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    18 1 TODAY MICA (P) 1 12/07/2005 2006 27, January Friday newspaper free your share todayonline.com 8 *****6 *****9 AFTERNOONEDITION
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    Lock icon PSA looks to buy its way to No 1
    752 1 Ignoring dirty tricks, port operator poised to snap up P&O with $10 billion bid AGENCIES IN THE face of stiff competition from Dubai and some black propaganda doing the rounds of London, Singapore’s PSA International has put itself in pole position
    — AGENCIES; YEN YOK  -  752 words
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    Lock icon WP chairman Lim is playing by the book
    687 1  -  TEO HWEE NAK DEPUTY NEWS EDITOR hweenak@newstoday.com.sg THE irony of her party’s manifesto becoming such a compelling subject of debate does not escape Ms Sylvia Lim. Soon after Manpower Minister Ng Eng Hen labelled suggestions in the Workers’ Party manifesto as “time
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    Lock icon PSA looks to buy its way to No 1
    752 1 (2nd edition) Ignoring dirty tricks, port operator poised to snap up P&O with $10 billion bid AGENCIES IN THE face of stiff competition from Dubai and some black propaganda doing the rounds of London, Singapore’s PSA International has put itself in pole position
    — AGENCIES; YEN YOK  -  752 words
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    Lock icon WP chairman Lim is playing by the book
    687 1 (2nd edition)  -  TEO HWEE NAK DEPUTY NEWS EDITOR hweenak@newstoday.com.sg THE irony of her party’s manifesto becoming such a compelling subject of debate does not escape Ms Sylvia Lim. Soon after Manpower Minister Ng Eng Hen labelled suggestions in the Workers’ Party manifesto as “time
    WEETECK HIAN  -  687 words
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    Lock icon Dubai port company raises offer for P&O
    311 1 (3rd edition) UK operator now backs higher bid of $11.2 billion BLOOMBERG DP World, Dubai’s port company, early this morning raised its offer for Peninsular Oriental Steam Navigation Company to £3.88 billion ($11.2-billion), topping a bid by Singapore’s PSA International Pte for the UK’s largest
    — BLOOMBERG  -  311 words
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    Lock icon Rebound picks up steam, oil closes higher
    138 1 (3rd edition) AGENCIES THIS week’s rebound in US stocks picked up steam yesterday and the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Standard Poor’s 500 Index had their biggest gains since fourth-quarter earnings reports began three weeks ago. The S&P 500 rallied 9.15 points to 1,273.83
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    Lock icon WP chairman Lim is playing by the book
    687 1 (3rd edition)  -  TEO HWEE NAK DEPUTY NEWS EDITOR hweenak@newstoday.com.sg THE irony of her party’s manifesto becoming such a compelling subject of debate does not escape Ms Sylvia Lim. Soon after Manpower Minister Ng Eng Hen labelled suggestions in the Workers’ Party manifesto as “time
    WEETECK HIAN  -  687 words
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      106 1 (3rd edition) MATUREDECISIONS Proposed law to encourage old to work 4 IRAQ FREES 400 DETAINEES, RAISING HOPE FOR HOSTAGE 4 HAMASWINTHROWS PEACEINTURMOIL 1 0 BLUESSTILL I NTHERED 44 THE WIZARD OF OZ Baghdati makes Australian Open final 45 INSIDE hotnews singaporenews world news voices business plus tv &radiolistings classad sports 2 4
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      Sorry students, we’re broke
      554 2  -  S’pore-funded schools in Vietnam in trouble, many closed down as investors blame a Taiwanese LOH CHEE KONG cheekong@newstoday.com.sg would resume on Feb 6. Angry students and parents, however, suspected that the real reason was different and started demanding a refund of the course fees, which were
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      SHIN CORP COMES AT A STIFF PRICE
      859 3  -  But long term results could outweigh current premium newscomment we set you thinking Mano Sabnani Editor-in-Chief/CEO Editor-in-Chief/CEO mano@newstoday.com.sg THE mega deal involving a Temasek-led consortium of investors and Shin Corporation of Thailand is a complex one, with many facets to it. What is
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      United we oppose
      384 3  -  SDA chairman says WP manifesto only reflects the PAP’s old stand on issues LOHCHEEKONG cheekong@newstoday.com.sg “Workers sacrificed millions of dollars to put Singapore’s economy back on its feet. Yet, up till today, the CPF cut has not been restored,” he said. He added: “The PAP’s past manifesto
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      293 2 Bloomberg News on SingTel 3G7V N70 Japan Nikkei 225 11,330.62 1.623 Singapore STI 2,031.29 A 0.21? Bloomberg I Go to IDEAS mobile portal to watch it. II I 1 Content is free. 3loGy It's 3G. And beyond R SingTel 4~ X -s- J 4 azz s Promotion till 31 Jan’06
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      Over 62 ? You’re re-hired
      817 4  - Over 62 You’re re-hired Change in law recommended to get companies to employ older workers JASMINE YIN jasmine.yin@newstoday.com.sg TO GET more mature workers into the labour force, the Tripartite Committee on Employability of Older Workers has drawn up a list of proposed measures that includes financial incentives for employers and
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      45-YEAR-OLD WOMAN FINDS HER DREAM JOB AT NURSING HOME
      243 4  -  JASMINE YIN A NURSING home seems an unlikely place for someone to discover his or her calling. But for Mdm Doris Nathan,45, starting work this month as a part-time care assistant at Orange Valley Nursing Home (Clementi) was a dream come
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      Lock icon Iraq frees 400 detainees, raising hope for hostage
      200 4 (2nd edition) AFP BAGHDAD More than 400 Iraqi detainees, including five women, were freed yesterday in a move that could help secure the release of a kidnapped US woman reporter. The mass release came as the top US army chief in Iraq acknowledged that
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      Over 62? You’re re-hired
      817 4 (2nd edition)  -  Change in law recommended to get companies to employ older workers JASMINE YIN jasmine.yin@newstoday.com.sg TO GET more mature workers into the labour force, the Tripartite Committee on Employability of Older Workers has drawn up a list of proposed measures that includes financial incentives for employers and
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      Lock icon 45-YEAR-OLD WOMAN FINDS HER DREAM JOB AT NURSING HOME
      243 4 (2nd edition) A NURSING home seems an unlikely place for someone to discover his or her calling. But for Mdm Doris Nathan,45, starting work this month as a part-time care assistant at Orange Valley Nursing Home (Clementi) was a dream come true. Her
      — JASMINE YIN  -  243 words
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      Lock icon On a mission to save Took’s life
      428 6  -  Strangers help to collect signatures as parents leave for home in Penang ANSLEYNG ansley@newstoday.com.sg wanted to be known only as Mr Tee, said he took a stack of about 20 papers as he pitied the Tooks, especially since the judges were split in
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      Malaysia to go ahead with half-bridge
      259 6 SINGAPORE is “puzzled” over a Malaysian newspaper report which said that Malaysia would start building a bridge across its half of the Johor Straits, even though bilateral talks on the issue have yet to be concluded. Yesterday, the New Straits Times (NST) reported that
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      Lock icon STB targets $12 billion in tourism revenue
      175 6 —938LIVE THE Singapore Tourism Board’s (STB) target for this year: $12 billion in tourism receipts and 9.4 million visitor arrivals. Announcing this yesterday, Minister for Trade and Industry Lim Hng Kiang said that the tourism and hotel sector had performed well last year.
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      Body parts murder: Man to stand trial
      252 6  -  ANSLEYNG A HIGH Court hearing for the Kallang body parts murder has been set for next month likely starting Feb 20 after the court decided that there was enough evidence to proceed. Yesterday, at a preliminary inquiry, statements from 33 witnesses were presented
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      Mentoring the mentors
      402 7  -  New scheme provides a framework for schools to guide new teachers L I NYANQIN yanqinl@newstoday.com. sg JUST like the orientation programmes for students to weather the shock of starting a new life in a new school, there will soon be similar programmes to help new teachers settle
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      Lock icon ITE fees to rise by $10
      151 7 —938L I VE TUITION fees for all Institutes of Education (ITE) will go up by $10 for the coming new academic year beginning May. The change will apply to new and existing students. The annual fee for a certificate course is now $260, while
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      Lock icon NCSS launches scholarship for social workers
      88 7 938LIVE THE National Council of Social Service (NCSS) has launched a scholarship programme to groom potential leaders for the social service sector. It is open to social workers with proven leadership qualities for their post-graduate studies. The Lien Foundation will set aside $250,000 each
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      From plant virus to remedy for the tummy
      207 8  -  HEATHER CHI THE creation of vaccines using plant viruses has become a possibility. Scientists at the Genome Institute of Singapore have discovered that human faeces contain high concentrations of the pepper mild mottle virus, a common virus which causes disease in plants.
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      Durai questioned by CPIB for 5 hours
      255 8  -  NKF’s former bosses assist anti-corruption body in probe ANSLEY NG ansley@newstoday.com.sg IT WAS not the first time Mr T T Durai and Mr Richard Yong who were spotted at the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) office on Wednesday had been called up to
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      Lock icon Singapore’s water bodies get guardians
      244 8  -  —MELODYKOH SINGAPORE’S waterways are set to become busier and cleaner, with 20 local organisations adopting rivers, reservoirs and even ponds for the next two years as part of the Public Utilities Board’s (PUB) Our Waters programme. Schools, companies, hospitals and grassroots communities responded to a
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      Police on the hunt for serial molester
      152 9 POLICE are hunting for a suspected serial molester said to be preying on schoolgirls. The suspect is believed to have targeted two victims in the Bukit Batok and Choa Chu Kang areas. He accosted the girls sharing the lift with him on two
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      Festive goodies from China sold here are safe for consumption: AVA
      225 9  -  WITH the Chi- nese New Year just around the corner, many Singaporeans are starting to stock up on food- stuff such as peanuts, pistachio nuts and melon seeds for the festive season. But recent checks by the authorities in
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    • SINGAPORE SNIPPETS
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        Lock icon DRINK, DRIVE AND GET LOST
        95 9 938Live An intoxicated Malaysian man tried to drive into Singapore via the Tuas Checkpoint late on Wednesday night, but was stopped by enforcement officers when he reached the arrival complex for lorries. The 44-year-old did not have his passport. When questioned by officers, the man
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        Lock icon FIRE STATION FOR TAMPINES
        69 9 938Live Tampines housing estate now has its own fire station at Tampines Industrial Avenue 3. The purpose-built seven-storey building will serve as the mobilisation centre and operational base for a rescue battalion. It will have an underground command post to enhance operational command and control abilities.
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      Singaporeans go ‘spree-ing’
      334 9  -  Locals team up to buy brands unavailable here HEATHER CHI news@newstoday.com.sg EVEN before Gap and Banana Republic announced they were opening stores here, some Singa- poreans have been buying foreign fashion labels such as these in bulk through a process known as “spree- ing”. This happens when
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      Lock icon FULL OF COLOUR:
      23 9 FULLOFCOLOUR:DancersfromtheNanjingFolkDanceTrouperehearsingfortheS i ngapore i i RiverHongbaoevent,whichstartstodayandrunsuntilFeb12. PrimeMinisterLeeHs i en Loong w i l l be presentattheopeningceremony.Theshow’shighlightisthedailyfireworksdisp l ay. WEETECK HIAN
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      76 4 (2nd edition) U.S. MILITARY DANGEROUSLY OVER-STRETCHED PAGE 12 Great Canon Oeals at Mustafa Roadshow! Now till February 05, 2006 Digital Cameras Free gift with every purchase! Mini DV/ DVD Camcorders Selphy Photo Printers Mustafa Singapore 145, Syed Alwi Road Singapore *****4 (Outside Jewellery Mart) INSTANT LUCKY DIP! Cut out this coupon to
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      262 5 Get an exclusive 10%off Disney on Ice with the POSB Everyday Card The magical world of Disney is coming to town. From 10 19 March 2006, see your favourite characters ‘live’ at the Singapore Indoor Stadium as they sing, dance and twirl on ice to your favourite Disney songs! As
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      221 7 38 fr Bangkok and Phuket first imsecondar y already have such guidance programmes in Rulang Primar y School’s principal Mrs Lim told TODAY its 138 fr Yangon and Taipei 68 fr Jakarta* teachers to start on foot in their teaching reer.” The mentors the beginners through paces, teaching them classroom
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      53 8 collected from indianimal to plant strains. by Durai, executive its at Department Minsaid Ministry finished its old NKF, urging for came after the audit deceived authorities passes to Indian nationals Foundation. building at about 8pm. members of the media, he lay of a silver Mercedes Benz —HEATHERCHI PHOTO COURTESY OF
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      184 9 a penknife touching inappropriately. The most reman aged 40, 1.5m to 1.6m tall, with short hair. He has a mole on his right cheek. Those with information on the man can call the police at 1800 255 0000. EVEN Republic opening poreans fashion through a ing”. This happens team up
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      Lock icon Hamas win throws peace in turmoil
      448 10 Movement gets majority of seats in parliamentary polls AFP RAMALLAH (West Bank) The Islamic resistance movement, Hamas, triggered a political earthquake yesterday with a sweeping victory in the Palestinian elections, a result that raised widespread alarm about the prospects for Middle East peace. Hamas
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      Lock icon US envoy’s comments inappropriate: India
      265 10 AFP NEW DELHI India yesterday described as “inappropriate” comments from the US Ambassador linking a historic nuclear deal with the United States to India’s stance on Iran’s nuclear programme. Ambassador David Mulford was summoned by Indian Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran and told that his comments
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      Lock icon Thai opposition probing Shin sale
      148 10 DOW JONES BANGKOK The Thai opposition Democrats Party is setting up a panel to examine the sale of a stake in Shin Corp by the family of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to Singapore’s Temasek Holdings, The Nation newspaper reported. Mr Korn Chatikavanij, a lawmaker from
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      MAN IN AN ABAYA:
      73 10 Michael Jackson (centre) wearing an abaya, the traditional veil worn by Arabic women, and all-cover-ing gown, with one of his children, also veiled, as they walk towards their car after shopping at a mall in Manama, Bahrain, on Wednesday. Jackson, a reclusive resident of the Gulf
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        Lock icon INDONESIA'S FORMER VICE-PRESIDENT DIES
        60 10 –AFP Former Indonesian VicePresident Sudharmono, a close confidant to ailing ex-president Suharto, died in hospital at the age of 78, a hospital worker said yesterday. Mr Suharto paid his respects to his former deputy at his residence late on Wednesday evening, the Kompas daily reported. The
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        LAWYER DROPS CORBY CASE
        61 10 Australian drug trafficker Schapelle Corby’s Jakarta lawyer has abandoned her case to take on more lucrative cases that would afford him to buy the latest Ferrari sports car, Australian press reports said. The flamboyant Mr Hotman Paris Hutapea dropped Ms Corby’s case just days after an
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      Lock icon Clever Putin won’t expel ‘dumb’ spies
      113 10 THE GUARDIAN MOSCOW Russian president Vladimir Putin has said that four British diplomats accused of espionage should not be expelled, as their replacements might be cleverer than they were and more difficult to catch. The diplomats were shown on Russian television on Sunday allegedly
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      Lock icon Hamas sweeps Palestinian polls
      438 10 (2nd edition) Setback for peace as Fatah may not join Hamas coalition AGENCIES RAMALLAH (West Bank) In a move that is expected to deal a body blow to Middle East peace efforts, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas was to ask the Islamist Hamas movement to form the next Palestinian
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      Lock icon US envoy twists India’s arm over Iran
      238 10 (2nd edition) —AP NEW DELHI The landmark nuclear deal between the United States and India could “die in Congress” if New Delhi doesn’t back Wash- ington’s bid to bring Iran before the United Nations Security Council, Washington’s ambassador David Mulford warned. The unusually frank comments
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      Lock icon MAN IN AN ABAYA:
      74 10 (2nd edition) Michael Jackson (centre) wearing an abaya, the traditional veil worn by Arabic women, and all-cover-ing gown, with one of his children, also veiled, as they walk towards their car after shopping at a mall in Manama, Bahrain, on Wednesday. Jackson, a reclusive resident of the Gulf
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      Lock icon Thai opposition probing Shin sale
      148 10 (2nd edition) DOW JONES BANGKOK The Thai opposition Democrats Party is setting up a panel to examine the sale of a stake in Shin Corp by the family of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to Singapore’s Temasek Holdings, The Nation newspaper reported. Mr Korn Chatikavanij, a lawmaker from
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        Lock icon INDONESIA’S FORMER VICE-PRESIDENT DIES
        60 10 (2nd edition) –AFP Former Indonesian VicePresident Sudharmono, a close confidant to ailing ex-president Suharto, died in hospital at the age of 78, a hospital worker said yesterday. Mr Suharto paid his respects to his former deputy at his residence late on Wednesday evening, the Kompas daily reported. The
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        LAWYER DROPS CORBY CASE
        61 10 (2nd edition) Australian drug trafficker Schapelle Corby’s Jakarta lawyer has abandoned her case to take on more lucrative cases that would afford him to buy the latest Ferrari sports car, Australian press reports said. The flamboyant Mr Hotman Paris Hutapea dropped Ms Corby’s case just days after an
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      Lock icon Clever Putin won’t expel ‘dumb’ spies
      113 10 (2nd edition) THE GUARDIAN MOSCOW Russian president Vladimir Putin has said that four British diplomats accused of espionage should not be expelled, as their replacements might be cleverer than they were and more difficult to catch. The diplomats were shown on Russian television on Sunday allegedly
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      Lock icon Indian celebrity cop in graft case
      174 12 AFP MUMBAI A feted policeman who inspired Bollywood with his violent exploits targeting Mumbai’s underworld appeared in court yesterday over corruption claims. Sub-inspector Daya Nayak (picture), one of five famed “encounter specialists” responsible for shooting dead more than 350 alleged gangsters between them over
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      Lock icon US military dangerously over-stretched
      422 12 Overburdened force hit by sagging morale, say reports by Democratic Party, expert AFP WASHINGTON The United States military is dangerously over-stretched by the strain of repeated military deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, two reports have warned. They urged various steps to relieve the pressure, but said
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      Boy can wear skirt to school
      179 12 WASHINGTON A ban by school authorities on a New Jersey schoolboy wearing flowery skirts to school has been overturned after the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) claimed his rights were being violated, reported The Times of London. Schoolboy Michael Coviello initially wore shorts because
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      Lock icon She refuses harem offer, he threatens to ‘mince’ her
      177 14 AFP TOKYO Japanese fortune-teller Hirohito Shibuya, who lived openly with 10 wives and a baby, was arrested yesterday for allegedly threatening to “mince” a woman who refused to join his harem, police said. The 57-year-old man was arrested when 40 investigators
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      Lock icon A govt hunts for mystery beast
      346 14 Johor state seeks to track down ‘Bigfoot’ AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia’s southern Johor state government said yesterday it would launch its first official effort to track down the mysterious “Bigfoot” creatures said to be roaming its jungles. Johor Chief Minister Abdul Ghani Othman said
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        Lock icon WHEN PENETRATIVE SEX IS BETTER THAN ORAL SEX
        100 14 AFP People who are nervous about public speaking should first have penetrative sex to ease the stress masturbation is unlikely to have the same effect a study has found. Mr Stuart Brody, a psychologist at Britain’s University of Paisley, compared the impact
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        MAN WALKS OUT ON WIFE, LIVES IN TREE FOR 15 YEARS
        105 14 An Indian man has been living in a tree for the past 15 years despite appeals by his mother to return home, the BBC reported. Mr Kapila Pradhan, 45, from the eastern Indian state of Orissa, left home after
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        Lock icon BE MY $289,700 VALENTINE
        98 14 AFP As Valentine’s Day approaches next month, a British firm has come up with a £100,000 ($289,700) Valentine package. The Oxo Tower restaurant in London has devised a lavish, whirlwind evening of shopping, spas, champagne, restaurants, makeovers, a top chef, a private ballroom and a private
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    Lock icon isay WITHOUT GLITZ OR REWARDS, A CHANCE TO SAVE LIVES
    504 16  -  FRANCES ONG HOCK LIN The writer is an educator. MY FRIEND Jane has leukaemia. She is undergoing chemotherapy, which not only kills the cancerous cells but also the white blood cells (WBC), haemoglobin (HB) and platelets (PLT). When her WBC,
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        TRY A LITTLE TENDERNESS
        116 16  -  LIM LAYYONG I am a polio victim and I walk with a limp. At age 45, I have to take extra care because falling down at this age can be fatal. Jeremy Lim (“Don’t hide behind disability”, Jan 19) may not know that many disabled persons
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        LOOKING FORWARD TO MM LEE'S RALLY SPEECH
        88 16  -  ACE KINDRED CHEONG I am glad to know that Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew is going to contest in the next polls. I am looking forward to his rally speech. I am proud to see that Mr Lee the longest-serving parliamentarian at 82
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        EXPAND NORTHSTAR V EXERCISE SO THAT THE MASSES CAN TAKE PART
        124 16  -  MUHD ASHRAFKOH The recent exercise Northstar V was a great success. Accidents can happen anytime and anywhere, which is why we have to be prepared. Unfortunately, I was not among those who were “trapped” in the mock attacks. I
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      CORRECTION
      56 16 In our report, “What's your local flava?” (Jan 26), we wrote that TheatreWorks' production of Geisha was being staged in conjunction with the IMF-World Bank meetings in September. This is incorrect. Geisha is part of the Singapore Arts Festival in June. The TheatreWorks production to be staged during the
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      247 18  -  BY DR JAMES DOBSON CHILDREN'S SELF-ESTEEM May I invite parents to transport themselves backfora moment into the world of the very young and to relive the pressures that often exist there where unconcealed aggression often lies just below the surface. Life can be especially difficult for
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      Clueless in Singapore
      425 18 Taxi driver didn’t know where Raffles Place was Letter from SARAH KONG A SIOU AFTER reading about Ace Kindred Cheong’s experience, “Get lost if you don’t know the way” (Jan 25), I’d like to share my own encounter three weeks ago. It makes me worry about the
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      Speaking of this weekend...
      133 18 Letter from SEAH LEONG KHAI I NOTICE that the media in Singapore likes to use the preposition “on” with the word “weekend”. “On the weekend” is the American style of English. Why are Singaporeans becoming so Americanised? In British English, we say “at the weekend”. If
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      265 20 Letter from HASLINDASHAMSUDIN THE state of sports in our schools has not changed in 30 years and remains a very competitive undertaking. Only the best students are groomed to represent their schools. Resources are reserved for the school’s niche
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      353 20 Letter from JACK HUANG President, 32nd Students Council Hwa Chong Institution I REFER to the letters in the Jan 26 edition (“Not very sporting?”). Mr Lim Boon Hee said that students from elite schools do not participate in certain CCAs, such
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      884 20  -  An elite school cannot take the risk of losing out to a neighbourhood school FRIDAY WITH mr brown news@newstoday.com.sg news@newstoday.com.sg mr brown is the accidental author of a popular website that has been documenting the dysfunctional side of Singapore life
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        480 26 High oil prices, damage by hurricanes in US spur demand for firm’s marine engineering services AGENCIES KEPPEL Corp, the world’s largest maker of shallow-water oil rigs, said yesterday its fourth-quarter profit jumped 27 per cent as rising crude prices spurred demand
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      111 26 MR Lawrence Wong (picture) has been appointed by the Singapore Exchange (SGX) as its new Head of Listings and will spearhead efforts to develop the bourse as an Asian gateway for companies seeking to tap inter- national capital markets. Mr Wong, who assumes the
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      219 26 SembCorpIndustries’ SembCorp Utilities unit is the front-runner to participate in the privatisation of a water and power plant in the United Arab Emirates. SembCorp Utilities, which was previously reported by the UAE’s Khaleej Times as having submitted a US$1.34-billion ($2.18 billion) bid to buy 40 per cent of
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      520 26 —AFP Singapore BLUE chips closed higher yesterday, as gains in Singapore Airlines (SIA) and Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) lifted the key index. The ST Index was up 9.58 points, or 0.4 per cent, at 2,388.22. But in the broad market, losers narrowly outnumbered gainers 283 to 263. Volume traded
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      292 28 DOW JONES CAPITAMALL Trust (CMT) yesterday said it would distribute 1.87 cents a unit for the period from Oct 31 to Dec 31, beating its own forecast by 2.9 per cent. CMT, a real estate investment trust (Reit) that owns
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      Lock icon Stats ChipPac back in the black
      452 28 Books Q4 profit of $27.4m as sales rise 34% —AGENCIES STATS ChipPac, the world’s third-largest provider of chip testing and packaging services, posted its first profit in six quarters after acquisition-related costs fell and demand for its services improved. Singapore-based Stats ChipPac yesterday reported
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      304 29 AFP SINGAPORE’S factory output in December rose 5.1 per cent year-on-year, sharply slower than the revised 21.5-per-cent rise posted in November, due to a hefty drop in biomedical production, the Economic Development Board (EDB) said yesterday. On a seasonally-adjusted basis,
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      370 29 Hurt by industry price war as it takes on Apple —AGENCIES CREATIVE Technology, fighting an uphill battle against the Apple iPod, yesterday reported a 31-per-cent drop in net profit in its fiscal second quarter ended Dec 31. Profit fell to US$8.21 million ($13.3
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      1474 30  -  Chinese legend Li is hanging up his wushuboots but he’s not giving up on action flicks Elisa Chia in Taipei elisa@newstoday.com.sg Taipei elisa@newstoday.com.sg JENNIFER CHEN JET Li shook his head as the same tired question was posed for the umpteenth time during a press interview in Taipei:
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      753 32  -  Hollywood, Asian film-makers need to defy racial cliches FRIDAY WITH Felix Cheong plus@newstoday.com.sg SOMETIMES it pays to wear the shoe on the other foot. Take, for example, the thorny issue of Hollywood’s treatment of Asians, as reported in PLUS (“Cultural Evolution”, Jan 13). A historic leap
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      516 33  -  For North Country director Niki Caro, Hollywood is not so far from home JEANINETAN jeanine@newstoday.com.sg and her own personal demons. It helped that Theron was a joker on set, helping to lighten the mood by “sexually harassing” the cast and crew. “I can’t tell you too many details,”
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      26 31 How do you feel about Jet Li putting wushu flicks behind him? Email us at plus@newstoday.com.sg ON ASIAN STEREOTYPES PAGE 32 FEARLESS FILM REVIEW PAGE 36
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      38 33 Taiwan Mobile TV on SingTel 3G7V N90 5' NOKIA Video Call *880 or go to IDEAS mobile portal to watch it. Content costs $0.53 per view. Video Call will be charged at Voice Call rates. 3loGy K SingTel
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      93 33 SUDOKUplus HOWTOPLAY The rules are easy. Fill in the grid so that every row, every column, and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 through 9. What are your views on Sudoku Plus? Email us at plus@newstoday.com.sg YESTERDAY’S SOLUTION: 1 2 8 5 7 9 3 8 4 5 7
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        Lock icon HATCH IS NO SURVIVOR WHEN IT COMES TO TAXES
        124 34 Agencies Richard Hatch, who won US$1 million ($1.6 million) in the debut season of the reality show Survivor, was found guilty yesterday of failing to pay taxes on his winnings and taken straight to jail. The charges carry up to 13
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        A TASTE OF S’PORE IN CHINA
        68 34 People in China will experience Singaporean Chinese New Year TV specials for the first time when MediaCorp Studios’ Lunar New Year’s Eve Special airs on Shanghai Media Group’s Channel Young and Dragon TV. The show will feature hosts and performances from China. Later this
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        MEDIACORP SHOWS ON US NETWORK
        76 34 MediaCorp TV12 has signed a deal with American cable network ImaginAsia TV to broadcast 100 hours of Arts Central programming to the network’s audiences. ImaginAsia TV is America’s first national 24-hour Asian American TV network. It reaches about 14 million viewers. Some of the programmes
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        NEO’S NEXT FILM STARS FANN, GURMIT
        89 34 Even as his latest movie I Not Stupid Tooopened in cinemas yesterday, Jack Neo was preparing to start work on another film, Just Follow Law. It marks the director’s return to satirical comedies and centres around a blue-collar worker and a vicepresident both of
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      399 34  - in cinemas soon ONE of the most intelligent films in recent memory may offer insights into the underbelly of the international oil industry, but it has also been described as too complicated and antiAmerican. Plus looks at the upcoming Syriana and the latest industry news. with JEANINE TAN jeanine@newstoday.com.sg GETTING
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      Mayhem set to be unleashed
      270 35  -  Pioneers of black metal given green light to perform at the Pavilion on Feb 5 ZULOTHMAN zul@newstoday.com.sg THE Malaysian authorities banned them but underground band Mayhem has been given the green light to perform here, making history as the first international black metal band to
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      Lock icon Father of magic realism tosses away writing pen
      220 35 AGENCIES NOBEL Prize-winning novelist, Gabriel García Márquez (picture), has announced that he has given up writing. “I have stopped writing. Last year was the first in my life when I didn’t even write a line,” the 78-year-old Colombian said. “With my experience,
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      Lock icon Navajo or white impersonator?
      152 35 —AP LOS ANGELES Doubts were raised about yet another memoirist as the alternative publication LA Weekly reported yesterday that the award-winning Nasdijj, who claims he’s of Navajo descent, may be a white writer impersonating an Indian. Citing documents and interviews with scholars, Indian authors and his
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      115 36 AFP SYDNEY Hollywood star Nicole Kidman was honoured by her home country on Australia Day yesterday for her charity work and her acting. The star of films such as Moulin Rouge and The Hours was named Companion in the General Division of the Order of Australia
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      FOUR FOR F IGHTING
      447 36  -  Jet Li pulls out all the stops in his last wuxia spectacle FILMREVIEW by Felix Cheong Fearless IT’S fitting that Jet Li’s final role in a martial arts film is another Qing Dynasty folk hero, Huo hero, Yuan Jia. It provides a bookend to the Wong
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      I Not Stupid Too
      274 36  -  FILMREVIEW by Jeanine Tan FILM-MAKER Jack Neo has done it again: Made another socially conscious film about Singapore society. Neo’s films are the celluloid equivalent of the Singaporean taxi driver: Down-to-earth and spot-on about society’s idiosyncrasies. That’s all good, but Neo crosses the line more than
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      Zodiac: The Race Begins
      241 37  -  FILMREVIEW by Jeanine Tan THE idea was promising: A dozen animals and how they become part of the Chinese zodiac. Too bad Zodiac: The Race Begins is a letdown. It’s tough to say this one wants to be encouraging, especially since it is Singapore’s first attempt
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      116 38 him.”—AP THE cause of actor Chris Penn’s death remained undetermined despite an autopsy performed yesterday. Toxicology tests were ordered on the actor, who was found dead in his Santa Monica condominium on Wednesday. “It’s just normal procedure for someone who’s 40 and has
      him.”—AP  -  116 words
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      231 38  -  by Jeanine Tan Anthony Zimmer THIS French mystery-thriller is tres sexy with a twist at the end, even if its premise is pure fantasy. The film opens with a group of detectives discussing notorious crim- inal Anthony Zimmer, a fugitive from justice who earlier managed to launder a
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      82 34 Jet Li’s Last Martial Arts Movie Will Be 2006 f s First Action Blockbuster JET LI is •R*RA"RTTTQQ JL JL-U JLX. XV JL-i kJ O ■wife; ARONNYYUFdm V3r M: 3s- vm\ i /I r Sk ill I 1 I 4 Wide River Investments Ltd First Production Company China Film Group
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      54 35 THE MUST-SEE MOVIE THIS CHINESE NEW YEAR! "VERY VERY FUNNY BUT ALSO VERY VERY TOUCHING, I CRIED!" -TAYSU LIN, WEB DESIGNER "I ACTUALLY LIKE IT BETTER THAN THE FIRST ONE!" ANNA TAN, HOMEMAKER, EX-TEACHER W-e P 0*ic.» Mm j M:diaCorp d 3- Suceonng Meow AMo/aCorp 95.8,, NOW SHOWING united international
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        118 39 Cinemax (Ch 59), 8pm Would you change history if you could? Making a fantastic trip back in time, Professor David Rhodes can and does. Still haunted by the death of his beloved brother Chris in Vietnam, Rhodes decides to persuade the inventor of a time machine to
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        PASSPORTTO EUROPE WITH SAMANTHA BROWN: VIENNA
        50 39 Discovery Travel Living (Ch 16), 9pm Travellers visit Vienna to experience the extravagance of an imperial empire, where life was lived decadently, nothing was done simply and even horses danced. Viewers travel with Samantha as she discovers the city’s long-standing traditions, culture and beauty.
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    127 40  -  with ItRight(Education) Denyse Tessensohn ItRight(Education) UNINTERESTED AND DISINTERESTED These may almost be used interchangeably. When you are uninterested it means you are just not interested or do not care about it. Disinterested is more used to denote the fact that you have nothing to gain from a
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      594 41 After six weeks off, world No 1 is recharged and looking to get even better —AGENCIES SAN DIEGO Even after 10 years defined by his 10 Major championships, there are times when Tiger Woods still feels as though he has something to prove. The chill of
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      237 41 AP INDIANAPOLIS The Indiana Pacers traded forward Ron Artest (picture) to the Sacramento Kings for former National Basketball Association All-Star Peja Stojakovic on Wednesday, more than a month after he demanded out and one day after the deal seemingly fell apart. The trade ends
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      631 42 Ghana coach pleads with fans not to expect too much as he’s experimenting for Germany AFP AFRICAN NATIONS CUP, GRP D Ghana v Senegal PORT SAID, Egypt Ghana coach Ratomir Dujkovic is under pressure ahead of a key African Nations Cup clash with Senegal here today.
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      367 42 —AP FOOTBALL 2008 European Championships MONTREUX, Switzerland This time, Germany will have to play to get into the finals. Sven-Goran Eriksson will no longer be sitting stoically in the English dugout and defending champions Greece get back in the mix. Today’s draw for
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      174 42 AFP BOSTON The five major marathons (Boston, London, Berlin, Chicago and New York) have formed a new circuit with a US$1 million ($1.62 million) prize, the USA Track and Field announced yesterday morning (Singapore time). The 10-race circuit will run over two years and be
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      925 43 Ferguson released Wigan ‘keeper in 1991, now they will meet again in the final AGENCIES CARLING CUP SEMI-FINAL, 2ND LEG Man United 2 Blackburn 1 (Man United win 3-2 on agg) MANCHESTER Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson must now plot a way past
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      307 44 ‘Significant’ deficit, like $255 million loss shown 12 mth ago, may again be recorded AFTERNOON EDITION AFP LONDON Big-spending Premiership giants Chelsea may be high-flying runaway league leaders under Portuguese manager Jose Mourinho. But, all the same, as they continue to chase domestic and Champions
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      432 44 AFP LONDON Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho said yesterday (this morning, Singapore time) he would not let Shaun Wright-Phillips join another club on a loan move in a bid to help the midfielder secure a place in England’s World Cup squad. The Portuguese supremo
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      204 44 AFP AFRICAN NATIONS CUP Guinea 2 Zambia 1 ALEXANDRIA, Egypt Pascal Feindouno was the two-goal hero as Guinea came from behind to snatch a dramatic 2-1 victory over Zambia yesterday (this morning, Singapore time) to qualify for the quarter-finals of the African Nations
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      477 44 (2nd edition) LONDON He has said it before, but Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho felt he needed to remind everyone again yesterday, when he insisted that he does not get the respect he deserves from some managers in England. Speaking to BBC Radio Five Live,
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      390 43 LONDON England striker Michael Owen reminded his team-mates not to get distracted over the furore surrounding coach Sven-Goran Eriksson, fearing it could sabotage the team’s World Cup campaign. The Swede, who fell victim to a tabloid sting in which he made various claims about the state
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      269 44 AFP MADRID Barcelona may be almost invincible in the league but the Catalan giants suffered a hiccup in their quest to land this season’s Spanish Cup as they lost their quarter-final first leg at Real Zaragoza 4-2 yesterday (this morning, Singapore time). The
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      562 44 (2nd edition) Arsenal chairman said offer to striker ‘absolutely fantastic’ AGENCIES LONDON Arsenal chairman Peter HillWood claimed yesterday that his club have made star striker and captain Thierry Henry “an absolutely fantastic offer” to stay at the club. The 28-year-old Frenchman’s current contract is due to expire in
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      Lock icon No Sheri, yes Kuyt
      225 44 (2nd edition) AGENCIES LONDON Tottenham have denied reports that they are set to re-sign former striker Teddy Sheringham from West Ham. But they confirmed they did make an initial enquiry for the player. Spurs boss Martin Jol is on the lookout for a new frontman to provide cover
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      466 45 Unseeded Baghdatis overhauls Nalbandian to reach Sunday’s final AFP TENNIS Australian Open, men’s semis MELBOURNE Young Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis capped an extraordinary Australian Open by reaching his first Grand Slam final with a stirring five-set fightback win over Argentina’s David Nalbandian yesterday. The 54th-rated Baghdatis added fourth
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      257 45 AFP MELBOURNE Russian Maria Sharapova and German Nicolas Kiefer both were in the spotlight yesterday. The 18-year-old starlet lashed out at the media for focusing too much on her grunting and what she is wearing. Sharapova, who makes millions of dollars in endorsements, complained that the
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      315 45 AFP AUSTRALIAN OPEN, WOMEN’SFINAL Amelie Mauresmo v Justine Henin-Hardenne MELBOURNE There are no two more different players than Amelie Mauresmo and Justine Henin-Hardenne, who will line up for the Australian Open women’s final here tomorrow. Once infamously referred to as “half man” by Martina Hingis, the
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        522 46  -  For the first time, sailors will compete and train to become coaches LEONG WEE KEAT weekeat@newstoday.com.sg LAST year was a memorable season for Singapore’s sailors. Teo Wee Chin and Terence Koh were crowned world youth champions in the 420 Boys event and the team returned from
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        425 46  -  CUBBY LEONG cubby@newstoday.com.sg SPEAK to anyone who has coached Mohamad Anwaar (picture) and they all say the same thing. The 15-year-old Raffles Institution rugby star is clever, versatile and most important of all, he has his feet on the ground. “Anwaar’s game has all the right ingredients
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      489 47  -  Lions pay the price for squandering first-half chances JOSE RAYMOND jose@newstoday.com.sg TIGER FC INTERNATIONALS Singapore 1 Denmark 2 THE 6,602 paying fans at the National Stadium last night nearly witnessed another great result for Singapore under Radojko Avramovic, as the Lions fought tooth and nail
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      284 47  -  CUBBYLEONG cubby@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPORE may have made a losing start to 2006, but they certainly earned the respect of Denmark. The 1992 European champions, currently ranked No 13 in the Fifa rankings, overcame the Lions 2-1 last night at the National Stadium. Immediately after the match, Danish
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        120 47 MANCHESTER United captain Gary Neville was charged with improper conduct by the Football Association yesterday for his goal celebrations against Liverpool last weekend. After Rio Ferdinand headed a lastminute winner against the Reds, the England star launched a fist-pumping, badge-kissing reaction in front of the
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        AUSSIES PREVAIL OVER SRI LANKA
        95 47 SRI Lanka’s hopes of replacing Australia at the head of the triangular series table were scuttled yesterday, but only after off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan gave the hosts a few flutters at the Adelaide Oval. The Australians eventually ground out an unspectacular five-wicket win, reaching 219-5 in
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