Today, 16 May 2003

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    12 1 TODAY -T I" 1 Cl 3-V May 16' 2003 MITA (P) 002/11/2002
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    Ray of hope amid fears
    921 1  -  Lee Ching Wern Grace Tay IMH cases not confirmed; May 18 Sars-free date possible by and chingwern@newstoday.com.sg JUST when all of Singapore had reconciled itself to the inevitable, came a faint sliver of hope. So far, none of the 30 patients and 13 employees from
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Lock icon Death for spreaders
      744 2  -  Ng Boon Yian Agencies, Outrage as China outlines steps to tackle quarantine breakers AMID fears that Sars could spread to the vast rural heartlands, China has threatened to execute or jail for life anyone who breaks quarantine orders and spreads the deadly virus intentionally. On May 8,
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      Lock icon A record rise in Sars cases in Taiwan sparks new fears
      386 2 Agencies TAIPEI Taiwan recorded its highest jump in the number of Sars cases yesterday, 26, triggering fears that the outbreak, especially in hospitals, is out of control. Three other hospitals have joined the Taipei Municipal Hoping Hospital and private
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      'No basis for Malaysian editorial'
      259 2 THERE was no basis for Malaysia's Berita Harian editorial, which alleged on Wednesday that Singapore is not serious about taking steps to prevent the export of Sars, said Minister of State for Health Dr Balaji Sadasivan in an exclusive interview with Channel NewsAsia. The editorial
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      Lock icon Toronto off the list
      69 2 AFP THE World Health Organisation (WHO) has removed Toronto from its list of Sars-hit areas. Canada is the only country outside Asia to have reported any Sars-linked deaths and all of these have occurred in the Toronto area. WHO said it considered that the chain of
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      Lock icon No time to bicker, says Tung
      227 3 AFP HONG KONG A day after surviving an unprecedented no confidence motion in the legislature, Hong Kong Chief Executive Tung Chee Hwa yesterday appealed for unity among the territory's political factions. Mr Tung, who has been criticised for the government's management of the Sars
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      Lock icon KL accuses US of rumourmongering
      116 3 Reuters KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia said yesterday that Washington was creating "scares all over the world" when it renewed a warning to Americans living or travelling in Malaysia to be aware of the threat posed by extremist groups in the region. A State Department advisory had
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      Lock icon Japan girds for conflict
      286 3 -AFP Bills frame nation's response to attack TOKYO In an unprecedented show of unity, Japan's main ruling and opposition parties in the Lower House of Parliament passed three war contingency bills that gave the nation its first legal framework for responding to military attack since World
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  • HOME NEWS
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      The points piled up
      434 4  -  Joy Frances and the book is thrown at safety violator Wyndham by joy@newstoday.com.sg A WHOLLY-OWNED construction subsidiary of property investor and developer Allgreen Properties has been barred from hiring "non-traditional source" (NTS) foreign workers for a year because of safety violations. NTS foreign workers are those
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      SARS UPDATE
      119 4 China will play host to a Sars symposium on June 3 and 4. me 10 Asean members, Japan and South Korea will share their experiences on the prevention and control of Sars. The symposium came out of the April Bangkok summit on Sars. Japan has postponed indefinitely the
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      Fill 'er up and boost The Courage Fund
      99 6 MOTORISTS have until midnight tonight to take advantage of Shell's five per cent discount on petrol prices. Shell will donate five per cent of its takings from petrol sales between 12.01am Monday to 12am Saturday to The Courage Fund and it is
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      Lock icon The hidden innards
      126 6 Channel NewsAsia A MALAYSIAN truck driver was caught at the Tuas Checkpoint yesterday attempting to smuggle 1.75 tonnes of pig innards into Singapore. The innards were hidden in 63 white polystyrene boxes and brown paper cartons on a Malaysian-registered lorry. Officials from the Singapore Immigration and Checkpoints
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      Lock icon Palm prints of gratitude
      143 6 Channel NewsAsia THE Sars situation here has prompted the Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery to modify its Vesak Day celebrations and postpone the traditional kneeling procession. Instead of the usual procession where devotees kneel every few steps, the monastery erected a "Gratitude Wall". Devotees
      – Channel NewsAsia  -  143 words
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      Pre-entry quarantine
      358 6  -  Tor Ching Li Human resource agency's move to boost client confidence by chingli@newstoday.com.sg "PEOPLE solutions" are what recruitment agencies usually pride themselves on providing but what happens when people become the problem? With the Sars outbreak continuing to take a heavy toll on the region, the import of
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      Lock icon Captains of great service
      754 9  -  Tan Hui Leng SMRT Corp honours those who put commuters first by huileng@newstoday.com.sg AWARDS for good work are not new. But if customers send in glowing praise to a company about the excellent services rendered and then take time off from work to attend the commendation
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  • LETTERS
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      SIA, Sars and thermometers
      131 10  -  Andanallur S Vedanarayanan IT was interesting to read that Singapore Airlines is giving a health kit to passengers on some SIA flights (Today, May 14). The supply, however, is for a few flights only and the thermometer is for single use. Would it not be better
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      Let us not lose hope
      144 10  -  Gomez Aloysius THE leader of the Sars Combat Unit, Mr Khaw Boon Wan, has said: "So what if we pass May 18, hundred marks. I can't sleep well, you should not sleep well, nobody can sleep well. We can only sleep well when the whole
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      Wasn't there a promise?
      338 10  -  Narayana Narayana That 'no increase' pledge on fares this year APART from Mr Lim Boon Hee's letter, "Where's the balance?" (Weekend Today, May 10-11), the proposal for the North-East Line (NEL) fares to be higher than on the other existing sectors has not drawn much public
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      Waive that $2m tax on Sars lottery
      146 10  -  Leong Sze Hian I REFER to reports about the special lottery to help raise $2 million to battle Sars (Today, May 13). The organiser, Singapore Pools, expects about $7.5 million worth of tickets to be sold, of which $3 million will be used
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      Those disturbing voices from Woodlands
      159 12  -  Mohd Izmell I AM grateful to the staff of the Institute of Mental Health (IMH) for moving to Tan Tock Seng Hospital, HDB flats in the Woodlands area and hotels when they suspected they had a Sars cluster outbreak. They showed their responsible attitude and
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      Those costjy repairs
      236 12  -  Michael Loh Yik Ming and how drivers can help I FULLY support NTUC Income's rigorous efforts to root out spurious and inflated claims as such unscrupulous practices have contributed to increased insurance premiums, which has affected me too, to the tune of about 40 per cent more
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      No relief, only distress
      127 12  -  COng MY husband is working in a travel agency. The company, which was hit by Sars, told the staff to take no-pay leave on alternate weeks in April and May. The company also said it was going to implement a 60 per cent pay cut We
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  • BUSINESS TODAY
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      Lock icon Export growth at 4-month low?
      173 14 Bloomberg SINGAPORE'S exports in April probably grew at the slowest pace in four months after demand for its electronics goods was dragged down by fading expectations of a recovery in consumer spending and business investment in the United States. Non-oil domestic exports probably grew 5.5
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      Lock icon 'AAA' for Singapore
      486 14 Bloomberg Big vote of confidence from Fitch SINGAPORE'S foreign currency debt rating was raised to AAA by Fitch Ratings, which praised the way the city-state has dealt with the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars) and other economic shocks. Fitch raised Singapore to its highest rating, from AA+,
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    • Market Watch
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 14 US$ 0.5824 UK£ 0.3600 Yen 67.360 HK$ 4.5427 RM 2.2133 Euro 0.5075 Rupiah 4921.7 Baht 24.503 Peso 30.348 A$ 0.9025 Indian Rs 27.446 Won 696.84 C$ 0.8021 Yuan 4.8208 NZ$ 1.0148 NTS 20.179
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        Lock icon Commondities
        26 14 SGX BLOOMBERG Gold uss/oi 354.55 Silver uss/oi 4.85 Platinum uss/oi 663 Rubber cents/kg 171 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1491.5 Brent crude uss/barrel 29.17 Information provided by:
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      Lock icon Nikkei plunges
      124 14 -AFP TOKYO Japanese share prices plunged 1.47 per cent, weighed down by losses on Wall Street, with the Nikkei-225 losing an average 121.51 points to end at 8,123.40. The broader Topix index of all first section shares dropped 11.92 points to 820.08. Investors were disappointed with the government's
      -AFP  -  124 words
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      Corporate Briefs
      215 16 WANT WANT NET INCOME RISES 7.34%: Want Want Holdings, the Singapore snacks and beverage company, reported a rise in first quarter net income of 7.34 per cent year-on-year on an increase in sales of gummy sweets. Net income rose to U5528.21 million ($48.82 million) for the quarter ended
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      Success in Brazil
      210 16 Fels Setal to build two vessels for Maersk Brasil FELS Setal Group the Brazilian subsidiary of Keppel Corporation through Keppel Offshore Marine has won a contract to construct two Platform Supply Vessels (PSVs) for Maersk Brasil (Brasmar). The contract includes an option for the construction of two
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      Lock icon Online traffic soars in HK
      202 18 Reuters SYDNEY Online traffic to shopping, education, news, medical and banking sites soared in Hong Kong as people sought safety at home from the Sars virus, steering clear of public places, according to a survey. Internet monitor Nielsen/Netßatings said April was the first month since
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      Lock icon Korean Air losses fuelled by costs
      104 18 -AFP SEOUL Korean Air said yesterday that the national flag carrier swung into the red in the first quarter due to higher fuel costs and foreign exchange-related losses. For the three months to March, Korean Air posted a net loss of 180 billion won
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      Lock icon Fear is causing the damage
      611 18 Bloomberg China's economy may grow weaker in Q2 BEIJING China s economic growth slowed in April as the spread of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars) deterred consumers from shopping. Companies such as Siemens AG and Motorola Inc blamed the disease for flagging orders. China's economy
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      Lock icon China's retailing giant in Bucharest
      104 18 AFP SHANGHAI China's retailing giant, Hualian Group, has sealed a deal to open a major shopping mall in the Romanian capital Bucharest its first foray overseas, state press reported yesterday. The Shanghai-based group has received approval from Romanian authorities and is now in the process
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      Lock icon PLDT's profit up 58%
      261 20 Bloomberg MANILA Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co (PLDT), the nation's biggest phone company, said its first-quarter profit surged 58 per cent as it added more mobile phone subscribers by expanding its wireless network in the provinces. Profit rose to 2.5 billion pesos ($B3 million) in the
      — Bloomberg  -  261 words
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      Lock icon Win-win deal
      325 20 Bloomberg STTelemedia purchase will boost US-S'pore ties, strengthen Global Crossing's financial footing WASHINGTON Global Crossing, a fibre-optic network operator in Chapter 11 bankruptcy, said its proposed sale to Singapore Technologies Telemedia is in the public interest as it tries to win US government support of the transaction. Global
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      Lock icon US shoppers spend less
      360 22 AFP Surprise drop last month fuels worries about impact on the economy WASHINGTON Retailers suffered a surprise drop in sales last month, data showed on Wednesday, as American shoppers reduced spending in the face of a sluggish, no-job recovery. Retail sales eased 0.1 per cent from
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      UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Indian train blaze kills 38
      158 24 Agencies LUDHIANA (India) A burning cigarette may have sparked yesterday's blaze on an Indian train that killed 38 people but a thorough probe would uncover whether sabotage was involved, Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee said. He said initial investigations indi- I cated that a cigarette
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      Lock icon Bush, Roh won't tolerate nukes in N Korea
      165 24 Reuters WASHINGTON The US and South Korea have pledged to work with their allies to halt North Korea's nuclear ambitions. US President George W Bush and his South Korean counterpart Mr Roh Moo Hyun emerged from a summit yesterday touting a personal
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      Lock icon Iron fist
      321 24 Agencies Saudis vow to crack down on bombers RIYADH Faced with the threat of growing militancy and strident criticism from the US, Saudi Arabia issued a terse warning to Al Qaeda, saying it will make the terror group pay for Monday's triple suicide bombings that killed 34 people,
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      Lock icon Split over Iraq
      353 26 Agencies US fails to convince Russia about lifting sanctions MOSCOW As the UN Security Council met to discuss a draft US resolution to lift sanctions imposed on Iraq in 1990, the US hit a wall when it failed to win support from Russia. But Mr Powell, who
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      Lock icon Saudi opposition on 24-hr TV
      147 26 -AFP DUBAI A Saudi Islamist opposition group said on Wednesday that it had launched a 24-hour television channel, five months after inaugurating radio broadcasts to Saudi Arabia. "The television started round-the-clock broadcasts on a 12.149 MHz frequency on the Hotbird3 satellite," said Mr Saad Al
      -AFP  -  147 words
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      Lock icon Sars survey scam
      156 26 Reuters SYDNEY Australians are being warned not to fall for a faxed survey asking how the Sars virus has affected their travel plans as the questionnaire is a costly scam. Consumer protection officials in Western Australia state said yesterday the survey claimed to be from the tourism
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      Lock icon Victory for truckers
      256 26 Agencies PUSAN After a tense stand-off lasting a week, striking South Korean truckers agreed yesterday to return to work after winning concessions from the government Under the deal, the government agreed to almost all of the demands of the truckers' unions, including tax cuts and other measures
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      Lock icon Damage control at NYT
      299 28 Agencies 'Betrayed', angry staff grill editor over false reporting scandal NEW YORK As pressure mounts on the New York Times in the wake of the false reporting scandal, the daily confirmed on Wednesday that prosecutors had opened an investigation into the matter. The daily's executive editor
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      Lock icon M'sian govt gambling plan gets Pahang nod
      183 28 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR The central Malaysian state of Pahang on Wednesday defended the central government's move to allow a second gaming centre in its area amid protests from the opposition Islamic party. The new gaming centre at Bukit Tinggi Resort, owned by the
      -AFP  -  183 words
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      Lock icon 'Blasphemous' sandals get the boot
      152 28 -AFP COPENHAGEN After huge outcries and demonstrations, a supermarket chain in Denmark decided it was wiser to withdraw the object that sparked the protests flip-flop sandals featuring images of Jesus Christ and the Virgin Mary. A spokesman for the co-op chain said it has received
      -AFP  -  152 words
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      Lock icon Hail the new chief as noisy Menem bows out
      178 29 Agencies LA RIOJA (Argentina) Peronist Nestor Kirchner (picture) clinched Argentina's presidency after his flamboyant rival, former President Carlos Menem, rock bottom in polls, quit days before a run-off election. Mr Menem's withdrawal, which appeared likely to mark the end of his
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      Lock icon Blair's losing battle
      330 29 AFP Britons oppose plans for strengthened EU LONDON Prime Minister Tony Blair (picture) is fighting a losing battle to persuade Britons to accept the transfer of more powers to an enlarged European Union, the Daily Telegraph reported yesterday, citing a new poll. The survey suggested that the
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      891 34  -  William Pesek Jr Pelvis-thrusting pop star Inul is a test of Indonesia's maturity as a nation by news@newstoday.com.sg SYDNEY Try looking at the newspapers or television in Indonesia without seeing Inul Daratista (picture). Dubbed the nation's Eminem, the singer is everywhere. Depending on your viewpoint, she
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      625 36  -  Tor Ching Li A glimpse into what theseTVß stars are up to when they're off screen IT WAS a sight to behold. Eight journalists seated around a conference table, pen and paper in hand, involuntarily inching towards the central speakerphone with perked ears and bated breath.
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      385 40  -  Yong Shu Chiang Kit Chan hopes to lift spirits, raise funds with her songs of hope by shuchiang@newstoday. com, sg LOCAL singer Kit Chan (picture) has been going places ever since she stepped into the limelight in the early *****. In fact, she has travelled
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      463 40  -  Tor Ching Li by chingli@newstoday.com.s; WHEN I asked a former college mate from the UK who visited Singapore recently what she thought of this place, she replied with a grimace: "You've got a very sound system of governance!" Having just been jolted into
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      496 43  -  Yong Shu Chiang Glenn and Rod join FD on Class 95 by shuchiang@newstoday.com.sg IT STARTED with a fight, a very public one at that. Two months ago, radio personalities Glenn Ong of Perfect 10 and The Flying Dutchman of Class 95, co-hosts of rival morning shows, had a
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      430 44  -  Janice Lee S'pore is fertile ground for artist ChengTai-Heng by janice@newstoday.com.sj HE confronts rather than shuns taboo subjects. Having spent time globe-trotting and having got a buzz from foreign art scenes, emerging artist Cheng Tai-Heng spoke to Today about breaking boundaries in Singapore. His coming exhibition,
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      240 44  -  Wong Khing Chong Life is great with meaningful relationships THE Chinese have a not-so-nice idiom to describe older women who give birth old oysters that produce pearls. In Asian society, even in these modern times, such pregnancies are still the butt of sarcastic jokes: "So old already,
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        928 46  -  David Ngiau Cool action triumphs amidst the mumbo-jumbo HOLLYWOOD sequels of effects-heavy, action packed blockbusters tend to be thin on story and thick on spectacle. The characters have been introduced, the set-up has been explained, there's nothing brilliantly original about it all, so why not dive right into the
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        282 48  -  Serene Foo White Room FILM REVIEW by serene@newstoday.com.sg IF HIDEO Nakata's 1998 horror classic Ringu {The Ring) is the yardstick for terror movies, how does Korean film White Room, which bears an uncanny resemblance to the Japanese cult movie, measure up? It doesn't even come close.
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        488 48  -  Yong Shu Chiang The Animatrix astounds the senses The Animatrix FILM REVIEW WHEN a film makes you go, "Whoa!", like Keanu Reeves does in The Matrix, you know it is something special. Although the release of The Matrix in 1999 was largely unheralded, critics and audiences began to
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        388 49 Reuters Cannes festival attracts Tinseltown stars LAJNJNIis (France) bpanish actress Penelope Cruz gave the Cannes festival a fun-filled start on Wednesday, starring in a rollicking costume drama that was pure escapism. But eager fans lining the red-carpeted stairway to the Palais des Festivals were in for
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      405 54 SO YOU have applied for leave from work, decided which destination to head for and booked your air tickets and accommodation. Now all you need to do is clear your work at the office, pack your bags and you are ready for that much-needed
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      384 58 Lam celebrates dad's birthday with SGC win IT WAS a really happy birthday for Lam Pin Thiam yesterday. The 62-year-old received a super present from son Chih Bing when the local pro bagged the top prize at the $25,000 Tiger Challenge at Raffles Country Club (RCC).
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      444 59 One game from elimination, but Lakers still believe NBA playoffs LA Lakers v SA Spurs Game six, live today, Bam, Ch24 EL SEGUNDO All was quiet on the troubled Los Angeles Lakers front yesterday. The Lakers, their dynasty teetering and their coach recovering physically while suffering a
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      426 59 AFP SYDNEY Glenn McGrath (picture) has expressed remorse over his muchpublicised rage at West Indian batsman Ramnaresh Sarwan and vowed yesterday that it would not happen again. The premier Australian fast bowler was widely condemned for his midpitch rant at Sarwan during the
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      Lock icon Rafi sees red
      378 60  -  Stanley Ho Jurong skipper in trouble again for indiscipline NTUC Income S-League Under-23s 1 Jurong FC 0 Young Lions post much-needed win by stanley@newstoday.com.sg THE downward spiral of ex-national star Rafi Ali continued yesterday after the Jurong FC skipper was sent off in the NTUC Income S-League
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      409 60 Reuters GUT KADEN Padraig Harrington forced title-holder and favourite Tiger Woods to play second fiddle when the two played together in the first round of the Deutsche BankSAP Open here yesterday. But world No. 1 Tiger Woods refused to blame the greens here
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      339 60  -  Stanley Ho TO HAVE a referee picked for the 2006 World Cup in Germany. That is the lofty target the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) Referees Committee has set itself. And in a bid to achieve it, the committee has appointed a full-time referees manager to
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      72 60 MANCHESTER Manchester United has reportedly signed Sunderland's young French winger David Bellion. The 20-year-old Bellion had rejected a new deal at the Stadium of Light and signed for the Premiership champion on Wednesday, according to BBC Radio Newcastle revealed yesterday. But Bellion's agent claims the contract
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      727 62 Fantasy team oh please! Reuters Spanish aristocrat comes back down to earth with a loud crash Champions League 2nd leg semi-final Juventus 3 Real Madrid 1 Juve to meet Milan in all-Italian final MADRID Three weeks ago, Real Madrid had the world at its feet after completing a dazzling 6-5
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      372 62 LONDON Patrick Vieira has hit out at Arsenal chairman Peter HillWood for showing "a lack of respect". Vieira is unhappy at comments made by Hill-Wood regarding the French international's Highbury wages. And the 26-year-old midfielder has warned he would walk away from
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      684 63  -  Neil Humphreys BBC shows English football refuses to address hooligan problem Comment by neil@newstoday.com.sg LENNIE is running down a crowded street to avoid a policeman on horseback. The muscular skinhead is also chasing fleeing West Brom fans. Then, the middleaged Wolverhampton Wanderers "supporter" slows down to catch his
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      186 63 -AFP LONDON Outgoing manager Graham Taylor says Aston Villa will not improve as long as Doug Ellis is chairman. Former England boss Taylor resigned only 15 months into his second spell at Villa Park, citing outside influences and not poor results. Although he did not go
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