Today, 31 March 2005, Afternoon Edition

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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
    • 256 1 -AFP Report warns about 'epidemic' of fake Chinese goods WASHINGTON US trade policy has scored some notable breakthroughs around the world but serious headaches remain, not least the "epidemic" of fake Chinese goods, an annual government report said yesterday. The 672-page report by the office of
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    • 80 1 -AFP NEW YORK US stocks roared higher yesterday as a sharp drop in the price of oil fuelled a broad-based rebound. The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 135.37 points to 10,541.37, the Nasdaq lifted 31.74 points to 2,005.62 and the Standard and Poor's 500
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    • 438 1  -  Francis Kan Deputy Business Editor francis@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPORE Post has scrapped its controversial plan to buy a stake in troubled Accord Customer Care Solutions (ACCS) due to a disagreement over certain conditions of the deal. Sing Post said yesterday that its proposal to buy up
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    • 461 2  -  Lee U-Wen New entrance exercise for students will be ready only by 2008 u-wen@newstoday.com.sg JUNIOR colleges here will continue to have two annual student intakes for a few more years at least, after the Ministry of Education (MOE) announced it has postponed its proposed single
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    • 202 2 Zimbabwe's food-for-vote practice blasted -AFP WASHINGTON The United States yesterday denounced what it called the "despicable" practice by Zimbabwe's ruling party of using food supplies to win over voters in today's parliamentary elections. The State Department took President Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe African National UnionPatriotic Front to task after a report
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    • NEWS comment
      • 681 3  -  Dr Eric Teo Chen's shift to middle ground a tactical move THE ongoing twists and turns of Taiwanese politics make interesting melodrama as much as they contribute to the island's "hot and cold" relationship with China. The drama unfolded when the National People's Congress unveiled its
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  • Singapore news
    • 209 4 PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong sent a letter of condolence to Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, offering Singapore's assistance after the quake off Nias Island. The combined Singapore rescue team now exceeds 100, including members of the Singapore Armed Forces and Singapore Civil Defence
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    • 371 4 -AFP Hong Kong's push for reform may cause Beijing to bristle, says MM Lee HONG KONG Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew said yesterday that the people of Hong Kong should focus on making money instead of upsetting China by pushing too hard and fast for democratic
      -AFP; AFP  -  371 words
    • 81 6 Newsßadio 93.8 THE cost of electricity will go down from tomorrow. Tariffs will be reduced by an average of 4 per cent for the next three months. SP Services says the reduction is primarily due to lower fuel oil prices. For the next quarter, tariffs
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    • 353 6  -  Razali Abdullah Virtual unknown grabs two awards at international songwriting contest razali@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPOREAN composer Rajesh Hardwani (picture) is a virtual unknown in the local music scene. But the 34-year-old caused a small stir in the world music industry yesterday by grabbing two awards at the
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    • 339 8 Patricia Yap ALL it took was a call from Khatib MRT station to inform the staff at Braddell station that a visu-ally-handicapped person was on his way and needed help. Minutes later, the man was escorted by Braddell
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    • 297 8  -  Lee U-Wen u-wen@newstoday.com.sg FROM Friday, Singaporeans who want to renovate their flats will have less red tape to contend with. The Housing and Development Board (HDB) yesterday released a list of 19 common renovation works 17 building and two sanitary items which no longer need its
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    • 127 8 Newsßadio 93.8 TV AND cable modem reception in the eastern and northeastern parts of Singapore was affected for a few hours yesterday. SCV subscribers in areas such as Tampines, Hougang, Serangoon, Paya Lebar and Yio Chu Kang called MediaCorp's hotline to say they could not
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  • world news
    • 602 10 -AFP MAS (Indonesia) Noises under the ruins gave Henky Tjoa hope his two children survived when their four-storey home collapsed in a massive earthquake. But after digging all night with his bare hands, he gave in to his grief. "Last night I still heard
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    • 66 12 India's Cabinet yesterday gave the defence ministry the green light to buy 12 used French-built Mirage 2000 jet fighters from Qatar similar to the one in the photo as part of a massive defence purchase package worth more than US$7OO million ($1.16 billion). The
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    • 309 12 -AFP Bureaucratic obstacles stand in way of Chinese, Taiwanese military build-up BRUSSELS The cross-straits arms race has been dealt a blow, with China and Taiwan both suffering setbacks in their push to build up their military might The European Union (EU) may not reach an agreement
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    • GLOBAL roundup
      • 46 12 -AFP Terri Schiavo s parents are planning to petition the Supreme Court again, their lawyer said yesterday. The move follows the rejection of an appeal to the 11 th US Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday. The 41-year-old has not been fed for 12 days.
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      • 47 12 World renowned Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan has issued a call on his website for an international moratorium on the application of hudud laws penalties linked to the Islamic penal code, for which offenders of certain crimes, such as theft, face the death penalty.
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      • 63 12 -AFP Syria has vowed to withdraw all its forces from Lebanon before Lebanese elections set for May, a move that could spell an end to the long-time Syrian dominance of the country. Meanwhile, Pro-Syrian Lebanese prime minister Omar Karameh announced his resignation after
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    • 237 15 Johor to get tough on thriving trade KOTA TINGGI The Johor government is coming down hard on "love hotels" in housing estates, which mainly cater to unmarried couples, the New Straits Times (NST) reported. Johor Chief Minister Abdul Ghani Othman said he was shocked to learn
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    • 168 15 -AFP JAKARTA-Jour-nalist Buyung Pramunsyie sees no irony in writing for an Islamic magazine, then editing a risque monthly magazine that has been attacked as pornography in the world's largest Muslim country. "I am just making a living," Mr Buyung said. He is the executive editor
      -AFP; AFP  -  168 words
    • 176 15 SANTA MARIA (California) Michael Jackson was a virgin at the age of 32, but lusted after his female fans, according to tapes released on Tuesday, reported The Times of London. The recordings are of phone calls between Mr Jackson and a nine-year-old
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    • 274 16  -  Dr James Dobson TbiMTs mM by THAT'S OK, JAKE Dick Korthals, one of our volunteers at Focus on the Family, tells of an experience he had while attending a dog show. As part of the competition, about a dozen dogs were commanded to "Stay!" and then
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    • Travelling woes of passengers
      • 226 16  -  HASUNDA SHAMSUDIN Letter from IT IS good to read that SBS Transit Link is empowering its bus drivers of the new Service 174E to change routes they take, when they encounter heavy traffic (March 29). As reported, this will help cut travel time
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      • 154 16  -  ABDUL RAHIM Letter from I WELCOME the new plans for Clementi Town Centre, "Clementi to be upgraded next" (March 29). However, I do not see the importance of having an air-conditioned bus interchange. If the cost of maintenance is so high three
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      • 152 16  -  BERNARD SIM CHOONCHYE I Letter from SOME buses' card readers are programmed to disallow early scans of EZlink cards before the bus stops. This is to prevent loss of revenue by someone scanning the card prematurely. Yet, when the reader at the exit door is disabled, the
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    • 387 16  -  JESSICA LEONG TANCHUETIN I Letter from (MS) Clinical Director Executive Counselling Training Academy (DR) Consultant Psychiatrist/Chairman Executive Counselling Training Academy WE REFER to the two articles, "Are youths getting mental help they need" (March 17) and "Unfair to say 3-months-trained counsellors
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    • 181 18  -  KOH JUNE MAY Letter from! Senior manag^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Corporate marketing communications, Media Development Authority WE REFER to the letter by Mr Dickson Yeo, "Which is worse, MDA: Gay performers or Xv Mci Feng? (March 24). The application for AffectOs was rejected because it
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    • 289 18  -  TAN KIN LIAN Employers spend much more recruiting and training employee Letter from! CEO, NTUC Income I REFER to the letter "Is penalty for early resignation fair?" by Ngiam Shih Tung (March 30). Frankly, I think the one-month compensation payable by an employee who
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    • 442 20  -  FATIMA S A MAJEED Don't put on them the onus of being imams too Letter fromB Author of Th^ieiigionisbimpieana^^^^^ God and Man: Questions and Answers THIS is with regards to Nazry Bahrawi's News Comment, "Women imams and gender justice" (March 29). By nature, human society
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    • 725 22  -  WEE TECK HIAN Head out to an island with a charming 60s kampung setting that has a wealth of activities for the adventurous city dweller PHOTOGRAPHS BY Although part of Singapore, Pulau Übin is distinct in its identity, spirit and environment. While the city nation thrives
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      171 23 LEE CHEE MING CHIN YIANG JOO ANG CHAO PAX I came across this squirrel when I was shooting lotus flowers at the Singapore Botanic Gardens. It was busy transporting dried leaves to the tree top. With my Nikon F7O camera, I managed to capture it when she stopped to
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      • 493 26  -  Derrick A Paulo Request for more Singapore-India air services is rejected derrick@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPORE'S latest aviation ambitions flew into a brick wall when it failed to conclude an expanded air services agreement with India earlier this month. But it was the extent of those ambitions that seem to
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      • 173 26  -  Chow Perm Nee THE motor insurance sector restored its profitability last year, after about 13 years of significant operating losses, said the General Insurance Association of Singapore (GIA) at its Annual General Meeting yesterday. Last year, the motor insurance sector reported
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      • Market WATCH
        • 4 26 ST Index 2,123.16 -4.55
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        • 54 26 Index Value Change Pis Nikkei 225 *****.88 -33.94 -0.29 Hang Seng Ordinaries laiwan Wtd *****.75 4095.20 5957.98 +13.87 -0.40 -3.26 +0.10 -0.01 -0.05 Korea Comp 955.45 -3.51 -0.37 KLCI 877.75 -4.12 -0.47 SET Index 672.82 -4.09 -0.60 lakarta Comp Phils Comp Shenzhen B 1065.12 1951.38 254.02 -5.17 +19.40
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        • 60 26 )y volume Way 27 JniFiber Jio-Treat chartered >unpower >ing Tel lapitaland Ihina Sun lldin JTAC .MA Close 0.480 0.605 0.975 0.305 2.560 2.340 0.360 0.780 0.575 0.895 Change -0.005 +0.035 -0.055 +0.005 -0.010 -0.070 +0.005 +0.005 +0.015 -1.0 +6.1 -5.3 +1.7 -0.4 -2.9 +1.4 +0.6 +1.7 'OOO
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        • 125 26 Dow Jones SHARES closed lower in a quiet session that was in line with regional markets, with sentiment hurt by the earthquake in Indonesia, Wall Street's overnight losses and higher oil prices. The ST Index ended 4.55 points, or 0.2 per cent, lower at 2,123.16. Losers outnumbered gainers 252
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        • 36 26 US$ 0.6052 UK£ 0.3229 Yen 65.105 HK$ 4.7201 RM 2.2996 Euro 0.4683 Rupiah 5758.1 Baht 23.774 Peso 33.042 A$ 0.7855 Indian Rs 26.518 Won 616.75 C$ 0.7326 Yuan 5.0087 NZ$ 0.853 NTS 19.23
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        • 26 26 SGX, Bloomberg Gold uss/oz 429.30 Silver uss/oz 7.01 Platinum uss/oz 858.50 Rubber centsAg 223.75 Palm oil mm, 1436.50 Brent crude uss/borrei 53.75 Information provided by
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      • 396 27 -AFP Court to decide on copyright relating to peer-to-peer networks WASHINGTON The powerful interests of the entertainment and high-tech industries clashed at the US Supreme Court on Tuesday in a case with far-reach-ing implications for the battle against digital piracy. The nine judges heard arguments in a
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      • 138 27 AFP LOS ANGELES US independent movie moguls Harvey and Bob Weinstein have made official their "divorce" from The Walt Disney Co, ending months of wrangling and frenzied speculation. The announcement ends a fabled partnership that began in 1993 when Disney bought the independent movie
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      • 258 29 AFP Track record in raising shareholder value CALIFORNIA US technology giant Hewlett-Packard on Tuesday named Mr Mark Hurd as its new chief executive officer, seven weeks after forcing out Ms Carly Fiorina. Mr Hurd, 48, has served as president and chief executive officer
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      • market BUZZ
        • 192 29 ONE of the most highly-anticipated annual events for cat lovers happens this weekend. The Purina Championship Cat Show 2005 will be held from 1 oam to spm at the Singapore Expo Hall 4A on Sunday, April 3. It is an opportunity to show off your
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      • 160 29 AFP TOKYO Scandal-hit Japanese car-maker Mitsubishi Motors said yesterday it would seek compensation totalling 1.3 billion yen ($2O million) from seven former board members for their roles in covering up defects. The cover-up scandal at the fourth-largest car-maker in Japan and its truck-making
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    • 424 24  -  Val Chua Bank to issue convertible bonds, shareholders to get distribution in specie val@newstoday.com.sg UNITED Overseas Bank (UOB) plans to slash its direct stake in United Overseas Land (UOL) from around 45 per cent to 9.99 per cent. The move complies with a regulatory requirement
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    • 119 24 Dow Jones BANGKOK Thailand's Financial Institutions Development Fund (FIDF) has sold a 16-per-cent stake in UOB Radanasin Bank to Singapore's United Overseas Bank (UOB) for 2.9 billion baht ($122 million), a source at the central bank said yesterday. Prior to the transaction,
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    • 361 24  -  Val Chua THE sudden suspension of the chief executive of Global Active raised more questions than answers in the market yesterday. On Tuesday night, the healthcare group, which is in the midst of a takeover bid by Osim International, said it had suspended its
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    • 484 29 ELECTRICITY TARIFF REDUCTION Electricity tariffs will be reduced by an average of 4% or 0.67 cent per kWh for the quarter, 1 April to 30 June 2005. The reduction is primarily due to lower cost of electricity arising from lower fuel oil prices. The revised tariffs are given in the
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    • 793 30  -  Yong Shu Chiang It couldn't have been scripted any better: Co-stars, romantically-linked on TV, find love in real life in Los Angeles siiucmaiiK'a'iiewsi.uuay.COm.Sg IN THE first season of the drama One Tree Hill, Chad Michael Murray (right) plays Lucas, a high school basketball star
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    • 353 32  -  Zul Othman Why Bebel Gilberto rules in the world of pop news@newstoday.com.sg A S FAR as musicians go, XABrazilian chanteuse Bebel Gilberto is the epitome of cool. Critically acclaimed on both sides of the Atlantic, her debut 2000 album Tanto Tempo (Portuguese for "so much time") sees
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    • 374 33  -  Mervin Tay Eunice Olsen to joinTaufik in performance at Miss Singapore Universe finals on Saturday mervin@newstoday.com.sg EUNICE Olsen was thrilled that she will have more than one role at Saturday's Miss Singapore Universe pageant finals. The Nominated Member of Parliament and winner of the pageant in
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    • 185 33 GET ready for some fun with balloons when you visit Millenia Walk shopping mall from Friday to Sunday this week. The Magical World of Balloons, organised by Kids Company magazine, features many displays and activities offering hours of fun for the whole family. Be entertained
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      • 235 34  -  YONG SHU CHIANG Well-shot film about love in war fails to engage I DVD REVIEWby Purple Butterfly FROM the director who brought us the entrancing drama Suzhou River comes this moody political thriller set in the years leading up to the Second Sino-Japanese War in
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    • 358 35  -  Amy Van Fair Price offers only the freshest of these seasonal molluscs food@newstoday.com.sg SCALLOPS, which are from the family of molluscs such as clams, cockles and mussels, have a succulent and fleshy texture, and a mildly sweet flavour sealed in ornate ribbed and fan-shaped shells. The part of
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    • 170 35 Serves 4 8 slices streaky bacon (or lOOg) 16 scallops or 500g (I packet is 250g) Salt and pepper, to taste 1 tbsp chopped The Pasar spring onions, for garnishing Mandarin sauce 1 mandarins, juice extracted and skin grated (reserved for garnishing) 1 tsp
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      • 412 36  -  Pearlyn Tham HE IS Lancome's new Asia master makeup artist and also make-up artist to the Belgian royal family. The man, who is hailed as an up-and-coming name on the international make-up stage, is Belgianborn Bouzouk. So, it was a special treat for 28-year-old Qiu
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      • 118 36  -  Elisa Yang THIS Friday and Saturday, premier Indian fusion fashion and lifestyle store Mumbai Se at Palais Renaissance will present Indian fashion designer Satya Paul's Think Pink Collection, held in conjunction with Singapore Fashion Festival 2005. Ten of India's hottest models from Mumbai, New Delhi and
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      • 436 36  - Ready to wear and carry Pearlyn Tham Thai undergrad wows audience and wins fashion award with his bags-turn-clothes pearlyn@newstoday.com.sg SHOWMANSHIP and a touch of ingenuity won the night for Thai undergraduate Jeenenun Kongtanataweenun at Tuesday's Mercedes-Benz Asia Fashion Award. While the other 11 finalists did the usual sending models down
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      • 787 38  -  Recta Raman RE ETA RAMAN Barbecued beef ribs and ginseng chicken reeta@newstoday.com.sg IT WAS not so long ago that there were only two things I associated South Korea with: Spicy kimchi and dishy actor Bae Yong Jun. As such, it was not without trepidation that
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      • 726 40  -  Nazir Keshvani Gandhi Ashram in Ahmedabad is simplicity itself traveller@newstoday.com.sg A BEAUTIFUL garden adjoins the Gandhi Ashram, on the banks of the Sabarmati River in Ahmedabad, India. Slender Ashoka trees line both sides of the clean-swept walkway, the air rustles as sparrows flutter about. In a
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      • 1011 43  -  ROHIT BRIJNATH India's sorry cricketers should be clamouring for a lecture from magical Annika WHEN a silent Bangalore stadium on Monday greeted Pakistan's Test match win over India to draw the series, this was not merely an act of discourtesy by an Indian crowd. It
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      • 288 43 AFP GOLF Tavistock Cup ORLANDO, Florida Tiger Woods and Ernie Els once again duelled to a golfing playoff draw on Tuesday (yesterday morning, Singapore time), as darkness halted the Tavistock Cup match between crosstown rival golf clubs Lake Nona and
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      • 574 44 -AFP WORLD CUP QUALIFIER England 2 Azerbaijan 0 NEWCASTLE Steven Gerrard and David Beckham struck as England remained on course to qualify for next summer's World Cup finals with a 2-0 victory over Azerbaijan at St James' Park this morning. But the win could not
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      • 309 44 -AFP WORLD CUP QUALIFIER Israel 1 France 1 TEL AVIV Israel's Walid Badier scored a late equaliser for a 1-1 draw against France at the Ramat Gan stadium this morning to keep European zone World Cup Group 4 wide open. Hero-to-villain David
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    • 608 45  -  TAN YO-HINN City's 2012 bid chief Baudillon says team are not interested in what other cities are doing yohinn@newstoday.com.sg KNOWN the world over as the city of romance, Paris have been the favourites to stage the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games ever since an interim
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    • 385 45  -  JOSE RAYMOND jose@newstoday.com.sg HE WANTS 2004 to become the watershed year for Singapore football. Last season, the national under-17 squad won the Lion City Cup after a near 10-year drought Then, the Lions put on a glorious Tiger
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    • 139 45  -  ERIC DING IN CHERAS sports@newstoday.com.sg THE S-League Invitational side turned in a fine performance against Malaysia at the KLFA Stadium in Cheras, as the friendly clash ended in a 0-0 draw last night The evenly contested encounter saw Singapore coming closest to breaking the deadlock
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    • 219 45  -  Tan Yo-Hinn KENDRICK Lee (right) qualified for the last 16 of the US$BO,OOO ($132,057) Siam Cement Thailand Open last night The 15th seed downed Taiwan's Liv Chin Lun 15-2, 15-10 and then followed it up with a win over Thailand's Panuwat Pisantakanul 15-9, 15-11. He
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