arsenal counted for nothing after seeing them lose 0-2 against Portsmouth at Fratton Park on Saturday. United’s first league defeat since the opening day of the campaign came just six days
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    • 38 32 SOUTHERN THAILAND UNREST Saturday Sunday editions now available from 7am. MOHD ISHAK KOR KIAN BENG When things get llOt, our team is there on the SPOt Did you miss their reports over the weekend? on Saturday Sunday Reuters
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