Today, 23 August 2004

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    29 1 TODAY /A-DIACORP we set you thinking todayonline.com Monday* August 23, 2004 mita(P) 103/07/2004 I TODAY we set you thinking todayonline.com Monday August 23, 2004 mita(P) 103/07/2004 I /^A-diaCorp Frew
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    Lock icon A speech for all Singaporeans
    305 1  -  S Murali Fresh and bold initiatives in PM Lee's first rally News Editor murali@newstoday.com.sg JUST 10 days ago, in his swearing-in speech, he said he would "strive to be a Prime Minister for all Singaporeans". Yesterday, in his first National Day Rally, Prime Minister Lee
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    KEY ANNOUNCEMENTS
    298 1 Babies Maternity leave extended from 8 to 12 weeks and to 4th child; companies reimbursed for cost $400 infant care subsidy 2 days per year childcare leave for each working parent with children below 7. Tax reliefs for families where grandparents help with childcare Lower maid levy for
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      64 1 NEWSJ^/lEWS One-China policy PM Lee reiterates Singapore's stand/3 Solid growth Banyan Tree fans out to the Americas/8 Karim Raslan The beginning of Thaksin's end?/24 Pages 26 29 arts" f IP? --ia,~:;s i w Getyour FREE 16-page arts events guide at MRT stations in the CBD, selected Starbucks and Coffee Bean
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  • Article
    One-China policy stands
    607 3  -  Lee Ching Wern No support forTaiwan if it provokes war with China: PM Lee chingwern@newstoday.com.se SINGAPORE will not support Taiwan if it provokes a war with China, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday in his maiden rally speech, reiterating Singapore's position on cross-straits relations. "If a
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Indonesia's big switch-off
      743 4  -  Gary LaMoshi NEWS comment JAKARTA Indonesia stands out among the 220 Olympic participants as one not telecasting the Games. The archipelago has sent 39 athletes to Athens to compete in 14 sports. Weightlifter Raema Lisa Rumbewas (picture) was the first Indonesian to claim a medal, a silver,
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      Golf event raises $500,000 for Touching Lives Fund
      222 4 MORE than 100 executives from 38 SingTel business partners turned up at Sentosa with their golf bags on Friday to take a few swings for charity. SingTel's senior management, led by Chief Executive Officer Lee Hsien Yang (picture, second from right), had
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      Lock icon No end in sight to Najaf deadlock
      396 6 Shia fighters launch multiple attacks on US troops NAJAF (Iraq) Hopes for a quick end to the standoff between Iraqi extremists and US troops in the Iraqi city of Najaf dissipated yesterday as the proposed handover of the militia's shrine stronghold to the
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    • Article
      China can 'crush' any Taiwan move
      197 6 BEIJING China is determined and has the ability to crush any attempt by Taiwan to declare independence, President Hu Jintao said yesterday, amid tensions with the self-ruled island over which Beijing claims sovereignty. The issue of independence has turned the Taiwan Strait into Asia's
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    • Article
      Bird flu: 3 children have symptoms
      173 6 KUALA LUMPUR Three children from a village hit by the deadly HSNI bird flu strain have been admitted to hospital for medical checks after coming down with flulike symptoms, a senior medical official said yesterday. Kelantan health chief Ahmad Razin Ahmad Mahir said the
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    • GLOBAL roundup
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        Lock icon Maoists in Nepal on the rampage
        62 6 AFP More than 1,000 Maoists have launched a violent assault on a district headquarters in Nepal's north-western mountains amid a crippling blockade of the capital, Kathmandu, imposed since Wednesday. Police said the rebels bombed the airport and several government buildings in thejumla district, badly
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        Lock icon A sojourn with 6,000 scorpions
        55 6 Reuters A Malaysian woman has launched an attempt to break the 32-day world record held by a Thai for living with thousands of scorpions. Nur Malena Hassan (picture), 24, showed no sign of fear as she moved into a glass box with 6,000 scorpions at
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        Lock icon UK army to get first Muslim chaplain
        46 6 AFP Britain s army forces are to get their first Muslim chaplain as part of efforts to "help persuade" the more than 300 Muslim personnel stay in service despite ongoing conflicts in Muslim countries, said a defence source yesterday.
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      Lock icon London deaths: Serial hammer killer on the prowl?
      230 6 Reuters LONDON British police are investigating whether a serial hammer killer is targeting women in London after a French woman was bludgeoned to death in circumstances similar to other attacks. Ms Emilie Delagrange, 22, was found with a serious head injury lying
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      186 5 OCBC Career Transition Programme Meet us: f 2* {$at™?? y) O OCBC Centre, 50th Floor Always desired a career in banking? an outstandingly successful career switch Morning Session 1000 hrs You may be thinking that you lack the abound at OCBCWhateveryour career options Afternoon Session 1430 hrs qualifications, relevant skills
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Fitness is all about the quality of life
      99 8  -  Eveline Gan enjoy life," said Mr Lee. The finals, held yesterday at Suntec City, saw 36-year-old Zhou Jing Li from China walking away with the title and more than $5,000 worth of prizes. She will also represent the Asia Pacific region in
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      Banyan Tree fans out to the Americas
      524 8  -  Tan Hui Leng Two resorts being developed in Mexico SINGAPORE'S Banyan Tree Hotels Resorts is venturing into Mexico with two new resorts in its first foray into the Americas. With an investment of between US$l2O million ($205 million) and US$l5O million, it is
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      Lock icon Hong Kong rebuts Minister Mentor's comments
      219 10 -AFP HONG KONG has rebutted comments made on Friday by Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew (picture) that its days as a leading international commerce centre were numbered. In his National Day speech at his Tanjong Pagar ward, Mr Lee said that Hong Kong, which
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    • Article
      Deceased cyclists get tribute
      161 10  -  Wong Fei Wan YESTERDAY, about 35 cyclists took part in a solemn and silent tribute to cyclists who had been killed or injured while on the roads here. Mr Huang Yu-kang, 23, who organised the "Ride of Silence", said participants kicked off from the Indoor Stadium
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      Name-change protest grows
      486 10  -  Lee U-Wen Hwa Chong board of directors not budging on original decision u-wen@newstoday.com.sg EVEN with their backs to the wall, more than 1,000 current students and alumni of Hwa Chong Junior College are determined to make themselves heard. At press time, 1,475 people had signed an online
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  • LETTERS
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      Confidentiality assured
      368 12 Only the MOH is informed if a person is tested HIV-positive THIS is in response to the letter, "The fear of an HIV test" (Aug 19), with regards to anonymous HIV testing. The writer had highlighted the importance of taking responsibility for one's sexual health and going for
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      Extend dependants' coverage for life
      204 12  -  Mun Cheong Kwok I REFER to Mr Gary Lee's comment, "Lack of foresight to blame for weaknesses in MediShield", (Aug 19) on the first hike in MediShield premiums in 12 years. My family and I switched to a private insurer immediately when the CPF Board
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      Paternal leave: Easier said than done
      196 12  -  Jeffrey Law Lee Beng I FOUND the commentary, "Why not grant Dad long leave to care for baby" (Aug 19), insightful. We live in a society where a woman's worth is somewhat reduced once she gives birth. Women who spend the first few years
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      Nudism? Not that decadent path for S'pore
      256 12  -  Eddie Foo I REFER to the news comment, "Feeling stressed? Try nude therapy" (Aug 20). We have come a long way from what we were 39 years ago. Then we were a nation at a crossroad, poor with massive unemployment Thankfully we had
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Dividends Declared by SGX Companies
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      Lock icon Japan slowdown is temporary: Minister
      237 14 -AFP But oil price increases a worry TOKYO Japan's top economic minister Heizo Takenaka said that Japan's growth slowdown in the June quarter was temporary, but expressed worry that high oil prices would severely hurt Asian economies. The Minister for Financial Affairs and Economic and
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      Lock icon Tata Steel to cut product prices
      132 14 Bloomberg TATA Steel, India's secondlargest producer of the metal and the company that plans to buy Singapore's NatSteel, will cut prices of all main products by 2,000 rupees ($74) per metric ton to help stem inflation. Tata Steel said that the price cut will
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    • Market WATCH
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        Lock icon Singapore
        134 14 Bloomberg THE ST Index enjoyed its third weekly gain in four on Friday when it added 1.2 per cent for the week. However, its close of 1,894.93 on Friday was 12.12 points, or 0.6 per cent, below Thursday's close because record crude oil prices had raised concerns over slowing
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 14 US$ 0.5855 UK£ 0.3217 Yen 63.89 HK$ 4.5666 RM 2.2249 Euro 0.4752 Rupiah 5402.4 Baht 24.275 Peso 32.624 A$ 0.8088 Indian Rs 27.085 Won 675.87 C$ 0.76 Yuan 4.846 NZ$ 0.8706 NTS 19.934
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        Lock icon Commodities
        26 14 Bloomberg Gold ussAz 415.5 Silver uss/oz 6.87 Platinum uss/oz 854.3 Rubber centsAg 212.5 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1515.5 Brent crude uss/borrei 43.54 Information provided by SGX,
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    • market BUZZ
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        Bio-essence wins a challenge
        275 16 THE Bio-essence Instant Face Lift Miracle Challenge saw 1 00 volunteers at Suntec City put it to the test. MediaCorp artiste Aileen Tan was introduced by Mr Tor Lam Huat, chairman of L D Waxson and brand owner of Bioessence, as the skincare brand's ambassador. He
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        Personalise your stamps
        270 16 WHAT more innovative way to let a recipient of your postcard know that it has come from you than by having your smiling face on the stamp? The "On-the-spot Mystamp and MyPostcard Personalisation" counter at the World Stamp Championship (WSC) 2004 will allow you to personalise your
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        Double happiness for Visa promotion
        175 16 WHEN they said "I do", two couples in Singapore did not expect to be congratulated with free wedding banquets. Visa's "Win What You Buy" promotion ended with a bang when two Visa cardholders (now happily-married men) redeemed a total of $55,000 for their respective wedding
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      Lock icon A new downtown on the waterfront
      420 16 -Dow Jones Far East eager to develop business financial centre THE Far East Organization is studying the Government's plans for a new downtown along the waterfront and has held talks with local partners. "We are certainly interested in the BFC (business financial centre)" as
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      Lock icon 'Miracle' needed to cool frenzied oil market
      346 16 AFP LONDON World oil prices could sally past US$5O a barrel and hold at high levels for the foreseeable future on a combination of tight, unstable supplies and rising demand, notably from Asia, traders and analysts said. Iraqi output levels remain volatile in
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    • the BUSINESS of marketing
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        Lock icon 'Magnificent' Singapore reflects great leadership
        657 18 Shobha Tsering Bhalla shobha@newstoday.com.sg WHEN it comes to the issue of Singapore's branding, it seems only fitting to take into account the opinions of the ultimate "brand manager" a man who made New York safe even for grandmothers and not rely too much on "armchair
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        Lock icon HSBC gets mouths watering with dining cheque promotion
        264 18  -  Ted Chen HSBC Bank has rolled out a month-long print advertising campaign recently that is sure to get customers mouths' watering literally. The campaign is for a promotion that is exclusive to HSBC credit card holders, who are eligible for a whopping
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      • Article
        GRAB BAG
        109 18 Singapore dominates at Cannes Festival SINGAPORE advertising agencies swept 1 3 Lions eight more than last year at the recent Cannes International Advertising Festival. WPP's Ogilvy Mather (O&M) lead the medal tally with two Silver and three Bronze Lions while O&M Asia Pacific won the Silvers. TBWA won
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  • Impact
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      136 19 Overwhelmingly, KT.&bftaV m these younger Kj IMJ^^T^ Singaporeans say 4A COM CO they want more Pfl O C7f fO C7 choices and want to Mm JkWr be involved. M V A I 77?e Stra/ts Times. Ju/y 3f. 2004 m think C^^^^! r^^^^^^J If 111 IA j| j^^^^^^^^^^ Brought to you
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  • SAVVY INVESTOR
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      Lock icon Datacraft should improve efficiency
      502 20  -  Rohan Suppiah Its an 'underperformer' against the overall market TECH wreck victim Datacraft Asia is on the mend but only just Although the IT services company recently reported a third-quarter net profit of U*****,000 ($646,000), compared to U5543,000 in the year-earlier period, this was sorely below
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    • Article
      Lock icon Bank on fuel prices with Jaya Holdings
      145 20 Bloomberg INVESTORS in Asian equities who want to bet on higher fuel prices should switch to energy transport and infrastructure stocks such as Jaya Holdings and JGC Corp, said Mr Sean Darby of Nomura Securities Co. Jaya Holdings, a Singapore shipbuilder that Nomura
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon New influence on voters
      364 22 -AFP Media, spiritual advisors hold more sway on Indon voters JAKARTA Heavyweight political parties have long held strong influence in Indonesia, but the emergence of a new breed of voters one that is more likely to listen to the media or even mystics for guidance has
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    • GLOBAL roundup
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        Lock icon Anwar's verdict postponed
        49 22 AFP Malaysia's top court has again postponed a verdict on jailed former deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim's appeal against a sodomy conviction to Sept 2, after Attorney-Gen-eral Abdul Gani Patail said he had to travel to Hong Kong to gather evidence related to a million-dollar graft trial.
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      • Article
        Lock icon White police claim racism
        48 22 -AFP White officers in London's Metropolitan Police are filing record numbers of job discrimination suits, claiming that white men and women were losing out on coveted promotions in London's anti-crime force because of new policies aimed at raising minority recruitment, The Observer reported yesterday.
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      • Article
        Lock icon M'sian help for Philippines
        59 22 Reuters Malaysia will send a team of 60 lightly-armed peace monitors to the southern Philippines in a step towards ending three decades of rebellion. The group, that will include police, soldiers and diplomatic officials, will monitor a truce between the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and the
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        Lock icon Call for re-audit of votes
        47 22 -AFP A spot audit of the recall referendum in Venezuela, which favoured keeping President Hugo Chavez in office, has found no evidence of fraud as charged by the opposition. The opposition rejected the results, demanding a blanket audit of all voting machines.
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        Lock icon Oslo museum robbed
        31 22 AFP Edvard Munch's masterpiece The Scream and several other works by the great Norwegian artist have been stolen by armed robbers from the Munch Museum in Oslo yesterday.
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        Arafat wants Abbas back
        58 22 Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat is looking to bring former Prime Minister Mahmud Abbas back into the fold, nearly a year after he quit in a power battle, senior officials said yesterday. Sources tip Mr Abbas to play a mediating role in attempts to persuade armed factions
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      Lock icon Bangladesh on alert
      306 23 Agencies Violence erupts after attempt on life of opposition leader DHAKA -The capital of Bangladesh came under tight security yesterday as sporadic violence erupted following a grenade attack an apparent assasination attempt on the main opposition party's leader that left 18 people dead. Officials said supporters of
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      Lock icon Pakistan foils assassination plot
      136 23 AFP ISLAMABAD Pakistan has arrested around a dozen local and foreign militants involved in an Al Qaeda-linked plot to kill high-profile civil and military officials, and attack key sites, officials said on Sunday. Strikes were planned for Aug 13 and Pakistan's 57th Independence Day on Aug
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      Lock icon Kids punished with dog attacks
      153 23 -AP OREGON A couple face at least three years in prison for disciplining their young children by letting their pit bull mongrel attack them. Joyce Hoskins, 47, and David Hoskins, 46, pleaded guilty to three counts each of assault and were being held without bail.
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  • COMMENTARY
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      THE BEGINNING OF HIS END?
      949 24  -  Karim Raslan Mr Thaksin's bravura may have reached its limits. On Aug 29, Bangkok voters will go to the polls to elect a new governor. Contrary to expectations, his Thai Rak Thai party, fearing a rout, has retreated from the gubernatorial contest entirely. THAI Prime
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    • GLOBAL roundup
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        Lock icon Yusuf Kalla vows to push for new probe of Suharto
        68 24 AFP Mr Yusuf Kalla, who is running alongside Indonesian presidential candidate Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in the Sept 20 run-off poll, has vowed to push for a renewed investigation of former leader Suharto for graft, should he become vice-president, a Tempo
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        Lock icon Sharon to include opposition Labour Party in new alliance
        52 24 -AFP Israel Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has told opposition leader Shimon Peres that he is determined to include Mr Peres' Labour party in a new coalition despite a vote by his right-wing Likud party against such a move, the Yediot Anaronot
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        Lock icon Man executed for killing six men, four of whom raped him
        54 24 Reuters China has executed university dropout Li Yijiang, 25, for killing six men, four of whom had raped him after getting him drunk, the Beijing Youth Daily said yesterday. He cut off the penises of his victims after killing
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        Malaysian in the dock for raping two underage daughters
        62 24 A 43-year-old plumber who allegedly raped his two under-age daughters over a period of 8 years has been arrested and brought to a court in Malaysia's Petaling Jaya, The Star reported yesterday. The girls told police they had been victims of
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        Lock icon Malaysia's Miss World bet
        37 24 Ms Gloria Ting Mei-Ru, 23, kisses her trophy after being crowned Miss Malaysia/World 2004 on Saturday. The freelance model will represent Malaysia in the Miss World 2004 contest in Sanya in December. REUTERS
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      Lock icon BRAIN TEASE
      686 25  -  Reeta Raman Philately helps Dr Tan Ngiap Chuan keep an open mind and use his knowledge and skills to outwit his philatelic competitors reeta@ newstoday.com.s jj I don't follow rules," said Dr Tan I Ngiap Chuan, a family physician I and competitive stamp collector. "I prefer to tread
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  • the business of LEARNING
    • SUCCEED
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        Tips for a sleeper success
        863 26  -  Kenneth Tan Singaporean student conferred prestigious award for unusual design to promote safe sex kenneth@newstoday.com.sg WHEN he was in primary school, Eugene Ng Wing Kin used to look forward to Saturdays because that was when his mother would take him to the nearby community centre
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        How to run a business in today's capitalist society
        633 28  -  i John Bittleston CAPITAL, SOCIETY AND BEHAVIOUR I withH bittleston@btinternet.com THE changes in corporate governance resulting from such high profile disasters as Enron mean we need to look at capital, society and behaviour as they relate to business today. Since humankind
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        New SSC degree programme in sport and performance
        244 29  -  Eveline Gan THE Singapore Sports Council (SSC), together with the Australian College of Applied Psychology (Acap), has launched a new degree programme to meet the growing demand for better-trained sport and performance practitioners. The Bachelor of Applied Social Science in Sport and
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      274 31  -  David Chew THE Singapore Dance Theatre will be staging three contemporary masterworks from three of the world's renowned choreographers in one triple-bill concert entitled Awakening. To be held from this Thursday until Saturday at the Esplanade Theatre, two of the three pieces will be company premieres: Ohad
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      224 32  -  DAVID CHEW THEATRE REVIEW by I Dead Certain FOR a genre that more often than not is seen on the big screen and not on stage, Marcus Lloyd's Dead Certain staged by Escape Theatre at the DBS Arts Centre seems to have
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      566 37  -  JOSE RAYMOND Albirex and Sinchi may get financial support jose@newstoday.com.sg THE S-League's two foreign clubs could benefit financially from next year onwards. On Friday, S-League officials confirmed that they were reviewing the policy of not providing any financial support to Sinchi Golden Throat and Albirex Niigata.
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      359 37  -  Alvin Chua SIMON Clark's reign at Woodlands Wellington has barely ended, but there are already a host of contenders for the vacant Rams position. Englishman Clark resigned eight months into his maiden season last Wednesday, a move that was surprising
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      866 38  -  ALVIN CHUA Whoever wins vital Tampines-Home tie will have mental edge in the race for S-League title TAMPINES ROVERS V HOME UNITED Wednesday, Tampines Stadium news@newstoday.com.sg THERE are only a few occasions when the hype before a sporting contest is justified. But the battle of
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      38 38 Tampines' run-in Aug 25: Home United Aug 31: Balestier Khalsa Sept 16: Albirex Niigata Sept 20: Woodlands Wellington Home's run-in Aug 25: Tampines Rovers Sept 1: Woodlands Wellington Sept 19: Balestier Khalsa Sept 26: Geylang United
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      310 39  -  Alvin Chua EGMAR Goncalves has scored goals at such a lethal rate this season that there has been no time to prepare celebrations for an impressive milestone. The Brazilian-born striker's club, Home United, had planned for their players to reveal T-shirts celebrating his 200th
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      142 39 FIXTURES T Pagar v Woodlands Tampines v Home Geylang v Balestier Albirex v Sinchi SAFFC v Young Lions Queenstown Stadium, tomorrow, 7.30pm Tampines Stadium, Wednesday, 7.30pm Bedok Stadium, Wednesday, 7.30pm Jurong East Stadium, Thursday, 7.30pm Choa Chu Kang Stadium, Friday, 7pm, Live on Channel
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      57 39 Player Club Egmar Goncalves Home Agu Casmir Young Lions Indra Sahdan Daud Home Mirko Grabovac (picture) Tampines Park Kung Guy Woodlands Peres De Oliveira Home Aleksandar Duric Geylang Noh Alam Shah Tampines Ashrin Shariff SAFFC Jonathan Angelucci SAFFC Goals 30 21 18
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      557 40 American leader justifies Ryder Cup selection with five-shot lead GOLF WGC-NEC Invitational, third round AKRON, Ohio Stewart Cink is making Ryder Cup captain Hal Sutton's decision look better than ever. Five days after becoming a captain's pick for the US team, Cink seized control
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      485 40  -  DAN PEK Ist STBC Secondary Schools Bowling League dan@newstoday.com.sg SOME of the teenagers participating in the Singapore Tenpin Bowling Congress (STBC) Secondary Schools Bowling League harbour ambitions of becoming future flag bearers of the sport one day. Many spend hours perfecting
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      316 41 Agencies LONDON Teenage footballer Wayne Rooney has admitted visiting prostitutes, saying he was "young and stupid" The Everton and England star, who was one of the best performers at the Euro 2004 Championships, made the admission after the Sunday Mirror claimed he visited massage parlours
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      488 41 Agencies Arsenal match Forest's 42-match unbeaten record with victory over Middlesbrough ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Arsenal 5 Middlesbrough 3 LONDON Arsenal equalled Nottingham Forest's 42-match unbeaten league record in heart-stopping style yesterday when the Premier League champions roared back from 3-1 down to beat Middlesbrough 5-3 at Highbury. Thierry Henry
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      536 42  -  TAN YO-HINN Woon, the man at the centre of Peirsol scandal, says American should have been disqualified OLYMPICS Swimming yohmn@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPORE'S swimmers may not have created any waves in Athens, but a Singaporean official certainly has. He was the central figure in one of the most
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      494 42 ARUNA Santhappan and netballs appear to have a natural affinity. Well, that seemed to be the case on Saturday night, when the Northside Arowanas met the Eastern Mannas in the second semi-final of the NTUC FairPrice Netball Super League (NSL). Every time the Arowanas
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      318 43 Reuters OLYMPICS Basketball Lithuania 94 USA 90 ATHENS The American men's basketball team are in the unfamiliar position of trying to look forward after backing into the quar-ter-finals of the Olympic basketball tournament. They crashed to their second defeat in the Athens tournament
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      184 43 -AFP ATHENS Two-time Olympic 100 metres flat champion Gail Devers' dream of landing the 100m hurdles Olympic crown for the first time ended dramatically yesterday as she crashed out. The 37-yearold American pulled up before the first hurdle of her first round heat and fell
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      567 44  -  LEONARD THOMAS OLYMPICS Table tennis THE burden is getting heavier and heavier to bear. Mere men and women cannot seem to lift the back-breaking load. The last two Olympics have seen Singapore come within touching distance of ending an agonising medal drought that now
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      297 44 ATHENS Zhang Yining overwhelmed North Korean Kim Hyang Mi in the women's table tennis final last night to give China their 100th gold medal since joining Olympic competition in 1984. Her 26-minute demolition of Kim left China one victory away
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      267 45  -  Tan Yo-Hinn OVER 50 expectant supporters turned up at the Singapore Recreation Club (SRC) desperate for success. It has been 44 years since a Singaporean stood on the Olympic medal podium and the fans were hoping to witness sporting history. Sitting in front of
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      29 45 Sailing Men's Laser (Race 11): Stanley Tan (Sin)-Still racing at press time Table Tennis Women's singles bronze medal match: Kim Kyung-Ah (Kor) bt Li Jiawei (Sin) 4-1
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      260 45 Athletics Women's 100m final: 1 Yuliya Nesterenko (Blr) 10.93 2 Lauryn Williams (USA) 10.96 3 Veronica Campbell (Jam) 10.97 Women's discus throw final: 1 Natalya Sadova (Rus) 67.02 2 Anastasia Kelesidou (Gre) 66.68 3 Irina Yatchenko (Blr) 66.17 Basketball: Women's preliminaries Group A Russia 93 Nigeria 58;
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