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Title Section10 2003-08-20 1 Streats WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 2003 E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg MITA (P) 111/03/200310 words
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Article694 2003-08-20 1 Conrad Raj - Dissatisfied with Law Society, lawyer proposes association for small practices By Conrad Raj LAWYER Lim Wee Teck feels that the Law Society has fallen short in representing the interests and needs of the smaller law firms and sole proprietorships. So he is proposing that fellow professionals who694 words
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Advertisement783 2003-08-20 1 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 2003 E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg mita <p) m/03/2003 NOT ENOUGH FATHER’S FEARS Even at 30%, the CPF rate may be too high for S’pore to remain competitive, says LEE HAN SHIH PAGE 17 S K JOHN frets for the future as his little girl prepares to join 2004’s Primary783 words
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Morning Rush
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Article, Illustration462 2003-08-20 2 Janice Wong - NParks leases out Orchard Rd space By Janice Wong MS Sophia Tang, who visits the Orchard branch of California Fitness gym, used to enjoy the view of Orchard Fountain Comer during her workouts. Now the open space is surrounded by hoardings. By December, a sizeableEdwin Koo - 462 words
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Article, Illustration513 2003-08-20 3 Zubaidah Nazeer - Four graduating S’pore Poly students singled out for their enterprising spirit By Zubaidah Nazeer THEIR business plans may be humble now but in the long term, they have lofty visions of where they want their venture to go. Four students of different nationalities from the SingaporeFrancis Lee - 513 words
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138 2003-08-20 6 BUZZSTOP Reuters INDONESIA-BORN tycoon Oei Hong Leong went on a share-buying spree yesterday, investing at least SlO million in three Singapore firms. Mr Oei is expecting a special dividend payout of some $62 million in September from steelmaker Nat SteelReuters - 138 words
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Article141 2003-08-20 6 Internet scam A NEW Internet scam to obtain credit card or bank ATM card numbers has been unearthed, reports The Business Times today. The e-mail, believed to have originated in the US, appears to be from Citibank and asks recipients to give their card numbers or risk141 words
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143 2003-08-20 6 China’s Aids villages AFP A LEADING health official in China’s Aids-stricken Henan province has been arrested, allegedly for leaking secret documents on the infection of tens of thousands of villagers through blood transfusions. Mr Ma Shiwen, deputy director of the Henan Centre for Disease Control– AFP - 143 words
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Article, Illustration53 2003-08-20 6 CARAT STICK An official from Thailand's anti-money laundering office holding a gold bar seized from drug dealers at the department's fourth anniversary in Bangkok yesterday. The authorities said that drug dealers were laundering illicit wealth through legitimate businesses which included crocodile ostrich and fish farms jewellery shops, luxurious mansions andReuters - 53 words
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153 2003-08-20 6 IT’S a dying slang, the secret acronyms that doctors here scribble in their patients’ notes. CTD stands for “circling the drain”, British idiom for “about to die soon”. The “Freud squad” is psychiatrists, “gassers” are anaesthetists and “slashers” are general surgeons, the BBC said yesterday,153 words
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Article82 2003-08-20 6 A MYSTERY plane triggered an emergency yesterday morning, with two RSAF A-4 fighters scrambling to intercept it. It turned out to be a private plane, a Portuguese-registered Beechcraft 33, piloted by Portuguese national Faria Mello. He had filed flight plans with Seletar Airport but had an electrical82 words
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Article98 2003-08-20 6 Wire services INCREASING numbers of Saudi Arabian Muslim militants are crossing the border into Iraq in preparation for a jihad, or holy war, against American and British forces, security and Islamist sources have warned. A senior Western counter-terrorism official said on Monday that the presence ofWire services - 98 words
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Article86 2003-08-20 6 ap SICHUAN Airlines in south-western China has successfully bid 2.33 million yuan (*****,000) for the phone number 8888-8888, saying that it hopes to make its customers happy. Many Chinese consider the number eight to be lucky because it rhymes with the Mandarin word for getting rich. Theap - 86 words
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Article86 2003-08-20 6 AP THE days of free flags in Malaysia are over. Where once the national flag was handed out to encourage national fervour in August, when the country celebrates Merdeka Month, it will now be sold. “The people should sacrifice to buy their own flags because theyAP - 86 words
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Financial
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Article, Illustration802 2003-08-20 8 Choong Choon Yee - Hotel Plazas St Gregory cannot survive in S’pore alone, says COO By Choong Choon Yee ST Gregory Spa’s chief operating officer, Mrs Tan-Wee Wei Ling, 51, is a believer in taking business overseas and it is something she is working firmly towards for herFile photo - 802 words
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Article, Illustration71 2003-08-20 8 Bloomberg DBS Group Holdings yesterday named Mr N R Narayana Murthy, chairman of Indian software giant Infosys Technologies, as a director. Mr Murthy (pictured) becomes the fifth foreigner to join the bank’s board. Bangalore-based Infosys is India’s largest software services company by market value. Mr NarayanaBloomberg - 71 words
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Article79 2003-08-20 8 Bloomberg SINGAPORE A $1 billion mediumterm note programme has been set up by Singapore Airlines, although it has no immediate plans to raise money. Citicorp Investment Bank (Singapore) and DBS Bank arranged the programme, the company said yesterday. SIA said in June that it wanted toBloomberg - 79 words
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Article99 2003-08-20 8 Bloomberg SINGAPORE Malaysian tycoon Chen Lip Keong’s NagaCorp Ltd plans to be the first Cambodian company to sell shares overseas, aiming to raise US$5O million (5587.41 million) for a hotel and gaming complex to replace its seven-story floating casino moored on the Mekong River in Phnom Penh.Bloomberg - 99 words
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Article89 2003-08-20 8 Bloomberg KUALA LUMPUR No-frills carrier Air Asia may sell shares in its online booking site before it sells the rest of the company to the public. The unit “will probably go to market faster” than its other business units, executive director Kamarudin Meranun said in anBloomberg - 89 words
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Article486 2003-08-20 11 Signs of recovery abundant but other factors are cause for concern AFP WASHINGTON Investors, glimpsing better times ahead, sent Wall Street’s blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average up 90.76 points, or 0.97 per cent on Monday, the highest finish in more than a year. But whileAFP - 486 words
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277 2003-08-20 12 Bloomberg SINGAPORE Bank stocks here are failing to match the performance of their peers in Hong Kong and for good reason, say investors. Take DBS Group, Singapore’s biggest bank by assets. Profit fell 13 per cent in the first half, evenBloomberg - 277 words
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Article430 2003-08-20 12 STI: 1,615.28 «6.96 Reuters SHARES dipped yesterday as banks and techs such as Creative Technology fell on profit-taking after recent sharp recent gains. But analysts said that the rally had not ended. “People seem to be looking forward to a better 2004 in terms– Reuters - 430 words
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Article24 2003-08-20 12 •AS AT AUGUST 18 US$: 551.751 552.775 EURO: 551.942 Ss: 68.26 YEN Ss: RM2.170 Ss: HK54.454 Ss: 23.79 BAHT Ss: 4,841 RUPIAH24 words
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Article, Illustration513 2003-08-20 14 Programmers made to train foreign replacements AP SAN JOSE Mr Scott Kirwin clung to his job at a large investment bank through several rounds of layoffs last year. Friends marvelled at the computer programmer’s ability to dodge pink slips during the worst technology downturnAP; Reuters - 513 words
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Article, Illustration801 2003-08-20 17 LEE HAN SHIH - By LEE HAN SHIH CAN the Central Provident Fund contribution rate go below 30 per cent? The truth is: No one knows. Of course, that is not what you hear from analysts and economists. To the last person, they are convinced the801 words
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Article, Illustration654 2003-08-20 19 SKJOHN - By SKJOHN THE letter arrived last Friday. It confirmed that our daughter, six, will finally join what she calls a “uniform school”. It also ended weeks of serious discussion at home about which, where and what school to enrol her in. After all, education is all654 words
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Vocal
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211 2003-08-20 20 WE refer to the letters, “Keep Raffles Place as an open space” (Streats, Aug 14) and “Garden City is a tourist draw” (Streats, Aug 15), and would like to thank both writers for their feedback. The National Parks Board (NParks) would like to211 words
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548 2003-08-20 20 THE ez-link system is primarily developed with the MRT in mind. Commuters go through a two-step process when getting in and out of the station. This works well because commuters focus on doing one task at a time. They flash the ez-link card548 words
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Article169 2003-08-20 20 I REFER to the letter, “Needs, not discrimination” (Streats, Aug 19), by Ms Soh Fong Yee. Yes, I agree that this is an issue concerning needs and not race. But isn’t it strange that most job advertisements in the newspapers state a need for Mandarin speakers?169 words
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Article109 2003-08-20 20 I DISAGREE with Ms Soh Fong Yee, who wrote that “some positions require Mandarin-speaking personnel”. In fact, most positions advertised in The Straits Times clearly states that candidates must be either Mandarinspeaking or bilingual in English and Mandarin. Even for the post of a delivery driver?109 words
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Article93 2003-08-20 20 I REFER to the letter, “Maid ran away at first opportunity” (Streats, Aug 19) by Mr Muk Tuck Sang. It brought back unpleasant memories of my maid’s sudden departure. She had just arrived in Singapore and disappeared from the agent’s office. But I was slapped with the93 words
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Article46 2003-08-20 20 IN yesterday’s report, “Comeback kid beats the odds”, we said that Singapore Polytechnic student Tay Chee Yong emerged second-best in this year’s graduating batch of electrical engineering students. The polytechnic yesterday clarified that he is actually the course medallist for the Diploma in Electrical Engineering.46 words
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123 2003-08-20 22 I REFER to Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong’s announcement about changes in the Central Provident Fund Scheme. Please leave the CPF minimum sum alone. Any changes made to the scheme will not make any difference to the economy or the wage-cutting measures. CPF is123 words
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111 2003-08-20 22 I REFER to the report, “Bigger breasts? How I wish!” (Streats, Aug 15). The comments made by Ms Sharon Au was revealing and there must have been many unhappy women nodding their heads in agreement when they read that she “thought of undergoing surgery111 words
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140 2003-08-20 22 I REFER to the letter, “Will heavy traffic elsewhere cause leaks?” (Streats, Aug 15), by Mr Lim Boon Hee. The Code of Practice for RoadOpening Works stipulates that all utilities, including water pipes, are required to be laid at least one metre140 words
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Global
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Article, Illustration431 2003-08-20 24 Swelling numbers put paid to expectations of automatic passage into ranks of elite HANGZHOU A dramatic surge in the number of college graduates in China has created fierce competition for relatively high-paying office jobs that were once conveyed almost by right to anyone with a universityAP - 431 words
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208 2003-08-20 24 WASHINGTON One in 37 adults living in the US is in jail or has done time. This is the highest incarceration level in the world, The Christian Science Monitor reported yesterday. More than 5.6 million Americans are in prison or have served time there,208 words
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406 2003-08-20 24 LONDON The credibility of British Prime Minister Tony Blair is beginning to suffer serious blows following a series of damaging revelations made at the Hutton inquiry on Monday. The latest in a series of highly damaging revelations came as the inquiry focused on the406 words
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Article, Illustration281 2003-08-20 26 Reuters HAVANA Veteran anti-Castro activist Elizardo Sanchez, known around the world for his defence of human rights in Cuba, is a government spy code-named Juana, according to a book published by the government on Monday. The book by journalists employed in President Fidel– Reuters; EPA - 281 words
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Article445 2003-08-20 26 Boston family goes reality TV way BOSTON Borrowing from the script of NBC’s reality series, Who Wants to Marry My Dad, a mother in Southbridge, Boston, is taking matchmaking to a new level by holding open auditions on her front lawn for her daughter’s445 words
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Medical
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Article285 2003-08-20 28 Khushwant Singh - By Khushwant Singh MEN should ejaculate at least twice a week and stay out of the sauna to keep their sperm in good i condition. The quality of a women’s eggs decreases the older she gets and smoking and alcohol hasten the deterioration. Fertility experts handed out285 words
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Advertisement395 2003-08-20 29 -X' M Planning to watch football with the guys at home but mum’s not cooking? Want to bond with your girlfriends over laksa? At a meeting but hankering for nasi lemak? Thinking of a hearty picnic breakfast at the park? Or perhaps you are planning a beach barbeque or a395 words
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EasyStreats
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Article, Illustration729 2003-08-20 30 Puccini’s opera, Tosco, will sound in Singapore this weekend. SHER VIN SEAH speaks to one of the sopranos in the title role TODAY, her work is to travel all over the world singing for audiences that number by the thousands, but it is something that sopranoTtitncb lee - 729 words
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Article, Illustration288 2003-08-20 31 MEL Gibson’s The Passion is just one of several religious movies to be unleashed upon the world. Gibson’s film, told in Latin and Aramaic with no subtitles, is about the last 12 hours of Jesus before his crucifixion and is to be released early288 words
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Article, Illustration110 2003-08-20 31 THE hunt is still on for recalcitrant singer Bobby Brown, who has been missing in action since a warrant for his arrest was issued a month ago, according to E! Online website yesterday. He was wanted by the cops for his failure to complete 240 hours of110 words
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Article, Illustration240 2003-08-20 33 Good news for Arnold on video RUNNING for California governor is starting to pay off for actor Arnold Schwarzenegger, in video sales anyway: He has become hot property in DVD terms, says USA Today. One US online video rental store reported a 20 per cent rise in rentals of SchwarzeneggerAf> - 240 words
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Article201 2003-08-20 33 A PROJECT to get primary school pupils to write essays about their maids has met with a cool response, with only 24 of the 174 primary schools here responding. The writing contest is organised by The Working Committee 2 (TWC2), a body of individuals201 words
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Article, Illustration105 2003-08-20 35 It’s rainy in Kathmandu too, but with rather more serious consequences. A deluge there delayed recent peace talks I between Maoist rebels and the Nepali government, Reuters reported. Government negotiators had to wait in Nepalgunj, 500 km west of Kathmandu, until Monday for the rains toPic Francis Lee - 105 words
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Tune in TV & MOVIE NEWS
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Article, Illustration49 2003-08-20 35 10pm, Central delicately interlaced with a simple and touching love story are the people whose lives are shaped by the rhythms of nature, and Who instinctively express the joys and sorrows of life through song, poetry, and the tales they tell in their brilliantly-hued weavings of their carpets.49 words
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Article69 2003-08-20 35 10pm, Channel i The movie recounts the bravery of a group of Civil War soldiers often overlooked by history the 54th Regiment of Massachusetts, a troop of free black men who fought to help win liberty for their enslaved brothers. The privileged Colonel Shaw (Matthew Broderick) finds that readying69 words
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Happenin’
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Article62 2003-08-20 35 NOW YOU SEE IT Tomorrow till Aug 31,11.30am-Bpm, Monday to Saturday and 12pm-5.30pm on Sunday Utterly Art (208, South Bridge Road, #O2-01, tel 6226-2605) Free A group presentation of seven video and multimedia works from seven artists, all Nafa staff. For some of them, the show is an opportunity62 words
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Article, Illustration80 2003-08-20 35 BALANCE Today till Sept 7, Bpm; 3pm matinee on Sundays The Black Box, Fort Canning Centre Tickets at $29, $4l for a dining package, from Sistic Balance looks into the expectations, priorities, focus, preferences, impulses, choices and concerns of men. It presents the various what-ifs, the different outcomes and80 words
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Miscellaneous447 2003-08-20 35 Yourdailyhoroscope jp aquarius* gfe pisces ©varies JAN2O-FEB 18 FEB 19-MAR2O MAR2I -APR 7 You’d prefer to live in the moment, but the recent past still breathes down your neck. Don’t let regret touch your independent style. Calm acceptance is easier to handle late in the day. Treat yourself royally when447 words
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Sports
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Article, Illustration599 2003-08-20 36 Captain Beckham out to prove unwavering commitment to country Wire services IPSWICH England captain David Beckham (left) underlined how important his country is to him ahead of tonight’s (tomorrow morning, Singapore time) friendly against Croatia here. After a pre-season switch from Manchester United to Spanish champions RealWire services; AP - 599 words
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256 2003-08-20 36 AFP STUTTGART Germany coach Rudi Voller has been forced to name a patched-up team to face Italy in a friendly tonight (tomorrow morning, Singapore time) with a host of injury problems. German Footballer of the Year Michael Ballack, Torsten Frings and holding midfielderAFP - 256 words
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324 2003-08-20 37 Tan Kim Han - By Tan Kim Han DESMOND Ang may not know much about the German Bundesliga apart from Bayern Munich. But that will not stop the 39-year-old sales executive from learning more about that league and betting on it, too. That is324 words
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Article, Illustration348 2003-08-20 37 AFP PARIS The world athletics championships start on Saturday With the biggest names in track and field expected to participate, the eight-day event could see engrossing duels, 'j r g Thefollowing are some of them: 100 m Maurice Greene (US) v Tim Montgomery (US) COULD be– AFP; Reuters; AFP - 348 words
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Article, Illustration567 2003-08-20 38 GODFREY ROBERT - Tee-off with Godfrey By GODFREY ROBERT The Straits Times SHE was bom in Denmark, her dad hailed from Morocco, but is now an Australian just like her mum. And Malika Mahfoud (left) works in Singapore as a teaching golf professional because she loves its way ofThe Straits Times; Francis Lee - 567 words
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Article81 2003-08-20 38 JAPAN’S Olympic football team pipped Singapore 1-0 for the Tiger Beer Challenge trophy at the Jalan Besar Stadium last night. Myojin Tomokazu, its World Cup midfielder, found the net with a flying scissors-kick in the 26th minute. Though both sides had their fair share of the game, the81 words
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Article114 2003-08-20 38 AFP LONDON Proud father Eddie Kirkland will share a £lOO,OOO (*****,000) payout if his son Chris makes his England debut in tomorrow morning’s friendly against Croatia. When goalkeeper Chris was a child, Eddie, like many fathers, was convinced his boy would one day play for England.AFP - 114 words
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Article66 2003-08-20 38 BOWLING THE National Masters Challenge II will be held from today to Saturday at Katong Shopping Centre’s Silver Bowl. Entry fee is $l5O per participant and the winner stands to gain $3,000 and a trophy. A bowler will be given a handicap based on his official Singapore Tenpin66 words
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Article, Illustration436 2003-08-20 39 Lim Han Ming - Slovenia has no place for badminton, but Tvrdy soldiers on By Lim Han Ming SHE is the lone flag-bearer for Slovenia, a former Yugoslav state, at this week’s Yonex-Sunrise Singapore Open badminton championships. And, unlike the other participants, she does not have a coach or officials here forFrancis Lee - 436 words
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Miscellaneous65 2003-08-20 38 IN THE LIVING ROOM GOLF: US Amateur Open Championships, preview (tomorrow, 12.30 am). First round (tomorrow, lam) ESPN Ch 23. SOCCER: Euro 2004 qualifier: Serbia Montenegro v Wales (Super Sports Plus Ch2l, tomorrow, 1.55 am). International friendlies: Germany v Italy (Channel i, tomorrow, 2.45 am), England v Croatia (Super Sports65 words
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