Today, 19 June 2007, Afternoon Edition

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  • 14 1 TODAY /A=DJj-\CORP MICA (P) 314/10/2006 we set you thinking Tuesday June 19, 2007 todayonline.com
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  • AFTERNOONEDITION
    • 272 1 WASHINGTON The United States and Europe restored direct aid to the Palestinians yesterday (this morning, Singapore time) in a show of support after Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas fired a Hamas-led government following deadly internecine clashes. "We will not leave 1.5 million
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    • 674 1  -  CHRISTIE LOH Singapore more expensive to live in than New York; fifth most costly in Asia: Survey christie@mediacorp.com.sg THE by-product of a long-running economic boom has inevitably materialised. For the fourth straight year, a comprehensive survey shows Singapore scaling the ladder of expensive cities, raising
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    • 45 1 NORTH KOREA NUCLEAR SHUTDOWN EXPECTED SOON 12 YAHOO CO-FOUNDER JERRYYANG RETURNS AS CEO 12 ISAY: SPARE THE ROD AND YOUR KIDS MAY NEVER LEARN 18 987FM'S NEWEST DJ HAS THE GUTS... AND THE TATTOOS 32 TOO MUCH BOOZE COULD UP RISK OF BREAST CANCER 38
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  • hot news
    • 489 2 -AGENCIES SHAH ALAM A Malaysian political analyst ordered police to kill his Mongolian lover who was harassing him, the prosecution said at a politicallycharged murder trial yesterday. The high-profile trial in which two policemen are co-defendants has been keenly anticipated as it will
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    • 642 3  -  SHERALYNTAY 95-year-old unique facade retained following petition by architecture buffs sheralyn@media corp.com.sg A PETITION by a group of heritage enthusiasts to save the distinctive "Butterfly House" at 23 Amber Road from being demolished has met with some measure of success. Instead of razing the 95-year-old
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    • 387 2 Acer recommends Windows Vista™ Business. OCCT i S I You'll love how much space it saves you all the power it delivers. Designed with commercial functionality in mind, the Veriton™ 1000 delivers a compelling performance in a lightweight chasis that is 10 times smaller than a traditional tower PC -it'sjust3
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    • 337 3 APMI KAPLAN) At APMI, we say YES. asia pacific management institute gmt Todav.a qualitv education that provides you with relevant skills is crucial to make you stand out among your peers. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA c„,cosoo,2,b MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Most established Australian MBA (Edupoll Singapore 2005 and 2006 Can
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  • singapore news
    • 309 4  -  -TANHUILENG HE BEAT and threatened to kill his wife and maid two years ago. Yesterday, the 59-year-old skin doctor was fined $1,000 for assaulting his spouse. Two other charges are being taken into consideration for skin specialist Lawrence Lim Heng Lee, who had originally
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    • 531 4  -  LEONGWEEKEAT LTA's brainstorming sessions throw up multiple routes to a better transport network weekeat@media corp.com.sg FANCY paying a flat fee as you hop from buses to trains to get from Ang Mo Kio to Clementi? That could be a reality, if the Government takes up a
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    • 370 4  -  LEE U-WEN u-wen@media corp.com.sg WHILE vastly differing in size, Singapore and China have much in common where education is concerned, said Education Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam (picture) yesterday. Both countries share a similar education culture and have a "growing collaboration" at the school and
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    • 450 6  -  JASMINE YIN Committee to help low-wage workers missing out on benefits jasmine@media corp.com.sg FOR sweeping and mopping two storeys of a Raffles Place building four hours a day, 51-year-old Michael Chan pockets $380 a month about half of his monthly expenses like food and transport.
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    • 221 6 CHANNEL NEWSASIA TO FIGHT terrorism, countries must shift their understanding of what constitutes a crime as this is essential in winning the battle against terrorists, said President S R Nathan yesterday. He said: "Terrorism is a kind of crime. For you to
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    • SINGAPORESNIPPETS
      • 145 6 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Regan Lee Da Wen, 26, has been charged with causing the death of his 22-year-old female passenger by driving dangerously. The court yesterday heard that in October 2005, Lee lost control of a Mazda MX-5 during a test
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      • 55 6 CHANNEL NEWSASIA MediaCorp Raintree Pictures has embarked on a groundbreaking movie venture one that marks its first collaboration with Chinese filmmakers. The US$lO-million ($15.4-million) movie Painted Skin -featuring a pan-Asian star-studded cast, including Singapore's Qi Yuwu is helmed by heavyweight director Andy Chin of
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      • 103 6 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee arrived here yesterday for a three-day official visit, his first to the country as Foreign Minister. Besides meeting his Singapore counterpart, Mr George Yeo, he will also call on President S R Nathan, Prime
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    • 872 8  -  DAVID GERALD MUCH has been made of the role of "independent directors" (IDs) in Singapore. Differing opinions have emerged regarding the responsibility of an ID, but there has been little or no discussion on the fundamental question of whether the concept is a legal
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  • world news
    • 373 10 ■AFP MELBOURNE A good Samaritan, who went to the aid of a woman struggling with an armed man in central Melbourne, was shot dead yesterday and two other people were wounded, said police and witnesses. The authorities were still hunting the killer who opened
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    • 495 10 —AGENCIES JAKARTA Captured Indonesian Islamic militant Abu Dujana (picture) did not approve of the 2003 bombing of the JW Marriott hotel in Jakarta and was not involved in planning it, he was quoted as saying in an interview with Tempo news magazine. In the
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    • AFTERNOONEDITION
      • 345 12 -AFP US, S Korea expect shutdown within weeks SEOUL South Korean and US officials said yesterday that they expected North Korea to start shutting down its nuclear programme within weeks, in what would be the first breakthrough in almost four years of negotiations.
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      • 424 12 -BLOOMBERG SAN FRANCISCO Yahoo! Inc chief executive officer Terry Semel stepped down yesterday (this morning, Singapore time) after losing the lead in Internet advertising sales to rivals Google Inc. The company named cofounder Jerry Yang CEO and said
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    • 212 14 AFP BEIJING An alleged ringleader in a slave labour scandal that has shocked China expressed little remorse for beating workers and denied responsibility for a brutal brickyard murder, state press said yesterday. "I felt it was a fairly small thing, hitting and swearing at
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    • 305 14 ■AFP ■AFP After losing bid to be French President, Socialist leader tells of personal breakup PARIS The "golden couple" of the French left Ms Segolene Royal and Mr Francois Hollande has come to an end, with the defeated presidential candidate accusing her companion of nearly 30 years of
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    • 154 14 President Nicolas Sarkozy's right-wing party won a solid majority to launch his programme of reforms in France's legislative election on Sunday but failed to secure a wide-ly-predicted landslide. His Union for a Popular Movement won 314 seats in the 577-member National Assembly, 45 fewer
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    • 159 14 -AFP HANOI Vietnam's President Nguyen Minh Triet left for the United States yesterday on the first visit by a post-Vietnam War head of state to the former enemy nation, officials and state media said. Mr Triet will meet US President George W Bush
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    • 741 15  -  KARMA NABULSI The people of Palestine must finally be allowed to determine their own fate AS THE international community watches the crisis unfold in Gaza and the West Bank, many are asking how did the situation slip to such a level, but above all, is the
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    • 268 16 BLOOMBERG SYDNEY Researchers at the University of Tokyo have used stem cells from a mouse embryo to grow kidneys in mice lacking the organs, a step toward creating human body parts for transplants patients. Scientists, led by Prof Hiromitsu Nakauchi, at
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    • 390 16 -AFP KABUL- Seven children were killed in a United States-led air strike on an Afghan religious school and suspected Al Qaeda safe house, the US-led coalition said yesterday. The coalition said it had no idea children were in the compound in Paktika province,
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  • Voices
    • 815 18  -  FRANCES ONG HOCK LIN MY FAMILY and I were watching the movie Coach Carter recently. Due to poor academic performance of a large number of his team of basketball players, the coach chose to take action against the entire team,
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    • 183 19  -  LOHSWEEHENG, Letter from Deputy Director (Resale), Housing Development Board I REFER to the letter by Mr Alex Lim Kwang Hai, "Struggle for a room at the inn" (May 29). Resale flat transactions are conducted on a "willing buyer,
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    • 340 19  -  ANNIE CHUAHUI LING Letter from THE letter, "Rate qualifications by employer recognition" (June 19), struck a deep chord with me because I am a graduate from a private school in Singapore, where I earned a degree in mass communication awarded by the
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    • 186 19  -  JEFFREY LAW LEE BENG Letter from I READ with interest the report, "A year on, he's gearing up for the fight again" (June 18). Although he was defeated in two general elections in Hougang, Mr Eric Low's five-year workplan to promote the "kampung
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    • 195 19  -  TAYPOHCHOO, Vice-President (Corporate Communications/Customer Service), Singapore Post Limited I REFER to the letter by Mr Leong Sze Hian, "A puzzling hike in domestic mail rates" (June 13). As a GST-registered company, Sing Post collects Goods and Services Tax (GST) on behalf of
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    • 239 20  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY I STOP HIDING FROM THE TRUTH "Hide and seek" is a fun game for kids, but many adults play a hiding game that's really not much fun at all. I once saw a fascinating story in The Seattle Times. The headline read:
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    • 440 20  -  ASSOC PROF ROY CHAN Four suggestions to improve prevention programmes here Letter from President, Action for Aids, Singapore WE REFER to the report, "Record HIV cases last year" (June 15). Action for Aids notes the increasing rate of HIV infection with concern and would like
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    • 647 21 ELECTRICITY TARIFF REVISION Since 1 Jan 07, electricity tariffs have fallen twice 7.53% for the quarter Jan to Mar 07 and 5.73% for the quarter Apr to Jun 07 due to decreasing fuel oil prices. For the quarter 1 Jul to 30 Sep 07, the electricity tariffs will be increased
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  • Business
    • 391 24  -  TAN HUI LENG huileng@mediacorp.com.sg TEMASEK Holdings and statelinked Qatar Investment Authority have invested $65 million in Raffles Medical Group (RMG), taking a 4.87-per-cent stake each in the healthcare provider. The sale of 50 million new RMG shares priced at $1.30 each would help fund the
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    • 177 24 -DOW JONES BLOOMBERG China's Citic Resources Holdings is selling HK5450.5 million ($88.6 million) worth of new shares to Temasek Holdings, in a deal that would raise the investment company's stake in the Chinese base metals producer, a source said. It is selling 101 million new shares to Temasek at
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    • marketwatch
      • 4 24 ST Index 3,623.79 +42.63
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      • 24 24 PDC Corp FHTK Equation Penguin Digiland 0.100 +0.010 +11.1174.801 0.020 -143.110 0.210 +0.015 +7.7 00.527 0.330 +0.010 +3.1 08.780 0.050 78.715
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      • 85 24 AFP Singapore share prices finished up 1.19 percent on Monday at a new all-time high for the second straight session amid easing concerns of a hike in United States interest rates, dealers said. The ST Index gained 42.63 points to 3,623.79, erasing the previous mark of 3,581.16 set on
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      • 20 24 Gold US$/oz Silver US$/oz Platinum US$/oz 658.70 13.26 1,286.00 Rubber cents/kg 346.75 Palm oil RM/tonne Brent USS/barrel 2,640.00 71.73
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      • 48 24 Nikkei 225 *****.52 +178.03 +0.00 HK Hang Seng *****.80 +505.84 +2.00 Australia ASX200 0343.40 +40.00 +0.70 Korea Cump 1800.88 +34.02 +1.05 Thailand SET 700.20 +21.05 +2.05 Jakarta Comp 2120.40 +5.85 +0.28 Shenzhen B 721.73 +21.30 +3.05 Mumbai Sensex *****.14 -82.57 -0.58 Malaysia KLCI 1372.28 +11.03 +0.85
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      • 33 24 SGX, Bloomberg Information provided by uss UK£ Yen HKS RM Euro 0.6503 0.3280 80.2361 5.0848 2.2266 0.4853 Rupiah 5789.11 Baht 21.0964 Peso 29.8446 AS 0.7708 Indian Rs 26.5386 Yuan 4.9599
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    • business news
      • 465 26 AGENCIES Local key exports bounce back, but electronics sector will stay weak: IE Spore SINGAPORE'S key exports recovered in May to grow 3.7 per cent from last year after declining in April, boosted by a surge in Pharmaceuticals shipments. But economists say the weakness in the electronics
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      • 997 26  -  ■LYNETTEKOH JOHNSON CHOO johnsonchoo@media corp.com.sg CONNECT Holdings owns about threequarters of Nasdaq-listed Pacific Internet (PacNet). And the investment firm has four more days to see if its offer to buy the remaining 25 per cent of PacNet shares for US$ll ($16.92)
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      • 151 28 BLOOMBERG SINGAPORE Telecom's Optus and joint-venture partner Elders won government funding for 50 per cent of a Asl.BB-billion ($2.4-billion) high-speed network in rural Australia. They will offer fixed and wireless broadband services to 3.7 million households and businesses under the agreement, the companies said
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      • 335 28 Tsang backs plan for bourses' inter-listing A PROPOSAL to trade Hong Kong and Shanghai-listed shares on each other's bourses, has the backing of Mr Donald Tsang, the territory's chief executive. Although other officials on both sides have underscored the suggestion that was raised earlier this
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    • Impact
      • 533 29  -  JOSEPH YADAO Clever interactive ads get the message across joseph.yadao@media corp.com.sg A DIFFERENT marketing approach is required to get in touch with the tech-sawy consumers of today, and mobile phone manufacturers Nokia and Sony Ericsson are taking advantage of JCDecaux's expertise in the outdoor medium to
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    • Infotech
      • 560 30  -  HEDIRMAN SUPIAN Firms also using event to showcase latest in mobile TV, digital media, broadcasting hedirman@mediacorp.com.sg THIS year's Infocomm Media Business Exchange (imbX), billed as Asia's largest infocomm trade exhibition, is set to surpass last year's total trade deal of US$lO billion
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    • solutions for business
      • 314 31 BLOOMBERG Software giant shores up poor Web TV showing with stake in TV-maker MICROSOFT Corp, which is losing market share in the United States for software that connects televisions to the Internet, agreed to buy a stake in China's second-biggest televisionmaker as part of plans to develop
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      • Article, Illustration
        73 31 on online social networks Online social networks are the new content distribution platforms as more people connect communicate and share within them. As highly personalised pages become the norm within social networks, we can expect more companies to embrace widgets (third-party applications) in their marketing mix. Embeddable widgets designed
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    • 602 32 MAYO MARTIN mayo@mediacorp.com.sg ASKED what sets her apart, Rosalyn Lee shrugged and grinned. "I've got guts," she said. Opinionated and eager, Lee will definitely feel right at home in her new role. In an exclusive interview with Today, the 27-year-old radio DJ revealed
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    • Article, Illustration
      571 32 WHISKY drinkers in Singapore are getting single-minded. And that is something producers of single malts are raising their shot glasses to, from as far away as Scotland. Or to be more accurate at the recently conI eluded Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival the celebrations centred on well, eelI
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    • 141 36 CDREVIEW Simian Mobile Disco There is a growing trend of dance music producers making club tracks with pop hooks. Recently, Parisian duo Justice raided their countrymen Daft Punk's back catalogue to create the nifty t. Now English duo Simian Mobile Disco (SMD) are following suit, Arctic
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      • 564 38  -  JOANNEYAP When more drinks are consumed over a limited time frame, the concentration of alcohol in the blood peaks, which we suppose is more harmful than when the same amount of alcohol is consumed over longer time periods. Dr Lina Morch, lead researcher at the Centre
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        112 39 such as liver cirrhosis, pancreatitis and osteoporosis. Besides cutting back on the number of drinks one imbibes, Dr Wong also suggests taking supplements. "There are studies to show that folic acid supplements Drinking 22 to 27 drinks over the course of a week increases risk by 130 per cent.
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        • 45 39 What are the common sports injuries? Learn how they are sustained and the treatment methods at this talk. When: Today, Ipm to 2pm Venue: National University Hospital, Health Education Hub, Main Building 1, Level 1 Fee/Registration: Free. Registration required. Call 6772 2184.
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        • 42 39 A physiotherapist will discuss the causes and treatments for acute and chronic shoulder pains. When: June 21,1pm to 2pm Venue: National University Hospital, Health Education Hub, Main Building 1, Level 1 Fee/Registration: Free. Registration required. Call 6772 2184
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        • 42 39 Find out about eye problems such as cataracts, glaucoma and diabetic eye disease. When: June 23, 2pm to 4pm Venue: Singapore National Eye Centre, Auditorium, Level 4, Tower Block Fee/Registration: $10. Registration required. Call 6322 8370
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        • 44 39 Learn how to perform head and shoulder massages from wellness therapist Stella Goo. When: June 25,7pm to Bpm Venue: Wings Centre, Junction 8 Office Tower, Level 6, Unit 5 Fee/Registration: $5 (members), $8 (non-members). Registration required. Call 6250 1012.
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      • 372 40  -  JOANNEYAP New research shows that eating too much cured meat may impair lung function joanne@media corp.com.sg NOTHING quite beats the smell of bacon sizzling in a pan, but studies show that one too many slices of cured meats is likely to be bad for
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      • 44 40 Why is nitrite detrimental for health? Nitrite is converted to nitrosamines (a carcinogenic chemical compound) during cooking. •These nitrosamine compounds are linked as a cause of stomach and oesophageal cancers. •Apartfrom cured meats, nitrosamines are also found in tobacco and beer.
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      • 52 40 The alternatives to cured meat Replace ham with tuna or eggs in sandwiches. Opt for beancurd instead of luncheon meat when ordering bee boon or nasi lemak. Order roast chicken instead of honey baked ham for special occasions. Have fresh fruit with cereal instead of bacon and eggs
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        459 42 I AM a 63-year-old man in good health. My Body Mass Index (BMI) is 21 and I weigh 60kg with a waist measurement of 90cm. My meals are usually free of red meat and contain little fat, oil, salt and sugar. I indulge in fatty food only
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    • 678 44 THE GUARDIAN McLaren's driver combination looks irresistible, but is the champion's ego a problem? FORMULA 1 US Grand Prix INDIANAPOLIS Three weeks ago, McLaren-Mercedes team principal Ron Dennis described Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton's one-two at the Monaco Grand Prix as "a perfect race". Last week
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    • 285 44  -  CUBBYLEONG IN MISSION Viejo, California on Sunday, Kate Ziegler, 18, broke the oldest world record in swimming in style. The American won the 1,500 m freestyle race at the TYR Swim Meet of Champions with a time of 15:42.545ec5, erasing the 1988 mark of
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    • 178 44  -  TANYO-HINN ZACH Ong, 17, set a new Boys' under-17 record in the 200 m backstroke when he clocked 2:08.375 ec at the 3rd Singapore National Swimming Championship at the Singapore Sports School last night The time erased Gerald Koh's previous mark of 2:08.44s set in June 1994,
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    • 719 45 Singapore fans in for a treat as Australia lead a host of big names here, with the Asian Cup in mind CUBBY LEONG cubby@mediacorp.com.sg SOME of the best sides in Asia will converge on Singapore over the next fortnight, with four of the big guns fine-tuning their
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    • 143 45  -  DARREN LAI HOME United had only lost one game this season, before their RHB Singapore Cup first leg quarter-final clash against Woodlands Wellington last night. And Woodlands proved their 3-2 win in April's S-League clash was no fluke, as they edged out tabletoppers Home 1-0
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