Today, 26 September 2005

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    11 1 TODAY //\=DIJ\COKiP incorporating iMT6{ItS MICA(P) 112/07/2005 Monday September 26, 2005 todayonline.com
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    Do cosmetic GPs fit bill?
    779 1  -  LOH CHEE KONG Specialists want tighter regulations before the mushrooming of aesthetic services backfires cheekong@newstoday.com.sg IN THE past year, due to the high demand for aesthetic medical procedures such as botox injections and laser skin treatments, there has been a mushrooming of such services at
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    Lock icon New pension plan in works: PM
    659 1 TO HELP Singaporeans meet their financial needs during their golden years, the Government is studying plans for a new pension scheme, including the provision of life annuities, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong revealed last night "Life annuities, which provide a guaranteed income for life,
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  • hot news
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      Govt may end foreign workers' medical subsidy
      480 2  -  TAN HUI LENG Duty of employers to care for staff: MOH huileng@newstoday.com. sg THE Ministry of Health is "seriously reviewing" whether to terminate medical subsidies for foreign workers holding work permits and employment passes in Singapore, Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan said yesterday.
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      The switch from workhorse to happy retiree
      704 3  -  Liang Dingzi Employers can ease the way with graduated work hours, and by engaging retired workers in company activities THE prospect of retiring can be terrifying for some people. It is akin to losing one's employment, and with it comes the anxiety of
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    • Article
      Cherie dodged tax on pearls bought during foreign trips
      422 3 LONDON Cherie Blair is involved in a new controversy after senior British government sources said she was forced to pay value added tax (VAT) and duty on expensive pearls she bought on foreign trips after a Customs and Excise inquiry. The
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      422 2 SERVED ATfUST£ m PAN PLEASURES OF BETTER VALUE! MIGRATE TO AUSTRALIA 97,500 skilled visas will be offered this FYOS/06. However, Australian immigration laws are complex, understanding its procedure requires commitment, while completing application forms is a tune-consuming and laborious process. Successful, Cast-track processing can only be achieved when documentary requirements
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  • Singapore news
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      Medisave for B1 and A wards
      534 4  -  TAN HUI LENG Workers with healthy funds may also be able to tap them for chronic illness care huileng@newstoday.com.sg WORKERS who have healthy Medisave balances may soon be able to draw on their funds if they are admitted to Bl and A wards and
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      Most S'poreans can afford hospital care
      203 4  -  —TAN HUILENG THE "vast majority" of Singaporeans are able to afford to be hospitalised after Government subsidies, Medisave and MediShield kick in, said the Ministry of Health. It released an information paper analysing the affordability of hospitalisation in B2 and C class wards in
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      The Mice giant and his IR pie bid
      826 6  -  VALCHUA IN LAS VEGAS CEO of Las Vegas Sands, which had put a $4b bid here, says his business in Macau not a threat to Singapore's ambition va l@newstoday.com.sg WHEN casino magnate Sheldon Adelson met Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in July,
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      Bidders get ready for IR rules
      443 6  -  —VALCHUAIN LAS VEGAS EVEN as market talk is rife that the release of rules for Singapore's two integrated resorts (IRs) may be delayed till early October, casino players have been busy jostling for position. Genting International, the overseas gaming arm of Malaysia's Genting, has
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      Dengue claims 39-year-old lady as its 11th victim
      215 8 YET another dengue death was reported yesterday, taking the death toll to 11 this year. According to the Ministry of Health, the latest victim was a 39-year-old Indian woman who was admitted to the National University Hospital last Thursday. She was a
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      Bored and lonely, little ones call for help
      604 8  -  LOHCHEEKONG 5,000 children call the Tinklefriend helpline every year cheekong@newstoday.com.sg WHEN the Government made the call in the 1980s for women to join the labour force, the Singapore Children's Society knew that children could be the unwitting victims of such a policy.
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  • world news
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      Lock icon China braces itself for Damrey
      205 10 -AGENCIES BEIJING Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has ordered officials in southern China to brace themselves for Typhoon Damrey and ensure that emergency measures are in place, state press reported yesterday. Emergency preparations were underway for Hainan and Guangdong provinces and the neighbouring Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous
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      Lock icon A sigh of relief at a less devastating Rita
      500 10 AGENCIES Residents clear debris after much dreaded storm fells trees and cuts power supply to over 1 million homes BEAUMONT (Texas) Rattled by Hurricane Rita, residents along the Texas and Louisiana coasts began clearing away debris as power crews worked to
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      Lock icon China opens doors to HK democrats
      198 10 -AGENCIES BEIJING Pro-democracy members of Hong Kong's legislature have begun an unprecedented visit to China after being banned from crossing the border for many years. The Chinese authorities had previously snubbed the legislators who wanted full democracy for Hong Kong. The two-day trip to
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    • GLOBALROUNDUP
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        Lock icon GIRL, 12, KILLS HERSELF OVER 4-CENT LUNCH MONEY
        50 10 -AFP A 12-year-old Indian schoolgirl committed suicide because her impoverished mother could not afford to give her one rupee (4 cents) to buy a school lunch. Sonia Khatun, whose father died a few months ago, hung herself from a makeshift bamboo structure.
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        Lock icon BIG ISRAELI OFFENSIVE AGAINST HAMAS IN GAZA
        40 10 —AFP Israel launched a major offensive, dubbed Operation First Rain, against Palestinian militant group Hamas after it bom barded Israeli towns with rockets. More than 200 Palestinians were also arrested in overnight raids.-
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        Lock icon KOIZUMI LIKELY TO VISIT CONTROVERSIAL SHRINE
        52 10 —AFP Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi will likely visit the controversial Yasukuni war shrine in Tokyo by the end of the year despite opposition by China, said his close aide Taku Yamasaki. Japan "must find a way to improve diplomatic ties with China", Mr
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        Lock icon FIVE TEST POSITIVE FOR BIRD FLU IN JAKARTA
        44 10 —AFP Five hospital patients in Jakarta have tested positive for bird flu. Twelve others are still waiting for results including a two-year-old girl who visited a zoo, where dozens of birds tested positive for bird flu.
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      Lock icon Tougher than expected
      362 12 Despite ferocity of insurgency, Blair says troops won't leave Iraq LONDON Prime Minister Tony Blair (picture) admitted yesterday that the insurgency in Iraq was more ferocious than he had anticipated, but insisted British troops would remain until the job of na-tion-building was done. "I didn't expect quite
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      IAEA vote illegal: Iran
      206 12 TEHRAN Iran has blasted as "illegal" a resolution passed by the United Nations' nuclear watchdog that sets the country up for referral to the Security Council, but in the face of mounting international pressure asserted that negotiations were still possible. The Islamic republic's Foreign Minister Manouchehr
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      Lock icon Cutting-edge 'Vaccine' for Aids
      131 12 —AP CAPE TOWN A South African Aids expert has advocated male circumcision as the best available "vaccine" against the virus in his country, where an estimated six million people are infected and more than 600 people die every day. Mr Francois Venter told a congress of
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    • this quirky world
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        Lock icon PUPPY'S DAYS WITH KNIFE
        93 12 -AP Veterinary doctor Jon Paul of Florida thought the X-ray was a joke. He has seen strange items get into the stomachs of dogs before, things like kebab skewers and small utensils. But a 33cm serrated knife that somehow was swallowed by a six-month-old puppy? However,
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        Lock icon LUXURY HOME FOR STRAYS
        78 12 -AFP Stray dogs in Jerusalem will soon be pampered in a deluxe municipal dog house complete with air-conditioned kennels, a swimming pool, garden and panoramic view of the holy city. The kennels, which could house around 100 dogs, are likely to cost US$2.2 million ($3.7 million)
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        BARE-ALL ANTICS BACKFIRE
        73 12 A German flasher's lewd antics backfired when he leaped naked out of a bush and exposed himself to a woman, only for the off-duty police officer to call for back-up and send him scrambling back into his clothes, reported Reuters. The 52-year-old man fled in panic from
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      Lock icon How to tell a real beggar from the pros and cons
      212 15 —AP SHANGHAI Find it hard to tell beggars apart from swindlers? Shanghai's new manual tells you how. The illustrated guide, Recognising Phonies, lists popular scams such as women faking pregnancies, counterfeit monks and bogus students asking for financial help
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      Lock icon They're just disappearing
      431 15 Over 200 boys went missing from the city of Kunming at the end of lastyear I worid at large I people*trends*issues BEIJING A plague of kidnappings has swept across Yunnan, a remote southwestern province in China, claiming hundreds of boys from the city of Kunming alone. One
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  • Voices
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      Lock icon Fare play, EZ-Link?
      445 16  -  CHONG LEE MING Letter from I WOULD put the proposed new legislation to jail busfare cheats (my discussion does not extend to taxi-fare cheats, which is a problem different in nature) in the same league as the archaic law on unnatural sex the severity of the punishment
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    • Letter
      For technical errors, a technical solution
      275 16  -  JOHN BAY Latter from > I BELIEVE there has to be some form of deterrent against cheating on bus fares as curbing such practices could defer the next fare hike. However, the proposed punishment is too heavy. Do we plan to impose similar penalties
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      Lock icon A welcome boost for 'normal' kids
      201 16  -  NELSON QUAH Letter from I REFER to your report, "Facelift for normal stream" (Sept 23) and applaud the Ministry of Education's move to give normal stream students more flexibility in planning their own learning paths. Not all students are academically inclined and there should
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      Lock icon Breastfeeding's just chic with her
      1161 18  -  SHARON HO-NORTON She gave up corporate life for her kids, nowfashionista mums wear her designs coffee with 33, Founder of Mothers En Vogue SHE opted out of corporate life in 2002 to start a family. But rather than proving a sacrifice, the birth of her
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    • SHORTTAKES
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        WORSE THAN A RAGING BULL... SINGAPOREAN DRIVERS
        140 19  -  YEOTIONGLIN: I agree with Wendi S. Mahoney ("Small island, tiny minds". Sept 23). As a Singaporean who has lived and driven in France, the United Kingdom and the United States, I dread to be associated with my fellow countrymen whose standard of behaviour
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        DO YOU NEED HELP WITH A VISION, MR SCHROEDER?
        90 19  -  GERHARD NIEDERREITER: As a German living in Singapore, I feel embarrassed at what is happening in my country. Elections were held ir Germany more than a week ago, but till today none of the politicians has the slightest inkling what to
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      248 20  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY.... MORE THOUGHTS ON INHERITED INFLUENCES Studies of identical twins tell us that at least 70 per cent of the human personality is inherited. It's just amazing how similar most of these children are, even when they've had very little contact with each
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      'Selective' enforcement ?
      267 20  - 'Selective' enforcement JEFFREY HO LOON POH Deterrent penalties should apply to town councils and other government agencies Letter from, JUST like Danny Chua ("Fine the town councils as well", Sept 21), I note with concern that town councils are exempted from fines should areas under their care be found to
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      Proportionate number of lots
      125 20  -  KELVIN NG Letter from I General Manager, Suntec City Management Pte Ltd WE REFER to the letter, "Parking lot woes" (Sept 17), by Mr Khoo Lih-Han. It is a statutory requirement to provide adequate parking lots for vehicles driven by persons with disabilities. This is required
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      Lock icon Go greener, please
      146 20  -  MARILYN KHNG WAN GEK Offer Geography in Normal stream to raise interest Letter from YOUR report, "Back to nature" (Sept 24), provided me with inspiration for an idea to cultivate and heighten environmental awareness in our society. In relation to the current plan by the Government to
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      Learn hands-on with eco-friendly tours
      68 20  -  RACHEL CHAN Letter from IT IS heartening to note that more people are interested in local ecology. However, there are few or no guided tours to such green spots specifically catered to students. As a student, I feel such programmes can be integrated into the
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      One window? Sorry, not free
      215 20  -  GILBERT ROZARIO Letter from THE authorities need to seriously reconsider the deadline imposed on the retrofitting of window rivets. I have been trying, since last month, to get a designated contractor without success. Firstly, it is near impossible to get a call through to the
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  • Businesstoday
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      Lock icon Oil rig bonanza for Singapore
      623 22 -AFP Marine engineering sector benefits from sky-high oil prices SINGAPORE'S oil rig manufacturing industry is reaping a multi-billion-dollar bonanza as sky-high crude prices boost marine exploration for new oil and gas deposits worldwide. Repair work on the rigs and platforms in the United States Gulf
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    • marketbuzz
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        NEVERLAND MAGIC AT MILLENIA WALK
        125 22 After playing to packed houses in Hong Kong last year, the spectacular Peter Pan musical (picture) is coming to the Esplanade from Oct 7 until Oct 16. Now, you can win tickets to experience the magic of this much-loved classic by signing up for enrichment
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        SAY PROST, SINGAPORE
        153 22 For the sixth consecutive year, Paulaner Brauhaus brings its Oktoberfest celebrations to Singapore from tomorrow to next Monday at its restaurant at 9 Raffles Boulevard. Savour the rich flavour of freshlybrewed beer (half- and one-litre glasses priced at $15.50 and $29, respectively) in a festive German beer
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        CHILL OUT AT THESE CHALETS
        101 22 Until November, the NTUC Club is offering a range of special chalet packages •a at Costa Sands Resort. These include the All Fun Deal (three-day/ two-night stay for $128), the Great Savings Deal (3D/2N stay for $99) and the 3D/2N Stay $50 Deal. Also look
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        ATASTE OF GOODNESS
        94 22 Sunshine Bakeries had a sampling exercise at Raffles Xchange last Thursday in which its new Recipe Light Bread was distributed to Today readers. The promotion was a hit with more than 1,700 loaves given out within an hour. The new Recipe Light White Bread is ideal for
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    • marketwatch
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 22 JS$ 0.5943 JK£ 0.3328 en 66.295 m 4.6129 W 2.2402 iuro 0.4906 iupiah 6,082.6 3aht 24.401 Peso A$ Indian Rs Won C$ Yuan NZ$ NT$ 33.420 0.7817 26.111 612.61 0.6975 4.8095 0.8592 19.719
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      • Article
        Lock icon Commodities
        25 22 Bloomberg Information provided by.... ■old US$/oz Silver US$/oz 'latinum US$/oz lubber cents/kg 'aim oil RM/tonne Irent crude US$/barrel 467.40 7.345 927.00 290.00 1,428.50 62.44
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      • Article
        Lock icon Singapore
        166 22 —AGENCIES SHARE trading is expected to be cautious early in the week as the market digests the impact of Hurricane Rita, which has affected oil production in the United States Gulf Coast, dealers said, warning that extensive damage could whip up oil prices to new highs and slow down
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    • business news
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        Lock icon Gauging wheel's turnover
        492 24 HVB plans to securitise Spore Flyer: Coupon on 5-year bond tied to ferris wheel ticket sales EUROPEAN asset-backed securities analysts have an unusual task headed their way they will have to judge the risks of ferris wheel ticket sales in Singapore. In a $140 million deal targeted
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      • Article
        Aspial Corp to buy Goldheart for $19.5m
        219 24 MAINBOARD-listed jewellery maker and retailer Aspial Corp, formerly known as Lee Hwa Holdings, has entered into an agreement to buy Goldheart Jewelry for $19.5 million, according to a statement filed with the Singapore Exchange on Saturday. Aspial will acquire 100 per cent of
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        Lock icon Market-driven forex regime takes time: China
        490 25 -BLOOMBERG Beijing to move gradually after dropping US$ peg WASHINGTON China will move gradually towards a mar-ket-oriented exchange rate regime, its central bank governor said, two months after the country dropped a decade-old peg to the United States dollar. "We're not in a hurry
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        Lock icon Bakun dam delayed, KL eases cash snags
        229 25 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR The completion of Malaysia's controversial Bakun dam could be delayed by 18 months, while the government is to lend millions of dollars to the main contractor to offset cash-flow problems, a report said yesterday. The government has approved the loan
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    • SSUCCEED the business of learning
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        Guard against being laid-off
        620 26  -  JOHN BITTLESTON You can't avoid being fired in the middle of your career, but you can take some steps to protect yourself Retrenchment: Part 2 TO BE fired at any age is ghastly. To be fired when you are past the first flush of youth is
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        RMIT plans more international tie-ups
        370 26  -  -LEEU-WEN THE name of the game for universities these days is "international education", and the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University is in the thick of it Long established in Singapore through its partnership with the Singapore Institute of Management (SIM), RMIT this year
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        Lock icon A course for the rich and genius
        561 27  -  LEE U-WEN NUSand UCLA jointly offer an Executive MBA programme u-wen@newstoday.com.sg IT IS a course so exclusive that only a handful get to be part of it each year. Even then, the admission criteria are remarkably strict, a deliberate move to ensure that
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      739 38  -  ERIC DING After two years in the shadows, SAFFC's Toh will not have it any other way sports@newstoday.com.sg AT THE start of the season, goalkeeper Toh Guo'An was fourth in the pecking order, as far as SAFFC first-team duties went The 23-year-old joined the Warriors'
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      322 39  -  ERIC DING TAMPINES Rovers ace striker Noh Alam Shah celebrated his 25th birthday on Sept 3, but he waited 21 days for one of his prized presents. Following his hat-trick in last Saturday's 5-0 win over Sinchi, Noh brought his domestic tally to 101 goals
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      803 40  -  ERIC DING One-time kingpins battling to avoid disastrous finish GEYLANGVYOUNG LIONS Bedok Stadium, Tomorrow, 7.30pm sports@newstoday.com.sg FOR the first time in 10 years, Geylang United will finish in the bottom three of the S-League. In what is surely their worst-ever season, the two-time S-League champions (1996,
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      174 41 Choa Chu Kang Stadium Thursday, 7.30pm SECOND-PLACED SAFFC stayed in touch with leaders Tampines Rovers after beating Paya Lebar Punggol last week. Three wins in the last five matches have put Kim Poulsen's side back in the title race and another three points here will ensure the
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      168 41 Woodlands Stadium Friday, 7pm Live on Channel News Asia NEITHER Woodlands nor Albirex can afford any major slip-ups between now and the end of the season, although the objectives of the two teams are different. Woodlands are chasing the title and they suffered a potentially fatal setback
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      191 41 Tampines Stadium Saturday, 7.30pm THE writing had been on the wall for a long time and it was confirmed last week Paya Lebar Punggol will finish bottom in their maiden season in the S-League. The Seahorses have not picked up any points on their travels this
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      151 41 Bishan Stadium Sunday, 7.30pm Home are looking for a top-four place in the S-League and a win in the Singapore Cup in November. The perfect way to begin that quest would be to defeat a troubled Sinchi side that have lost four of their last five games.
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      287 41 2006 CALENDAR OUT THE 2006 S-League season is schedule to start on March 6 and will run till mid-November. The extended season is due to Singapore's participation in the Asian Cup and pre-Olympic qualifiers, which will run throughout the year. S-League matches will continue during the 2006 World Cup
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      305 41  -  -ERIC DING SINCHI'S youngsters salvaged some pride for the China-based club, after they were crowned the 2005 Prime League champions last week. The trophy is Sinchi's first piece of silverware, after they became the first foreign club to join the S-League in 2003.
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      708 42 —AFP Fijian cites Woods and Furyk for their slow play as teams go into singles all square I GOLF Presidents' Cup GAINESVILLE, Virginia Vijay Singh ripped Tiger Woods for golfing too slowly, blaming the 10-time Major winner's ponderous pace of play at the Presidents' Cup for a
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      353 42 —AFP SYDNEY The Wallabies have targeted Australian rugby league Test centre Mark Gasnier (picture) as their big-money acquisition for the 2007 Rugby World Cup in France, it was reported here yesterday. The Sunday Telegraph said the Wallabies, who have endured one of their worst
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      126 42 —AFP LOS ANGELES Seven-time Tour de France winning cyclist Lance Armstrong has enlisted the help of fiancee Sheryl Crow for a gesture of thanks to his hometown fans in Austin, Texas. Crow will give a free performance in Austin on October 2, when Armstrong
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      510 43 -AFP High-powered group to look into Chappell-Ganguly controversy NEW DELHI Angry Indian cricket officials will this week investigate the growing rift between coach Greg Chappell and captain Sourav Ganguly that has left the national team in disarray. Three former India captains Sunil Gavaskar, Ravi Shastri and
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      491 43 —AFP MADRID Unbeaten Getafe continued their remarkable season by winning 1-0 at near-neighbours Atletico Madrid, to go back to the top of La Liga on Saturday (yesterday morning, Singapore time). The only goal of the game came after 71 minutes when Mariano Pernia fired home
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      132 44  -  DARREN LAI SINGAPORE'S women's basketball team edged out Indonesia 53-47 in the third/fourth place playoff in the Phuket Women's International Basketball Invitational yesterday, taking revenge for the defeat they suffered against the same opponents earlier in the week. The Singapore cagers had lost the group match 58-64
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      169 44  -  DARREN LAI AFF LI JIAWEI'S hopes of capturing the Volkswagen Japan Open in Yokohama ended when she fell to China's fourth-seeded Guo Van in the semi-finals yesterday. Guo, the world No 6, is fast becoming Li's nemesis, as the 4-1 defeat (11-2,11-9,11-2,8-11, 11-5) was the
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      541 44  -  TANYO-HINN Sprinter says the wrong 4xloom team will represent Singapore in SEA Games yohinn@newstoday.com.sg LAST week, Poh Seng Song withdrew from the national 4xloom relay squad for the upcoming SEA Games in Manila after national coach Uli Kunst named him as a reserve, despite the
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      204 44  -  ERIC DING sports@newstoday.com.sg ALBIREX Niigata recorded their seventh successive win last night, after a remarkable second-half saw them beat Home United 3-2 in an explosive game at the Jurong East Stadium. Despite returning just two days earlier from their midweek Asian Football Confederation Cup game in
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      553 45  -  DARREN LAI Malaysia's Asian No 1 cites poor record, as Singapore No 1 Ong leads local charge BOWLING 38th Singapore Open 2005 da rren@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPORE'S No 1 bowler Remy Ong will head a star-studded field of local and overseas bowlers at the 38th Singapore Open 2005
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      474 45  -  SERIE A —AFP Parma 1 Juventus 2 ROME Serie A leaders Juventus fought back from a goal down to win 2-1 at Parma on Saturday (yesterday morning, Singapore time) to maintain their 100 per cent record. Patrick Vieira's 82nd minute header, his third goal in
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      529 46  -  ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP -AFP Bolton 1 Portsmouth 0 BOLTON, England Japan midfielder Hidetoshi Nakata was celebrating a stellar performance as his new club Bolton Wanderers moved up to third in the English Premiership. Making his first start for the Trotters after moving to the Reebok Stadium
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      311 47 -AFP LONDON Arsenal vice-chairman David Dein is "quietly confident" that Thierry Henry will see out his career at the club. The 28-year-old striker currently sidelined with a groin injury has two years remaining on his contract. Yesterday, Dein told BBC Radio Five Live: "We will
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