Streats, 30 December 2003

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  • 12 3 Streats TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2003 E-mail: streats® sph.com, sg mita (p> 111/03/2003
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  • 616 3  -  Air marshals will affect SIAs profit, but impact minimal, say analysts B v Chua Kong Ho SINGAPORE Airlines could forgo millions of dollars in profit to provide seats for undercover armed air marshals on board its Singapore-Australia flights. While both SIA and the Singapore Government
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  • 154 3 Wire services WASHINGTON The US government announced yesterday that any foreign airliner entering American airspace will require armed police officers on board. The US Homeland Security Department (DHS) said that the directive, effective immediately, will enhance security on commercial and cargo aircraft flying
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    • 41 3 Edwin Koo TEMPER, TEMPER Golden Horse best actress Sandra Ng gripes about her producer boyfriend HOME SUPPORT Local musicians need your backing too, says SUJIN THOMAS TEACHING CEO Baptised into business at 12, Carlos Fernandes believes in coaching PAGE 12 i§B'
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  • Morning Rush
    • 435 4  -  Students must get hair back to original colour, but teachers get some leeway By Sarah Ng WHEN schools in Singapore rule that uniformity is what they want among students, it includes the colour of their hair. With the new school year starting on Friday,
      Ashleigh Sim  -  435 words
    • 201 4 WITH cadavers in short supply, firstyear medical students at the National University of Singapore (NUS) will no longer do dissections in the lab. Instead, expert staff will perform the task, which will allow students to have “an exploratory study of the body or cadaver” and
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    • 409 5  -  Animal therapy changes the lives of mother and daughter By_ Julie Sim WHEN she was diagnosed with a blood disorder last November, Ms Constance Oliveiro, 33, went into gloomy seclusion. Unemployed and divorced, she chose to stay at home and refused to talk to anyone. Life
      Ashlelgh Sim  -  409 words
    • 333 6  -  Willie Cheng still clocks in the hours for a good cause By Zubaidah Nazeer RETIREMENT appears to be a full-time job for Mr Willie Cheng (pictured here with his family). The former managing director of Accenture, an international management consulting firm, who still sits on
      Francis Lee  -  333 words
    • 301 6  -  By Khushwgnt Singh MOVING the National University of Singapore Society’s city clubhouse to Suntec City was a strategic idea, revealed NUSS president Lai Kim Seng yesterday. Mr Lai, 64, said: “It is estimated that there are about 10,000 graduates working in the Suntec City complex.
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    • Chinese still relish civet cats...
      • 447 8 GUANGZHOU There may be a danger of Sars staging a comeback in China. But surprisingly the country’s appetite for eating exotic animals remains undiminished, the New York Times reported yesterday. This, despite the fact that some studies have indicated
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      • 194 8 Reuters I CHICAGO Beef sold well this r weekend at Jim’s Quality Meats, a suburban Chicago butcher’s shop. Under normal circumstances, that ti try wrfy r would be expected. But it proved to be a great relief for owner Ed Wedell and confirmed predictions that
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    • 229 8 HIGH-INCOME Singaporeans take home the second biggest pay cheques in Asia after their counterparts in Hong Kong. They are also the region’s most active investors and are a well-travelled lot, a survey has shown. Market research firm AC Nielsen, authors of the 2003 Asian
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    • 116 10 BUZZSTOP Reuters SINGAPORE received more visitors in November, led by holiday makers from Indonesia, China and Malaysia who boosted hotel occupancy rate. The Singapore Tourism Board yesterday said that visitors totalled 635,213 in November, up 7.9 per cent from a year
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    • Article, Illustration
      58 10 Indian artist Sarvanaa putting finishing touches to a mask called Drishti Gombe in the Kannada language at his workshop in Bangalore. The masks, which cost between $1 and $4, are in huge demand in the lead up to the New Year as it is believed that displaying them
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    • 135 10 TWO weeks before the Queen Mary 2 makes its Jan 12 maiden voyage from Britain to Florida, two US officials have confirmed that the US$BOO million (S$ 1.36 billion) luxury liner was mentioned as a possible target in intercepted Al Qaeda communications. “It’s
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    • 143 10 sl.7b Las Vegas-style project ■AP VIETNAM’S Ministry of Planning and Investment has approved a proposal for the communist country’s largestever resort and casino. The proposed US$l billion (Ssl.7 billion) Las Vegas-style project will cover 450 ha, including 2km of beach on the Co Co River in
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    • 137 10 Iran quake Reuters WIDESPREAD looting is hampering aid efforts in the Iranian city of Bam following Friday’s 6.7 magnitude earthquake, in which 30,000 people are feared dead. Iranian security forces were sealing off access to the city to all traffic except trucks and cars carrying aid
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    • 104 10 THE Singapore Sweep is undergoing a New Year revamp that will see the top prize increased from $1.5 million to $2 million and give punters a greater chance of winningStarting with tickets that will go on sale on Jan 8, the price will be raised by
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    • 88 10 -AFP THE world’s first magnetic levitation train for commercial use, the maglev, kicked off regular service yesterday in Shanghai. The service, delayed by a string of equipment problems, takes passengers from the Pudong airport to the city’s financial district at a speed of 430km/hr. “The first train
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    • 96 10 Reuters DEPOSED dictator Saddam Hussein has given his US captors information on hidden weapons and as much as US$4O billion (Ss6B billion) he may have seized while he was Iraq’s president, an Iraqi official was quoted as saying yesterday. “Saddam has confessed the names of people he
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    • 89 10 A MALAYSIAN man was so obsessed with fulfilling his childhood dream of becoming an air steward that he masqueraded as one at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport and was arrested, The Star newspaper reported yesterday. After tricking a Malaysia Airlines chief steward into lending him a
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  • Financial
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      600 12  -  He’s dealing with Fortum 500 companies, but Carlos Fernandes still has time to coach budding entrepreneurs ■Younil Imrepreneursjj By Khushwant Singh MANY young entrepreneurs come across as Attila the Hun, eager to storm every corporate citadel in sight. These young Turks are so focused on success, they don’t
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    • 79 12 Reuters SINGAPORE JTC Corporation yesterday said that it is cutting rentals and land prices for many of its properties, by up to 20 per cent in some cases, in order to reflect falling market rates. State-owned JTC is also extending rental rebates for another six months
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    • 97 12 Bloomberg SINGAPORE The Singapore Exchange Ltd yesterday said that it plans to introduce futures contracts based on the Dow Jones Co Trac-X credit-derivatives indexes. “Singapore Exchange intends to collaborate with other exchanges to create a global marketplace for credit derivatives futures,” it said in an
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    • 77 12 -AFP SHANGHAI Construction has begun on what is being billed as the world’s biggest shipyard, with operations expected to commence in 2007, state media reported yesterday. The shipyard, covering Bkm of coast along Shanghai’s Changxing Island, will be fully operational by 2015 with annual capacity of eight
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    • 74 12 Reuters SHANGHAI China’s parliament has approved amendments to outdated banking laws that would allow further reform of the country’s creaking financial sector, official newspapers said yesterday. The amendments will go into effect on Feb 1. Among the changes include a small but significant change to laws that
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    • 528 14 Economists expect Singapore’s GDP to rise 12 per cent in the fourth quarter Bloomberg SINGAPORE Singapore’s economy probably expanded for a second straight quarter in the final months of 2003 as companies such as ScheringPlough Corp and Seagate Technology Inc expanded capacity to
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    • 333 14 Bernama KUALA LUMPUR Experts are bullish about Malaysia’s economic prospects for 2004 as expectations are running high that the global economy, local business and domestic consumer spending will expand next year. Malaysia’s higher-than-projected gross domestic product (GDP) growth of 5.1 per cent in the third
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    • 282 14 -AFP SEOUL Uncertainties caused by a mountain of household debt and the ailing credit card industry are impeding South Korea’s economic recovery despite robust exports, data showed yesterday. Industrial output growth in November slowed to 4.7 per cent compared with a year
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    • 510 15 US, China seen driving world expansion in 2004 Bloomberg THE fastest US economic expansion in three years and increasing confidence in Asia and Europe point to an acceleration of global growth to about 3 per cent next year. “The US recovery is strong, China is
      – Bloomberg; AFP  -  510 words
    • 429 16 STI: 1,741.01 10.78 Reuters SHARES ended higher yesterday for a third straight session as investors nibbled on Singapore Press Holdings and other blue chips lifted by optimism of brighter economic prospects for the year ahead. “There’s a bit of bargain hunting in the blue chip
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    • 362 16 Reuters NICOSIA -Mr Ahmet Muezzin commutes daily across the eerie quiet of a UN dead zone to a different world. Until a few months ago, he could only peer across the Green Line that splits the internationally recognised south of Cyprus from
      – Reuters; AFP  -  362 words
    • 16 16 US$: 551.705 553.024 EURO: 552.122 Ss: 62.78 YEN RM2.229 HK54.554 23.23 BAHT 4,973 RUPIAH
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    • 587 18 He wants to slash jobless rate to ease France’s financial burden Reuters PARIS Mr Francis Mer could be relaxing in the Caribbean if he wanted. Instead, France’s 64-year-old finance minister gets up routinely at 5.30 am, exercises for half an hour on his rowing
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    • 266 16 Market Outlook 2004 Investment Forum for the Singapore Stock Market By knowing Reliable Information and Forecast of the future trend in the Stock Market, an investor will be able to gain a Winning Edge and more Confidence when investing your next dollar, over those who rely on hot-tips or follow
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  • Comment
    • 741 20  -  By SUJIN THOMAS THE next time you shrug off a local band playing at venues like the Youth Park, give your reaction a second thought. Think of the growing number of talented youth in Singapore who are devoting their time and
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    • 193 21 Usner in the NewiYear with ■feats m ■aa BiSii overisbaked i »;r-->.-rS‘ -1 U r a r -j. SSA <■% 1..; V ifr. P pedal di olesomi 4i jg* d o healthy wav. So brin las »£>W ew •> f. JEV ■I r SL, 0# »/v t 90 and friends,
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  • Vocal
    • 282 22 I DISAGREE with many points raised by Mr Conrad Raj in his commentary, “MOM can do more for maids’ welfare” (Streats, Dec 29). I have been a pretty good employer. I’m against all forms of maid abuse and have treated my maid well. I trusted
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    • 114 22 MY mother, who has a weak knee, and I could see our bus approaching and knew that we were not going to make it to the bus stop in time. But the driver made our day by stopping right where we were to let
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    • 131 22 LET us not forget the foreign construction worker when we discuss the welfare of foreign maids. Many construction workers also suffer neglect. I have had the chance to peep into their living quarters and, be they Bangladeshi, Thai or Indian, they have one thing in common:
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    • 118 22 I AM a Filipina who has been working for almost eight months now for an expatriate employer in Singapore. Although I am supposed to have Sundays off, my employer sometimes asks me to stay home on my days off, including the recent Christmas holiday. I
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    • 94 22 I REFER to Mr Khushwant Singh’s humorous commentary, “Some names are rather beastly” (Streats, Dec 24, inset), about airlines naming themselves after animals. I remember many years ago, when Singapore and Malaysia split their airline industry, we wanted to use the name Mercury Singapore Airlines (MSA).
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    • 102 22 I REFER to Mr Khushwant Singh’s commentary, “Some names are rather beastly”, and Mr Tan Ken Jin’s letter, “Tiger? Beer, show or airline?” (both in Streats, Dec 24). I agree with Mr Singh and Mr Tan that giving airlines animal names is not ideal. Just like
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    • 74 22 I REMEMBER promises made by the public transport companies that the fare increase would be followed by greater efficiency, better service and more pleasant journeys. I have observed over several months that the waiting time for buses and trains has in fact become longer. Ironically, after
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    • 108 22 I REFER to Ms/Mr Koh Ah Kim’s letter, “$lO million? I don’t believe it” (Streats, Dec 22). It is truly amazing to note that a big bus operator is being “cheated” of 10 million annually by passengers. It works out to $27,397.26 daily, which I
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  • Global
    • 327 24 Plea comes after Bhutan crackdown -AP GAUHATI, India Indian separatist rebels have appealed to China for temporary food aid and shelter from freezing weather after their bases in neighbouring Bhutan were overrun. Bhutan’s two-week-old crackdown on the rebels’ bases has pushed them close to
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    • 354 24 -AFP BEIJING The local government in China’s southwest Kai county is on a campaign to cool emotions of villagers and make amends for the gas disaster that killed 233 people last Tuesday. As gas experts and government officials stepped up an investigation into the
      -AFP; AFP  -  354 words
    • 256 24 AP AKASHI, Japan A year after Yasunao and Yoko Kondo submitted paperwork to register their newborn twins for citizenship in Japan, the couple’s sons are still foreigners. As far as the government is concerned, the twins aren’t Japanese. This is
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    • 303 26 PM Abdullah sets up Royal Commission to weed out corruption, brutality -AP KUALA LUMPUR Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi yesterday launched an inquiry into Malaysia’s police, saying that corruption and brutality within the force “must be eradicated”. Mr Abdullah (pictured at right with Police InspectorGeneral Mohd
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    • Article, Illustration
      39 26 Russians on Sunday taking shelter in plastic bags and warming themselves up over small fires as they fish through the ice near the village of Beryozovo in Siberia’s Kemerovo region, some 3,000 km east of Moscow AP
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    • 133 26 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Crime syndicates are stealing luxury cars in Malaysia’s Sarawak state and displaying them in showrooms in the neighbouring Indonesian province of Kalimantan, where owners can pay ransom to get them back, The Star newspaper reported yesterday. Sources were quoted as saying that
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  • Medical
    • 240 28 Reuters NEW YORK -A new study may help explain how laughter makes us feel good. Researchers report that humour seems to activate brain networks that are involved in rewards. Humour is no laughing matter, according to Dr Allan L Reiss of Stanford University in
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    • 195 28 QWhat should I do to reduce the high level of triglycerides in my diet? A If your triglyceride level is high, you may need to eat less sugar, fats and alcohol.. You can reduce sugar in your diet by taking less sweet foods such as desserts, snacks and
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    • 295 29 SLIMMING BODY CARE Jacelyn is as confident about her individuality as she is about her body. How does she keep it so slim and trim? Easy, she says, because beauty begins with Jean Yip. -rJ “Beautiful People” Success Story Jann can now step out feeling positive about her body. After
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  • EasyStreats
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      687 30 BIG icturej DON’T get actress Sandra Ng started on the subject of the conflicts between her and boyfriend Peter Chan during the filming of Golden Chicken 2. Ng may have finished her last scene for the sequel to the hit movie two months ago, but she’s still riled
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    • 402 32  - Japanese more 01k jbl By. JillLim I ONCE worked in the Beach RoadJalan Sultan area and loved it, not jus for the daily sight of old shophouses and narrow streets there, but also because it was and still is a great area for food. Aside from the good hawker centre
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    • 496 33  -  By_ Sharon Soh JUDGING by the numerous Thai restaurants that have opened, and flourished, over the last few years, Thai food remains a hot favourite among Singaporeans. Now, add the new Basil Thai Restaurant to the picture. The two-month-old restaurant sits in one of the shophouses along
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    • 32 33 FOOD WINE PROMO Just order any bottle of Jacob's Creek Riesling or Cabernet Sauvignon and you can enjoy any Fish Dish at only $lO. From now till 29 Jan 'O4. Bon appetit!
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    • 185 33 U nctw4 Ttie Pfeoißir Wine corkscrews come in suck a wide range that youll be left spoilt for choice. But before you can decide on the right one, you must know your options. Here are three finrly popular types. Waiters Corkscrew 1. Simple, portable and almost fail-proof,
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    • 453 34 PERHAP it was the fact that a cover version of their song has made No 1 in the UK singles chart for Christmas when the original, Mad World, from 21 years ago, only made it to No 3. Or perhaps 13 years is
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    • 240 34 A STATUE intended to honour late civil rights leader Martin Luther King has led to divisions in a small North Carolina town. It was in 1962 in the high school gymnasium of Rocky Mount that King delivered one of the first renditions of his
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    • 98 34 AFP t THIS must mean that they’re still together. Superstar couple Leonardo DiCaprio and Giselle Bundchen spent a wet Saturday night in the ruins of the Incan city of Machu Picchu in Peru. The American actor and his Brazilian supermodel girlfriend had travelled to the mountaintop city
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    • 103 36 Hands up everyone who knew that Ireland had coral reefs. Terra Daily wrote yesterday that huge cold-water reefs off Ireland’s west coast are to be listed as national treasures. The “spectacular” structures have as much diversity as the Great Barrier Reef, and are being threatened by
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    • Tune in TV & MOVIE NEWS
      • 30 36 9pm, Channel U Dajun is finally lured out. Xiaosheng is injured while trying to save Yingzi. When Chengfeng kills Dajun’s accomplice, Xiangdong, Dajun swears revenge. Last episode.
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      • 51 36 10pm, Central The Germans still expect the invasion of Calais, but think that nothing is likely to be imminent because of the bad weather. But Eisenhower decides to press on. This film won the awards for Best Cinematography in the Academy Awards and Golden Globe Awards of
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    • Happenin’
      • 55 36 THE POETRY SLAM CABARET Today, 7-30 pm Velvet Underground, Zouk Tickets at $lO from Sistic The people who brought you Poetry Slam end the year on a high note as slammaster Chris Mooney-Singh hosts three hours of some of the best in local spoken word entertainment, original music, dance,
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      • Article, Illustration
        68 36 PARADISE COUNTDOWN 2004 Tomorrow, 9pm onwards Suntec City, Halls 401-404 Tickets at s46from Sistic Two of the biggest names in dance Steve Lawler (Global Underground, pictured) and Dave Angel (Trust The DJ) rule a dance arena the size of two football fields. Top this off with what has
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  • Page 36 Miscellaneous
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    • 265 40 LONDON Bayern Munich coach Ottmar Hitzfeld is being lined up by the Football Association to succeed Sven Goran Eriksson as England manager, the Evening Standard reported yesterday. If the Swede, who has been constantly linked with Chelsea, decides to depart after Euro 2004 as
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    • 436 40 Manchester United manager finishes memorable year by blasting referee Wire services MIDDLESBROUGH Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson rounded off what has been a memorable year in trademark style with an angry tirade against a referee. Matt Messias was the latest official to incur the wrath of Fergie. Messias
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    • 320 40 Wire services LONDON Manager Claudio Ranieri promised Chelsea fans that they can look forward to a Happy New Year after his side had emerged from the festive season still in the hunt for the Premiership title. They beat Portsmouth on Sunday, only their second
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    • 206 41 Reuters SYDNEY Australian super maxi Skandia claimed line honours in the 59th Sydney-Hobart race yesterday after holding off New Zealand rival Zana in a tense tactical battle to the finishing line. Skandia sailed slowly across the line in the Derwent River in Tasmania to record
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