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Title Section10 2003-09-02 1 Streats TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2003 E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg mita (p> m/j10 words
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Article, Illustration655 2003-09-02 1 Khushwant Singh - S’pore couple making gains with trading firm, Akha brand By Khushwant Singh MARKETING gurus might preach the wisdom of thinking big, but executive director of TT International, Ms Julia Tong, knows you can make it big by achieving small, steady gains. The consumer electronics trading company655 words
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Advertisement52 2003-09-02 1 $400,000 GIFT Animal lover Sandy Lim is ready *o use her own money for a pet sanctuary, reports JULIE SIM PAGE 21 EATING RIGHT JANICE WONG looks at the rising numbers of applications for ‘halal’ certificates for food outlets page 31 m null J mmz ci rj J J r52 words
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Article, Illustration528 2003-09-02 2 Julie Sim - SOS founder eager to bid for future animal-shelter plots By Julie Sim THE FEISTY animal lover remains undeterred. Ms Sandy Lim, the founder of the SOS Animals welfare group, whose bid for farmland at the Loyang Agrotechnology Park put up for tender byAshlelgh Sim - 528 words
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257 2003-09-02 2 Khushwant Singh - B y Khushwant Singh HE was among the pioneers of in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) but Emeritus Professor Carl Wood became disappointed when he noticed couples were relying on it just to have babies later in life. The Australian told Streats: “It had become a lifestyle257 words
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Article, Illustration414 2003-09-02 3 Janice Wong - Increasing number of restaurants have been applying for Muis certification to draw Muslim customers Janice Wong RESTAURANT owners and caterers are keeping Mr Shahlan Hairalah (pictured) busy. The head of halal certification at the Islamic Religious Council of Singapore (Muis) is seeing more and moreFrancis Lee - 414 words
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Article355 2003-09-02 4 They didn’t have papers for handling substance that can be used to make chemical weapons: Customs THE Singapore Customs is prosecuting two trading companies for alleged irregularities over the import and export of sodium cyanide, a substance used in the manufacture of chemical weapons. The355 words
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Article, Illustration616 2003-09-02 4 Lim Han Ming - By Lim Han Ming VICTORIA Galistan, a law undergraduate at Monash University in Melbourne, dropped a bombshell on her parents two months ago. The 20-year-old of Armenian descent told them that she was putting on hold her studies to start a karaoke pubFrancis Lee - 616 words
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Article, Illustration316 2003-09-02 6 Gary Lim - By Gary Lim A STAFF trip to Thailand last month nearly turned into tragedy when their hired cruise boat sank off Phi Phi Island. They suffered 10 agonising minutes in the water before three passing boats spotted them and fished them out. ItFrancis Lee - 316 words
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211 2003-09-02 6 Choong Choon Yee - By Choong Choon Yee FILIPINO Nolan P Ventura is $3BO “richer” now, after a tax dispute with the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (Iras) was resolved recently. Mr Ventura, 36, worked in Singapore as an architectural designer from June 1998 till March 2000, when he returned211 words
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121 2003-09-02 8 BUZZSTOP HOUSING Board flat owners who downgrade to smaller units because of severe financial difficulty will now be able to apply for a second housing loan at below market rates. Current HDB policy is to not offer such loans, as121 words
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Article172 2003-09-02 8 ‘He was not irresponsible AN inquiry has cleared the Sars-infected Singapore doctor who was taken off a homeward-bound Singapore Airlines flight from New York. The panel found Dr Leong Hoe Nam, 32, innocent of irresponsible action when he boarded the flight on March 14 after contracting172 words
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Article132 2003-09-02 8 Power outage -AP A POWER outage yesterday blacked out large parts of Malaysia for several hours, disrupting flights at the country’s main airport and causing traffic snarls. The outage began around 10am in five states in peninsular Malaysia, said Mr Pian Sukro, chief executive officer of-AP - 132 words
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Article, Illustration57 2003-09-02 8 An Iraqi detainee sitting handcuffed inside a razor wire pen waiting to be questioned by members of the US 4th Infantry Division, following a raid in the town of Tal Kasep, 25km north-east of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein’s hometown, Tikrit. The raid netted six suspects,AFP - 57 words
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157 2003-09-02 8 EXPECT to see more leveraged buyouts (LBO) in future, say DBS Bank executives who recently took part in one of the biggest LBOs in South-east Asia the $220 million sale of SingTel’s Yellow Pages to two private equity firms. Mr Peter Chan, DBS157 words
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Article87 2003-09-02 8 THOUSANDS of poor graduates in Mumbai are being forced to compete for jobs as rat-catchers amid rising unemployment, a British newspaper reported yesterday. More than 4,000 of them applied for 42 such positions with municipal authorities recently, The Telegraph said. “A lucky handful made it,” Mr87 words
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Article94 2003-09-02 8 Reuters MYANMAR’S military government denied yesterday US allegations that detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi was on a hunger strike. Ms Suu Kyi’s supporters and independent observers said they could not confirm the report, which Yangon called groundless. “The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Myanmar dismisses– Reuters - 94 words
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Article85 2003-09-02 8 AP FORMER Australian right-wing politician Pauline Hanson, jailed last month for three years on fraud convictions, was refused bail yesterday. Her lawyers had asked the Supreme Court of Queensland state on Friday that she be released as she awaits a ruling on her appeal against the convictionAP - 85 words
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Article107 2003-09-02 8 PASSENGERS are reportedly so peeved over “irresponsible” comments made by a pilot on a flight from Rio de Janeiro to Vitoria that they are suing the airline. According to online news service Ananova.com, the pilot said it was “good news” that he had made a good107 words
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Financial
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Article, Illustration610 2003-09-02 10 f to jng! jppreneurs Once a top teen model, Mark Chow, 25, tells CHOONGCHOONYEE of his struggles to keep his modelling agency running in these tough times FROM being a top teen model to running his own modelling agency, Mr Mark Chow has come a longf -.-l/V.-i - 610 words
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Article109 2003-09-02 10 Bloomberg SINGAPORE Capita Land sold 5 per cent of homes at a 187-unit downtown residential project, the Imperial, over the weekend, amid concerns that the move to cut CPF contribution rates will hurt home sales. Capita Land Singapore’s biggest developer by sales, sold 10 units at anBloomberg - 109 words
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Article80 2003-09-02 10 SINGAPORE Shipbuilder and operator Jaya Holdings yesterday announced that net profit rose 31 per cent to $32.9 million for the financial year ended June 30, on the back of total revenue of $136.1 million. The increase was attributed to the global shortage of offshore marine vessels80 words
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Article74 2003-09-02 10 SINGAPORE Jurong Shipyard, a subsidiary of SembCorp Marine, has signed two shipbuilding contracts worth $llO million to design and build two 2,600 TEU container vessels for leading container operator Wan Hai Lines. The two contracts were options that Wan Hai exercised following two earlier contracts signed in74 words
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Article73 2003-09-02 10 SINGAPORE SembEnviro, a whollyowned subsidiary of SembCorp Industries, has teamed up with Australia’s Alex Fraser to run Singapore’s first comprehensive automated construction and demolition waste recovery facility. The joint venture company will be named SembEnviro Alex Fraser with SembEnviro holding 75 per cent of the equity of the73 words
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Article, Illustration501 2003-09-02 12 Coffee, DJs new bait as Thailand’s financial institutions seek to boost consumer lending business Reuters BANGKOK Hipster-clad staff, hair spiked at rakish angles, await customers. People perusing magazines lounge on chairs resembling bent pipe cleaners. A disc jockey spins tunes. Customers could beReuters - 501 words
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252 2003-09-02 12 Chocmg Choon Yee - By Chocmg Choon Yee THE next time you shop at Cold Storage, be prepared to scan, pack and pay for your items yourself. In a first for supermarket chains here, Cold Storage yesterday launched two self-checkout stations at its supermarket in Tanglin252 words
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353 2003-09-02 14 Tens of millions of workers will become jobless as China’s economy grows lean and mean Wire services BEIJING More than 2,000 Chinese state-owned enterprises will go bankrupt within five years as state-sector reforms sweep away inefficient business practices, the China Daily said yesterday.Wire services - 353 words
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Article, Illustration347 2003-09-02 16 Wire services HONG KONG The talents of mainland Chinese counterfeiters are renowned, but their latest effort has stunned their Hong Kong neighbours an exact replica of the territory’s venerated Peninsula hotel (pictured). The Peninsula, sometimes referred to as “The Grand Old Lady”, is the mostWire services - 347 words
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405 2003-09-02 17 STI: 1,605.60 m 6.35 Reuters SHARES kicked off the new month positively by rising yesterday as investors bought technology stocks such as Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing on hopes that a more robust US economy would lift Profits. The Straits Times Index ended upReuters - 405 words
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Article20 2003-09-02 17 *AS AT SEPTEMBER 1 bS$; Ssl. 754 «$1,926 BAHT 552.766 Ss: 66.54 YEN Ss: HK54.447 Ss: 4,834 RUPIAH20 words
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Article, Illustration848 2003-09-02 19 WILLIAM PESEK Jr - By WILLIAM PESEK Jr Bloomberg all the revisionist history churned out since the Asian financial crisis, the re-writing °f events in Malaysia stands out. Five years ago today, Malaysia fixed the ringgit at 3-8 to the US dollar. The move Was taken to halt a– Bloomberg - 848 words
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Article261 2003-09-02 21 is disheartening to see that the first ar *d second prizes were not awarded for in the Tamil poetry section in year’s NAC-SPH Golden Point a repeat of 200 l’s results. It is shocking to find that out °f 47 entries, not even one met the261 words
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265 2003-09-02 21 l to William and Irene Gan’s er “Why the difference in upgrading COs lf (Sweats, Aug 22). 1 he Gans said that they had moved °ru one apartment block in a precinct Pgraded under the Main Upgrading r °gramme (MUP) to another Partment block within the265 words
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232 2003-09-02 22 I REFER to Mr Lee Kok Kiang’s unfortunate experience at the Bugis Junction comic shop (“Comic shop’s policy no laughing matter”, Streats, Aug 29). In law, all goods on display are notionally “for sale” but just because a customer has picked up an item, it232 words
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Article110 2003-09-02 22 THE recently launched Home Ownership Plus Education scheme is helping those with less than two O levels, and the Strategic Manpower Conversion Programme is helping degree and polytechnic diploma holders switch careers. What about Singaporeans with more than two O levels but without a degree110 words
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109 2003-09-02 22 I UNDERSTAND the frustration of the cabby referred to in Ms May Chan’s letter, “Rudest cabby I’ve ever met” (Streats, Aug 28). He was likely to have waited for two hours or more in the queue for his fare, hoping to make a long trip109 words
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82 2003-09-02 22 WE refer to Mr Kwan Ching Leong’s letter, “Make Internet access market more competitive” (Streats, Aug 22). There are currently more than eight broadband access providers, offering a range of broadband access packages. The pricing, marketing and provisioning of these services are generally left to82 words
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Article279 2003-09-02 22 I REFER to Ms Joanne Yeung’s letter, “Mentally ill man needs help” (Streats, Aug 26), and Mr Jimmy Ho’s letter, “Mentally ill man scares parents” (Streats, Aug 27). Medical professionals advocate that persons whose mental illness has been treated and who are assessed to be279 words
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Global
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Article, Illustration274 2003-09-02 24 Mega too busy to properly lead PDI-P, says report JAKARTA Ms Megawati Sukarnoputri’s party is reportedly seeking a stand-in leader as she is too tied up with her duties as president. “Some people have proposed Taufik Kiemas (Ms Megawati’s husband pictured with her). But it is Megawati’sReuters - 274 words
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173 2003-09-02 24 JAKARTA Indonesians go to the polls in the first direct presidential election next year, but more than a third still don’t know who to pick, The Jakarta Post said yesterday. It was reporting on a survey by th International Foundation for Eleptior Systems, which asked173 words
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Article334 2003-09-02 26 Indon inter-service competition sees intelligence not shared and acted upon JAKARTA Inter-department rivalry is hurting Indonesia’s war on terror. And critics point out that information is getting lost in the tussle between the police and the intelligence agency, BIN. Indonesian intelligence sources told CNN that crucial334 words
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Article, Illustration75 2003-09-02 26 Members of the New Zealand All Blacks rugby team posing for a photograph after making body paint imprints on giant canvases for the Adidas Impact: The Art of Rugby campaign at Devonport Naval Base Auckland yesterday. Thirty members of the team spent two hours hurling theirReuters - 75 words
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189 2003-09-02 26 SYDNEY Australian women have drawn a picture of their dream man. He would be a tradesman with nice eyes, a good smile, a sense of humour and humility. The Sun Herald reported yesterday that B magazine’s Soul Mate Search ‘O3 surveyed more than189 words
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507 2003-09-02 27 North Korean books and TV allude to food shortages SEOUL A subtle change is seeping through North Korea, a new honesty”, observers say. The Christian Science °nitor reported yesterday Se at tijc country’s “leadership *f o r' es lter ary genre, which i y507 words
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Article, Illustration71 2003-09-02 27 Researcher Jose Hernandez-Rebollar demonstrating his ‘acceleGlove’ last week at the Institute for Disabilities, Research and Training in Maryland, US. The device can translate into spoken words or text through a computer the rapid hand movements used to make the alphabet and some of the words and phrasesAFP - 71 words
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Article, Illustration339 2003-09-02 28 Schroeder-baiting hardliner to lead Germany’s most influential union -AP BERLIN Germany’s most influential trade union, IG Metall, has elected a traditionalist hardliner, Mr Juergen Peters, to lead it for the next four years. Delegates at a special congress of the 2.56 million-member trade union endorsed-AP; EPA - 339 words
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Article163 2003-09-02 28 LOS ANGELES California gubernatorial candidate Arnold Schwarzenegger may have saved human beings from the machines in his sci-fi films, but he is fast learning that nothing can save him from his past in the world of politics. The latest issue that is haunting him is alleged163 words
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Medical
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Article, Illustration232 2003-09-02 29 AP Os TON Should people really care whether macaroni is digested faster or more slowly than spaghetti? Or potatoes as compared to carrots? Yes, say some of top nutritional experts in the US, who believe that carbohydrates should be labelled good or bad. But to others, aAP - 232 words
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Article215 2003-09-02 29 QWhat diet restrictions should a patient with kidney stones observe? A This is highly dependent on the type of kidney stone that the patient has. Some may be due to causes other than diet. In general, adequate fluid intake is highly important to minimise stone formation. Try to215 words
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Advertisement148 2003-09-02 31 Strea extraordinary groups in g roU ps in the that initially you think world... impeccable, Footstamping one ot me mos in ovation sets house rattling." they must be using Newbury Spring Festival, UK theatrical and backing tapes or that real imaainative musicians are hidden y offstage." The Times, UK Los148 words
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Article, Illustration608 2003-09-02 32 YVONNE KWOK - The new Channel U family drama, Together Whenever, promised scary sex and violence. Thankfully, no artistes were harmed in the making of the very convincing show Tellytubby By YVONNE KWOK SOMETIMES, I really fear for our local artistes. Before tuning in to the first episode of the608 words
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Article, Illustration88 2003-09-02 32 CHINA has banned Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life because it portrays the country “negatively”, according to Chinese authorities Officials said that the film portrayed China as a country in chaos, a country with secret societies, and that its presentation was done “with malicious intention”, said88 words
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Article132 2003-09-02 32 Einstein in dance FORGET about trying to get people interested in Einstein’s theory of relativity by simplifying explanations. Dance is the bold new concept that the Institute of Physics in the UK has hit upon to mark the centenary of the 1905 publication of three papers on his theories. It132 words
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Article88 2003-09-02 32 AFTER six previous nominations that went nowhere, he finally won. Canadian author Robert Sawyer received the 50th Hugo award for best novel for science fiction on Saturday in Toronto for his 2002 book Hominids, the first volume in a trilogy which imagines another world in which Neanderthals survived88 words
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Article, Illustration575 2003-09-02 33 The first Singapore Chamber Mimwestwd, presented by Streats, tookplac&ggef the weekend. SHERVIN SEAH reports had pomp and grandeur, yet still ac meved an intimacy with the audience the 1 st Singapore Chamber Music estival was off to a good start, judging °ni its inaugural performance575 words
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Article, Illustration230 2003-09-02 33 The Alchemist as film finally f BR AZIL IAN author Paulo Coelho c ctUf ed) has finally accepted a movie -ept P°r his book, The Alchemist e r 10 years of sifting through i diumg uuuu P, 0p sed scripts, reported hpWashington Post a will be written r directed by230 words
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Article, Illustration621 2003-09-02 34 Sharon Soh - rucw g| 18, Ini JL By Sharon Soh A FRIEND from Shanghai studying here recently revealed her favourite haunt for tang yuan (glutinous rice balls) in sweet wine and xiao long bao (Shanghai steamed pork bun). “Old Shanghai at Temple Street it’s very authentic” was her tip. OnFranc!s Loe J - 621 words
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Article, Illustration100 2003-09-02 35 The Weather Channel, based in Atlanta, has a DJ who chooses the music that accompanies the daily local forecasts. The St Petersburg ui rciersour Times said yesterday that bteve Hurst, 35 edits the music for fte two-minute, WT^-mmuu six-times-an-hour, offerings. Picks have included New A ge-typeFt Francis Lee - 100 words
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Article, Illustration49 2003-09-02 35 3 °Pm, Channel i blew season of this drama about ar,an Fawkes, a petty thief and c °nman who is bailed out of Jail by his brother in return for undergoing an experiment that unplants a “quicksilver” gland |u his head that allows him to uun invisible.49 words
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Article55 2003-09-02 35 10pm, Central David Lean’s adaptation of the EM Forster novel, stars Judy Davis as an Englishwoman who travels to India with Mrs Moore, played by Dame Peggy Ashcroft. An outing there turns ugly, with allegations of rape. The truth, however, is not as clear as the bigoted55 words
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Article67 2003-09-02 35 THEGANESHA SHOW Tomorrow to Sept 14 Mon-Sat 11.30am-Bpm; Sun noon-5.30pm Utterly Art Exhibition Space 208 South Bridge Road 2nd Level The show, by Gnani Arts, pays homage to the artistic depiction of the elephant-headed Hindu god, by artists mainly from Tamil Nadu, including Alphonso Doss, Rajavelu, G Raman and67 words
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Article, Illustration61 2003-09-02 35 THINK TANK! EXHIBITION 10am-9.30pm, Sept 12-28 Basement 1, Takashimaya Gallery Free See how a little imagination can transform taken-for-granted items such as plungers, tiffin carriers, knives and toothpick holders into conversation pieces. On show are the top 20 designs by Temasek Polytechnic students from a competition organised by X-tra61 words
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Miscellaneous429 2003-09-02 35 Yourdailyhoroscope j*? AQUARIUS gfe PISCES JAN2O-FEBIB FBI9-MM2O Discontentment is selffulfilling. If you’re prepared to hate what’s happening, the Universe will give you plenty of reasons to do so. Climb into someone else’s life this time and offer your unique perspective. Optimism and vigour are your givens. Apply the attitude you429 words
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Article, Illustration336 2003-09-02 36 Tan Kim Han - By Tan Kim Han THE Lion who rescued Singapore against Kuwait two years ago still cannot forget his late, late goal. Noh Alam Shah’s (below) 86thminute strike at the National Stadium levelled the score 1-1 against Kuwait in a pre-World Cup qualifier in 2001. The336 words
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Article, Illustration490 2003-09-02 36 Adam Hashidy - Kuwait striker desperate to erase bitter memories of 2001 By By Adam Hashidy HE remembers the humiliation as if it was only yesterday. Following the shocking 1-1 draw against lowly Singapore in a pre-World Cup football qualifier here in 2001, arrows were directed at the Kuwaiti team fromWf r/ - 490 words
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Article, Illustration372 2003-09-02 37 England manager Eriksson puts Welsh winger at the top of his list -AFP ARDIFF England coach Sven Eriksson has admitted his Euro 2004 qualifying campaign would be a lot smoother if he could call upon the services of Manchester United’s Welsh ac e Ryan Giggs (below).-AFP; AFP - 372 words
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Article, Illustration327 2003-09-02 37 Wire services SOUTHAMPTON James Beattie (below) has admitted that his 88thminute match winner against Manchester United was not his best effort as he could not have missed from such a short range. He scored off a corner taken by Graeme Le Saux. Said– Wire services - 327 words
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Article, Illustration500 2003-09-02 38 Australia’s golden girl in emotional shambles after split with boyfriend -AFP SYDNEY Australia’s new golden girl of the track, ana Pittman, should be laughing. Instead she is in tears after a split with her fiance and fellow athlete Rohan Robinson, it was reported here yesterday. Pittman, 20,-AFP; AP - 500 words
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Article, Illustration414 2003-09-02 39 Agassi blasts US Open officials for scheduling mix-up -AFP new YORK World No 1 Andre Agassi (right) finished off Russia’s ev geny Kafelnikov here on Sunday in a rain-halted US Open match, then aste d US Tennis Association officials r not playing the match to completion °n Saturday.-AFP; \AP - 414 words
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Article98 2003-09-02 39 AFP MADRID Ronaldo can snap up his favoured No 9 shirt at Real Madrid after Fernando Morientes was loaned out to French side Monaco. Ronaldo was given No 11 following his move from Inter Milan because Morientes was registered in the centre forward’s traditional shirt. TheAFP - 98 words
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Article76 2003-09-02 39 -AFP LONDON Chelsea have completed the 24 million euro (Ss46 million) transfer of French midfielder Claude Makelele from Real Madrid, the club said on their website yesterday. The move appeared threatened on Sunday when the player’s agent, Marc Roger, said the deal might not go ahead because Real-AFP - 76 words
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Miscellaneous47 2003-09-02 39 IN THE LIVING ROOM SOCCER: Football Focus (ESPN Ch 23, 8.30 pm). TENNIS: US Open, 4th round (7am). Men’s 4th round/Women’s quarterfinals (11pm). Women’s quarter-finals (tomorrow, 7am) Star Sports Ch 24. DELAYED TELECAST GOLF: PGA Deutsche Bank US Championship, final round (Star Sports Ch 24, 10.30 am).47 words
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