Today, 17 May 2004, Afternoon Edition

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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      S'pore has strong growth
      390 1 Economy to expand between 5.5 and 7.5% this year, says MTI THE Singapore economy will probably grow between 5.5 and 7.5 per cent this year, up from a previous forecast of 3.5 to 5.5 per cent. The better outlook for the full year follows a strong
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      Lock icon China warns Chen before his inauguration
      152 1 Reuters BEIJING Days before Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian starts his second term, China slammed his independence leanings and warned that it would crush any steps in that direction "firmly and thoroughly at any cost". But Beijing dangled the prospect of re-starting talks and deepening
      — Reuters  -  152 words
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      Lock icon Blair not stepping down, say top ministers
      157 1 -AFP LONDON Top Labour Party ministers insisted yesterday that Prime Minister Tony Blair would not step down amid mounting criticism over Iraq, as Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon dismissed media reports that the number of British troops in the war-torn country could be doubled.
      -AFP  -  157 words
    • Article
      Contractor was issued stop-work order at National Library site
      443 1  -  Derrick A Paulo Today Exclusive derrick@newstoday.com.sg FOUR months before the Nicoll Highway collapse, the main contractor involved in the project had been hit with a stop-work order at another worksite. Nishimatsu-Lum Chang Joint Venture (NLCJV) was found to have safety problems
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      45 1 NEWSX^/IEWS Siew Kum Hong Singapore should consider anti-discrimination laws/3 New India PM Italy-born Sonia Gandhi to stake claim/4 Thomas Cup China wins for the fifth time/36 Impact t__w__ THE NEW WORK REVOLUTION PART II The Business of Learning Page 24 H_____aa€»v T *V*H Page 26
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  • Hot News
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      Rumsfeld 'backed interrogation methods'
      307 2 WASHINGTON As the United States tries to extricate itself from the quagmire in the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal, one of the biggest questions it has to answer is how much the Bush administration knew about what was going on behind the walls of that prison
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      Lock icon DPM Lee: Make China engine of S'pore growth
      162 2 NewsRadio 93.8 DEPUTY Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong says Singaporean businessmen must actively invest in China, to make China a growth engine for the Singapore economy. Speaking at the launch of the Singapore property investment, Raffles City Shanghai, yesterday, he said that
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    • Article
      Elderly Übin couple robbed of savings
      170 2  -  —Jose Raymond AN elderly couple lost their $35,000 retirement nest egg when their home on Pulau Ubin was burgled. Mr Moh Seng Whee, in his mid-60s, and his wife, Mdm Ee, in her 50s, are both taxi-driv-ers. On Saturday, both left their home at
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      Consider anti-discrimination laws
      771 3  -  Siew Kum Hong NEWS_____I___I__— Prejudice against hiring pregnant women result of inadequate social infrastructure A FRIEND told me a story the other day. She wanted to change jobs earlier this year and went for a couple of interviews. In two instances, she was rejected for a reason
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    • Article
      KL seeks to attract the best brains
      222 4 KUALA LUMPUR In order to raise the performance of government-linked companies (GLCs), the Malaysian government has said it will offer "highly competitive wages and perks" to attract the country's best brains. Second Finance Minister Nor Mohamed Yakcop told the New Sunday Times in
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      Lock icon Sonia Gandhi to form govt
      487 4 Agencies Congress party leader to meet President Kalam today to stake her claim NEW DELHI After a hectic weekend sealing deals with allies and new partners, Indian prime minister-elect Sonia Gandhi is poised to form a new government The Italian-born Mrs Gandhi will meet President
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      Lock icon New Thai, M'sia border posts
      136 4 Reuters. KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia and Thailand will build four military posts along their shared border following a wave of violence in southern Thailand. Malaysia's army chief General Mohamad Azumi Mohamed said two joint surveillance posts in each country will be set up along the border,
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      Lock icon Gay couples to say 'I do'
      178 4 Reuters BOSTON Same-sex couples will legally exchange vows today when Massachusetts becomes the first American state to allow gay marriages. Hundreds of gay and lesbian couples are expected to seek marriage licenses as of today from city and town clerks in Massachusetts, followed by
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      8 2 NUMBERS TO REMEMBER Bfi lifSSil 1 i j
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      373 3 W -rn-rcjl Sunrxnrr "lot!) J_^_s_jJ- __J O-g First Class Honours students in 2002 and 2003 ft Stansfield has been producing excellent results consistently with First Class Honours students every year since 1995. In 1995, one of our First Class Honours students was the first in Singapore to be awarded a
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Young entrepreneurs dish out old ideas
      431 6  -  Diana Neo diana@newstoday.com.se THE competition was designed as a platform for young entrepreneurs to showcase their innovative business ideas. That was just what it did in a fun, American Idollike format but even the judges admitted the ideas were not all that original. The
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    • SINGAPOREsnippets
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        Lock icon Ang Mo Kio Town Centre to get a $7m facelift
        101 6 Newsßadio 93.8 The Ang Mo Kb Town Centre will get a $7-million facelift that will see the addition of covered walkways, pedestrian malls, drop-off points and landmark gateways, among others. This is on top of a $325-million integrated shopping mall-cum-air-conditioned
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        Lock icon Some Marina South steamboat restaurants offer free transport
        124 6 Channel News Asia Competition between steamboat restaurants at Marina South has been hotting up, with some coughing up over $2,000 every month to provide free transport to their outlets. From 6 to Bpm, vans pick customers up at the bus-stop next to
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        Lock icon Singapore and Jordan sign FTA, bilateral investment treaty
        93 6 Newsßadio 93.8 Singapore and Jordan signed a free trade agreement (FTA) and a bilateral investment treaty on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum yesterday. Singapore businesses can now enjoy a reduction of over 97 per cent in tariffs and Singapore service
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        Lock icon Self-regulation is the way to go for private education
        92 6 Channel News Asia Minister of State for Education Ng Eng Hen said while the Ministry has some minimal requirements for private institutions, they were not meant as a branding exercise. He was speaking about the recent stripping of Nanyang Institute of
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      Lock icon Shun soft selfish ways
      421 8  -  Kevin Tan Be always adventurous,Tharman urges youths CONCERNED that young Singaporeans are turning soft and individualistic, Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam pointed out yesterday wherein Singapore's main challenge lies the youths. For the country to thrive in the future, youths must have a tough, "can-do" attitude, the Acting
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      Punishment guidelines should stay
      438 8  -  Loh Chee Kong STUDENTS may be getting harder to discipline, but the stringent guidelines for corporal punishments in schools must remain, say senior educationists. The stepping down of Nan Chiau High principal Ng Lee Huat had sparked off a public debate over disciplinary issues such as
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      311 7 Super buys. Spot on offer. MONDAY TO FRIDAY BONUS! Spend $100 at the IKEA store from Monday to Friday (10-28 May) and we'll give you a $5 voucher to spend in our store on weekdays. So you can enjoy super shopping and get a great offer on the spot! Terms
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      102 8 Exclusively for final year polytechnic students) USQ (University of Southern Queensland) is Australia's Premier University for distance learning. Ranked Top Ten Australian University in graduate employment rate and positive graduate outcome. "Australian University of the Year 2000-2001" Good Universities Guide for developing e-University. Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) Electrical njnloma Electronics
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      Today has upheld its news integrity
      204 10  -  Lai Yew Chan No place for sensationalism in the local media AS A layman, I have watched the exploding local media industry with both anticipation and apprehension. My apprehension stemmed from the possibility of media players succumbing to the temptation of sensationalism at the
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      Are there too few subsidised clinics?
      208 10  -  Neil Wilkinson FROM the reply to my query regarding the delay in appointment times at the National Skin Centre by its medical director, Associate Professor Roy Chan (Weekend Today, May 15-16), I deduce there is an imbalance in the number of private and subsidised
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      Workmen death compensation is meagre
      154 10  -  Yak Chin Hua I REFER to the report, "LTA makes changes after Nicoll disaster" (Today, May 13). I applaud the Land Transport Authority (LTA) for its prompt review of tendering and contract administration procedures in the aftermath of the Nicoll Highway and Ayer Rajah accidents.
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      366 10 Your letter can also appear on this page. Give your full name, address and phone number and write to: Today, 24, Raffles Place, #28-01/06, Clifford Centre, *****21; Fax: (65) 6534 4217; Email: news@newstoday.com.sg 18 20 May 2004 (Tuesday till Thursday) D' Marquee, Downtown East GAMES SCHEDULE 18 May 2004 Tuesday
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      68 10 ARE YOU A TWIN? THE SINGAPORE TWIN REGISTRY NEEDS YOU! ISTR Singapore Twin Registry The National University of Singapore is setting up a national twin registry to study the causes of disease. Your participation may help find new ways to prevent, treat and cure disease. criteria: We are looking for
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      202 11 I I ?J v <^' ■Mm *JnE|& Look out for T I^p» to redeem L «i exc'us've preview '••v Hr I'll I SPY IPS vickcvs Trorn w flr fl M 1 in TODAY pF '-:mm^^^ tomorrow In INDEPENDENCE DAY Roland Emmerich brought you the near destruction of the earth by
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Lock icon Opec might meet to raise oil output
      354 12 -AFP But Qatar minister blames fear factor on price hike SHUNEH (Jordan) The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) might hold a formal meeting in Amsterdam this week to approve a hike in production meant to appease record high prices, a Qatari minister
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    • MarketWATCH
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        Lock icon Singapore
        120 12 Bloomberg SGX, On Friday, the ST Index fell 23.63, or 1.3 per cent, to 1,754.96, taking losses last week to 4.8 per cent. The last time the benchmark had a bigger weekly drop was in the five days ended January 31 last year. DBS Group Holdings led declines as
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 12 US$ 0.5801 UK£ 0.3295 Yen 66.273 HK$ 4.5246 RM 2.2044 Euro 0.488 Rupiah 5240.0 Baht 23.709 Peso 32.474 A$ 0.8391 Indian Rs 26.47 Won 688.55 C$ 0.806 Yuan 4.8016 NZ$ 0.9598 NTS 19.528
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        Lock icon Commodities
        25 12 Bloomberg Gold uss/oz 377.100 Silver uss/oi 5.728 Platinum uss/oi 793.700 Rubber centsAg 256 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1790 Brent crude uss/barrel 37.86 Information provided by
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      SembCorp unit keen on LNG facility here
      239 12 SEMBCORP Utilities is interested to own and operate Singapore's first liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving terminal, which the Government is considering building. But even if the SembCorp unit does not own or operate the terminal, it will be interested to import LNG for
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    • SAVVY INVESTOR
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        Lock icon WesTech Electronics is worth a closer look
        866 14  -  Carmen Lee It rides electronics recovery, focussing on core growth engines WESTECH Electronics is an interesting "small cap" stock idea that appears to have eluded almost everybody's radar. It had not received much attention from brokers or analysts until its recent participation in
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        Equity funds for the long term
        425 14 WHEN you are saving or investing for long-term goals, you should be investing mostly in equities funds, or unit trusts invested in stock markets. Over a long period of time, equities funds are a less risky investment than, say, fixed income funds or money
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      Lock icon Hana Bank may sell some shares to Temasek
      378 16 Dow Jones JEJU (South Korea) While South Korea's Hana Bank may sell some of its treasury shares to Temasek Holdings, the bank does not consider the Singapore company, which is seeking another 6.39 per cent in the bank, as a potential strategic
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    • market BUZZ
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        Starbucks brings back favourites
        133 16 STARBUCKS Coffee has brought back the popular Coffee Jelly Frappuccino and Caramel Coffee Jelly Frappuccino (picture) to all its stores islandwide. The first is a delicious blend of coffee and ice, poured over chewy jelly pieces, topped with an indulgent swirl of whipped cream, while the
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        Win a Jag with OCBC
        138 16 FANCY wheeling around town in the lap of luxury and sophistication? With a little help from OCBC Bank, you could find yourself behind the wheel of a Jaguar S-Type car. From now until March 31 next year, new and existing Prestige Credit and Credit Card
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        Catch top ping-pong action
        136 16 WORLD-CLASS athletes will be competing in the Volkswagen Open Singapore organised by Singapore Table Tennis Association. The male players include Ma Lin, Wang Liqin, Wang Hao, Chuan Chih-Yuan, Ryu Seung Mm, Kreanga Kalinikos and Jan-Ove Waldner, while the female players include Zhang Yining, Wang Nan, Boros
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    • the BUSINESS of marketing
      • !mpact
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          The cake on Haagen-Dazs' icing
          550 17  -  Shobha Tsering Bhalla WHILE industry leaders battle it out for the right to be called the best brand and marketing gurus agonise over how to make Singapore an Asian branding haven, one little Singapore cake shop in Forum The Shopping Mall has stolen a delicious
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          Great Eastern photo contest has potential to be 'world's No 1'
          280 17 SOME brand names are linked indelibly to certain interesting events that have attained almost "institutional" status. The mention of Tiger brings the English Premier League to mind; likewise with Carlsberg and European football or Heineken and the tennis Grand
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        • GRAB BAG
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            A healthy sub-stitute
            141 17  -  Tor Ching Li Singaporeans were the first in the world to get a taste of international submarine sandwich chain Subway's "Sub Your Burger" campaign last week, ahead of fellow consumers in 72 other countries. A lunch-time crowd could exchange any burger for the healthier option of a
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            Bigger media trade show
            138 17  -  Shobha Tsering Bhalla Asia's largest media trade show is back with a bang. Communicasia and its sister shows, Broadcast Asia and EnterpriselT which were cancelled last year due to Sars are back with a third partner, iX. Now renamed Infocomm Media Business Exchange (imbX), the four
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      110 14 "This six-part weekly series is brought to you by Standard Chartered and Today." you^A can use! /r-^ Standard 4k M ml ~^~ll W k Chartered SS AW W M SMS. IJJ Here is the answer to last Monday's question (Q4:The less wealthy you are, the more risk you should take.True
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon 46% Britons want Blair to step down
      230 18 Agencies LONDON Speculation about the future of Prime Minister Tony Blair is intensifying as an opinion poll published yesterday showed nearly half of British voters think he should step down before the next general election. Mr Blair's public ratings have plummeted since the
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    • GLOBALroundup
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        Lock icon Profit from hoax pictures to go to charity
        61 18 AFP Britain's Daily Mirror newspaper, which has apologised for publishing faked photographs showing British soldiers torturing Iraqi prisoners, will donate proceeds from the sale of the pictures to charity. Half of the money raised will be given to an armed forces charity
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        Lock icon Women get 45 seats in Bangladeshi Parliament
        50 18 AFP The Bangladeshi Parliament amended the constitution yesterday to reserve 45 seats for women, despite protests from the opposition and rights groups which see the move as a power grab. The amendment created 45 seats in Parliament in addition to the existing 300.
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        Civilian patrollers given police powers
        55 18 Volunteer patrollers will be given the same power as police constables in a Malaysian-government initiative to make neighbourhoods safer, reported the New Straits Times yesterday. The uniformed volunteers will patrol 234 crime-prone areas from next month and will be able to stop motorists, ask for
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      Lock icon Mid-East domino effect
      587 18  -  Elisia Yeo Agencies Today Exclusive Israeli-Palestinian conflict will spill to other regions, says diplomat WHILE many are inured to the daily violence in the Middle East, diplomats and observers are increasingly worried that any prospect of peace between Israelis and Palestinians is rapidly diminishing. It is, as
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      Lock icon 'Key-to-democracy' constitutional talks start in Myanmar without Suu Kyi
      297 18 Agencies YANGON They have been touted as a key step towards democracy but Myanmar's constitutional talks will start today in the absence of democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi. Yangon says it will go ahead with the National Convention "in the
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      Lock icon John learns to earn respect
      618 20 IN AND out of prison for drug consumption since his teenage years, Mr John Low (not his real name) was already almost 40 when he was released from Selarang Park Drug Centre in 1996. With few skills or qualifications and a criminal record, his future
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      PROVIDING EX-INMATES WITH JOBS
      1020 20  -  Cindy Tong "BY HELPING ex-prison inmates find employment, we are not helping just one person. We are also helping his whole family," said Mr Jason Wong, Chief Executive Officer of the Singapore Corporation of Rehabilitative Enterprises (SCORE). Mr Wong shared with TODAY his personal experience of
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      Ex-inmates are human too
      581 21 WHEN Mr Howard Ang first started hiring ex-prison inmates in the early 1 9905, he saw it as a convenient way of filling up job vacancies in a tight labour market. However, over the year, that attitude has changed. In fact, Mr Ang now sees it
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Lock icon Serenity amid diversity
      885 22  -  Koh Buck Song Or, finding the balance among a thousand Americas, a million global communities FORMER United States presidential candidate John Edwards ran his campaign for the recent Democrat primaries on one key point The country was splitting up into "two Americas". His main concern was the
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    • GLOBALroundup
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        Indonesian train hijacked
        80 22 About 40 thieves hijacked a train heading from Jakarta to Central Java, robbing all the passengers on three train cars. This has been described as the worst train robbery in Indonesia's history, The Jakarta Post reported yesterday. An official from the state train operator said at least
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        Lock icon Protest disrupts Cannes festival
        61 22 Agencies French protesters, supported by United States director Michael Moore, briefly brought the fourth day of the Cannes film festival to a halt late on Saturday with a loud march at screening venues. The demonstration, by about 500 entertainment industry workers angry over government cuts to
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        Lock icon Arroyo takes a strong lead
        70 22 -AFP Philippine President Gloria Arroyo took a strong lead yesterday over rival Fernando Poe Jr in a governmentsanctioned election "quick-count". The civilian poll watchdog, National Citizens Movement for Free Elections, said their count of at least 23 per cent of votes for the May 1
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  • the business of LEARNING
    • SUCCEED
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        the new work REVOLUTION
        724 24  -  John Bittleston PART II SUCCEED Miscommunication could be the undoing of the New Work Revolution UNEMPLOYMENT the most disastrous of human conditions after famine and sickness is the problem of The New Work Revolution. One part of the world is willing to work for very little,
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        WHAT'S UP
        101 24 New online adventure learning programme for primary students IT Leisure Education is launching an e-learning programme for primary school students later this month at the World Book Fair. E-Quest offers English, Mathematics and Science subjects and comes complete with automarking and charts to track students' progress. The programme
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        Ngee Ann's new facility sparks creativity in learning process
        504 24  -  Gurmeet Singh THERE is now a new hot spot to encourage creativity on the vast learning grounds of Ngee Ann Polytechnic. Formerly a computer laboratory consisting of nine rooms on an entire floor, the student facility has now re-emerged as ISpark.
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    456 32  -  Alvin Chua IT WAS a week of furious finishes, stirring comebacks and Tanjong Pagar's first point of the season. The Jaguars responded to the torrent of criticism following a depressing S-League record the worst ever start to a season
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    354 33  -  Alvin Chua WHEN it came, the goal was a gift albeit a fully deserved one. Albirex Niigata custodian Nobuhiro Maeda failed to hit a routine clearance and was left hapless as Haris Sumri stole in to score and earn Tanjong Pagar a
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    493 33  -  ALVIN CHUA GREATEST MOMENTS Former defender Jorg Steinbrunner only has good memories of Wembley loss to England f I REMEMBER going to historic Wembley with the Germany under-18 team to play England in 1988. There is a long-standing tradition that the under-16 and under-18
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      212 35 Reuters GOLF Byron Nelson Championship IRVING, Texas Spain's Sergio Garcia won the Byron Nelson Championship this morning after holing a short par putt on the first playoff hole to hold off the challenge of Robert Damron and Dudley Hart Garcia, whose last win on the US
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      556 35 Reuters PRIMERA LIGA Murcia 2 Real Madrid 1 MADRID Real Madrid's late-season implosion continued with a humiliating 2-1 defeat at already relegated Murcia this morning, a game in which midfielder David Beckham was sent off for insulting a linesman. Combined with
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        79 36 SHANGHAI Miguel Angel Jimenez stormed from six strokes back to clinch the BMW Asian Open yesterday, his third European Tour vicotry of the season. The Spaniard had a dramatic chip-in eagle at the 13th hole, on his way to a 67 and a total of 14-under-par 274. He
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      556 36  -  JOSE RAYMOND Joint champs in cup match as veterans delight the 40,000-odd crowd SULTAN OF SELANGOR'S CUP S-League All Stars 2 Selangor MPJ 2 GOOD football. Great entertainment. A near capacity crowd. All these, coupled with the traditional rivalry between Singapore and Selangor, ensured last night's Sultan of
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      113 36 LONDON Frank Lampard's future at Chelsea has been thrown into doubt, after talks over a new deal stalled. His agent Steve Kutner told the Sunday People newspaper "There are no more talks planned because all the talking has been done. "The way things stand Frank doesn't feel
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      115 36 LONDON Alex Ferguson said Liverpool star Steven Gerrard would be an ideal replacement for Roy Keane. The Man United boss said he rates the England star even more highly than Arsenal skipper Patrick Vieira. "He has become the most influential player in England, bar none. "Gerrard
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      417 37 Agencies Champions Arsenal eye back-to-back titles and Champions League crown next season LONDON Historic. Magnificent And now for the ultimate test Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is in no mood to rest on his laurels after his team became the first top-flight team in 115
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