Today, 9 September 2003, Afternoon Edition

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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      The fear returns
      636 1  -  Lee Ching Wern But S'pore better prepared as man tests positive for Sars virus by chingwern@nwestoday.com.sg IN a development that had been much feared but also widely anticipated, a patient at a Singapore hospital has tested positive for the Sars virus. The man, a 26-year-old Singaporean, had
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      Lock icon Rally in tech stocks boosts Wall Street
      188 1 Agencies NEW YORK Technology stocks led the way up on Wall Street yesterday. The tech-heavy Nasdaq hit an 18-month high on bullish reports from analysts. Analysts said improved capital spending should lift some technology sectors and upgraded a number of technology companies. This
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Pointed questions
      502 2  -  Val Chua Are S'poreans given priority? Are 'stayers' penalised? by val@newstoday.com.sg JOBS. The middle-income squeeze. The plight of older workers. Foreign talent versus Singaporeans. The questions over these concerns thick and fast during the second dialogue session held by the Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong and his Cabinet
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    • Singapore Snippets
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        Rainy day account
        96 2 Dr Maliki Osman, Mr tor bembawang GRC, plans to present to the Government a new voluntary monthly savings scheme for workers, using the CPF system. Speaking on Newsßadio 93.8's current affairs forum, Opinion, Dr Maliki said workers could put a sum into their CPF account each month.
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        Efficient, but value for money?
        83 2 A Land Transport Authority (LTA) survey of 1,000 Singaporeans has found that more than 80 per cent reel that the land transportation system here is efficient and provides adequate choices, but only 55 per cent feel that the services are good value for money. The
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        Travel aid for lower-income students
        91 2  -  Tor Ching Li NTUC and Community Development Councils (CDCs) have launched a $6 million Public Transport Assistance (Pass) fund to help students from low-income families cover tneir cost of travelling to school. Singaporean or permanent resident students from households with a total monthly income of
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      A tip, but for whose pocket?
      659 3 News Comment/Lee Han Shih SINCE 1979, hotels, restaurants and pubs have collected billions of dollars for their workers in the form of the service charge. Guess what? Some of the money never reached the pockets of the workers. The issue of the unpaid service
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      Lock icon M'sian universities produce immoral people: PAS leader
      155 4 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Controversial Malaysian opposition member Nik Aziz Nik Mat has done it again. The spiritual leader of the hardline Islamic Party of Malaysia (PAS) and Chief Minister of North-east Kelantan state has blamed universities for producing people who commit bribery, adultery,
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    • global roundup
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        Lock icon 'Give Myanmar's road map to democracy a chance'
        91 4 -AFP UN special envoy Razali Ismail yesterday called the international community to give Myanmar's military junta a chance and hear out its new democracy road map. Yangon's plan to reconvene the constitutional convention suspended in 1 996 as a first step under
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        Lock icon Japanese hostage-taker arrested
        61 4 -AFP A 25-year-old Japanese man was arrested yesterday after holding a hostage at knifepoint at a regional office of the Asahi Shimbun newspaper, although his motive was not immediately clear. The unemployed man demanded to see the company's president and took a female receptionist hostage. He was
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        Lock icon Floods continue in China
        93 4 Reuters Floods that have killed dozens in China's drought-prone province of Shaanxi and forced half a million people to flee their homes showed no let-up yesterday, as a third flood crest swept along a tributary of the Yellow River, officials said. Chinese troops have joined local
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      Lock icon 'Hambali is a good man'
      321 4 Agencies Bashir defends 'over-zealous' terrorist JAKARTA In a rare interview, jailed Indonesian Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir described alleged terrorist leader Hambali as a good man, but possibly over-zealous. "Hambali is a good man. I know that," said Bashir, who is serving a four year
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Cold Storage charity carnival
      198 6  -  Madeleine Chong THE Cold Storage Group will hold a two-day charity carnival to celebrate its 100 th anniversary and raise funds for the Care Community Services Society (CCSS). Held at the Turf City Shopping Mall from 10am to 9pm, the carnival promises to be a fun-filled
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      CRC gets green light
      439 6  -  Yong Shu Chiang Nearly all of the 60 changes proposed have been approved by shuchiang@newsto day, com. sg SINGAPORE'S censors will soon wield slightly blunter scissors when they assess arts and entertainment material that can be viewed here, but scissors there must always be, the Government
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      You can vote in Senior Citizens' Awards now
      300 8  -  Madeleine Chong FOR the first time, members of the public will have a hand in deciding the winners of the Senior Citizens' Awards. Unlike previous years when the winners were chosen by a committee, the 3rd Senior Citizens' Awards features a public
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      Lock icon How the world aligns
      733 8 News Analysis/Joanne Lee To mitigate US power, will countries increasingly rally behind China? TO those who do not like to see their world governed by a single superpower, recent developments appear to bring no cheer. If there is one thing that the recent Iraq war made
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  • LETTERS
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      Point well made
      274 10  -  Aaron Maniam Geetha Creffield, Debating is a skill worth promoting in schools WE REFER to your report, Evergreen girls prove a point (Today, Sept 5). It was a pleasure to read about Evergreen Secondary School's success in the recent InterSecondary School Debate competition, organised by the Northwest
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      HDB should share wealth with retirees
      170 10  -  I Tan Chee Yong I REFER to your report "Sers Woes" (Today, Sept 5). I was disturbed to hear of the plight of many of the retirees who stay in Tanglin Halt and Commonwealth Drive. These people completed their financial planning years ago to
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      Group works in support of childcare workers
      204 10  -  Christine Chen, I AM writing in response to Mr Jacob George's letter "Don't forget the childcare teachers" (Today, Sept 4). It is heartwarming that he should write in tribute of childcare teachers. I am sure he has witnessed the labour of love in
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      Lock icon The price of loving your pet
      220 10  -  Gerald Angjoo Huat I HAVE noticed that medical and dental clinics display patient consultation charges involved for each type of consultation but no such information is available at veterinary clinics. I feel pet owners deserve to know what would be a fair consultation fee
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Lock icon Paragon on offer
      302 12 -Dow Jones Despite recent extension, SPH still prepared to divest property SNGAPORE Press Holdings (SPH) is "open to any offer" for its Paragon mall and other assets in its property portfolio, so long as it maximises shareholder value, the company said yesterday. The commitment to divest its
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      Lock icon A-Sonic to raise $13.8m from IPO
      138 12 Dow Jones A-SONIC Aerospace, an aircraft systems and aerospace components supplier, expects to raise $13.8 million from an initial public offering (IPO) of 71 million shares at 26.5 cents each. The company will offer six million shares to the public and 65 million shares
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    • marketWATCH
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        ST Index: 1,622.28 +4.44
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        SGX most active
        61 12 By volume Sept 8 Chartered Heeton Cosco Inv GES Pac Cent AnnAik Pac Andes UniFood Brilliant DatacrftUSS Close 1.300 0.305 0.505 0.675 0.280 0.375 0.375 0.590 0.540 1.180 Change +0.070 +0.040 +0.060 +0.025 -0.015 +0.010 +0.010 +0.030 +0.040 +5.7 +8.6 +9.8 +9.8 -3.8 +2.7 +1.7 +5.9 +3.5
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        SGX top rises
        83 12 By. Sept 8 Creative 50 DBS Close Change 18.800 +0.300 12.900 +0.300 By percentage Sept 8 Close Change PanpacMedW*****9 0.015 +50.0 Goldtron CPS*****6 0.075 +36.4 FSN 9.850 +0.200 ChuanSH W*****0 0.020 +33.3 Isetan(S) 3.140 +0.140 El-Nets 0.020 +33.3 Casca lnvRCCPS*****4 2.250 +0.100 NewToyoW*****7 0.260 +26.8 DBS Bk
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        Lock icon SGX top falls
        85 12 SGX By$ By percentage Sept 8 Thai Prime200USS Close Change 8.000 -0.300 Sept 8 Goldtron Close Change 0.025 -16.7 GreatEasI 10.400 -0.200 PM Data 0.155 -11.4 SPH 18.400 -0.200 CSC 0.040 -11.1 SingamasC 2kHKS APB Breweries 4.100 -0.175 6.350 -0.150 North 22 USS Inno-Pac 0.040 -11.1 0.045
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        Singapore
        114 12 SINGAPORE shares closed mixed yesterday in the wake of Wall Street's losses overnight and weaker-than-expected US job data for last month, traders said. The ST Index rose 4.44 points, or 0.3 per cent, to close at an intra-day high of 1,622.28, advancing for the fourth straight session. The September
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        World markets
        60 12 Index Nikkei 225 Hang Seng Ml Ordinaries faiwan Wtd Value 10,683.76 11,165.28 3,223.00 5,727.01 Change Pis +32.99 -5.33 +12.90 +87.98 +0.31 -0.05 +0.40 +1.56 Korea Comp 760.25 -1.30 -0.17 KLCI 748.86 -7.62 -1.01 SET Index 563.80 +5.99 +1.07 Jakarta Comp Phils Comp Shenzhen B 587.06 1,259.03 224.28 +4.73
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        Commodities
        21 12 Sold us$/oi 372.000 iilver us$/oi 5.035 .atinum us$/oi 712.500 Rubber centsAg 187.25 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1402 Brent crude us$/barrel 27.59
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        Lock icon Your S$1 buys
        37 12 Bloomberg JS$ JK£ fen TK$ !M iuro upicih iaht 0.5692 Peso 0.3584 A$ 66.59 Indian Rs 4.4411 Won 2.1630 C$ 0.5143 Yuan 4829.5 NZ$ 23.154 NTS 31.366 0.8793 26.09 666.74 0.7813 4.7121 0.9861 19.39
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      Lock icon corporate briefs
      219 14 Bloomberg Dow Jones Dow Jones TPV Technology's net income rose 12 per cent for the six months ended June 30 to US$3O.l million ($53 million), or 2.1 9 US cents a share, from a revised U5526.9 million, or 2.1 US cents, a year ago. Sales rose 13 per
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      Lock icon Listing of NagaCorp rejected
      282 14 Agencies MAS scraps proposed IPO of casino operator THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has rejected the proposed listing of casino operator NagaCorp on concerns that the legal framework and auditing track record of its Cambodia casino operation are insufficient to address the risk of money
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      Lock icon Benz to be made in China
      220 16 -AFP DaimlerChrysler and Beijing Auto to invest $1.9 billion BEIJING German-US car giant DaimlerChrysler signed a framework agreement yesterday with China's Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Co (Baic) to build Mercedes-Benz vehicles in China and to restructure production operations at its ailing Beijing Jeep joint
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    • Article
      PTP to break even
      112 16 KUALA LUMPUR Johor's Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP) has been operationally profitable since 2001 and is expected to break even this year, New Straits Times reported yesterday. PTP chief executive Mohd Sidik Shaik Osman dismissed suggestions that PTP's low tariffs, while attractive, would make it unviable,
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      UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
      4716 16 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS The data contained herein has been obtained from company reports, financial reporting services, periodicals and other resources believed to be reliable. Although carefully verified, data on compilations is not guaranteed by Lipper A Reuters Company and may be incomplete. No offer or solicitations to buy or sell
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      Lock icon FTA deal bearing fruit
      407 17 Bloomberg But Singapore must keep ahead of rivals MR EDWARD Ang had thought about shutting down his factory in Singapore and shifting it to Cambodia because of competition from low-cost countries such as China. But the chief executive officer of Ocean Sky International is thinking twice,
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      Lock icon China to enter talks about yuan business in HK
      204 17 Reuters BEIJING China's central bank chief, Mr Zhou Xiaochuan, will visit Hong Kong this month to discuss a plan to allow banks in the territory to handle business in yuan, a central bank official said yesterday. Mr Zhou will visit Hong
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      Lock icon Lufthansa to make bid for Swiss
      192 17 Reuters ZURICH Germany's Lufthansa will soon make a formal takeover offer for Swiss International Air Lines, throwing a lifeline to the loss-making flag carrier, a Swiss Sunday newspaper reported. Quoting a "well informed source" the NZZ am Sonntag said the offer to be submitted
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  • INFO TECH
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      Lock icon Bridging images
      421 18  -  Tor Ching Li in Hanoi Technology to help cameras and printers connect by; chingli@newstoday.com.sg THE next time you take a photo, don't say "cheese", say "Pictßridge" a con-sumer-friendly, shoot-and-print technology bound to bring a smile to your face. Last Thursday, photo-imaging giant Canon became the world's first to
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      Landscape to portrait, with a click
      236 18  -  Dan Littman by news@newstoday.com.sg DO you wish your monitor could show DVD movies in wide letterbox format and display a legal-size page of text? If so, the Philips 170W4P may be just what you are looking for. This 17-inch flat screen, with a 1,280
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon US demand rejected
      432 20 Agencies Cleric says Iraq militias won't lay down arms NAJAF (Iraq) The US-led coalition troops looked set for a showdown with Iraqi militias after giving them an ultimatum to lay down their arms by Saturday as the country sinks into increasing violence and lawlessness. The American demand
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    • Article
      Britons' DNA may be kept in database
      161 20 LONDON Two plans to curb crime are raising the ire of the Britons. This week, senior police officers are expected to propose that the DNA of every person in Britain be put on a national database, The Times reported yesterday. The move is
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      Lock icon Clean-up act
      54 20 Reuters photo A stray dog in Bangkok being caught by a municipal worker yesterday. This is part of Thailand's efforts to spruce up the streets in the capital before the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit next month. The summit will bring together 21 leaders from the region, including US
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      Lock icon Korei will become PM only if West backs him
      156 20 -AFP ABU DIS- Mr Ahmed Korei, nominated Prime Minister by Palestinian President Yasser Arafat, said yesterday that he wanted the US and European countries to support and guarantee peacemaking efforts before he would accept the post "I want to see what
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    • global roundup
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        Lock icon New test to identify cancer cells in children
        74 20 AFP Australian doctors have devised the world's first test to identify children most likely to suffer a relapse of an acute form of leukemia, officials said yesterday. The new genetic test, which can detect one cancer cell among one million normal cells,
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        Lock icon Coffeeshop owners protest against tax on espresso
        86 20 AFP Coffeeshop owners in Seattle protested a proposed 10-cent tax on the city's beloved espresso drinks on Sunday. While no one disagrees with the aim of the tax to fund pre-school and day care programmes for at-risk and low-income children most protesters prefer
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        Lock icon Philippine military says slain rebel is not Al Ghozi
        67 20 -AFP The Philippine military yesterday ruled out the possibility that a man killed in a clash in the southern Philippines was fugitive Indonesian bomber Fathur Rohman Al Ghozi. The body was thought to have been that of the Jemaah Islamiyah bomber,
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Lock icon Road to peace
      805 22  -  John Gee US must have an exit strategy and give power to the Iraqis by news@newstoday.com.sg JUST before the war started, Iraqi television viewers were treated to news on the readiness of their leaders to fight against invading American and British troops. These leaders are not the
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      A national project we must promote
      639 22 In his speech at the Lianhe Zaobao's 80th anniversary gala dinner on Sept 6, Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew looks at how the media landscape has changed over the years. Below are excerpts from his speech THE history of the Chinese newspapers in Singapore
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      831 24  -  Serene Foo Author Sun Shuyun's spiritual voyage on the Silk Road was also a walk of determination by serene@newstoday.com.sg SHE once asked a Taliban bodyguard if she could take a photograph with him. He replied nonchalantly: "We take guns and shoot people, so why
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        197 28 -Reuters Star stretches it for Toronto fans TORONTO Actors Woody Harrelson added star power to the Toronto International Film Festival on Sunday, going so far as to attend a giant outdoor yoga class. Harrelson, in town to promote the film Go Further by Ron Mann, joined
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        374 28 Reuters/Hollywood Reporter LOS ANGELES It's been a bad year for journalism, headlined by the Jayson Blair debacle at The New York Times. And Hollywood is on the story with the new film, Shattered Glass, which will be released in North America on
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        357 30 Reuters/Hollywood Reporter Chloe Sevigny reigns at the festival circuit this year LOS ANGELES When it comes to the film festival circuit, it's clear that the queen this year is Chloe Sevigny. She started out in January with the club-kid tale Party Monster at Sundance, moved on
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        826 32  -  Pauline DLoh Try tasty beef fajitas with grilled zucchini and tomato salsa TORTILLAS have become very much a part of American pop food culture, especially in Los Angeles and Southern California as well as in the Lone Star State. This originally Central American staple has undergone
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        508 34  -  Richard Seah by news@newstoday.com.sg ACUPUNCTURE for weight reduction has been much talked about lately, particularly with an acupuncture clinic and hospital in China the Aimin Clinic, which has branches in Singapore boasting fantastic results that include a world record for weight loss. If you are curious about
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        611 35 Hair styling and drying technology that'll blow you away DID you know that ancient Babylonian men curled their beards? Or that Egyptian girls curled only the ends of their ponytails, while curl papers and crimpers were used as early as the Middle Ages? In those days,
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      77 35 Q: If I use a strong hair dryer, will it damage the texture of my hair? Gnny A: The texture of our hair is dependent on how well we take care of our hair. While hair care appliances help us to dry and style our hair, selecting and II o
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      1231 36 SPECIAL FEATURE tl M ANTI-AGEING MEDICINE 1^^^ 2nd Asia Pacific Conference and Exhibition September 9-11, 2003 Raffles City Convention Centre, Singapore ISSUE ONE SEPTEMBER 9, 2003 ■If Allt MAf I V%lll WkfW #^M Better health in old age a priority: Dr Balaji ™M ™*W I WV I *WW ™MW I
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      1271 37 SPECIAL FEATURE Goldman: Asia *W8M n*nc nifttAntml tin no IVld UUICI III IU UC and sunshine extend lives RESEARCH carried out in Japan suggests that I seniors who live on tree-lined streets within walkWAM^ki. ttWtM I m^^ m9tM m9>M m^^ Ml ing distance of grassy parks live longer than IV—
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      1262 38 SPECIAL FEATURE Take ageing into your own J0*% hands, start with education CT« I Centuries after Ponce de Leon visited Florida, scientists, not explorers, are searching for the fountain of youth. Dr Ronald Klatz, president of the American Academy of Anti-Ageing Medicine, says some technologies already allow us to reverse
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      1703 48 TV True Files channel 5,10pm I Singapore's Brainiest Bright Girl's Success ffA W *ne Commanding Heights Ng Hua Chye, 46, was charged Kid Channel 5,8.30pm Channel 8 r 1045 Pm ImS *&B*Akf -7 Chan"el NeWsAs' a '732pm with manslaughter of his There are only four places left for Qitai prepares
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      606 49 Agencies Roddick finally lives up to potential with Grand Slam win Tennis US Open Ferrero defeated in straight sets NEW YORK What began with a big-serving American tennis champion retiring in tears ended Sunday (yesterday morning, Singapore time) with a big-serving American tennis champion celebrating in tears.
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      373 49 -AFP NFL Dolphins 20 Texans 21 Fancied Miami stunned WASHINGTON Marcus Coleman's interception set up a 35-yard field goal by Kris Brown with 25 seconds left as the Houston Texans kicked off a new National Football League season by stunning the heavily-favoured Miami Dolphins 21-20 on
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      254 49 TORONTO Bob Tway (picture) defeated Brad Faxon on the third playoff hole Sunday (yesterday morning, Singapore time) to win the US$4.2 million ($7.4 million) PGA Canadian Open and end a 213-tourna-ment victory drought. After both players paired the first playoff hole, Faxon had a chance to
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      556 50 Agencies Striker gets Brazil off to a winning start for World Cup 2006 World Cup 2006 qualifier Colombia 1 Brazil 2 Ronaldo also sets up winner BARRANQUILLA Brazil began its quest for a sixth World Cup crown here yesterday with a hard-fought victory over Colombia in a
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      363 50 -AFP HANOI The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) plans to seek new income sources by setting up betting companies and selling the rights to broadcast its matches on local television, officials said yesterday. "We need more financial sources to develop our fledgling
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      56 50 SYDNEY Disgraced cricketer Shane Warne was the most high-profile Australian sportsman to be banned as positive drug tests increased by 36 per cent in the past year, a report said yesterday. Australian Sports Drug Agency chief executive John Mendoza said the rise, the first since 1998-99, showed Australia
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      61 50 ATHENS Greece has denied reports that it offered to bribe Armenia to lose Saturday's Euro 2004 Group Six game. Greece won the match 1-0 to move within striking distance of automatic qualification. Greek media reported Armenian FA chief Ruben Airapetian saying that his officials had been approached by
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      60 50 LONDON Former England and Manchester United captain Bryan Robson believes David Beckham was wrong to reveal so much in his autobiography. "Personally, I wouldn't have written a book like that. When you are a top player and with the money players are on, there's no real necessity for
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      64 50 SYDNEY Soccer Australia is expected to learn of Oceania's World Cup qualifying fate on Oct 19 at a Fifa congress before deciding its role within the Pacific region. Australian and New Zealand officials are expected to begin talks over their roles this week after a strong anti-Australia and
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      48 50 NOTTINGHAM Notts County, the world's oldest professional soccer club, was saved from extinction yesterday after receiving a loan from Nottingham City Council. Founded in 1864, County had to raise £250,000 ($697,000) before the meeting of the Football League to prove it could fund a rescue package.
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      512 51 Reuters Managing director Gill takes over LONDON David Gill has taken over as Manchester United's chief executive after Peter Kenyon joined Roman Abramovich's revolution at Chelsea yesterday. The shock move signals a shift in power that was unimaginable just a few months ago. Kenyon, 49,
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      193 51 LONDON Manchester United is afraid that Peter Kenyon will soon be back at Old Trafford to steal Ruud van Nistelrooy and other United stars. Kenyon was instrumental in the big-money transfer deals that brought Rio Ferdinand, Van Nistelrooy and Juan Veron to Old Trafford, reported The
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      600 51  -  Stanley Ho KGYD by stanley@newstoday.com.sg WITH most of its clubs dogged by crippling money problems, the eight-year-old S-League looks set to undergo a major overhaul next year. The biggest change could come in the form of trimming the
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