Today, 22 May 2003

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  • HOT NEWS
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      Lock icon Media rivals launch Sars Channel
      166 2 Janice Lee THE daily 12-hour free-to-air channel providing news and information on Sars was launched yesterday. MediaCorp, Singapore Press Holdings and StarHub will absorb costs, with out-of-pocket expenses totalling $100,000 taken up by NTUC and DBS. MediaCorp and SPH MediaWorks will provide the content and
      Janice Lee; WEE TECKHIAN  -  166 words
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      Call for wage cuts
      643 2  -  Grace Tay Kim-Kyna Tan Business body not hopeful of early restoration by and news@newstoday.com.sg THE National Wages Council (NWC), in an unprecedented move, called for management and executives of industries affected by Sars, to lead by taking deeper or earlier wage cuts, so as to save
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      Credit card suicides
      329 3 Two young men in S Korea highlight problem SEOUL An inability to settle credit card debts has put more than one in seven South Koreans on the verge of bankruptcy, with a record 3.08 million estimated to be credit delinquents. The sobering weight of card debts was
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      Dr Ismail fires another salvo at S'pore
      132 3 FIRING yet another salvo at Singapore, Malaysia's Deputy Director-General for Health, Dr Ismail Merican, told the New Straits Times that Singapore cannot deny entry to a sick person, including a suspected Sars victim, who comes into the country either by land, sea or
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      Lock icon Soldiers take to PC games
      149 3 FOLLOWING in the bootsteps of US Army training methods, the SAF is getting soft software, that is. In view of the Army's new initiative towards wholesome "entertainment", the Defence Science Technology Agency (DSTA) was roped in to modify off-the-shelf PC games, such as Operation Flashpoint,
      – Tor Ching Li  -  149 words
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      Jakarta: Close border
      185 3 JAKARTA Indonesia called on Malaysia yesterday to close the border facing the Straits of Malacca to separatist rebels who may try to flee a fierce military onslaught in the restive province of Aceh. According to Bernama, Indonesian police chief Da'i Bachtiar made the request after Jakarta had
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      Lock icon Soros to watch US
      112 3 Reuters NEW YORK Billionaire investor and philanthropist George Soros is to set up a watchdog group to guard against any abuses in the way United States manages Iraq's oil resources. Mr Soros also said he hoped Iraq would not repay all its foreign debt stemming from
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      205 2 Is your child... Having difficulty in mixing with other children? Inappropriately laughing or giggling? Having little or no eye contact? Displaying apparent insensitivity to pain? Preferring to be alone in an aloof manner? Spinning objects? Inappropriately forming attachments to objects? Displaying noticeable physical overactivity or extreme underactivity? Unresponsive to normal
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Stormy skies ahead
      652 4  -  Chan Chao Peh by chaopeh@newstoday.com.sg SIA made $1 billion last year but that's history as the future is cloudy. The airline is grappling with a dispute with its pilots, the severe losses between February and April this year, as well as the possibility of firing staff. On
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      SARS UPDATES
      112 4 •A 28-year-old lady diagnosed as a probable Sars case on April 20 died yesterday. Almost all of the 139 contacts of Singapore's latest Sars victim, Mr Lee Chong Kian, have been screened and they are currently well.The source of his infection is still not known. A 30-year-old suspected
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      Lock icon Sars survivors return to normal life
      281 4  -  Tan Hut Leng WHILE Singaporeans have been supportive of Sars patients as shown in the $9 million raised for The Courage Fund, many are still wary of those serving out Home Quarantine Orders (HQOs). Speaking to some 50 recovered Sars patients at Tan Tock
      ERNEST CHUA  -  281 words
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      Lock icon Stronger measures against music pirates
      182 4 David Ngiau THE Recording Industry Association (Singapore) will take a hardline approach against errant users of pirated music if "soft" methods fail. Said the association's CEO Edward Neubronner yesterday: "At the end of the day, if we have to take strong deterrent measures, we will."
      — David Ngiau  -  182 words
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      Numbing number
      467 6  -  Francis Kan Streats' readership figure raises eyebrows by francis@newstoday.com.sg FOR one day last week, readers of free newspaper Streats could be forgiven for thinking that the tabloid had changed its name to "800,000". The magic number, which appeared on the cover of last Tuesday's Streats, was so big
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      Shell's 5% deal raises $280,000
      180 6 AFTER just five working days last week, Shell and its customers raised $280,000 for The Courage Fund. Shell had pledged to donate five per cent of its island-wide petrol sales towards the fund and gave all their customers a five per cent discount on petrol
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  • LETTERS
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      Those banned supplements
      827 8  -  Jeannie Thng HSA monitors quality of health products but consumers must make informed choices I REFER to Mr Sherwin Tng Jian Zhi and Ms Jeanette Tng Huimin's letter, "Scary, this health risk" (Today, May 8) and Mr Michael Loh Yik Ming's letter "Good Stuff?" (Today, May 9).
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Lock icon Tourist arrivals drop 74%
      126 10 Bloomberg SINGAPORE said the number of arrivals to the island fell 74 per cent in the second week of May from that of a year ago because of the Sars outbreak. Singapore, with the fourth-highest number of cases after China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, expects full
      — Bloomberg  -  126 words
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      Lock icon Wholesale index up
      294 10 Reuters SINGAPORE'S domestic wholesale trade index grew 22.5 per cent in the three months to March from a year earlier, rising for the third straight quarter, the Government announced yesterday. The index tracks sales transactions of some 810 wholesale establishments and provide an indication of future trends
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    • Market Watch
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        Singapore
        133 10 SINGAPORE shares ended at their lowest level for May yesterday, led by blue chips such as Singapore Airlines, as investors took a dim view of the economic outlook and the impact of Sars on corporate profits. The key Straits Times index dropped 0.65 per cent, or 8.5 points, to
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        World markets
        54 10 Index Value Change Nikkei 225 Hang Seng Ordinaries laiwan Wtd Korea Comp SET Index lakarta Comp Phils Comp ihenzen B Mumbai 8018.51 9059.80 2914.90 4216.64 600.57 387.37 466.29 1046.16 213.98 3057.09 Pis -40.97 9.40 6.40 -34.95 -1.51 4.40 0.15 -6.96 -0.72 -5.83 -0.51 0.1C 0.2; -0.8; -0.2! 1.1!
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 10 US$ 0.5796 UK£ 0.3528 Yen 67.8947 HK$ 4.5201 RM 2.2023 Euro 0.4961 Rupiah 4816.13 Baht 24.3259 Peso 30.5109 A$ 0.8811 Indian Rs 27.1596 Won 692.13 C$ 0.7834 Yuan 4.7970 NZ$ 0.9916 NTS 20.0840
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        Commodities
        21 10 Gold uss/oz 364.15 Silver uss/oi 4.74 Platinum uss/oi 678 Rubber cents/kg 176 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1497 Brent crude uss/barrel 29.28
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        SGX most active
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        SGX top rises
        76 10 May 21 Close Changi Haw Par 3.720 +0.301 IMH400USS 6.100 +0.201 SPH 100 16.700 +0.201 Seaview 5.250 +0.151 DBS Bk 6% NCPS *****.200 +0.101 Noble 1.650 +0.081 C&C 4.800 +0.061 F&N 8.400 +0.051 OCBC 9.200 +0.051 By percentage May 21 BBR LHT Magnecomp IPSCOM Presscrete Hua Kok
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        Lock icon SGX top falls
        84 10 SGX BLOOMBERG information provided by: May 21 Close Change jeative50 11.200 -0.200 STIETF100 13.300 -0.200 JOB 10.500 -0.200 )BS 9.100 -0.150 SIA 9.350 -0.150 SIA200 9.350 -0.150 fenture 14.800 -0.100 SingamasC 2kHKS 2.425 -0.075 HL Asia 1.150 -0.040 'Food 0.795 -0.035 By percentage May 21 Close Change
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    • Article
      Lock icon Settle first, S'pore bank told
      187 12 Bloomberg UOB can't complete Philippine buy until row settled: Central Bank UNITED Overseas Bank (UOB) must settle a dispute before it can complete its purchase of a Philippine lender, the BusinessWorld newspaper reported, quoting Philippine central bank Governor Rafael Buenaventura. Mr Buenaventura said UOB hasn't
      – Bloomberg  -  187 words
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      Lock icon Corporate Briefs
      457 12 -AFX-Asia Bloomberg -AFX-Asia Bloomberg Reuters AFX-Asia AFX-Asia A BOOST IN ACCORD'S Ql NET PROFIT: ACCORD Customer Care Solutions said its net profit in the first quarter rose 38 per cent to $3 million from $2.2 million a year earlier as revenues rose 20 per cent to $15.8 million
      -AFX-Asia; – Bloomberg; – Reuters; – AFX-Asia; AFX-Asia  -  457 words
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      Lock icon A piece of Pertamina
      276 14 Bloomberg S'pore Petroleum among 4 bidding for Indonesian oil firm's processing deal JAKARTA Singapore Petroleum Co, Royal Dutch/Shell Group and BP Pic have bid to process crude oil into oil products in Singapore for Indonesia's state oil company Pertamina to help overcome a shortage of petrol
      — Bloomberg; – Getty Images  -  276 words
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      Lock icon More natural gas, less fuel oil for Tuas
      248 14 Bloomberg TUAS Power, one of three Singapore Governmentowned power generating companies, said it may use less fuel oil to produce electricity after two combined cycle power plants that use natural gas start operations in 2005. Each of the combined cycle power plants
      – Bloomberg  -  248 words
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      New DHL 'asset'
      259 15 Leading logistics company appoints new GM DHL Singapore's new general manager, Yasmin Aladad Khan (picture), will be enhancing the company's market-leading position here as well as oversee the launch of new products and services. Ms Khan, whose appointment was announced yesterday, was previously general manager of DHL
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      Lock icon Hotel group recovering from Q1 profit loss
      99 15 AFX-Asia LONDON Millennium Copthorne Hotels PLC said the war in Iraq hit results in the first quarter to March 31 and this has been compounded by the Sars outbreak which will lead to first half profits being significantly lower. Turnover in the first
      – AFX-Asia  -  99 words
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      Lock icon $3.3b to boost economy
      263 15 AFP PUTRAJAYA Malaysia Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad unveiled a RM7.3 billion ($3.32 billion) stimulus package on Wednesday to mitigate the impact of Sars and revive the sluggish economy. Dr Mahathir said the package, comprising 90 measures, was "necessary to stimulate the economy and to lift confidence",
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      Lock icon Creative unveils graphics chip
      154 16 Bloomberg CREATIVE Technology Ltd, the world's leading maker of computer sound cards, has introduced its first computer graphics chip for home personal computers a year after its acquisition of chip designer 3D Labs Inc. The Graphics Blaster Picture Perfect chip is aimed at customers who use
      — Bloomberg  -  154 words
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      Lock icon EC-Asia to sell 27.5m shares
      264 16 Bloomberg EC-ASIA International Ltd, which recycles memory chips and distributes electronic components, plans to raise $8.25 million through a share sale in Singapore to expand operations. The company will sell 18.75 million new shares and about 8.75 million shares held by shareholders at 30 cents
      Bloomberg  -  264 words
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      UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
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  • INFO TECH
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      Real $ in fantasy
      493 18 Real in fantasy Room for more play in Asia-Pacific's gaming market ASIA-PACIFIC'S online gaming market in was worth US$533 million ($919 million) in subscriptions last year. South Korea had the biggest online gaming market, commanding a 54 per cent share from among seven countries surveyed for the Online Gaming in
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      Breaking News
      171 18 CNETAsia asia. cnet. com/newstech IRC group decrypts Fizzer commands MEMBERS of the chat-network security group IRC/Unity have decoded the manner in which the creator of the Fizzer virus communicates with the program, a co-founder of the group said on Monday. The Fizzer virus connects from an infected PC
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      US on high alert
      335 20 But ambiguous threat raises credibility questions WASHINGTON The US raised its terrorist threat level to orange or "high risk" after concluding that the deadly suicide bombings in Saudi Arabia and Morocco were a "precursor" for an Al Qaeda strike on America. However, the lack of specific
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      Lock icon Long wait for Canada's mad cow verdict
      243 20 Agencies OTTAWA It was 15 weeks before Canadian agriculture officials confirmed that a cow had mad cow disease. During that time, most of the cow was cooked at high temperatures to turn it into a food additive that could be sold as feed
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      Lock icon Philippine swoop nets 75 men
      68 20 Agencies Some of the 75 men arrested in an anti-terror sweep in a slum area of Tondo district in Manila waiting in a detention centre yesterday. Sixty-five of them were freed while 10, including seven alleged members of the insurgent group Moro Islamic Liberation Front
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      Lock icon Way paved for arms race?
      238 20 Reuters WASHINGTON Despite criticisms that the measure will spur a new arms race, the United States Senate has backed the scrapping of a decade-long ban on researching "mini-nuke" weapons. The Senate on Tuesday voted to uphold a request from the government to repeal the ban
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      Music to your ears, torture to Iraqi prisoners
      151 20 BAGHDAD It may be music to some but for Iraqi captives, heavy metal music and popular American children's songs are, literally, torture. The songs by rock group Metallica and from TV shows Sesame Street and Barney are being used by US interrogators
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      124 20 Celebrate life on the bay in support of the Courage Fund HffP IE how to donate O^Ss BY CHEQUE: BY CASH: BY PHONE: A crossed cheque made out to "The There are donation boxes at the The public can donate to the fund a^^^^""^ Courage Fund" should be sent to
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      90 21 We gave you You gave The Courage Fund With your support, Shell is the first petroleum company to donate to The Courage Fund. We offered you 5% discount off your petrol bills from the 12th to 16th of May, and promised to donate 5% of the proceeds to The Courage
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  • WATZUP?
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      Lock icon It's judgement day
      945 22  -  Yong Shu Chiang The day of reckoning for Clay Aiken (left) and Ruben Studdard is here by shuchiang@newstoday.com.sg THE feeling is excruciating, a mind-numbing agony that seems to have no end. This may be what American Idol contestants feel each time they are addressed by fork-tongued Brit
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      Burst of En-ergy
      419 24  -  Elisa Chia See singer Rui En play a DJ in the comedy Chemistry by elisa@newstoday.com.sg RUI EN's diary is starting to be filled up with interviews and photo shoots once again. Until this week, the homegrown artiste has been giving showbiz a miss to concentrate on her
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      Lock icon He's good with lives
      337 24  -  Wong Khing Chong Life is great with meaningful relationships by khingchong@newstoday.com.sg HAROLD Ng seems to have an unusual connection with dogs. This Great Eastern Life financial advisor isn't involved with an animal shelter, neither is he a part-time dog trainer. His clients know he loves animals
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      A quay for all seasons
      716 25  -  Justyn Olby The many facets of Clarke Quay makes it a great place to spend the day by news(s)newstoday.com.s; IT'S Sunday morning and Clarke Quay is starting to wake up after the revels of the night before. As the sun makes its way over the
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    • CITY STYLE
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        Prevent ageing
        334 26  -  Cathleen Tung Vitamins for the skin can do the trick by cathleen.tung@newstoday.com.sg SOME of us take vitamin pills as health supplements to boost our immune system. Now, we can nourish our skin directly with vitamins. Based on studies which have shown that orally-ingested vitamins may not always be
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        Replenishing essence for long hair
        150 26 DID you know that when hair grows to a certain length, nutrients can no longer reach it? According to Lux, that is the reason why hair tends to become less "obedient" when it is long it looks limp after a certain length and tends to
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    • IN CINEMAS
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        Lock icon Pay up or else
        310 27 -AFP Actress' family hire gangsters to claim debt MUMBAI Relatives of top Indian actress Shilpa Shetty (picture) allegedly hired gangsters to strongarm a businessman in a case that highlights the murky nexus between India's film industry and the underworld. Police claim Shetty's parents hired Malaysianbased gangster
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      Treats on the trib
      334 28  -  Pauline D Loh Indulge in gourmet dining as you drive through the great natural beauty that is Western Australia by pauline@newstoday.com.sg SWAN Valley has Sandalford and its dramatic dining rooms for those who prefer to wine and dine in the vineyards. Fremantle has the decades old
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    • TRAVELLER
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        Breathe easy
        607 30  -  Gurmeet Singh The air up there is cleaner than you think by traveller@newstoday.com.sg FEAR of the supposedly not-so-healthy air in airplane cabins has kept many travellers earth bound in these Sars-filled days. Ironically, it is a fear based on flimsy grounds. In fact, the air that one breathes
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      218 28 VISIT the picturesque vineyards of Cg6 Western Australia and drink in the Wm view of rolling hills and neat rows of vines in various stages of gold or green. It is a sight to gladden any galloping I fE m\ gourmet's heart iM PAMPER your nose with the rich, spicy
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      250 30 WHAT PALM RESORT IS DOING FOR ITS CUSTOMERS IN THE PREVENTION OF SARS 1. Temperature Campaign Every staff clocking in for work and suppliers of goods to Palm Resort have daily temperature checks. Thermometers are available upon request at the reception counters and the staff here are trained to screen
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      538 32 Detroit now heads to New Jersey after losing two games at home NBA Eastern Conference final Pistons 86 Nets 88 Martin, Jefferson the heroes AUBURN HILLS Here in the Eastern Conference final, where halfcourt drudgery is dictated by a Detroit Pistons outfit that wants no part
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      359 32 Reuters MONTE CARLO Americans Lance Armstrong and Serena Williams were named the sportsman and sportswoman of the year at the Laureus World Sports Awards on Tuesday. Armstrong, a cancer survivor who will chase a fifth consecutive Tour de France victory in July,
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      140 32 Reuters SYDNEY Anissa Tann, Australia's most-capped female soccer player, has been suspended for two years after failing a drugs test, officials announced yesterday. The 35-year-old tested positive for the banned steroid nandrolone last December but denied taking any prohibited substances. Tann appealed to the Court of
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      318 33 -AFP LONDON Australian soccer star Harry Kewell's future at Leeds looked doomed yesterday when he reportedly turned down a £7-million ($19.8 million) move to Manchester United. Kewell was ready to reject the move because he believes he will only be a bitpart player
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      103 35 Venue: Putra Indoor Stadium OOn^lfl lAf^^Dl R£%S A B^^ Date: 3rd-Bth June 2003 UI\LU3 b m B7A Presented by Rakan Muda A M^ QUESTION: The KL World 5s presented by Rakan Muda is sanctioned by the football A world governing body, FIFA, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and the fl^^
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