Today, 13 September 2002, Afternoon Edition

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  • 10 1 TODAY J?l*l(Jj|y September 13, 2002 MITA (P) 063/1 1 2001
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
    • 123 1 AFP NEW YORK Stocks ended lower yesterday amid heightened worries about Iraq following President George W Bush's UN speech and persistent concerns over the US economy. The Dow Jones industrials tumbled 201.76 points, or 2.35 per cent, to end at 8,379.41. The Standard and Poor's
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    • 562 1  -  Kim-Kyna Tan Dr Clone on the challenges of working here by ki m@ne ws tod ay. com. sg THE British scientist who helped create Dolly the sheep was lured to Singapore by the prospect of generous funding. But Professor Alan Colman, chief scientific officer of the stemcell research
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    • 238 1 Reuters PARIS The embattled chairman of France Telecom resigned yesterday, after a four-hour board meeting failed to hammer out a refinancing deal for the indebted group. Mr Michel Bon, under fire for having racked up 70 billion euros ($120.2 billion) in debt through a massive acquisition
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  • HOT NEWS
    • 753 2  -  Ng Boon Yian on Sept 11, from Ground Zero ONE year ago, shocked New Yorkers fled menacing dust clouds as the twin towers of the World Trade Center (WTC) collapsed after being hit by two hijacked planes. On Wednesday exactly one year after the Sept 11 terrorist attacks
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    • 198 2 MALAYSIAN lawyer Karpal Singh will not be able to represent the four Malay-Muslim schoolgirls here in any lawsuit against the government. The parents of the girls are challenging their children's right to wear tudung (headscarves) to schools here. The Ministry of Manpower rejected Mr Singh's application for
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    • 413 3 Bush meets UN, troops move to Qatar UNITED NATIONS All in the name of "defence of peace". US President George W Bush has made his case inaction is out. Period. In his much-anticipated address to the United Nations (UN) General Assembly yesterday, Mr Bush made it
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    • 138 3 Agencies JAKARTA Asia breathed a sigh of relief yesterday as Sept 11 passed without a terrorist attack. But security remained high, with many United States missions keeping their doors closed. British diplomats and staff evacuated their embassy for two hours in the Philippines after a bomb
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    • 528 4  -  Rosalyn Lim Low-ranking JCs disadvantaged from the start THE Junior College 0C) rankings are out, and again, colleges such as Yishun and Jurong are at the bottom half of the academic table. While the annual performance rating from the Ministry of Education (MOE) will spur students to
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    • 265 4  -  Tok Cking Li THE mission: To infiltrate, irritate and produce results. Ms Lisa Ang's (picture) job is to be like a grain of sand to an oyster. She is an executive in the Quality Improvement Unit of the National University Hospital (NUH).
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    • 337 6 Channel NewsAsia WOODBRIDGE Hospital is in the red. And to get back in the black, it is turning to lower-cost nursing homes to take in some of their patients. Under a community psychiatric programme with voluntary welfare
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    • 242 6  -  Toh Boon Ngee HERE is another reason for "greenies" to shop at French supermarket chain Carrefour. From today, you'll get your meat and fish produce packaged on new biodegradable trays, instead of the old poly-foam ones. This is Carrefour Singapore's second environment-conscious initiative, following the launch of
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  • HOME NEWS
    • 458 9  -  Rosalyn Lim KOHMUIFONG Concrete and steel MRT station gets facelift with bright murals THE arts may have a new home at the Esplanade, but in the heartlands, the artistic pulse is alive at your neighbourhood MRT station. Over the next few months, stations will be spruced up with
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    • 83 10 Carrefour <|> Singapore We proudly announce our second eco-friendly initiative: BIODEGRADABLE TRAYS for our Butchery Seafood Departments Our new biodegradable trays, made of more than 90% of agricultural fibre from palm trees, won't take a lifetime to disappear from the face of the earth. They'll leave it untouched, just as
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  • LETTERS
    • 160 11  -  Yak Chin Hua I REFER to the Health Minister's explanation for the increase in hospital fees from yesterday (Today, Sept 12). The explanation is again supported by the argument of "small regular fee increases against large infrequent increases". Mr Lim Hng Kiang
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    • 139 11  -  Ananda Perera MANY have written about how our lives have been affected by the Sept 11 events, and I appreciate the various sentiments expressed. I have studied comparative religions by reading The Meaning of the Glorious Koran and read other books on major religions like The
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    • 240 11  -  Low You Keng Why the bias towards developed nations? I REFER to the letter, "The 911 overload", from Mr Wang Yixing (Today, Sept 12). We have not only been overloaded and preoccupied with the 911 issue, we are probably being carried away with it as well. The
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    • 134 11 WE refer to letter, "Use cashcard for parking", from Mr Lim Boon Hee (Today, Sept 10). We would like to thank Mr Lim for his suggestion to implement an automated parking system at public carparks that makes use of cash cards. The HDB and the URA are
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
    • 234 12 -AFP BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN Asean economic ministers meeting in Brunei yesterday warned that a double-dip recession in the United States would hurt the global economic recovery, as they discussed ways to meet a growing competitive challenge from China. "The ministers expressed concern on the impact
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    • 144 12 Channel NewsAsia THE United Overseas Bank is buying US$lO6 million ($lB6 million) of bonds from Deutsche Bank. This credit derivatives contract will boost UOB's assets, reduce capital and increase fee income. The bonds form part of a transaction to hedge against the risk of default
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    • Market Watch
      • 147 12 SHARES came under selling pressure with the ST index sliding 15.05 points to 1,433.43. For every stock that rose, nearly two fell while 343 counters were unchanged. Turnover was 246 million shares worth $253 million. Banking stocks were in the red. DBS, OCBC and UOB fell between 20 and
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      • 50 12 Index Value Change Its Nikkei 225 Hung Seng 411 Ouliiiiircj FoiwarWtd 9115.23 9896.33 3090,90 4647.37 +15.15 +13.98 ■6.70 -13.16 +0.11 +0.1 < ■0.2: ■0.2! iici on ii) SET Index 739.2? 361.49 +14.51 +0.14 +2.01 +0.0< Jakarta Cornp 428.18 ■1.94 ■0.4! MsComp itanzsn B 1145.43 235.92 -7.98 +1.22 ■0.6'
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      • 36 12 jut fen NK$ IM Euro iupiah inhi 0.***** 0.***** 68.2513 4.***** 2.***** 0.***** 5069.33 24.1 589 Peso A$ Indian Rs Won C$ Yuan NZ$ NT$ 29.5464 1.***** 27.5375 682.825 0.B9699 4.7043 1.***** 19.5544
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      • 19 12 Mm/v 313.100 lilverus$/m 4.563 'Inrinunn uss/o! 546.800 Rullbei .:nv=/-:g 15B.75 Palm oil wam 1430 Brent (rude us$/tnrr»l 28.47
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      • 5 12 Straits Times Index 10-Day Chart
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      • 55 12 By volume Sept 12 titiraya L&M NWfah SUssemb SingTel 'OOO 22,893 21,711 12,452 11,900 11 820 Sembtorp Link; Is nint DalocrftUSS Chartered '000 10,026 9,472 4,731 6,261 5,634 By value Sept 12 OCBC UOB SingTel DBS Venture 33,230,100 22,196,800 16,831,830 13,704,112 53,274,100 STteraib (ilirayn SembCorp SPH SlEngg
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      • 74 12 Jepl 12 Close Change (boi PiimeiOOUSS 1.700 +0.500 /eniure 11 .900 +0.200 By percentage Sept 12 Close thnngi (roftP O.0B*****.671 MultiCbcmW0SH26 0.055+37.501 :&C 4.160 +0.12(1 tobinson 5.(00 -0.100 MSBkMNtPSlOMlOD +0.100 iingomasC2kHKS 1.390 +0060 JaftP 0.080 +0.050 Panp<i(MBdW04O109 O 025 +25.001 ITethGrp 0.060 +20.001 Reed 0.035 +16.671 LCOev
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      • 80 12 Bloomberg Sept 12 SPORS1OUSS (kit Change 91.000 -2.000 By percentage Sepl 12 GfiP Close Change 0.085 22.730 Cranlive 50 12.200 -0.400 Us:c D:; 0.130 -1BJ50 SPH 19.100 0.300 Mllech 0.155 16.220 OCBC DBS CITYDEV SIA UOB 10.100 -0.300 11.900 0.300 5.(00 -0.200 10.500 0.200 ***** 0.200 Hu:!S:ii(|H
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    • 311 14  -  Chan Chao Peh New rule may cut SBF income by $3m THE Singapore Business Federation (SBF) is likely to collect a third less revenue after its membership falls by 12,000 companies. The fall is due to an amendment in which companies with no employees need not join the
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    • 253 14  -  Chan Chao Peh SINGTEL'S share price yesterday rose five cents, or 3.57 per cent, to reach a two-week high of $1.45, on news that Nokia is making SingTel its sole provider of data communications services in the Asia-Pacific. Most of the gain came in the afternoon
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    • 49 14 THE cellular phone operator, MobileOne (Asia), has appointed the Dutch bank, ABN AMRO Rothschild, as global coordinator and joint book-runner for its initial public offering. It is aiming for a listing on the main board of the Singapore Exchange in the fourth quarter.
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    • 229 16 Bloomberg KL may reinstate stamp duty waiver KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia may renew a waiver on stamp duty a tax on home purchases until the end of the year and give incentives to encourage foreigners to buy homes to spur the property industry, a government official said. The government
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    • 123 16 Bloomberg JAKARTA Trans Asia Pipeline Co, a group led by Malaysia's state oil company Petroliam Nasional Bhd, agreed to pay U*****.6 million ($330 million) for a 40 per cent stake in a planned pipeline linking Indonesia's Sumatra island to Singapore. Trans Asia
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    • 171 16 Bloomberg WASHINGTON Mr Alan Greenspan's limited comments on the US economy in his testimony to a House panel yesterday points to the Federal Reserve holding on to current 40-year-low interest rates, analysts said. The Fed chairman, in his testimony to the House of Representatives Budget
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    • 140 16 Bloomberg KUALA LUMPUR IGB Corp, Malaysia's fifth biggest property group, is seeking to sell the Renaissance in Kuala Lumpur and another hotel for RMBOO million ($370 million) as it withdraws from the country's luxury hotel market. IGB, owner of hotels in London and Ho Chi
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    • 131 18 Reuters SHANGHAI The global real estate services firm, Cushman Wakefield, and Singapore's Premas International have formed a joint venture to cash in on China's burgeoning property market. The 50-50 joint venture will offer property management and agency services in Beijing and Shanghai, the
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    • 129 18 Agencies THE Ascott Group has secured another management contract in Manila, making it the largest serviced apartment residence chain in the Philippine capital. The group, which is the serviced apartment arm of property developer CapitaLand, said the contract is for the management
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    • 84 18 Channel NewsAsia THE New Zealand Minister for Trade Negotiations, Mr Jim Button, is in Singapore to open a New Zealand Technology Centre today. This is part of a push to give New Zealand companies greater access to business development services here and better reap benefits
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    • Article, Illustration
      425 21  -  Richard Seah Will Breadtalk founder get to vie for 'World Entrepreneur' title? BREADTALK founder George Quek (picture) was named "Entrepreneur of the Year" in July and is now in the running for a similar award. He is one of nine finalists in the running for the Entrepreneur of
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 322 23 -AFP and Bangalore is caught in crossfire BANGALORE India's technology and aviation hub of Bangalore has been caught in the crossfire of a water dispute between two states. The high-tech city was crippled yesterday by a strike called by opposition and farmer groups in Karnataka to protest against
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    • 195 23 Agencies MOSCOW Frustration over separatist Chechen rebels could lead Russia to embark on political horse-trading with the United States and its plans to attack Iraq. Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday threatened to send troops into Georgia, where Chechen rebels are allegedly hiding, without asking
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    • 98 23 -AFP TOKYO North Korean leader Kim Jong II is to announce that he will cooperate with international nuclear weapons inspectors, at a summit with Japan's Prime Minister next week. In talks ahead of the Sept 17 summit in Pyongyang, North Korean negotiators indicated they
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    • 327 24 Agencies Palestinian leader forced to accept his government's resignation JERUSALEM Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat (picture) has always demonstrated an uncanny ability to overcome crises, but he is looking more vulnerable as the idea of a new era in Palestinian politics gathers steam. Tough and tenacious, the beacon
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    • 275 24 AFP BEIJING Beijing yesterday hailed a UN decision to list a Muslim separatist organisation fighting Chinese rule in Xinjiang where China is accused of rights abuses as a terrorist-linked group. The official Xinhua news agency quoted Foreign Ministry spokesman Kong Quan as saying: "This is an
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    • 97 24 Agencies COTABATO (Philippines) Explosions rocked the offices of shipping companies in the southern Philippines yesterday but police have ruled out the involvement of extremists. "It was the work of a gang trying to extort money from businessmen," a police spokesman said. He added that the extortionists called
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    • 154 24 -AFP ALBANY (New York) Punters cashed in on 911 when the numbers turned out winners in the New York Lottery yesterday. "The numbers were picked in the standard, random fashion using all the same protocols," said a lottery spokeswoman. The New York Lottery will not know
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    • 118 24 Agencies KATHMANDU Truce or war is the mandate Nepal's Maoist rebels proposed to the government yesterday after two guerrilla attacks left more than 300 people dead. In a statement sent to several Kathmandubased newspapers, the Maoists' elusive leader, Pushpa Kamal Dahal, said they were ready to engage
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    • 1012 25  -  Seema Gupta New York fireman survives 911 but almost destroys himself THE day the twin towers collapsed, the life of fireman Thomas Harrington collapsed with them. He is one of the valiant firemen who performed heroically for many days, then returned to fighting fires. When he
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  • COMMENTARY
    • 871 26  -  Roger Mil lon Why PAS-bashing may backfire on Dr M RECENTLY, a visiting colleague from Kuala Lumpur confided that he was feeling distinct twinges of apprehension about the political situation in Malaysia. He had been listening to me extol his leader, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad (picture), who had
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  • UPFRONT
    • 718 30  -  Shobha Tsering Bhalla Raising the levy on maids may create more problems than it solves WHAT? Raise the maid levy? In such dismal times? You would have to be totally out of sync with the times and with the populace to support such a move.
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  • LIMELIGHT
    • 365 32  -  Yee Wei Zhen ANOTHER popular Taiwanese television series has hit Singapore. Tomorrow, adapted from a popular Japanese comic series by Salmon Fumi, stars Shawn Yue, Rainie Yang, Fan Wei Chi, Eddie Peng and Raymond Lee and is about the frivolous and romantic memories of youth. In Singapore
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    • 352 32  -  YeeWeiZken WALT Disney Television Animation's Teamo Supremo is one unconventional cartoon. Now showing on Disney Channel (SCV MaxTV Channel 33), the series follows the adventures of a quirky team of superheroes: Captain Crandall, Rope Girl and Skate Lad. The group is sworn
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    • 237 36 Agencies SINGAPORE visitor arrivals in July fell by five per cent over the same month last year, to a total of 679,198 visitors. While visitor arrivals from Indonesia, China, Hong Kong and Taiwan grew, the number from Japan and Malaysia fell, registering the biggest drop in
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    • 56 36 1. Indonesia 139,863 (+3.0%) 2. Japan 66,529 (-12.9%) 3. Australia 54,239 (-2.2%) 4. China 51,144 (+12.2%) 5. Malaysia4U4s (-12.5%) 6. UK 33,824 (-6.4%) 7. South Korea 32,337 (-7.2%) 8. USA 29,784 (-9.4%) 9. India 28,154 (-1.2%) 10. Hong Kong 26,480 (+6.2%) I I. Taiwan
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    • 159 36 Agencies BANGKOK Tourism Authority of Thailand's new governor, Mrs Juthamas Siriwan, unveiled her vision and policies aimed at developing the kingdom into the tourism capital of Asia in three years. Mrs Juthamas told a press conference yesterday that tourism would remain the fastest and most effective
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    • 153 36 Agencies TW Marriott Hotel Jakarta was named J the Best New Business Hotel in Asia by Business Asia magazine and Bloomberg TV Asia Pacific. The criteria for the award includes quality assurance and guest satisfaction ratings. It is awarded to hotels that have been open for
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    • 506 36 HIGH FIVE FROM CATHAY PACIFIC Cathay Pacific Airways has announced the addition of a fifth weekly flight from Johannesburg to Hong Kong.The new Boeing 747-400 flight will begin on Jan 7 2003 and wifl depart Johannesburg on Tuesdays at I.oopm and arrive in Hong Kong at 7.45am the next
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      782 37  -  Justyn Olby Say 'hello 7 to the friendly folk and rustic charms of this delightful resort island A PPARENTLY, "OK" is the most XicommonJy used word in the world, spanning all cultures and languages. If the people of Lombok have their way, the word "hello" will soon take
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      431 38  -  David Ngiau FILM REVIEW SO ClOSe (Now showing) STARRING three of the hottest babes in Hong Kong Vicld Zhao Wei, Karen Mok and former Category-11l starlet Shu Qi (picture) and directed by Cory Yue^ this film was designed as porno for pyros, or at least action fans.
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    • 427 40  -  Sadiah Ahmad Aamir Khan has split from wife: Indian magazine BOLLYWOOD heart-throb Aamir Khan (picture) has lost his shadow, Reena, his wife of 16 years, who has reportedly walked out of the house with their son Junaid and daughter Aira. Screaming "scoop of the month", Indian
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    • 75 41 Kids Company and Family magazines will celebrate their second anniversary with a Birthday Bash at Suntec City (outside Carrefour) this weekend.The fun starts tomorrow and Sunday, at noon.There will be free goodie bags, hourly lucky draws, a colouring contest, stage games, quizzes and story-telling sessions Also,
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    • 250 41 PARTICIPATE Army Open House 2002 (AOH 2002) The Singapore Army opens its doors to the public this weekend.The theme for this open house is Towards Army 21 -The Decisive Force. It showcases the Singapore Army as a fighting force of the 21 st century with dedicated men, state-of-the-art machines
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    • 1469 42 OnTVx Heartlanders channel 5, a.3opm flfc jo*k The Switch Friday Profiles Titans Secrets Sept 11: One Year On _P_ ami] 8- 7 Pm Inside The Actor's Studio and Thighs Channel 5, Jam 911 Clear The Skies Mr Ong decides to close his failing AWL _iJ __k_. Rill. Rfth Thnrn.nn Chraiml
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  • SPORTS
    • 467 43  -  Kelvin Phang SINGAPORE'S bowling coach Goran Bergendorff will have reinforcements for the upcoming Asian Games. Yesterday, Singapore Tenpin Bowling Congress (STBC) president Jessie Phua announced that American Pat Henry (picture) and former bowling queen Grace Young will join the national team in Busan. Henry, STBC's
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    • 201 43  -  Kelvin Phang A WHOPPING NZ$64O million ($534 million) was generated for its economy when New Zealand hosted the America's Cup two years ago. That figure got the attention of local sailing officials and corporate sponsors, according to Team New Zealand at its roadshow at the
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    • AFTERNOON EDITION
      • 420 44 Reuters Move to Real costs him $B.Bm MADRID Ronaldo's decision to leave Inter Milan for European champions Real Madrid cost him at least US$5 million ($B.B million), the president of the Italian club Massimo Moratti told Spanish television yesterday. "In economic terms, Inter came out of the whole
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      • 94 44 Reuters COLOMBO Sanath Jayasuriya hammered his 13th one-day international century to lead Sri Lanka to an eight-wicket victory over Pakistan in yesterday's Champions Trophy opener. The 33-year-old left-hander, making his return from injury, smashed an unbeaten 102 as the host coasted to 201 for two with
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    • 146 45  -  Kelvin Phang A REPORT by MediaCorp's Newsßadio 93.8FM that local badminton ace Ronald Susilo was carrying a shoulder injury caused a flutter yesterday. The Singapore Badminton Association issued a statement saying that the 23-year-old "had not withdrawn from the 14th Asian Games." Said Susilo, when contacted last night:
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    • 58 45 BALTIMORE -Johnny Unitas, one of the greatest quarterbacks in National Football League history, died on Wednesday of a heart attack. He was 69. Known as "Johnny U", Unitas starred for the Baltimore Colts from 1956--1972, leading it to three NFL championships, including Super Bowl V. Unitas was inducted
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    • 40 45 COLOGNE South African Retief Goosen showed his determination to retain his European number one crown with a seven-under-par 65 in the German Masters opening round yesterday. That left him a stroke behind leader Stephen Leaney of Australia.
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    • 43 45 SHANGHAI Young Aussie David Gleeson upstaged the region's best to take the lead in the Volvo China Open yesterday. He hit a seven-under-par 65 to lead South Africa's Des Terblanche, Japan's Sushi Ishigaki and South Korea's Kevin Na by a shot.
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    • 386 45  -  Stanley Ho THEY were like men possessed. Fighting for every ball, covering every blade of grass and shooting at every opportunity. That was the gutsy show put on by newly crowned 2002 NTUC Income S-League champion SAFFC, when it held Tampines Rovers to a 1-1 draw at
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    • 247 45  -  Kelvin Phang SINGAPORE could land a couple of triathlon medals in the 2005 SEA Games, if intense lobbying for the inclusion of the sport pays off. This was revealed by Triathlon Association of Singapore (TAS) president Alec Kuok at yesterday's press conference
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    • 832 46  -  Leonard Thomas War of the Roses takes on extra significance for the Red Devils OLD TRAFFORD'S becoming a bit of a stage for Kevin Nolan. The Bolton hitman notched his second successive strike against Manchester United at the Theatre of Dreams yesterday. While his goal
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    • AFTERNOON EDITION
      • 612 47 Manager wants strikers to bail out leaky defence ANFIELD Liverpool has squandered six goate in three games, drawing matches it should have won, and yet Gerard Houllier is not angry with his defence. Instead, the Liverpool manager has decided to put pressure on his strikers, asking them to
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      • 178 47 Agencies LONDON Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has rejected Patrick Vieira's demand for a break from football, saying he is unnerved by his captain's form. Vieira stunned the English double winner when he asked to be rested yesterday after only five games of the new Premiership campaign.
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