Today, 3 August 2001

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    8 1 TODAY .rriCliiV Augus 3» 200 1 MITA(P) 138/LI/2000
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    Lock icon Did Gulliver sit here?
    149 1  -  Lee U-Wen Today photo by FANCY living in a world where everyday objects are larger than life? Visitors to the Asia Pacific Furniture Fair at the Singapore Expo will get to see up close Asia's largest chair, appropriately named "Gulliver's Chair". Built by a team of
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    Show us the money
    477 1  -  Zackaria Abdul Rahim We cannot tolerate factions that are clearly intolerant. Jflk Tolerance is only for those who are tolerant. Those who are intolerant, who want to do away with tolerance if W they come to power, cannot be treated with tolerance. They must be stopped
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Irony off being DBS
      621 2 Is it paying the price for hurrying consolidation? THERE is something sad about a man of honour being forced into making a public apology. And when the chairman of DBS Group Holdings, Mr S Dhanabalan (picture), apologised to two rivals in one go on Tuesday, there
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      Lock icon New Malay dilemma
      288 3 Agencies Dr Mahathir hits out at Malays in Malaysia for their social ills KUALA LUMPUR He first scolded them for being lazy. Yesterday he hit out at them for their social ills. Malaysian Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad said: "Morals among Malays have plunged we see incidents
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      Cosmopolitan Singapore
      85 3 Imperial China collapsed because Chinese society was too set in its old ways and fell from being the richest country on earth to one of its poorest. And, after 150 years, it is finally moving forward again. Minister for Trade and Industry BG George Yeo, stay competitive. The
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      Enterprise Singapore
      115 3 We need not just entrepreneurial individuals, but organisations which develop deep capabilities and institutionalised managements, yet remain enterprising and do not become bureaucratic The Ministry of Finance and Temasek Holdings have in fact just reviewed the role of Government-linked companies (GLCs). Their conclusion is that GLCs should now
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      Customise MUP
      278 4 This could make it more attractive, says MP THERE is a need to make the Main Upgrading Programme (MUP) more desirable to HDB residents. MP for East Coast GRC Chng Hee Kok said this last night at the polling exhibition for MUP at Fetigshan precinct. He said that
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      Five more fire posts in east and south
      186 4  -  -Jose Raymond SINGAPORE will have five more fire posts by the end of the year to meet the challenges of shifting population patterns and new housing developments. This was revealed yesterday by SCDF Commisioner James Tan, who also said that the five
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      MediaCorp, the NDP broadcaster
      145 4 MediaCorp is the official media for this year's National Day celebrations. Besides covering the Parade, MediaCorp will also broadcast Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong's National Day message over television and radio. It will provide recordings of the message, as well as live portions of the Parade,
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      Cinema pays rent dues
      44 4 CINEMA giant Golden Village avoided an appearance in the High Court yesterday by paying up its rent arrears. It was sued by Marina Centre for failing to pay over $800,000 in rent arrears after a High Court order in June.
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      Jailed
      82 4 HIS way out of debt landed him in even bigger trouble. Lok Hon Kit, 21, agreed to be a debt collector for two illegal moneylenders when he was unable to repay his own illegal loan. However, he was arrested in July when a debtor made a police report about
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      CJ again
      88 4  -  -Joy Frances A motorcycle joyrider had his sentence of three years and 10 months increased to nine-and-a--half years by Chief Justice Yong Pung How yesterday. He and an accomplice were caught at a routine police road stop after they had committed motorcycle thefts. The pair had use a
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      65 4 FeaturingToday Hk y n 20 When superstars buckle under the burden of their own success Traveller 22 Cruise the vineyards of Barossa t 23 Exciting electronic aids for pre-schoolers and toddlers EHAS 24 Sick love story of a lonely man InOnemas 25 Bill Murray's innards on film? it 28 Do
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      Only 2.8% returns on unit trusts
      157 6  -  Leong Sze Hian I REFER to the article, "Make the most of your CPF savings" (Today, July 28). It states that "a regular savings plan (RSP) is a hassle-free way to invest in unit trusts with as little as $100 per month using CPF"
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      Four years as a nurse...
      234 6  -  Fauziah Abdul Aziz I WOULD like to express my heart-felt thanks for publishing the article headlined 'A big thank you' (Today, Aug 1), in conjunction with Nurses' Day. It was indeed an honour to note that our effort and contribution to society is being recognised
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      Not everyone is a ruler
      187 6  -  Ee Teck Ee THE following is Part 2 of what one "spectator of political events" wants to share. Never make a martyr out of your opponent •The fool pays heed to none. The wise listen to counsel. But the great treasure criticisms from enemies. Some
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      Red, green and grey
      426 9  -  Shazalina Salim New colour and number coding for MRT and LRT networks by shazalina@newstoday.com.sg MRT commuters would have noticed the changes to the signage system for both MRT and LRT networks since Tuesday. The MRT and LRT lines now have new colour coding, green representing the
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Porter's model
      358 10  -  Ivay Tan Harvard don plots new economic strategy by ivay @ne ws today.com.sg SINGAPORE'S manufacturing problem is structural, not only cyclical, said Harvard Business School Professor Michael E. Porter, better known as the brains behind the Economic Development Board's (EDB) current cluster approach for its industrial development. "The
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    • Market Watch
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        GIC Special Investments
        83 10 GIC Special Investments the private equity investment arm of the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation has taken a stake in Iteris. Together with Daimler Chrysler Venture and some other investors, it has injected a combined US$ll million ($19.58 million) into the California-based information technology provider. A Channel
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        Your S$1 buys...
        27 10 us$ 0.5612 Ruptah 5401.8 UK£ 0.3919 jBaht 25.617 Yen 69.778 Peao 30.124 HK$ 4.3771 AS 1.0796 RM 2.1327 Rupee 26.433 Euro 0.6358 Won 722.18
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      Foreign banks: The ifs and the huts
      428 12 Identify the goal, then decide on takeovers by Associate Professor Donghyun Park THERE is no compelling evidence that Singaporean banks are noticeably better at the business of lending evaluating borrowers, assessing risk, and so forth than their counterparts in the region. This is
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      Fair settlement for Links shares
      168 14 ALMOST one year after the Links Island affair, the Singapore Exchange yesterday announced that the fair settlement price for Links shares has been fixed at $1.21. Shares of the land reclamation specialist have been suspended from trading since Aug 16 last year, after the exchange
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      Submarine cable expansion
      180 14  -  Chan Chao Peh by ch a o pe h(B> newsto day. c o m. sg SINGTEL plans to spend around US$l5O million ($266.60 million) to expand the US$2 billion C2C submarine cable network (picture] to Vietnam, Indonesia and Malaysia. The 17,000 km cable network which landed at
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      Bigger shares for Thailand's AIS
      144 14  -  Chan Chao Peh THAILAND'S largest mobile phone operator, Advanced Info Services (AIS), is looking at a 65 per cent market share by the end of the year, up from 61.9 per cent as of June. "We are now starting to see very rapid growth," said
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    • Market News
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        Singapore
        256 14 TECHNOLOGY shares were energised by bullish comments from Abby Joseph Cohen of the influential Merrill Lynch and Goldman Sach even as the key index waned on falls in the other blue chips. The ST index slipped 14.75 points to 1670.08 with 138 winners toIOS losers while 322 counters were
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        Malaysia
        130 14 KUALA LUMPUR The Kuala Lumpur Composite Index eased 1.3 points to 661.7 on profit taking in selected blue chips. Market activity was mixed, although buyers still managed to outnumber losers two to one, sustained by retail interest in the situational issues and institutional buying in the local technologyrelated counters
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        Great Eastern profit up 27%
        152 14  -  Audra Lim by au dra@news today.com.sg INSURANCE market leader, Great Eastern Holdings, posted a 27 per cent increase in net profit of $150.2 rail]ion for the first half year ended June 30. The good result was achieved on the back of a 132 per cent
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      155 14 n An Oasis O! Love, Courage And Strength 1 LIVING FAITH CHURCH' SUNDAY WORSHIP SERVICE Time 9.30am to 11.15am Venue Pan Pacific Hotel Level 2, Ocean 3 I Pastor Rev. Dr John Lim k Come and be blessed_ Website: www.thelivingfaith.org Bring Your Beauty to Bloom Lgr Vie En Rose R^^HHHIB
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      457 15 1 til A fuzion (v^OX smoothie cafe II "»e Fruits Dili* 'ki" SWkJajj B^ljl 4th August 2001 (Sat), 2.30 5.30 pm Outside the Heeren, 260 Orchard Road A Mew Lifestyle Cafe Emerges "Win the Fuzion Challenge Surf the net for free with any smoothie purchase! From August to September, simply
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Tanaka takes a step back
      302 16 Reuters but her spat with Koizumi continues TOKYO Foreign Minister Maldko Tanaka (picture) continues to be at the centre of controversy after a spat with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi flared up yesterday, prompting reports of her dismissal. The feud over whether the nation's top diplomats
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      Lock icon Uday not a Shiite
      90 16 -AFP BAGHDAD Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's elder son Uday has denied reports of him converting to Shia Islam, stressing he remains a Sunni Muslim. Britain's Guardian newspaper reported on Monday that Mr Uday made the switch to rally the support of Iraq's majority Shiites in a
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      Lock icon Last-ditch peace package for Belfast
      279 16 Agencies BELFAST Britain and Ireland unveiled a make-or-break package on Wednesday to rescue Northern Ireland's battered peace process, but it ran into instant trouble after failing to answer demands for IRA disarmament. While Protestant leaders of the pro-British Ulster Unionist Party did not immediately reject
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      Did Nina Wang dilute husband's assets?
      199 16 HONG KONG Asia's richest woman has been accused of diluting her missing husband's shareholdings in a key company under the Chinachem group, the territory's leading property developer, four months after his abduction. A writ filed by the temporary administrators of Teddy Wang's estate said
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      Lock icon Incense is cancerous
      78 16 AFP PARIS Incense burning could cause cancer, according to a scientific study conducted by researchers from Taiwan. Analysing smoke from a temple, the researchers found that it contained high levels of chemical compounds responsible for causing lung cancer. "We truly hope that incense burning brings only spiritual
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      Lock icon Powell blasts Israel
      181 16 AFP WASHINGTON US Secretary of State Colin Powell has criticised Israel's targeted killing of Palestinian activists and its attack on Nablus on Tuesday as "too aggressive". "We felt that this was a targeted killing of the kind, that we have spoken out and condemned, in the past,
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Time for a rethink
      799 18  -  Sree Kumar Nurturing small and medium industries may be a good bet for the future by: RECESSION stares us in the face. These are indeed challenging times. In the midst of this there is consolidation taking place in the financial industry. The sore truth that we
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      Lock icon Cautious Megawati delays announcing Cabinet
      324 18 -AFP JAKARTA Competing party interests are causing the delay in the announcement of the new Indonesian Cabinet, a party leader said yesterday. Mr Pramono Anung, deputy secre-tary-general of President Megawati Sukarnoputri's Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) said: "Originally she (Ms Megawati) was hoping to
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  • UPFRONT
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      The new face of Prince Charming
      352 20  -  Jeffrey Tan by j efftan@ne ws today.com.sg What is it about the rogue character that seems to captivate and charm women long after flickering film credits are forgotten? If movies are reflections of reality, the antihero seems to have invaded the last bastions of
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      Lock icon Price of fame
      508 20 Today features Superstar casualties who buckle under the weight of success Elvis got fat and miserable. Judy Garland got fat, too, and drank herself into a fatal stupor. Greta Garbo chose isolation in the end, and Michael Jackson surrounds himself with a zoo. Karen Carpenter became anorexic
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      95 20 IP^ f, I, i *\J »j f* f— rj t i -j 10.30am Singapore Celebrates: As You Remember-The Laughter I 11.30am Singapore Celebrates: As You Remember-The Arts I _J j ZJ^i Jj\ IJZj^i—Jji 06.00pm Singapore Celebrates:Turning 36 "LIVE" I 08.00pm Singapore Celebrates: 36 Years of Television I -^-L^l-iy'l J.Jj'l S^SJbl
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      64 20 Talking points INSIDE: •22/ Traveller •24/lnCinemas •27/ TV listings *29/ Furniture Fair Guide READ IT on P/22: Traveller Driving through Barossa Self-drive holidays allow you the freedom to wander at will. And when it is through the scenic vineyards of South Australia's Barossa Valley, there are more than enough incentives
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  • TRAVELER
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      Soaking up the Barossa
      797 22  -  Grace Tay Driving through the vineyards reveals more than just grapes and wine by gra c etgne wstoflay. co m. sg A driving holiday is of one the best ways to see a country but take extra care if you have only driven in Singapore. Australia
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      QUICK TOURS
      236 22 Malaysia Mega Sale The Malaysia Mega Sale Carnival starts on Aug 4 and ends on Sept 20. Kuala Lumpur is a great place to shop and the Notional Day holidays is probably a great time to go up. Summerset At Rompin Have a short break at Summerset Club
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  • FAMILY
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      Early learning in the e-Age
      680 23 Exciting electronic aids for pre-schoolers and toddlers In line with the e-Age, pre-schoolers and toddlers can now engage in e-Learning. Toys 'R' Us is showcasing a range of e-aids to learning for the little ones, who can now learn to read, write, count and sing
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  • INCINEMAS
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      Sick love story of a lonely man
      323 24  -  Shazalina Salim FILM REVIEW Audition (Now showing) by shazalina@newstoday.com.sg In brief, Audition (pictire) ts about a lonely man who gets his friend, who runs a film production company, to help him find a wife. The friend conducts auditions that are supposedly for a
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      Bill Murray's innards on film? Wait for Osmosis Jones
      260 25 If you thought the odorous jokes in animated film Shrek were shocking, wait till you see what the Farrelly Brothers are planning for Bill Murray's innards. Osmosis Jones (picture) is a part-animat-ed, part-live action film. Chris Rock gives voice to the
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      Lock icon Pope for Quo Vadis premiere
      141 25 Reuters/Variety WARSAW Pope John Paul II will attend the world premiere of Polish epic Quo Vadis on Aug 30 in Vatican City. The US$lB million ($32 million) feature, the most expensive Polish film ever made, will be screened to a select audience of 6,000 in
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      Lock icon His 'occasional' addiction
      489 26 Reuters/Variety West Wing's creator says drug habit was only part-time NEW YORK Only in his spare time. That's the defence offered by Aaron Sorkin (picture) creator of NBC's popular Emmy-winning drama The West Wing, in two magazine interviews about his April arrest for drug possession. Sorkin said
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      1639 27 fa=DiACoRP /A=dsjXCorf Father of the Bride Untraceable Evidence II 1 Great Railway Journeys of the -r —A Channel 5,7.30pm Channel B,9pm I World, Arts Central, 10pm channel newsas,a fH|.; jji The police discover a set of human After cocktails in the Raffles Hotel, British bones. It is Utter confirmed Ihai
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      Into Africa and schnapps
      333 28  -  Rachel Lo by rachel@newstod ay. com. sg If Out of Africa was your favourite movie and you keep thinking you hear drums in the distance, this watering hole located at Far East Square is for you. It is not often that a restaurant carries its theme
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      Dancing for charily
      101 28 DANCING their way through "The Four Seasons" all in the name of charity. This is the Palais Dance Studio's third major fund-raising effort for local charities. Proceeds from this year's performance, "The Four Seasons", will benefit the Children's Cancer Foundation. The production will showcase a variety of
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      THREE-DAY LISTING
      240 28 MUSIC The Huqin Quartet Exhibiting the passion and zeal for chamber music performance, four home-grown professionals came together to form the Huqin Quartet. Date: Today Time: Ipm Venue: Raffles City Shopping Centre, City Square Admission: Free Enquiries: Call 338-7766 Singapore Chinese Orchestra Outdoor Concert Conducted by Sim Boon
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      Under one roof
      605 29  -  Sophia Ang With 106 exhibitors, you'll find all your furnishing needs here by sophia@news to day.com. sg Budget cuts, wage freeze and job insecurity. With buzz words like these circulating during the economic downturn, indulging in a little comfort could appear to be really sinful. Even worse
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      Slept well lately?
      700 32  -  Jeffrey Tan Study reveals a better night's sleep may be had with a new bed rather than with popping a sleeping pill by. j efftan@ne wstoday. co m. sg "TAKE a good mattress and call me in the morning" might be better advice from the doctor, given
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      PRODUCTSHOWCASE
      292 32 Just spend $2 on a ticket and you can browse around at the Asia Pacific Furniture Fair the entire day.You can even use the same ticket for repeat visits on all nine days of the fair. Here's just a small sample of some of the products you can find.
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      70 30 Asia rACine LFURNITURE ?NRr.-^Qm Official media: Today Watch, read and have breakfast in bed KONTUR T^m V^mIIHH w Automatic l>r innniial adjustable base 31'aUttita Ultimate in Comfort, Flexibility Support 100% UK Imported SP Latex Mattress More Than a Bed j r Choice of Colours Promotion at Asia Pacific Exhibition Singapore
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      129 30 HowToGetThere By MRT: Alight atTanah Merah Station and board the connecting train service at Platform 3 or 4. It will bring you right at the doorsteps of Singapore Expo. By bus: •Take bus No 12,24 or 506 (express) and alight at the Upper Changi Road East (in front of Singapore
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      313 31 All The Best Buys Are At Melandas! BIHHBIMI ■■■I BillHl II On show at the Asia-Pacific Furniture Fair is our 4,000 sq ft Melandas Home Concepts booth with 1.000 sq ft allocated to the Official Lifestyle ri bedroom and dining room all stylishly recreated fP i .--=s CL* by our
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      472 32 ASIA PATTFIT HIRNIHIKh KAIR Y7CW)V -■-^-■.■-■-■-■tf<#pt^***^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^iSß ■t^^Wfc^. r^ ■jfr "WOW! MY OLD MATTRESS IS WORTH UP TO $200." From now to August 9, you can trade in your old mattress for a Four Star original pocketed spring mattress with anti-dust mite protection. So visit your nearest dealer today. It's an
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      4 32 Official media: TODAY mßmmßmmamnMmMßmmmßmmaaßßmmmaßuattMammßmßm
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      459 34 Vikings star dies due to heatstroke NFL MINNESOTA Grief shattered the National Football League when one of its top players died about 15 hours after working out in the withering heat of a Minnesota training camp. Players, coaches and fans awoke yesterday to the news that Minnesota Vikings Pro
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      Lock icon Greene, Jones and Gebrselassie set to sparkle
      347 34 Agencies lAAF World Championships EDMONTON The two most marketable athletes in the sport, Maurice Greene and Marion Jones, go back into championship mode here at the lAAF world championships, which, begins today. Both are targeting a 100-200m double. For Jones, it will represent
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      Lock icon Bonds equals Babe's record
      87 34 Reuters NFL SAN FRANCISCO Barry Bonds stayed on track to set the single-season home run record with a solo blast as the San Francisco Giants scored a 3-1 National League triumph over the Pittsburgh Pirates yesterday. Bonds hit home run No. 46 in the opening inning
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      Lock icon Yankees hail Armstrong
      182 34 Reuters Cycling NEW YORK Lance Armstrong received a rousing welcome from a crowd of about 40,000 at Yankee Stadium as the newly crowned triple Tour de France champion threw out the ceremonial first pitch before the New York Yankees' game against the Texas Rangers yesterday. Armstrong was
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      Lock icon 'Guga' moves up a gear
      356 35 Reuters Montreal Masters MONTREAL Top seed Gustavo Kuerten was much more at ease in his second outing on the purple cement, cruising past Argentine Gaston Gaudio 6-1, 64 in the second round of the Montreal Masters yesterday. The Brazilian needed five match points to finally
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      Lock icon Duval gets down to business
      488 35 Wire reports Golf CASTLE ROCK British Open champion David Duval (right) will try to erase the bad memories of his struggles in an exhibition with Tiger Woods when he returns to PGA play at the US$4 million ($7 million) International event. After a one-week absence
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      Lock icon Hot Venus and Capriati looking in good form
      215 35 Reuters Acura Classic SAN DIEGO Title-holder Venus Williams scored a resounding victory in her opening match at the U*****,000 ($1.3-million) Classic, but three seeds fell in second-round action yesterday. Wimbledon champion Williams overwhelmed 18-year-old Russian Elena Bovina 6-1, 6-2, but fifth seed
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      After Carter signs extension, Raptors move into 'Dream-land'
      140 35 NBA HOUSTON Hakeem "The Dream" Olajuwon, a 14-time NBA All Star, is headed for the Toronto Raptors in a sign-and-trade deal with the Houston Rockets, reported ESPN.com. The Raptors and Olajuwon have agreed on a three-year, US$l6.7 million ($3O million) deal, it
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      Giggs, you're a wonder
      914 36 Welshman hailed as one of the best ever in million-pound tribute MANCHESTER There is nothing like a nice quiet warni-up for the new season. And this was nothing like a nice quiet warm-up. Testimonial matches used to be half-hearted, fun affairs with a bit of action
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      Reds' Champions League match against Haifa moved to Tel Aviv
      246 36 JERUSALEM Maccabi Haifa fans will have to travel 100 kilometres to see their team play Liverpool in next Wednesday's Champions League qualifier. This after owner Yaacov Shahar decided to move the match from their home ground. Haifa set up the
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      Moey calls it quits
      415 38  -  Stanley Ho IT WAS his last game in charge of Gombak United. As referee S.K. Kennedy blew the final whistle at last night's Tampines Rovers v Gombak United clash, it signalled the end of Bulls' coach Moey Yoke Ham's S-League career. Moey, an M-League championship-winning coach
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      Lock icon India in final
      160 38 -AFP COLOMBO Virender Sehwag smashed the sixthfastest century in one-day cricket to power India into the triangular cricket series final with a sevenwicket victory over New Zealand yesterday. The make-shift Indian opener struck 19 fours and one six in his maiden 69--ball 100 as India surpassed a
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      Revamped M1 rugby season starts
      232 38  -  Kelvin Phang THE Ml National Rugby Championships (NRC) kicks off its fifth season today with several changes implemented. In previous years, there was no limit on the number of expatriate players. But this season, clubs must field at least six expatriate players who have lived
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      Get the 'passport´
      76 38 GOT your 2001 NTUC Income SLeague passport yet? If not, you are missing out on a great read of S-League facts and information. You can find details of every S-League club, from its history to all its players' bio-data in the passport, published by NTUC Income All
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      INTUC Income S-League closing odds
      133 38 Match 3 Jurong v Sembawang Jurong East Stadium 3 August 7.30pm IX2 (1) Jurong $1.43 (X) Draw $4.40 (2) Sembawang $4.70 1/2 Goal Jurong (-1 1/2) $1.95 Sembawang (+1 1/2) $1.70 Total Goals 0 goal $18.00 1 goal $8.20 2 goals $4.50 3 goals $4.40
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      Running with the wind
      409 39  -  Jose Raymond by jos e newstoday. com. sg FOLLOWERS of athletics will be familiar with names like Tan Eng Yoon, C. Kunalan (left) and Yeo Kian Chai. They were the country's undisputed speed demons of the track in the '50s and '60s. In 1968, Yeo and
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      Lock icon Chelsea the favourite to land Dutch star
      161 39 Reuters LONDON English premier league club Chelsea is close to signing Barcelona's Dutch international winger Boudewijn Zenden. The club has agreed on a £7.5 million ($18.7 million) deal with the Spanish giant to sign the 24-year-old. Chelsea chief executive Colin Hutchinson told Skysports.com:
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      Wushu youngsters falter in Hanoi
      80 39 SINGAPORE'S wushu juniors finished sixth overall at the first Asian Junior Wushu Championships. Thirteen countries took part in the championships held in Hanoi from July 27-29. China emerged champion, winning 15 gold medals and one bronze. Vietnam was second with 10 golds, nine silvers and
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      Lock icon Eales backs Gregan for skipper
      167 39 Reuters MELBOURNE John Bales said yesterday that Australian vice-captain George Gregan would be the right man to replace him as skipper of the Wallabies. Eales, 31, a veteran of 83 Tests and Australia's most successful rugby union captain, will retire after the final match of
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      SEA Games preparation going well, says RAdm Teo
      197 40  -  Kelvin Phang THIRTY-FIVE days to the South-east Asia Games and Singapore's preparations are right on track. That was the assessment made by Singapore National Olympic Council president Rear-Admiral (NS) Teo Chee Hean after visiting the training sessions of the Republic's table tennis
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      Lock icon 0z v Italy on
      72 40 -AFP SYDNEY The Socceroos have arranged to play Italy for the first time at senior level. The match will be played at an Italian venue on April 17 next year. Australia's next international is against Japan on August 15 in Japan. It is also slated to
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