Streats, 30 July 2003

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  • 8 1 Streats WEDNESDAY, JULY 30, 2003 E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg m
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  • 505 1  -  17 use of premises for freg; By_ Khushwant Singh ONE man’s compassion for the plight of out-of-job people here has touched the corporate heart of Singapore. Mr Michael Lum, 48, who has been running free workshops for the unemployed, teaching them how to perform better
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  • Morning Rush
    • 410 2  -  New technology extracts hydrogen for a clean-burning fuel By Shervin Seah FAR-fetched as this may sound, water can be used as fuel to cook food. Businessman Tan Koon Peng, 53, explained how this is done: Water, or H2O, is two parts hydrogen and one part
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    • 166 2 SYDNEY Beauty adds 8 per cent to a woman’s pay packet while education adds only 5 per cent, researchers at the University of Miami have reportedly found. The researchers asked 1,800 woman and men aged between 18 and 64 to rate their appearance by ticking
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    • 506 3  -  Hougang Primary students mn their own cafe and get real-life lessons in entrepreneurship By_ Gregory Leow THEY are aged from nine to 11, but they already have a real-life taste of what it means to run a business. These kids from Hougang Primary School run a
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    • 391 4  -  Veteran NDP participant has never failed to make it for parade rehearsals in 14 years; this will be her 15th By Julie Sim MS LILY Neo gets straight As when it comes to displaying qualities such as dedication, consistency and punctuality. Despite her frequent overseas business
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    • 135 6 BUZZSTOP UNDER criteria fixed by the Indonesian Embassy here that will become effective next month, only 186 agencies will qualify to bring maids from the country into Singapore. The accredited agencies must agree to require employers of the maids
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    • Article, Illustration
      36 6 Tens of hot-air balloons soaring above Chambley, in eastern France, on Monday as part of the 56th World Hot Air Balloon festival. The festival, which began on July 25, runs until Aug 3 AP
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    • 130 6 KL’s anti-piracy war Wire services A CRACKDOWN on illegal VCDs in Malaysia has prompted a new type of crime bogus enforcement officers who extort money from owners of illegal discs. Officials are looking for four men who have been going from house to house in Johor,
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    • 137 6 M’sian water dispute booklet FIRST, it was made available in English, then it was printed in Bahasa Malaysia. Yesterday, Malaysia’s National Economic Action Council (NEAC) rolled out a Chinese language version of its booklet, “Water: The SingaporeMalaysia Dispute The Facts”. NEAC’s head of communications, Mr Abdul
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    • 150 6 US okays Myanmar sanctions Reuters US PRESIDENT George W Bush signed a Bill on Monday closing the US market to imports from Myanmar, where pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been detained since May 30. “By denying these rulers the hard currency they
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    • 96 6 -AP THREE people were killed in an explosion on Monday on a bus in Mumbai, India’s financial capital, a governing party lawmaker said. Several other passengers were injured in the blast, which occurred at the rear of the bus, said Mr Raveen Chheda, a lawmaker who
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    • 83 6 -AFP AL QAEDA may be planning more airplane suicide hijackings similar to the Sept 11 attacks, the US intelligence community has learned from jailed A 1 Qaeda members, The Washington Post reported yesterday. The information was corroborated by other means, including electronic intercepts, the paper said. “The
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    • 81 6 AUTOMATED Sars medical care. That’s what could be in store for patients if there are any future outbreaks of the disease in China. The care would come from a ‘robo-nurse’ developed by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, online news service Ananova.com said, citing local newspaper reports. The
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    • 100 6 A DOG in Stockport, Britain, has been offered a gold credit card with a £lO,OOO (5528,338) limit. The Royal Bank of Scotland sent an application to Monty, a shih-tzu owned by Mr Raymond Slater, offering it a gold credit card and the chance to earn air
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  • Financial
    • 574 8  -  Sunningdale founder spent his childhood making baskets By Chua Kong Ho MR Ng Boon Hoo’s focus may be decidedly high-tech these days, with talk focusing on laser etching and twoshot moulding. But the 55-year-old founder of Sunningdale Precision Industries still remembers the days when he had
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    • 216 8 Reuters SINGAPORE South-east Asian soft drinks conglomerate Fraser Neave (F&N) yesterday moved to return $3lB million to shareholders through a compulsory buyback of stock. The resolution was approved at an extraordinary general meeting, despite objections from minority shareholders. The company will buy one
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    • 95 8 Bloomberg SINGAPORE More than eight in 10 Singaporeans subscribed to cellphone services in June as the subscription rate exceeded 80 per cent for the first time. The number of cellphone subscribers climbed to 3.37 million from 3.32 million in May, representing 80.1 per cent of the four
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    • 101 8 Bloomberg SINGAPORE Cycle Carriage Ltd (C&C), owner of a third of Indonesia’s biggest carmaker, said that it plans to raise as much as $248 million in a share sale to pare debt used for its Indonesian investment, PT Astra International. PT Astra helped Cycle Carriage’s second-quarter
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    • 104 8 Reuters SINGAPORE Property group MCL Land Ltd yesterday reported a net profit of $25.6 million in the first half from a year-earlier net loss of 1.8 million, on profit from apartment sales MCL said that revenues in the six months to June 30 had risen 2
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    • 65 8 Reuters SINGAPORE Property firm United Overseas Land Ltd posted a 13 per cent drop in second-quarter net profit yesterday. UOL, a firm associated with United Overseas Bank Ltd, clocked a net profit of $23.73 million for the three months to June against $27.13 million the same
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    • 359 10 Bloomberg SINGAPORE An early recovery in corporate travel after the slump during the Sars outbreak could mean that Singapore’s income from tourism may not fall as sharply as visitor numbers this year, an official said. “The initial wave of recovery is business traffic, and
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    • 437 11 Iconic motorcycle brand heads for a healthy 100 AP MILWAUKEE Harley-Davidson is apparently immune to the slowdown affecting the rest of the motorcycle industry as it heads towards its 100th birthday celebration next month. Harley began planning the four-day bash here in its hometown three years
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    • 238 12 -AP NEW YORK Two of the US’s largest banks, JP Morgan Chase and Citigroup, agreed to pay nearly US$3OO million (***** million) to settle charges that they helped Enron Corp manipulate its financial statements and mislead investors. The payments settle charges by
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    • 20 12 US$: S$1,753 S$: RM2.167 SS2.855 S$: HK$4.448 EURO: S$2.018 S$: 23.96 BAHT Ss: 68.06 YEN Ss: 4,905 RUPIAH
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    • 289 12 STI: 1,580.88 6.28 Reuters SHARES closed weaker yesterday as sentiment was dented by the discovery of accounting irregularities at the SembCorp group. The Straits Times Index finished 0.4 per cent, or 6.28 points, down at 1,580.88 SembCorp Industries fell 4.2 per cent to $1.38
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    • 286 10 OMJ frunv,^ co<o Safeguard yeurWill to protect y our o ved one S WILLTRUST A Will allows you to distribute your assets among the beneficiaries of your choice, and to appoint guardians to look after your children below 21 years old. A Will is a fragile document susceptible to damage
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    • 110 11 National University of Ireland Dublin (Honours) Finance Info Tech Marketing Management /T m oi only i t i c 4. U .no X a handful of universities in Singapore 23rd Intake Starting September 03 the world t 0 be honoured with For Poly Diploma or equivalent Trip ie Crown Accreditation”
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    • 498 13 fiL f W m il' m&m And This Fairy Tale Is Real I -< m. J*/ tyihe Top TO'in an for being Miss Asia Turns ’Big'» Miss Asia 1999 Belinda Hamnett has ail the makings of a star. Tad, svelte, gorgeous, and with a charring smile that could melt hearts.
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  • Comment
    • 775 15  -  By i DEXTER LEE IN the past month, since taking over the editing of the Vocal section of this newspaper, what struck me most was the gusto with which people speak out on issues that rile them. The topics range from the NEL bugs and
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  • Vocal
    • 251 16 I WELCOME Mr Conrad Raj’s commentary, “Stop making people feel shortchanged, SIA” (Streats, July 28). It is indeed appalling that a supposedly world-class organisation has resorted to short-changing its long-serving staff by not paying their deserved gratuities which are due in only a matter of
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    • 146 16 I THINK Mr Conrad Raj’s commentary is spot on. My sympathy goes out to the Singapore Airlines (SIA) cabin crew retrenched just months before they would have collected a lump-sum gratuity payment. In all fairness, don’t they deserve to be paid part of their gratuity
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    • 185 16 THE Government has been promoting the local arts scene at almost full swing, but we feel that there are still unexplored areas. My friends and I suggest the establishment of a full-time aesthetics school, along the lines of the sports school. Students who are talented or
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    • 180 16 KUDOS to Mr Philip Lee for his commentary, “English as she is spoke” (Streats, July 25). I was almost rolling with laughter by the time I had finished reading it. Like Mr Lee, I also salute the two writers he referred to. Never has anyone
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    • 70 16 I JUST had to say how much I enjoyed “English as she is spoke”. I enjoy playing with words. An example: My wife was talking about people being “sent to Coventry” and I chimed: “Yes, it means to be ostrichsized.” An old lady who was often unable
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    • 93 16 I WRITE to highlight a loss suffered by residents of Telok Blangah Rise (constituency of Radin Mas/Tanjong Pagar GRC). Although there has been no feeder bus service from this estate to Tiong Bahru MRT right from the start, there was at least a
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    • 86 16 HAVE YOUR S m? E-mail us at streats@spKi»cotwi.8g 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
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    • 252 17 li Ministry Of Health Singapore f, MINISTRY OF MANPOWER ]W Nanyang Polytechnic farnm e moalthcare) Nursing prog tsio" Co^Z. 2nd Intake o a to tc" Nursing Career Preview Sat, 2 Aug 03 f 9.30 am Venue: Blk K, Level 2, LT K 2, School of Health Sciences Nanyang Polytechnic 180
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  • Global
    • 432 18 Pentagon sets up futures market AP WASHINGTON The Pentagon is setting up a commodity-market style trading system in which investors would be able to bet on political and economic events in the Middle East including the likelihood of assassinations and terrorist attacks. Two
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    • 377 18 WASHINGTON A bodyguard, who rarely left deposed Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein’s side and was regularly photographed with the former dictator, was captured in a pre-dawn raid along with a security chief and a militia leader yesterday. US forces captured Adnan Abdullah Abid A 1
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    • 112 18 LUDWIGSLUST A German man in a drunken rage reportedly beat his fiancee with their pet cat until the cat was a bloody pulp. The German News Agency said yesterday that the 43-year-old man would be prosecuted for killing the cat
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    • 175 19 SYDNEY The Dalai Lama has acknowledged that his chosen path has deprived him of sex and admits that he has fired a shot in anger, a newspaper reported yesterday. During an interview with Mr Conrad Kiechel, international editorial director of Reader’s Digest, in Dharamsala, India,
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    • 383 19 One way or the other, political chameleon keeps PM post -AP PHNOM PENH Victorious again at the polls, Prime Minister Hun Sen has cemented his reputation as one of Asia’s canniest leaders a political chameleon with a ruthless streak. Whether by the ballot
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    • 407 19 This National Day, every year of our country’s independence means a great deal. Celebrate the nation’s 38 th birthday in style with your pick of 38 extraspecial treats throughout a month-long festival at the Pan Pacific Singapore. You'll find all 38 live-star deals* at the “News and Offers” link at
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  • Medical
    • 307 20 Reuters NEW YORK Quitting smoking for as little as four weeks can dramatically reduce the odds of wound infection after surgery, according to new research. Surgery patients are routinely advised to quit smoking before their operation, and previous research has shown that abstinence from smoking can
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    • 98 20 What is gum planing? GUM or root planing refers to the cleaning of teeth below the gum line. (Normal cleaning removes plaque above the gum line.) It is usually done with a procedure called scaling. Together, they remove plaque, tartar and its accompanying bacteria from teeth and smooth
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  • EasyStreats
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      633 21 At a time when many are trying to hang on to their jobs, one young Singaporean has quit his and it's all for the sake of art. GREGORYLEOW finds out more ASK full-time artist Michael Tan about the age-old problem of doing art in Singapore, and
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    • 203 21 OR, in English: What? The Flying Circus? Yes, amazingly, the famous and classic British comedy show Monty Python’s Flying Circus is being presented in French for the Edinburgh Fringe next week. (With English subtitles, yes.) The programme that ran on the BBC from 1969 to 1974
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    • 120 21 MALAYSIA’S minister for religious affairs, Abdul Hamid Zainal Abidin, has called for the Jim Carrey comedy Bruce Almighty to be banned in Malaysia, deeming it offensive to Muslims, reported BBC News online. In the film, Carrey is given power by God (played by Morgan
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    • 395 22  -  By_ Julie Sim IT IS not often you can find a prolific writer who can wield not just the pen, but the paint brush as well. But Ms Parvathi Nayar, an arts correspondent of The Business Times, has managed to accomplish the feat.
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    • 268 24 Sinbad a cultural mess? DREAMWORKS’ latest effort, Sinbad: Legend Of The Seven Seas, has been slammed by some for being culturally inaccurate and vague. “It’s more a tale of 1,001 oversights,” writes Anthony O’Neill in the Sydney Morning Herald on Saturday. The original stories of Sinbad and his seven voyages
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    • 82 24 THE crowd thought it was a new dance step. Actually, Aussie singer Dannii Minogue was trying to alert concertgoers to a boat capsizing behind them at an outdoor concert at a water park in Warwickshire, England. She frantically pointed at the boat in a lake
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    • 110 26 Many sadhus, seers, yogis and other holy men, camping at a 50ha “sadhu gram” (village for sadhus) out in the open in Nashik, Maharashtra, for the Kumbh Mela festival, were suffering from fever, cold and cough due to the wet conditions following incessant rains for the
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    • Tune in TV & MOVIE NEWS
      • 72 26 10pm, Central Directed by acclaimed director Sabu, this wacky comedy is about a postman caught in a collision course with fate. Sawaki (Shinichi Tsutsumi) is tired of his daily routine of delivering mail and decides to read the letters he is supposed to deliver. He reads one addressed
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      • 54 26 10pm, Channel i As time passes, two shipwrecked children enter puberty and begin to discover their sexuality. Without realising what’s happening to her, Em becomes pregnant and gives birth. With the baby comes responsibility as the parents, themselves still children, learn what it means to have another
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    • Happenin’
      • 59 26 BALLROOM AND LATIN DANCES Tomorrow, 7pm Great World City level one atrium Free Russians Serguei and Olga Konovaltsev, the IDSF East Europe Standard Champions show off their champion moves in the waltz, tango, Viennese waltz, foxtrot and the quickstep. Peter Stokkebroe and Kristina Juel from Denmark, the IDSF World
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      • Article, Illustration
        56 26 MARK CHAN'S MUSIC WITHOUT BORDERS Saturday, Bpm SCO Concert Hall (Singapore Conference Hall, 7, Shenton Way) Tickets from $l2 to $29 at Sistic Homegrown singer/composer/ musician Mark Chan displays his use of contemporary acoustics and harmonies in this collaboration with the Singapore Chinese Orchestra. Also performing with the SCO
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    • 42 26 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. FRESHNESS YOU CAN PICK Tast/e^ PI SENG CHOON FARM Jjsc ‘lk Mi I \\Qv sx sal
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  • Page 26 Miscellaneous
    • 441 26 Yourdailyhoroscope by Kelli Fox at Astrology.com AQUARIUS JAN 20-FEB 18 PISCES FEB 19-MAR 20 Don’t scoff at someone’s suggestion without first following the thread of his or her logic. Remember that you are loved. In the end, practicality has to be the bottom line. The stars bring hope. Even if
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  • Sports
    • Article, Illustration
      572 28  -  Joscelin Yeo’s four-vear 100 m breaststroke mark broken By Lira Han Ming IT’S official. Nicolette Teo (below) is now the No 1 breaststroke swimmer in Singapore. Last Sunday, the 17-year-old smashed Joscelin Yeo’s four-year 100 m breaststroke record at the Clovis Senior Long Course Championships in California.
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    • 381 28  -  B y i Tan Kim Han COME and get me. That was the message by S-League Player of the Year Therdsak Chaiman to his former club, Singapore Armed Forces FC. Yesterday, the mercurial midfielder, whose contract with Thai champion BEC Tero Sasana runs out in
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    • Article, Illustration
      636 29  -  Tee-off with Godfrey By GODFREY ROBERT The Straits Times IT happened many moons ago, but the image still bums brightly in Alban Kang’s (left) mind. It is the picture of his mum, Daisy, doing charity work. “I was only a kid then, but I was fully aware
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    • 450 30 Marriage has done wonders for Henry’s fiery temperament LONDON Thierry Henry (below) has credited his wife, Nicole Merry (right), for helping him calm down. The 26-year-old Arsenal striker had a reputation for being one of the fiery characters in the Premiership. But that is a thing of the
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    • 221 30 Wire services KUNMING, China Real Madrid playmaker Zinedine Zidane (right) yesterday reiterated his plans to retire in two years when his contract with the Spanish club expires. He said: “I just have two years on my contract with Real Madrid. In that time,
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    • 96 30 BADMINTON NATIONAL shuttler Xiao Luxi’s first match as a Singaporean ended on a disappointing note when she lost to China’s Xie Xinfang in the first round of the World Championships in Birmingham. England. She lost 2-11,9-11. Xiao, 21, who was awarded her citizenship last Saturday, had hoped
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    • 115 30 GOLF -AFP SAN DIEGO, California Sergio Garcia sank a 20-foot eagle putt on the 16th hole on Monday as he and teammate Phil Mickelson posted a 3 and 1 match play victory over Tiger Woods and Ernie Els in the Battle of the Bridges. After Els hit his
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    • 103 30 SOCCER Reuters LONDON Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard says the constant transfer speculation surrounding the club is unsettling the players in the squad. He said: “Most of the positions in the first team have been mentioned in connection with a new player coming in and that does have an
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    • Article, Illustration
      466 31  -  Feng, 11, took just one year to emerge as a bright sprinting talent By Lim Han Ming HE is a Chinese national who kept away from sports until last year. Feng Luwei (right) is certainly no foreign-bom athlete imported to bring glory to Singapore. The son of an
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  • Page 30 Miscellaneous
    • 24 30 IN THE LIVING ROOM GENERAL: Sports News: Sportscenter Asia (ESPN Ch 23, Bpm). DELAYED TELECAST SOCCER: European Soccer Show (Super Sports Ch 22, 9pm).
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