Today, 25 July 2003, Afternoon Edition

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    12 1 TODAY SHARE YOUR FREE COPY Friday j^y 25,2003 MITA (P) 002/11/2002 www.todayonline.com
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      Lock icon Stocks slide
      69 1 Reuters NEW YORK US stocks, which had rallied mid-session on a surprising drop in jobless claims, ended lower on fears that bonds' increasingly attractive yields might lure investors away. The Dow Jones index fell 81.73 points, or 0.89 per cent, to 9,112.51. The Standard Poor's 500 lost 7.01
      — Reuters  -  69 words
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      The IPO surge
      391 1 Singapore turns fastest growing market for new listings THE rush of companies coming out with new share issues on the local market has made the Singapore the fastest growing IPO market in the world in the first five months, according to a report this morning. The Business
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      Lock icon US House clears FTA with Singapore
      100 1 Agencies WASHINGTON Despite a last-minute effort by labour unions to scuttle it the US House of Representatives has overwhelmingly approved the free trade agreement with Singapore yesterday. The House voted 272-155 to approve the pact The pact is the first US free trade agreement
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      Strait talk, purified
      144 1  -  Tor Ching Li IF there's a gainer from the Singapore-Malaysian water talks, it is the Asian Wall Street Journal. Today, Singapore government took out a full-page advertorial in the paper, which recently carried Malaysia's campaign highlighting their 'unfair deal' from its sale of untreated water to Singapore.
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      Workers' blues: After the axe, comes the knife at PSA
      502 1  -  Francis Kan JUST five months after the port operator, PSA Corporation, retrenched 800 workers, it yesterday announced that it was cutting the wages of its Singapore-based employees by up to 14 per cent permanently. The monthly salaries of senior managers
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Lock icon Uday, Qusay photos released
      109 2 AFP pictures BAGHDAD These photographs, which the US said showed the bodies of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's sons (from left) Uday, 39, and Qusay, 37, were released late last night. Reuters said the US released the photos to try to convince Iraqis that the feared
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      Lock icon NY lawmaker shot dead
      84 2 Reuters NEW YORK A lawmaker dedicated to stamping out gun violence was shot dead in City Hall yesterday by a political rival who was not searched by the building's security staff because he was a guest of the victim. The gunman was later killed by police.
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      Will housing prices crash?
      754 2 News Comment/ Lee Han Shih Fears that OCBC's mortgagee sale of Robin Regalia may open the floodgates ONE bank has breached an unspoken agreement with the others and the implications for the property market could be stunning. Before we delve into this development, let us take
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      Lock icon Jaya puzzled by KL's water talks 'offer'
      287 3 Agencies MALAYSIA'S Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar suggested on Wednesday that his country had asked Singapore to return to the negotiating table to try and resolve the water dispute. According to the report, Mr Syed Hamid was prepared to wait for Singapore's response
      — Agencies  -  287 words
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      Experts hit
      534 4  -  Elisia Yeo Too easy to link attacks to Al Qaeda, says scholar By elisia@newstoday.com.sg A DISTINGUISHED regional scholar has launched an attack on international terrorism experts who make a living from linking terrorist attacks to the Al Qaeda. Professor Carlyle A Thayer has spent the last five years
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      Myanmar sanctions an option: KL official
      169 4  -  Elisia Yeo MALAYSIA'S Deputy Defence Minister, Mr Mohamed Shafie Apdal (picture), has acknowledged that sanctions against Myanmar by Asean might be an option to punish Yangon for its recalcitrant behaviour. Asean members have been increasingly concerned over the detention of Myanmar's pro-democracy leader, Aung
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      Tiong Bahru HDB flat as tourist lodgings?
      255 4 ON the heels of a Today report on a man's fight to convert his three-room HDB flat into a hostel for backpackers ("The HDB hurdles", July 22), the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) announced yesterday that Singapore may convert public flats into budget lodgings
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      Air Asia to fly to Senai
      148 4 AIRASIA is edging ever closer to Singapore. Malaysia's budget airline will extend its flights to Senai, Johor by the end of the year, said chief executive Tony Fernandes on Wednesday. Asia's first no-frills airline currently serves 12 destinations in Malaysia and 45 per cent
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Lock icon Parents' dreams for Korean twins
      464 6  -  Tan Hui Leng by huileng@newstoday.com.sg WHEN Mr and Mrs Mm Seung Joon heard about the deaths of Iranian conjoined twins Ladan and Laleh Bijani, they were in England seeking a second opinion for their conjoined daughters, Ji Hye and Sarang. The South Korean couple was
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      CCTVs to beat crime
      151 6 ABOUT 30 closed circuit TV cameras (CCTVs) will be installed in Little India, Boat Quay and at Newton hawker centre to beef up security and enhance safety in these areas. The police said the cameras, which will be operational by October, will be monitored by officers
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      Lycos Asia axes over 40 in S'pore
      238 6  -  Lee Ching Wem STRUGGLING Internet portal Lycos Asia axed over 40 staff, reducing its Singapore operations to a skeletal size on Wednesday. Its Singapore office, which used to be its regional headquarters, will be closed and all operations directed to its Shanghai office.
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      The other pasar malam
      178 8  -  him Wei Vi BUSY executives who have little time to shop for groceries are turning to late-night supermarkets. Topping the list of supermarkets that close between 10.30pm and midnight is Shop N Save, with a total of seven late-night stores island-wide. It's all in a day's
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      Passion to persevere
      416 8  -  Jasmine Yin is what's needed to go it alone, says entrepreneur by news@newstoday.com.Sj "People take risks in two situations: When they can afford to and when they cannot afford not to," he said. Most people here have no choice but to take risks, he said. However, many
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  • LETTERS
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      Unused assets
      295 10  -  Jeffrey Law Lee Beng It's tragic that older people with skills can't find work I REFER to your report, "The idle elderly" (Today, July 24). It is disheartening that some 400,000 workers, who are mostly 40 years old and above and have lower secondary education, will be hunting
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      Shame errant drivers
      103 10  -  See Leong Kit IN Los Angeles recently, an 86-year-old man lost control of his car, which careened through a street market, hitting 50 people (Today, July 18). Ten people, including a seven-month-old boy and a three-year-old girl, were killed. Such a horrific accident can also happen in
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      Beyond dollars
      389 12  -  Ang Weixiong Benson Film-making is an emotionally-rewarding career I REFER to the news comment, "The Singapore screen fantasy" (Today, July 21). The local film industry lacks funding not because the country lacks funds. Our film industry suffers because a career in making films is not as highly regarded
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      A double-edged sword
      203 12  -  Yak Chin Hua I REFER to the front-page report, "The great wage reform is here" (Today, July 23). The NTUC is initiating and spearheading the radical wage reform in some 50 companies. The idea is to reward performance rather than seniority and to subject wages to business
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      24 12 SMS your way to a Power Shot S5O digital camera from Canon. Look out for the Canon DIGIC SMS Contest ad in TODAY'S publication!
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Informatics' profits up
      58 16 MAINBOARD-LISTED Informatics Holdings, a learning services provider, yesterday announced that its net profit for the first quarter ended June 30, 2003 grew 15 per cent to $6 million from $5.3 million on the back of improved margins. The company expects growth to continue as it makes further
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      Lock icon Good bet
      136 16 AFX-Asia ÜBS covers DMX, gives it 'buy' rating ÜBS is initiating coverage on DMX Technologies Group, a systems integrator specialising in broadband network infrastructure, with a "buy" rating and a price target of 59 cents as the company is poised to tap into China's broadband market ahead of
      – AFX-Asia  -  136 words
    • Market Watch
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        Straits Times Index: 1,549.25 -7.57
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        SGX most active
        55 16 By volume July 24 L&M DMXTech JurTech Goldtron Ipco Chartered Interra Hiap Hoe GES Horizon Close 0.015 0.490 0.570 0.025 0.150 1.050 0.275 0.020 0.475 0.115 Change +0.025 +0.040 -0.010 -0.010 -0.010 -0.015 -0.005 +5.4 +7.5 -6.3 -0.9 -3.5 -3.1 -4.2 'OOO 216,40' 56,145 52,170 52,066 51,347
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        SGX top rises
        75 16 July 24 Close Change OBS Bk 6% NCPS*****.000 +0.200 iPH 19.000 +0.200 XBC 10.600 +0.100 SIA200 10.700 +0.100 iPHlOO 19.000 +0.100 Iselan(S) 2.690 +0.080 lackslnt 0.140 +0.060 itamfordTyre 0.900 +0.045 :erebosPac 2.520 +0.040 By percentage July 24 Jackslnt Close Change 0.140 +75.0 BBR 0.025 +25.0 Nucleus 0.180
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        SGX top falls
        76 16 July 24 Close Change IMH400USS 6.500 -0.250 jealive50 14.400 -0.200 F&N 9.350 -0.150 SreatEast 9.800 -0.150 JOB 13.300 -0.100 :&C 4.980 -0.070 :osco lnvRCCPS041 1141.510 -0.060 Links Is 0.115 -0.060 Noble 1.760 -0.060 By percentage July 24 links Is Close Change 0.115 -34.3 El Nets 0.015 -25.0
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        Lock icon Singapore
        101 16 -AFP SINGAPORE shares closed 0.49 per cent lower yesterday in a continued consolidation after recent gains, dealers said. The STI dropped 7.57 points to close at 1,549.25. There were 77 rising issues, 250 losers and 253 issues were steady. Volume traded reached 1.18 billion shares worth $485.71 million, up
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        World markets
        60 16 Index Nikkei 225 Value 9671.00 Change Pis 55.66 0.58 Hang Seng Ml Ordinaries 9923.14 3073.00 22.58 4.90 0.23 0.16 Taiwan Wtd 5402.75 114.86 2.17 Korea Comp 702.94 7.20 1.03 KLCI 710.37 -2.50 -0.35 SET Index 478.90 -1.54 -0.32 Jakarta Comp 505.04 -7.58 -1.48 Phils Comp Shenzhen B Mumbai
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        Commodities
        21 16 Gold uss/oi 358.70 Silver uss/oi 5.020 Platinum uss/oi 693.0 Rubber centsAg 179.25 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1,288 Brent crude uss/barrel 28.04
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        Lock icon Your S$l buys
        38 16 SGX Bloomberg US$ 0.5721 UK£ 0.3551 Yen 68.10 HK$ 4.462 RM 2.174 Euro 0.4991 Rupiah 4,909 Baht 23.88 Peso 30.83 A$ 0.8632 Indian Rs 26.37 Won 674.9 C$ 0.7988 Yuan 4.736 NZ$ 0.9769 NTS 19.63
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      China's Bird hunts abroad
      386 19  -  Chan Chao Peh Handset maker to sell units here by chaopeh@newstoday.com.sg FACED with rising competition and excess inventory in its domestic market, Ningbo Bird China's biggest handset maker by sales will attempt to expand into South-east Asia. Over the next two months, the company will sell
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      Lock icon Corporate Briefs
      212 19 I Bloomberg Bloomberg Bloomberg HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC, the world's third-largest maker of memory chips, dropped 160 won (23 cents), or 1.9 per cent, to 8,330 won after the US International Trade Commission imposed tariffs of as much as 45 per cent because its exports hurt US competitors. Hynix's
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      He's a winner
      405 20  -  Lee Yew Meng but Hotel Plaza may report second-quarter loss by yewmeng@newstoday.com.sg MAINBOARD-listed Hotel Plaza expects to report a second-quarter loss when it posts its results next week. This is due mainly to the impact of Sars, which hit the hotel and tourism industry hard in April
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      147 20 AFX-Asia AFX-Asia Bloomberg PORTEK INTERNATIONAL said it secured three new contracts worth about $1 1 million for the supply of equipment and services to Indonesia. The impact on Portek's earnings per share and net asset value is expected to be approximately 0.81 cent and 0.83 cent per share
      – AFX-Asia; Bloomberg  -  147 words
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      Lock icon Branson, the stewardess?
      222 22 -AFP SYDNEY Sir Richard Branson, the flamboyant Virgin Atlantic chief, yesterday pledged to wear a Qantas flight stewardess uniform and serve passengers if his airline does not begin flying between London and Sydney within 18 months. The British tycoon dared rival Qantas chief executive Geoff Dixon to
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      Lock icon Recovery on track
      277 22 AFP but Singapore execs are less optimistic than regional peers HONG KONG Asian business executives are confident that the region's economic recovery will be on track by the middle of next year. And they are predicting growth for executive travel in the region, a survey released yesterday
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      Lock icon Kodak axes 6,000
      287 24 -AFP Rise of digital photography hurts film giant NEW YORK Photographic group Eastman Kodak, battered by the surge in digital photography and a decline in holiday photos, said on Wednesday it will lay off up to 6,000 employees as profits plunged. Net profit in the April-June quarter
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      Lock icon Sentosa hotel, theme park deals imminent
      133 24 Bloomberg SENTOSA Leisure Group is likely to reach an agreement with a hotel investor as early as next month as part of an $8 billion 10-year plan to revitalise the island and attract visitors. Discussions have progressed "very far", Mr Darrell Metzger, chief executive
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      UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
      4122 24 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS Trie data contained herein has been obtained from company reports, financial reporting services, r acq 0079 LL(\(\ periodicals and other resources believed to be reliable. Although carefully verified, data on tIKjUINBS. Itjll OJL-Lll J-OOUU 1 compilations is not guaranteed by Lipper A Reuters Company and may be
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon 'let the chickens be, Sir Paul'
      163 26 -AFP LOS ANGELES Sir Paul McCartney (picture) on Wednesday fired a salvo for chicken rights, accusing fast food giant KFC of condoning cruelty to the birds that end up as take-away meals. But the poultry snack giant denied the claims and sent its own
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      Terminator to take on Bengal tiger?
      264 26 Californian Governor facing recall vows not to go without a fight LOS ANGELES History seems to be repeating itself in the world of Californian politics, with Governor Gray Davis (picture) becoming the first leader of a US state in nearly a century to face
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      Lock icon Arroyo acts as peso falls
      158 26 -AFP MANILA President Gloria Arroyo yesterday took the unusual step of denying publicly rumours of a military plot to overthrow the government, as the Philippines currency plunged against the dollar. "We call on the public to remain calm amid these rumours of destabilisation," Ms Arroyo
      -AFP  -  158 words
    • AROUND THE WORLD
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        NO-MORE-TEARS ONION
        44 28 A tear-free onion will be available in Britain soon, the Sydney Morning Herald reported yesterday. The "Supasweet" onion which is grown in low-sulphur soils to reduce its pyruvic acid content by half is so mild it can be eaten like an apple.
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        Lock icon WE ARE READY TO MEDIATE: THAILAND
        55 28 Reuters Thailand offered yesterday to mediate between Myanmar's defiant military rulers and an international community angered by the detention of prodemocracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. "We are ready to perform this duty because we want to see democracy prosper in this region," Thai
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        Lock icon DISCREDITED CLAIM USED TWICE IN NINE DAYS
        61 28 .-AFP Michigan Senator Carl Levin and Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy have urged President George W Bush to explain how a now discredited claim that Iraq tried to get nuclear material from Africa was included in a report to Congress, nine days before it
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      Lock icon 60 years of abuse
      245 28 -AFP Church secrecy blamed BOSTON A "culture of secrecy" in the Boston Catholic Church was responsible for six decades of sexual abuse by clergy that may have claimed more than 1,000 child victims, Massachusetts Attorney General Tom Reilly said Wednesday as he released the report on
      -AFP  -  245 words
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      1053 30  -  mr brown Come on all you NSmen, it's time to take things in hand and get a life IN the interest of promoting the biomedical industry and research in Singapore, I share this little nugget. A recent BBC report stated that regular masturbation might
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      279 34  -  Jeanine Tan by j eanine@newstoday.com. sg THE ZoukOut Singapore Nokia Remix party is tonight and partygoers will be there for a number of reasons. Most will want to booze and dance the night away to great music outside the confines of a club. For celebrity
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      175 34 THE new ZoukOut party site at Marina Bay Waterfront may not be the most popular of venues yet According to Zouk marketing manager Tracy Phillips, the club has been inundated with calls asking how to reach the site. So to minimise the hassle and confusion, Zouk
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      546 36  -  Tor Ching Li and it's no 'hair-brained' scheme by chingli@newstoday.com.sg IN the Singapore Tourism Board's (STB) latest effort to make Singapore a more attractive travel destination, a food and beverage division has been created. The new division promotes food as the primary highlight
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        482 38  -  David Ngiau Not much of a plot, but luscious Lara is great eye candy Tomb Raider 2 FILM REVIEW Jolie: What a babel BABE REVIEW FOCUS on Angelina Jolie in the review, an editor advised. I was going to, as that was all I could do
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        147 40 JENNIFER Lopez and Ben Affleck have set their I wedding date: Oct 5. The place: Kauai, one of the Hawaiian islands. Affleck, 31, surprised fans by disclosing the celebrity couple's wedding plans to a Swiss magazine recently, reports World Entertainment News Network. The
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  • SPORTS
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        543 59 Chelsea targets Emerson and Makalele KUALA LUMPUR Chelsea manager Claudio Ranieri has revealed that new owner Roman Abramovich could make two more superstar signings to complete the Blues revolution. Russian billionaire Abramovich has already splashed out £37 million ($104.35 million) in the last 10 days in
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        215 59 SEOUL South Korea's Lee Chunsoo (picture) left yesterday for Madrid to join Real Sociedad and become the first South Korean to play in the Spanish League. Sociedad, which is making a debut in the Champions League this coming season after finishing in second place in
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        99 59 Reuters CROMWELL Veterans Jay Haas and Peter Jacobsen grabbed a share of the lead at the Greater Hartford Open yesterday after firing seven-under-par 63s as Suzy Whaley overcame a poor start to finish well. Teaching professional Whaley, the second woman to play against the men in 58
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        203 59 Reuters BIRMINGHAM South Africa's Herschelle Gibbs and Graeme Smith became the first opening pair in test history to put on 300 runs twice as they destroyed England's attack on the first day of the series yesterday. The two, who made 368 against Pakistan six months ago,
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      488 60  -  Tan Wee Boon by weeboon@newstoday.com.sg ACCORDING to former tennis greats John McEnroe and Boris Becker, the modern game is one-dimensional and boring. Larger rackets and faster playing surfaces have transformed the elegant game of graceful groundstrokes and controlled volleys into a mechanical, one-shot affair. The
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      301 60  -  Stanley Ho by stanley@newstoday.com.sg PASSION, discipline and desire. These are the qualities Singapore golfers need in order to achieve success on the international stage, according to Australian golf instructor Gary Edwin yesterday. The respected 59-year-old coach arrived in Singapore direct from the British
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      198 60  -  Tan Yo-Hinn BEFORE last night's NTUC Income S-League match, Home United was 13 points clear at the top of the table and looking unbeatable. So what better team to meet than the Singapore national under-23 side, which had lost eight of its last nine
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      133 60 Agencies BANGKOK Zak Whitbread, the son of ex-Singapore national coach Barry, made his debut for Liverpool last night, coming on as a second-half substitute against Thailand. The young defender, who spent several years in Singapore, turned in a solid performance as the Reds defeated Peter Withe's team 3-1.
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      Another Thorpe gold
      77 60 BARCELONA lan Thorpe remained on course to match his record six gold medals at the last world championships when he led Australia to its third straight 4x2 00m world relay gold here on Wednesday (yesterday morning, Singapore time). At press time, it was also the third gold
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      606 62  -  Leonard Thomas Magpies' strike duo slay the gallant Blues of Birmingham by in Kuala Lumpur leonard@newstoday.com.sg IT WAS the first time ever that Premiership action kicked off outside the United Kingdom. So, perhaps it was fitting that the player christened the League's firstever player of the decade
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      250 62 sports@newstoday. com. sg If you believe in things that you don't understand, then you suffer... The gathering of journalists at XL's Press Club were singing along to the Stevie Wonder classic Superstition and it got me thinking. Okay, so it's not too often that happens, but that's another
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