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Title Section11 2003-06-25 1 Streats WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 2003 E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg mita (p) 111/03)% >311 words
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Article615 2003-06-25 1 Chita Kong Ho - Air Asia expected to unveil coach-air service next week B y Chita Kong Ho MALAYSIA’S budget airline, Air Asia, is once again showing what can happen when no-frills airlines fight for a bigger slice of the market. It is to offer flights to Kuala615 words
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Advertisement186 2003-06-25 1 THE R m WORD With iron rice bowl broken, why consider raising retirement age, asks PETER SIOW PAGE 18 St Ty received my ?003 jxtweek-C2 [L .6 JP Gary Lim goes on a shopping expedition with budding pop star Xiao Xiao PAGE 24 ites a fleet of 60 loured tour186 words
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Article, Illustration309 2003-06-25 2 Zubaidah Nazeer - By_ Zubaidah Nazeer IT’S all about timing. Of all days to run into a major problem, the new North-East Line had to do it on the one that the Senior Minister of State for Transport would be visiting. But luckily, theST - 309 words
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Article313 2003-06-25 2 Shervin Seah - Ez-Link eyes low-value transactions By Shervin Seah THE ez-link card is set to give the Nets cashcard a run for its money as the most popular method of cashless payment. There are about 4.5 million ez-link cards in circulation as of April this year,313 words
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Article, Illustration568 2003-06-25 3 Godfrey Robert - Prominent legal eagle and key soccer official R Palakrishnan dies in Melbourne By Godfrey Robert HE was a lion in the courtroom and a lamb to his friends. Those who knew him professionally said that as a lawyer, he fought each case with568 words
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Article, Illustration523 2003-06-25 4 Bad bosses have always been with ns. But with todays investor-driven emphasis and record unemployment levels, they seem to be thriving WHEN the labour market and the economy are down, bad bosses tend to flourish. With unemployment rates hitting record highs everywhere, workers desperate to holdAP - 523 words
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Article150 2003-06-25 4 AFP PARIS Bosses who are disliked for being unfair or unreasonable can stoke a massive rise in workers’ blood pressure, a phenomenon that fuels the risk of a heart attack or stroke, a study revealed on Monday. Scientists recruited 28 female nursing assistants inAFP - 150 words
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Article, Illustration370 2003-06-25 6 Janice Wong - Stanchart wins international award for its HIV cause By Janice Wong STANDARD Chartered Bank’s enlightened approach to hiring people who have been tested HIV positive, has earned it international acclaim. Stanchart not only practises this non-discriminatory hiring policy, it has also roped in top managers toJanice Wong - 370 words
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123 2003-06-25 8 BUZZSTOP OUT of a job? Never mind, just tap your CPF savings. That is what a panel of the Remaking Singapore Committee (RSC) is proposing, reports The Business Times today. The Beyond Credit Card sub- committee suggested that jobless Singaporeans be123 words
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Article, Illustration43 2003-06-25 8 Young men with large tattoos being arraigned at a police station in Daejon, near Seoul on Sunday. South Korea is cracking down on men who use tattoos to avoid compulsory military service, the linchpin of its defence against North Korea apap - 43 words
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Article132 2003-06-25 8 Sino-Indian accord Wire services IN the first-ever joint declaration signed by Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and his Chinese counterpart Wen Jiabao, New Delhi yesterday recognised Tibet as part of China. India also reiterated that it will not allow Tibetans to engage in anti-China– Wire services - 132 words
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Article148 2003-06-25 8 Jemaah Islamiah arrests MALAYSIAN police have arrested Alias Osman, the man believed to have supplied Jemaah Islamiah bomb-maker Azahari Husin with raw materials for his explosives. Alias, 36, was arrested in a suburb near Kuala Lumpur a fortnight ago, The Straits Times reports today. A few days148 words
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Article131 2003-06-25 8 ssom event Bloomberg SWIFT, a cooperative that provides banks with a global messaging and money-transfer system, will hold its biennial conference in Singapore. The Swift International Banking Operations Seminar, or Sibos, will be held from Oct 20 to 24. It was cancelled in 2001– Bloomberg - 131 words
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Article102 2003-06-25 8 AS families get smaller and Singaporeans become more cost-conscious, the size of homes here is likely to shrink further. Architects and analysts said the size of private homes here may be reduced to as little as 500 square feet, roughly the size of the living and dining102 words
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Article96 2003-06-25 8 Reuters A POLICE officer hailed as a national hero in China for relentless campaigns against drug traffickers faces prosecution for smuggling heroin, the official Xinhua news agency reported yesterday. Three years ago, Zhou Kun, head of an anti-drug brigade in the south-western province of Guizhou, was anReuters - 96 words
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Article114 2003-06-25 8 -afp AIRPORT security computers in the US are programmed with a “David Nelson alert”. Frequent flier David Nelson of St Petersburg, Florida, has lost count of the number of times he has been searched at US airports a victim of an apparent computer glitch that targets anyone-afp - 114 words
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Article93 2003-06-25 8 -AP DOCTORS in the US are increasingly being asked to extract sperm from male corpses for surviving partners who wish to have a child. The practice raises questions of consent, privacy and child welfare, and could benefit from more clearly defined bioethical policies, says a report in-AP - 93 words
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Financial
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Article, Illustration486 2003-06-25 10 Choong Ckoon Yee - Micro-mechanics celebrates successful IPO launch with push-ups By Choong Ckoon Yee THE last thing a visitor to a modem air-conditioned office would expect to see are workers down on all fours doing push-ups. But this is what some of the staff of Micro-mechanics in the EunosAshlelgh Sim - 486 words
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Article89 2003-06-25 10 SINGAPORE Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) said yesterday that it will retrench more than 100 staff as part of efforts to streamline the company. “The retrenchment exercise will affect slightly more than 100 staff group-wide,” an SPH statement said. “As our management are still89 words
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Article123 2003-06-25 10 Reuters SINGAPORE -Tenders have been opened for the provision of Singapore’s second pay-TV service, as part of a plan announced last year to develop the country as a media hub. Currently Star Hub Cable Vision Ltd, a unit of the part-govemment-owned Star Hub PteReuters - 123 words
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Article309 2003-06-25 12 Choong Choon Yee - Task force formed to educate businesses on intellectual properly ahead of new laws By Choong Choon Yee A NEW task force in town will work to make Singapore businesses understand the need to protect and respect intellectual property rights and ideas. The task force,309 words
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250 2003-06-25 12 ChuaKongHo - By ChuaKongHo FRANCO-ITALIAN semiconductor company STMicroelectronics (STMicro), Europe’s secondlargest investor in Singapore, has battled its way into a slot on Business Week’s annual Infotech 100 list for 2002. The survey by the US based business weekly rated technology companies by profitability and250 words
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Article, Illustration476 2003-06-25 14 Strong demand for sl.7b issue marks UOB’s return to debt market after 2 years Reuters SINGAPORE Singapore’s second-largest lender, United Overseas Bank, returned to the debt market for the first time in two years with a 10-year issue that doubled in size to US$l– Reuters - 476 words
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Article, Illustration441 2003-06-25 17 Foreign carmakers unhappy AFP BEIJING Imitation is the highest form of flattery but foreign carmakers may be happier without the widespread recognition their designs are getting from Chinese copycats. The issue was brought to the forefront after observers noticed that a compact car from SAIC Chery AutomobileAFP; AFP ' I - 441 words
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Comment
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Article, Illustration697 2003-06-25 18 PETER SIOW - By PETER SIOW IT wasn’t that long ago that I recall the Government urging Singaporeans to extend their working lives. Subsequently, it put back the retirement age from 55 to 62. There was even talk of stretching it to 64 or scrapping it altogether.697 words
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Global
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Article, Illustration455 2003-06-25 20 -AP JERUSALEM Hamas and other militant groups were on the verge of agreeing to halt attacks on Israelis, Palestinian officials said on Monday, while Israel warned that it may not accept what it considers a tactical ceasefire meant to give the militias time to-AP; AP - 455 words
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Article, Illustration50 2003-06-25 22 A German tourist trying on a dress in Beijing's Xiushui market yesterday. The World Health Organisation yesterday lifted its travel advisory against the city. Beijing was the last remaining place under a WHO advisory urging travellers to avoid non-essential travel because of concerns about Sars Xinhua mm t—iXinhua mm—t—i - 50 words
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Article412 2003-06-25 22 One man given nod to challenge election results SHENZHEN Mr Wu Haining puts up posters challenging the results of a recent district council election. And remains a free man for doing so. The Kaili Gardens apartment complex in Shenzhen, where he puts up his posters,412 words
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Article, Illustration387 2003-06-25 24 US reporter holed up with GAM rebels surrenders Wire services JAKARTA An American identified as a freelance journalist who has been travelling with rebels in the troubled Aceh province yesterday presented himself to Indonesian troops. Mr William Nessen has been with the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) rebels– Wire services; AP - 387 words
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175 2003-06-25 24 HONG KONG Internet addiction is spreading in China like wildfire. The news of a 16-year-old Net addict, who was tied with rope and carried home by his father after spending three full days in a cybercafe in Guangdong, is testimony to this growing175 words
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Vocal
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Article, Illustration267 2003-06-25 26 SEVERAL taxis I saw outside Suntec City Exhibition Centre at 11.20 pm on June 15 had their “hired” signs illuminated but no passengers inside. I wanted to catch a cab before midnight to save the surcharge, so I walked to Marina Square where267 words
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149 2003-06-25 26 IN the letter, “Need for direct answers” (Streats, June 23), Mr Dudley Au rightly lambasted DBS Bank for failing to give a direct answer. I would like to add that the Land Transport Authority’s senior manager of corporate communications, Ms Han Liang Yuan, committed149 words
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Article153 2003-06-25 26 ONE of my colleagues broke his arm recently and was hospitalised for observation at Alexandra Hospital. Because his case was classified as an industrial accident, he did not qualify I for subsidies and was entitled to a bed I in a Class B 1 ward. But153 words
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Article124 2003-06-25 26 MY friend, a patient enjoying the Government’s medical subsidy, went to the pharmacy at the National Cancer Centre (NCC) on June 23 to get a four-month supply of medication. She was told it was out of stock and was referred to the Singapore General Hospital (SGH)124 words
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Article105 2003-06-25 26 I REFER to the letter of reply by the National Environment Agency, “Regular blitzes against noisy bikes” (Streats, June 5), which said that motorcyclists who modify their exhaust systems will be fined for excessive noise emission. I wish to add that noise pollution can also105 words
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Article154 2003-06-25 26 A RECENT letter in Streats about the behaviour of ugly Singaporeans reminds me of a personal encounter with one of the species. On the evening of June 20,1 witnessed a young Chinese girl hitting two Chinese women with her handbag in a train at Aljunied station.154 words
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Advertisement85 2003-06-25 26 HAVE YOUR SAY E-maii us at streats@sph.com.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 be85 words
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Medical
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Article244 2003-06-25 27 Oh Boon Ping - By_ Oh Boon Ping COMMONLY known as thrush, candidiasis mainly affects women. Some 75 per cent of all adult women will come down with vaginal candidiasis at least once in their lives. Basically, thrush is due to an overgrowth of the normally harmless Candida yeast that244 words
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Article, Illustration273 2003-06-25 27 -afp SYDNEY A new cancer treatment pioneered in Australia is to go on trial in six top hospitals in Europe and the US after being hailed as a major breakthrough by a Washington conference. The therapy has already shown outstanding results in tests on prostate cancer and-afp - 273 words
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182 2003-06-25 27 LAT-WP NEW YORK The more you study, the less likely you are to exhibit the debilitating symptoms of Alzheimer’s. Scientists have found that people who had 22 years of education had less clinical evidence of Alzheimer’s when living, even though their brains showed the classic Alzheimer’sLAT-WP - 182 words
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Article, Illustration815 2003-06-25 28 .w>. casHflwflk i IF ever there was a shopping freak, Hong Kong newcomer Xiao Xiao is one. On a shopping expedition with her last week, I learnt that behind the sweetie-pie face lies a serious shopaholic, even by Singapore’s exacting standards. She was in town lastEdwin Koo - 815 words
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Article, Illustration593 2003-06-25 30 Fatigue is beginning to slow down Vicki Zhao, but she enjoys the limelight too much to give up, she tells GARYLIM VICKI Zhao Wei was voted Asia’s sexiest woman by FHM readers last year. And in the Marie France Bodyline advertisements, a sunny, cheerful Vicki shows offAshlelgh Sim - 593 words
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Article, Illustration103 2003-06-25 30 POP star Enrique Iglesias is planning to move in with Russian tennis hearthrob Anna Koumikova. He has put up his £7.5 million (5521.78 million) waterfront mansion for sale, London’s The Sun newspaper reported yesterday. He will stay with Anna at a second property he103 words
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Article, Illustration144 2003-06-25 30 -afp WE already know that the popularity of Harry Potter knows no boundaries. But it now seems that Hillary Clinton isn’t far behind. A Bangladeshi publishing house yesterday said it had obtained the rights to translate two Harry Potter books and Hillary Clinton’s memoir into-afp - 144 words
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Article, Illustration563 2003-06-25 32 Shervin Seah - By Shervin Seah AN art book published in 1996 featured “109 American artists”. But it contained a work by renowned watercolourist Ong Kim Seng, a Singaporean. “They turned me into an American!” exclaimed Mr Ong, 58. But he needn’t worry about such editorial glitchesShervin Seah - 563 words
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Article, Illustration102 2003-06-25 33 Floods have eased in Bangladesh as rains clear but 20 fishermen are still missing, believed dead, officials said yesterday. Five people have died and nearly 70,000 people have been stranded in the floods which are an annual plague as monsoon rains overwhelm the hundreds of riversi Pic Francis Lee - 102 words
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Tune in TV & MOVIE NEWS
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Article62 2003-06-25 33 10pm, Channel i Catherine marries lonely millionaires, only to wait till they’ve changed their wills in her favour and then murders them to inherit their fortune. With each man she marries, she changes her appearance. She is unstoppable until someone stumbles across the link between the unexplained deaths.62 words
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Article, Illustration51 2003-06-25 33 Midnight, Channel 5 Amy takes Willow to a warlock whose particular brand of magick quickly has her hooked. She gets into an accident when she uses magick to drive. An enraged Buffy is convinced that Willow is completely out of control and may need to get51 words
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Happenin’
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Article65 2003-06-25 33 MAMATA SHANKAR BALLET TROUPE Sunday, 7pm Kallang Theatre Tickets from $26 to $26 at Sistic (call 6348-5555) Mamata Shankar and her troupe of 14 dancers from India perform traditional folk and contemporary dances from India. Set to musical compositions by Pandit Ravi Shankar, Dr L Srinivasan, Ananda Shankar Mynta,65 words
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Article, Illustration68 2003-06-25 33 RED Friday and Saturday, Bpm (and 2.30 pm on Saturday) Theatre, University Cultural Centre Ticketsfrom $l5 to $25 (call Sharon at 9615-9816) Musical groups from different genres perform under a common theme of Red. Featuring established local acts such as Üblues, Tribal Tide Percussion Band (below), a cappella group68 words
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Miscellaneous459 2003-06-25 33 Yourdailyhproscope Jp AQUARIUS* JAN2O-FEB 18 PISCES FEB 19 -MAR2O by Kelli Fox at Astrology.com Kg) ARIES V* MAR2I -APR 19 If you’re bored, don’t go looking for trouble. Mixing incompatible forces will surely lead to extreme results. Your complaints are an early warning signal to someone that can help you459 words
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Sports
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Article, Illustration588 2003-06-25 34 Manchester United’s No 2 tipped to replace Del Bosque at Real Madrid Wire services MADRID After David Beckham, Real Madrid are ready to raid Manchester United again this time for Alex Ferguson’s sidekick Carlos Queiroz (right). The United No 2 has emerged as one of the front-runnersWire services; AFP - 588 words
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263 2003-06-25 34 Wire services ST ETIENNE, France Coach Carlos Alberto Parreira and playmaker Ronaldinho said missed chances were to blame for Brazil’s surprise Confederations Cup exit at the hands of Turkey on Monday. Turkey’s pulsating 2-2 draw with the world champion, after trailing 0-1Wire services - 263 words
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234 2003-06-25 36 Wire services LONDON American Serena Williams kicked off the defence of her Wimbledon title in typically efficient style with an emphatic dismissal of compatriot Jill Craybas. The world No 1, bidding to bury the memories of a traumatic semi-final defeat atWire services - 234 words
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Article, Illustration593 2003-06-25 36 Croatian’s first round upset of top seed Hewitt earns praise from crowd and compatriots Wire services WIMBLEDON There is something impishly charming about Ivo Karlovic (right), even though nothing about his 2.08 m-tall frame could be described as diminutive. Perhaps it is the way he is constantly brushing– Wire services - 593 words
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Article, Illustration564 2003-06-25 38 GODFREY ROBERT - Tee-off with Godfrey An expert on the rules of golf, what is final By GODFREY ROBERT The Straits Times HE is a man of few words, but they are worth their weight in gold. For Dennis Tan (left), the big and burly general manager ofThe Straits Times; Ashlelgh Sim - 564 words
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Article, Illustration411 2003-06-25 39 Adam Hashidy - Woodlands boss Venga’s quick thinking puts Jurong in a comer By* Adam Hashidy IF Woodlands Wellington beat Jurong FC in the NTUC Income S-League on Friday, an official’s manoeuvre may be the deciding factor, not the players’ or the coach’s.* Why? Because it was Woodlands general manager R411 words
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Article89 2003-06-25 39 ■AFP LONDON English champions Manchester United were reported to be ready to sell Argentine midfielder Juan Sebastian Veron to either Inter Milan or Juventus. Manager Alex Ferguson was reported to have given up hope on the 29-year-old fulfilling his potential in the English Premiership two years after■AFP - 89 words
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Article108 2003-06-25 39 AFP SAINT ETIENNE, France Newcastle United are the latest club to join the hunt for Paris Saint Germain’s Ronaldinho. Roberto Assis, Ronaldinho’s brother who doubles up as his agent, has held face-to-face transfer talks with Newcastle chairman Freddy Shepherd, reported the French sports daily L’Equipe. Shepherd wasAFP - 108 words
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Article62 2003-06-25 39 HOME United demolished Woodlands Wellington 10-0 in the Big Trumpet Singapore Cup tie yesterday at Bishan Stadium. Home’s goals were scored by Peres de Oliveira (28th min, 45, 55, 61), Indra Sahdan (50, 51, 56), Azhar Baksin (66, 81) and Ratna Suffian (88). Woodlands’ Goh Tat Chuan and62 words
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