Streats, 11 June 2003

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  • 10 1 Streats WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 2003 E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg mita <p) 111/03/2003
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  • Article, Illustration
    557 1  -  Software giant Microsoft has set its sights on the cable television industry By Pradeep Rajan MICROSOFT, which dominates the personal computer software market, has set its sights on cable television. The company yesterday unveiled new software aimed at enabling cable operators to create and deliver on-screen “storefronts”
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    • 39 1 VVCL/WC9ISMI, JUWK XX, 4UVO PERSONAL GOAL Brazil’s soccer success stems from passion, not poverty, ADAM HASHIDY learns u i: sireaxs's’spn.com.sg mita <p) 111/03/2003 SHORT TAKE Short women are petite but short men are, well, short, says IANICE WONG SBS
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  • Morning Rush
    • 435 2 Former St Patrick’s students, staff raise funds for renovation THE Brothers who form a core body of dedicated teachers at Saint Patrick’s School can look forward to more pleasant accomodation in the near future. A move is on to raise funds to refurbish their 70-year-old quarters
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    • 360 2  -  By Zubaidah Nazeer THE maximum penalty for making a false declaration on a new Ministry of Health (MOH) form will be a fine of up to $lO,OOO and a six-month jail term, effective from the middle of next week. The penalties will be
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    • 359 3  -  Executive dumps desk job for career in inline hockey Adam Hashidy ANGELA Chng is a double degree holder who mixes work with pleasure. The 26-year-old publicity and development officer of Skateline, a skating company she joined last year, is also a national inline hockey player. And
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    • 297 4 Officials killed as criminals seek to control weapons trade MOSCOW The murder of two Russian defence industry executives on the same day appears to be part of a longrunning battle among criminal networks for control of the country’s lucrative state-owned arms trade. First to be killed was
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    • 132 6 BUZZSTOP AFP A SENIOR Singaporean member of Jemaah Islamiah (JI) is in detention here after Thai authorities arrested him in Bangkok last month, the Ministry of Home Affairs announced yesterday. It said that Arifin bin Ali, alias John Wong Ah Hung, 42, was
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    • Article, Illustration
      43 6 Mohammed Rashid’s 1.6 m long moustache has placed him in the Guinness Book of Records as the man with the world’s longest moustache. Mr Rashid, 62, an architect from Turkey, has not cut his moustache for the last 10 years AFP
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    • 138 6 Hamas swears revenge AP HARDLINE Hamas leader Abdul Aziz Rantissi yesterday vowed to leave “not one Jew in Palestine” after an Israeli helicopter missile blew up his car. The assassination attempt on the top political leader of the Palestinian militant group came within hours of the
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    • 126 6 Marine Terrace project NATIONAL Development Minister Mah Bow Tan yesterday made clear the responsibility of the Housing and Development Board (HDB) concerning the delayed upgrading of Marine Terrace flats, according to media reports. “HDB must fulfil its responsibility for this MUP (Main Upgrading Programme). Finish
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    • 134 6 SIA discount bonanza THERE has been overwhelming demand overseas for Singapore Airline’s cut-price deals on fares to Singapore. The news that thousands of travellers from Australia to Britain are keen to snap up tickets that have been discounted by as much as 75 per cent
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    • 88 6 MOUNT Alvernia Hospital staff will have their pay restored as at Monday, reports The Straits Times today. The not-for-profit hospital had last week reduced the working week and imposed the equivalent of a 17 per cent wage cut on its 696 employees, intended to apply
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    • 104 6 DETAINED Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is “well and in good spirits”, United Nations special envoy Razali Ismail confirmed yesterday after he was allowed to meet her, The Straits Times reports today. There have been concerns for Ms Suu Kyi’s safety after she
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    • 90 6 Bloomberg News FINANCIAL giant Citigroup has the worst-rated board of directors in the US, says the Corporate Library, a private watchdog body. But also receiving sharp criticism were JP Morgan Chase Co, Honeywell International and Walt Disney, which were among some 50 companies graded F in a
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    • 91 6 -ap A KEY Malaysian opposition leader convicted of leaking state secrets was granted bail yesterday and released after more than two years in jail. Ezam Mohamad Noor, the youth leader of Keadilan, was released on RM20,000 (559,100) bail while he appeals a two-year sentence for leaks about
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  • Financial
    • 531 8  -  Restrictions on operating businesses from residences lifted r Choong Cfwon Yee YOU can now run a business from your home anywhere in Singapore. In view of the poor economic situation and high unemployment figures, the Government yesterday announced a new Home Office (HO) scheme that will
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    • 224 8  -  By_ ChuaKongHo UNITED Overseas Bank has tied up with fund administrator Bermuda Trust (Singapore) Ltd to set up Asia Fund Services, a company that provides registration services for fund managers and other distributors. In a joint statement yesterday, UOB and BTSL said
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    • 254 10  -  Coca-Cola sends out mini fridges to grab media attention B v Janice Wong SOME journalists were treated to literally the coolest media kit yesterday when Coca-Cola unveiled its new global look by delivering 15 trendy Coca-Cola mini fridges stocked with Coke. One recipient even mistook the novel
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    • 92 10 Bloomberg SINGAPORE Capita Mall Trust yesterday said it will announce fund raising plans for the purchase of a mall, and has requested its shares be suspended from trading on the stock exchange today. It plans to buy the IMM Building or $262.6 million, an acquisition it said
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    • 59 10 SINGAPORE Local Java developers will now get help to venture abroad, thanks to the new IDA (Infocomm Development Authority)-Sun Overseas Development Programme launched yesterday. The goal is help some 20 companies leverage on Sun Microsystem’s worldwide network to accelerate their overseas presence, and generate up to
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    • 222 12 Bloomberg HONG KONG Shanghai Land Holdings, a developer controlled by a tycoon under investigation for fraud, has placed itself in court receivership, citing ‘"unorthodox loans” worth 650 million yuan (S$ 136 million) at two subsidiaries. The recent reported arrest of flamboyant tycoon Zhou Zhengyi, China’s 11th
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    • 193 12 RISES Ranked by Stocks Closing (0) Koh Bros W04 2.5 66.7 PanpacMed W*****9 1.5 50.0 ASTI W*****1 6.5 44.4 WahShing HK20c 11.5 43.8 Benefun20k HKlc 2 33.3 L&M lc 2 33.3 Rotol 10c 12 33.3 GenMag 20c 24 26.3 Armstrong W*****0 2.5 25.0 HuaKok 5c 7.5 25.0
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    • 24 12 AS AT JUNE 10 US$: 551.732 552.865 EURO: 552.029 Ss: 68.23 YEN Ss: RM2.194 Ss: HK54.502 Ss: 24.12 BAHT Ss: 4,734 RUPIAH
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    • 245 9 What can you buy with^ 7A Yun Nam ONE HAIR CARE SESSION JUST ONE DOLLAR! Just $1 for an exclusive Yun Nam Hair Care session. Why? Because research shows Singaporeans believe Yun Nam is the most effective hair care centre! Do you believe it? Want to prove it for yourself?
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    • 205 10 INFORMATICS INSTITUTE COME FIND OUT WHY IT SKILLS ARE STILL IN DEMAND. In the knowledge economy, no one is more valuable than an IT professional. So if you are interested in pursuing a career in this dynamic and progressive industry, then take part in our free IT Seminar. At the
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    • 173 11 Having made a life-changing decision, Matthew needed something to keep his spirits up. So he called ICI Colour Consultation. We recommended a radiant W\m mtm mm** yellow for his bedroom stairs. A.colour that inspires confidence and symbolises a new beginning. ICI Colour Consultation with its panel of experts understands exactly
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    • 106 12 Moulding; Learners Holidays Enrichment Programmes: Cloze Passage Power Comprehension Power Fun-da-mathics Grammar Builder Creative Writing Camps Seminar: Experiencing Science Success Skills Academic Classes: English PI to S 4 Maths PI to S 4 Science P 3 to P 6 Foreign Students: Entrance Exam Preparatory Course Grab this opportunity to enrich
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  • Comment
    • 695 13  -  By, JANICE WONG MY colleague Adam declared last week that he would like to be a woman because we get away with many things that men can’t. Let me add one more unfair advantage: While women can get away with being tall, men are usually penalised
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  • Global
    • 427 15 Bush backs Tenet but others see a different picture WASHINGTON US President George W Bush has complete confidence in CIA director George Tenet despite growing doubts about the accuracy of pre-war intelligence on Iraqi weapons. US forces in Iraq have not found concrete
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    • 299 15 Reuters BAGHDAD They have tom down his statues and peppered his portraits with bullet holes, but Iraq’s interim US rulers are now printing millions of new banknotes bearing the face of deposed Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. Officials sitting at makeshift desks in
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    • Article, Illustration
      36 16 A group of men offering prayers for rain on the dried-up surface of Upper Lake, Bhopal, yesterday. A scorching heatwave in India has killed more than 1,400 people in the past few weeks AFP
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    • 221 16 -AP HONG KONG A two-year-old boy has died of anthrax here, in the first such case in nine years, health officials said yesterday. The boy died on May 30 after becoming sick with fever, abdominal pain and vomiting, said Dr Tse Lai-yin of the
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    • 327 16 First black senator faces new hurdle WARRENTON, Virginia Former senator Edward W Brooke (pictured), 83, now has a new role: He is the poster boy for a disease which most men assume they cannot get. Last September, he was told he had breast cancer. He underwent
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    • 275 17 INSTITUT OVER 600,000 STUDENTS AT 583 LOCATIONS IN 47 COUNTRIES. MORE THAN 40 PRESTIGIOUS UNIVERSITY PARTNERS GLOBALLY. o AND TODAY, ANOTHER MARK OF EXCELLENCE. The Singapore Quality Class for Private Education Organisations (SQC PEO) programme from SPRING Singapore recognizes the highest level of commitment, dynamism and progressiveness in achieving educational
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  • Vocal
    • 284 18 I REFER to “Must pigs in EU have toys?” (Streats, May 22). As stated in the report, it is a myth that pigs must be given toys to play with under European Union (EU) rules. But the underlying animal welfare issue is, unfortunately, far
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    • 208 18 FOR the past six months, I have been receiving regular spam SMS messages to my cellphone from the same “sure win soccer” tipster. The sender’s name appears on my phone as “xxx” company. This unsolicited advertising is irritating, annoying and an intrusion into
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    • 130 18 SINCE healthcare work and courtesy have both recently been in the media spotlight, I feel that now is a good time to point out how badly drivers behave when an ambulance with flashing lights is around. It is infuriating to see drivers not giving way to
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    • 66 18 AS a frequent traveller on SBS Transit buses, I find that TVMobile shows too many programmes in Chinese. This is not fair to the many other passengers who don’t understand Chinese. English programmes are shown, but more are in Chinese. I really hope that SBS Transit or TVMobile
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    • 353 20 I REFER to “Income should stop commenting on workshops” (Streats, June 2), a letter by Mr Joey Lim, chairman of the Singapore Motor Workshop Association. Mr Lim stated that NTUC CEO Tan Kin Lian should refrain from passing unfounded assertions about inflated costs for
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    • 135 20 I WISH to make a clarification regarding a quote attributed to me in the report, “Big ire in Little India” (Streats, June 9). The quote “Why must they poke their nose into small retail business?” was not my own but one expressed to me by some
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    • 141 18 HAVE YOUR SAY E-mail us at streats@sph.COIH.Sg or write to The Editor, Streats, News Centre, 1000 Toa Payoh North, Singapore *****4. You should include your name, address and contact number. We reserve the right to edit your letters for brevity and clarity. By your writing to us, it shall be
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  • Medical
    • 258 21  -  By Oh Boon Ping WHAT would you think if, upon removing your footwear one day, you discovered some peeling and cracking of the skin on your soles? Athlete’s foot? Surely not. After all, that’s an infection that plagues only the sportsmen, not someone with a deskbound
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    • 224 21 Macular degeneration is common in the elderly Reuters NEW YORK Obesity makes agerelated macular degeneration worse, according to a study published in the Archives of Ophthalmology. Physical activity, on the other hand, reduces the risk of deterioration. Age-related macular degeneration is a condition in which the
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    • Article, Illustration
      182 21 I Which is more nutritious: walnut, almond or hazelnut? 3 What are the side-effects of excess intake? A ALL three have similar nutritional values. All nuts are good sources of protein and dietary fibre. A half-cup provides about 15g of protein or a quarter of the recommended daily
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    • 322 22 M I m A jH| ■I, ,i Feel sad about your bust? Perhaps your feelings have been hurt when your boyfriend praised a beautiful lady with a sexy bust in a film? Or when you were both out shopping he became suddenly attracted to a curvaceous, sexy woman and kept
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  • EasyStreats
    • Article, Illustration
      755 23  -  Step aside, Amazing Race. Singapore has its own untelevised Super Race, modelled after the popular American reality game show By Yvonne Kwok GRUELLING, mindboggling and blazing quick. Don’t knock The Super Race just because it lasts only one day, takes place within the confines of Singapore and
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    • 486 24  -  B v Gregory Leow SINGAPOREAN Ben Kwa has always loved computer graphics and was determined to make it his dream job. Now, some three years after university, he has clinched that job and will be going to Los Angeles in three weeks’ time to work
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    • 499 25  - Tiramisu the main draw By_ Gregory Leow THERE were three dishes at the final Streats Culinary Masterclass at Senso on Saturday. But everyone’s mind was on one thing: The recipe for tiramisu. The popularity of the dessert in Singapore can be seen in its prominence on Italian restaurant menus here,
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    • 114 26 JENNA Morasca, the 21-year-old model who recently won Survivor: Amazon, is possibly on her way to making her second million. She will be shedding her clothes for the August issue of Playboy for an estimated US$l million (S$ 1.73 million), though Playboy wasn’t disclosing the exact
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    • 111 26 NICOLE Kidman has raised eyebrows in London recently by laughing so loudly at a theatre performance of Albert Camus’ tragedy Caligula that the lead actor heard it and wondered what was up. According to a report in the Sydney Morning Herald yesterday, she was “reportedly laughing loudly
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    • 78 26 ACTOR Russell Crowe and his wife Danielle Spencer are expecting their first child, according to reports. The baby is due shortly before Crowe’s 40th birthday and the couple’s first wedding anniversary on April 7, said PeopleNews.com. Spencer, 32, had apparently told friends that she wanted
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    • Happenin’
      • 54 27 CHENG SAN ECHOES OF THE VALLEY CHINESE ORCHESTRA Today, lpm Raffles City level one Free Take a mid-week break at lunch time with the Cheng San Echoes of the Valley Chinese Orchestra who won last year’s National Chinese Music Competition in the Ensemble Open Category. They will play Chinese
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      • Article, Illustration
        54 27 LEIPZIG GEWANDHAUS ORCHESTRA Today and tomorrow, 7-30 pm Esplanade Concert Hall Tickets from $23 to $143 (call Sistic at 6348-5555) The orchestra has an illustrious 250-year history with past Kapellmeisters which include Felix Mendelssohn and Kurt Masur. Now led by Herbert Blomstedt (left), it will perform works by Mendelssohn,
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    • Tune in TV & MOVIE NEWS
      • 58 27 10pm, Channel 5 Modelled after The Bachelor, an average Joe gets to pick a soulmate from 20 women. They think that he is worth US$5O million (SsB7 million). But Evan Wallace is a construction worker who, in this debut episode, goes through an intensive course on how to
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      • 58 27 10pm, Channel i Seattle detectives Chris Lecce (Richard Dreyfuss) and Bill Reimers (Emilio Estevez) are assigned a stakeout operation and are joined by a new supervisor, federal prosecutor Gina Garret (Rosie O’Donnell), and her rottweiler, Archie. Mayhem ensues as the trio attempt to keep their operation a secret
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    • 112 27 Bad weather has held back a man who is within days of becoming the first Briton to row solo across the Indian Ocean. Mr Simon Chalk, 30, set off from Kalbarri, western Australia, on Feb 28 and is now about 370 km from his target, Reunion
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    • 255 26 ne masterclass ffin/rtt* »t*/. fit/fa Pi not Nos 8 Would you like to offer friends a nice glass of wine at the end of a busy day or over the weekend? Here's a chance to pick up the skills to choose a good Australian vintage. Wine expert Evan Seah will
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    • 25 27 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.
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  • Page 27 Miscellaneous
    • 449 27 Yourdailyhoroscope jp AQUARIUS JAN 20-FEB 18 by Kelli Fox at Astrology.com Stealthy developments and rash outbursts catch you off guard. Try not to make any sudden moves before you get the whole story. To see some immediate good in the world, turn your frustration into an act of charity. f
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  • Sports
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      423 29 Owen-Rooney pair could come of age in crucial game against Slovakia Wire services EURO 2004 QUALIFIER England v Slovakia MIDDLESBROUGH The fledgling Merseyside strike force faces its first real test tonight (tomorrow morning, Singapore time). Nobody doubts that the combination of Liverpool’s Michael Owen and Everton’s Wayne
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    • 78 29 Luxembourg v Denmark, Norway v Romania Czech Republic v Moldova, Austria v Belarus GROUP FOUR Sweden v Poland, San Marino v Hungary Faroe Islands v Germany, Lithuania v Iceland GROUP SIX HUH Northern Ireland v Spain, Greece v Ukraine England v Slovakia, Turkey v Macedonia GROUP EIGHT
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    • 340 29 Wire services LONDON Manchester United has conditionally accepted an offer from Spanish club Barcelona for star midfielder David Beckham, the English champion announced on its website yesterday. The deal is conditional on Beckham himself accepting the move and Joan Laporta being elected as
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    • 711 30 Woods believes his game is right where it needs to be Reuters OLYMPIA FIELDS, Illinois Tiger Woods (below) is bidding this week for his third US Open crown in four years. The defending champion will tee off as the clear favourite in tomorrow’s first round
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    • SOCCER
      • 105 30 Reuters RIO DE JANEIRO Veteran Brazilian striker Romario on Monday spoke of his regret about his move to Qatar, where he spent three months. He was paid US$l.2 million (552.07 million), played three games and failed to score a goal. He said: “If I’d known it was going
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      • 111 30 ■AFP SEOUL South Korea’s star striker Ahn Jung Hwan, undergoing military service, has been given special permission to play in tonight’s friendly against Argentina. The Japan-based star, whose familiar flowing locks were shorn when he began a one-month stint at barracks near Seoul a week ago, was
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      • 59 30 SINGAPORE Sports Council (SSC) and Home United Football Club are jointly organising a youth soccer camp from June 19 to 21 at the Bishan Stadium for boys 9-12 years old. The registration fee is $6O with a set of Umbro jersey, shorts and socks. It closes this Saturday.
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    • 605 31  -  Brazilian attributes country’s success to passion, training methods By Adam, Hashidy BRAZILIAN footballers are the best because they are groomed from young in football academies. So says Brazilian Stefano Cugurra (below), or Teco as he is more popularly known. He should know. He came up through the
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    • 434 31 -AFP NBA FINALS New Jersey v San Antonio (San Antonio leads series 2-1) EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey Knowing the San Antonio Spurs have not lost three games in a row all season, the New Jersey Nets have a “do-or-die” attitude in the National Basketball
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  • Page 30 Miscellaneous
    • 78 30 IN THE LIVING ROOM GOLF: US Open Championships, Preview 3 (ESPN Ch 23, tomorrow, 4.30 am). SOCCER: International friendly: Korea v Argentina (Channel i, 6pm). Euro qualifiers: Finland v Italy (Super Sports Plus Ch2l, tomorrow, 1.55 am), England v Slovakia (Super Sports Ch 22, tomorrow, 2.55 am), Northern Ireland v
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