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    22 1 TODAY ftiEDIACORP incorporating utT6£itS MICA (P) 103/07/2004 Monday February 28,2005 todayonline.com TODAY /AediaCorp incorporating utFC&tS MICA (P) 103/07/2004 Monday February 28,2005 todayonline.com
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      Lock icon Lebanon showdown as protesters defy ban
      205 1 AFP BEIRUT Lebanon was headed for a showdown between the opposition and the security forces as thousands of demonstrators massed late yesterday in Beirut in defiance of a ban on protests by the pro-Syrian government Shouting "Syria Out!" and waving the Lebanese flag the
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      Help bosses look beyond disabilities
      694 1  -  Sharon Vasoo Better to change mindsets than reserve jobs for disabled: MPs sharomgnewsto day, com. sg THE disabled in Malaysia may soon have reason to cheer as the government is thinking of making it mandatory for private sector employers to reserve 1 per cent of
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      Lock icon Beyonce's date
      27 1 Beyonce arriving for the 77th Academy Awards (this morning Singapore time) at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California. She was one of the performers. AFP
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      Lock icon N-deal with Iran: 'Act against Russia'
      104 1 AFP WASHINGTON Two top US senators yesterday called for a tougher stance against Russia, after a landmark nuclear fuel deal between Moscow and Tehran. Influential Senator John McCain, a former Republican presidential candidate, called for Russia's exclusion from a G-8 meeting later this year
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      39 1 NEWSX\YIEWS Prem Singh Draft law to help mums who plan to abandon babies/3 I say With my CPF, I thee provide for/12 Scandal suspect Greatronic uncovers possible fraud during probe/20 Start providing for old age early/28 r> «t I**l <£'
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      14 1 TOSHIBA KMP LOVE See Page 8 TOMS MAJESTIC SPORTS 43 MOURINHO DEFIANT SPORTS 44
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      Students' wishlist
      395 2  -  Jasmine Yin Youth outline ideal education system at forum j asmine.yin@newstoday.com. sg IN a word, what young Singaporeans want most in their ideal education system is: Choice. That includes the choice of trying out different courses with varying degrees of difficulty, just like in the university modular system.
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      Lock icon Indonesian soldiers stealing aid: Activist
      406 2 -AFP BANDA ACEH Rice meant for refugees in Indonesia's tsunami-ravaged Aceh province is not reaching those in need. Questions have been raised about possible mark-ups in the construction of temporary housing for refugees. Soldiers are slapping illegal fees on foreign aid convoys. Allegations like these
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        Lock icon Consider centres for 'baby drops'
        590 3  -  Prem Singh Be done with debate; draft a law to help desperate mothers who resort to abandoning children ANOTHER infant was found dead at the bottom of a rubbish chute in Toa Payoh yesterday morning. Police detained a woman in her 20s to help in
        CHANNEL NEWSASIA  -  590 words
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      180 2 Mk Good news for all GCE 'NV'OV'A' Level and m B«P ITE Students! You can now attain a prestigious degree w/ J| V—Y ahead of your peers. Simply apply for the Informatics Merit WW' IHFOMIATICI CAMPUS l£ A i= ss=sss jj Scholarship which gives you a grant of up to
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      425 3 LAW QUALIFICATIONS Masters Of LaWS (LLM) W A 2-year Graduate Entry routefo^S) mow opem for registration The new revised postgraduate programme includes a Certificate and Diploma j s available for applicants who already have a l"° 'i-^flj I ■dfc-jf" 1 L«-* rV» as well as the full LLM. The programme
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  • Singapore news
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      Poly lets mum work... and be with her kids
      420 4  -  Sheralyn Tay Republic Poly's flexiwork scheme sets lead in family-friendliness sheralyn@news today, com, sg FOR two years, former school administrator Selena Kaw searched for a job. But it wasn't till she came across an ad by Republic Polytechnic for an "administrative
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      Lock icon The Great Maritime Adventure
      84 6 THEY had to scale a "sticky wall" in Velcro suits, knock opponents off a pedestal in a gladiator joust challenge (picturej ar>d puzzle out clues that took them around Singapore. Some 85 teams of three each faced off in the Great Maritime Adventure, organised by the
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      Lock icon Dry spell but water supply remains high
      259 6 Newsßadio 93.8 Contingency plans are in place just in case, says Minister Yaacob Ibrahim SINGAPORE'S water supply remains high, well above 90 per cent, despite the current dry spell. Minister for the Environment and Water Resources Yaacob Ibrahim gave this assurance yesterday at
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      Victorians' Day to kick off on March 5
      197 6  -  Patricia Yap FROM this year, the first Saturday of March will mark an important date for all students and staff who have stepped through the gates of Victoria School and Victoria Junior College (VJC). Victorians' Day to be inaugurated on March 5
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      113 4 ASIAN MARKETS REMAIN ON GUARD A decade after Barings saga, fraud's stiff possible BUSINESS 22 T^^^^-JiJIKF L^ life* «nu w Ut ajbW imp" DON WONG Lion's paw print... for charity and a world record Lions goalkeeper and Tiger Cup hero Lionel Lewis put his mark to a world record attempt
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      Lock icon Anti-smoking treaty begins
      250 8 Agencies Some say it needs more teeth to be very effective GENEVA The world's first global health treaty the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) which came into force yesterday is hailed as a first step in curbing the number of "needless deaths and disease" related to
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      Lock icon Shoppers won't stand for it anymore
      98 8 The massage chair is becoming the quintessential piece of furniture in the homes of many affluent people across Asia who do not think twice about parting with as much as $7,800 to rub the stress away. The chairs are getting so popular that even
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      Mideast attack may scrap peace efforts
      173 8 TEL AVIV Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has threatened to halt peace efforts with Palestinians unless they take "vigorous action" against militants, following an attack on a Tel Aviv night club which killed four and injured more than 50 people. "There will not be
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    • GLOBAL roundup
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        Lock icon Transvestite's penis chopped off
        45 8 AFP TWO Japanese men chopped off the penis of a 1 8-year-old transvestite whom they mistook for a woman before fleeing the scene of the meeting in a car. The man is recovering, but doctors were unable to reattach the member.
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        Amnesty founder dead at 83
        27 8 LAWYER Peter Beneson, founder of Amnesty International, one of the world's best-known human rights organisations, has died at 83, reported The Observer.
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        Lock icon Sex abuse trials near in France
        55 8 AFP THE biggest criminal trial in modern French history begins on Thursday when 66 men and women face charges for the rape and sexual abuse of more than 50 children as young as a few months old. Some of the accused are parents who
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        Russia, Iran sign nuclear deal
        66 8 RUSSIA and Iran have signed an agreement for Moscow to supply fuel to Iran's new nuclear reactor in Bushehr, reported the BBC. Iran has to return spent nuclear fuel rods from the reactor, as a safeguard meant to calms fears that it might misuse the
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        Lock icon Saddam relative caught in Iraq
        37 8 -AFP SABAWI Ibrahim Al Hassan Al Tikrit, a half-brother of Saddam Hussein, has been arrested, Iraqi officials said. He was 36th on the United States' list of 55 wanted former regime officials.
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      Lock icon Clinton's Taiwan trip irks China
      489 9 Agencies as he calls for protagonists to cooperate TAIPEI Former United States president Bill Clinton arrived in Taiwan yesterday evening and met the island's pro-inde-pendence President Chen Shui-bian, despite opposition from China. Mr Clinton, who is due in Singapore today, had a private dinner with
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    • this QUIRKY world
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        Thai bust-booster exercises
        55 9 Concern over "miracle" creams and a recent bare-breast promotion of a product that caused a scandal prompted Thailand's Health Ministry to start a nationwide breast-enhancement campaign through exercise. A list of "suitable" exercises to increase bust size will be unveiled soon, to counter the popularity of breast
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        Lock icon Help, there's a python in my potty
        65 9 AFP A Florida man got a rude awakening when he found a 2-metre python in his potty, rearing its diamond-shaped head out of the toilet bowl. The man took matters in his own hands as a snake rescue company wanted US$l5O ($245). With
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        Lock icon Mooning the defence minister
        49 9 AFP Two Israeli soldiers got into trouble when they dropped their pants and showed their backsides to Defence Minister Shaul Mofaz, as he addressed top brass by the new defence ministry building in Tel Aviv. Officials spotted the pair and suspended them for "shameful" conduct.
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        World's most expensive teabag
        41 9 The world's most expensive teabag, worth £7,500 ($23,495), has been made by Boodles jewellers to celebrate a client's 75th birthday. It took Boodles three months to make the bag, encrusted with 280 diamonds, a spokesman told ananova.com.
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      Lock icon Pope makes a surprise appearance
      196 9 AFP ROME Pope John Paul II made a surprise appearance at his hospital window yesterday, his first since undergoing surgery on his throat last Thursday. Aides wheeled the 84-year-old pontiff to the window shortly after mid-day. The pope waved to the crowd outside, made the
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      Lock icon KL's big crackdown
      239 10 Agencies KUALA LUMPUR More than 300,000 officials and volunteers will be deployed in Malaysia's biggest crackdown on illegal migrant workers after a government amnesty expires today. They will fan out across the country to catch an estimated 500,000 illegals who have remained despite three extensions of the
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      Way cleared for free elections in Egypt
      138 10 CAIRO Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak has ordered Parliament to amend Egypt's constitution before next May to allow direct presidential elections in which anyone can be a candidate and all citizens can vote by secret ballot The announcement comes amid pressure from the United
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      367 8 "Genius without education is A 1 a I^^L. like silver in the mine." r* 1 A Benjamin Franklin (1706-90) j cf6i>*oj«9i.i-»j*j Features: Tailored to train executives, especially those embarking on international business to contribute to the globalisation effort for Singapore. Jointly awarded by Ngee Ann and the International Trade Institute
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      173 9 Be free to have a ie% sX for 8. Only with HSBC Home Loans. Buying a new house is always a cause for celebration. And, with Call us today to feel truly free. HSBC home loans, you'll have even more reasons to celebrate. 1800-HSBC NOW (4722 669) www.hsbc.com.sg With our
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      402 10 r*m i t How do you start, grow or finance your business most effectively? What can you learn from Asia's most successful entrepreneurs? XL Results Foundation has built Asia's Largest Entrepreneur Network and is providing individuals with invaluable resources to accelerate their personal success, and to contribute with maximum impact
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      571 11 For the second year running, Fidelity has received a fine harvest of awards at Standard Poor's 2005 Singapore Fund Awards and The Edge-Lipper Singapore Funds Awards 2004. The winning funds invest in a variety of countries and asset classes and are from a wide range of time horizons, testifying to
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    Focus On The Family
    263 12  -  Dr James Dobson Tbnsys "H by TIME WITH KIDS Have you noticed that laughter is the key to survival during the special stresses of the childrearing years? I've seen time and again that parents who can see the delightful side of their assignment can also deal
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      iSay With my CPF, I thee provide for
      566 12  -  Mohd Rosle Ahmad A FEW years ago, I wrote to the forum pages of a newspaper requesting that I be allowed to transfer some of my Central Provident Fund (CPF) savings to my homemaker wife's CPF account I want her to have
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    • Letter
      If given a mandatory day off, foreign domestic workers will need supervision
      269 14  -  CHAN HOCK NEO Letter from I REFER to the letters on having an off-day for domestic helpers. I had a foreign domestic worker (FDW) stay with me for nearly two years. It was only after my family had
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      YEPs make youth think
      426 14  -  NURHASHIDA MAHADI Eye-opening experience is priceless I Letter from IT IS argued in the article, "Youth travel: Ethical or report card-friendly?" (Feb 25), that it doesn't make logistical sense to send our insulated, privileged youths to Third World countries to do something locals can do at
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      Have public appraisal of civil servants
      300 16  -  HO KENG SOON Evaluate how well they work and cooperate Letter from IN "CIVIL service needs collective approach to tackle problems: DPM" (Feb 26-27), it is heartening to note that Deputy Prime Minister Tony Tan has raised the need to appraise civil servants on
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      Keeping in touch... with Today Online
      132 16  -  MAHALACHMI NADARAJAH Letter from in London I WOULD like to add to Lim Boon Hee's comment, "Website for free local and international news" (Feb 26-27). Yes, though there are many other websites in which one can read news about Singapore, I have stuck to
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      Private and public sectors cannot mix
      316 16  -  LIM BOON HEE Letter from I AM puzzled that Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan says he does not share his ministry officials' views that the migration of experienced doctors to the private sector is okay (Feb 26-27). It reminds me of Japan, where ministers
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      68 17 With Hands That Think, I'm gifted. With my hands. All that I learn, acquire and know -my hands put into action. They have a mind of their own, these thinking hands. At ITE, be it a course in Precision Engineering or Mechatronics, I'm always given that free hand to develop
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  • Businesstoday
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      Lock icon Opec seeks higher prices
      172 18 -AFP PARIS Opec is sending signals that it wants oil prices, at near-record highs, to remain there this year. Oil minister Ali al Nuaimi of Saudi Arabia, the largest producer in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, made it clear where he expects the price of
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      Lock icon Proton told: Look abroad
      73 18 AFP MALAYSIA Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi told Proton to set its sights abroad at the launch of the carmakers' new manufacturing plant Mr Badawi, who is also Finance Minister, said Proton was the country's national pride but that it needed to improve the quality of
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    • Market WATCH
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        114 18 AFP SHARE prices are expected to move in a narrow range this week, with concerns over high oil prices expected to hang over trading sentiment. Investors are also expected to seek clues from the performance of stocks from the United States and from Singapore's January industrial production data released
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        Your $1 buys
        36 18 US$ 0.6131 UK£ 0.3194 Yen 64.517 HK$ 4.782 RM 2.3298 Euro 0.4629 Rupiah 5679.8 Baht 23.519 Peso 33.524 A$ 0.7795 Indian Rs 26.793 Won 618.02 C$ 0.7593 Yuan 5.0743 NZ$ 0.8488 NTS 19.107
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        26 18 SGX, Bloomberg Gold uss/oz 436.10 Silver uss/oi 7.29 Platinum uss/oi 859 Rubber centsAg 211.25 Palm oil RM/tonne 1,366 Brent crude uss/borrel 49.60 Information provided by
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        Audit committee reports irregularities
        572 20  -  Sol E Solomon Greatronic inflates sale price to show higher profits for subsidiary solomon@newstoday.com.sg GREATRONIC, a manufacturer of cable assemblies, wire harnesses, power supply cords and other products for the electronics industry, has become the latest company here to come under investigation for corporate irregularities. But
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        Lock icon Asian markets remain on guard
        668 22 AFP A decade after Barings saga, fraud is still possible TEN years after a young trader in Singapore ruined Britain's oldest merchant bank, Asian financial markets are now protected by stronger safeguards against fraud but firms with poor internal controls remain vulnerable, analysts said. Technological
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        market BUZZ
        237 24 Imagine having the best of wedding advice and ideas at your fingertips. Now you can do so literally, with StyleWeddings.sg a new Internet portal. The online version of the bi-annual wedding magazine, Style Weddings, was launched last Friday at Takashimaya Square, in conjunction with the release of the
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    • the business of learning
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          Managing to deliver
          384 26  -  Sheralyn Tay Certified manager programme comes from UK to Singapore sheralyn@newstoday.com.sg THERE are chartered accountants, chartered engineers and chartered surveyors. But did you know that managers can also be certified? The Chartered Manager Programme, which was started in the United Kingdom in 2003 with the objective of
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          Start providing for old age early
          524 28  -  John Bittleston Getting your career into shape: The pension problem Wise to build up substantial assets for retirement ittii calculations i asked you to do last week produced a disturbing result at least, that is one way of looking at it The reality is
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      32 20 I Diploma in Digital Visual Effects and Animation I I 9 months full-time 18 months part-time I I Advance Diploma in Character Animation I I 7 months full-time 12 months part-time I
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      158 21 y J y i _j At NSRCC, everyone gets to play. While our two championship ■O X/ courses at Kranjl and Changl are undeniably premium, we also XI Oo fl X Mk offer recreational and social facilities Including members' lounge, bowling, billiards/pool, fruit machines, swimming pool, gym, S&lZ^\* *^^'Oiy spending
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      429 22 *4f\ First Class IfILwJLwLnJKI Honours students m Ml in 2004 Relevant Polytechnic Diploma holders can now graduate with a direct honours degree in 2 years with exemptions through Stansfield's 12 week bridging course recognised by London School of Economics, lead college for the University of London direct honours BS.c degrees.
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      216 23 FIX i L^ i/i^% Maybank 148 Home Loan Offer lIUW I W I W Year HDB and Private Property 1 1.48% D.a. (Fixed) it nirte II I^UIW 2 2.78% p.a (Fixed) 3 2.98% p.a. (Fixed) you in a j0 Worried that home loan rates may rise but not sure when
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      484 24 Earn potentially higher returns on your CPF savings If you keep $100,000 in your CPF Financial Flexibility account and earn 2.5% for 10 years, you You can choose to save with a single will get $128,000. If you invest in premium payment or have regular savings. Combined Funds for 10
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      327 26 7 m~ The University of London is recognised mfc --rrflg«Bißicr internationally as a centre of academic excellence, where it is one of the oldest, largest and most diverse universities in If the UKPATH Education, through collaboration with The University of London offers the following programmes: Bachelor of Science (HONS) in
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      26 26 /tip Princeton New SAT I GMAT JMk We'll Improve Your Score! What You'll Get: Small, effective classes Top instructors Proven test strategies Computer analysis of tests
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      237 27 SCHOOL OF Mr" Setting Goals. Rising to the Challenge. Our school and our students do not compromise on success. That is our creed. We train our students to impact and excel in their field. We instill technical knowledge and mental toughness. We provide a distinctive fusion of computer science, electronics
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      430 28 Source: The Economist Intelligence Unit (Oct 2004) llpy Thg university of Birmingham U.K. THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM This MBA Programme is fully taught in Singapore (part-time) by lecturers from the University of Birmingham, U.K. Information Evening Date: 11 Mar '05 (Fri) L#(^^\\^A Speaker: Associate Professor Chan Yoke Kai, ■AjMpfy^^ *^«P
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