Today, 11 July 2003, Afternoon Edition

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  • 13 1 TODAY SHARE YOUR FREE COPY Friday jui y 11,2003 MITA (P) 002/11/2002 www.todayonline.com
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
    • 457 1 Agencies Bush admits there is a 'security issue' in Iraq WASHINGTON Nearly three months into that victory scene in Baghdad of a US marine standing atop a statue of Mr Saddam Hussein and waving the American flag there is now a softening of that American ardour. The
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    • 124 1 NEW YORK Wall Street fell broadly yesterday after data confirmed a sluggish US labour market dampening hopes for a quickening pace of economic recovery, and Yahoo's second-quarter earnings failed to enthuse investors. The Dow Jones index ended down 120 points (1.3 per cent)
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    • NEWS COMMENT/LEE HAN SHIH
      • 915 1 EVER wonder why there are so few entrepreneurs in Singapore? One reason is that many civil servants do not respect people with new ideas. Just look at the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA), the statutory board in charge of the new "meals-on-wheels" scheme which allows
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      • Article, Illustration
        119 2 PM Goh Chok Tong Ladan and Laleh touched the hearts of many Singaporeans with their lively personalities and their desire to lead normal lives as separate individuals. I am saddened that their dream did not come true. Your team of doctors, nurses and other supporting staff have shown courage and
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      • 151 3  -  Lee Ching Wern A chain of 79,001 used and unwanted bras stretching over 60km longer than Singapore at its widest has made it into the Guinness Book of World Records. The bras were pinned together and laid out at the Gateway Carpark on
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      • IN THE NEWS
        • 95 3 ABOUT 1 00 people gathered yesterday to debate the merits of registering a society to represent the gay tyThe closed-door meeting was facilitated by gay activist Alex Au, who said he was pleased with the turnout. "People raised pertinent questions and offered ideas and food for
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        • 94 3 MOST people dial 100 for assistance in obtaining phone numbers. But, as of Wednesday, SingTel launched a service that will allow its mobile phone customers to not only get the number they want, but have the call put through to that number. The number can also
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        • 105 3 -AFP SIX centuries after the Moors were expelled from Granada, the capital of the last Arab kingdom in Spain has a mosque again. Built on Albaicin Hill facing the Moorish Alhambra palace, the mosque is the result of 20 years of effort by the southern city's Muslim
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    • 42 1 BILINGUAL POLICY: f r3\TgTloß^m i% GRANTING a%^^Pß| EXEMPTION TO OiCT" STUDENT WAS THE CHANDRA DAS INTERVIEW V WRONG Competition, ambition Ministry or Education says j .1 I I J in a letter Page 12 anC' ™c social roe- Wi Page 6 W^^M
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    • 272 4 Lim Wei Yi CANT think of a birthday present for a friend? How about a birthday greeting from Gurmit Singh (picture)? If you are an Ml user, and have a Nokia 3650 or Sony Ericsson PBOO, you can plan your birthday surprise
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    • 477 4  -  Joy Frances Surgeon bolsters her case against Slim 10 by j oy@newsto day, com. sg MORE than a year ago, Dr Tan Kai Chah gave Andrea De Cruz a new lease of life when he performed a successful operation to give her a new liver. Yesterday, it was
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    • 275 4  -  —Jasmine Yin GROCERY shopping, usually a mundane activity, has been given a fun and meaningful twist at NTUC FairPrice. The home-grown supermarket chain kicked off its 30th anniversary celebrations with a community programme, Heartstrings Buys, at its Thomson Plaza branch yesterday. Shoppers can do their part
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      757 6  -  Lee Yew Meng Chairman aims to take FairPrice to next level by yewmeng@newstoday.com.sg FOR many Singaporeans, NTUC supermarket is something of an institution the place with some of the best prices in town. But as NTUC FairPrice turns 30 this year, it must grapple with one big
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    • 222 6  -  Teng Qian Xi THE Media Development Authority (MDA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Raintree Pictures yesterday to jointly produce films over a period of five years. The partners aim to produce "international films with significant Singaporean involvement", which they hope will help the growth
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    • 249 8  -  Serene Foo SOME newspapers have taken issue with MediaCorp's claims of high TV viewership for Channel 8 in their recent publicity campaign, citing different agencies and bases as a point of concern. For example, one report indicated
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    • 354 8  -  Chan Chao Peh by chaopeh@newstoday.com.sg WHEN Ms Minna Hii (picture) went to Australia last June, she carried only two suitcases, a laptop and her childhood hero, a huge Doraemon stuffed toy and had no job offers. The Singapore permanent resident bunked in with a friend and
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    • 701 11 FAIRPRICE was started in the *****, born in turbulent times marked by inflation. It was known as Welcome, and indeed, to many Singaporeans challenged by the depressed economics of that era, it was a welcome addition to the chaotic retail scene. It was formed to combat profiteering,
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    • 234 12  -  AZack I REFER to Mr Jason Lee Boon Hong's letter, "Limits to liberalism" (Today, July 8). He claimed that Singapore cannot readily accept a gay minister simply because a gay minister cannot advocate the Government's policy of encouraging singles to
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    • 284 12  -  Mrs Chan Jee Kun Exemption shouldn't have been granted I REFER to the article "Lesson on MOE" (Today, June 26) by Mr Richard Valladares. The bilingual policy is a cornerstone of our education system. It requires students to offer English and the student's mother tongue language
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    • 234 16  -  Dr Au Kah Kay Education budget reduction will hit quality of manpower I REFER to your report, "The squeeze on schools" (Today, July 10). As a health professional and educator of health professionals, I was disturbed by news of the Ministry of Education slashing its budget
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    • 101 16  -  Adam Muneer Yusoff Maniam 29 years they lived, Separate, yet as one Different, yet the same Together Some may ask Why? The desire to be apart Alive and well they were Surely, there was no need? Yet, Who are we To question what they asked For the lives
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    • 217 16  -  Jimmy Y S Chan I REFER to your report, "Operation Hope or Operation Hype?" (Today, July 10). The time to question Singapore's medical ethics was before the failed operation, not after. The public, including the writer, had ample time to do so. Nobody did.
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
    • 847 20  -  William Pesek, Jr Bloomberg Business Commentary The dangers of Asian countries using currency as an economic shock absorber by news@newstoday.com.sg ASIA is wondering if it has a new crisis on its hands the flipside of 1997'5. This time, it's not plunging currencies that are causing trouble,
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    • 422 24  -  Val Chua Industrial property landlord to let private sector take over some business by val@newstoday.com.sg DOMINANT industrial property landlord Jurong Town Corporation (JTC) said that it will trim its role in the market to let the private sector take over. In a press briefing, its chief executive
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    • 110 24  -  Val Chua THE time that is lost as airline crew await passen-ger-flight information may be a thing of a past if a wireless system piloted by Changi Airport takes off. Under the system, which is tested by Boeing, airlines can make seamless flight transitions
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    • 879 26 Entrepreneurship/Vasu Menon Local trading house dared to reshape its business and is reaping rewards EVEN as Singapore attempts to remake itself to take on the greater competition from the region, at least one local company has gone ahead to reshape its business and venture out
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    • 361 28 Bloomberg SINGAPORE'S economy had its biggest contraction on record in the second quarter after factory orders fell and the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars) virus emptied hotels. The government signaled it will accept a weaker currency to bolster exports and revive growth. Gross
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    • 244 28 Bloomberg S Korea tries to boost spending SOUTH Korea's central bank cut key interest rates unexpectedly to boost consumer spending after Asia's fourth-largest economy slipped into recession during the second quarter. The bank lowered its overnight call rate to a record 3.75 per cent Both the Bank of
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    • 97 28 Bloomberg AUSTRALIA'S economy lost jobs unexpectedly in June as exporters fired workers because of a global economic slowdown and a rising local currency. The economy shed 27,900 jobs and the unemployment rate rose to 6.1 per cent from six per cent in May. The median
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    • Market Watch
      • 149 28 SHARE prices closed slightly lower, erasing morning gains on profit-taking after the market's advance over the past seven days, dealers said. Investors were undaunted by the fall in secondquarter GDP, confident the economy will pick up in the second half, they said. The Straits Times Index closed down 3.39
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      • 36 28 US$ 0.***** UK£ 0.***** Yen 67.1589 HK$ 4.***** RM 2.***** Euro 0.***** Rupiah 4,689.90 Baht 23.7742 Peso 30.4946 A$ 0.***** Indian Rs 26.3819 Won 672.807 C$ 0.***** Yuan 4.***** NZ$ 0.***** NTS 19.5537
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      • 62 28 Im Index Value Change Pis Nikkei 225 9955.62 -35.33 -0.35% Hang Seng KLCI Sydney All Ords Taiwan Weighted 9983.31 723.85 3022.70 5282.38 -44.10 -1.82 14.40 -76.53 -0.44% -0.25% 0.48% -1.43% Korea Composite Thai SET Index 700.51 474.28 -4.99 -8.24 -0.71% -1.71% Jakarta Composite Philippines Comp Shenzhen B Mumbai
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      • 23 28 SGX Bloomberg Gold uss/oz 342.203 Silver uss/oz 4.***** Platinum uss/oi 670.125 Rubber cents/kg 177.25 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1407 Brent crude uss/barrel 28.72
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      • 5 28 Straits Times Index 1,448.1 +0.2
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      • 55 28 By volume JullO Close Change '000 Chartered Ipco DMXTeth MediaS Reed MultiVis SingTel Magnecomp Full Apex TAC 200USS 1.100 0.140 0.390 0.040 0.130 0.315 1.540 0.555 0.520 1.550 +0.005 +0.050 -0.015 +0.010 +0.010 +0.015 -0.110 +3.7 +14.7 -10.3 +3.3 +0.7 +2.8 -6.6 67,596 67,307 39,513 30,462 28,804
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      • 76 28 By$ lul 10 Close Changi SPH 100 19.100 +0.401 SPH 19.000 +0.301 fransmarto 0.975 +0.10: HL Fin 2.380 +0.081 StamfordTyre 0.730 +0.081 itamfordTyre W*****00.480 +0.081 CITYDEV 4.840 +0.061 HoNegara 3.260 +0.061 DMXTeth 0.390 +0.051 F&N 9.300 +0.051 )y percentage lul 10 Close Changi 'SL 0.130 +30.1 tara
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      • 80 28 By$ JullO Creative 50 Close Changi 14.600 -0.201 SIA 10.400 -0.201 SIA 200 10.500 -0.201 TAC 200USS 1.550 -0.111 Isetan(S) JSH 500USS 2.400 -0.101 3.040 -0.101 OCBC 10.300 -0.101 Robinson 6.400 -0.101 CSA 1.480 -0.081 GPBat 2.850 -0.081 By percentage Jul 10 Close Change L&M 0.015 -25.0
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    • 113 30 TOHATO Inc, a failed Japanese snack-food maker, has recruited soccer player Hidetoshi Nakata (picture) as its chief branding officer. Nakata, who plays for Italy's Parma, will be in charge of developing new product lines, Tohato said in a press release. He will be paid US$lO2,OOO ($178,000)
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    • 406 30 Bloomberg NIKE Inc. the world's No 1 athlet-ic-shoe maker by sales, has agreed to buy rival Converse Inc for US$3O5 million ($534 million). The transaction will allow Nike to sell Converse shoes everywhere except in Japan where another company owns the rights, spokeswoman Joani Komlos said.
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    • 80 30 Bloomberg CALLAWAY Golf Co, which makes Big Bertha and Odyssey golf clubs, will acquire Spalding Holdings Corp's TopFlite Golf unit for US$l25 million ($2lB million) in cash to boost its slumping golf ball business. Callaway will consolidate its golf equipment manufacturing and research and development
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    • 238 30 AFX-Asia Bloomberg Bloomberg AFX-Asia Bloomberg Bloomberg Metro Holdings said it may return surplus cash to shareholders after it se Is its 27 per cent stake in retail and office complex Ngee Ann City on Orchard Road. The company said it expects to realise a net gain of $307.8
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    • 567 32  -  Chan Chao Peh SingTel subsidiary targets Aussie business users by in Sydney chaopeh@newstoday.com.sg OPTUS, SingTel's Australian subsidiary, will launch a six-month trial of its next-generation high-speed mobile service, or 3G, later this month. Moreover, rather than testing it only on the average mobile user, it plans
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    • 282 34 AFP AFP Reuters AFP FRESH FEAR IN MOSCOW Days after a suicide blast which killed 14 people at a weekend rock show, Moscow was once again gripped by fear as a bomb went off near a restaurant in downtown Moscow early yesterday, killing a security service expert
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    • 178 34 Agencies HONG KONG A double-decker bus packed with schoolchildren and commuters collided with a truck and plunged off a Hong Kong expressway bridge yesterday, killing at least 21 and injuring 20. The bus crashed through a bridge safety barricade on a busy road in the
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    • 122 34 Agencies CHICAGO A 60-year-old publisher was arrested on Wednesday and charged with providing information to Mr Saddam Hussein's intelligence agency about the deposed Iraqi leader's foes. Khaled Abdel-Latif Dumeisi, of Oak Lawn, Illinois, was identified as the head of Around-the-World News, a company that prints
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    • 94 34 TOKYO Japan's NEC Corp yesterday unveiled a prototype cellphone handset capable of receiving digital broadcasting signals, enabling users to not only make calls and take photos, but to watch TV. NEC officials said the electronics conglomerate is the first handset manufacturer in Japan and probably in
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    • 181 36 AFP PARIS Children who rush to buy clownfish, the cute little orange star of the hit Disney cartoon film, Finding Nemo, are getting something that their parents may not have bargained for: A piscatorial transsexual. Animal behaviourist Peter Buston of New York's Cornell University, who studied
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    • 147 36 -AFP PARIS Great minds can kiss their creative genius goodbye upon marriage. A study by Dr Satoshi Kanazawa, a psychologist at New Zealand's University of Canterbury, suggests that creative genius and crime are turned off almost like a tap when a man gets married.
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    • 271 36 Reuters 'Yes' to more computer talent BERLIN The German Cabinet agreed on Wednesday to extend an experimental Green Card scheme to let in foreign computer specialists as an attempt to counter a falling and unskilled workforce. The government hopes to replace the scheme next year with a
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    • 167 38 AFP OTTAWA The Canadian government announced a temporary plan on Wednesday to distribute marijuana for medical use while it appeals a court decision, which ruled that a current federal policy on marijuana use and distribution was unconstitutional. In January, the Ontario Superior Court ruled that
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    • 67 38 Reuters photo South Korean police blocking anti-North Korea protesters yes terday as they try to carry a mock nuclear missile to a Seoul hotel where inter-Korean minister-level talks are being held. North Korea opened talks with South Korea yesterday, with Pyongyang saying it seeks a peaceful resolution of
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    • 287 38 -AFP Australia baulks at US plan to seize NK ships SYDNEY Australia has baulked at US plans for an aggressive initiative to intercept North Korean ships and planes suspected of carrying banned weapons. Australia is hosting the second meeting of the US-led Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) an 11-nation
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    • 308 48  -  Elisa Chia WHAT makes a performer? Ask Taiwanese singer Elva Hsiao (picture). The embodiment of confidence and casual charm told Today in an interview: "Whenever you're on stage, you'll naturally have the energy. You don't have to pretend or push it It's just there!"
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      • 515 52  - He's back for laughs Janice Lee k This Terminator is more funny than menacing Terminator 3 FILM REVIEW CLASHING metal, huge explosions and heavyweight robot wars these are the main elements of the much-await-ed third instalment of the Terminator sci-fi series. But, be warned: If you're a fan of James
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      • 330 54  -  Serene Foo IF THE risque Twenty Something Taipei is an Ecstasy pill, then Hong Kong coming-of-age flick Truth of Dare: 6th Floor Rear Flat would be an M&M. It's difficult not to draw comparisons both are based on real stories and centres on
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      • 385 54  -  Serene Foo Classic re-invents the romantic melodrama by serene@newstoday.com.sg WHAT are the chances that a film tackles almost all the cringe-worthy cliches like chasing after a train and running in the rain and still emerges a celluloid winner? South Korean film The Classic manages to. Directed by Kwak
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      • 525 56  -  Yong Shu Chiang Small NZ film with a whale of a heart EARLY in Whale Rider, a surprisingly powerful coming-of-age tale set in a New Zealand coastal community, we see the adolescent lead character Pai admonishing a group of her elders who'd been smoking. The women hear
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      • 478 58  - Dumberer than Dumb Dumber Yong Shu Chiang by Tasteless prequel lacks ingredient shuchiang@newstoday.com.sg IT'S like eating char kuay teow without the lard, chendol without the gula melaka, or tiramisu without the yummy mascarpone. Minus their key ingredients, the above-mentioned food just ain't the same. Ditto for Dumb and Dumberer, a
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      • 390 74 It's Man Utd for me Ronaldinho -AFP Brazilian star has made up his mind LONDON Ronaldinho wants to join Manchester United and is now waiting for his club Paris St Germain and the English Premiership champion to agree on a deal believed to be worth around 25 million euros ($49.75
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      • 437 74 LIVERPOOL Harry Kewell resisted a last-ditch attempt by Manchester United to hijack his £5 million ($14.32 million) transfer from Leeds to Liverpool, which included a telephone call from Sir Alex Ferguson urging him to move instead to Old Trafford. It emerged that Ferguson
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      • 359 74 Reuters LOCH LOMOND Ernie Els signalled his readiness for next week's British Open by moving two shots clear of the field in the rain-disrupted Scottish Open first round yesterday. The British Open champion, rejuvenated following a fortnight's break, reeled
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    • 634 76  -  Tan Wee Boon Ex-skipper Nazri still in the wilderness as Avramovic picks his first Singapore squad by weeboon@newstoday.com.sg THERE was no masking the disappointment in his voice. This after former Lions skipper Nazri Nasir found out he had not been selected by newly-appointed national coach Radojko
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    • 315 76 O'Neal, Bryant Payton and Malone AWESOME! LOS ANGELES It would rank among the biggest coups in basketball history, two deals that would transform the Los Angeles Lakers into a dream team of superstars and a nightmare for its rivals. Gary Payton, a perennial All-Star and perhaps the best defensive point
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    • 191 77 AFP BANGKOK Teenager Andre Berto is the lone American left at boxing's World Amateur Championships after the squad was given a collective bloody nose, allegedly for its country's superpower status. The official website of US amateur boxing, usaboxing.org, claimed yesterday that the
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      523 78  -  Tan Yo-Hinn J-League's Albirex will submit proposal to join S-League by yohinn@newstoday.com.sg AFTER making a third fact-finding visit to Singapore, Japanese side Albirex Niigata is ready to join the NTUC Income S-League. The J-League Division Two 02) side plans to submit a formal proposal to the Football Association
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    • 74 78 RIO DE JANEIRO A Brazilian soccer match ended for the second time this month with one of the players going to a police station after Santos and Corinthians players brawled on the field at the end of their derby. Santos midfielder Fabiano made a formal complaint against Corinthians
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    • 71 78 LONDON Former glories counted little for lan Woosnam as he prepared yesterday to qualify for the British Open Championship alongside almost 400 other hopefuls. The 45-year-old 1991 Masters winner has competed at every British Open since he failed to qualify for the event in 1981, but has never
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    • 64 78 BEIJING Beijing will showcase the friendly match between the star-studded Spanish club Real Madrid and a team of Chinese star players as proof it can stage high profile sporting events in the post-Sars period, organisers said yesterday. The Spanish champion will take on a side of Chinese players
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    • 52 78 SINGAPORE'S TaylorMade team won the recent World Corporate Golf Challenge. Held from July 1-5 at La Manga, Spain, TaylorMade won with an impressive 258 Stableford points, 21 ahead of Australia. The Singapore foursome was made up of Samuel Chan, Choo Tze Huang, Mohd Sauki bin Mawadi and Hassim
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    • 33 78 NYON The Uefa Cup, European soccer's second club competition, was given a longawaited overhaul yesterday. Uefa's executive committee announced the introduction of a mini-league group stage to boost television revenues.
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