The Straits Times, 27 October 2003

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  • 575 1  -  M. NIRMALA Some ministries offering short-term contracts for permanent posts; scheme lets ministries assess job compatibility '±1 SINGAPORE'S biggest employer, the civil service, is hiving off some jobs into contract hires, with several ministries employing officers on short-term contracts for permanent posts. This year, the
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  • 478 1 BAGHDAD In a dawn strike from near point-blank range yesterday, anti-Ameri-can forces unleashed a shower of rockets on a hotel where the visiting United States Deputy Defence Secretary was staying. The brazen attack on the heavily fortified A] Rasheed Hotel the second in
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    • 78 1 WOMAN CRIES MOLEST; It happened during Sars scare at Institute of Mental Health page hi Desijin: LEE CHEE CHI W 8 "*****1 *****7 The Straits Times interactive: http://straitstimes.asial.com.sg is available from 6 am. >«<"«"* Forei 8 n c > investments are subject to exchange rate fluctuations, which may provide both
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  • NEWS FLASH
    • 76 2 SPEED LIMIT DEVICES NOT EFFECTIVE THEIR vehicles have pricey electronicdevices that are supposed to limit the speed they travel at, but that has not stopped drivers of heavy vehicles from going faster than 60kmh or tampering with the gadgets. In fact, 104 summonses involving tampered-with or faulty devices have
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    • 167 2 Rl TO SET UP PRIVATE SCHOOL? RAFFLES Institution is looking into setting up a private secondary school here. A panel is looking into the matter and hopes to get the plan signed and approved by March. If all goes well, it is likely the premier school will also venture
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    • 72 2 MAKE IRAQ, ISRAEL NATO MEMBERS IF THE North Atlantic Treaty Organisation really wants to secure Europe, it should not remain in Europe. After all, the threats it could face are more likely to come from the south the Middle East and Afghanistan. But it needs help to stabilise these
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    • 84 2 BRAINY SCHOLAR'S A BEDROOM DJ THE man who won Singapore's Brainiest Scholar quiz last night is a bedroom DJ, who chills out by spinning and mixing records. Mr Daryl Sng, 25, an assistant director at the Ministry of Law, also plays the guitar. The son of teachers is also
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      106 2 Boat flips over in PI race at the bay THE return of Formula 1 powerboat racing here after a 10-year lapse was marked by a spectacular crash. It happened in the 31st lap of the 60-lap race, when Saudi Arabian Laith Pharaon tried to overtake Italian Fabio Comparato and
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    • 106 2 I was molested, says IMH patient A FEMALE patient at the Institute of Mental Health claims a male patient there molested her. The incident is supposed to have happened in May, during the five days some patients of both sexes shared a ward while the IMH was cordoned off
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    • 80 2 Call for retribution SOME bodies were scalped, one infant was apparently decapitated and a 13-year-old girl sexually assaulted and killed. The atrocities are said to have l>een committed in Vietnam in 1967 by US paratroopers from a unit called Tiger Force. They are supposed to have killed at least
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    • 94 2 MARKET: CORRECTION EXPECTED SOFTWARE giant Microsoft's Lower than expected revenues could be a real downer tor the Singapore bourse which many say is overbought when trading resumes today after a three-day break. The market is expected to decline, like Wall Street did on Deepavali. Some upheaval could be in
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    • 58 2 ISRAEL BLOWS UP 3 BUILDINGS TO AVENGE a Palestinian attack which killed five, Israeli forces yesterday blew up three large, empty buildings overlooking the settlement which the militants had infiltrated on Friday. Two thousand Palestinians living in nearby buildings in southern Gaza City were evacuated from their homes before
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    • 239 2 HK PORT'S DAYS HAY BE NUMBERED HONG KONG may not be China's main port for much longer. Analysts and those in the freight business say Shanghai and Shenzhen could displace it in the next 10 years. This even though it saw a 6.6 per cent rise in container throughput
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  • PRIME NEWS
    • 673 3  - Did you know this about New S'pore Shares? TANYA FONG Many unaware that CPF nominations do not include these shares; beneficiaries can be named when making wills Hu A share in nation's wealth SINGAPOREANS aged 21 and above received between 200 and 1,700 New Singapore Shares (NSS) valued at $1
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    • 89 3 AFP i nousanas ot protesters rallied in Washington (above) and San r rancisco on Saturday against the US-led occupation oflraq, demanding that the troops be brought home as fears mounted over the growing toll on US forces and the costs involved. Polls have shown a steady
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    • 364 3 BROKERING MID-EAST PEACE JERUSALEM Where presidents and prime ministers have failed, Hollywood hunk Brad Pitt and wife Jennifer Anniston hope their star power will work wonders in new roles as Middle East peace envoys. They will team up with other actors such as Edward
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    • 633 4  -  CHRISTOPHER TAN Heavy vehicles fitted with these gadgets continue to exceed limit; many found to be neither reliable nor tamper-proof H,, SKMOKCORKI SI'ONDI VI Fatal accidents SOME recent fatal accidents have Ix-en caused by heavy vehicles fitted with the speed-limit device. On Wednesday,
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    • 131 4 IN THE first nine months of this year, 94 pedestrians were killed on the road. This is nearly three times the 35 road deaths recorded in the same period last year. According to the Traffic Police, most victims were aged 60 yean and older,
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    • 427 6  - Mahathir calls on successor to resist foreign pressure He made the remarks on Saturday when he again dismissed talk that United States President George W. Bush had rebuked him for saying that Jews ruled the world by proxy. Said Dr Mahathir:"We have succeeded in building a country that has given
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    • 569 6  -  EDN A KOH This may be detrimental for Singapore in a globalised world, warns Insead survey. But some firms say situation improving Ih, SINGAPOREANS' distaste for overseas postings, and the lack of an extensive network of them abroad, may be detrimental in a
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    • 43 6 JOYCE FANG Acting Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan yesterday presented awards to more than 50 regular blood donors at the Red Cross' Champion Blood Donor Recognition Ceremony. A regular donor himself, Mr Khaw also presented awards to 22 institutions.
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  • WORLD
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      575 7 Israel blows up three 13-storey buildings in Gaza in retaliation for killing of its soldiers GAZA CITY Israeli forces blew up three large, empty buildings in Gaza yesterday after evacuating 2,000 Palestinians from their homes, in retaliation for a deadly attack by militants on a nearby Jewish settlement. A
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    • 264 7 Syria threatens to retaliate if attacked again LONDON Syria has threatened to attack Israeli settlements in the Golan Heights if Israel launches another attack on its territory, Syria's foreign minister has warned, according to a British newspaper yesterday. In an interview with the Sunday Telegraph, Mr Faruq al-Shara said: "If
      AFP; Reuters  -  264 words
    • 597 8 9/ 1 1 panel may subpoena White House Panel chairman says the Bush government is withholding documents on terror attacks MADISON (New Jersey) In what might become a politically damaging courtroom showdown for the Bush administration, the chairman of a federal commission investigating the 9/11 terror attacks says the White
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    • 434 8 MOSUL (Iraq) No eating, drinking or smoking in public: That is the message going out to American soldiers in Iraq as Muslims prepare to observe the holy month of fasting, Ramadan. During Ramadan, expected to begin today, Muslims are supposed to abstain from food,
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    • 189 8 WASHINGTON US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said yesterday that the United States needed to figure out a way "to stop the next generation of terrorists from forming" in what amounted to a public recognition on his part of the importance of diplomacy in the
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      71 8 BUCK HAWK DOWN EPA cc 1 t roc et "P ro P e e d Qrenade is thought to be responsible for the cloud of smoke that is a downed US$lO-million u l rVc r^T V S Black Hawk hel i«>pter. A second Black Hawk circles above the stricken craft
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    • 700 9 A blitz of suggestive video clips on ArabTV is angering conservative critics A distraction It 's an attempt to divert the attention of youths away from the political ana financial frustrations at home. 9 Ali Abu-Shadi, a former censor in 1 m \>X The cost
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    • 229 9 Afghans upset at bikini-clad beauty queen KABUL The Taleban has been ousted from rule in Afghanistan and its hardline Islamic policies are a thing of the past, but many Afghans have been shocked and angered by an Afghan woman appearing in a bikini at a beauty pageant. Twenty-five-year-old Vida Samadzai
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    • WORLD FILE
      • 63 9 EMERGENCY workers were cleaning up yesterdav after a storm that pelted parts of Sydney with hailstones, blacked out thousands of homes and killed one man. The storm swept through eastern New South Wales on Saturday, cutting power to 20,000 homes around Canberra and
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      • 52 9 JORDAN'S King Abdullah II swore in a new government on Saturday, replacing a prime minister with business ties to pre-war Iraa with a close aide charged with speeding up modernisation of the kingdom. Downsized by one third to 20 ministers, the Cabinet includes three
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      • 59 9 IRAN said yesterday it had suspended enriching uranium soon after promising to do so in a deal with three European nations whose foreign ministers visited Teheran to express international concerns that Iran is pursuing nuclear weapons. "Since the agreement was reached, I think we started implementing
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      • 39 9 THE Irish Republican Army (IRA), Northern Ireland's most powerful Catholic paramilitary group, destroyed more than 100 tonnes of weapons in the act of disarmament it announced last week, the Observer reported yesterday. AFP
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      • 78 9 U.S. RETURNS MUMMY TO EGYPT AN EGYPTIAN mummy, which is probably pharaoh Ramses I who ruled Egypt more than 3,000 years ago, returned home on Saturday from a US museum after a journev that began with a 19th century grave robbery. The Michael C. Carlos Museum in Atlanta acquired the
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    • 70 10 AFP FIRST UP it's a car race, second up it's a car race in which speed is less important than the whack)' thinking behind each home-made vehicle. The outcome was a fun win for all as drivers went bonkers at Barcelona's Monjuic Park yesterday piloting everything
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    • 425 10 Russian tycoon's arrest 'smacks of repression' Analysts say opposition billionaire Mikhail Khodorkovsky is the victim of a political witch-hunt MOSCOW The arrest of oil billionaire Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Russia's top opposition tycoon, is seen as a political witchhunt against a man who dared challenge President Vladimir Putin on the eve of
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    • 594 12 California burning Two people have died as firefighters battle wildfire that has gutted 200 homes I LOOKED OUTSIDE MY HOUSE AND I THOUGHT I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF HELL' Rancho Cucamonga resident Joe Wronowicz SAN BERNARDINO (California) A wildfire leaped through dense housing tracts in the foothills of the
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    • 306 12 Toddlers in US adopt adults' bad eating habits SAN ANTONIO Even before their second birthday, many American children are developing the same bad eating habits that plague the nation's adults too much fat, sugar and salt and too few fruits and vegetables. This may help explain the country's growing obesity
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    • PEOPLE
      • 199 13 WRONG CHOICE, SAYS DOWNER SYDNEY Palestinian activist Hanan Ashrawi is at the centre of a furore over the Sydney Peace Foundation's decision to award her its peace prize next month. Foreign Minister Alexander Downer told national television yesterday that he did not think she had
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      • 86 13 BRISBANE Australia's track queen Cathy Freeman is considering living overseas for a few years to escape the pressures of her celebrity high profile at home. The Sydney Olympics 400m champion revealed in her autobiography launched here yesterday that the pressures she was experiencing were overwhelming.
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      • 90 13 SALT LAKE CITY (Utah) Elizabeth Smart, whose abduction from her bedroom and reunion with her family nine months later captivated the US, said in her first public interview that she has not changed that much from the girl she was before. "I think there's some
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      • 55 13 Former Philippine president Joseph Estrada was allowed to leave go\ ernment detention yesterday to \isit his ailing 98-year-old mother in her home in the Philippine capital lain Duncan Smith will not contest a confidence vote and will step down as Britain's Conservative Party leader if dissident MPs trigger a leadership
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      • 45 13 Quoteworthy Tornognaphers deserve a special pkice in hell as far as women and parents are concerned/ Deborah Fallows, senior research fellow at the Pew Internet and American life Project and author of a report on spam, on how pornographic e-mail especially affects parents and women
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      • 71 13 MUMBAI India's Hindi film industry is planning a movie on the life of Australian missionary Graham Staines who was murdered along with his two sons by a Hindu zealot in 1999. The film, Murder of Missionary, will be made in English and Hindi and will
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    • 386 13 Russian rescuers have plucked 33 so far from the flooded Zapadnya coal mine but gas has stopped work NOVOSHAKHTINSK (Russia) A total of 33 miners have been lifted to safety so far from the icy flood waters that trapped 46 of them in a Russian
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    • 158 7 Too Sexy For Arabs H3RF Dea <"Y w wfire iIHH Miners Rescued Clips of scantily dressed dancers on Aral) TV l^L^^/J^ wildfire in the San Bernardino Mountains, Russian rescuers lift to safety 33 of the Ifi Vj channels anger critics, with one calling the rl H California, destroys 200 homes
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  • COMMENTARY ANALYSIS
    • 847 14  -  M AFOOT SIMON SENIOR WMTEB JAKARTA THE Javanese have a saying, Kena intake neng ora butheg banyune, meaning "You can hook or spear a fish, but don't muddy the water". Its logic is simple: If you miss that fish, you will lose it
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    • 596 14 The Straits Times MONDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2003 Chasing the health-care THE shake-up of the nation's healthcare system by Acting Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan continues apace, with the Government now setting its sights on turning Singapore into the region's principal medical centre. The effort, launched last week by Mr Khaw,
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    • 1139 14  - Seductive voice of political Islam DAVID ROHDE By IHK \l •VORKTIMI S AMERICAN officials scolded Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad recently for declaring to the world's largest Muslim organisation that Jews control the world and that frustrated Muslims should try to learn from them. United States President George W. Bush
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    • 883 15  - Why state and religion should not mix JANADAS DEVAN By si VIORWRITER A RECENT series in The New York Times detailed some revealing statistics about the state of religion in Europe and the United States. In France, a predominantly Catholic country, only one in 20 attend a religious service every
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    • 809 15  - For a safer Europe, Nato needs to head down south THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN By I lII' \l YOHk I l\ll s BRINGING EGYPTIAN SOLDIERS INTO NATO WOULD GIVE IT THE ARAB-MUSLIM CHARACTER IT NEEDS, MAKING IT EASIER TO DO PEACEKEEPING IN AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ... WHILE TYING IT INTO THE WEST.
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    • 32 14 Economic analysis? L Don't bother 1 JA Vikram Khanna takes issue 1 BL with Morgan Stanley's ■If \r controversial report that ■pi W downgraded the Singapore V 1 stock market. TheßusinessTimes INOAPOHI
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  • FORUM
    • 466 16 PM's Australia remarks put in proper context I THANK Ms Wee E-Lin for her letter, "Make context of PMGoh's Australia comments clear" (ST, Oct 24). Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong's comments about Australia at the Apec CEO Summit in Bangkok on Oct 19, were taken out of context by several
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    • 430 16 I READ with concern the article, "GP failed to diagnose maid's pregnancy" (ST, Oct 8). I would like to make a few points from the perspective of a general practitioner. Medical conditions are often not clear-cut. Take the pregnancy urine test, for example.
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    • 188 16 1 REFER to the letter, "Residents suffering with 4 worksites near block" (ST, Oct 17), by Mr Ngiam Heng Hau. One of the worksites is a market/hawker centre at Block 74, Ix>rong 4 Toa Payoh. We believe that two of the other sites
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    • 289 16 Online phone listings not always practical I REFER to Mr Chew Chee Meng's letter, "SingTel charging too much for directory assistance" (ST, Oct 6), and the company's reply, That 'costly' fee for directory help: SingTel tells why" (ST, Oct 8). In his reply, the SingTel spokesman suggested that people who
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    • 8 H1 •Mondav. Octobrr 27. 2(K)3 The Straits Times home
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    • 43 H1 BUILDINGS THAT ARE ANTI-CROOKS By moulding the landscapes to tell them that they are being watched, they will think twice about committing the crime. Mr Tan Kian Ilium, chairman of the National Crime Prevention Council, which wants to discourage criminals through building design
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    • 1004 H1  - IMH PATIENT SAYS: I was molested in hospital COURT RULES: The accused was mentally ill BEN NADARAJAN TANYA FONG lh, and Mentally ill cannot be found guilty of a crime A PERSON is not guilty of a crime if it was committed when he was mentally ill. The Penal Code
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    • 445 H2  -  SANDRA DAVIE Plans will be submitted to Govt by year's end; if approved, top school will follow the likes of ACS and Chinese High *V EDICATION OKR. SI'ONDI 1 SINGAPORE'S premier boys' school, Raffles Institution, is looking into going private. The
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    • CASE FILE
      • 117 H4 AN INDONESIAN woman's handbag was snatched as she shoppedin Chinatown on Friday afternoon. The 33-year-old could not describe the man, but told police he had been following her since she left a shop at Pearl Centre. He grabbed her bag while she was walking
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      • 76 H4 A MAN who parked his car along Bencoolen Street early on Friday morning and slept in his vehicle till 9am, woke to find his wallet and mobile phone gone. The man, in his 20s, had left his Nokia 3310 and wallet on the
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    • 366 H4  - Quality drugs... but do they cost too much? LEE HUI CHIEH Economist urges researchers doing clinical trials to consider costs as well, if S'pore is to be medical hub B« LOCAL researchers need to carry out an extra task to make meaningful their findings on how good a drug is,
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    • 441 H5 Hit by bicycle in Tasmania, S'porean dies Police there to bring charges against 16-year-old cyclist who ran into Nanyang JC tutor on Oct 16 A friend and mentor teacher, knit you are also my friend and mentor... Why must you leave so early? I— Student I ills Ne, wrote of
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    • 109 H5 LIANHE WANBAO A NEWBORN, whose mother was killed in a car crash on Friday, was discharged from hospital on Saturday. The week-old girl was injured slightlv when her parents' car (left and above) and a minibus collided on Friday, M they were nearing their home
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    • Article, Illustration
      53 H6 HOW HWEE YOUNG Six-year-old Vicknes Yijayarengan's headless ghost costume turned the most heads, and perhaps a few stomachs, bagging her the first prize at the Toys 'R' Us Halloween dress-up contest at Forum, The Shopping Mall yesterday. Thirty-two children, including Shanice Nathan (left), also six, participated. Halloween is
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    • 611 H6  - Crooks beware, these buildings can 'spy' on you TANTA FONG Crime prevention council hopes to promote concept of including 'intelligent' design features in living spaces to deter criminals By 2,000 distributed WHEN they thought of the idea two years ago, the project committee visited countries like Hong Kong and Australia
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    • 1217 H7 then now Old heart, new beat, new life May 1996: Warded at Tan Tock Seng Hospital for nine days after severe stomach pains and vomiting. August 2000: Threw up violently again, despite medication. Went to the National Heart Centre. July 2001: Met and was inspired by 36-year-old Zarina Kassim, first
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    • 67 H8 JOYCE FANG Executive director Ong Sock Hvvee, 48, waits bv her car tor the charity rally to start. The full-day event yesterday, which saw 30 Porsche car owners taking part, was organised by Porsche distributors Stuttgart Auto as part of the 40th anniversary of the Porsche 91
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    • Article, Illustration
      520 H8  - TOO SKINNY HO KA WEI That's one reason why there are so few women blood donors, says Red Cross Bu Fear not '(The needle) is just like an ants bite. Nothing to it. Jtist do it. Teacher Evelyn Chew, 47 Giving back 'God gave me life. This is just my
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    • education
      • 736 H9  - Enjoy a cuppa in a hip cale in school YVONNE KOH LYNN LEE It's better for the students to hang out in school, where we know who they're mingling with, rather than loitering in malls or arcades/ Orchid Park Secondary principal Low Eng Kee At least 5 schools here are
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      • 128 H9 home LEARNING 4 pages eveiy Monday STUDENTS, you Mked for it. More pages (doubled to four) and more help (assignments on the second page), plus the usual education news snippet! (School Notet) and the experts' answers to your questions (The Expert Is InV The first page will tell you what's
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      • 158 H10 TUP I FCCnill Dl All* I fit IXodUR iLAn. rr IS aimed at getting upper secondary and junior college Students up to speed in current affairs and English, and comes in three parts: the story, the lesson and the worksheet. This week's story is a leader
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      • 557 H10  -  CHUA HUCK CHENG By FOR THF. STRAITS TIM F.S OVERNIGHT, China has become a space power. An astronaut shot up into planetary orbit returned safely after 21 hours and 14 spins around Earth. For a civilisation that invented gunpowder and the magnetic compass objects germane
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        38 H10 A GREAT wav to improve your writing is to learn from professional writers. The comments below surest wavs you can use some of the techniques used In tiie author of this article in voiir own writing.
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      • 119 H10 EVERY time you sit down to write, make sure you have a clear idea of your purpose. In this piece, the writer's purpose is determined to a great extent by the type of writing, wliich is a leader or jfdi tonal. This is a commentary expressing the
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      • 105 H10 IT IS also important to be aware of the type of person who will be reading what you write. Tliis should be a major factor in determining the approach vou take. The writer of a leader such as this one, written for a respected newspaper, is safe
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      • 174 H10 leader (see heading of article) commentary expressing the views of the editors or publisher of a newspaper. Chiefly used in British English; in American English the equivalent term is "editorial" Yuri Gagarin Soviet cosmonaut who became the first person to orbit the Earth in 1961 Cola War non-violent
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      • 153 H10 in the sentences with the following concepts and words way station parity development strategy profound sensitivities Cold War scientific journals peers 1. During the the United States and the Soviet Union each tried to maintain military with the other. 2. The Nature and Science are two
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      • 74 H10 READ the leaders that appear in The Straits Times over the next two weeks. Examine the way in which they are written and find at least two writing techniques that you would like to use in your own writing. ANSWERS.' Fill in the blanks: 1. Cold War parity
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      • 63 H10 IN MOSTof the writing vou do in school, it is important to pack as much information as you can into a short space. Therefore, everything on sa\ should relate directly to the topic vou are discussing In this piece, even sentence contains important information closelv
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      • 160 H10 germane adj. pertinent ballistics n. die study of the flight characteristics and dynamics of projectiles imperial adj. related to an empire ruefulness n. a feeling of regret Eureka-like adj. similar to the feelings one has when one says "Eureka an interjection used to express delight and triumph upon
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      • 103 H10 The following S AT-style exercises give you practice in figuring out the meaning of words in context. 1. As used in paragraph 7, "romance" most nearly means a. intimate relationship b. emotional attachment c. fascinating appeal d. love affair e. a long mediaeval narrative 2. As
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      • 193 H10 Only HERE is a word that can change the meaning of a sentence quite drastically, depending on where it is placed in a sentence. For instance: The teacher could only see 40 students from the doorway. The teacher could see only 40 students from the doorway.
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      • 584 H11  -  JANE NG Students enjoy new-style English lessons where they are given a scenario, then related assignments hu THE class has just recovered from the severe acute respiratory syndrome (Sars) after spending weeks in hospital, coughing and struggling to Dreathe. Now the pupils have to think of
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      • 532 H12 Make science fun-with everyday examples Send us your question IF YOU have a problem with your child's education, tell us and we will ask the experts. Mail your question, marked "The expert is in", to the ST Education Desk, 1000, Toa Payoh North Podium, 2nd storey, Singapore *****4, fax it
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        • 173 H12 FIRST- YEAR students at Anderson Junior College danced, drew and sang their day away, on the school's third Creativity Day on Oct 17Instead of lessons, the 741 youngsters could choose from 25 workshops which lasted between two and five hours. The sessions were conducted by
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        • 106 H12 LEARN NEW WORDS VIA CELLPHONE FIND out what words such as "deletrious" (harmful, destructive, detrimental) and "spurious" (lacking authenticity, false) mean through your cellphone. For $3 a month, SingTel and Times Educational Services will send out a different word with its definition to subscribers' mobile phones every morning. The words
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        • 117 H12 AWARDS FOR TOP MA LAY STUDENTS TOP Malay students at the Institute of Technical Education (ITE) received awards from the Malay Youth Literary Association (4PM) last Tuesday. Each of the 10 ITEs nominated their three best Malay students for the award, now in its second year. Each youth received $150
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        • 98 H12 POLY OFFERS 3D TRAINING SCHOOLS interested in teaching students to use three-dimensional modelling software can now send their teachers to Ngee Ann Polytechnic for training. Engineering undergraduates worldwide, as well as design professionals, are using the software from Parametric Technology Corporation, to design products such as rocKets, cellphones and aeroplanes.
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        • 78 H12 SPECIALIST DIPLOMA IN I.T. SECURITY NANYANG Potytechnic is offering a specialist diploma in IT security. The six-month part-time programme covers IT security solutions for offices. Forty-seven people completed the first course, which began in January. Forty-six are attending the second set of classes. The programme costs $4,160 but Singaporeans and
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  • The Straits Times money The Straits Times asia
    • 16 A1 Monday, (Xtolvr 27, 2003 The Straits Times asia Monday, October 27, 2003 The Straits Times money
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    • 16 A1 THE KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY knowledge means no values. Kuomintang vice-chairman Vincent Sicw encouraging Taiwanese to stay competitive
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    • 571 A1 Chinese fridge, MADE IN THE USA Apart from saving on transport costs, Haier's factory in the US is also an expression of Chinese nationalistic pride CAMDEN (South Carolina) While many United States manufacturers look to China as a place to make their products with cheap labour, an odd turnabout is
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    • CHINA
      • 1333 A2  -  MARY KWANG HONG KONQ COHRESrOSDt.M But Hong Kong's superior logistical support and free port status give the territory the advantage for now 'HONG KONG'S ADVANTAGE IS ITS FREE PORT STATUS. IF CHHU CREATES FREE TRADE ZONES IN ITS PORT AREAS, HONG KONG WILL
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      • 528 A3 China, NZ agree to forge closer trade links If successful, the preliminary round of talks could be the first step towards a free trade deal AUCKLAND Chinese President Hu Jintao and New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark took the first steps yesterday towards what could lead to a free trade
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      • 377 A3 MADAM CHIANG'S BURIAL PLACE BEIJING The location where Madam Chiang Kai-shek will be buried in the United States, China or Taiwan has become a hot media issue as the final decision could have some impact on crossstrait relations. Relatives of Madam Chiang have
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    • 267 A4 China condemns Taiwan's referendum match BEIJING China yesterday condemned a march in Taiwan by more than 100,000 people demanding the right to hold referendums which some people see as a step towards the island making a formal declaration of its independence. Saturday's rally in the southern city of Kaohsiung was
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    • 324 A4 SEOUL South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun said yesterday he would seek court advice on the constitutionality of a proposed referendum before pushing ahead with the controversial confidence vote, his spokesman said. Mr Roh spent the weekend trying to sell his proposed
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    • 554 A4 One-stop wedding centres offering lavish packages are opening in Guizhou, one of China's poorest provinces GUIYANG (Guizhou) Young lovers here are living it up these days, spending big money at Western-style wedding centres in what used to be one of China's poorest provinces. It is a
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    • 306 A4 I BEIJING Two powerful earthquakes have struck northwest China's Gansu province, killing at least nine people andinjuring more than 43, eight of them seriously, the Ministry of Civil Affairs said yesterday. The quakes, measuring 6.1 and 5.8 on the Richter scale, jolted
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    • 477 A5 230 Al-Qaeda suspects held in Pakistan raids Pakistani commander claims success as troops kill 10 other suspects in a sweep of rugged country that borders Afghanistan ISLAMABAD Pakistani troops have captured 230 AlQaeda suspects during a swoop on the north-western tribal region of the country that borders Afghanistan. The operation,
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    • 249 A5 TOKYO Ruling party candidate Masakazu Sekiguchi narrowly beat Ms Chiyako Shimada, backed by the main opposition Democratic Party, in a by-election for Japan's Upper House yesterday. The race is closely watched for clues to a national poll next month and the fate of Prime Minister
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    • 101 A5 TOKYO In what is likely to be one off the more bizarre events of Japan's political autumn, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and Mr Naoto Kan, head of the leading opposition party, met Russian lesbian pop duo Tatu yesterday. The politicians, appearing live on a news variety programme, were
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    • 267 A5 N. Korea warns US against escalating pressure SEOUL North Korea returned to its war-like rhetoric against the United States yesterday, a day after signs of a possible breakthrough in the year-long nuclear crisis. A commentary in an official newspaper warned that the dispute could go to an "uncontrollable phase" if
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    • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
      • 616 A6  - Death squads target Davao 's street kids LUZ BAGUIORO At least 53 'pests' have been murdered as the city's elders and businessmen look the other way By PHILIPPINI S CORRESPONDI I I HAVE ONLY ONE MESSAGE TO CRIMINALS: DON'T DO IT IN MY CITY OR YOU WILL ML' Tough-talking Davao
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      • 43 A6 AP Philippine civilian groups, helped by visiting Republic of Korea Navy personnel, cleaning up the polluted waterfront of Manila Bay on Saturday. Three Korean navy training ships arrived in the capital last Friday for a week-long goodwill visit.
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      • 288 A6 Accused judge slams move as 'evil plot' IMPEACHMENT DRIVE MANILA The Philippines' Supreme Court chief justice, indignant over a move to impeach him for alleged misuse of government funds, said on Saturday that "evil plotters" were Undermining democracy^. Chief Justice Hilario Davide Jr is accused of corruption, hreach of public
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      • 534 A7  - Politicians play media roles to woo Filipinos LUZ BAGUIORO Increasing numbers of lawmakers are writing newspaper columns, hosting TV shows and even acting in soap operas By I'll 1 1 lI'I'IM S( OKKI NI'ONDI I FROM POLITICS TO MEDIA BOTH Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson (left) and Congresswoman Imee Marcos, eldest
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      • 224 A7 JAKARTA Supporters of President Megawati Sukarnoputri's party beat to death two members of the rival Golkar party during an attack yesterday on its offices on Bali island, police said. The fighting, which followed clashes on Saturday be- tween the rival parties on
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      • 251 A7 Viet rice field killing survivors can't forget VAN XUAN (Vietnam) Rice farmer Nguyen Dam still remembers the day when 10 elderly farmers were gunned down by United States soldiers while tending their fields in July 1967 during the Vietnam War. Standing on the edge of the field, he gestured with
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    • BAHRAIN PREMIER'S HIST ORIC VISIT TO SINGAPORE
      • 702 A8 Npw era of progress and prosperity Kingdom of Bahrain Offidainame: 715 85 sq km Geographical Population: 420,100 Nationals 252,023 Expatriates K^ economic indicator.: {2W2) GDP 24.3% Oil sector Financial sector "■> Manufacture GD p growth U5512,488 Per capiu income 0 .5% (2002) Inflation A -(Standard Poo*. Fitch 2002) Sovereign rating
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      • 555 A8 B^ldnf^"^ 183 Other*--Biokcts-- 4J Comp»"f 29 The Kingdom of Bahrain is the premier international financial centre in the Middle East. The country's vibrant and mature financial services industry represents the largest concentration of financial institutions in the region. The Bahrain Monetary Agency (BMA), the
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      • 295 A8 Globalisation and technological advancement are transforming the way in which corporates operate. More than ever before, businesses need to consider positioning themselves in locations that offer intellectual, political, social and technological compatibility with the rest of the world. The Kingdom of Bahrain is one such emerging
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      • 418 A9 The Kingdom of Bahrain and Singapore sign today a bilateral Agreement on Promotion and Protection of Investments. The agreement is aimed at promoting and protecting investments of nationals and enterprises of one country in the territory of the other by providing an appropriate legislative environment to
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      • 343 A9 The Kingdom of Bahrain, an archipelago ot islands, has historically played host to visitors from across the globe. Bahrain's strategic location, advanced services, liberal living environment and open economy have made the country the venue of choice for visitors and investors then and now. The earliest
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      • 246 A9 Revving up for Formula One The Middle East's first-ever Formula One Grand Prix is to be staged in the Kingdom of Bahrain next year. The world's premier motor racing event will be spread over three days of practice, qualifying and racing, culminating with the Grand Prix event on 04-04-04. A
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    • SOUTH-EAST ASIA MALAYSIA
      • 259 A10 Thousands stranded by floods in storm-hit Thailand BANGKOK Thousands were hit by monsoon flooding along Thailand's south-cen-tral coast yesterday. The storms have brought road and rail transport to a virtual halt and forced the evacuation of more than 700 people. The authorities said nearly 10,000 people have been affected by
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      • 174 A10 Extracts from former finance minister Daim Tjainuddiris War Of Deception... The Facts And Fallacies About TJxe War In Iraq. "The upshot is that Iraq's economic success will be a liberating force... in a way, it is pointless to quibble over the real intentions of the occupiers."
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      • 645 A10  -  LESLIE LAU Home-made pornography VCDs flood the market By IN M Al A I I MPI R KUALA LUMPUR When a politician's home was broken into 13 years ago, Malaysians got a sneak peek into his raunchy world of sex, lies and videotape. That
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      • 672 A10  -  BRENDAN PEREIRA Some of his advice: time for debate on Iraq is over, Arabs should have common market and suicide killings don't help «V MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT KUALA LUMPUR Former finance minister Daim Zainuddin has lived a rich life two years since resigning abruptly from the Mahathir
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      • 271 A10 KUAIJV LUMPUR Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said yesterday that arrangements were being made to bring back the 13 Malaysian students detained in Pakistan for suspected links with Islamic militants. The Foreign Ministry would liaise with the Home Ministry
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      • 444 A10 KUALA LUMPUR Jailed former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim yesterday denied allegations that either he or a US-based organisation he had worked for had terrorist links, and denounced them as attempts to inflict further political damage on him. This is no
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    • The Straits Times sports
      • 48 A11 AS GOOD AS THE MEN Women can also </(> it!' South korcaifgwifrr l*«tk Sr Hi, «tW> h|M U.% lOlli mI the Mis Super 1 him ii.iiut-iit iit \«»ii|(iii. South Koivm. She it thr lit it iMMimn ttt nitikc tilt* 4 lit ill A UlCll'* «-»fllt ill .%S Will N
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      • 594 A11 SOCCER LONDON A superblystruck free kick from Thierry Henry sent Arsenal back to the top of the English Premier League yesterday, after a 1-1 draw at Charlton Athletic. Arsenal, who have 24 points, are one point ahead of Chelsea (23) with Manchester
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      • 180 A11 P f 0 I F A Pts Arsenal 10 7 3 0 19 8 24 Chelsea 10 7 2 I 20 9 23 Man United 10 7 1 2 18 6 22 Birmingham City 10 5 4 1 9 5 19 Fulham 10 5 3 2 20 13 18
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      • 540 A11 ROME European champions AC Milan brushed aside their injury worries yesterday as a second-half double blast from Andriy Shevchenko took them to a 3-0 win at Sampdoria and top position in the Italian Serie A. Milan are top on goal difference from previous leaders Juventus, who
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      • 162 A11 p i i r a aj AC Milan 7 6 1 0 15 3 19 Juventus 7 6 I 0 18 7 19 AS Roma 6 4 2 0 14 3 14 Parma 7 4 2 1 13 7 14 lazio 7 4 1 2 13 9 13
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      • 172 A11 t i i r a bj Oeportivo Corona 8 7 0 1 19 6 21 Real Madrid 16 I 1 20 9 19 Valencia 8 6 I I 14 3 19 Osavuna 7 2 1 10 6 14 Athletic Bilbao 7 3 2 2 10 6 11 Racing
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      • 183 A11 Eric Cantona, the former United French midfielder, cheated on his wife with the wife of a team-mate. Cantona did not think twice about flirting with attractive married women sometimes in full sight of their husbands. Several players celebrated United's 1994 FA Cup victory by having an orgy. Kelly
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      • 531 A11 Fergie spies on players Ex-security chief reveals United boss hired task force to track his men LONDON Sex, drugs and covert spy operations. In the wake of having to defend one of their star players for missing a drug test and having their famous manager banned from the touchline, Manchester
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      • 219 A12 Champion tests positive DRUGS EM SPORTS RALEIGH (North Carolina) Calvin Harrison (above) has tested positive for the banned stimulant modafinil, the US Olympic and world 4x400 metres relay gold medallist told Reuters on Saturday. "Yes, I tested positive for modafinil at the US nationals," he said in a telephone interview.
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      • 537 A12  -  JOHN BELL HORSE RACING Written By DARRYLL Holland, one of the leading jockeys in the world, returns to Kranji this week after securing a permit to ride until the end of the season. Holland, 31, rode with considerable success in Singapore during 1999 and
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      • 155 A12 TALENTED sprinter Super Racer will be given his chance to graduate to better class races following another authoritative at Kranji on Friday afternoon. The giant gelding raced just off the pace before drawing away to score easily in the $75,000 Benchmark 97 over 1200m.
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      • 515 A12  -  G. SIVAKKUMARAN POWERBOAT RACING 70,000 people at Marina Bay as Fl powerboat racing returns to Singapore Hu FORMULA 1 Powerboat roared back to Singapore yesterday, after 10 years, as an estimated 70,000 paying and non-paying spectators joined guest of honour President SR Nathan in watching
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      • 214 A12 RUGBY MELBOURNE Tournament favourites England creaked to a 35-22 win over a spirited Samoa side in the most exciting match of the World Cup yesterday, having recovered from a shoddy first-half performance in the Pool C clash. Flyhalf Jonny Wilkinson saved England once again after an
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      • 528 A12 GOLF PAK TIES FOR 10TH SPOT YONGIN (South Korea) Pak Se Ri, after becoming the first woman to make the cut in a men's golf tour event in 58 years, fired a one-under 71 yesterday to tie for 10th at the SBS Super
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      • 311 A12 SANYA (China) After missing the cut in three of his last four events, Singapore's Mardan Mamat finished joint second at the Sanya Open yesterday. Asian PGA Tour rookie Marcus Both pipped Mardan, Taiwan's Chen Yuanchi and South African Hendrik Buhrmann by one stroke after
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      • 932 A12 BASEBALL NorM Strltt, Com 6: Fiwida Marlins 2 New York Yankees 0 Florida win Dest of seven series 42 CRICKET Third day ol Mtond T*st In Faitalaftad. South Africa Ist innings 278 (Herschelle Gibbs 98 Gary Kirsten 54 Shabbir Ahmed 4-74) Pakistan Ist in ninqs (overmqht 237
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      • 510 A13 BASEBALL Beckett plays game of his life to lead Florida past Yankees NEW YORK Josh Beckett pitched with the determination of a Bob Gibson or a Sandy Koufax and came up with the game of his life on baseball's grandest stage. On a night that
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      • SPORTS FILE
        • 95 A13 FORMER national bowler Regina Lay led the women qualifiers on the third day of the Singapore Open yesterday. Her total of 920 pinfalls over tour games, including an eight-bagger in the second and a nine-bagger in the fourth, put her ahead of another veteran Catherine
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        • 87 A13 JULIE Krone became the first woman to win a Breeders' Cup race when she guided Halfbridled to victory on Saturday in the Juvenile Fillies in California. She had been winless in 14 previous attempts before she announced her retirement in 1999. She launched a
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    • Obituaries
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        220 A13 "For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever belleveth In him shall not perish but have everlasting lift." John 3:16 WONG 6AN YUE AGE: 56 was called home to be with the Lord on 125 October 2003, leaving behind loved ones. Husband: Fong
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        201 A13 MDM BACHAN KAUR KLER w/o late S. ASSA SINGH KLER Age: 83 passed away peacefully on 26 October 2003 leaving behind loved ones. Sons: Dauqhters-in-law: Gurcharan Singh Sarjit Kaur Tirlok Singh Amarjeet Kaur Sukhdev Singh Sukhvinder Pal Kaur Sarbjeet Singh Rita Leow Paramjit Singh Jaswinder Kaur Surinderjeet Singh Gurmit Kaur
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