The Straits Times, 22 March 2004

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    25 1 The Straits Times Established 1845 JVI OnQ3.V March 22, 2004 •80 Pages in five parts mita (P) 048/03/2004 A Singapore Press Holdings publication 0\) Cents
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    Lock icon BN wins two-thirds majority, PAS trounced
    730 1  -  WARREN FERNANDEZ By EOREICN EDITOR KUALA LUMPUR Voters yesterday gave Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi the "big win" he had asked for, with nis Barisan Nasional headed for a landslide victory. The full results were not in at press time, but official reports
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    Lock icon Bilingual policy in schools hasn't changed, says PM Goh
    492 1  - Bilingual policy in schools hasn't changed, says PM Goh TAN TARN HOW Bu SENIOR CORRESPONDENT PRIME Minister Goh Chok Tong yesterday stepped into the raging debate on Chinese language and declared in no uncertain terms that the Government is not changing its stance on bilingualism in schools. "Bilingualism and learning
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  • NEWS FLASH
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      65 2 'STREAMING WAS GOOD FOR ME' MR IMRANSHAH Mohammad Isa was one of 6,740 pioneers of the Normal (Technical) stream, where he was taught a skill. He experienced the benefits almost immediately. Suddenly, he found his studies interesting; and he loved handling tools. Now pursuing a diploma in electrical engineering,
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      66 2 THERE WENT THE HOUDAYS SCHOOLS were closed last week, but it was no holiday for youngsters. Most went back to school for remedial classes and one activity or another. It was no big deal for most, who are used to it. They saw it as a good time to
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      86 2 COMMEN TAR Y IK 'SOFTWARE' INDIA LACKS FOR India to benefit from the information revolution, it needs to make some radical changes in politics. Basically, writes Thomas L. Friedman, it needs a decent, responsive, transparent local government. It also needs good infrastructure and must alleviate the endemic poverty in the
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      84 2 CONSTRUCTION MENACE THE expansion of the MRT network is causing vehicles to be damaged and putting road users at risk, writes Mr William W.H. Tay. Potholes and construction debris abound. Last week, for example, rush-hour traffic near where a line is being built forced his father to drive over
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      75 2 NEW ARTS CENTRE'S HISTORY SHOW A PERMANENT exhibition of the building which has become Singapore's newest arts venue, the former Parliament House, occupies the second floor of the place. Artefacts, pictures and documents will give an idea of its 177-year history. They include a Colony of Singapore identity card
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      91 2 3 strokes make it Monty's Masters SCOTLAND'S Colin Montgomerie mounted a mind game at the Laguna National Golf and Country Club and played it so well, American Greg Hanrahan, England's Barry Lane and Singapore's own Mardan Mamat never really threatened the former seven-time European Tour No. 1. Yesterday, he
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      87 2 Why that casinc|rule GAMBLING is addictive enough to tempt men and women to risk losing money meant for the home and children. So encouraging Singaporeans to patronise any casino here would not make sense, Trade and Industry Minister George Yeo told Bukit Batok constituents at a dialogue. Defending why
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      73 2 One-time bankrupt makes $4.6m BUSINESSMAN Richard Yeck's proudest possession is a 2001 certificate of discharge from bankruptcy, which he displays. Last year, the 53-year-old's new company, Royale Wings International, made $4.6 million. It sells a device which sucks up pollutants in the air and revitalises it. Sars boosted sales,
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      77 2 MON E Y CHINA TO POP PROPERTY BUBBLES GROWTH in property-related developments in China is likely to drop to 8 per cent next year as the government tries to pop any nascent property bubbles on the mainland, HSBC bank s senior China economist Qu Hongbin warned. This is likely to
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      67 2 FATAL MISTAKE A WELL-LIKED Arab-Israeli student of international relations at Hebrew University in East Jerusalem was shot dead last Friday. Twenty-year-old George Khoury, who could speak Hebrew, Arabic and English, was gunned down while jogging. Palestinian gunmen mistook him lor a Jew. The Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, behind many of
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      146 2 PAKISTANI AYE TO NAVAL HUNT IN AN unprecedented move, Pakistan will allow British and American ships to sail within its territorial waters in tne hunt for Al-Qaeda fighters. The country's navy will also join ships from seven nations in a taskforce that will guard the Arabian Sea against the
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      71 2 HEW SSC CHIEF CLICKS RETURNING to the sporting scene came easily to former national breast-stroke specialist Oon Jin Teik, the incoming head of the Singapore Sports Council. He mingled effortlessly with golfers at yesterday's Caltex Singapore Masters. In a one-on-one with The Straits Times, the technical and business manager
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      321 2 MAIN Prime 3-5 World 6-13 Editorial 14 Commentary 14,15 Forum 16 HOME Home Hl-H8 Education H9-Hl2 ASIA/SPORTS/ MONEY Malaysia polls Al-A5 Taiwan A6-A8 Asia A9 S-E Asia AlO Sports.... All-Al3 Money... Al5-AlB LIFE! The Buzz L2 Arts L6.L11 Television L7 Comics LlO Straight Talk LlO What's On Ll2 TV guide
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      Lock icon Taiwan on the brink of political crisis
      717 3  -  LESLIE FONG Riot police face demonstrators calling for a vote recount after Chen's narrow victory and an investigation of shooting By EDITOR-AT-LARCE TAIWAN last night stumbled closer to the brink of a major political crisis as riot police Rrepared to disperse a peacell
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      Lock icon New screening system for bags at Changi
      486 4  - New screening system for bags at Changi KARAMJIT KAUR $235m system to be in place by end of year; a computer program will alert staff to suspect luggage By TRANSPORT CORRESPONDENT A NEW baggage system being tested at Changi Airport Terminal 1 will see passengers check in and collect their
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      Lock icon Dying to be on stage
      180 4 LONDON A British theatre group is holding a casting call with a difference aspiring stars must agree to be deadby the time the show begins. The play, to be put on by an experimental theatre group in east London, is intended to be a serious
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      Lock icon The healing power of music
      121 4 THE Singapore Chinese Orchestra put on a rousing 45-minute concert for patients of Singapore General Hospital yesterday evening. The audience included Acting Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan, SGH's chief executive officer Tan Ser Kiat, patients and their relatives. One of the patients, Mr Tan Ah
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      Lock icon Australia to seek clemency for heroin smuggler sentenced to death
      187 4 Australia to seek clemency for heroin smuggler sentenced to death SYDNEY Australia will attempt to persuade Singapore to spare the life of an Australian convicted of heroin smuggling, Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said yesterday. Nguyen Tuong Van, 23 a sales executive from Melbourne was sentenced on Saturday to death by
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      Lock icon MRT trains too will have marshals
      435 5  -  LEE HUI CHI EH By Move to ensure safety after Madrid bombings FIRST, air marshals were put on some Singapore Airlines flights. Now, expect land marshals likely to be plainclothes policemen to be deployed on MRT trains and at the stations to keep the
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      Lock icon Hopes of netting Al-Qaeda No. 2 fade in Pakistan
      414 5 100 captives grilled as hunt tor 'high value target' goes on WANA (Pakistan) Pakistani forces were searching homes yesterday amid a lull in fierce fighting, after pounding tribal areas using heavy artillery and Cobra helicopters. But reports said the likelihood that
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Militants say sorry for killing Arab-Israeli
      615 6 The son of a prominent Jerusalem lawyer is shot while jogging by Palestinian gunmen who mistake him for a Jew A MISTAKE It was a mistake and we extend our apology to his family. y An unidentified leader of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades 'George
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      Lock icon Crooks caught — on victims' camera phones
      678 7 Crooks caught on victims' camera phones Snapshots and video clips taken by crime victims using camera phones are helping police to solve crimes YOU HAVE SORT OF A CRIMEFIGHTING DEVICE ON YOUR PERSON AT All times: Police Captain Robert Rowan Evidence captured on phone In Pittsburgh last month, several visiting
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      Lock icon Afghanistan minister assassinated
      342 7 Afghanistan minister assassinated 100 killed in factional fighting after killing KABUL Afghanistan's Civil Aviation Minister Mirwais Sadiq was assassinated yesterday and fighting broke out immediately after the killing in the western city of Herat. Reports said that more than 100 people were killed in fighting after the assassination. Unidentified assailants
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      Lock icon Ministers say no to a CIA for Europe
      394 8 Ministers say no to a CIA for Europe BRUSSELS In the wake of the Madrid train bombings, European Union justice and interior ministers have rejected proposals to create a CIA for Europe, but they agreed that a growing threat to the region makes greater intelligence coordination essential. The ministers recommended
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      Lock icon RED ALERT Olympics, Euro 2004
      713 8 RED ALERT Olympics, Euro 2004 Fears that major sporting events may be targets of terrorist attacks LONDON The potential for a spectacular terrorist attack at the Euro 2004 football championships in Portugal or the Olympics in Greece is so great that organisers are under renewed pressure to guarantee maximum security
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      Lock icon Al-Qaeda 'claims to have bought briefcase N-bombs'
      278 9 SYDNEY Osama bin Laden's terror network claims to have bought ready-made nuclear weapons on a Central Asian black market, the biographer of Al-Qaeda's No 2 leader has told Australia's national TV network. In an interview scheduled to be aired today by the Australian
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      Lock icon Australia tightens maritime security
      189 9 SYDNEY Australia has announced a tightening of maritime security prompted by fears of terrorists detonating floating bombs in the nation's ports. Transport Minster John Anderson said there was a danger that oil and gas tankers could be hijacked and used as bombs, or ships could be
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      Lock icon US firms urging workers to cast their votes
      680 10 US firms urging workers to cast their votes Stepped-up campaign in workplace worries Democrats, who fear pro-business votes will go to Bush 6ET-OUT-AND-VOTE DRIVES: More businesses take part Of the 150 companies that belong to the Business Roundtable an organisation that represents the CEOs of the nation's largest corporations 99
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      Lock icon Kerry loses lead over Bush in new poll
      390 10 Kerry loses lead over Bush in new poll Each has the support of 48% of adults surveyed WASHINGTON Aggressive campaigning in combination with a slew of television advertisements has allowed President George W. Bush to pull even with Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry, according to the latest Newsweek survey. The
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      Lock icon US outsourcing 'a matter of survival'
      567 11 It's the ideal way to compete with low-cost rivals, says CEO caught in crossfire of Bush-Kerry battle we think ours is the ideal, dynamic model for american manufacturers: Mr Anthony Raimondo NEW YORK Mr Anthony Raimondo, a Nebraska business executive, was all set to
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      Lock icon Laws to curb loss of jobs 'can backfire'
      390 11 Laws to curb loss of jobs 'can backfire' WASHINGTON Preventing American firms from outsourcing business can curtail inbound investments and erode competitiveness, warned the leader of the largest US business group in Asia. The Bush administration has come under fire from opposition Democrats for massive job losses. They are pushing
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      Lock icon China foray pays off for manufacturer
      228 11 BEHLEN Manufacturing's joint venture with three Chinese companies, employing 180 people, is the first overseas operation for the privately owned company in Columbus, Nebraska. Until the China factory opened last year, exports from Behlen's four American plants had brought in only 7 per cent
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      Lock icon USA Today's star reporter caught cooking up dramatic stories
      364 12 USA Today' s star reporter caught cooking up dramatic stories Newspaper's revelation deals yet another blow to the US media industry, which is already reeling from plagiarism scandals WASHINGTON The US media, already rocked by highprofile plagiarism cases, has been hit by another scandal. USA Today, the country's largest-circulation newspaper,
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        170 12 Man to go without food for 49 days BID FOR NEW FASTING RECORD CHENGDU (Sichuan) A 50-year-old Chinese herbalist has begun an attempt to break the world record for fasting set by American magician David Blaine last year. Mr Chen Jianmin intends to go without food for 49 days, five
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        54 12 AMSTERDAM Queen Juliana, dubbed the "people's queen" after she helped the Netherlands recover from World War II and oversaw the independence of its last remaining colonies, has died. She was 94. The bicycling monarch abdicated in 1980. She died on Saturday of a lung infection in the
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        118 12 SAN FRANCISCO A young man who struck a multimillion-dollar settlement with pop star Michael Jackson after a 1993 molestation investigation may be called to testify at a grand jury examining similar charges currently levelled against the singer. Jurors for the panel, which is being convened
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        79 12 WASHINGTON Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, one of the richest men on Earth, has pledged to donate a farther US$l3.5 million (5522.8 million) for research into extra-terres-trial life. With the contribution, Mr Allen would have given US$25 million for the construction of the Allen Telescope Array, said
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        61 12 Australian Olympic champion Cathy Freeman took to the catwalk for the first time last week to model for designer Charlie Brown at Melbourne's Fashion Festival. Canadian billionaire Harrison McCain, whose family-owned business began in a cow pasture in New Brunswick and grew into one of the world's largest producers of
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        41 12 Quoteworthy This is what college is all about, challenging the status quo. Roger Williams University student Jason Matters, whose conservative group is offering a US$25O (Ss42o) scholarship for whites onlv in a campaign against affirmative action at the Rhode Island university
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      Lock icon Israel's collective farms turn capitalist
      586 13 Israel's collective farms turn capitalist Kibbutz communities are trying to stay alive by listing their industries on the stock market 'I DONT REGRET THE PAST, BUT I AM HAPPY WE MADE THIS CHANGE. TODAY WEHAVEA HIGHER STANDARD OF LIVING AND WE ARE FREE OF THE SYSTEMIC KIBBUTZ BUREAUCRACY.' Kibbutz EyaTs
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      Lock icon Islands with 1,500 people want self-rule
      203 13 Islands with 1,500 people want self-rule AUCKLAND Talks are under way on a remote atoll to create the ultimate microstate a nation without a capital, airport or harbour, a new head of state every year and with most of its citizens living abroad. It will be up to the United
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  • COMMENTARY • ANALYSIS
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      Lock icon The Straits Times MONDAY, MARCH 22, 2004 Stabilise Taiwan
      614 14 The Straits Times MONDAY, MARCH 22, 2004 Stabilise Taiwan UNREST in Taiwan is not unexpected given the circumstances of President Chen Shui-bian's election victory, but the top priority must be to re-establish order and let the law take its course. Saturday's poll took place just hours after the president was
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      3143 14 Mother tongue helps S'pore retain Asian core Bilingualism will remain the cornerstone of education policy, Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong pledged in a speech yesterday to mark The Chinese High school's 85th anniversary and Hwa Chong Junior College's 30th anniversary. Here is an edited transcript. Keeping our languages alive 'Mother
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      Lock icon N. Korea lessons from the Holocaust
      918 15  - N. Korea lessons from the Holocaust ABRAHAM COOPER HAROLD BRACKMAN Bu and FOR THE STRAITS TIMES THE brutality of the 20th century has given George Santayana's observation that "those who forget history are condemned to repeat it" the standing of an absolute truth. Less noted but equally true is that
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      Lock icon Missing in India: 'software' of democracy
      753 15  -  THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN THE NEW YORK TIMES MY FAVOURITE building in Bangalore, India's Silicon Valley, is a corporate complex called the Golden Enclave. In some ways, the whole tech sector in Bangalore could be called India's Golden Enclave disconnected from the country's bad governance,
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  • FORUM
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      Lock icon Allow more than $30,000 in Medisave
      132 16 THE article "New health insurance for all" (ST, March 18) stated that "17 per cent of CPF members have less than $1,000 in their accounts. Even those with the maximum $30,000 in their Medisave will find it insufficient for their needs". Many CPF members
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      Lock icon Menace of road debris and potholes
      493 16 I HAVE noticed a drastic deterioration in road conditions over the past few months, especially with the heavy MRT construction work that has been going on, and in certain areas, the building of new homes. While driving, I frequently come across debris, large rocks
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      186 16 I REFER to the parliamentary report on the proposal for women to do national service ("It's the people who count in national defence"; ST, March 16). I think it's a good idea to balance the "human ecology" in Singapore. Currently, women are 2
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      Lock icon Don't blame owners when dogs are a nuisance
      324 16 Don't blame owners when dogs are a nuisance I REFER to the letter by Ms Wong Wai Ping ("Fee to keep dogs in condo? Issue is about irresponsible owners"; ST, March 11). Ms Wong wrote: "The truth is Singaporeans' understanding of the behaviour of animals, and dogs in particular, is
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      Lock icon Dog' poop' a serious health hazard
      187 16 THE footpaths along Bukit Timah Road, after Balmoral Road, are littered continuously with dog "poop", at the foot of every tree. This sort of irresponsible behaviour by dog owners is much worse and more hazardous than littering, or even spitting, but the authorities have
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      194 16 Attention residents: Floor traps can breed mosquitoes I I REFER to the report "This is war" (ST, March 17). According to the National Environment Agency (NEA), more homes were found to be breeding mosquitoes. One area many residents do not recognise as a mosquito breeding site is the floor trap
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      6 H1 TheStraitsTimes home Monday, March 22, 2004
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      48 H1 A 'DEGREE' OF PRIDE IN BANKRUPTCY 'This is my degree to show that I graduated out of bankruptcy and to tell others that I have nothing to hide. Businessman Richard Yeck, 53, who keeps his certificate of discharge from bankruptcy in a gold frame on his office table
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      609 H1  - China study mamas to S'pore agency: Where are our men? TANYA FONG At least four women who paid to be matchmade with Australians felt cheated and went to the police, demanding refund *!L A TRAVEL agency last year branched into what it thought would be a lucrative sideline: arranging marriages
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      553 H2  -  REBECCA LEE BG Yeo On Proposed Casino at Sentosa S'pore wants a slice of high-end tourism pie. but not the crime, sleaze and social ills linked to gambling, says minister *L TRADE and Industry Minister George Yeo yesterday defended the Government's plan to impose
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      185 H2 FTA benefits will be felt when economy heals: BG Yeo DO FREE trade agreements (FTAs) benefit Singaporeans? Trade and Industry Minister George Yeo has been flying around the globe sealing free trade deals, but Singaporeans are still plagued by bread-and-butter issues, said a Bukit Batok resident at a dialogue yesterday.
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      369 H2  - 'Save water' drive goes to the workplace TAN HUI YEE PUB aims to get 300 more non-residential buildings to cut water usage *L THE drive to conserve water was extended beyond homes yesterday with the Public Utilities Board launching a campaign to get shops, offices and factories behind the effort.
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      193 H2 Relief No flood despite high tide THE big flood that was expected to hit Singapore yesterday didn't happen. Although the tide rose to the danger level of 3m yesterday morning, it did not rain until late in the afternoon. This averted a flood like the one earlier this month when
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      275 H3 Awards for top students to study in China SINGAPORE and China hope to launch a joint foundation this year that will allow the exchange of top students between the two countries, said Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong. Proposed by Mr Goh, the Singapore-China Foundation was supported by Chinese Premier Wen
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      501 H3  - Private school to let students opt for own final exam JANE NG It's part of the customised approach that Hwa Chong International, which plans to open next year in Bukit Timah, will adopt Enrolment THE school plans to take In about 100 students for Secondary 1 and 3 next year,
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      44 H3 /aluair's first Airbus A320 aircraft landed at Changi Airport on Saturday morning. Singapore's first budget airline expects approval for its Airline Operators Certificate soon and is on track to start operating in early May. Another 162-seater A320 will arrive next month.
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      372 H3  -  TANYA FONG B V MORE than 200 people living in Block 259 Bukit Panjang Road were evacuated from their flats when a fire broke out in a coffee shop downstairs last night. The fire started at a food stall in the Kim San Leng
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      549 H5  -  K.C.VIJAYAN They were among 18,000 screened by police in January to November last year; tighter screening follows condo rape case By CRIME CORRESPONDENT TIGHTER screening of would-be security guards has left David Marshall Fernandez unable to find a job as a guard
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      1193 H6 then now Normal (Tech) doesn't mean the N... Streaming came under attack last Thursday when MPs called for EM3 to be scrapped for academically-weak primary pupils, who go on to the Normal stream in secondary school. Will the label mark them for life, as feared? A Normal (Technical) stream student
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      675 H7  - It' s Saturday: 600 S'pore men hit Batam... for sex THERESA TAN The Chinese men have very strong sexual desires. And the girls will do whatever it takes to get tips. Mr Husaini Tarmizi, an outreach officer from the Partnership for Health and Humanitarian Foundation in Batam (YMKK) They account
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      199 H7 AN UNPAVED road leads to "sex central" in Bukit Girang, one of the six "prostitution villages" in Batam, according to staff of the Partnership for Health and Humanitarian Foundation. A whole row of bars wooden huts painted in bright colours such as pink and
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      479 H7 A 68-year-old security guard, who wants to be known only as Mr Chua, tells JANE N6 why he has been going to Batam the 10 'There are literally thousands of girls in Batam. Many of them are around 16 to 17 years old.
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      322 H7 Iff DONT WANT SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES AND WE'RE SO FEARFUL OF AIDS. RM EVERYONE'S SAKE, PLEASE USE CONDOMS.' Farah, 35, a mamasan who says Singaporean men prefer unprotected sex SEX workers in Batam have a message for Singaporean men: Please use condoms and show us some
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      391 H8  -  K.C.VIJAYAN He lost millions of dollars in *****, but CEO proudly displays cert of discharge from bankruptcy after turnaround His certificate of discharge from bankruptcy, issued in late 2001, is proudly displayed in the office of Mr Richard Yeck, 53, whose company, Royale
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      360 H8 AgKKIKS of measures introduced by the bankruptcy ottice in 2002 has led to a record number of people being discharged from bankruptcy in the last two years and encouraged others to start paying off their creditors. In March 2002, the Insolvency Public Trustee's
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        111 H8 STUDENTS with physical disabilities studying at or hoping to enrol in a university here are invited to apply for a new scholarship launched by the Society for the Physically Disabled and Asia Pacific Breweries Foundation. Worth $11,000 a year for the duration of their studies, it
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        63 H8 THE Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA) is temporarily suspending the import of all poultry and birds from the Netherlands. The suspension, which takes immediate effect, comes in the wake of a report that bird flu has been found there. Singapore imported 447 tonnes
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        124 H8 IN FUTURE, donor organs may be harvested from people who are over 60, and doctors will decide if they are suitable for transplant. Acting Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan said this at a dialogue on the Human Organ Transplant Act (Hota) at The Grassroots Club yesterday.
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        67 H8 THE latest flu vaccines offering protection aeainst the Fujian flu, which swept across the United States at the end of last year, are now available here. Travellers to Australia, South America and New Zealand should get shots, especially if they are elderly, very young or suffer from
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        1258 H9  -  LYNN LEE Students spend most of their week off on schoolwork, CCAs, and more. They seem t accept it as their lot, but the workload has parents upset BY education LIFE wake up before 7am, put on my school uniform and go to school like on a
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          166 H10 IT 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, tne lesson and the worksheet. This week's story discusses the subject of how different American foreign policy will be if United
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          1489 H10  -  JAN AD AS DEVAN Bu I he STORY Answers What your score means IT 0 to 2 correct: Have you heard the term "apolitical"? (No, I didn't think so.) 2. F 3 to 4 correct: If you didn't get this score by guessing,
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          1104 H10 the LESSON YUU win be seeing a lot ot articles about American politics over the next several months as the presidential race heats up. However, many students find understanding articles about politics difficult because they are not familiar with many of the references. In order to
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          144 H11 MORE than 100 students at Singapore Polytechnic will put up three weeks of arts performances at its international cultural festival to mark its 50th anniversary. They will beat out traditional Japanese festival pieces on specially imported drums. Traditional Myanmarese dances will also be performed
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          118 H11 THE Singapore Management University is asking those who had once worked or studied at the Bukit Timah campus it now occupies for collectibles, such as school ties, photographs and badges. These will be displayed at a week-long open house to celebrate the 75th anniversary of
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          105 H11 THERE are just three more days to sign up for Victoria School's fifth annual Web design competition for primary scnools, which closes on Wednesday. So far, more than 30 teams from 22 primary schools have joined the competition. The theme is nature conservation in Singapore.
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          132 H11 TWO briefings on Chinese language courses and new diploma programmes offered by the Singapore Institute of Management's Open University Centre will be held on Friday. The talks will cover doing business in China and Chinese literature, as well as the subjects taught
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          122 H11 NANYANG Polytechnic finalyear student Linus Tan's passion for information technology has won him the IT Youth Award given out by the Singapore Computer Society. The annual award is given to those 25 and under who have created IT-based products or actively pursued projects and
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        465 H12  - Pick a poly or JC for life sciences career? JANE NG the EXPERT is m MY DAUGHTER, who has been studying at Serangoon Junior College (JC) since January, has just received her O-level results, and she qualifies for both a JC and a polytechnic. Initially, she wanted to stay on
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      6 A1 TheStraitsTimes asia Monday, March 22, 2004
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      1366 A1  - Now to walk the talk CHEONG SUK-WAI Barisans Big Win NEWS ANALYSIS B« in KUALA LUMPUR BN must teach Malays to stand on their own feet and, at the same time, take care not to be seen as attacking them Pak Lah's victory yesterday may be comforting to Malaysians by
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        1315 A2 ABDULLAH BADAWI Overwhelming win sign of strong public approval THE Prime Minister trounced his PAS opponent, independent preacher Abdul Khalid Rasid, by 18,122 votes. Datuk Seri Abdullah Badawi's win in Kepalas Batas, in Penang, is bigger than his victory in 1999, when he won by more than 1
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        724 A3  -  JA NADAS DEVAN The Prime Minister has shown that a moderate Islam can win and the polls could mark the start of the Abdullah era NEWS ANALYSIS Bm BARISAN Nasional's impressive performance in yesterday's Malaysian general election has many implications. First, there is now
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        785 A4  -  SALIM OSMAN Sweet taste of victory for PM Abdullah, while PAS chief expresses shock at the loss of the Malay heartland state By IN KUALA TERENGGANU IT WAS a decisive win. Barisan Nasional (BN) managed to dislodge the conservative Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS) from the
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        430 A4  -  REM E AHMAD By] IM KANCAR (PERLIS) by incumbent Datuk Seri Snahidan Kassim in a tussle for a state seat. The 63-year-old faith healer was also vanquished by Perlis prince Syed Razlan Jamalulail in a separate contest for a parliamentary seat.
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        397 A4  -  AHMAD OSMAN IN JOHOR BARU BARISAN Nasional secured a big win in Johor. Official results made available only at 2.15am showed the coalition was ready to form the state government. The numbers put on the board at the residence of Menteri Besar
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        39 A4 POLL POSITION POLICE officers were on hand at polling stations across Malaysia yesterday to ensure that voting rules were adhered to. A high turnout of the country's 10.3 million registered voters was reported at 7,300 polling centres. AP REUTERS
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        503 A5  -  SALIM OSMAN Barisan makes big strides against PAS but a recount suggests it may not have the minimum 23 seats to rule the state By IN Kl ALATERE NCGAN U IT WAS a historical win for Barisan Nasional over Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS) in Kelantan, but
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        525 A5  -  WOON WUI TEK Bu INALORSTAR IT WAS to have been touch and go. Kedah was to have been the next stepping stone in Parti Islam SeMalaysia's (PAS) route to power. Indeed, just before voting began yesterday, enthusiastic supporters from
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        86 A5 WAN AZIZAH'S COMPLAINT KEADILAN president Wan Azizah Wan Ismail claimed yesterday that an attempt was made to fet her disqualified efore the voting started. She said unknown motorcyclists carrying Keadilan and PAS flags and a DAP flag trailed her as she went on her campaign rounds in Permatang Pauh on
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        55 A5 ELDERLY VOTER DIES IN QUEUE PULAU Duyong Wanita Umno branch pro-tem chief Ramlah Muda collapsed and died from a heart attack while queuing up to vote at Sekolan Kebangsaan Pulau Duyong in Kuala Terengganu this morning. Madam Ramlah, 67, was queuing up in the senior citizens polling stream when she
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        42 A5 A 102-YEAR-OLD grandmum and granddad were among millions who turned up to cast their votes on Polling Day for the 11th general election in Malaysia. Madam Rajmah Omar and Mr Abu Bakar Harun voted in Kedah. Bernama
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        342 A5 IT WAS one foul-up after another yesterday as printing errors, long queues and missing voters' names marred the Malaysian election. In Pahang's Sungai Lembing state ward, a printing error the Keadilan symbol was used for the PAS candidate in the ballot paper led polling to
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        64 A5 REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK SEPANG Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi took time to join thousands of Malaysians at the Petronas Fl Grand Prix here yesterday. He arrived at the circuit just 30 minutes after the race started. He also presented the trophy to the winner,
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        439 A5 Veteran Lim leads charge to Parliament DAP COMEBACK IPOH Mr Lim Kit Siang, Malaysia's opposition leader for more than two decades until 1999, is back in Parliament. His Democratic Action Party (DAP) also made a strong showing in Chinesemajority seats, winning big in Perak and Kuala Lumpur. Mr Lim's victory
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          Lock icon The fight isn't over yet
          834 A6  -  ONG HWEE HWEE Not by a long shot. KMT demonstrations erupt across the island and High Court orders ballot boxes sealed but no nod is given for re-count By IX TAIPEI Really big trouble When 16 million voters have sharply divergent views, I think that
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          481 A6 TAIPEI Taiwan is bracing itself for a turbulent ride when markets reopen today after the weekend presidential election was overshadowed by violent protests, opposition demands for a re-count and lingering uncertainty. Premier Yu Shyi-kun joined a chorus of investors and economists in voicing
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          245 A6 WHY so many spoilt votes? A RECORD 337,297 invalid ballots were counted, or about 2.5 per cent of the total votes cast. The number is more than 10 times President Chen Shui-bian's winning margin of 29,518 votes, and nearly three times the 122,278 spoiled votes in 2000. The opposition
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          598 A7  -  LAWRENCE CHUNG The rollback of voter support for the KMT-led Pan-Blue alliance in this key battleground is seen as the main reason for Chen's victory NEWS ANALYSIS B THE STRAITS TIMES TAIWAN BUREAU I T aichu ng county: Pan Blue to PanGreen Chen/Lu: 440,479 (51.79%) Taichung
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          474 A7 TAIPEI Confronted with doubts about the shooting of Taiwanese President Chen Shuibian on the eve of his re-election victory, his office released photographs yesterday that showed him being treated for a wound to the abdomen. Presidential Office spokesman James Huang
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          817 A8  - The end of the Kuomintang? CHING CHEONG Electoral loss may finally wean this once formidable party off its Chinese roots NEWS ANALYSIS I.' T J i \.-<i .i,ii/u.w/wir..in;.>/jf.A TAIPEI To China and prounification Taiwanese, the defeat suffered by the Pan- Blue camp in Saturday's presidential election marks tne beginning of
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          32 A8 HACKERS have posted a note protesting against the re-election of President Chen Shui-bian on a finance ministry website. The Treasury Bureau website was closed temporarily, the ministry said yesterday. Reuters
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          42 A8 HONGKONG'S prospects for full democracy could be damaged by Taiwan's chaotic election. This will reinforce Beijing's thinking that direct election in Hong Kong isn't a good idea," said political expert L.K. Sung at Hong Kong's City University yesterday. AP
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          27 A8 ONE of President Chen's campaign workers was mdicted for alleged vote-buying, Taipei Times reported yesterday. Chen Mei-hsiu allegedly gave away soap to voters.
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          40 A8 TAIWAN will press ahead with referendums despite the failure of its much-vaunted vote on future ties with China. Secretary-general Chiou I-jen ofthe Presidential Office said Taiwan would modify its approach towards votes in the future. AFP
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          Lock icon Bookies reap $102m
          42 A8 PRESIDENT Chen's wafer-thin victoiy proved lucrative for Taiwan's bookmakers who made NT$2 billion (Sslo2 million) as a result, it was reported yesterday. Those who bet on rival lien Chan lost more than NT$5 billion, said United Evenmg News. AFP
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          507 A8  - Referendum 'went against people's will' GOH SUI NOI CHINA'S REACTION By THE STRAITS TIMES CHINA BUREAU BEIJING In its first official reaction, China said the failure of Taiwan's firstever referendum, which ran alongside its presidential election, proved the ballot went against the will of the people. "The referendum turned out
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          266 A8 TAIPEI Taiwan's government yesterday reiterated its call for a peace framework with rival China, despite having just lost a referendum on the subject. The first islandwide referendum, which asked whether the island should beef up defences against China and open talks with Beijing, failed to pass
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        486 A9 It lets US and British forces enter its waters in bid to nab terrorists fleeing from intense land offensive ARABIAN SEA Pakistan has agreed to allow coalition ships to hunt Al-Qaeda fighters deep inside its territorial waters, in an unprecedented move that will let
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          64 A9 THOUSANDS of South Koreans turned out in Seoul at duelling rallies yesterday some protesting against the unprecedented impeachment of President Roh Moo Hyun, others supporting his overthrow. About 2,000 protesters gathered at separate rallies to condemn the opposition-controlled parliament's March 12 impeachment vote. A similar number
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          63 A9 ABOUT 20,000 chanting protesters lined Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour yesterday in a protest against government plans to reclaim more of the city's famous waterway. Police, however, put the number at 1,000. Protesters want the reclamation work halted because they say it will spoil what they
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          53 A9 CHINA has arrested the former chief editor of a reformist newspaper, Southern Metropolitan Daily, on embezzlement charges in an expanding crackdown against perhaps the most aggressive newspaper group in the country, sources said on Saturday. Cheng Yizhong was arrested early on Friday at his home in
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          49 A9 NEPALI troops killed 500 Maoist rebels in a battle yesterday after the rebels stormed into a district headquarters in the western town of Beni, where they opened up the jail and looted the bank, and bombed an airport commonly used by tourists. Reuters
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        46 A9 AP Unable to contain their joy any longer, 439 cadets from Japan's Defence Academy in Yokosuka tossed their caps to celebrate their graduation yesterday. The class included 14 students from Singapore, South Korea, Thailand and Vietnam; and 36 women.
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        609 A10  - Small businesses in Jakarta enjoy election windfall MAFOOT SIMON Orders pour in for party T-shirts and badges; street vendors too do a roaring trade as rallies attract crowds By IN JAKARTA IN A working area slightly bigger than an HDB storeroom, Mr Maksom worked his old Singer sewing machine to
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        124 A10 MEGA'S TARGET: 57% of the vote JAKARTA President Megawati Sukarnoputri said yesterday her Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) is aiming for a landslide 57 per cent of the vote in next month's elections. That target compares with the 34 per cent it clinched in 1999. "I stress that the
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        393 A10 BANGKOK Analysts welcomed recent security reshuffles related to violence in the Muslim-majority south but warned that the Thai authorities must tread lightly and act quickly to stem the unrest. Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, faced with the most serious crisis of his political
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        176 A10 LA TRINIDAD (Phihppines) After sealing a record with a marathon kissing feat last month, the Filipinos want the record for the world's biggest strawberry-shaped cake. Bakers in La Trinidad, the Philippines' strawberry capital, used 3 tonnes of the fruit and thousands of eggs
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          51 A10 A BLAST caused by a reaction of bombmaking chemicals yesterday blew the roof off a house where a group of Indonesian Muslims was praying. Police said they defused five more bombs. No one was hurt in the blast at Cimanggis, south ot J akarta.
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          48 A10 THREE men an American, an Australian and an Italian were arrested in Bangkok on Friday for allegedly organising gay sex tours tor foreigners. If found guilty, they may be jailed for up to three years and fined 20,000 baht (about SsB7o). AP
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          58 A10 TAIWAN may soon lift a ban on imported Indonesian labour that has been in place since 2002. Taiwan and Indonesia are also expected to sign a pact aimed at increasing wages and benefits for Indonesians working on the island, Taiwan's chief economic representative
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          47 A10 MORE than 6,000 passengers were stranded by rains and winds unleashed by storm Butchoy on Saturday in northern and central Philippines and President Gloria Arroyo was forced to cancel a campaign sortie in the area. No casualties were report- ed. Xinhua
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          45 A10 DRAFT legislation to close down karaoke parlours in Vietnam to stamp out "social evils" has come under fire. An online survey of more than 13,600 people showed that 76.1 per cent of them op- posed a ban. AFP
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        212 A10 MUKDAHAN (Thailand) The foundation stone for a new bridge spanning the Mekong river to link Thailand and Laos was laid yesterday. The bridge spanning 2km will form part of a new South-east Asia road network aimed at boosting trade. It links the bustling Thai
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        679 A11  -  TAY CHENG KHOON By DEPUTY' SPORTS EDITOR ONE day at the Caltex Singapore Masters was enough to get Oon Jin Teik (left) itching to return to golf. "I'm highly motivated to dust off my clubs from the storeroom and start some
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        312 A11 ORLANDO Tiger Woods will not win the Bay Hill Invitational, but Stuart Appleby's chances have never looked better. With the world No 1 15 strokes off the lead, Australian Appleby grabbed a fourstroke advantage heading into this morning s (Singapore time) final
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        Lock icon Hungry Monty romps home
        1003 A11  -  TAY CHENG KHOON GOLF Scot wins Caltex and confidence; after Mardan and co-leaders lose their nerves By DEPUTY SPORTS EDITOR FOUR men wanted the US$9OO,OOO (Ssl.s million) Caltex Singapore Masters badly. But only one held his nerves to seize the moment and grab the US$l5O,OOO first
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        353 A11  -  MARC LIM Bv WHEN Mardan Mamat glanced at the leaderboard with nine holes left at the Caltex Singapore Masters yesterday, he smiled. It read: Hanrahan -13, Lane -13, Montgomerie -13, Mardan -12. "I was only one behind and I still had a chance to win," said Mardan,
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        917 A12 United boss has no doubts about taming Gunners in League and FA Cup games \U M Mlt vdIjWWWWk p 1 1 1 r in Arsenal 29 22 7 0 57 19 73 Chelsea 29 20 4 b 52 22 64 Manchester United 29 19 4 6
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        477 A12 MADRID Real Madrid must be hoping that Ronaldo recovers from his thigh injury soon. The Brazilian ace has missed the past four games and his absence has coincided with a dip in form of the Spanish champions. On Saturday, Real ended a miserable
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        175 A12 r i a Real Madrid 29 18 7 4 58 35 61 Valencia 28 17 6 5 52 20 57 Deportivo Coruna... 29 16 5 8 46 27 53 Barceloia 28 15 7 6 47 32 52 Athletic Bilbao 29 12 8 9 39 37 44 Atletico Madrid
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        313 A12 LONDON Chelsea are looking for a British-style manager to put down roots and build sustained success at Stamford Bridge, with Celtic's Martin O'Neill (above) emerging as their preferred candidate. The Premiership club's owner, Roman Abramovich, has already initiated a search to replace
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        300 A12 ROME Leaders AC Milan remained on course for their first Italian league title since 1999 with a 3-1 victory over Parma on Saturday. Two close-range finishes either side of halt-time from Jon Dahl Tomasson put Milan in control at the San Siro, before the
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          73 A12 COLLEEN, 14, BECOMES YOUNGEST CHAMPION COLLEEN Goh became the youngest national women's champion yesterday when she cruised to a 11-4, 11-6 win over Vanessa Neo at the Cheers Badminton Nationals. The 14-year-old, who upset National Under-18 champion Tan Wei Qi in the semi-finals, needed only 18 minutes to bag her
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          86 A12 THE Olympic torch for the Athens Games will be lit on Thursday in a solemn ceremony at the ancient site of Olympia before beginning a journey around the globe. The Games' organisers want to make the event a televised spectacle to underline the
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          65 A12 WING Ben Cohen scored two tries as England returned to winning ways with a 31-21 Six Nations rugby victory over Wales at Twickenham on Saturday. Replacement flanker Joe Worsley sealed England's victory two minutes from time with their third try, as the world and
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          86 A12 SWEDISH golfer Annika Sorenstam fired a four-under par 68 in Arizona on Saturday to stretch her lead to two strokes entering the final round of the US$l.2 million (552.01 million) LPGA Safeway International. She stood on 16-under-par 200 after 54 holes, two strokes ahead
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          54 A12 BRITAIN'S Olvmpic boxing champion Audley Harrison won his first professional title on Saturday when he knocked out Dutchman Richel Hersisia in the fourth round for the WBF heavyweight title. The referee counted Hersisia out after two minutes of the fourth round after Harrison
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          46 A12 TARA Kirk broke the 100--metres breaststroke world short-course record at the US Women's National Collegiate Athletic Association Championships in Texas on Saturday. Kirk, 21, clocked 1 minute 04.79 seconds to slash threetenths of a second off the previous record of 1:05.09-
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          84 A12 VETERAN soccer defender Stefan Reuter, the only member of Germany's 1990 World Cup winning team still playing, will quit at the end of the season. "It's finished at the end of the season," said the 37-year-old after helping Borussia Dortmund to a
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        598 A13  -  PEH SHING HUEI MOTOR RACING World champ reinforces his superiority with pole-to-post win at Sepang IN SEPANC; ON A day when Malaysians went to the polls to choose tneir political leaders, Michael Schumacher needed no votes to tighten his grip on the crown as king of Formula
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        312 A13 JENSON Button was almost written off before he had really been given a chance. And, as the Briton celebrated his first podium-finish after 68 races yesterday, he might look back with relief that the dark years might finally be over. "It's a great feeling,"
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        113 A13 HORSE RACING SINGAPORE Gold Cup champion Zirna (above) was named Horse of the Year at the Singapore Turf Club's annual awards' night on Saturday. Last year's top earner at Kranji with $1.26 million in winnings, she also picked up the Champion middle-dis-tance honours for four-year-olds. Other
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        267 A13 CRICKET LAHORE India beat Pakistan by five wickets in the fourth one-day international at the Gaddafi Stadium yesterday to level their fivematch series 2-2. The visitors chased down Pakistan's 293-9 with consummate ease, sealing victory with five overs to spare. Unbeaten fifties to Rahul Dravid
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        96 A13 1 Michael Schumacher (Gennany) Ferrari Ihr3lmino7.49osec 2 Juan Pablo Montova (Colombia) Williams 3 Jenson Button (Britain) BAR 4 Rubens Barrichello (Brazil) Ferrari 5 Jarno Trulli (Italy) Renault 6 David Coulthard (Britain) Mcl^aren 7 Fernando Alonso (Spain) Renault 8 Felipe Massa (Brazil) Sauber 9 Cristiano da Matta (Brazil)
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        43 A11 GUNNING FOR ARSENAL We intend to go there and win and win again at Villa Park the following week. Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson, on his English Premiership soccer club's back-to-back matches against arch-rivals Arsenal this Sunday and the following Saturday. See Al2
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        1335 A14 "The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. Psalm 23 TAN TOW CHUAN AbJkN was called home to be with the Lord on 20 March
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        602 A15 ROUND-UP Overseas markets MALAYSIAN share prices are expected to rise farther, with investors banking on a convincing victory by the ruling National Front coalition m the general elections, dealers said. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite Index closed at a 46-month high of 904.45
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        122 A15 TURNOVER COOO) VALUE COOO) Main Sdq Total Main Sdq Total Multi Ind 20.006 20.006 26.8,5 26 815 Manufacturg ,20,974 ,2,142 133,1,6 ,23,7,7 3,573 ,27 290 Commerce 34,758 33,869 68,627 53,3,2 ,3,694 67,006 Tpt/Stor/Com ,11,223 388 111,611 189,943 420 190 363 t.' na ce 28.90, 342 29,243 95.047
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        46 A15 Change Straits Times Index 1839.12 „3 94 BT 08/OS -326.00 *26 00 BT CADI -*****.00 +,3 qq BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -32 0 o UOB Sesdaq "3.09 -0.52 UOB Blue Chip 656.30 *2 16 STI Futures '848 »8 SIMSCI 222.46 +0.68 SiMSCI Futures 223.10 +1.20
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        35 A15 Interra 5c 362.023,000 Bio-Treat HK4Oc 144.672,000 Cosco Corp 20c 129,498,000 Rowsley Ltd 2.5c 124,787,000 ChinaAvOil 5c 110.375,000 Rowsley WOBlll7 85,547,000 NOL 80.881.000 SingTel 15c 77,724,000 Wee Poh 0.5c 73,231,000 SNF Corp 5c 70,897,000
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        3904 A15 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS ABU Amr 0 Asset Mgt (S'pore) Star Europe Eqty!" 0.731/ Star Europe Bond 1.267/ Star Europe BaJ 1.053/ Star Asian Tiger Eqty 0.914/ Star Asia Bond 1 .344/ Star am Balanced 0.959/ Star Global Technology Fund!" 0.232/ Star Bhv Finance Japan Fund!" 0.802/ Mufti Strategy Fd 1.005/
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        408 A15 ABNAmroßankNV 5.25 ABSA Bank Limited 5.5 Agricultural Bank Of China 5.5 ANZ Banking Group 6 American Express Bank 5 Arab Bank PLC 5 Banca Di Roma 5.5 Bangkok Bank 6 Bank of America NA 5 Bank of China 5.5 Bank of Communications 5.5 Bank of East Asia
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        402 A15 REVIEW The yen strengthened against the US dollar last week, led by expectations that Tokyo would soften its intervention, pulling other currencies up with it. JAPANESE YEN: The yen gained ground against the greenback on growing expectations that Japan will not intervene to support the
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        462 A16 Yen has biggest weekly rally against U S$ in 4 years TOKYO The yen had its biggest weekly advance against the US dollar in four years on speculation that Japan's recovering economy is leading the government to reduce currency sales that reached a record last year. Japan's economy in the
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        Lock icon Malaysia raises $2.2b in sale of five-year bonds
        183 A16 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia raised RMS billion (552.2 billion) through a domestic sale of five-year bonds last Monday, according to data published by the central Bank Negara Malaysia. The sale is the third of 17 slated for this year, raising first-quarter proceeds to
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        621 A16 U S airlines adding seats, but tare wars cloud skies Capacity recovering to pre-Sept 11 levels, but revenue is still trailing demand, with the keen competition and rising costs Plane truths THE comeback of leisure travellers is keeping holiday sales relatively strong, but year-round corporate travel remains well below pre-Sept
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          Lock icon GLOBAL CROSSING SETTLES FOR $552M
          117 A16 INVESTORS and former workers who lost money and their pensions in the 2002 collapse of Global Crossing, the telecommunications company, will receive US$325 million (*****.5 million) in a settlement of a classaction lawsuit reached late last Friday. Mr Gary Winnick, the founder and former chairman
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          146 A16 A TURF war has broken out between the London Stock Exchange (LSE) and the stock market operator Euronext as the two companies draw up plans to start trading shares usually on each other's markets. Euronext, which operates the Amsterdam, Brussels, Paris and Lisbon stock markets,
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          120 A16 OIL prices ended higher last Friday, capping a week of searing rallies which saw United States light crude close at 13--year highs on security worries after the Madrid bombings and concern over US gasoline supply this summer. Benchmark US light crude futures settled 15
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          129 A16 BANK of America has denied wrongdoing in the near-collapse of Parmalat, saying efforts by the authorities to put the bank on trial is not supported by facts. Prosecutors in Milan asked a judge last Thursday to indict the bank, saying it must have been aware
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          156 A16 THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) believes the United States Federal Reserve will gradually move to tighten its monetary policy while the European Central Bank (ECB) should keep rates on hold, La Repubblica reported. The newspaper said on Saturday that it had obtained a copy
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          Lock icon TEMASEK CUTS STAKE IN SUNNINGDALE
          95 A17 TEMASEK Holdings sold 10.1 million Sunningdale Precision Industries snares through investment vehicle Century Private Equity Holdings in a married deal on March 11. As a result, its stake has been reduced to 16.21 per cent from 19-38 per cent. Concurrently, Sunningdale executive chairman and chief
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          88 A17 POPIAH King Sam Goi's Tee Yin Jia Food Manufacturing continues to gobble up Thai Village shares. The latest purchase consisted of 8,000 shares bought from the open market For an undisclosed sum on March 12. For the past three consecutive weeks, Tee Yih Jia
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          Lock icon KIM ENG DIRECTOR BUYS FIRM'S SHARES
          72 A17 BROKERAGE firm Kim Eng Holdings' executive director, Mr Ong Seng Gee, bought 100,000 Kim Eng shares from the open market at about $1.26 each. The purchase done through Wise Elite Investments raised his deemed stake in Kim Eng to 0.8 per cent while he
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          90 A17 LAST Wednesday, Aberdeen Asset Management Asia sold off both Robinson and Courts shares in the open market. The divestment included 87,000 Robinson shares as well as 151,000 Courts shares. This resulted in a fall in its deemed shareholding in Robinson to 10.22 per cent from
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        Lock icon Uncertainty to keep investors on sidelines
        440 A17  -  COLIN TAN TAKING STOCK SHARE prices are likely to remain trapped in the shallows as the tide of liquidity in the Singapore bourse continues to recede this week, said dealers. They reckon that the fall on Wall Street at the close of last week
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        77 A17 'Local governments have rushed to convert farmland into industrial zones and to promote property and road projects. This may be good in supporting economic growth in the short term but the cost to the banking system in three to five years. is disastrous. HSBC senior China economist Qa
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        Lock icon China's property moves may hurt S'pore farms
        449 A17  - China' s property moves may hurt S' pore farms BRYAN LEE Beijing's action to cool real estate sector's growth to 8% may mean fewer business openings for local firms in next 12 months in MOVES by the Chinese government to prevent a property bubble from building up in the mainland
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      358 L2  - '5566 is the best in Asia' Ho Ai Li FOR the next three to five years, Taiwanese boyband 5566 will be peerless in Asia, declares their manager Sun Te-rung. The reason? "Hosting, singing, acting... they can do everything," he said, not missing a beat. "Other people can only do one
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        512 L3  - Fancy listening to erhu jazz? SHERWIN LOH Jazz stalwart Bob James is exploring the idea of fusing Chinese musical instruments with his jazz pieces VISIT the website of jazz stalwart Bob James at www.bob james.com and you will see links not only to his music and biography but also an
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        734 C7 ■JJI VANS FOR SALE 7/7003 KANGOO. 1 owner. Diesel. Under warranty. Like new. Orig cond. Mthly $400+. 6457-9098 8/'94 TOYOTA HIACE diesel 5-dr. 1 owner (pte can buy) New paint/ COE 10 yrs. $17.5K. *****609 4/'Ol SUZUKI CARRY. Petrol. 1 owner. Low mileage. Orig paint. Accident free. Call 9764-6141 NEAR
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        419 C7 HDII 21 NEWTON/ BTTIMAH/ CLEMENTI PTE APTS RENT THE ARCADIA 4+l bdrms. Ouiet facing. High flr. P/furn. F/facilities. Avail. Jun '04. Asking $7500. Call Jackie 6534-2100 BEAUTIFUL STERLING. 1540 sgft. 3+l 809. Full height windows, bright, Ist class finishes, P/furn, 4-yrs. $4K Immed. *****213 CBS LOVE AT IST sight! The
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        885 C8 1 PROPERTIES EU] HUDC/ HDB I APTS FOR RENT APPROVED IT 8LK.453. Design built. Renovated. Unblocked. F/ furn. Near amenities. Avail end Mar. Raymond 9100-7332 PN WOOOLANDS BLK 33. 3+l. F/furn. Aircon. Near mkt/ amenities. High flr. Windy. Bright. Immed. neg. 9456-9237 FT ABOVE 50 UNITS Approved HDB 3/ 4
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        498 C8 HDII 21 NEWTON/ BTTIMAH/ CLEMENTI PTE APTS SALE PINE GROVE 1743 sqft. 3+l. High flr. S.E. facinq. F/facilities. Reno vated. $610K. Trevose *****243 D.ll EN-BLOC!! POTENTIAL Thorn son Mansion. 1870 sq.ft. F'hold. 3+l. Pool. $BXXK. Agt *****860 H 012-14 BALESTIER/ MACPHERSON/GEYLANG HOUSES SALE CEDAR CORNER 6194 sq.ft. $1.25M Jin Eunos
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        701 C8 H 019-20 SERANGOON/ THOMSON PTE APTS SALE GOLDENHILL TOP SOON 926/ 1313/ 1561 sq.ft. $690K/ $980K/ $I.IM. Sellers welcome *****788 Pat H 022-24 WEST HOUSES SALE D.23 CHESTNUT DR. 2 storey bunglw. Land area 15,905 18,433 sq.ft. Built-up approx 7000 sq.ft. Enquiries: *****828 H 025-28 NORTH HOUSES SALE LENTOR/ YIO
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        632 C8 I BHDB APTS FOR SALE (JURONG) PROVEN SPECIALIST for BUYERS FREE!!! Trpt/ Advise/ Bank Value Super HDB Units Very Low Price r Exec Apt/ Mais Fr $288K!H Blk 159, 334, 471, 830, 841, 912 5-rm Frs22oK!!! I Blk 221, 284. 288D, 353, 403, 1 706, 736. 746. 814. 909. 942.
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        738 C8 mHOB APTS FOR SALE (WOODLANDS) WOODLANDS SPECIALISTS! 4 A' 335. Corner. Mid flr. Indian hse. Mkt/ NTUC. 100% move-in 4 S' 825 mid flr lift level. MRT 4 'A' 665 hiqh flr, corner. 200% 4 'A' 681A/787D corner, nice 4 'NG' 123 Mid fir/lift level. Malay 5 'I' 513 Hiqh
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        414 C8 BSI HDB APTS FOR SALE M (SENGKANG/ j PUNGGOL) 4'Al' CORRIDOR Rivervale Walk blk.lol/ 191A »2 near amenities. Open view. Renovated. Motivated seller! Didee *****862 PN Bl ROOMS WANTED J (RENT) PROFESSIONAL/ STUDENT NEED common/ master rms in all ar eas. Owner pls call: *****829 E HOUSES WANTED (RENT/ BUY)
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        412 C8 RJ] HUDC/HDBAPTS WANTED (RENT/ BUY) A BATCH OF serious buyers wish to buy 3/ 4/ 5-rms/ mais. Value Cash! Owners *****986 no agt INSTANT $5K* $10K-SSOK above value! PR buyers require flats. Loan arranqeable. *****669 PROFESSIONAL SINGLE FAMILIES look for whole unit or lock 1 rm in j all areas.
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        764 C9 Bl OFFICE SPACE J FOR RENT CHEAP! $200- $1080 worksta tions/ offices F/furn. Ngee Ann City with reception. *****008 PAYA LEBAR/ JURONG E $450 $650. Own unit. Mth by mth. 24/7. F/furn. *****600 owner UNION BUILDING. BEHIND Amara hotel. MRT. Cosy 2-rms reception area. Call: 6220-1322 UPPER S'GOON RO. Easy
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        1765 C14 I NOTICES REPUBLICA DEMOCRATICA DE TIMOR LESTE MINISTERIO DO PLANO E DAS FINANCAS DIVISAO DE APROVISIONAMENTO Request for Expressions of Interest Supply of High-Speed Diesel Fuel and Lubricating Oilfor Power Stations Countrywide Closing Date: 31 March 2004 The Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste (hereafter the "RDTL"), is requesting Expressions of Interest
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