Today, 11 December 2001, Afternoon Edition

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    8 1 TODAY XllGSd.3.y December 11, 2001 MITA (P) 063/11/2001
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  • AFTERNOON EDIITON
    • Article
      Lock icon US stocks down ahead of Fed meeting
      181 1 Reuters NEW YORK US stocks fell yesterday as the economic optimism stoking a big rally in recent weeks ebbed, compelling investors to skim some gains off the market's 20 per cent rise since hitting a three-year low on Sept 21. The Dow Jones
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      Return of the condo buyers
      569 1  -  Ivay Tan But do they herald a recovery, in the property market? by ivay@newstoday.com.sg WITH residential properties selling like hotcakes at recent launches, it would be tempting to conclude that the worst is over, finally, for the depressed property market. Over the weekend, Wing Tai
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      69 1 ./ASEXAGORP: In a life of learning, there is one name you can count on. HHHHHHBHHHHHnS wi'i mam wmmimm ©HSSBS&SJSS ISP THAMES i|s* 1 The Leader in ITTraining and Education the first choke in business education mm Mtm Ikl *****89 ssosssi %l M fesjft. icsmcd@informaticsgroup.com thames@inlormaticsgroup.com IK F-* SIB 'm j&
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Kidney relief
      169 2  -  -Jose Raymond FOR the past five years, kidney patient Hasbullah Ahmad (picture, with daughter) had been going to a haemodialysis clinic three times a week for five-hour treatments. But with the setting up of Singapore's first satellite Haemodialysis and Peritoneal Dialysis clinic in Bangkit Road, Mr Hasbullah now
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      The pro nannies
      362 2  -  Ng Hwee Kg on Another income-generating opportunity for retrenched by h weeko o n@ tie w sto da y. c o m. sg ONE Community Development Council (CDC) is training displaced workers to become professional nannies. The South East CDC is offering unemployed and retrenched Singaporeans a
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      Cruising to work
      523 3  -  Kim-Kyna Tan River boats will allow commuters to beat the jams by kim@newstoday.com.sg OFFICE commuters and leisure-seekers can beat the jams by taking to the water come June next year. With the integrated river transport system, cruising down the Singapore River to get to work in the
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      M'sia opens doors to S'pore for Hari Raya festivities
      155 3  -  Fayen Wong SINGAPOREANS are being invited to celebrate Hari Raya with our Malaysian neighbours this year. The Hari Raya Open House will be held at Dataran Bandaraya Johor Bahru, the padang opposite the Istana, on Dec 22 from 10am to 4pm.
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      S'pore a glittering centre for private banking
      205 3  -  Francis Kan SINGAPORE is a rising star in the offshore private banking world, senior executives from Credit Suisse Private Banking (CSPB) said yesterday. Mr Alex Widmer, CEO of CSPB, Asia-Pacific and Middle East, said that the republic "has many of the elements of
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      Lock icon PEOPLE DE ELOPER
      132 4 THE People Developer Standard is a quality standard that gives recognition to organisations that invest in their people and have a comprehensive system for developing their staff. Some 254 organisations have been awarded the standard since it was launched by the Singapore Productivity and Standards Board (PSB)
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      Not just training
      370 4  -  Zackaria Abdul Rahim Transport Ministry aims high bv z a ckaria® news today, com. sg SETTING itself up for the People Developer (PD) Standard has helped the Ministry of Transport (formerly the Ministry of Communications Information Technology) streamline its training needs. This includes ensuring the training that
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      Lock icon Let's meet in Genting
      626 7  -  Jenny Kong Combine work and play in the ideal environs of the highlands by j enny @ne wsto day.com.sg TORN between never-ending meetings and conferences and that much-needed holiday? There is a place where you can strike a balance between work and play. Just head north
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  • LETTERS
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      How to ease those jams
      290 8  -  Ong Thiam Kim I HAVE just returned from a 14-day holiday in Japan. I travelled extensively using the Japan Rail Pass. Japan has an enviable railway system. It is complex but trains arrive and depart on the dot. 1 was impressed. I hope SMRT would
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      Why staff stay loyal, dedicated
      199 8  -  Kathleen Kwan Making them feel valued pays dividends I WISH to expand further on Mr Brenton Ong's letter "New priority for employers" (Today, Dec 10). With so many "Asian-oriented" and "family-based" companies around, there will always be short-sighted bosses who will cut costs for the
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      Same course, different rates
      279 8  -  Henry him Li Shun RECENTLY, my cousin completed his course at a private hair dressing school and obtained his NTC-3 (National Trade Certificate) issued by ITE (Institute of Technical Education). It was the start of a dream come true for him. He quit his former job
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      When will Sengkang get a bus service?
      135 8  -  Tristan Yip HALF a year ago, in a letter to the media, I suggested that SBS provide a bus service to the northern part of Singapore. SBS replied that there were plans for such a service. But to date, there is still no
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      23 8 W hAu whM 4h/9 Qmfm&? f CC hope oiY ecohPrntL L tC whk £oy a I W^ William Ng, 36 J| I Entrepreneur
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      30 8 Your letter can also appear on this page. Give your full name and address and write to Today, 24, Raffles Place, #28-01/06, Clifford Centre, S'pore *****1; Fax: 65-*****17; E-mail: news@newstoday.com.sg
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Bravo!
      399 9  -  Chan Chao Peh Blue chip companies win awards for bond issues by chaop eh ®newstod ay.com .3g LOCAL blue chip companies SingTel, UOB and OCBC have come out tops with their series of bond issues in the past year. They have garnered top awards by trade magazine FinanceAsia and
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      Your S$1 buys...
      30 9 US$ 0.5453 i UK£ 0.3812 Yen 68.745 HK$ 4.2539 jRM 2.0726 Euro 0.6137 ■MmmmmmMm Rupioh 5582.4 Baht 23.936 Peso 28.332 A$ 1.0582 Rupee 26.085 Won 698.29 mmmmmMmsmmm
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      Lock icon OCBC's costly bad loans
      338 13 Bloomberg Asset loss expected to be largest in industry OVERSEA-CHINESE Banking Corp (OCBC) will make the biggest provisions for bad loans among local lenders, analysts who attended the bank's briefings said. The lender's 2001 profit will be lower than last year's, excluding four months of profit
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      Lock icon China's bank moves
      219 13 -AFP BEIJING Foreign banks can offer foreign exchange services to institutional and retail customers in China starting today, when the country officially becomes a member of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). They can also apply for car buyers' consumer credit business, as well as the opening of
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    • Market News
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        Singapore
        282 14 THE local bourse was still in correction mode yesterday but bargain hunting and selective buying lifted the STI index off its intra-day low of 1600.89 to close 12,44 points down at 1616.36. As the US indices retreated on a slew of dismal economic statistics last Friday, newspaper headlines added
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        Malaysia
        297 14 THE stock market enjoyed a good start to the week despite the weaker performance of the US markets last Friday, as strong retail interest in the lower liners powered the market to higher levels. The market has also been given a lift on expectations of a traditionally higher closing
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      UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
      2012 14 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS (All prices are indicative) Fund Nome Bid Ptiie/HAV Offer Price Aberdeen Asset Ma no gem en I Alia Ltd Aberdeen China Elpp«iliiniri« Finn) 0.93! 0.17! Aberdeen Global MNC Fund O.6B2 D.717 Aberdeen Glnbnl kbradngy Fund O.SBS U\1 AberdJeen UK Blue Chin Fund 0.756 D.794 Aberdeen Srnoii™ OpMrtwities
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      245 12 L Actually, you can have a white Christmas in Sin! Ip' W Jm m-'iM 1 I ;:M mm 1 I'll v jßi^fl J-'i i^^j >,> >>vi*^;^y"'; .;y,..■■■:' :>;' Sdrt:1/.:'-::: r White Chocolate Mocha and other holiday treats await you at Starbucks! Even if it doesn't snow, Starbucks Is still the
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      149 13 Sing Tel World Card wants to give you a free mystery gift. If you've got a DBS, POSB or OCBC ATM card, you're in luck! Just present any of these cards at our Sing Tel WoridCard booth at the Ang Mo Kio. Jurong or Tampines Bus Interchange, answer 3 simple
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Indonesian police now President's men
      219 15 -AFP JAKARTA The Indonesian police force may no longer fall under the control of armed forces after a Bill was passed yesterday putting the police under the President's control. Law and Human Rights Minister Yusril Ihza Mahendra was quoted by Antara news agency as saying
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      What the regional papers said yesterday...
      139 15 The Star/Malaysia Still defiant Osama bin Laden was said to be leading about 1,000 men in person to defend his blood-blasted mountain hideouts in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday. Bangkok Post/Thailand PM admits CPP likely to join govt, Democrats say he's stacking the House PM
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      Lock icon PM woes
      69 16 Agencies COLOMBO Difficulties lie ahead for newly-sworn Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe with the main opposition party yesterday rejecting his powersharing offer. The People's Alliance, led by President Chandrika Kumaratunga, announced it would not accept his offer of ministerial jobs, dashing initial hopes of forming a government of national
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      Lock icon Ebola in Africa
      80 16 AFP GENEVA The World Health Organisation (WHO) yesterday sent a second team of specialists to Gabon after confirming that an outbreak of haemorrhagic fever there is linked to the deadly Ebola virus. Ten people have died from the outbreak in the north- eastern province of Ogooue Ivindo;
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      Lock icon US envoy threatens walkout
      163 16 -AFP JERUSALEM Frustrated with being unable to broker peace, United States envoy Anthony Zinni is threatening to leave the region. Delivering the warning at US-mediated Palestinian-Israeli security talks on Sunday, Mr Zinni reportedly said that "if there isn't substantial progress in the next 48 hours" he
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      Lock icon Sin money to help poor
      238 16 AFP reported. Arroyo reveals govt's economic plan MANILA "Sin taxes", or money derived from liquor, beer and cigarettes and income from legalised gambling, will be used to subsidise the government's mass-housing programme. This was part of a series of economic measures announced yesterday by President
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Paradise astir
      1045 17  -  Roger Mitton Myanmar is set to change, no matter what its critics say by SILKAIR flies to Yangon every day. Do yourself a favour: go soon. If you do not, you will regret it. Let me tell you why. The country is unique. For the past half century,
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  • UPFRONT
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      Madonna, uncensored
      432 18  -  Janice Lee She shocks with foul-mouthed remark at Turner Prize presentation Evergreen pop icon Madonna (picture, above) still has the capacity to shock. The in-your-face star stunned all at the Turner Prize presentation in London last weekend, crying, "right on, motherf***ers" as she presented a 20,000 pound award
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      Lock icon The Turner Prize
      216 18 Reuters TO win the Turner Prize, Martin Creed (above, in front of his exhibit, a bare room with flashing Hghtbulbs) fought off competition from a video about two gay cowboys, a dusty storeroom piled high with junk and a film of a dishevelled alcoholic being brought a
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      113 18 HOTEL SINGAPORE where traditional hospitality never dalesThai Crab "Tang Hoon" J^rf/?f K Enjoy this exquisite Thai dish with eveiy Q /Ofi '<SrJ/"7rftjKi| p| Nasi Lemak W Thai Buffet Lunch /vL b\T\ Enjoy a sumptuous lunch at j 43#i#\_ attracdWpnces! J 71, Jt^—^^ Adu.t $15.50* i /mMT child <*^ 4 nn*
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  • LIFE IS GREAT
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      Lock icon Got the blues? Try shopping
      614 19  -  Elaine Quek Women and men can benefit from retail therapy by e i a ine new stoday.com. sg ADMIT it. Retail therapy works. I'm sure many of us can recall, quite effortlessly, the last time we used a feel-good shopping trip to cure a foul
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  • INFOTECH
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      Computing blades
      99 20 HEWLETT-PACKARD has launched the first blade server based on open industry standards. Blade servers are essentially "computers on a board" that operate in a compact chassis that has minimal wiring. HP offers server, storage, appliance, network, switch and management blades that are supported by its OpenView management software.
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      Software inventory
      460 20  -  Fayen Wong Just one step closer towards wiping out office software piracy by fayen @newstod ay. com. sg ORGANISATIONAL piracy remains the single factor contributing to the biggest losses to the software industry and the economy. The Business Software Alliance (BSA) revealed this at a Software Asset Management
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      'Sorry, 0 matches' is not online help
      433 20  -  Richard Meiklejohn by TT7HILE many organisations VV are in a hurry to extend their businesses to the Web, we must not forget that customers are looking for quick and accurate responses to their queries. In trying to meet this need in their customer
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      7 20 CNETAsia The source for computers and technology"
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  • BUSINESS IT
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      The Java draw
      632 21 Over two million people can't be wrong RIGHT now, 2.5 million IT professionals are developing applications with Java. And if you think that they're only using Java to develop scientific applications, think again. Many of them work for commercial organisations such as FedEx and Citibank. So what
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      Sun is No 1 for support in two surveys
      298 21 SUN Microsystems was recentlyranked No 1 for hardware support in Computing Magazine's 2001 Supplier Survey. The publication ranked vendors in 10 service-related categories. And in a separate survey conducted by VARBusiness, Sun support also ranked first in its field in the
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      Java 'applets'
      313 21 More than half of North American developers use Java technology today, with the number expected to rise by 10 per cent next year. Outside North America, nearly 60 per cent of developers use the Java platform, Evans Data Corp One-third of wireless developers have stated their intention to
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  • BUSYCOOK
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      Classic pork ribs
      406 22  -  Pauline DLoh Dimsum favourite on your dinner table in a jiffy On a recent trip to China, I wandered into one of the largest bookstores in Kunming and was happily lost for a few hours. Among the rewards of that excursion were several cookbooks of ethnic cusine
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      Tips & Tricks
      337 22 Tips Tricks CHILDREN are notoriously hard to please when it comes to food. Some will not eat vegetables. Some won't take meat. It is every mother's worry that their children will not eat enough to sustain their hyperactivity. Don't fret. When a child gets hungry enough, he'll eat. Children tend
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      Spicy steamed Pork Ribs
      193 22 Ingredients: 1 packet pork ribs (350 gm) 3 red tomatoes, quartered 3 salted preserved plums (see picture right) 3 teaspoons sichuan broadbean paste (doubanjiang) A little sugar 2 teaspoons cornflour Salt and pepper to taste Method: 1. Clean and rinse pork ribs. Cut into even pieces
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  • INCINEMAS
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      Lock icon Harry Potter dethroned
      294 23 Reuters/Variety Ocean's Eleven steals box office crown LOS ANGELES A gang of rogues led by George Clooney stole Harry Potter's box office crown. After three weeks at No 1, Harry Potter And The Sorcerer's Stone made way for Ocean's Eleven, an all-star remake of a "Rat Pack"
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  • Page 23 Miscellaneous
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      91 23 Top 10 films at the North American box office (Dec 7 9) 1 Ocean's Eleven US$39.3 million 2 (I) Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone US$14.8 million 3 (2) Behind Enemy Lines US$8.1 million 4 (4) Monsters, Inc. US$6.7 million 5 (3) Spy Game US$4.6 million 6 (5) Black Knight
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      1434 24 A* Phua Chu Kang Pte Ltd Channel 5,8.30pm A Dream Named Desire Channel 8,1030pm Santa's Last Christmas Ki_s Central, 12.30pm Health really begin.l! to Jfc <\ Five years later, Zicong There is panic in Santa's matter when a medical (right) escpaes from workshop when Mitzi ".r^iJ^--CHANNEL NEWSASIA %p (fo f^
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  • TV&RADIO
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      Lock icon Everyone's a winner
      542 25  -  Gail Wan by gail@n e ws to day. com.sg THE Talentime 2001 finalists all shone during their 15 minutes under the spotlight on Sunday night, watched live by an audience of over 480,000 on Channel 5. And it was an entertaining evening in which everyone outdid themselves,
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      They grow up so fast, don't they?
      235 25 TEENAGE romance is expressed and explored in The Big Room, M2M's follow-up album to their hit debut record Shades of Purple. Marion Raven and Marit Larsen of M2M have matured since their first album and they feel their music has grown with them.
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  • TIMEOUT
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      Ali Baba and the belly dancer
      297 26  -  Sandra Leong KidsCo puts up an admirable adaptation of this ancient folk story by sandra @ne wstoday. com. sg MOST of you have probably heard the age-old tale of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves a dozen times and will be able to recite
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      202 26 f^ TREE ADMISSION!!! t" L I I \'y|l \l IB fr^c f'-^'^T f The revitalised Chinese Garden is brimming with activity. On 15 16 December, join our Garden Weekend Market. Be tantalised by Food and trade stalls, a Fun Young Entrepreneur's Corner, a heartwarming Charity Corner and other special cultural
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      416 26 Date: Dec 13 to 15, Dec 18 to 23 Tang Quartet-A Christmas Concert Time: Bpm, 9.30pm This concert will feature well-loved romantic Venue: The Substation, Guinness Theatre pieces from Russia. The Tang Quarret will Price: 10, $8 (concession) perform works by Dvorak, Tchaikovsky and Ticketing: Call The Substation at 337
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      Lock icon Will Sacramento be Kings?
      411 27 -AFP NBA Sacramento 95 Miami 88 Kings welcome back All-Star Webber SACRAMENTO Chris Webber is back, even though the Sacramento Kings hardly missed him. Webber, the Kings' All-Star power forward, was activated from the injured list prior to yesterday's game against the Miami Heat. He made
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      Lock icon Ailing Best to get new liver
      177 27 Reuters LONDON George Best is to get a new liver after destroying his own through years of alcohol abuse, The Sun newspaper reported yesterday. The 55-year-old former Manchester United and Northern Ireland superstar winger told the tabloid that he feared some people might think
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      Lock icon I'll beat Tyson and retire, says Lewis
      206 27 Reuters LONDON World heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis is ready to quit boxing if he beats Mike Tyson in April, the BBC Sport website reported yesterday. Lewis believes a victory over Tyson would put the seal on his illustrious career. "When Muhammad Ali was
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      This is Formula 1
      404 28  -  Ivan Lim Here's all you'll ever need to know about the sport in one book by ivan@newstoday.com.sg THIS is about the most exciting event between Michael Schumacher winning his fourth Formula One title and the Prost team going into receivership. And it is certainly something of
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      Lock icon Italy celebrates Ronaldo goal
      267 29 Reuters ROME Brazilian striker Ronaldo admitted it was a dream come true to score after just 19 minutes of his latest comeback match for Inter Milan on Sunday. Uniquely, grounds around the country celebrated when news filtered through of Ronaldo's strike against Brescia, his first competitive
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      Lock icon United gets a Beckham boost
      462 29 England's sports personality of year comes out fighting for club LONDON England captain David Beckham was voted the country's Sports Personality of the Year by BBC viewers yesterday. After the ceremony, Beckham cheered the hearts of all Manchester United fans when he pledged his future
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    • AFTERNOON EDITION
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        FAS: There was no hanky panky
        361 30  -  Jose Raymond Geylang will wait for report before taking action by j ose@newstoday.com.sg DESPITE the furore over the Singapore Cup final result, nothing sinister occurred. According to the Football Association of Singapore's (FAS) chief operating officer John Koh, there was no "hanky panky" in
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        Lock icon Great Dane lands MBE
        189 30 Agencies LONDON Aston Villa and former Manchester United goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel was awarded an honorary MBE yesterday for services to football. Nicknamed the Great Dane for being one of the world's finest goalkeepers ever, Schmeichel received the honorary award at a ceremony at the British Government's
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        Lock icon Arsenal clears first hurdle for new stadium
        210 30 Agencies LONDON Arsenal's plans for a new 60,000-seater stadium in north London were given the go-ahead at a local council meeting yesterday. The new ground at Ashburton Grove, half-a-mile from the Gunners' famous exist- ing home at Highbury, met with overwhelming approval by
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      Lock icon Reds defender Babbel fears viral infection may paralyse him for life
      257 31 AFP LONDON Liverpool defender Markus Eabbel said yesterday he feared he might be paralysed for life after contracting Guillan-Barre Syndrome. Babbel was unable to use his limbs properly after picking up the virus, which affects the nervous system and
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      Rams swoop for Dalis
      280 31  -  Stanley Ho by stanley@newstoday.com.sg IT looks as if Woodlands Wellington really means business next season. It is on the verge of signing old boy Dalis Supait from SAFFC. Dalis, who won his last cap for Singapore during the pre-World Cup qualifiers in February, will be the
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