Today, 20 March 2003, Afternoon Edition

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  • 9 1 TODAY Thursday •March 2°> 2°° 3 MITA (P) 002/11/2002
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  • 148 1 Reuters NEW YORK United States troops may be out in the desert for a war with Iraq. But there was no sign of panic in the US financial markets yesterday. In fact, for the sixth session in a row, the Dow
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  • 594 1 17 Iraqis surrender; no-fly zone bombed THE US President George W Bush's 48-hour-deadline has passed. But, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and his sons have not left Baghdad. And as the world waited with bated breath for the formal US declaration of war, the United States armed
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  • HOT NEWS
    • 674 2 -AFP SAMMY KETZ FROM BAGHDAD, IRAQ Iraqi children anxiously wait for war FOR days, young Karim has been hiding in a wardrobe with a cardboard box in which he has hoarded a few grains of rice, a crust of bread, an orange and his toys. He is
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    • 440 2 GREER FAY CASHMAN FROM JERUSALEM, ISRAEL ON TUESDAY morning, Israel's mass circulation daily Yediot Aharonot was published with a huge headline white words on a black background that read 'Sealing Rooms.' For months, the nation has been told to acquire gas masks and
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    • 809 3 WILLIAM PFAFF, AUTHOR AND VETERAN INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE COLUMNIST PARIS And so we go to war, the United States, Britain and Australia alone. George W Bush and Tony Blair see this as a Churchillian moment Alone? So be it! If their troops are received in Basra by
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    • 739 3  -  Grace Tay by grace(iggnewstoday.com.sg SHE clung on to the cash register, upset at her "demotion" from a cashier to a sales assistant. Ms Loh Kirn Eng (picture, right), now 49, had been a permanent cashier with the Robinsons departmental store for about
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    • 87 4 Channel News Asia SINGAPORE Airlines is reducing its services to Dubai and restricting the amount of cargo carried on some flights to Europe due to the situation in Iraq. With a sharp drop-off in passenger demand going into the Middle East, from Monday, SIA is
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    • 238 4 Washington said a "coalition of the willing" of about AS countries privately or publicly supported its intention to oust Mr Saddam by force. The US, Britain and Australia alone are providing combat troops. Nearly three out of four Americans support a US war on Iraq following President George
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    • 689 4  -  Lee Ching Wern Elisia Yeo AFP. Asean divided over support for US in the war by. and chingwern(g>newstoday.com.sg WHILE most Asean countries have ties with the United States, it is Singapore and the Philippines which first come to mind when there is talk about "pro-US allies"
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  • HOME NEWS
    • 461 6  -  Grace Tay as births decline, more teachers hired by. grace@newstoday.com.sg ONE good thing seems to have emerged amid Singapore's bleak economy and falling birth rates parents and educators are finally going to get their wish for smaller class sizes fulfilled. Primary One classes in Government schools will take
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    • 262 6 -Joy Frances TWO weeks after Cisco guard Rahim Othman was fatally shot by an ex-colleague, two questions remain unanswered. The first is how the shooter, Ismail Abdul Rahman, 37, entered the guardhouse where Mr Rahim, 47, was posted. The guardhouse is within the locked compound
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    • 372 6  -  Lee Ching Wem MR NEWATER and Ms Raw Water popped up in Parliament yesterday, much to the House's amusement and Speaker Abdullah Tarmugi's consternation. Replying to MPs' queries about the cost of Newater, Environment Minister Lim Swee Say suddenly introduced his friend Mr
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    • Article, Illustration
      358 9  -  by. Sol E Solomon solomon@newstoday.com.sg SUN Microsystems has made a further commitment to provide Web services to anyone, anytime, anywhere. In town to witness the launch of Java Tarik ONE (Java TONE), Sun's chairman, president and CEO Scott McNealy (picture) first suggested that its Java programming language is
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    • 254 9 —Joy Frances AS the number of people stricken with deadly pneumonia in Singapore climbed to 31 yesterday, doctors announced that they had identified the likely infective agent The disease that has killed 14 people and infected hundreds worldwide is related to the parainfluenza viruses: Mumps, measles and Nipah.
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    • 238 9 IT WAS good old police legwork that ended in a serial robber getting caught Pounding the pawnshop beat, Bedok Police Station officers, armed with video footages of a robbery captured by a CCTV in a lift, scoured pawnshops, goldsmith shops and second-hand dealer shops to find
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    • 116 9 THE National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) hopes to raise $800,000 for its Eldercare cooperative this year, through the NTUC Charity Draw 2003 and a walkathon on October 19. NTUC Eldercare operates two social daycare centres for the elderly and with this amount raised, it can provide quality
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  • SPECIAL
    • 116 7 ON THE FRONTLINES US Army 3rd Division 11th Engineers listen by radio to US President George W Bush's address to the nation, on the Iraq-Kuwait border. Bush announced that the US military struck at "targets of opportunity" in Iraq. Air defence sirens and antiaircraft fire was reported briefly in Baghdad.
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  • LETTERS
    • 621 11  -  Daniel Koh Kah Soon War decision must be sanctioned by UN US PRESIDENT George W Bush has issued an ultimatum to Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and his sons to leave Iraq or face a US-led military strike. By taking that route, the US and its allies have decided
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    • 289 11  -  I REFER to the article, "Stop snipping Nicole!" (Today, March 19). It was filled with passionate eloquence. I wish the Board of Film Censors (BFC) would rethink its policy on censorship. We have spent so much trying to infuse some iota of "culture" into our society, with
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    • 132 11  -  Yak Chin Hua I REFER to the letter, "A 10% wage cut can ease $1.2b deficit" (Today, March 18) by Mr Kelvin Wong Keng Heng. Last year, the Government paid a half-month's variable bonus in addition to the 13th-month wage supplement to public-sector employees.
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      314 13  -  Chan Chao Peh Rally fades as Spore market treads with caution by. chaopeh@newstoday.com.sg AFTER powering to its biggest rally in five months on Tuesday following America's ultimatum to Iraq, the Singapore stock market decided to proceed with caution yesterday, as investors waited for clearer directions from the outcome
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    • 312 13 -AFP NEW YORK Oil prices plummeted as traders banked on a swift US-led victory in a looming war with Iraq without disruptions in the flow of crude to world markets. "The market is putting great credence in a war being over quickly," said Fimat
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    • Market Watch
      • 53 13 Index Value Change Pis NIKKEI HANG SENG 7868.56 8787.45 -74.48 -87.54 -0.94 -0.99 ILL ORDINARIES 2673.30 -13.80 -0.51 TAIWAN WTFD 4378.99 50.84 1.18 KOREA COMP 531.78 -0.03 -0.01 SET 353.48 1.04 0.30 JAKARTA COMP 383.86 -3.39 -0.88 PHILIPPINES COMP 1000.44 0.00 0.00 SHEN7HEN B 197.38 -1.20 -0.60 MUMBAI
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      • 21 13 Gold uss/oi 342.95 Silver uss/oi 4.463 Platinum uss/oi 686.700 Rubber cents/kg 188 Palm oil RM/tonne 1517 Brent crude uss/borrel 37.83
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      • 36 13 US$ 0.5714 UK£ 0.3557 Yen 67.5642 HK$ 4.4562 RM 2.1711 Euro 0.5322 Rupiah 5086.85 Baht 24.4308 Peso 31.3953 A$ 0.9629 Indian Rs 27.2327 Won 711.817 C$ 0.8452 Yuan 4.7294 NZ$ 1.0446 NTS 19.8483
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      • 118 13 SGX STOCKS here rose for a second day, led by Sing Tel, which climbed two cents to $1.34. The STI added 10.89, or 0.85 per cent, to 1,285.01. Companies with US clients, such as Venture, gained. It added 20 cents to $14.70. Eagle Brand Holdings, a China-based maker of
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      • 58 13 Bloomberg Jy volume March 19 Chartered \ccs SingTel DatacrftUSS 1PV Citiraya >ac Cent iembCorp itarCrusUSS TO Close 0.675 0.380 1.340 0.540 0.475 0.525 0.220 1.030 0.230 0.990 Change +0.015 -0.005 +0.020 +0.010 +0.010 +0.005 +0.035 +0.005 +2.3 -1.3 +1.5 +2.2 +1.9 +2.3 +3.5 +0.5 '000 38,665 19,729
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      • 79 13 March 19 Close Change ihangAsia 2kHKS 5.600 +0.300 /enture 14.700 +0.200 >IA 10.000 +0.150 IMH400USS 5.900 +0.150 5TIETF100 13.000 +0.140 >PH 17.900 +0.100 5PH100 17.900 +0.100 Creative 50 11.500 +0.100 DBS 9.250 +0.100 ISH500USS 2.350 +0.100 )y percentage March 19 :JBenW*****6 Close Change 0.040 +0.010 iunway 0.045
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      • 79 13 March 19 Close Change DUE 5.700 -0.050 (epLand 1.300 -0.040 1.630 -0.030 it Tyre W*****0 0.140 -0.025 ip Land 3.180 -0.020 it Trdg 1.270 -0.020 IPB Breweries 4.900 -0.020 lseanSupremel00USS4.320 -0.020 3A 1.020 -0.020 jpitaland 1.110 -0.020 By percentage March 19 El-Nets Close Change 0.005 -0.005 BBR
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    • 400 14 Reuters But markets are reluctant to build fresh long positions TOKYO The dollar steadied in Asia yesterday, trading in a razorthin range as the market held its breath for the likely launch of a US-led attack against Iraq. The view that a war would be short
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    • 252 14  -  Lee Yew Meng WHILE other Japanese companies are moving their manufacturing operations to China, Toshiba is placing its faith in Singapore. It is transferring the development and design of its colour televisions for the global market from Japan to Singapore. The company will
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    • 259 14  -  Chan Chao Peh by. chaopeh(gnewstoday.com.sg SINGTEL shares yesterday recovered some lost ground as the market is satisfied with the company's clarification of earlier reports that its Australian unit had some accounting irregularities. "It's behind us now," said UOB Kay Hian analyst Peggy Mak.
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    • 396 15  -  Derrick A Paulo Comfort-DelGro merger stumped over delayed NEL by. derrick@newstoday.com.sg IT WAS supposed to be a turning point for the two Singapore transport entities, but Comfort Group and DelGro Corp ended up swerving into unanswered questions from the past The major skid factor turned out to be
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    • 83 15 Channel News Asia AN APPEAL by Deutsche Bank and BNP Paribas, creditors of Asia Pulp and Paper, against a High Court decision to throw out a petition for the appointment of a judicial manager to run the debtridden company, ended yesterday with the Supreme Court reserving judgement. Asia
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    • 115 15 Bloomberg SINGAPORE'S smallest bank, Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp (OCBC) said it will pay investors a special dividend of 49.75 cents per share. Shareholders will have the option of receiving preference shares at 99.5 cents each or one preference share for every two ordinary shares. The preference shares will
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    • 736 16  -  Caroline Baum Bloomberg No guidance when the going gets tough by. news@newstoday.com.sg MASSACHUSETTS He knows enough about the future of the US economy to instruct Congress not to enact more fiscal stimulus. He knows enough about the tightness of the oil markets to tell industrialised nations not
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    • 251 17 Bloomberg Temasek with Deutsche make Danamon shortlist JAKARTA Indonesia has named Temasek Holdings, the Government's investment arm, as one of five short-listed bidders for a 51 per cent stake in Bank Danamon, the country's fifthlargest lender by assets. Temasek is making a joint bid with Deutsche Bank, Europe's
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    • 67 17 Bloomberg SINGAPORE Airlines will start weekly cargo services between Singapore and Adelaide to cater to South Australia's fresh produce exporters and its growing manufacturing industry. The airline will use a Boeing 747-400 for the service which starts on April 1, the carrier said. Singapore Airlines, the
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 104 19 Agencies BELGRADE New Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Zivkovic (picture), an ally of the assassinated Mr Zoran Djindjic, took office on Tuesday, vowing to find his predecessor's killers. Mr Zivkovic, 42, who is also a leading opponent of Slobodan Milosevic during the bloodstained *****, told
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    • 319 19 while the iron's hot SEOUL As the United States focuses on an imminent war against Iraq, jittery Asian nations are casting a wary eye on North Korea to many, a more clear and present danger than Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. Seeking the highest price from
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    • 286 21 Reuters Possible life term for Elizabeth's abductors SALT LAKE CITY The homeless couple accused of abducting 15-year-old Elizabeth Smart and holding her captive for nine months were charged on Tuesday with kidnapping and sexual assault crimes that could send them to prison for life if convicted. Brian
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    • 141 21 -AFP TOKYO A Japanese plane maintenance crew found the decaying body of a young Asian male in the wheel compartment of an All Nippon Airways (ANA) passenger plane, police said yesterday. "They discovered the body in the left wheel compartment yesterday. We cannot
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    • 203 21 Agencies HAKONE (Japan) For Sri Lanka's peace negotiators, an invitation to this Japanese resort is more than a chance to rejuvenate in natural hot springs. The top Tamil Tigers negotiator, Mr Anton Balasingham, said Japan's offer to host the latest Sri
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    • 210 21 Agencies LONDON Three men were arrested under anti-terrorism laws near Gatwick airport in south London during a raid. Two of them were arrested in a flat late Tuesday, where two home-made bombs were found, police said yesterday. The third man was arrested elsewhere. Police
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    • 101 21 Reuters BERLIN Seven new flavours of ice cream are not going down well with Catholic Church leaders in Germany. The reason? They are named after the seven deadly sins. The church leaders accused the makers of trifling with serious matters and courting controversy
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  • COMMENTARY
    • 889 23  - Is this about Iraq or Colombia? Andrew Ferguson By. in Washington WHEN I spoke to the lady handling press inquiries at Answer Act Now to Stop War and End Racism, the sponsoring organisation for anti-war protests she couldn't have been more helpful. "Will you be taking a photographer along?" she
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  • WATZUP?
    • 719 25  -  Elisa Chia by. elisa@newstoday.com.sg NIGEL Marven (picture, centre) has been bitten by an anaconda, nearly gored by a lion and once got too close for comfort to a great white shark. Yet, he keeps going back for more. Fear is not a word this UK wildlife film-maker
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    • DAILY BREW
      • 127 25 -AFP INJURY may force Spider-Man Tobey Maguire (picture) to quit spinning his web when it comes to shooting the sequel of last year's super-hero hit, the industry press said on Tuesday. Maguire, 27, could be replaced in The Amazing Spider-Man, due to begin filming next month,
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      • Article, Illustration
        92 25 JUDE Law and Sadie Frost's marriage looks like it's heading for a meltdown. The estranged couple (picture) apparently had a huge row at the Surprise Cafe in Marylebone, London recently. According to The Daily Mirror, Frost was grabbing and pleading with Law not to end their relationship.
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      • 87 25 THE American beauty who's carrying heartthrob Colin Farrell's baby is model Kirn Bordenave. According to The Sun, the couple were seen kissing and cuddling on the seafront in Santa Monica, California recently. The Halle Berry look-alike, who is three months' pregnant, has been shying away from
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    • 425 26  -  Serene Foo Well, it's not something you proclaim and no one has asked by. serene@newstoday.com.sg HERE'S what most of us don't know about MediaCorp artiste Vivian Lai: She has been a married woman since 2001. "Well, no one asked and I can't go around proclaiming, 'I'm
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    • 183 26  -  -Janice Lee THESE musicians will get you bopping to a funky beat Heineken Music is presenting a one-night only, free performance by renowned band Electracoustic tonight The band comprises a diverse range of musicians who can trace their lineage to some of the biggest and most
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    • 326 26  -  Janice Lee HIS spirit will travel across continents to fulfil a dream never realised in his life. Originally from Ballintubber in Ireland, the late Brother Joseph McNally (picture) had always looked forward to having an exhibition on a large scale in the country of
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    • 392 26  -  Tor Ching Li Ratfo Challenge Pally Update by. in Sydney chingli@newstoday.com.sg IF YOU celebrated your birthday yesterday you shared it with Australia's most famous landmark: the Sydney Harbour Bridge! To clink our glasses to this grand ol' "Coat Hanger", which turned 71 (with no
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    • Article, Illustration
      1148 27  -  Dafiid Ngiau Easily one of the best this year, or any other THE film begins in total silence, with nary a sound, as the production banners for Paramount Pictures and Miramax Films appear and the opening credits begin to roll. Only after 45 seconds are we relieved of the
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    • IN CINEMAS
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        574 28  -  David Ngiau Kangaroo Jack is lowbrow comedy by. david@newstoday.com.sg THE best thing I can say about the "family comedy" Kangaroo Jack, which opens here today, is that it's a breath of fresh air in the midst of all this Oscar-mania. Okay, that's stretching it a bit. It's really
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        596 29  -  Yong Shu Chiang Tale of valour that parallels the times THE final frame of Tears of the Sun, devised as a romantic, if improbable, tale of valour in the strife-filled jungles of Africa, hammers home the point of the whole movie. A red-lettered quote from philosopher Edmund
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    • 390 31 Get exclusive benefits at participating outlets SINGAPOREANS love food. That is an undisputed fact witness the more than 18,000 new food outlets that opened island-wide just for the period from 2001 to 2002. On an annual average, Singaporeans spend about $2,000 on eating out. When you
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    • 608 31 -AFP A subdued Oscars to reflect sombre war mood HOLLYWOOD The glitzy red carpet arrival that is a trademark of the Oscars show will be scaled back dramatically this year to reflect the sombre atmosphere of war in Iraq, organisers said on Tuesday. Organisers announced
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    • CITY STYLE
      • 522 32  -  Cathleen Tung Let three sexy girls make your fantasy come true by. cathleen.tung@newstoday.com.sg LISTEN up, guys this one's for you! Imagine three sexily-clad girls in midriff tops and mini skirts hovering around you, as you are perched on an antique barber's chair. One of them gently
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      • 239 33 INDULGENCE is a privilege, so say the people at La Prairie. And, the beauty brand from Switzerland has translated this belief into various skin and body treatments to help us relax. Now, besides pampering yourself, you can also feel good knowing that you're doing a good
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      • 262 33  -  Cathleen Tung Sporty, trendy or elegant? There's always one for you I by cathleen.tung@newstoday.com.sg AS YOU step out of your house decked in the latest garb from head to toe, don't forget to keep the glaring sun from your eyes with a pair of stylish sunglasses. With
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      • 257 33 SHOPPING is now an art. Literally. In conjunction with Style at Orchard, a programme by the Orchard Road Business Association for Fashion Festival 2003, Tangs collaborated with LaSalle-SIA College of the Arts to present a sculpture competition and exhibition. Entitled "The Art of Giving You
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    • 464 36 Liverpool ready to finish off Celtic and win the battle of Britain Uefa Cup quarter-finals, second leg Liverpool v Celtic Reds expected to reach last four LONDON Liverpool will be looking to finish the job it started with a 1-1 draw at Celtic last week when
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    • 547 36 'Fletcher will get better, if he gets bigger 1 Agencies Champions League Group D Deportivo 2 Man United 0 Youngsters shine but fail to win LONDON Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson is convinced fellow Scot, Darren Fletcher, can become an international star but only if he puts on a
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    • 154 36 Reuters BERLIN Borussia Dortmund's Champions League exit yesterday morning has completed a historic failure for German soccer. For the first time since 1957, there is no German representative in the last eight of any European club competition. It strikes a severe blow to a soccer-mad nation
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    • 424 37  -  Stanley Ho Macau youngsters out to impress S-League scouts by. stanley@newstoday.com.sg HE IS an investment banker by day and a semi-professional footballer by night After a hectic day dealing in the financial markets, the only thing Macau national team captain Alan Lam looks forward to
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    • 335 37  -  Stanley Ho THEY represent the future of Singapore football. Blessed with youthful exuberance and natural ability, seven talented youngsters in the Lions' team have injected a breath of fresh air into the flagging fortunes of Singapore football. After three days of centralised
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    • 372 37  -  Tan Yo-Hinn by yohinn@newstoday.com.sg SOMETIMES, making your guest feel welcome can lead to unexpected rewards. Singapore has just sealed the deal to host the ninth leg of the 11-race 2003 Fl Powerboat Racing world championships in October for the first time since 1992. And
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    • 552 38 Pires tells United manager to stop playing mind games LONDON Robert Pires last night told Sir Alex Ferguson to forget the mind games and keep his nose out of Arsenal's business. Manchester United manager Ferguson branded the Treble-chasing Gunners as over-confident, arrogant and full of triumphalism, reported
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    • 108 39 HE HAS never completed a race at Sepang. But rising Formula One racing star Kimi Raikkonen of McLaren-Mercedes is keen to break his duck at the Malaysian Grand Prix this weekend. He has his sights firmly set on a podium finish. The Finnish heart-throb made his bold
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    • 117 39 FORMER Singapore defender R Sasikumar submitted a report to the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) yesterday, showing cause for his accusation that he had been verbally abused by Woodlands Wellington skipper Simon Clark during an S-League game last Friday. The Tampines defender alleges that Clark made racist
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    • 106 39 -AFP KARACHI Pakistan's cricket chiefs sacked Waqar Younis as captain yesterday after its disastrous World Cup campaign and named wicketkeeper Rashid Latif to replace him. Waqar's sacking was expected after Pakistan, one of the tournament favourites and runner-up to Australia four years ago, failed to advance beyond
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