Streats, 14 March 2001

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    21 1 STREATS Treats for the Streets WEDNESDAY 14 March 2001 Another quality publication of Singapore Press Holdings E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg MITA (P) 103/06/2000
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    Lock icon Car-Free Day is on April 19. Will it cause a... Morning crush?
    551 1  -  by YVONNE KWOK the call to motorists is out: Leave your vehicles behind on Thursday, April 19; Take public transport instead. Save the enviroment. Enjoy cleaner air. Join the morning rush and... be crushed? Will Singapore’s first Car-Free
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    Lock icon Comfort cabs get comfortable
    161 1 morning rush COMFORT cabs will be more comfotable. Singapore’s largest taxi fleet is replacing 1,100 of its 2L taxis with roomier 3L Toyota Crown cabs. Some will also have a gadget to allow the cabby to open the back door for commuters automatically. Comfort runs 11,000
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      60 1 HR fl- n the 'daq' </ it’s Blue Tuesday as Nasdaq dive PAGE 3 Whack the talk M'sion police blitz on msdst rumour-mange itt- PAGE 9 Jing Jun Hong (far left) and Dr Jennifer Lee were the toast of the night as Her World's Young Woman Achiever of the Year
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  • Streatsmart Parliament
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      Lock icon Your living space: Can it be... Bigger?
      333 2  -  reports by SARAH NG LET'S have bigger flats and less crowded HDB estates, suggested MP for Pasir Ris GRC Ong Kian Min in the debate on the Concept Plan 21. He argued that HDB need not have built such small flats as those
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      Lock icon Why not...
      109 2 ideas answers A Kranji-JB tunnel Mr Charles Chong (Pasir Ris GRC) on KL’s proposal PROF Jayakumar replied: “We have, in principle, agreed to the tunnel proposal. But there are many technical details to be ironed out and we are waiting and therefore unable to go into details at
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    • home & away
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        Lock icon Closer S'pore-Malaysia ties
        105 2 SINGAPORE received a reply from Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad addressed to Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew a week ago, said Minister for Foreign Affairs S Jayakumar. There are, however, variations on some points in Dr Mahathir’s letter against SM Lee’s understanding of the same points as
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        Lock icon Closer From home to work
        93 2 MORE homes will be built near major employment areas to help reduce commuting time and traffic congestion. Minister for National Development Mah Bow Tan said: “We will try to build more homes near major employment areas, such as the the central area and the western
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        Lock icon Closer Family and community ties
        82 2 HDB will build more flats in existing estates to help young couples to live closer to their families, and strengthen their sense of identity with existing towns. Mr Mah said: “The proposals make good sense, both economically and socially; economically because we can capitalise on
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      Lock icon Blue Tuesday
      359 3 Tough times aheadl predict stock market experts ARE you sitting tight on your cash? Or, are you among the many who just got burned in Black Tuesday’s worldwide stock market tumble? We would like to tell you to sit back, relax because things would be well soon. But,
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      Lock icon Third chance at life for lucky rider
      190 3 LADY Luck must have been smiling on Mr Huang, 43, when he escaped death twice on Sunday. At around 3pm, Mr Huang was riding his motorcycle along the Pan-Island Expressway towards Bedok. Suddenly, some tables and chairs fell from a lorry in front
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        Lock icon Caught in the act
        118 3 A SHARP-EYED lifeguard at Yio Chu Kang Swimming Complex noticed Wee Pang Teik, 38 and a boy behaving suspiciously on Feb 17 at about 3pm. Aware of the high gay activity in the area, he saw them entering the toilet. He alerted his colleagues and they
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        Lock icon Piggy bank burglars
        116 3 CRIME really isn’t paying much these days. Meticulous burglars who went to great lengths to break into a one-room flat found only $l5O in coins in a piggy bank and a 14-inch colour television. Not only did the burglars have to pry open the wooden front door,
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        Lock icon Pedestrian run over
        66 3 A 49-YEAR-OLD pedestrian, Chan Yew Weng, died after he was knocked down by a motorcycle along Tai Seng Avenue towards Upper Paya Lebar Road on Monday. The rider, a 36-year-old man, was cruising along the extreme right lane when the accident occurred. According to police, traffic was
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      Lock icon Red card for bookie
      208 4  -  by KHUSHWANT SINGH 3 years jail, $700,000 fine for taking bets on soccer games HE was sent off to spend three years in jail. In addition, he was fined a whopping $700,000. Auyok Kim Tye, 33, a Singaporean, will pay a steep price for his high
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      Lock icon Bus driver gave me money
      121 4 onekindact. Trisdlla Koh I left my wallet on bus no 165 last month and realised it only after I got down at Ang Mo Kio. Thinking that the bus would go to Ang Mo Kio Interchange, I enquired at the counter there. But I was
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      Lock icon No handphones – it could be matter of life and death
      212 4 No handphones it could be matter of life and death SWITCHING off your handphone in concert halls and cinemas is a matter of etiquette. In hospitals, it could be a matter of life and death. About a month ago, when Madam Chen Yuchang, 40, and her husband went to Mount
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      Lock icon The best of both worlds
      415 5  -  -ports by DIANA SER there is one thing you can say Jun Hong to get the norlally soft-spoken table-tennis ice all fired up. Ask Her World’s Young Woman achiever of the Year how she tels about the foreign sports tal!nt debate. “This is very tiring.
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      Lock icon 'You can't have it all'
      284 5 EVERY Singaporean should know Dr Jennifer Lee. As chief executive officer of the KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital, she is responsible for one out of every three births here. As NMP since 1999, she has been championing the cause of the ordinary Singaporean. Yesterday, this
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      Lock icon Our weather girl says...
      66 5 Look out for a high- powered celestial I sound-and-light show this morning as those rainy clouds bring lightning and thunder to many areas* Temperatures will reach a high of 31 °C. High tide will hit 2.8 m at 2.35 pm. Our weather girl is Streats reader
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        76 5 From this month THE age ceiling for coverage under the CPF Home Protection Scheme (HPS) has been raised to 65 years. CPF members who are starting HPS can pay their premiums in annual instalments. Under the scheme, CPF members and their families are insured against losing their homes if they
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        Lock icon Remember...
        47 5 Beat the queue and the engage tone on your phone. You don't have to visit or call the CPF board just to get forms for various CPF services. Just print the forms you need from the newly-installed E-Forms Service from the PAL Internet website at www.cpf.gov.sg.
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        Lock icon Check this out...
        33 5 Learn to make your own cosmetics and be mystified by the ancient gardens of the east at the Magic of Asian Aromatherapy. On at Library@Orchard from 7pm to Bpm today.
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      Lock icon SIA iceball or StarHub kopi, anyone?
      785 6 SI A iceball or StarHub kopi, anyone? I USED to wonder if I was gobbling up sweetened ice shavings so quickly because the syrupy slush was melting through my grubby fingers, or because my fingers were freezing, or simply because I couldn’t get enough of iceballs. Whatever the reason, the
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  • Streatsmart regional
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      Lock icon 30 rumours that stoked PJ riots
      348 9 PETALING JAYA What can rumours do? In Petaling Jaya, it was the cause of last week’s riots between Malays and Indians which ended in six deaths, police said. Malaysian police have already arrested two people for the crime of spreading rumours that stoked riots.
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      Lock icon Homeless
      89 9 This woman is among a few residents of Kampung Medan who tied the riots last week to seek refuge in a church. The ■ian Indian Congress as said families such as hers will be helped to get low-cost houses. A developer has agreed to provide the houses, The Star
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      Lock icon Ezam charged with sedition
      105 9 Reuters KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian opposition activist Ezam Mohd Noor was yesterday charged with sedition for allegedly saying he planned Philippines-style street protests to topple the government. Ezam was political secretary to former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim, who is in jail for corruption and sodomy. Ezam
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      Lock icon Indon army may step in
      262 10 -ap JAKARTA Indonesia’s army commander vowed that the military will step in to “save this nation” if political turmoil and escalating ethnic and separatist violence threaten the unity of the country The military “must guard the nation if a chaotic situation erupts”, said General Endriartono
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      Lock icon Rival supporters rally
      95 10 -AP JAKARTA Thousands of rival protesters rallied in Jakarta yesterday as Indonesia’s embattled President Abdurrahman Wahid struggled to stay in office amid a deepening political crisis. The stock market fell sharply for a second consecutive day, amid calls for him to quit. About 1,500 demonstrators gathered outside
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        Lock icon You've got (dirty) mail
        108 11 -AFP SEOUL An angry Korean sent 273 dirty letters full of human faeces to every member of the South Korean National Assembly, officials said yesterday It was the second time in four days that such a protest had been made. Similar letters were sent to some
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        Lock icon Ansett jet 'was on fire'
        82 11 -AP SYDNEY A passenger on an Ansett Airlines flight yesterday said he saw flames streaking from one of the jet’s engines shortly before it was forced to return to Sydney. The Airbus A 320 carrying 138 passengers and crew was forced to turn back to
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        Lock icon Aussie officer suspended
        73 11 -AP CANBERRA An Australian army officer from a controversial parachute unit was suspended and sent home from Malaysia for fighting other soldiers in a bar-room brawl,-the army-said-yesterday. The Australian Defence Force said military police were investigating the case. The officer is a member of the Third Battalion,
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        Lock icon Thai senators expelled
        73 11 -AP BANGKOK The Thai Election Commission yesterday expelled 10 senators, including the Senate president, from the House after finding them guilty of cheating to win elections last year. The ruling, which cannot be appealed, is another blow to the credibility of the Upper House of parliament, some
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    • web cites
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        Lock icon Air tragedies in focus
        33 11 USA Today deemed the site "a must-see website for every airline passenger" Airdisaster.com features a selection of airline disaster footage (viewer discretion is advised), as well as investigative reports
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        Lock icon Search the stars
        39 11 A compendium of clips from websites and trade papers like Variety and an occasional blind item from a disgruntled cast member is available at BroadwayStars.com The Time Warp feature at On-Broadway.com lists Broadway plays since 1990.
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      Lock icon Raped Indon woman leaves baby in airplane loo
      107 11 -AP JAKARTA An Indonesian migrant worker who gave birth on a jet after being raped in Saudi Arabia has been sentenced to 10 months in jail for abandoning her baby in the plane’s toilet. Her lawyers criticised Mon- day’s sentence and accused
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  • Streatsmart global
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      Lock icon Dying man gets life term for killing wife
      110 12 AP PHOENIX A man dying of cancer was sentenced to life in prison after he admitted killing his third wife by pushing her into the Grand Canyon. Robert M Spangler, 69, of Grand Junction, Colorado, was sentenced on Monday after agreeing to
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      Lock icon Child's murder sparks DNA testing debate
      227 12 -ap BERLIN Should the horror of a 12-year-old girl’s murder take priority over the Germans’ fierce sense of privacy? The country was struggling with this question on Monda as opposition politicians called for genetic data to be collected and filed on the entire adult
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      Lock icon Bomb boo-boo kills 6 in Kuwait, probe on
      266 13 Reuters US Navy jet dropped bomb during a live-fire exercise KUWAIT Investigating teams were being set up yesterday to find out why a US Navy bomb fell on and killed five US soldiers and a New Zealander in Kuwait. Defence sources in
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      Lock icon Messages on their toes
      112 13 justbelieveit. Reuters SAN FRANCISCO When an elephant puts its foot down, people listen. And so, apparently, do other elephants using their toenails to sense messages sent from as far as 32km away. A new study by Stanford University researchers indicates that elephants use footstomping and vocal
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      Lock icon Secret $630m donation to NY university
      177 13 Reuters WASHINGTON An anony mous donor has donated US$36O million ($630 million) to a New York university. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute on Monday described the donation as the largest gift ever to any university in the US. Ms Shirley Ann Jackson, president of the institute,
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        Lock icon Stone suit thrown out
        104 13 AP AMITE, Louisiana A judge on Monday threw out a lawsuit against Oliver Stone that claimed his film Natural Born Killers led to a bloody crime spree. State Judge Bob Morrison dismissed the case on First Amendment grounds. The lawsuit was brought against the makers of
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        Lock icon Flies kill Tanzania lions
        95 13 DAR ES SALAAM Swarms of bloodsucking flies have killed at least six lions in Tanzania’s world famous wildlife park, the Ngorongoro crater, conservation officials said. The lions died after they were repeatedly bitten by flies known as “stomoxys”, said Nim Shallua, acting conservationist at the Ngorongoro
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        Lock icon Quake-proof houses
        91 13 AFP BOMBAY UN organisations working in Gujarat have brought in specialists to build houses to withstand major tremors. “We have begun the task of putting up 150 demonstration houses in 35 villages,” said Praveen Pardeshi, programme manager in Gujarat of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). He said
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  • Streatsmart people
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      Lock icon Putin! You naughty boy! Get out of the class!
      287 14 MOSCOW He may be a Very Important Person now. But even VIPs have to go through a childhood. Just like you and I. And guess what? As a growing boy, Russian President Vladimir Putin was just like one of us. As
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      Lock icon No entry for Rabin's grandchild
      170 14 AFP MUNICH The granddaughter of assassinated Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was barred entry to a Munich restaurant on Sunday evening on political and racial grounds, Bavarian radio reported on Monday. Ms Noa Ben Artzi-Pelossof told the radio that she had wanted to take part
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      Lock icon Ludlum dies after heart attack
      272 14 Reuters MIAMI Suspense writer Robert Ludlum, the prolific author of The Scarlatti Inheritance and other complex spy thrillers, died on Monday in Naples, Florida, after suffering a massive heart attack, a family spokesman said. He was 73. Mr Ludlum, a master of the Cold War
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  • easy STREATS
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      Lock icon The SPG ditches her sarong
      496 15  -  by CARA van MIRIAH SARONG Party Girl the long hair, the tight blouse that stops short of the waistline, the signature sarong skirt. And the ang moh beau by her side. That’s the mental picture we have when that phrase crops up. These supposed “gold-diggers”
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      Lock icon Starry-eyed Oscar contender
      140 16 SHE has been tagged as the next big thing and her acting has earned her rave reviews. She even stands a chan- V ce of winning an Oscar for her role as a swordswoman in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. But the nubile Zhang Ziyi is still a
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      • Today's must-see TV...
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          Lock icon WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE
          79 16 Bpm, Channel 5 Debut of this phenomenally successful game show which had everyone in the UK, US and even India enthralled. What we’ll be watching is the US version, with Channel s’s production coming up on the horizon next month. The format is simple
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          Lock icon YESTERDAY, TODAY AND TOMORROW
          95 16 10pm, Central The film tells the stories of three different Italian women who use sex to get what they want. In Naples, Adeline is selling cigarettes in the black market and learns that women cannot be imprisoned when pregnant. Under the law’s protection, she plies her
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          Lock icon BON JOVI: CRUSH
          66 16 9pm, HBO (SCV 60) The famous pop- rock band strut their stuff to aIM their greatest hits, including Bed Roses, Wanted Dead or Alive, and their most recent Thank You For Loving Me. Filmed in Zurich, Switzerland in August 2000 while on their sellout European tour in
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      Lock icon Ricky has a Latvian love
      200 18 AP SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico Puerto Rican pop star Ricky Martin has a new woman in his life. Ricky Martin was spotted at the recent music festival in San Remo, Italy, with Latvian model Ines Misan, local newspapers in Martin’s hometown of San Juan reported
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      Lock icon Diva takes a pay cut
      161 18 WHEN an industry is not doing well, no one is exempted from the possibility a pay-cut. Not even when you’re Hongkong diva Faye Wong. The singer-actress had been told by her record company, EMI, to lower her asking price in her new contract when her
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      Lock icon Should we allow establishments to jam mobile phone signals?
      312 21  -  Canada, India and Hongkong are considering jamming mobile phone signals in places like theatres, restaurants and meeting places. But there are concerns that safety may be compromised Just one. question. (As told to Carrie Ho) Definitely! Handphones going off in public
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        Lock icon No hat-trick? No problem
        603 24  -  Mirko Grabovac doesn't think much about winning the Golden Boot award for the third straight year by TAN KIM HAN HE should be tossing and turning in bed every night thinking about defending his coveted S-League Golden Boot award. Yet Singapore Armed Forces FC striker Mirko
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        Lock icon Leeds to miss injured Radebe
        255 25 Reuters CHAMPIONSLEAGUE Leeds v Lazio tomorrow LEEDS Leeds will be without firstchoice central defenders Lucas Radebe and Jonathon Woodgate for today’s (tomorrow, Singapore time) Group D game against Lazio at Elland Road. The English side has already qualified for the quarter-finals and cannot catch group
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        Lock icon champions league
        139 25 Today (tomorrow, Singapore time) Bayern Munich v Arsenal Spartak Moscow v Olympique Lyon GROUP C P W D L F A Pts Bayern Munich 5 3 1 1 7 5 10 Arsenal 5 2 2 1 6 7 8 Olympique Lyon 5212 7 3 7 Spartak Moscow 5104
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        Lock icon FA Cup hero Brown plans dream day for sick son
        156 26 Reuters LONDON Wycombe Wanderers midfielder Steve Brown will lead his team out for its FA Cup semi-final with Liverpool carrying his sick son in his arms. Brown, sent off for celebrating the club’s 2-1 win at Leicester City on Saturday
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        Lock icon Twin Towers to Spurs' rescue
        100 26 Basketball Reuters SAN ANTONIO With twin towers Tim Duncan and David Robinson leading the way, the San Antonio Spurs romped past the Los Angeles Clippers 99-81 on Monday to top the Midwest Division in the NBA Championships. Duncan scored 28 points and pulled down 11
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        Lock icon Hagi was provoked: coach
        127 26 •Soccer -AFP PARIS Romanian legend Gheorghe Hagi, in disciplinary hot water for spitting at a referee at the weekend during a Turkish leage match, was the victim of “shameful provocation”, his coach at Turkish club Galatasaray said on Monday. The 36-year-old midfield veteran faces a lengthy
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        Lock icon Cash award for Gopichand
        82 26 Badminton Reuters NEW DELHI India’s Prime Minister led a chorus of praise on Monday for All England badminton champion Pullela Gopichand and announced a promotion for him on behalf of his employers. “He was a deputy manager in the Indian Oil Corporation. I’m told he’s been
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        Lock icon Little room at the top
        420 27 -afp Three teams vie for two quarter-final spots from Group C CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Bayern Munich v Arsenal (tomorrow) LONDON Arsenal faces a tricky match against German champion Bayern Munich, as it vies for a place in the quarterfinals of the Champions League today (tomorrow, Singapore
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      839 17 Findthewords g Use the questions to help you find the three hidden words in this word puzzle. 1. Another name for Straits born Chinese is 2. The Malay name for Chinese Op is Singapore has an interesting heritage made up of the different communities and cultures. From March 12 -17,
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