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    27 1 TODAY /A=DIJ\CORP MICA (P) 314/10/2006 we set you thinking Thursday June 28, 2007 todayonline.com TODAY /AediaCorp MICA(P) 314/10/2006 share your free newspape Thursday June 28, 2007 todayonline.com
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  • AFTERNOONEDITION
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      Form, but not enough substance
      717 1  -  CHRISTIE LOH Corporate governance study calls for changes in firms christie@mediacorp.com.sg SOMEWHERE in the office of university professor Mak Yuen Teen lie hundreds of individual scorecards on the corporate governance standards of Singapore companies. And some of them are not a pretty sight Since May
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      GUIDELINES ON DUTIES OF DIRECTORS, AUDIT COMMITTEES
      134 1  -  CHRISTIE LOH Help is on the way for company directors wondering how best to carry out their duties. The market regulators plan to work with industry bodies to provide practical guidelines for audit committees on their roles, functions and skills, said Education Minister
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      Lock icon Botched records – so Century Club eludes Fandi
      684 1  - Botched records so Century Club eludes Fandi JOSE RAYMOND EXCLUSIVE jose®mediacorp.com.sg PLAYERS begin their careers not even thinking about joining the select Century Club: The journey is too long, the obstacles innumerable. For any footballer to play at least 100 matches for his country one of the most hallowed marks
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      Lock icon 'Hidden gem' plan for Pearl's Hill
      484 2  -  JOSEPH YADAO joseph.yadao@media corp.com.sg A CHARMING hilltop park that serves as a tranquil retreat for the bustle of the city. A series of midlevel parks that will form a "green necklace" in the area. Such an idyllic setting is set to be a reality
      COURTESY URA  -  484 words
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      Property law won't be changed: Govt
      151 3 THE Government has no plans to relax the restrictions on foreigners buying landed properties here, said a spokesperson from the Ministry of Law yesterday. This statement came in response to media queries, after Goldman Sachs suggested in a report that Singapore's Residential Property Act
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      Source of support
      573 3  -  ANSLEYNG STsays it will back reporters who do not reveal sources ansley@mediacorp.com.sg THE Straits Times would have given full support to the reporter who revealed his source to a court even if the journalist had decided not to obey the court order and risk going to prison,
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      240 3 Citibank and TANGS Cardmembers* Exclusive I robato 28 Jun (Thu) 29 Jun (Fri) '07 at TANGS Orchard TANGS VlvoCity, TANG+Co Ngee Ann City, Studio Centrepoint, FCUK (Raff lesCity Wisma Atria) and Island Shop (Paragon, Raffles City Tanglin Mall) tßebate is earned on every $10 spent, not applicable for delivery beauty
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      Firm fined for housing staff in toilet
      183 4 CLEANING company MaintKleen has been fined $7,500 for failing to provide acceptable accommodation for its foreign workers, after four of them were found housed in this public toilet at Waterloo Street in February. Investigations later revealed that the workers cooked, ate and slept
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      Watch out for this ...
      595 4  - Watch out for this SHERALYNTAY UNYANQIN Little-known dengue eye complications on the rise yanqin@media corp.com.sg MOST dengue patients will not be affected by them, while others may not even notice them, but the rare and little-known eye complications brought on by dengue are nonetheless on the rise. "Dengue has been
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      Giant to absorb GST increase for three months
      184 6 GIANT has joined four other supermarkets in absorbing the 2-percentage-point Goods and Services Tax (GST) hike which kicks in on Sunday. The hypermarket's six stores will absorb the increase for the next three months, on 168 brands covering 800 essential items such
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    • SINGAPORESNIPPETS
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        Lock icon DURAI BACK IN COURT ON DECEPTION CHARGE
        125 6 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Former National Kidney Foundation (NFK) chief TT Durai was back in court yesterday for a pre-trial conference on a new charge of deceiving the organisation. Durai had allegedly misled the NKF into paying $5,000 to a company. Decision One International, in
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        MORE THAN 300 TO GO BALD FOR CANCER CHILDREN
        74 6 With less than five days to its Hair for Hope event, the Children's Cancer Foundation has already received more than $100,000 in online donation pledges. It hopes to raise at least $250,000. The event will see more than 300 volunteers parting
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        Lock icon MILITARY AWARDS TO HONOUR SAF'S BEST TEAMS
        69 6 CHANNEL NEWSASIA The First Commando Battalion has been named Best Combat Unit in the Singapore Armed Forces for the fourth straight year. The navy's RSS Vengeance won the Best Ship award while the RSAF's 140 Squadron clinched the Best Fighter Squadron title. President
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      Lock icon Tears over a $ 10.7m cheque
      598 6  - Tears over a 10.7m cheque LEONG WEE KEAT Mrs Zage breaks down when questioned why she had left money with Rasif weekeat@media corp.com.sg THE woman who apparently handed $10.7 million to lawyer David Rasif broke down in court yesterday, after she was questioned repeatedly over her wisdom in leaving money
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      Lock icon A tribute in pink at triathlete Thaddeus' funeral
      173 6  -  -DARREN LAI HUNDREDS of mourners, including schoolmates, teachers, relatives and members of the local triathlon community, turned up at the Church of St Francis Xavier in Serangoon Gardens for the funeral of national triathlete Thaddeus Cheong yesterday. Many wore pink or sported
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      Lock icon Kid who fought racist slurs now inspires others
      301 8  -  DAPHNE CHUAH daphne@mediacorp.com.sg AS the child of a Japanese-American mother and a Chinese-Indonesian father, Melissa Aratani Kwee had her fair share of racist encounters. Which is why the 34-year-old is driven to fight such discrimination these days, spearheading the Halogen Foundation, Singapore,
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    • Article
      A softer way to curb software piracy among firms
      261 8  -  JASMINE YIN ABOUT 420 firms that are using legal software will now have the added assurance of a grace period to set things right if they should be reported to have inadvertently breached intellectual property rights laws. As part of a
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      Getting the pills right – safer and cheaper
      338 8  - Getting the pills right safer and cheaper TAN HUI LENG Alexandra Hospital's medical reconciliation process adopted by others huileng@media corp.com.sg A CHRONIC sufferer of several conditions including hypertension, Madam Tham Ah Hak would have had to pay $281 for her medication after being discharged from a stay at Alexandra Hospital
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      MICKEY MOUSE DONS GAS MASK FOR HK PARTY
      798 10  -  WILLIAM PESEK Pollution, gimmick economics are why HK should look with concern to its future THERE is a lot of backslapping in Hong Kong these days, and for obvious reasons. The 10th anniversary of its handover to China takes place on July
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      Lock icon Special edition $20 note available at banks July 16
      119 10 THIS new $20 polymer note (picture) was launched yesterday by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, to mark 40 years of currency interchangeability. The note is legal tender in both countries. Some 3 million Singapore versions of
      COURTESY OF THE MONETARY AUTHORITY OF SINGAPORE  -  119 words
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      20 6 Perfection, i And Where W^te ITo WITNESS IT. I Discover the Stella Artois I Gold Standard Establishments, inside this newspaper.
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      Lock icon A love-hate figure
      526 12 —AGENCIES Gains enjoyed by Muslims under Blair overshadowed by Iraq war, terror DEWSBURY (England) Under the shadow of a towering minaret in a Muslim enclave, veiled women stroll, shiny new cars line the streets and houses are being expanded. It's an image of prosperity among British Muslims
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      Lock icon BROWN TO BEGIN RESHUFFLE?
      111 12 -AGENCIES Britain's new Prime Minister Gordon Brown is expected to begin his Cabinet reshuffle by naming the next chancellor and home secretary. Trade and Industry Secretary Alistair Darling, a close ally of Mr Brown, is widely tipped to become chancellor. Home Secretary John Reid will step
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      Lock icon Whipping, longer jail terms for those converting Muslims
      236 12 KUALA LUMPUR People who try to convert Muslims to other religions could face a whipping, a fine and longer prison terms in Kelantan state ruled by the conservative Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS) in northeast Malaysia. The state legislature approved changes to the
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      Lock icon Many welcome Blair's appointment as M-E envoy
      256 12 -AFP JERUSALEM While Israeli and some Palestinian leaders hailed the appointment yesterday of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair as Middle East peace envoy, the Islamist Hamas group controlling the Gaza Strip condemned it. Mr Blair will act as the special envoy of
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      Lock icon China closes food factories
      424 14 —AGENCIES Industrial chemicals used in food products BEIJING China has closed 180 food factories after inspectors found industrial chemicals being used in products from candy to seafood, state media said yesterday. The closures came amid a nationwide crackdown on shoddy and dangerous products launched in December
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      Lock icon Ex-minister 'should be jailed'
      160 14 -AFP JAKARTA A former minister in Indonesia, on trial for allegedly obtaining money through corruption during his tenure, should be jailed for six years, prosecutors said yesterday. Former fishery and marine affairs minister Rokhmin Dahuri had collected some 11.35 billion rupiah ($1.9 million) from officials in
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      Lock icon Marijuana in cooking OK, says Indonesian VP
      210 15 -AP JAKARTA Indonesian Vice-President Jusuf Kalla, who opposes legalising marijuana, does not mind the drug being used in cooking, a newspaper reported yesterday. "It's alright to use it as a food seasoning, but it should not be fully legalised," Mr Kalla was quoted
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      Lock icon Thailand will not let it flow
      458 15 BLOOMBERG Country plans to ban alcohol advertising and restrict sales BANGKOK Thailand has proposed liquor restrictions aimed at reducing alcohol-related diseases, but the local tourism industry is concerned the regulation will hurt tourism revenues. The government plans to ban alcohol advertising and restrict the
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      Lock icon One more test for posterity
      403 16 -AFP N Korea fires another missile as UN officials plan visit to reactor SEOUL North Korea appeared to test-fire a short-range missile yesterday just as weapon inspectors from the United Nations prepared to visit a nuclear reactor in Pyongyang. An unidentified government source told Yonhap
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      Lock icon 12 killed in Israel's Gaza raid
      237 16 BLOOMBERG JERUSALEM Israeli soldiers killed 12 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip in the fiercest fights here since Hamas seized control earlier this month. Ten of those killed today, including a 12-year-old boy, were from a Gaza City neighbourhood near the Kami crossing with Israel,
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      Lock icon 3,500 years on, she still wows the crowd
      384 16  -  LOH CHEE KONG IN CAIRO cheekong@mediacorp.com.sg SHE was that rarest of the rare, a female pharaoh and the most influential in Egypt Hatshepsut was famous for dressing like a man, even to the extent of wearing a false beard to strengthen her
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      Lock icon Was it 'roid rage' for wrestler Benoit?
      394 18 -AP GEORGIA Top professional wrestler Chris Benoit (picture) strangled his wife, suffocated his seven-year-old son and placed a Bible next to their bodies before hanging himself with a weight-machine pulley, authorities said. Investigators found anabolic steroids in the house and want to know
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      Lock icon Iran fuel rationing sparks panic, riots
      427 18 AGENCIES TEHRAN At least three people have been killed in the Iranian capital, after the government announced fuel rationing for private motorists. Iranians were given only two hours' notice of the move that limits private drivers to 100 litres of fuel a month, and
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      Lock icon Medical reports could be just skin deep
      247 18 -AFP CHICAGO Doctors could soon be storing essential medical information under the skin of their patients, the American Medical Association said. Devices the size of a grain of rice, implanted with a needle, could give emergency room doctors quick access to the records
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    • GLORALROUNDUP
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        Lock icon INFLUX OF ASIANS CHANGING THE IDENTITY OF AUSTRALIA
        109 20 -AFP Australians are becoming more Asian and less Christian, according to the results of the latest census released yesterday. The population, predicted to hit 21 million by the end of the week, is also older and richer than it was on average
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        Lock icon CIA HIRED TOP MAFIA FIGURES TO KILL FOREIGN LEADERS
        101 20 -AP The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) offered US$l5O,OOO ($230,000) to mafia figures to kill Cuban leader Fidel Castro. It was one of several CIA plots against foreign leaders detailed in 693 pages of classified United States documents released yesterday. Other targets
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      Lock icon What's brewing for witches?
      414 20 -AFP Many still persecuted in parts of the world OSLO Witchhunts came to an end in Europe hundreds of years ago but thousands of people around the world are still being persecuted. Academics will today delve into this subject at a witchcraft conference held this week
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      124 18 I AUSTRALIAN PROPERTY INFO SESSIONS in SINGAPORE I JULY sth tO 9th (Thurs to Mon) Conrad Centennial Hotel (Two Temasek Boulevard) "How to purchase a brand new freehold Australian house or apartment whilst living in Singapore" Stats, property prices, rental info, Commonwealth Bank of Australia interest exchange rates, new lending
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      SHORTTAKES
      100 22  -  DAVID KWOKNG KAN: VACANT POOLS MAY BE AHAVENFORMOZZIES With the dengue numbers reaching epidemic levels recently, and scores of areas island-wide where dengue could spread, I feel that the weakest link out there is the pools of stagnant water left after a rainy spell. Besides vacant HDB flats and
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      Want free entry? Look like a lady
      369 22  -  JO-ANN BOX Female customer tells of her humiliating experience on Ladies' Night Letter from I HAVE been a fan of St James Power Station since it first opened last year. I bring business partners and friends from overseas there and we have always
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      Burnt over purchase of 5 condos during '96 fever
      200 22  -  FERLANDATAN Letter from IN 1996, I was one of those who wanted to earn big bucks by speculating in real estate. Besides having many friends who had made huge profits, I was also influenced by media reports. So, I bought five
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      263 24  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY..... LETTING GO, LITTLE BY LITTLE Everybody understands that teenagers are itching to get out on their own; to take over the reins of their lives and not have parents telling them what to do anymore. But this yearning for control actually starts
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      239 24  - Save more Seletar pre-war houses they're living history JAYANDRAN SANDRA ALISON Letter from I REFER to the report, "Seletar's new (old) face" (June 27), which talked about JTC Corporation's plans for the new Seletar Aerospace Park. I cannot help but wonder why most of the redevelopment seems to be centred
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      More labels than parking lots
      273 24  -  KAREN LEE Letterfrom I READ with irony the letter, "HDB car parks are for residents, not the public" (June 27), by Mr Tan Yang Song from the Housing and Development Board (HDB). Many residents, like myself, who pay $90 a month for an HDB season
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      Scrap the flat fee of $10
      200 24  -  ONGWEEANN Letter from I RECENTLY got married and my wife and I have been looking to buy a flat near our parents' homes. We have yet to be selected by the Housing and Development Board's (HDB) computer system to purchase a flat even after
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      100 26  -  LIANG DINGZI ACCORDING to an annual survey of 22 countries released last week by global research group Accenture, the Singapore Government came out tops. The Government was assessed on how well it tailored information to citizens' needs, how it interacted with citizens through multiple channels, as well as the
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      THE PROOF OF GOOD SERVICE IS IN THE RESPONSE
      502 26 when officers attend to the public, they are providing a service, not issuing instructions or doing citizens a favour as was the case sometimes in the days of yore. This consciousness is reflected in the efforts of some agencies to meet
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      117 24 VOICES ON RADIO The charity scene was rocked once again last Friday I LJI I] night with news of n KTI 1 another scandal this time, involving the St John's Home I iTJ for Elderly Persons, T^^^L^ where both its super- intendent and nearly $3.9 million in funds went missing.
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      380 28  -  JOSEPH YADAO Instead, the firm plans to list on Swiss, Japan and Europe markets joseph.yadao@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE firm MerLion Pharmaceuticals Pte Ltd could be the first Asia-based biotechnology company to list on the Swiss stock exchange. The pharmaceutical research and development (R&D) company is exploring the
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      297 28  -  HEDIRMAN SUPIAN hedirman@media corp.com.sg AFTER formally withdrawing their motion to remove all independent directors of the Yellow Pages, board members Stanley Tan (picture) and Pang Yoke Mm met up with a shareholder watchdog yesterday to assure it that they fully
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      191 28 SINGAPORE'S efforts to slash red tape the biggest bugbear for many businesses around the world have not gone unnoticed. A recent survey has ranked Singapore as the country with the least amount of frustration stemming from regulation or red tape when it comes
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      438 29  -  NOORMOHDAZIZ aziz@media corp.com.sg TO ENHANCE the status of the Riau Islands, especially Batam, Bintan and Karimun, as an attractive investment location, the local government is rushing through an interim regulation to grant it Special Economic Zone (SEZ) status. The Governor of the Riau Islands,
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      131 29 executives in New Zealand (60 per cent), Australia (59 per cent) and South Africa (58 per cent) said they had problems in getting skilled labour. When it comes to demand, executives in three Asian coun-tries-Japan, Thailand and mainland China had "significant concerns" about shortage of orders
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        207 30 DOW JONES NEWSWIRES SINGAPORE'S Capita Land said yesterday that its joint development project with Malaysia's YNH Property Bhd will not proceed. The memorandum of understanding to build an office tower in the prime Golden Triangle district of Kuala Lumpur "has lapsed due
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        457 30  -  NAZRYBAHRAWI OECD says despite improvement, more needs to be done nazry@media corp.com.sg DESPITE substantial improvement in the corporate governance framework following the Asian financial crisis a decade ago, more needs to be done, said officials attending a regional meeting yesterday. Foremost on their agenda
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          114 31 SHARE prices clocked a fourth day of losses, closing 0.56 percent lower yesterday despite late bargain-hunting that kept the index above the crucial 3,500 points support level, dealers said. The ST Index closed down 19.60 points at 3,505.50 on a volume of 4.01 billion shares, valued at $3.31 billion.
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          54 31 SGX, Bloomberg Information provided J by Jikkei 225 *****.28 -216.83 -1.20 IK Hang Seng *****.56 -98.01 -0.45 Australia ASX2D0 6184.20 -124.40 -1.97 (area Comp 1733.10 -16.45 -0.94 fhailand SET 771.00 +4.03 +0.53 lakarta Camp 2125.33 -28.20 -1.31 Shenzhen B 693.44 +6.68 +0.97 Iflumbai Sensex *****.06 -70.02 -0.48 Ulalaysia
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      569 39  -  CLEMENT MESENAS Top Asian performers promise 'special' show in Singapore clement@mediacorp.com.sg PUTTING four divas into a single act especially when all were top liners in their prime can be a risky business. Having long been regarded as numero uno, each could be loath to
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        113 45 IF YOU'RE planning to travel, this is a weekend to mark on your calendar. The National Association of Travel Agents Singapore (Natas) Holidays 2007 travel fair known for the terrific bargains on offer will be held from Sept 14 to 16 at the Singapore Expo Halls
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        186 46  -  LYNETTEKOH YOUR parents had the right idea when they told you to watch out for traffic. You may want to follow their advice especially closely from now until Nov 9, when the "Discover Europe" bus makes its daily journey along the number
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        707 47  -  SERENE HUANG Ms busan Lee is a globetrotter, me 4b-year-old teacher, who travels twice a year, said: "I've been to most of Asia, the United States, and cities such as Paris and London." Recently, she set her sights on a more unusual destination Alaska.
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      595 49  -  RADOJKOAVRAMOVIC Winning the 2005 Tiger Cup a dream come true for Singapore and Lions coach Raddy sports@newstoday.com.sg FOR some 14 months after I took over as national coach in July 2003, victories always seemed to elude us. We would play well, give
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