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Title Section9 2003-09-23 1 Streats SEPTEMBER 23, 2003 E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg mita (pj 111/03/20039 words
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Article631 2003-09-23 1 Khushwant Singh - Foreign students’ enrolment in local schools could boost grades By Khushwant Singh IF there is any doubt about the virtues of having a cosmopolitan student population, one need look no further than the Australian international school here. Its students scored better grades, on average, than their peers631 words
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Advertisement77 2003-09-23 1 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2003 E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg mita (pj m/03/2003 <0 > CV j M m wm -1 i I out for dentist Jaime who's making waves as a wakeboarder. LIM HAN MiNG Young entrepreneur Er Yeow Hwee fumbled as a student but not as a long-distance call provider. JANICE WONG77 words
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Morning Rush
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Article, Illustration453 2003-09-23 2 Choong Choon Yee - S’poreans must meet challenge of economic gloom, lay-offs: Kwek By Choong Choon Yee GOOD times or bad, opportunities can always be found if you look hard enough. And to take advantage of them, there are a few steps that must be taken, Small and medium453 words
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197 2003-09-23 2 SEATTLE A popular restaurant, in an attempt to take the mickey out of a law professor, is requiring customers to sign a liability waiver before they eat a dessert called the Bulge. Outside the front door of 5 Spot, in Seattle, a poster reads:197 words
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Article, Illustration497 2003-09-23 3 Bloomberg NEW YORK Mr John Reed, who ran Citicorp for 14 years and helped create the world’s largest financial services company, was named interim chairman of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). He will lead the effort to find a permanent replacement for Mr Richard Grasso.– Bloomberg; AFP - 497 words
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Article, Illustration602 2003-09-23 4 Zubaidah Nazeer - ‘Walking cyborg’ shares his robot i dreams I By. Zubaidah Nazeer CALL him a mad scientist if you like. But Professor Kevin Warwick, 49, of Britain’s Reading University, believes that it is possible for human beings to one day control their actions,Llanhe Zaobao - 602 words
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Article, Illustration457 2003-09-23 6 Julie Sim - Bit Julie Sim IT is a moment she wishes to forget. But homegrown singer-songwriter Tanya Chua, 28, remembers it anyway. She said that she was a bundle of nerves when she appeared on a Taiwanese TV variety show four years ago to457 words
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124 2003-09-23 8 BUZZSTOP A ROW between the AIA insurance company and its policyholders could become a legal battle next month. The Consumers Association of Singapore (Case), acting on behalf of the policyholders, has appointed Mr Quentin Loh of Rajah Tann as its legal counsel,124 words
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142 2003-09-23 8 Appeal for stiffer sentence rejected THE prosecution failed in its bid to have a stiffer sentence imposed on one of the killers of national youth football player Sulaiman Hashim, who was stabbed to death in May 2001, The Straits Times reports today. Norhisham Mohamad142 words
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Article150 2003-09-23 8 Tax cheats get house calls -AFP MALAYSIA’S taxmen are going door-to-door in a bid to track down thousands of tax cheats. News photographers were on hand, but were told not to take closeup pictures as tax teams delivered demands to more than 100 homes in-AFP - 150 words
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Article, Illustration48 2003-09-23 8 Two Parisian cyclists being followed by an electric car as they ride under the Notre-Dame bridge along the Seine river yesterday. The Georges Pompidou motorway, usually packed with motorists, was closed off to motorised traffic yesterday as part of a European ‘day without cars' AP 1AP 1 - 48 words
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152 2003-09-23 8 Bloomberg CHANGI Airport said yesterday that it would cut electricity rates by more than a fifth, helping tenants save millions of dollars. The airport is giving lower rates after it managed to negotiate lower prices for its new power supply contract, which began this– Bloomberg - 152 words
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Article84 2003-09-23 8 THE standards of some master’s of business administration (MBA) degrees available in Singapore have dropped because of oversupply and distance-learning. Many programmes do not require applicants to take the Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT), said Mr Jerren Lai, founder and research director of market research84 words
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Article84 2003-09-23 8 FAST food chain McDonald’s has commissioned local art collective Plastique Kinetic Worms to create 15 public seats for the Merlion Park. The “Seat Art” units, which McDonald’s worked on together with the Singapore Tourism Board and the Singapore Art Museum, will be installed next month. McDonald’s84 words
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Article103 2003-09-23 8 -AP MUSLIM clerics are mulling an appeal against smoking in public places in Indonesia. The Indonesian Medical Association requested that the Ulema’s Council, a coalition of moderate Islamic clerics, issue a fatwa or religious edict against smoking, said Mr Amidhan, the head of the council. He-AP - 103 words
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Article93 2003-09-23 8 Reuters ISRAEL’S army has begun using Russian immigrant soldiers, veterans of fighting in Chechnya, as snipers to guard Jewish settlements in the Palestinian territories, Israeli security sources said yesterday. The unit dubbed the “Immigrant Legion” was created recently by recruiting several dozen Russian-born men aged 40 andReuters - 93 words
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Advertisement276 2003-09-23 4 d THE GERSON THERAPY IS THIS FOR REAL? Our Response to Streats’ Article on August 25, 2003, headlined: ‘CONTROVERSIAL TREATMENT’ No evidence of ‘cure’ Not approving unproven alternative therapy Efficacy of treating cancer not established Serious illness and death Brushing aside Really? Really?? Really??? Really???? Really????? Find out the bold276 words
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Financial
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Article, Illustration620 2003-09-23 10 Janice Wong - He couldn’t afford to phone home when he was studying overseas. Now as the boss of an IP telephony service company, phone hills are no longer a problem Iropira By. Janice Wong AS an undergraduate studying compute science in Australia in 1997, Mr Er Yeo\ Hwee—~ tOvrtn M.W - 620 words
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Article89 2003-09-23 10 Reuters SINGAPORE Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust (A-Reit) yesterday said that it would buy a property being developed by its largest unit-holder for Infineon Technologies Asia Pacific Pte Ltd for $50.9 million. The property, comprising two 10storey towers, is being developed by Ascendas Land (Singapore) Pte Ltd– Reuters - 89 words
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Article77 2003-09-23 10 Reuters SINGAPORE OCBC Bank Ltd has room to return cash to shareholders after reaping a windfall from a restructuring and sale of non-core assets, analysts said yesterday. Analysts estimated that OCBC could return about $1.05 billion or 81 cents a share, thanks to excess capital on– Reuters - 77 words
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Article99 2003-09-23 10 SINGAPORE Retired Singaporeans may face a financial crisis unless they embark on comprehensive retirementsavings plans, said Mr David J Beynon, president and CEO of John Hancock Life Assurance Co Ltd. According to the Committee for Mortality Studies of Assured Lives, only 9 per cent of Singaporeans will99 words
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Article83 2003-09-23 10 Bloomberg SINGAPORE SMRT Corp has been given Standard Poor’s Ratings Services’ top corporate credit rating as the company considers selling debt. “The ratings take into account SMRT’s strategic position in Singapore’s duopolistic public transport sector, its robust financial profile and its strategic importance to the SingaporeBloomberg - 83 words
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385 2003-09-23 12 Wire services SEOUL/TOKYO Samsung Electronics and Sony said yesterday that they were considering a tie-up in liquid crystal displays (LCD), a deal that analysts said could help both companies compete in the hot flat-screen market. Samsung, the world’s largest maker of LCDs, saidWire services - 385 words
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Article, Illustration228 2003-09-23 12 SYDNEY Billionaire Kerry Packer, Australia’s richest man, is about to get much richer after the country’s only known gem ruby deposit, which lies on one his properties, starts bringing in the money. Mr Packer “stumbled upon” the mine several years ago,228 words
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Article, Illustration795 2003-09-23 13 WILLIAM PESEK Jr - Comment By WILLIAM PESEK Jr Bloomberg AS Richard Grasso mulls his next move, the former New York Stock Exchange chairman might consider a job in Asia. Okay, so Grasso won’t come cheap; he did, after all, resign amid outrage over his US$l4O million– Bloomberg - 795 words
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Article, Illustration450 2003-09-23 14 Rich more picky about making donations as markets take a beating Reuters GENEVA It seems that even the world’s wealthiest man, Microsoft Corp chairman Bill Gates, is feeling the pinch. The fallout of the recent market rout is spreading to charities as the generous instincts ofReuters - 450 words
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Article337 2003-09-23 17 STI: 1,586.63 v 3.23 Wire services SHARES finished lower yesterday, with Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing taking a hit after recent sizzling gains. The Straits Times Index closed down 0.2 per cent, or 3.23 points, at 1,586.63. Chartered shed 2.6 per cent, or four cents, to $1.48Wire services - 337 words
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Article24 2003-09-23 17 *AS AT SEPTEMBER 22 US$: 551,732 Ss: RM2.194 552.852 Ss: HK54.502 EURO: 551.985 Ss: 23.10 BAHT Ss: 64.87 YEN Ss: 4,889 RUPIAH24 words
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Comment
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Article, Illustration672 2003-09-23 18 SK JOHN - By SK JOHN THE other day, I hitched a ride in a colleague’s car. His friends, all 20-somethings, were in the car with me. The journey was otherwise uneventful, but for the fact that my younger colleagues wanted to make a 40-something man like me part672 words
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Advertisement238 2003-09-23 19 "Unless you use local guides, you are unable to turn to your account the natural advantages of the land. Without local guides, your enemy employs the land as a weapon against you." Sun Tzu, "The Art of War" SUN TZU > The art of War Hong Leong Finance is that238 words
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151 2003-09-23 20 I REFER to Mr Andrew Lee’s letter, “Traffic accident: Something’s amiss” (Streats, Sept 16). On July 18, Mr Lee filed a complaint with Comfort about a taxi driver who drove recklessly leading to an accident between the taxi and his own vehicle. Comfort interviewed151 words
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291 2003-09-23 20 I REFER to Mr Andrew Lee’s letter, “Traffic accident: Something’s amiss” (Streats, Sept 16). The Non-Injury Accident Reporting Scheme lets motorists report accidents in which no one is injured directly to their respective insurance companies, provided that the accidents do not involve government291 words
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Article, Illustration264 2003-09-23 20 I REFER to Gerard Chia’s letter, “Funding for the arts is an investment” (Streats, Sept 19). Mr Chia feels that the money poured into the Esplanade is a worthwhile investment albeit an intangible one, as he wants to see if “prolonged exposure to the264 words
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251 2003-09-23 20 I REFER to Ms Jasmin Flo’s letter, “This MHS patient is getting 2nd-class treatment” (Streats, Sept 12). The Managed Healthcare System (MHS) operated by NTUC Income is a comprehensive medical care system covering primary care, specialist care and hospital care. It offers a wide251 words
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Global
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Article, Illustration424 2003-09-23 22 US govt hopes Kay can find evidence of Saddam’s weapons WASHINGTON Mr David Kay is the face of US President George W Bush’s attempt to prove that Saddam Hussein indeed possessed weapons of mass destruction. Before the invasion, he was the one on US cable TVAFP - 424 words
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254 2003-09-23 22 BAGHDAD Saddam Hussein raised a secret resistance army to fight a guerilla war five years before the invasion of Iraq by US-led forces, his former confidante has revealed. The Australian reported yesterday that Lebanese writer Ali Bailout, who was close to Saddam for 30 years,254 words
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Article316 2003-09-23 24 Chinese quit jobs for cultural ideal Washington Post LHASA, China Two months ago, the 33-year-old Beijing native quit his job as a software engineer, gathered his savings and departed for a faraway land he had heard was entirely different from the rest of China Tibet. DeterminedWashington Post - 316 words
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Article, Illustration52 2003-09-23 24 A man walking past works of art on display along Beijing’s famed Wangfujing Street yesterday. Awareness of contemporary art is growing in China and will be helped by this week’s Beijing Biennale, the city’s first international fine arts exhibition, featuring hundreds of works of foreign and Chinese modernAFP - 52 words
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Article136 2003-09-23 24 Los Angeles Times BEIJING The building of a high-speed train service between Beijing and Shanghai has been derailed by tensions dating back to World War 11. As China considers a Japanese consortium’s bid for the US$l2 billion (5520.9 billion) project, there have been anti-Japan– Los Angeles Times - 136 words
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Article432 2003-09-23 25 Korean president seeks to soothe investors’ concern SEOUL President Roh Moo Hyun plans to crack down on South Korea’s militant labour unions in a drive to cut by half the number of strikes afflicting the country, the Financial Times (FT) reported yesterday. Mr Roh432 words
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Article, Illustration153 2003-09-23 25 AP MELBOURNE A partially blind pet kangaroo was hailed a hero yesterday after helping rescue a farmer who suffered serious head injuries when he was hit by a falling branch. The eastern gray kangaroo, Lulu, stood guard over Mr Len Richards’ unconscious body on Sunday– AP; AP - 153 words
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Medical
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Article337 2003-09-23 26 Reuters WASHINGTON American researchers said on Sunday that they had used cloned cells to treat a Parkinson’s-like disease in mice. They directed embryonic stem cells, which can become any kind of cell in the body, to produce the chemical dopamine, which is destroyed in cases of– Reuters - 337 words
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Article108 2003-09-23 26 QAre health supplements necessary? A Nutrients are best obtained from food. Fruit, vegetables and whole grains contain hundreds of protective compounds, many of which are not available in health supplements. A varied and balanced diet can supply all the necessary nutrients. For some groups such as women planning108 words
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EasyStreats
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Article, Illustration735 2003-09-23 27 YVONNE KWOK - For more than Haifa century, the pinnacle of critical success conferred on an American TV show has been the Emmy Awards. But looking at the nominations and winners this year, the judging panel isn’t always consistent Tellytubby By YVONNE KWOK WHENEVER Channel 5 runs one of their735 words
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Article, Illustration268 2003-09-23 28 INDIAN music director A R Rahman, who rose to international fame with the musical score for Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Bombay Dreams, is set to make waves at the Oscars with a Chinese film. He has scored the music mostly background for the movie, Warriors of268 words
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Article, Illustration598 2003-09-23 28 lAmy Van - STUCK n By lAmy Van BUFFETS are undoubtedly wildly popular. Yet these days, we can barely find a Continental spread that’s splashed with finesse and refinement. Meritus Mandarin’s Top of the M Revolving Restaurant has, however, decided to pave the way by offering a $3B semi-buffet598 words
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Article, Illustration553 2003-09-23 30 Shervin Seah - By Shervin Seah SHE was on the national stage last Tuesday when she played at Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew’s 80th birthday celebration. But Min Lee’s next piece will be something more complex than some of the tunes she had played that night, including Happy Birthday and553 words
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180 2003-09-23 30 MIN Lee and Vladimir Ashkenazy perform with the Philharmonia Orchestra of London on Thursday, 7.30 pm, at the Esplanade Concert Hall. Tickets at $3B, $6B, $llB, $l6B and $l2B are available from Sistic (tel: 6348-5555). Ashkenazy will also give an hour-long piano masterclass on180 words
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Article, Illustration102 2003-09-23 31 Third World conditions have come to Washington, no thanks to Hurricane Isabel, which has left the power grid in tatters. Households are coping with “primitive” conditions, The Washington Post said yesterday. No power means no running water, no traffic lights, pitch-black stairwells j and another dayPic Francis Lee - 102 words
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Tune in TV & MOVIE NEWS
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Article, Illustration48 2003-09-23 31 9pm, Channel U Zhengxian tells Tianfu that he and Biyu are just friends. Tianfu is happy to hear that and reveals his intention to woo Biyu. As they leave the restaurant happily, A-Wang suddenly appears with a gun and scolds Tianfu for trying to silence him.48 words
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Article49 2003-09-23 31 10pm, Central Clarissa Dalloway excitedly attends to the final preparations for a party she is giving in her elegant London home. Her plans are interrupted by the sudden return of the once dashing suitor she rejected 30 years ago. Starring Oscar winner Vanessa Redgrave and Rupert Graves.49 words
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Happenin’
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Article, Illustration66 2003-09-23 31 SCHERBAKOV PLAYS RACHMANINOV Tomorrow, Bpm University Cultural Centre Tickets from $l3 to $l9 at Sistic Hailed by critics across the board as a modem Rachmaninov, Russian pianist Konstantin Scherbakov is currently on a Rachmaninov 2003 Celebration world tour. He is also giving a masterclass today at 3pm, also at66 words
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Article65 2003-09-23 31 HABEAS CORPUS Tomorrow till Saturday, Bpm Jubilee Hall Tickets at $26 and $3l from Sistic Dr Arthur Wicksteed doesn’t pay his wife enough attention. Instead, he pursues a young patient who in turn pursues the doctor’s son. Meanwhile, Arthur’s sister decides to do something about her flat chest. One65 words
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Advertisement63 2003-09-23 31 If you wish to have your event highlighted in Happenin’, e-mail Streats at streats@sph.com.sg or fax 6319-8191. Please check with organisers for latest status of events. taring Chicken SCAUIOK/ SAUCE Per Chicken U.PJ&T Pricing subjected to 10% service charge and prevailing government taxes for either dine-in or takeaway, «R 3i£Rgs663 words
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Miscellaneous442 2003-09-23 31 Yourdailyhoroscope nr f 3 *AQUARIUS*" ©©ARIES JAN2O-FEB 18 FEB 19 MAR 20 MAR2I-APRI Chaos is your sculptural medium. You may be having fun, but few understand why or how. Compromise hurts your progress while helping your relationship you must decide which is more important. Those in power are trying to442 words
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Sports
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Article161 2003-09-23 32 7 don’t wish to comment on the punishment Shariff should get I just hope the relevant authorities will mete out what he deserves.' Geylang coach Scott O’Donell ‘Shariff should be fined a month’s wages and suspended for three to four matches. He must realise that by injuring161 words
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Article, Illustration602 2003-09-23 32 LIM HAN MING - Comment By LIM HAN MING FOUR days ago, Sembawang Rangers defender Shariff Abdul Samad punched Geylang United defender Peter Bennett (above) smack in the face in an S-League match at Yishun Stadium. It was a punch that even Mike Tyson would have been proud of. It602 words
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Article, Illustration401 2003-09-23 33 Lim Han Ming - China-bom throwers Du, Zhang to get Singapore citizenship soon By- Lim Han Ming CHINA-BORN throwers Du Xianhui and Zhang Guirong will represent Singapore at the South-east Asia Games in Vietnam in December. The Ministry of Community Development and Sports has endorsed the athletes’ applications for citizenship, thereby401 words
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261 2003-09-23 33 Wire services MANCHESTER Patrick Vieira labelled Ruud van Nistelrooy a cheat for his part in the Arsenal captain’s red card at Old Trafford which marred Sunday’s top-of-the-table goalless draw. Said Vieira: “I am very angry with Ruud van Nistelrooy, not the referee. He– Wire services - 261 words
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Article, Illustration308 2003-09-23 33 Wire services MADRID David Beckham (above) has “rubbished” reports in the media about a rift in his marriage. “I am going to say it. Contrary to reports in the papers, it is all a load of rubbish,” the Real Madrid midfielder was quoted as saying byWire services - 308 words
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Article, Illustration522 2003-09-23 34 Lim Han Ming - Chan is at home both with filling cavities and mastering wakeboarding tricks By Lim Han Ming JAIME Chan (below) has experienced many embarrassing moments while wakeboarding during the past seven years. But there is one that the 26-year-old dentist will never forget. It happened in theFrancis Lee - 522 words
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Article100 2003-09-23 34 GOLF AFP COLOGNE Overnight leader KJ Choi of South Korea shot a 67 in the final round to win the EPGA German Masters on his debut in a regular European Tour event here on Sunday. Choi, with an aggregate of 262, became the first Korean toAFP - 100 words
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Article111 2003-09-23 34 AFP ROME Juventus could be without Alessandro Del Piero for up to six weeks after the Italy international suffered a calf strain. Del Piero was injured during Sunday’s 2-2 draw at home to Roma. The 28-year-old striker was due to go for a scan today, but earlyAFP - 111 words
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Article119 2003-09-23 34 Reuters WASHINGTON The US showed it is in no mood to relinquish its status as women’s world champion as it overcame Sweden 3-1 in its first match of the 2003 World Cup on Sunday. However, the victory was tinged with some sadness after Brandi Chastain, the– Reuters - 119 words
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Article, Illustration423 2003-09-23 35 Hoddle had tactical acumen but his man-management was a letdown LONDON Glenn Hoddle’s (below) feelings on fate have been well-documented, but his sacking by Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday smacks of a destiny thwarted. Hoddle is Spurs through and through, having joined the club as a 12-year-old schoolboy,(ap - 423 words
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