Today, 20 November 2007

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    13 1 TODAY /A=diaCofip MICA(P) 132/10/2007 we set you thinking Tuesday November 20, 2007 todayonline.com
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    Lock icon Twists and turns at the summit
    842 1  -  NAZRYBAHRAWI LEEU-WEN nazry@mediacorp.com.sg AS FOREIGN ministers of the Association of South-East Asian Nations (Asean) adopted a landmark charter yesterday, a stone's throw away, a handful of foreign students protested against the brutality of the Myanmar junta. While this sideshow had little bearing on the
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    Lock icon Temasek vows to fight guilty verdict by Indon watchdog
    689 1  -  CHRISTIE LOH christie@mediacorp.com.sg IT WAS a foregone conclusion that left political watchers, businessmen and international investors shaking their heads over the unpredictable nature of doing business in Indonesia. Guilty as charged. A fine of 25 billion rupiah ($4 million), an order
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      43 1 S-LEAGUE SHOULD i GET «J* BEHIND LIONS GROWTH FORECAST NEXT TWO YEARS SHOULD BE GOOD FOR SINGAPORE HOT NEWS PAGE 2 YOUTH OLYMPICS STORE MAKES FINAL FIVE SHORTLIST HOT NEWS PAGE 3 CABBIE CRACKDOWN IN LINE, BUT WILL IT LAST? LOCAL PAGE 4
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  • hot news
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      Growth forecasts for next 2 years up
      515 2  -  CHEOWXINYI Average 8.1% growth in first three quarters points to positive outlook, say analysts cheowxinyi@media corp.com.sg SINGAPORE has raised its economic growth forecasts for this year and next, despite concerns over the extent of the fallout from the United States sub-prime mortgage crisis.
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      INFLATION PROJECTION RAISED TO 2%
      348 2  -  CHEOWXINYI The Government has raised its inflation forecast for this year to 2 per cent from the earlier forecast of between 1.5 and 2 per cent, and expects prices to rise between 3.5 and 4.5 per cent next year, up from its earlier prediction of
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      On to Round 2
      501 3  -  LEE U-WEN Spore gets closer to Youth Olympics hope u-wen@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE is on the shortlist of five cities bidding to host the inaugural 2010 Youth Olympic Games. Just after 10pm yesterday, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced that Singapore, Bangkok, Moscow, Athens and Turin had made
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  • singapore news
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      Lock icon In line, but will it last?
      453 4  -  TEOXUANWEI xuanweit@media corp.com.sg IN A refreshing change from the norm, cabs were waiting for passengers at taxi stands, and commuters in the Central Business District (CBD) did not have to wait more than 10 minutes for a taxi most of the time during the
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      Teacher under investigation for altered answers in PSLE Mother Tongue papers
      500 4  -  TAN HUI LENG huileng@media corp. com. sg BAFFLED and shocked these were the reactions when teachers heard about Mother Tongue (Tamil language) papers that were allegedly tampered with in this year's Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE). The incident, said
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      Lock icon NTUC takes the lead
      437 5  -  JEREMY KOH -938 LIVE jeremykoh@mediacorp.com.sg TWO months ago, labour chief Lim Swee Say called on companies to make public the age profile of their workforce. The aim, he said, is to discourage employers from axing older workers to circumvent the upcoming law on re-employ-ment for those
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      Myanmar to sign charter
      446 6  -  LOH CHEE KONG cheekong@media corp.com.sg WILL they or won't they? Myanmar's generals had kept everyone guessing as to whether they would endorse the Association of South-east Asian Nations (Asean) Charter, but yesterday, its Foreign Minister assured reporters it would not be a party pooper, as Asean
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      Lock icon S'pore rebuts M'sia's 'prejudicial' remarks
      289 6 AS THE International Court of Justice (ICJ) resumed the hearing over the Pedra Branca (picture) dispute, Deputy Prime Minister and Law Minister S Jayakumar said that if Singapore did not rebut Malaysia's "prejudicial" remarks last week, Singapore's integrity would be diminished. The statements included an
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      APBS' banks also gambled: Lawyer
      371 8  -  LEONG WEE KEAT weekeat@media corp.com.sg HE GAMBLED big and lost. And the four foreign banks suing Asia Pacific Breweries Singapore (APBS) did exactly the same as its former finance manager Chia Teck Leng, according to the company's defence lawyer Davinder Singh. The four banks "could
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      Lock icon Cleaner discovers man's body in Kallang
      182 8  -  TEOXUANWEI xuanweit@mediacorp.com.sg AN INDIAN man in his late 20s was found dead at Block 50 at the Kallang Bahru Industrial Park yesterday morning. Bangladeshi cleaner Khairul Islam, 29, discovered the body lying face down, in a pool of blood along the corridor of the
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      More pay for A3 80 pilots
      345 8  -  LEONGWEEKEAT weekeat@media corp.com.sg CAPTAINS and first officers making the switch from the Boeing 777 and Airbus 340 to the world's first A3BO fleet will not be getting a double pay increment But all Singapore Airlines (SIA) pilots and first officers selected to fly the
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    • S'PORESNIPPETS
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        SENTOSA, SCHOOLS TO JOINTLY RESTORE PRIMARY FOREST
        113 8 The Sentosa Leisure Group is embarking on a project to restore a primary forest on the resort island for the first time. It will invest an initial $200,000 to kick off its efforts and has roped in 150 pupils to help write this
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        SOUTH KOREA ON SHOW
        79 8 Singapore is hosting its first exhibition of all things Korean. The Korean Products Show 2007 at the Singapore Expo will feature the 50 top Korean companies in a bid by the Korea Trade Investment Promotion Agency to promote its industries and products, such as electronics. The
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  • world news
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      Lawyer in video breaks silence as estranged brother admits to role in bribery
      321 10 KUALA LUMPUR The lawyer in a controversial video involving Malaysian judges yesterday broke his silence on the issue, denying allegations he brokered the appointment of judges and saying he would cooperate with a government probe into the
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      Lock icon More hints on election date
      313 10 AGENCIES 'Won't be long from now,' says country's election commission chairman PUTRAJAYA- Malaysia's electoral chief yesterday said that national polls will be held soon and rejected opposition demands for reforms to ensure transparency. Speculation has mounted that Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi will seek a
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      Lock icon Aung San Suu Kyi steps out of home for an hour
      287 10 -AFP YANGON Myanmar's detained democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi left her home for about one hour yesterday to travel to a military facility used for government meetings, witnesses told AFP. Witnesses said a convoy picked up the Nobel
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      Lock icon Top M'sian cop faces fresh charge
      88 10 —AGENCIES KUALA LUMPUR A top-ranking Malaysian police officer already on trial for graft faced a fresh charge of abuse of power yesterday, in a scandal that has underscored public concern about police corruption. Ramli Yusoff, the police director of commercial crimes investigations, pleaded innocent
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      Lock icon China's 'open' vision
      583 12  -  JASON LEE jasonlee@mediacorp.com.sg AS CHINA continues its economic progress for the next 10 to 20 years, it will still look to Singapore which has learned Western management methods while retaining its eastern traditional values as a facilitator, Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew said yesterday at the launch
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      Lock icon Ex-Khmer Rouge head of state arrested
      170 12 -AP PHNOM PENH A United Nations-backed tribunal in Cambodia arrested the former Khmer Rouge head of state yesterday. Khieu Samphan is the fifth senior official of the brutal regime to be rounded up ahead of a long-delayed genocide trial. The 76-year-old was escorted by
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      Lock icon Not guilty, says Taiwanese VP
      376 14 -AGENCIES DIAMOND COUPLE: Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip celebrate their diamond wedding anniversary, the jongest marriage in English royal history, today. They marked the occasion yesterday with a thanksgiving service attended by family members and friends in Westminster Abbey, the church where they wed
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      Lock icon Hong Kong democrats lose out in local elections
      232 14 -AP HONG KONG Candidates backed by China's central government delivered a crushing blow to Hong Kong's pro-democ-racy camp in district council elections, sweeping up nearly a third of the contested seats, according to election results yesterday. Although district councillors have little real
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      Lock icon 'Minor hurdle' before Musharraf is re-elected
      565 17 -AFP -AFP ISLAMABAD Pakistan's top court yesterday dismissed five of six challenges to General Pervez Musharraf's re-election as President, edging him closer to a victory that could help end the country's political crisis. Two petitions lodged by a retired judge and a senior member
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        Lock icon KING'S OUTBURST IS HOT RINGTONE
        109 17 —THE GUARDIAN When Spanish King Juan Carlos said to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez "Why don't you shut up?", little did he know that his breach of diplomatic protocol earlier this month would become a multi-million euro business, selling ringtones, mugs, T-shirts and websites. Some 500,000
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        Lock icon GHOST OF COLUMBINE IN COLOGNE
        128 17 -AP German police said they thwarted a plot by a pair of teens to attack their school in Cologne, after classmates saw them studying pictures of the Columbine school shooting and alerted their principal. One died after throwing himself in front of a tram after
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      Lock icon No strippers or lap dancers please, we're Australian
      252 18 -AFP SYDNEY Australia's embattled government yesterday vowed to crack down on foreign lap dancers and sex workers if re-elected in next weekend's general election. The pledge came as Prime Minister John Howard's conservative coalition government entered the final stretch of a campaign
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      Lock icon Howard's end?
      504 18 -AGENCIES Polls show Aussie PM losing his hold despite a booming economy SYDNEY The Australian economy is booming; so, why do opinion polls show that the government is heading for defeat in the elections on Saturday? Prime Minister John Howard has gone from suggesting that the electorate must
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    • Here's how to ease taxi trauma
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        Lock icon Scrap taxi-booking system, up fares
        249 22  -  ERIC TEO CHIN HONG Letter from I REFER to the report "While LTA wields stick, MP proposes carrot" (Nov 19). Member of Parliament Seng Han Thong has proposed a location surcharge to increase the supply of taxis at "busy places" such as pubs, hotels and
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        What about the 'non-busy' areas?
        83 22  -  HAUMWAHAB Letter from I AM surprised by MP Seng Han Thong's proposal to introduce a location surcharge. If a surcharge is introduced for "busy areas", it may make it very difficult for commuters to find taxis in other "non-busy" locations, such as in the heartlands.
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        Let the cabbies take home more money
        66 22  -  ARTHUR TAN Letter from I REFER to David Lim's letter "Usage charges are better" (Nov 14). I agree that such surcharges only add to our taxi woes. The authorities should simply increase general taxi fares and eliminate surcharges so that taxi drivers can
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    • Article
      What purpose, these narrow balcony ledges?
      156 22  -  KOHSOOHOON Letter from I WAS shocked to read the report "Woman fined $4k for making maid work on balcony ledge" (Nov 16). I feel that the design of balcony ledges in condominiums contributes to this problem. Many condominiums feature narrow balcony ledges that owners
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      175 24  -  DR BILL MAIER I BY TYPE 2 DIABETES IN CHILDREN Have you ever wondered where the term "Type 2 Diabetes" came from? This may surprise you. Until fairly recently, doctors referred to this type of problem as "adult onset diabetes", because it was almost unheard of
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      Have exits to more places from stations
      208 24  -  RONNIE TAN Letter from I AM not a regular MRT user but could be convinced to become one. One of the reasons I do not take it more often is that I do not feel that I can "reach" many places when I
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      Lock icon Telecast trip up
      146 24  -  ROGERPOH Singapore soccer fans let down due to failure to broadcast World Cup qualifier match live Letter from I REFER to the report, "Draw's fine for Singapore" (Nov 19). With the draw, Singapore is now through to the third round of Asia's World Cup qualifiers. Many soccer
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      Discount cards = higher prices?
      112 24  - Discount cards higher prices? DAVID SOH POH HUAT Letter from RECENTLY, the Kopitiam Group implemented its "Discount Card" islandwide at most of its outlets. What surprised me was prior to the scheme, chicken wings and coffee sold at the outlets were priced $1 and 90 cents respectively. After the implementation
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  • Business
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      Lock icon Bonus fat cats
      351 26  -  ESTHER FUNG esther@mediacorp.com.sg FINANCE professionals in Singapore are on the top of the world as they enjoy the biggest bonuses among their peers globally, according to recruitment agency Robert Half International. Out of the 5,000 finance professionals from 17 economies polled, 96 per cent of respondents from
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      Lock icon SembMarine unit to pay $167m to close dubious forex deals
      220 26 -BLOOMBERG SEMBCORP Marine, which reported the biggest foreign-ex-change loss at a Singapore company in three years, said its shipyard unit, Jurong Shipyard, will pay Societe Generale U*****.45 million ($167 million) for closing several unauthorised transactions. SembCorp Marine is injecting $300
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      Bats threaten smaller bourses
      325 26 SMALLER financial exchanges, already at risk of being marginalised by the emergence of global platforms, are now facing an even bigger threat in the form of off-exchange liquidity pools led by large investment banks and brokerages, Singapore Exchange (SGX) chief executive Hsieh Fu Hua said yesterday.
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      Lock icon Interest rate cut to avoid recession likely
      232 27 BLOOMBERG INDICATIONS in the financial futures market are that the economy is so bad, the central bank in the United States will have to lower interest rates at least threequarters of a percentage point to avoid a recession. Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke's
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      ASIA TOO HOT TO HANDLE?
      482 27  -  WILLIAM PESEK ASIANS sure are unique; they don't eat and they don't use energy. That's nonsense, of course, yet it's how some are viewing Asia. Even as prices rise faster in some places than during the *****, investors are pushing the "core inflation" argument If
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    • business news
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        Singapore: A great place to pay taxes
        284 28  -  HEDIRMAN SUPIAN DON'T take it out on the taxman the next time you pay your taxes. According to several reports released yesterday, Singapore has one of the best personal tax environments in the world and is among the easiest for companies to pay
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        Lock icon S'pore stocks fall as oil soars
        223 28 BLOOMBERG High crude prices increase inflation worries SINGAPORE stocks fell for the 10th time in 12 days after crude oil rose above US$95 a barrel, raising concern inflation will accelerate. United Overseas Bank led the declines. "There's a feeling that petrolpump prices are beginning
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      • BUSINESSBRIEFS
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          Lock icon SUB-PAR IPO FOR LIPPO
          74 28 AGENCIES Lppo-Mapletree Indonesia Retail Trust opened at $0,775 on their Singapore Exchange debut yesterday, below their initial public offering (IPO) price of $0.80. It offered 645.5 million units: 20 million units for the public and the rest for institutional investors The trust issued another 414.9 million
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          TEMASEK REJECTS OFFER FOR STANDARD CHARTERED
          71 28 Temasek Holdings rejected a proposal from China's three largest banks to buy its 17-per-cent stake in Standard Chartered Bank, the Financial Times reported. The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, Bank of China and China Construction Bank had in recent months made "informal and
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      271 29  -  JOSEPH YADAO joseph.yadao@media corp.com.sg IF YOU'VE visited City Link Mall recently, chances are Canon's interactive outdoor advertising campaign would have caught your eye. Six life-sized displays line the walkway opposite the New York New York restaurant, stretching all the way to Pacific Coffee. "Canon has
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      261 29  - You can ride the bus and surf the Web for free —JOSEPH YADAO NOKIA has given the term "surfing on the go" a whole new meaning with the introduction of the Nokia WiFi Zone on some of the buses plying our streets the first WiFienabled buses in the Asia-Pacific. The
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      679 30  -  fl^^WKfTalE] WHAT does the humble toolbox-car-rying, HDB flat-dwelling construction worker have in common with the Gucci-suit-wearing, PDA-toting executive who goes home to a swanky condo? They're both into "designer goods". That's not such a far-fetched idea, if you buy the premise of the Singapore Design Festival
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      330 31  -  -MAYO MARTIN CALL it "gong-ho" music. Gamelan, the ensemble of Indonesian percussion instruments, may soon be a recognisable fixture on the local music and arts scene with the arrival of Sekaran, the first gamelan festival in Singapore. The three-day event which starts today is part of Reflections
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      244 32  -  Mayo Martin THEATREREVIEW by Postcards From Rosa IF THERE'S one defining Peranakan trait, according to Postcards From Rosa, it's that they love to do things that are leceh (Malay for "troublesome"), from their complex cuisine to the intricate designs of the kebaya.
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        456 33  -  KARMAN TSE IN HONG KONG karma n@mediacorp.com.sg I WAS star-struck. And who wouldn't have been at the 40th TVB Anniversary Awards last Saturday. Kevin Cheng was so close to me I could see his pores except there weren't any to be found on his perfect, bronzed
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      509 36 RHB jazz up banking as Tampines and SAFFC prepare to do battle in Singapore Cup Final WITH the 2007 RHB Singapore Cup Final between Tampines Rovers and SAFFC less than a week away, RHB and global sports icon Nike teamed up to launch the
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      338 36  -  PAUL GREEN NTUC INCOME-YEO'S S-LEAGUE 2007 Liaoning Guangyuan 0 Woodlands 2 ROARED on by a vociferous group of visiting supporters, Woodlands Wellington rounded off their NTUC Income-Yeo's S-League 2007 season yesterday with a 2-0 win over Liaoning Guangyuan at Queenstown Stadium. The presence of
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      129 37  -  HENRY WINTER -THEDAILYTELEGRAPH sports@newstoday.com.sg England should go with young guard in Croatia cruncher LONDON A nation will now watch and wonder whether a lame duck can regain the power of flight Saturday night's blockbuster showing of The Great Escape starring Steve McClaren throws up as many
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      362 37 -THE GUARDIAN LONDON Croatia's Niko Kranjcar (picture) has warned England that their Group E decider at Wembley tomorrow will be an opportunity for Croatia to send a message. Croatia, which reached the World Cup semi-finals nine years ago and have qualified for
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      652 38  -  Leonard Thomas THE SPORTS EDITOR SAYS leonard@mediacorp.com.sg PALESTINE have been dispatched, Tajikistan handled. Now the Lions face the big boys of Asia. This weekend, Singapore will be drawn in a third round World Cup qualifying group headed by one of five seeded nations -Japan,
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      426 38  -  LOWUNFHOONG linfhoong@media corp.com.sg ON FRIDAY, chef-de-mission Low Teo Ping revealed that Singapore's gold target for the upcoming SEA Games ranged from 35 to 45 medals. All along it looked as if Zhang Guirong (picture), a gold medallist at the last two Games,
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      466 39  -  TANYO-HINN yohinn@media corp.com.sg YESTERDAY, organisers of the Singapore leg of the 2008-09 Volvo Ocean Race revealed they were in the hunt for superstars like golf icon Tiger Woods to add to the glitz and glamour of the event. The Singapore leg
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      782 39  -  HELEN CHOE Last week, Asian Games gold medallist Maximilian Soh dropped out of Project 0812, the country's programme to give elite athletes all the help required in their bid to become medallists at the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games. The 19-year-old sailor cited differences
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