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  • 8 1 TODAY Thursday May 16, 2002 MITA (PI 063/11/2001
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  • 542 1  -  Val Chua When 19,400 default on mortgages, who cares about the 5 Cs? by vdl@newstoday. com. sg IN last week's edition of Weekend Today, this newspaper had written about how a 1993 policy change fuelled a property bubble that grew on the assumption that property prices
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  • 161 1 Chan Chao Peh JUST what are these out-of-bound (OB) markers that Singaporeans should know of? Shouldn't they be defined clearly? The answer to that question in Parliament was that they were constantly evolving and could not be pinned down in black and white. "This is
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    • 387 2  -  Val Chua But a very different animal from Sing Tel by val@n ews today.com.sg THE long-awaited marriage between Star Hub and SCV is finally taking place as both companies sign an agreement that wffl give the nation's second fixed-line operator the muscle to take on Sing Tel in
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    • 92 2 Channel News Asia FAMILIES of six victims in the 1997 Silk Air crash have lost their appeal for more damages. The Court of Appeal ruling handed out yesterday upheld the October judgement, saying the airline is entitled to limited liability under the Warsaw
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    • 313 2  -  Chan Chao Peh GOVERNMENT regulators and statutory boards should stay clear from commercial activities which crowd out private firms struggling for survival, some MPs said in Parliament yesterday. They wanted to know why PWD Corporation and SPRING Singapore (formerly the Singapore Productivity and Standards
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    • 196 2  -  Chan Chao Peh by cha ope h@ne wstoday. c o m. sg A YOUNG woman approached her MP for help to resolve her $30,000 worth of credit card debts. When the MP asked why she had chalked up such a huge bill, that young lady
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    • 288 3 Agencies Bush hails Dr M's fight against terror WASHINGTON Tension over the jailing of former Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim evaporated yesterday when President George W Bush hailed visiting Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad as his friend in the fight against terrorism. Dr Mahathir, too, set aside his
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    • 360 3  -  Joy Frances THAT word, "negotiation", was once again an issue in the High Court tussle between Sing Tel and the Info co mm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA). IDA claims that the discussions were not negotiations because Sing Tel was merely at meetings
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    • 115 3 -AFP TAIPEI A strong earthquake rocked Taiwan yesterday, triggering a landslide and injuring at least two people. Measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale, the tremor is the strongest after a powerful quake in March that killed five people in Taipei, officials said. According to the
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    • 132 4 AFTER 24 days, the Boon LayChangi Airport through MRT service will begin running once again. From today, seven trains will be back on the tracks, to provide a direct connection between the East West Line and the Changi Airport MRT extension. They will run at
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    • 375 4  -  Elaine Quek 'Why are we still pointing the finger at people with Aids?' by elai lie @n ewst od ay.com. sg IT HAS been 17 years since Aids claimed its first victim in Singapore. While some things have changed for persons with Aids (FWAs), the battle is
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    • 129 4  -  Serene Foo SHOWS made in Hong Kong are still tops among Singaporean youth, despite all that talk about J-fever or K-wave. Nearly half of 700 young people surveyed by Singapore Polytechnic said they preferred Hong Kong productions. The Singapore Youth Television Viewing Behaviour
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    • 207 3 Seven billion dollars! Excellence does not come easy. It is the result of conscious effort. And attention to detail by everyone. Take Changi Airport for instance. To make it the best, everyone has to chip in. From the Chief Executive down to the person cleaning the floor and toilets. And
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    • 123 4 DEPTH I Hi PERTH EDUCATION C[TT EDUCATION FAIR s*^ Curtin University of Technology Sat Sun lft an* May 2002 Edith Cowan University sat sun, ißttiyMayzpoz Murdoch university venue The University of Western Australia (UWA) The Oriental, Spore Degas/Monet Suites p re -U College/Business Institutes 5, RaffleKWarina Square stralian ™c for
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  • HOME NEWS
    • 451 6  -  Tan Hui Leng Setting the standard for an industry that deals with dirt by huileng@newsto day. c o ra. sg CHEAP, menial, low class these are words that have been used to describe the cleaning industry. Even desperate job seekers turn their noses up at
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  • LETTERS
    • 415 8  -  Jason Lee Boon Hong MPs who speak up in Parliament to secure better life for Singaporeans AS someone who began taking a keen interest in parliamentary debates and proceedings since 1997,1 felt especially heartened to hear or read about some of the speeches or arguments made in
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    • 96 10  -  Ralph I AM a student from China. I felt angry when I read the article, "China, Taiwan, WHO and the politics of health" in TODAY (May 10). It described China and Taiwan as "countries". Most countries recognise that there is only one China the People's Republic
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    • 194 10  - Such a hard time to join the union Abdul Aziz ON May 6,1 approached the NTUC counter at the Raffles Place MRT station to get a membership application form. I was told that I had to fill it up on the spot to take part in the lucky draw. When
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    • 75 10  - NTUC replies Neo Gim Kian WE have apologised to the writer for the overzealous approach of the recruiters and have counselled the recruiters concerned. We have reminded all recruiters that while they must do their best to explain the benefits of union membership, they must do so respectfully and with
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
    • 248 12 Bloomberg Virgin to up stake in phone firm SYDNEY Richard Branson's Virgin Group plans to increase its stake in Virgin Mobile Australia, a wireless venture with SingTel's Australian unit, to 75 per cent in five years. It will spend As6B million ($67.22 million) to buy preference shares in
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    • 89 12 TAXI operator Comfort Group said yesterday its net profit rose 15 per cent to $68 million for the year ended March 31 due to higher sales and cost-cutting measures. The ma inboard-listed company made a net profit of $59 million a year ago. Revenue rose 9.6 per cent
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    • 75 12 Up, up SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) said its overall load factor rose to 72.3 per cent in April from 67.9 per cent a year earlier and 76 per cent the previous month. Passenger load factor rose to 76.1 per cent in April from 73.2 per cent a year earlier. The number
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    • Market Watch
      • 93 12 REACTING to strong overnight Wall Street gains, the STI opened with a 10-point gap and closed with a 5.07-point gain at 1747.32. Market breadth was mildly negative with 300 unchanged counters. Volume traded was 523 million shares valued at $481 million. Venture Manufacturing led the gainers, adding 40 cents
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      • 53 12 Index Value Chnnge Its Nikkei 225 Hong Seng 411 Ordinaries iiiv.Y i'.Vi(! ***** 97 *****.36 3324.70 5910.69 +286.78 +148.05 +61.60 +154.77 +2.5! +1.21 +1.8' +2.6' !iC!';l! CoiTp SET Index Jakarta Comp PiA Comp :l:r:il,'.T 3 862.62 375 33 53B.B9 1357.66 223.02 +25.25 -6.26 +.26 +10.12 +2.0! +3.01 -1.6'
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      • 35 12 US$ 0.5533 IK 0.3817 Yen 70.975 HK$ 4.3156 m 2.103 Euro 0.6130 Kupiah 5,112.7 Buhl 23.729 Peso 27.127 A$ 1.0120 Indinnßs 27.127 Won 706.76 C$ 0.8625 Vuon 4.5798 NZ$ 1.2125 NT$ 19.101
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      • 22 12 Gold usSAj 307.60 Silver uss/«i 4.60/ Platinum usVra 533.30 Rubber t«iii/*g ***** Palm oil Winnm 1262 Iluli :i if. .rrrel 26.86
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      • 5 12 Straits Times Index 10-Day Chart
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      • 53 12 By volume May 15 '000 Ipto 46,770 My 25,611 KM 21,231 QianHu 20,599 By value May 15 Chartered 41,061,817 DBS 40,036,167 Venture 35,354,224 UOB 28,892,300 PFood 25,405,450 '000 UniFood 19,353 Frontline 10,081 Chartered 9,214 MFSlecn 8,335 Nat Steel 8,243 SIA 20,642,900 STAssemb 14,526,680 UniFood 14,231,505 QinriHa 14,206,660
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      • 69 12 May 15 Close Charrge Venture 17.000 +0.400 SPHIOO ***** +0.300 GreotEosl 12.000 +0.300 DBSSkffiIKPSIO 102.400 +0.200 APB Breweries 5.550 +0.200 SIA 13.700 +0.200 OCBC 13.400 +0.200 HntEnrcc 2.670 +0.160 Ft* 7.900 +0.150 LungKee 0.785 +0.125 By petcenlage May 15 Qose Change SlTyreWo7o22o 0.155+29.167 NetwrkWoso2ol 0.050+25.000 Strike W*****5
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      • 76 12 Bloomberg May 15 Close Change MitWartW*****USS 0.390 0.350 JOB 14.900 -0.100 IN1H400USS 6.000 -0.1OO fhoi Prime200USS 4.600 -0.060 3UE 7.3S0 -0.O5O JOI 3.100 -0.O4O 'SA 1.750 -0.040 ueongHin 0.705 -8.040 Iransmarto 0.975 -8.035 itotCritsUSS 0.520 -0.030 By petrealage May 15 Close Change IrtalMrilMHlGWS 0.390 -47.297 IRE Corp
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    • 298 14 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's economy is on track to meet a 3.5 per cent growth forecast for this year, fuelled by strong exports in March, a top official said yesterday. "There's no change in our official forecast," said Mr Mustapa Mohamed, executive director of the
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    • 174 14 -AFP SINGAPORE'S retail sales in March fell 4.60 per cent year-on-year to $2.33 billion but were up 20.7 per cent from the February level of $1.93 billion, the Department of Statistics said yesterday. Excluding motor vehicle sales, March retail sales were down 0.20
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    • 169 16 Bloomberg JAKARTA The Indonesian economy picked up in the first quarter as consumers, heartened by waning separatist and ethnic violence, spent more on household goods and cars. Gross domestic product expanded 2.5 per cent from a year earlier, the government's statistics office said.
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    • 325 16 -AFP STRONG retail sales in the United States last month should cheer Asia's export-dependent economies but a more broad-based recovery in the world's biggest economy is needed to sustain the region's rebound, analysts said. The US Commerce Department said retail sales shot
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    • 190 18 Bloomberg BEIJING China's factory production grew at its fastest pace in a year on rising exports and government spending on roads and other public works projects. Led by vehicle manufacturing, production in April rose 12.1 per cent from a year earlier to 256.9 billion yuan ($56
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    • Article, Illustration
      320 18 Bloomberg Securities firm Merrill faces $7b in lawsuits from investors NEW YORK Merrill Lynch Co faces 28 shareholder lawsuits based on information from New York AttorneyGeneral Eliot Spitzer's (picture) investigations into whether the firm misled investors with biased stock research. Investors sued the world's largest securities company to
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • 296 19 Agencies Myanmar continues to pose a dilemma BANGKOK The international community is facing a drugs-or-democracy dilemma in its relations with Myanmar, Many anti-narcotics officials say the only way to stop the flow of drugs and stimulants flooding Europe, America and Asia from Myanmar is to work with
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    • 243 19 Agencies BALTIMORE A Roman Catholic priest was shot and wounded by a 26--year-old man who claimed the priest molested him nine years ago, police said on Tuesday. In what was believed to be the first violent assault on an accused priest since the church sex-abuse
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    • 90 19 Reuters LONDON Time-consuming and physically exhausting housework does not improve health, according to a new study. British researchers found brisk walking to be a better way to keep fit than mopping floors, particularly for women between the ages of 60 and
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    • 119 19 ■AFP RAMALLAH Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat has admitted to errors in his leadership. Speaking before a parliamentary session, he also called for a complete overhaul of his Palestinian Authority and for fresh elections. "I will present a new formula for the administration of the Palestinian Authority, its
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    • 119 22 Reuters HYDERABAD (India) A heatwave has killed at least 178 people in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, officials said yesterday. The death toll is expected to increase as the heatwave is the worst in four years and conies ahead of the annual monsoon.
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    • 231 22 Agencies Senate vote may affect US-Spore FTA WASHINGTON A pall has been cast over Singapore's free trade talks with the United States after the Senate voted to deny President George W Bush sweeping trade negotiating powers. Such "fast-track negotiating authority" is seen as crucial in enabling Washington to conclude
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    • 194 22 Agencies SYDNEY The Bush administration received a fresh round of flak for its move to impose tariffs of up to 30 per cent on steel imports in March. The comments came after the European Union (EU) signalled that it planned to follow the
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  • COMMENTARY
    • 635 23  -  Ivy Singh I.iin It's not just the men who are keeping women out... IT always seems strange to me when I am told how lucky we women in Singapore are and how grateful we should be to live in a country where there is no "glass
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  • UPFRONT
    • 702 24  -  Sudha G Tilak Style king forbids people from imitating his screen persona by in Chennai HE is not called the Style King by his 1.5 million fans across the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu for nothing. In his latest film, Baba, slated for a November release,
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  • HEALTHY LIFESTYLE
    • 727 25  -  NiccySKTeo When spare parts are in short supply, your heart matters HEART disease has remained one of the leading causes of death in Singapore. In 1988, it accounted for 25 per cent of all deaths. A Ministry of Health (MOH) report in 2000 still showed that heart
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    • 138 25  -  Pauline D Loh TALK about heart healthy. This is a very simple savoury custard using MARIGOLD HL milk, egg whites and silken tofu. Place a little mushrooms on top, or steam it plain and garnish with spring onions and a little toasted sesame. Ingredients (serves
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  • INFOTECH
    • 278 26  -  Sarah Chua Nokia bins help save the environment HAVE you ever wondered what to do with your old mobile phone? Does it not seem like a waste to throw it into the dustbin? Well, Nokia has introduced a recycling "take back" scheme to solve your problem. The
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    • 273 26 KODAK has unveiled two new digital cameras for amateurs and professionals alike the special edition Easy Share LS42O (picture) and the Easy Share DX4900. The 2.1 megapixel (MP) LS42O weighs 161g and delivers prints Up to 8-inch by 10-inch with its all-glass lens, 3X digital zoom
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    • 307 27 Toys 'R' Us introduces an exciting new range of movie action figures and toys STAR WARS, Spider-Man and ET fans should head down to the nearest Toys 'R' Us store. There is a range of action figures and toys based on these three great movies available
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  • LIMELIGHT
    • 291 28  -  Katrina Karim r I "\HIS episode of cult killings A. in the early 1980s cut deep into the hearts and homes of Singaporeans. Not only did Adrian Lim's murders of nine-year-old Agnes Ng Siew Heok and 10-year-old Ghazali Marzuki create a sensation, they also drove
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    • 477 28  -  Low Shi Ping Love and life on the stage for Nirmala Seshadri WHEN Nirmala Seshadri was seven, her mother enrolled her in a dance class. Nirmala was reluctant but her mother told her all she had to do was "jump" at the back of the
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    • 383 29 Text and styling: Serena Sim Hair: Jade Chua (Vogue Salon) Make-up; Karen Teo (Vogue Salon) Clothes: ELLE (Ngee Ann City) Photography; Koh Mvi Fong Location: Garden Hotel The Search for the Face of Today is a search for the person who best represents the woman of the
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    • 207 29 Skincare Series LAST week, we talked about licorice extract and its skinwhitening properties. In a similar vein, mulberry is used as a key ingredient in skinwhitening products. Mulberry trees grow wild in Japan, but they are also cultivated as food for silkworms. In cosmetics, however, key substances
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    • 740 30  -  David Ngiau Ep II trumps Ep I, but strays into Titanic and Gladiator territory FILM REVIEW Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones (Opens today) THE latest Star Wars film is far better than Episode I The Phantom Menace. More than that film, Episode II
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    • 318 31  -  David Ngiau Star Wars is a new morality for an amoral world, says Cheah IT'S not just a sdence-fiction film series, it's a religion. At least for some fans. In censuses conducted in the US and Britain, Star Wars devotees have listed "Jedi" as their
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    • 120 31 Cathay Organisation is giving away six limited special edition Episode II postcards at its cinemas until Tuesday and from May 22 to 27. The cards will be given away at the box office with every ticket you buy to Ep 11, Collect all six
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    • 151 31 EORGE Lucas (picture) has never listened to fans because he VJfeels confident enough about his film-making abilities. "I'm able to tell the story the way it's meant to be told, and I don't have to listen to market research," said Lucas, who created the
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    • 1545 32 On TV In Conversation with Guy True Files The Trial of Adrian Lim Comedy@Centra! goggles Power Office Girls I chunnel 3, 10.45pm Kawasaki cna, 9.30pm ciiannsls- 10 Pm Coupling Am Central, 10.30pm The chief director of the company "Eat like a bird, jHHH^. In mrly 1981' two chii' ummm^^■■■■■ Steve
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    • 185 33 Just 50< commentaries, issues, interviews PLUS your guide to Singapore Arts Festival 2002 ■/."A mi> -~~-ii--zi>-- |-J'' I pc* k^^^^BDV it pH^Hf' h "^j |r H^HA« ~*tfßJ -In- I^J-,i;:L'lrj:, 1...V PJJ B PJ. '^t m|] h^ 9 BHP^^^^Bt ■JwA^ Pu j hnj wji', ti iv hurt I -r^yß; I BB(
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  • SPORTS
    • 182 34 Reuters ST. JOHN'S West Indies wicketkeeper Ridley Jacobs said on Tuesday his career-best Test century was a belated Mothers' Day gift. "I want to dedicate this to all the mothers in the world for Mothers' Day," Jacobs said. "It may have been a bit
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    • 353 34 -AFP SCOTRUN Lennox Lewis is ready for whatever dirty tricks Mike Tyson might attempt in their June 8 heavyweight boxing showdown, but the world champion from Britain refuses to stoop to such levels. Lewis opened his Pocono mountain training camp to reporters here on Tuesday, showing
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    • 571 35 NBA LA Lakers 93 SA Spurs 87 Kings will meet LA in West finals LOS ANGELES The Los Angeles Lakers used a familiar formula to get back to the Western Conference finals: Kobe Bryant making shots in the fourth quarter and the San Antonio Spurs
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    • 373 35 -AFP GUANGZHOU Korea battled its way into the final of the Über Cup women's team tournament yesterday, overcoming a Dutch team 3-2 in a gruelling four-hour duel. Despite a courageous come-from-behind win by Dutch lynchpin Mia Audina, Holland failed in its gallant bid
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    • 345 36  -  Kelvin Phang by kelvi n@n eivsto day.co m ,sg REIGNING Asian FIQ champion Andrew Fang (picture) has sent a lawyer's letter to the Singapore Tenpin Bowling Congress (STBC), asking for a retraction of comments made in two articles that appeared in its official magazine,
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    • 272 36  -  Jose Raymond by j ose @ne wstoday. com. sg REMEMBER Emmett Glassco? In December, he made headlines when he failed to join his new club, Woodlands Wellington, for pre-sea-son training. Eventually, he turned up, two months late. The Liberian then saw his name in lights
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    • 92 36 AUSTRALIAN Andrew Sanders, who joins Singapore Sailing this July, is the first High Performance Manager to be hired by a National Sports Association. The 33-year-old will be on a three-year contract and will manage Singapore Sailing's high performance programme. He is also expected to ensure compliance with
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    • 131 36 Match 1 Sembawang v Woodlands fishun Stadium 16 May 7.30pm Match 2 Geylang v Tarn pines Bedok Stadium 16 May 7.30pm 1X2 |1) Sembawang $2.10 |X| Draw $3.45 [2) Woodlands $2.75 1X2 (1] Geylang (X) Draw [2) Tatnpines $1.65 $3.65 $4.00 1/2 Goal Sembawang (-1 1/2)
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    • 841 38  -  S. Gulam SO, THE NTUC Income S-League will go ahead as scheduled during the World Cup. I wonder how much interest there will be for the local game? Obviously, the decision makers are either very bold or simply foolish. Their main reason is that any postponement would
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    • 105 38 Reuters LONDON England captain David Beckham ran for the first time since breaking a bone in his foot five weeks ago, but Sol Campbell and Robbie Fowler missed England's first training session in Dubai yesterday. The two players picked up minor knocks at the weekend, but neither
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    • 76 38 AFP GENEVA Former world number one Martina Hingis could retire after failing to overcome persistent injury problems, her doctor said this morning. Hingis' doctor Heinz Buhlmann said the 21-year-old Swiss star has a range of injuries Her most serious problem is an injury to her
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