Today, 7 October 2002, Afternoon Edition

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    8 1 TODAY Monday October 7, 2002 I MITA(P) 063/11/2001
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      Why, what and how
      684 1  -  Francis Kan Sing Tech's three villains taught basic lesson in simplicity IN financial markets where sentiment is everything, how a message is perceived can sometimes be more important than the message itself. With a series of high-profile public relations stumbles in recent months, companies within the
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      Lock icon Osama's back... with a fresh threat
      170 1 AFP DOHA Osama bin Laden is back. The head of the Al Qaeda terror network has issued a new threat to strike US economic interests in a message to the American people, Al-Jazeera television reported yesterday. The threat came in a two-minute recording of
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Push out civil servants
      404 2  -  Lee Ching Wern Radical plan to boost entrepreneurship THE dearth of entrepreneurship in Singapore is like an illness that needs a long-term cure. But, short-term fixes are needed to allay the symptoms, said the Singapore Overseas Network US Working Group in its recommendations to the Economic
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      Help youths study abroad
      193 2  -  Joy Frances STUDENTS should not be deprived of an overseas tertiary education because they lack the money or a scholarship, according to the Singapore Overseas Network (US) Working Group. To develop a more cosmopolitan Singapore, the Government should initiate a loan scheme to enable more youths
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      Former Keadilan official detained
      163 3 PENANG The former opposition Parti Keadilan youth vice-chairman, Mr N Gobalakrishnan, has been detained for alleged sedition. According to The New Straits Times, police arrested Mr Gobalakrishnan, 41, as he stepped out of his car to attend a political ceramah (dialogue session) organised by the Parti
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      Lock icon Accident or attack?
      378 3 Agencies SANAA (Yemen) In what appeared to be a re-run of the terrorist attack on the American warship, USS Cole, an explosion blew a hole in a French supertanker yesterday, setting it ablaze off Yemen, the French Embassy said. The blast occurred a week before the second
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      At great risk
      349 4  -  Lee Ching Wern Plan helps Malays fight kidney disease THE Malay community has registered the highest rate of kidney failure among the races here. According to statistics from the Singapore Renal Registry, the ethnic group has the most cases of hypertension, which is a leading cause of
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      Lock icon KL renews push for Asean secretariat
      184 4 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Despite reservations from countries such as Singapore and Indonesia, Malaysia yesterday renewed its push for a separate secretariat for Asean's dialogue with East Asian countries. "Malaysia believes that there should be a secretariat to handle bigger issues beyond Asean. At the
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      Disabled get boost from new thrift stores
      189 4  -  Toh Boon Ngee THE Movement for the Intellectually Disabled of Singapore (Minds) hopes that its new thrift store in Hougang will give mentally challenged people the first of many new employment opportunities. Only five to seven per cent of the intellectually disabled (ID)
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      212 2 Read our key reports at www.channelnewsasia.com/today UMIST i UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Bachelor of Science (Hons.) in Management Ranked TOP for business and management for 4 consecutive years (Good University Guide) Ranked 10* in the whole of UK (Financial Times, FTIOO Annual League Table 2002) Awarded
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Challenge of a new terrain: 'Lateral Everest' beckons Mr Adventurer
      274 6  -  Yee Wei Zhen ADVENTURER Khoo Swee Chiow is planning to conquer the high seas in record-breaking style. At a press conference to unveil the Singapore Trans-Oceanic Challenge on Friday, Mr Khoo said he had planned the next big adventure even
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      Knife-wielding man shot
      237 6 A MAN was shot in the shoulder after he charged at a police officer with a knife yesterday morning at Mount Alvernia Hospital's multi-storey carpark. Police say the man is now in stable condition and is under guard at Tan Tock Seng Hospital. No one else was
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      Counsellor cop
      373 6  -  Hannah Teoh Tough police officers can cry too POLICE officers are familiar with the harsh faces of reality. They brace themselves to deal with hardcore criminals every day but little prepares them for the sadness of human tragedy. A police veteran, Commander Vendesan Somo (picture), remembers one incident
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  • LETTERS
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      How many SMS did I send?
      110 8  -  Fok Kah Hon THE short message service (SMS) is very popular. Newspapers have reported about people having to pay hundreds of dollars for SMS messages. The use of talk time on a mobile phone is recorded by the handset There is, however, no function
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      Basics first
      495 8  -  Michael Loh Yik Ming Singlish should not replace rules of English AFTER reading your report, "The language issue" (Weekend Today, Oct 5-6), on the panel discussion which was attended by Minister of State (National Development) Vivian Balakrishnan and film-maker/comedi-an Jack Neo, I could not help but wonder why
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      Independent inquiry will save council's money
      272 8  -  VJayakody I AM in agreement with the appeal by Mr S Ramamirtham, "Why waste precious funds on a legal tussle?" (Today, Oct 3), on the legal tussle between the Tamils Representative Council and one of its former members. The work done by the council
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      229 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, Singapore *****1; Fax:6s-*****17; E-mail: news@newstoday.com.sg P^ 111 M I _J Attend this Power packed, entertaining and I J I-J w 1 I highly educational FREE seminar
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Lock icon Safe harbour?
      461 10 AFP Ships head to Hawaii from paralysed US ports LOS ANGELES The economic impact of a trade-paralysing US port gridlock will double to nearly US$2 billion ($3.57 billion) a day this week, causing a snowballing crisis for the US and Asian economies, experts warn. But there has also
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      Asian currency woes to lingertill end of year
      189 10 DETERIORATING growth prospects, capital outflows, fears of war and a weak Japanese yen have knocked Asian currencies to their lowest levels in several months and with few prospects of improvement until the end of this year, Reuters reported. The silver lining is
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      Lock icon Asian rally hopes fading
      337 12 Reuters Analysts cautious to bet on 4Q rebound based on history HONG KONG Asian equity markets may have seen the worst for this year but hopes of a traditional fourthquarter rally and a follow-through into the New Year are fading. "It wasn't that long ago that
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      Lock icon A regional bond market for Asia?
      207 12 Reuters KUALA LUMPUR Asia needs to build a regional bond market so it can stand on its own financial feet and no longer be at the mercy of exploitative outsiders, Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra (picture) said yesterday at the World Economic Forum's annual
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    • Market Watch
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        SGX most active
        62 12 fy volume >ept 30 to Oct 4 '001 Siraya 102,553,001 JatacrftUSS 71,855,001 .inks Is 53,520,001 Chartered 43,133,001 )IL Intl 41,370,001 '000 SingTel 39,034,000 Chartered R 38,621,000 UniFiber 30,686,000 TPV 30,110,000 NWTech 27,346,000 iy value iept 30 to Oct 4 JOB 173,708,714 IBS 112,595,172 ,IA 102,898,641 ,PH 74,935,344
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        Singapore
        116 12 LOW volumes were a key feature of trading last week as investors stayed sidelined due to concerns about war in the Middle East and the absence of fresh leads. There seemed to be some index-linked buying at the start of the month. These included banking issues and some index
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        World markets
        50 12 Index Value Change Pis Nikkei 225 9027.55 +91.12 +1.02 Hang Seng Ordinaries laiwan Wtd 9051.37 2944.40 4067.79 +67.05 -7.40 -8.19 +0.75 -0.25 -0.20 Korea Comp SET Index 650.92 340.92 +2.82 +4.37 +0.44 +1.30 lakarta Comp Phils Comp ihenzen B 408.43 1101.64 231.61 -1.07 -1.64 -0.18 -0.26 -0.15 -0.08
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 12 US$ 0.5609 UK£ 0.***** Yen 9.153 HK$ 4.3749 RM 2.1311 Euro 0.5730 Rupiah 5059.3 Baht 24.408 Peso 29.559 A$ 1.0259 Indian Rs 27.125 Won 690.19 C$ 0.8936 Yuan 4.6426 NZ$ 1.1717 NTS 19.608
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        Commodities
        21 12 Gold uss/oz 323.30 Silver uss/oi 4.490 Platinum uss/oi 556.90 Rubber cents/kg 151.25 Palm oil RM/tonne 1366 Brent crude uss/barrel 28.93
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        Straits Times Index — 10-Day Chart
        5 12 Straits Times Index 10-Day Chart
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        SGX top rises
        87 12 By$ Sept 30 to Oct 4 Close Change HSBC 400HKS 35.500 +35.500 Inch Ken 200 18.000 +18.000 By percentage Sept 30 to Oct 4 Close Change NewToyoW*****7 0.040 +60.000 Colorland 0.070 +55.556 Cheung KongHKS 17.800 +17.800 Swire A 500HKS 17.500 +17.500 Hutchison HKS 14.800 +14.800 Wharf HKS
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        Lock icon SGX top falls
        86 12 Bloomberg By$ Sept 30 to Oct 4 Close Change Nomura Yenlk 1.990-197.010 By percentage Sept 30 to Oct 4 Close Change Nomura Yenlk 1.990 -99.000 IS S&P*****USS 82.700 -19.300 SPDRS10USS 82.800 -8.200 IS DJ USTECH 10USS 27.000 -5.500 AcmaW*****6 0.005 -83.333 GulTechW*****7 0.030 -70.000 SembCorp DBeCW*****80.005-50.000 CITYDEV
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      Lock icon Small giant
      334 13 AFP Airline turns profitable in 10 months KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's nofrills AirAsia has laid out a bold new expansion plan. The plan involves more than doubling its fleet, increasing flights and launching international destinations. Expressing optimism for the airline's outlook after surviving nearly a year in business, AirAsia
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      Lock icon Property madness
      401 14 -AFP But Aussie central bank's hands are tied SYDNEY The Australian property market has reached fever pitch in recent months and the country's central bank, while convinced a downturn is imminent, has found itself powerless to act The frenzied atmosphere was demonstrated last month when a converted public
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Paris Mayor stabbed
      147 15 Reuters PARIS A deranged man stabbed Paris Mayor Bertrand Delanoe (picture) in the stomach at an all-night party at City Hall yesterday, inflicting a small wound that was not life-threatening, city officials and police said. But the 52-year-old Mr Delanoe, a Socialist and a homosexual elected last
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      Lock icon An Arrow to defend Israel
      312 15 Agencies $3.6b shield to be tested if Iraq strikes NEW YORK Having been the target of Iraqi Scud missiles during the 1991 Gulf War, Israel is deploying a new missile shield to protect Tel Aviv and other major cities if they come under fire again,
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      Lock icon Shootings linked?
      81 15 Reuters WASHINGTON Police have linked a Virginia shooting to a mysterious Washington-area crime spree as 150 investigators continued to check leads in pursuit of the sniper who killed six people. The authorities said an investigation had clearly linked the bullet that ripped through a woman, 43, in Fredericksburg,
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      Lock icon News HQ attacked
      86 15 AFP TAIPEI Three security guards were injured yesterday when a group of unidentified assailants attacked the offices of Hong Kong press baron Jimmy Lai's Next Media, police said. At least 10 young men armed with clubs smashed windows and equipment at the news headquarters of Next Media
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      Lock icon Whole new samba
      292 16 Agencies Wall Street uneasy over Brazil's next leader BRASILIA Policy makers and economists across Latin America and in Washington are anxiously watching Brazil's presidential election, mindful that the results could have repercussions in Latin America and beyond. Brazilians yesterday voted for a President in the most hotly-contested
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      Lock icon Moves on Jerusalem
      148 16 Agencies RAMALLAH Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat yesterday signed a law declaring Jerusalem as the capital of a future Palestinian state after a US law effectively recognised the city as Israel's capital. Palestinian Legislative Council speaker Ahmed Korei said Mr Arafat had decided to sign the law, presented
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      Lock icon 86 kids, 16 'wives'
      127 16 -AFP HANOI A retired bricklayer in Vietnam, Mr Tran Viet Chu, has set an unofficial national record by siring 86 children by 16 "wives". The 75-year-old from the central province of Quang Tri, who spent 60 years travelling the country while working in the building trade,
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  • COMMENTARY
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      US SHADOW
      925 18  -  Sunny Goh on the Taiwan Straits HERE'S an ideal solution that will resolve the bitter rivalry between China and Taiwan once and for all get the United States out of the equation. With a hawkish Washington out of the way, it will surely not be beyond a less
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  • UPFRONT
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      God save these women
      922 19  -  Aijazz Ahmed Despite prominent political role, Pakistani women are still faced with the gender debate FROM that day in 1955, when a group of female students took down the Union Jack from where it had flown over the Punjab Assembly and replaced it with the Muslim
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      189 19 SINGAPORE REGISTERED NURSES I^'^ 4rll 7^ Meet Mrs Roslyn Reilly, /?sin/> f/i IX* 'jtt> I s=3. Head of USQ Nursing Department J^ Mrs Cheryl Pernn, o li *-"p wJ USQ Programme Co-ordinator ENRICH yOUr knowledge 111 Nursing? Lp"t for an entrance interview W^^t^* < I^imJS ~on tne following days ENHANCE
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  • TIMEOUT
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      Lock icon Touch and go
      636 20  -  Yong Shu Chiang IT seems Singaporeans like to get in touch with the arts literally. Two weekends ago, when the Esplanade Theatres on the Bay had its open house, some of its estimated 400,000 visitors just couldn't resist using their hands to feel the spanking new arts
      China's Yu Gao.; WONG KHING CHONG  -  636 words
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  • PORTFOLIO
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      Lock icon Retirement blues
      751 21  -  Jeffrey Tan Today art by FOR many people, the act of retiring is a difficult rite of passage. For Mr Jason Ng, 55, it has been particularly difficult Like many Singaporeans, Mr Ng had a dream to upgrade to a private property. Then in 1996, Mr Ng and
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      589 21 1% PRLDEISTTIAL Always Listening, Always Understanding. Ask the Prudential Adviser Dear PRU adviser, My husband is 50 and I am 47 years old. We have two children aged 17 and 14. Our combined annuaMncome is $190,000 and our monthly expenses total $12,000. We are paying $3,300 monthly for our $200,000
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  • LIVINGLEARNING
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      Lock icon 2-way lessons
      298 22 Channel News Asia Poly, RTC youths in unusual IT course NGEE Ann Polytechnic held a graduation ceremony for a group of reformative trainees on Saturday. Fourteen teenaged boys from the Reformative Training Centre had gone back to class to learn information technology (IT) skills. They spent six weeks
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      Lock icon They want to be like ...
      262 22 They want to be like Channel News Asia WHEN it comes to music, most children in Singapore opt to learn an instrument like the piano or violin. However, there are some who are choosing to sing like famous opera singers Placido Domingo or Kiri Te Kanawa. Eight-year-old Inara Pereira, a
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      WHAT'S ON AT THE SINGAPORE LEARININ FESTIVAL
      209 22 MAKE learning part of your agenda this October and November and, no, we are not talking about lessons in the classroom. When the Singapore Learning Festival 2002 launches on Oct 19, gear up for a long list of Learning Web Activities that will
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      62 22 ZH B Three dimensions for better communications planning. 3D is a unique research that helps discover your brands' most valuable consumers, their beliefs motivations and the best avenues to reach them. Insights from 3D help marketers communicate more effectively with their most lucrative audiences for driving future brand profit. Singapore
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      170 23 The Learning Web Activities 19 Oct -24 Nov Industry Learning Tours 19 Oct -24 Nov Learning Expo 1- 3 Nov Singapore Learning Symposium 6& 7 Nov 3T ''t'Wi^el^^^ fC* A*^ "i '■'■'"IS ■:^E rjfl llHt r lftH\.^^ •i*M'\\\\ ■U /I Anyone can be a learner at Singapore Learning Festival 2002.
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  • EATOUT
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      Hyper-celebration
      456 24  -  Katrina Karim Lucky draws and great discounts as hypermarket Carrefour turns five THIS month, Carrefour Singapore, which opened in 1997, is celebrating its fifth anniversary. Until Nov 3, Carrefour is offering a wide range of promotions. There is a contest daily in which five customers can win $100 each.
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      FOODNOTES
      164 24 Indulge Yourself Make your way to the Marina I Mandarin Hotel if you are I looking to pamper yourself I and your loved ones. Until Oct 27, the hotel's I Peach Blossoms restaurant I will be serving Oriental-style foie gras (s2B+++ per portion, above), for lunch and dinner. The
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      Dining at the new United Square
      608 25 United Square, 101 Thomson Road (Opp Novena MRT Station) Tel: 6251 5885 From around the world, there's something to tickle your taste buds all under one roof /VIMNA INTERNATIONAL SEAFOOD 1 TEPPANWWI BUFFET RESTAURANT THEVienna International Seafood Teppanyaki Buffet Restaurant serves inexpensive quality dishes.
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      4 25 United Square Shopping Mall
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  • INCINEMAS
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      Lock icon Dodge this
      368 26 ■Reuters Film-makers turn to Aussies for special-effects zing SYDNEY As Hollywood seeks more bang for its boxoffice dollar, directors needing to blur reality increasingly look half a world away to Australia's wizards of visual and special effects. The country's small visual effects industry has gained a reputation for
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      536 27  -  Yee Wei Zhen Elisa Chia Victor agrees to join Kelly on stage SHE might enjoy being portrayed as the ever-supportive sister. And maybe she is one. But he is undoubtedly tired of being known as her baby brother and wants to hold his own as a
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      635 30  -  Kelvin Phang Four golds for the Republic asTeam Singapore builds IN THE past 20 years and in five editions of the Asian Games, Singapore has won a measly four gold medals. But yesterday in Busan, the Republic equalled that four-gold haul, courtesy of bowling and bodybuilding. While
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      233 30  -  Jose Raymond AFC Champions League Geylang 3 Duli Pengiran MM 0 Noor AH hits a double ONLY 187 paying fans watched Geylang United midfielder Mohd Noor Ali (picture) bolster his chances of earning a recall to the national team with a splendid performance at the
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        510 31  -  Kelvin Phang Ong wins second gold, remains on course for third IT WAS an unforgettable day for Singapore on the lanes at the Homeplus Asiad Bowling Alley in South Korea yesterday. National captain Remy Ong led the Republic to its first bowling team gold medal in
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        582 31 AFP MADRID Ronaldo (picture) shook off his nerves and took less than a minute to score on his Real Madrid debut, later adding a second goal as the European champion beat visiting Alaves 5-2 this morning in a Spanish league game. "I
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      570 32  -  Kelvin Phang BISOUS Bedok Kings created the biggest upset of the National Rugby Championships so far this season, when they shocked previously undefeated San Miguel Wanderers 36-7 at Yio Chu Kang on Saturday. Third-placed Bedok had to win the Premier League Game of the Week
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      445 32  -  Stanley Ho in Kuala Lumpur IT WAS a heartbreaking sight After the Singapore under-21 netball team was handed a narrow 54-58 defeat by Sri Lanka in the Asian Youth Netball Championships semi-final yesterday, the Republic's goalkeeper, Koh Kai Ling, sank to her knees and
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      179 32 AFP TOKYO Magnus Norman's hopes of a first title in two years were dashed in the final of the Japan Open yesterday, but the Swede took some consolation in losing to a player also battling his way back from injury. Denmark's Kenneth Carlsen, who hurt his shoulder in
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      616 34 probably Agencies United tells him to have operation, but Eriksson will be fuming English Premier League Manchester United v Everton live, tomorrow, 2.55am, Ch24 LONDON As Manchester United prepares for tomorrow morning's match against Everton, the club will be without its most expensive player. For Rio
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        603 35 AFP Middlesbrough 2 (Ehiogu 23, Arsenal 3 (Kanu 3, 9, Vieira 45) Geremi 68) Bolton 0 Sunderland 1 (Craddock 83) Newcastle 2 (Shearer 45, 69) Aston Villa 0 Leeds 0 Westßrom 1 (Balis 27) Blackburn 1 Ostenstad 59) Southampton 2 (Ormerod 2,43) Tottenham 2 (Keane 6,
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        144 35 AFP LONDON Arsenal extended its unbeaten run in the Premiership to 30 games with another blistering display to destroy Sunderland last night Nigerian forward Nwankwo Kanu struck twice inside the first ten minutes and with Patrick Vieira adding the third just before the interval, Arsene Wenger's men
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