Today, 23 June 2001

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    Masthead
    5 1 TODAY Saturday ■»«-23,2001 *MITAIPtLWI 1/2000
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  • Article
    What will UOB do now?
    590 1  -  Ivay Tan Chan Chao Pen Bank faces hard choices as DBS announces $9.4 billion takeover bid for OUB by and THE shake-out of Singapore's banking sector moved into higher gear yesterday after DBS Group Holdings announced a $9.4 billion offer to take over rival Overseas
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    When 2 Aussies show signs of SingPhobia...
    327 1  -  Ng Hwee Koon Cathleen Tung by and SINGAPORE-BASHING seems to have suddenly become fashionable in Australia, if the comments by two businessmen are anything to go by. Last week, Qantas chief executive Geoff Dixon suggested that plans by Singapore Airlines (SIA) and Singapore
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    Lock icon My rich lady
    102 1 Agencies NEW YORK Hong Kong's flamboyant tycoon, Ms Nina Wang (above), has been named Asia's wealthiest woman by Forbes. Ms Wang, 61, took over her late husband's property business, which is now worth US$3.7 billion ($6.7 billion). The world's richest women are Ms Alice Walton and her
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Will they take him?
      318 2  -  Ng Boon Yian His eye's on politics, but it's not all up to him by boonyia n@n ews to d ay.co m .sg JUST one day after being fined $1,800 for drink driving, ex-Think Centre chief James Gomez said that he is contemplating joining opposition politics.
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      New scanner detects cancer in an hour
      245 2  -  Ng Hwee Koon CANCER can now be detected and diagnosed in just an hour with GE Medical Systems' new scanner. At the moment, the process may take a few days as patients go through the two exams separately positron emission tomography (PET) to
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      E-commerce made available to non-credit card holders
      116 2 INSTEAD of paying for your Internet purchases by credit card, you can carry out a Nets (Network for Electronic Transfers Singapore) transaction over the Internet. Nets will operate the new service, which is to be branded JanusX, whereby consumers can make online payments
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      Jail and cane for killing cousin
      148 2  -  Shazalina Salim by shazalin a @newstoclay. com. sg SATTHIYAN s/o Anbarasan, 23, and Gunalan s/o Sathasivam, 22, were cousins and good friends. Satthiyan even claimed that they never fought with each other before. However, their fight on Feb 6 last year ended in Gunalan's
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      Lock icon Have orchid for tea
      111 2  -  Pearlyn Tham Today photo by NOW you can drink orchids. The Imperial Orchid Tea is the latest to join the Heaven and Earth line of canned teas, which include the popular Jasmine Green Tea and Oolong Tea. It was launched by F&N Coca-Cola at the Botanical
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      $30 pay rise for all civil servants
      118 2 ALL civil servants will get $30 more in their monthly pay packet this year, based on the National Wages Council (NWC) adjustments. They will also receive a three-quarter (3/4) month Annual Variable Component in July, the same amount as last year. The Government
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      Ex-teacher is a molester
      160 3  -  Audra Lim A FORMER biology teacher was yesterday found guilty of molesting a 16-year-old student. Lam Peng Kwan, 59, whose book, Comprehensive Biology, is still being used in schools, was sentenced to 12 months' jail. His victim said that on Sep 15 last year, during a
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      Cheat caught after 7 years
      196 3  -  Audra Lint THE law finally caught up with Gan Boon Hock seven years after he first took money from his former company, Kea Resources Pte Ltd. The former managing director of Kea Resources was sentenced to 17 months' jail for embezzling more than $270,000 between
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      Lock icon Dr M admits
      335 3 -AFP Takeover of Chinese press is political' KUALA LUMPUR The controversial takeover of two Malaysian Chinese newspapers is politically motivated, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad admitted yesterday. Dr Mahathir said he had given the go-ahead to the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) to buy Nanyang Siang
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      Lock icon Protest plot unveiled
      119 3 -AFP MANILA Philippine security forces went on alert yesterday after uncovering a plot to destabilise the government. According to the government, mass protests were being planned to coincide with a court appearance by jailed former president Joseph Estrada next week. "A group is planning to stage on
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      AVA's meat curbs
      145 3 THE Agri-food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) wants to remind travellers that they can each take home only 5kg of meat and meat products from some overseas countries for personal consumption. Some of these countries are Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the US. AVA told Today that it
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
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      94 3 READ 0N... Gender aside... Sex-change clinic will ensure op: safety/4 Little growth US economy bottoming out: Economist/7 Disney Magic So, you want to draw Mickey Mouse.../11 Zoe Tay as TV host? Watch this space.../13 A Clever idea! Sing-along-a Sound of Music storms theatres/15 Uncertainty over Vieira English press reports says
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  • LETTERS
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      Gender aside...
      274 4  -  Sebastian Gina Ann Sex-change clinic will ensure ops are done safely I REFER to the report "Transsexuals want clinic" (Today, Jun 22). I am writing in to show my support for Ms I Lee, 26, an administrative executive who plans to undergo a female-to-male operation. I, too, feel
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      Opposition parties, do you understand this?
      579 4  -  Wong Teck Tian OVER the years, I have noticed that some members of the opposition political parties like to repeat social issues like the rising cost of living, high inflation, increasing medical expenses, transport fee hikes, certificates of entitlement (COEs) and unemployment rates. They
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      Many 'firsts' that aren't
      183 4  -  Edward Tan IT tickled me when I read the report "Surf the web in your CityCab" (Today, Jun 20). Just last Saturday, I took a taxi from Chinatown to Hougang Mall During the journey, I read promotional material in the taxi on making payment by Visa.
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      Checks on taxi drivers
      86 4 WE refer to the letter "Taxi drivers don't charge by the meter?" by Mr Kelvin Seah (Today, Jun 20). We would like to assure Mr Seah that Tibs Taxis conducts regular enforcement checks on our taxis at various locations across the island. All Tibs Taxis drivers
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      SingTel bid is delayed
      259 6  -  Chan Chao Peh It's a technical issue, say analysts by cha ope h@ne wsto d ay. c o ra. sg SingTel's biggest overseas foray in bidding for Australia's C&W Optus has been delayed. The closing date for SingTel's existing offer for Optus shareholders has been extended
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      MediaCorp goes into digital broadcasting
      299 6  -  Cathleen Tung by cathle e n@news today.com.sg MEDIACORP has joined hands with a US-based broadband service company to undertake digital broadcasting projects in the region. Under a memorandum of understanding signed recently between MediaCorp Transmission Technology (MTT), a MediaCorp subsidiary, and NTL Asia Pacific, the
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      Lock icon ST Engineering rises 4.5%
      73 6 Bloomberg SINGAPORE Technologies Engineering share price yesterday rose 4.5 per cent, its biggest one-day gain in more than 10 weeks. The company is expected to earn 3.2 per cent more than the earlier forecast, bringing annual growth to more than 20 per cent, according to Mr
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      Lock icon BP to offer partners shares?
      165 6 -Bloomberg BP is likely to offer its one-third share of Singapore Refining Co to partners Caltex Corp and Singapore Petroleum Co (SPC) by the fourth quarter, an official of Singapore Petroleum said. BP is planning to sell its share in the 285,000 barrel-a--day oil refinery
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    • Market Watch
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        C K Tang's fosses narrow
        116 6 DEPARTMENT store operator C K Tang has narrowed its loss for the year ended Mar 31 to $2.6 million, down from $4.5 million last year. It said the improvement came mainly from the department store operation in Singapore, offset by losses incurred by the Star
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        Parkway's Indian venture
        114 6 PARKWAY Holdings will hold a 51 per cent stake in a planned hospital management joint venture with India's Apollo Hospitals Enterprise aimed at expanding business. Prathap C Reddy, chairman of Apollo Hospitals said the agreement will be signed in two weeks. The joint venture aims to manage
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        Placement shares fully subscribed
        40 6 TOP Global has said its 12.5 million placement shares have been fully placed out. The net proceeds raised are expected to amount to about $1.9 million. Trading of the shares is expected to start on Monday.
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        Stilt keen on 30% stake
        86 6 PT Indofood Sukses Makmur, Indonesia's largest noodle-maker, still wants to acquire a 30 per cent stake in Golden Agri-Resources although it hasn't started due diligence on the Singapore-listed palm-oil plantation owner. Indofood committed on May 10 to pay between US$l63 million ($296.82) and US$l79 million
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      Little growth
      267 7  -  Ivay Tan US economy bottoming out: Economist b y ivay @ne ws today.com. sg DO not expect a V-shaped recovery from the US, said Mr Kevin Grice, senior economist for American Express Bank. The US economy will see a zero to one per cent economic growth for the
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      Lock icon Fed to lower interest rates to 3.5%?
      251 7 Bloomberg NEW YORK One of Wall Street's favourite interest rate indicators, three-month lending rates, is now telling traders and investors that the US Federal Reserve will Lower interest rates to 3.5 per cent by the end of August. The interest rate for three-month
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      Lock icon Estranged trade relations
      170 7 -AFP TOKYO Japan has lashed out at China's retaliatory decision to impose 100 per cent tariffs on Japanese-made cars, mobile phones and air-conditioners. China's move "is extremely regretful and should be withdrawn immediately", said Trade Minister Takeo Hiranuma yesterday. "We strongly protest (the action by) the Chinese
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      Optimistic about the electronics industry
      227 7  -  Tan Hwee Yee by re po rt e r@ nc wstoday.com. sg DESPITE the downswing in the electronics industry, a Hong Kong-based electronic component distributor is confident of performing well because of its links to the China market. Mr Lawrence Leung, executive chairman of Willas-Array
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    • Market News
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        Singapore
        414 7 THE STI surged to its highest level in over a month as OUB jumped up after DBS said it planned to bid for it. Both shares were suspended just half an hour before the market closed, sending it into a speculative frenzy as traders chased potential stocks with restructuring
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        Malaysia
        111 7 KUALA LUMPUR The Kuala Lumpur Composite Index closed in the red yesterday as index-linked heavyweights gave back the previous day's gains. Selected penny stocks and warrants, meanwhile, firmed up after having consolidated. At the close, the KLCI was 4.1 points lower at 587.9. Volume traded was a moderate 110,000
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      Lock icon Property: New game
      1113 8 Bloomberg It's got to do with volumes KEN Kuik grins as he walks through a display apartment at The Dew his marketing company sold almost all the 264 low-priced units there in a month. "Initially, we wanted to have three phases of sale, but the response was
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      Boutique apartments are hot
      147 8 BOUTIQUE apartments appear to be in demand, judging from recent interest in smaller residential projects here. They are sited on relatively small land areas but the apartments come with the latest intelligent home automation technology and top-class fittings. Mr Stephen Lee, branch manager of property consultancy
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      Lock icon 'Insult to the poor'
      437 9 AFP Indonesian MPs' washing machine allowance JAKARTA While the country grapples with its financial problems, Indonesian MPs were given a package of generous perks, a move that came under fire yesterday. The MPs were criticised for receiving, among other things, a US$52O ($946) allowance to buy
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      Lock icon 'Archie Bunker' dies
      81 9 -AFP LOS ANGELES Carroll O'Connor, the actor many Americans will forever remember as TV bigot Archie Bunker, died of a heart attack on Thursday. He was 76. The New York City-born actor played the role in the All in the Family series, which debuted in 1971. The
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      Lock icon Man cuts off wife's leg
      111 9 Reuters SEOUL South Korean police have arrested a man who sawed off his spouse's leg in anger. The seaman, 44, used a power saw to cut through his wife's left leg below the knee, during a heated argument after he accused her of promiscuity, the
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      Lock icon Rising tensions in Manipur
      159 9 -AFP IMPHAL (India) Thousands of people queued for food and other supplies in the capital of India's riot-torn Manipur state yesterday morning as the authorities relaxed a shoot-on-sight curfew imposed since Monday. The curfew was imposed after riots broke out against a government decision to extend
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      Exxon 'abetted torture'
      228 9 WASHINGTON An international human rights group has filed a lawsuit against the giant ExxonMobil oil company, accusing it of actively abetting human rights abuses in Indonesia, reported the BBC. In a case filed here, the International Labour Rights Fund (ILRF) said Exxon was implicated by virtue of
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      Lock icon Clinton's brother denies receiving money
      140 9 Reuters WASHINGTON Former President Bill Clinton's half-brother, Mr Roger Clinton (picture), has denied allegations that he accepted money in exchange for promising to try to obtain a pardon or diplomatic passports from him. "There is no truth to money for pardons," he said on CNN's
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Of birds and words
      627 10 Dry Ice by Sisyphus Should lexicographers set or reflect standards or preserve or ignore words? THE online Oxford Dictionary has recognised "don" as a proper English word. The exclamation "don" is the trademark of cartoon character Homer Simpson. The chief editor of the online dictionary is
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      Lock icon Pakistan's new President may have got his sums wrong
      565 10 AFP PRECISE timing by General Pervez Musharraf to appoint himself Pakistan's President has attracted worldwide attention. The most bandied theory is that Gen Musharraf may have wanted the outward legitimacy of a constitutional civilian office so that he can play the
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  • RELAX
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      Disney magic
      415 11  -  Rachel Lo So, you want to draw Mickey Mouse by ra chel ©newstoday. com. sg Children in Singapore had a chance to learn how to draw like a Walt Disney animator during the school holidays. Organised by Singapore Cable Vision (SCV) creative classroom and the Disney channel, Walt
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      Toxic Audio: Making music with attitude
      444 11 TOXIC Audio, an a cappella group hailing from Orlando in Florida, US, is not your normal everyday music group. Made up of three men and two ladies, Toxic Audio prefers to call itself a "musical theatre group". They sing, perform comedy acts and act
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      A Nickelodeon bonanza of fun and games
      158 11 FORT Canning Green was "bombarded" by children last Sunday as children's programme network, Nickelodeon Asia, took its "Bombastic Bonanza" to town. It was a fun-filled carnival for the kids as they took up the challenge of the Aggro Crag inflatable rock wall, the
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      Zoe Toy as TV host? Watch this space...
      354 13  -  Hazel Tan by hazel@newstoday.com.sg SOMEONE pass Zoe Tay the microphone. No, the low, husky voiced actress isn't about to croon love ballads. Rather, she wants to host. But not Jive shows, please. "I don't think I am up to hosting live shows
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      Beautiful memories
      453 13  -  Lim Kuan Chiang by kua nchi a ng@newstod ay. com. sg The Miss Universe Pageant is over but the experience of having been part of the world's premier beauty pageant lives on for two Singaporean lasses. MediaCorp artiste and Miss Singapore Universe Jaime Teo and MediaCorp Talent Development
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      Lock icon A clever idea!
      524 15 Reuters Sing-along-a Sound of Music storms theatres ADELAIDE There was a male schnitzel with noodles, snow-capped mountains, wild geese that fly with the moon on their wings, about 200 nuns and a few dozen Gretls and they could be coming to a place near you. The story
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      1296 12 HIGHLIGHTS Sleepless Town CfcX ■-A-^' e Beautician and the Beast Karobaar Y.E.S 93.3 FM Channel 8,11 pm channel 5, 7pm Vosanthnm (eniral, Ipm Tes yJ.J Am lIUD Dll/YS 1 Romantic sparks fly when Joy educates the news headlines as well as "Wt feA bT McNeice and Patrick Maiahide, a IB^I
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      652 13 48 Hours MORNING 10.30 Inside Edition 2.30 Postcards 9.00 CNA Tonight Jfc (imt^e^aJU^m^^^^^ 6.02 Videofashion! The on Cal Divorce Woman: 3.00 Asia Today 9.30 The Living Home (r) Designers on Karl Lagerfeld A woman is ordered to give up 3.30 Disappearing Frontier 10.00 Singapore Tonight m \jßgg Hollywood Hall of
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon Greene runs year's fastest 100 metres
      148 18 Reuters EUGENE Maurice Greene ran the fastest 100 metres in the world this year in the first round of the US championships yesterday before pulling out of the rest of the meet in protest. The Olympic champion and world record holder, who ran a
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      Lock icon Court orders Rahman to fight Lewis first
      158 18 AFP NEW YORK United States district court judge Miriam Cedarbaum ruled in favour of Lennox Lewis in his lawsuit against Hasim Rahman yesterday, knocking out the heavyweight champion's planned fight in China. The judge ordered an 18-month injunction against Rahman, stipulating that the
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      Lock icon 'Last Emperor' Khan abdicates his throne
      139 18 Bernama MUMBAI Jansher Khan, dubbed the 'Last Emperor' of squash, bade farewell to a game he dominated for the best part of two decades last Friday. He chose his 32nd birthday to end a 12-year reign that saw him winning 99 major titles, including
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      Lock icon Still a Gunner...
      364 19 AFP Speculation mounts over Arsenal's midfield rock ..or is Vieira gone? LONDON Arsenal dismissed press reports that Patrick Vieira (right) has handed in a transfer request, insisting the French international is staying at Highbury and was not for sale at any price. The English Premiership club issued
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      Don't forget Jammaal
      703 20  -  Malcolm Bastians Bocelli's the raging favourite, but watch out for Maktoums' colt Emirates Singapore Derby by: inalcolm@newstoday.com.sg Courtesy of Best Pictures BOCELLI (right), on a hot streak after blitzing his opponents in his last seven starts, has been made the firm favourite to win the $800,000 Emirates
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      Coulthard must still keep an eye on McLaren team-mate Hakkinen
      292 20  -  Formula One NUERBURGRING David Coulthard will have to beat his McLaren-Mercedes team-mate Mika Hakkinen, as welt as the world championship leader MichaeJ Schumacher in tomorrow's European Grand Prix if he wants to reduce his 18-point deficit. Although Hakkinen, the world
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      Lock icon Tigers bitten by Cobras
      231 22  -  Stanley Ho Balestier 1 Jurong 4 THE "Golden Oldies" are at it again. The merry men of Jurong have proven once again that experience has an edge over youthful exuberance. In its 4-1 victory over a young, promising Balestier Central, the veterans produced the kind of
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    • Article
      Dolphins continue to show signs of improvement
      196 22  -  Scott O'Donell THE situation remained the same at the foot of the table after Marine Castle and Tampines drew 1-1 in a fairly entertaining match at Hougang Stadium last night. While the football was not always the best, there was enough goalmouth action
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      Thais to train in Singapore?
      190 22  -  Jose Raymond THE word in Thai football circles is that the national team is heading to Singapore on July 31 to train before it heads off to Baghdad for the World Cup qualifiers second round. In a decision taken on June 21, the Thai FA
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      Mixed day for Young Lions in Lion City Cup
      131 22  -  Stanley Ho FOLLOWING an emphatic 4-0 triumph over Australian side Perth FC yesterday, the Singapore Under-16 team is one game away from winning the Lion City Cup Under-16 title. The young Lions will meet Malaysian sports school Bukit Jalil in the
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      NTUC Income S-League closing odds
      131 22 Match 5: Tanjong Pagar v Geylang Queenstown Stadium 23 June 7.30pm IX2 (1) Tanjong Pagar $3.65 (X) Draw $3.90 (2) Geylang $1.65 1/2 Goal Tanjong Pagar 1 1/2}51.37 Geylang {-1 1/2} $2.70 Total Goals 0 goal $16.00 1 goal $7.80 2 goals $4.30 3 goals
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      South African party
      450 23  -  Alcatel Singapore Open Buhrmann, Kingston and Coetsee revel after the rain by S. Murali of the fairway with a sand wedge in my hand and I would be happy if 1 hit the green. This week, I am looking to hit it in the hole." And though
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      Lock icon Rain on Tiger
      191 23 -AFP HARRISON A curtain of rain brought an early end to the opening act of Tiger Woods' first golf outing in the New York area since 1997. Woods never completed the first hole after showers washed out play for the day yesterday at the US$3.5 million ($6.36
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      Lock icon Rosli helps put a smile on Mardan's face
      258 23  -  ONE of Mardan Mamat's biggest problems on the golf course over the years, though he would be loathe to admit it, is that he gets upset easily. A bogey could put a scowl on his face and if he hit anything worse,
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      Jacqueline joins the list of qualifiers
      193 23  -  JACQUELINE LIM became the seventh swimmer to qualify for the South-east Asia Games last night. On the fifth and final day of the SEA Games trials at Toa Payoh, the 14-year-old won the 50m freestyle in 27.365ec. Her time bettered the Games' qualifying mark
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      Jennifer on top
      79 23  -  SINGAPORE'S Jennifer Tan topped the Masters' leaderboard after the first block of eight games in the Philippines Open last night. The spinner knocked down 1,699 pinfalls {212 average) to lead Philippines' Jojo Canare and Singaporean Yap Seok Kim by 26 pins. World Bowling Masters champion Jesmine Ho
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      Lock icon Cuperfor Inter
      38 23 Reuters ROME Argentine coach Hector Cuper has taken over at Inter Milan, the Serie A club said on its website yesterday. Tenerife's Rafael Benitez will replace Cuper as Valencia coach, the club's president Pedro Cortes said.
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      Lock icon 'Zizou', Figo and Raul dream team possible
      145 24 -AFP MADRID French star Zinedine Zidane's (left) agent slammed the player's Italian club yesterday, telling Juventus to accept that the midfield maestro was joining Real Madrid. Alain Miglaccio, reply- I ing to an earlier claim by Juve's general manager Luciano Moggi that Zidane
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      Lock icon Waugh's better than Tendulkar
      105 24 AFP NEW DELHI India's cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar said yesterday that Australia's Steve Waugh was a better Test batsmaa than Sachin Tendulkar for his ability to deliver in tight situations. Gavaskar, in his syndicated column, slammed Tendulkar for throwing away his wicket in the second Test
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      What does Japan-mania mean to you?
      658 26  -  Serena Sim by se rena@newstod ay. com. sg "WHY do you like Japanese things?" Peopie ask me this question, but, so far, I've only managed to come up with inane answers like: "Because the Japanese make such cute, wonderful, yummy things." So many aspects
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      ISLANDWIDE PROMOS
      190 28 TILL July 8, use your Visa or Visa Electron card when you spend a minimum of $100 in a single receipt, anywhere in Singapore, and get a shot at an instant dip and a grand lucky draw. To enter the promotion, simply present your receipts to the Visa
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    • WHAT CREDIT CARDS TO USE
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      185 38 Lego sets based on fairy tale KIDS who love dragons and dungeons will enjoy a new series of toys by LEGO. The LEGO Bionicle is based on a story about an island called Mata Nui that is under siege by the evil forces of Makuta. It's up to
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