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Title Section9 2004-03-03 1 Streats Wednesday, march 3,2004 E-mail: streats@sphxom.sg mita <p) 111/03/20039 words
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272 2004-03-03 1 r Sharlene Tan - &L r Sharlene Tan WO foreign maids were arrested yesterday after a woman was found dead at a condominium at Flora Drive. Madam Esther Ang Imm Suan, 47, was found lying face up on her bed with nhses to her neck, hands and272 words
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Article584 2004-03-03 1 [ Conrad Raj - They have SLAs in-principle approval for lease extension of 15 years Conrad Raj THE Changi Beach Club (CBC) and e Changi Sailing Club (CSC) can stay at their premises. The two clubs have received inPrinciple approval for extension of their lease along Changi Beach584 words
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Advertisement48 2004-03-03 1 APPOINTEES Conrad Raj calls on PUB to scrap appointment of SICC officials FAGE.O Research the data, which are available freely, before investing in stocks iHi liisi I I 11 f H 6 months maternity leave, other incentives considered to encourage more pregnancies ;e2 Recruit Career 2004 Special pages3l-3548 words
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Article202 2004-03-03 2 6 MONTHS’ LEAVE Authorities are considering extending the existing paid statutory maternity leave by another eight weeks. A second option is to increase it by 16 weeks at half pay. Mr Lim said that the cost of increasing maternity leave by eight weeks comes to $l6O million, based202 words
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496 2004-03-03 2 Khushwant Singh - Govt unveils focus of campaign to boost birth rate By Khushwant Singh THE man who has been tasked with encouraging women here to have babies, Mr Lim Hng Kiang, will focus on women who are single, childless or with only one child. Mrs Joyce Lau, 34,496 words
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Article, Illustration329 2004-03-03 3 Volvo’s car for women by women has dirt-resistant paint and no bonnet GENEVA The car designed by women for women was unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show yesterday. Though Volvo stopped short of including such way-out requests as supports for wearers of high-heeled shoes, the concept carAP - 329 words
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152 2004-03-03 3 Bloomberg NEW YORK Porsche will recall 10,637 Cayenne sports-utility vehicles in the US, to shift wiring to reduce the possibility of an electrical fire. Porsche has begun notifying owners of the 2003 and 2004 model Cayenne S SUVs to take their vehicles for– Bloomberg - 152 words
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Article, Illustration379 2004-03-03 4 S-League frowns on players, even good ones, who prowl for sex S-LEAGUE players who prowl for sex and tarnish the competition’s image may face disciplinary action. Yesterday, the Football Association of Singapore’s director of competitions, Mr Quah Kim Song, said he disapproved of379 words
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306 2004-03-03 4 HONG KONG ÜBS, one of Europe’s largest banks, is caught in a financial scandal in Hong Kong. Twenty people in the territory have been arrested amid allegations of bribery and rigging of share prices. The bank said that it had suspended one of306 words
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Article, Illustration588 2004-03-03 6 -AP Powell denies former Haiti leader’s claims that Washington made him get on plane WASHINGTON Denying that it gave Mr Jean-Bertrand Aristide a rough shove into exile, the United States is insisting the former Haitian president resigned and left his embattled country of his-AP; AP - 588 words
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157 2004-03-03 6 THE Land Transport Authority (LTA) has clamped down on two buses that have been operating without licences between Lavendar MRT station and Senai Airport in Johor. The LTA said that both vehicles were brought back to its office for investigation yesterday evening. One157 words
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146 2004-03-03 6 THE number of drug abusers arrested last year was the lowest in two decades thanks mostly to a sharp decline in the number of heroin abusers arrested. And a large fall in the number of Malay drug abusers arrested means that the Chinese now146 words
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129 2004-03-03 8 BUZZ STOP THE higher excise duties levied on tobacco have not deterred diehard smokers from quitting their habit. They seem to have found a way to get their fix without burning a hole in their pockets, The Straits Times reports today.129 words
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Article, Illustration43 2004-03-03 8 A young Malaysian holding balloons displaying the logo of the country's ruling National Front coalition as he waits for the arrival of Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi for an election rally in Sik in the northern state of Kedah on Monday ReutersReuters - 43 words
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Article135 2004-03-03 8 9 Sea attacks may be terror-related Reuters FEARS that pirates operating in the waters around Singapore might be linked to terrorist organisations prompted Singapore yesterday to announce a review of its maritime security plans. “Piracy is entering a new phase. Recent attacks have been– Reuters - 135 words
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Article146 2004-03-03 8 9 Thai cops arrest another for drugs Wire services THAI police said yesterday that they had shot dead a Singaporean suspected drug dealer and arrested another in Bangkok. Kim Sai Ang, also known as Tony Ai, 40, was shot in the stomach and head on– Wire services - 146 words
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Article141 2004-03-03 8 Perc survey on corruption Reuters INDONESIA is seen as the most corrupt country in Asia for the third year running, followed by India and Vietnam, a survey of foreign businessmen showed. Singapore was seen as the least corrupt among 12 countries and territories in the– Reuters - 141 words
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Article76 2004-03-03 8 AP INDONESIA’S worst-ever outbreak of dengue fever is subsiding in most parts of the country except in the capital and West Java province, health officials said yesterday. “Our efforts to clean up (mosquito) breeding grounds are slowly paying off,” said Dr Umar Achmadi, head of communicable– AP - 76 words
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Article93 2004-03-03 8 -AFP AT least 37 people were killed in gunfire triggered by an attack on a religious procession of Shi’ite Muslims in the south-west Pakistani city Quetta on Tuesday, a senior official said. Unidentified gunmen fired on the parade in the centre of Quetta at around 1.40-AFP - 93 words
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Article84 2004-03-03 8 Reuters THE Thai government has backed away from its plan to curtail the country’s lively nightlife and notorious sex industry, officials said yesterday. The cabinet approved new regulations which would allow existing nightclubs, bars, discotheques and massage parlours to keep their operating hours unchanged but impose– Reuters - 84 words
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Article104 2004-03-03 8 BEGGARS in China’s south-west Sichuan province are going high-tech. These “web beggars” stay off the streets, instead preferring to go online and concoct sob stories. They then send e-mails, with their bank account numbers, asking for money, rediff.com reported yesterday. Said one web beggar, Li Dan, a104 words
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Advertisement1055 2004-03-03 9 NTUC Income Advertisement Excellent business results for 2003 NTUC Income to distribute additional $lOO million to policyholders "We are sharing the good results by distributing an additional $lOO million for our policyholders through bonus increases, absorption of 5 per cent GST, reduction in motor insurance premiums and other benefits." Tan1,055 words
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Article, Illustration425 2004-03-03 10 s7lsm deal is S’pore investment company’s first M’sian acquisition Wire services SINGAPORE State-owned investment company Temasek Holdings yesterday said that it paid RMI.6 billion (*****.2 million) for 5 per cent of Telekom Malaysia Bhd, its second-biggest foreign investment and its first in Malaysia. “It’s– Wire services; AP - 425 words
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311 2004-03-03 10 Bloomberg BANGKOK Airports of Thailand Pci raised 17.3 billion baht (*****.4 million) in the nation’s biggest initial share sale in three years, after professional investors ordered more than 20 times the amount of stock they were offered. The country’s state-owned operator of five– Bloomberg - 311 words
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Article100 2004-03-03 10 Bloomberg SINGAPORE Mobile One Ltd, Singapore’s second-largest provider of cellphone services, said that it will seek shareholder approval to buy back up to 10 per cent of its outstanding shares. The company will seek approval to buy the shares in the open market or in negotiated transactions– Bloomberg - 100 words
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Article92 2004-03-03 10 Bloomberg SINGAPORE BP pic, Europe’s largest oil company, agreed to sell its entire 70 per cent stake in a Malaysian retail petrol unit to joint-venture partner Lembaga Tabung Angkatan Tentera, a Malaysian armed forces trust fund. Lembaga Tabung already owns a 30 per cent stake in– Bloomberg - 92 words
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Article68 2004-03-03 10 SINGAPORE Citigroup Inc yesterday launched its inaugural Singapore dollar bond issue with 10-year fixed rate bonds totalling $l5O million. The issue is lead managed by Citicorp Investment Bank (Singapore) with DBS Bank, Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation and United Overseas Bank as co-managers. Citigroup has applied to the Singapore68 words
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Article91 2004-03-03 10 Bloomberg SAN FRANCISCO Mr David and Frederick Barclay, the billionaire British twins who own London’s Ritz hotel, withdrew offers to buy Mr Conrad Black’s majority stake in the Torontobased newspaper group Hollinger Inc. No reason for the decision was given in a release sent by the Barclays’– Bloomberg - 91 words
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Article625 2004-03-03 11 Chug Kong; Ho - The world of finance and investment has been changing opening up new options to boost savings or retire in comfort. Each week we willfeature an explanation of how thefinancial markets work TODAY’SFOCUS 1 Types of 1 stock data available and where to get them 2 Some625 words
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Article222 2004-03-03 11 i Price-earnings ratio (re rat») The most common measure of how expensive a stock is. The PE ratio is equal to a stock’s market capitalisation ivided by its after-tax earnings over a -month period, usually the trailing Period but occasionally the current or forward period. The higher the222 words
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Article, Illustration119 2004-03-03 11 READ WIN Send us your questions on this article and l stand a chance to win one of five Hewlett-Packard iPAQ h 1940 PDAs with a current retail price of $549 each. Send your question along with the date of the article, your full name, 1C or passport number, mailing119 words
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Article, Illustration414 2004-03-03 13 Boost in value ofPCCW 1 s properties fails to mask decline in phone revenues Bloomberg HONG KONG Shares of PCCW, °ng Kong’s largest phone company, ave risen twice as fast as the enchmark Hang Seng Index this year after four years as the index’s w °rst– Bloomberg; AFP - 414 words
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Article209 2004-03-03 16 STI: 1,892.93 1.20 RISES Ranked by Stocks Closing Gen Mag 20c 15 20.0 Hor Kew 5c 7 16.7 LC Dev 10.5 16.7 PNEMicron 8c 18 16.1 FDS Netw US5c 17.5 12.9 W Want W*****4 58 12.6 G&W Grp 20c 27 12.5 ISG Asia 5c 11 10.0 DragonLand 10c 6 9.1209 words
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Article24 2004-03-03 16 *AS AT MARCH 2 US$: S$1.724 S$2.961 S$: RM2.205 S$: HK$4.504 EURO: S$2.063 S$: 63.57 YEN S$: 23.16 BAHT S$: 4,930 RUPIAH24 words
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Article, Illustration735 2004-03-03 16 ANDY MUKHERJEE - Comment By ANDY MUKHERJEE Bloomberg HERE’S lopsided social justice at its worst. India is raising the subsidy for the nation’s top 1,500 management students at a time when the government doesn’t have enough money to provide blackboards to all primary schools. Last month, India’s Human Resource Development– Bloomberg - 735 words
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Article, Illustration799 2004-03-03 18 CONRAD RAJ - By CONRAD RAJ IT’S good to hear that the Public Utilities Board is thinking its position on how its tenant, the Singapore Island Country Club, is to be managed. The Straits Times reported recently that the club’s members may soon have a greater799 words
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Article184 2004-03-03 20 I REFER to Mr Josh Ho’s letter, “Still no refund from show organiser” (Streats, Feb 27). Cancellation of shows in the entertainment industry is sometimes unavoidable, in view of unexpected circumstances such as that during the outbreak of Sars. To ensure patrons’ confidence in184 words
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Article209 2004-03-03 20 I REFER to Mr Seah Leong Khai’s letter, “Give us free Saturday parking, HDB” (Streats, Feb 24). Although HDB received total income of $378 million from its carpark operations in FY2002/2003, primarily from parking charges and fines, it incurred total expenditure of $4BO million over the209 words
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Article120 2004-03-03 22 AFTER the morning peak travel hours, buses and trains run largely half empty, causing a financial loss to the operators. So why not entice more people aged 55 to 59 to travel by offering them fare concessions? Cinema operators offer concessions to those aged 55120 words
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Article92 2004-03-03 22 I WAS taken aback by the sudden decision of the Education Ministry not to use the SAT exam as the basis for entering NUS and NTU. As a member of youth groups, I am pretty concerned for the students who forked out a lot of92 words
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128 2004-03-03 22 IN response to Mr Lee U-Wen’s letter, (Streats, Feb 27) in which he said there is no need to allocate seats at cinemas, I would like to point out that Singapore is a small country with equally small cinemas. However, the number of patrons128 words
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Article136 2004-03-03 22 CLEMENTI avenue 2 is a busy road with several hazards that need attention. Blocks 350 and 337 carpark exits are directly opposite each other. Driving out of either of the carparks into Avenue 2 is difficult, especially when making a right turn out of either exit.136 words
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Article522 2004-03-03 24 N Korean woman shot to death in Pakistan in 1998 was guest of scientist who sold nuclear arms plans Los Angeles Times ISLAMABAD Ten days after Pakistan tested its first atomic bomb in 1998, the wife of a major North Korean arms dealer was shot– Los Angeles Times - 522 words
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Article, Illustration339 2004-03-03 24 -AFP BAGHDAD More than 140 people were killed yesterday in blasts that simultaneously struck the Iraqi cities of Baghdad and Karbala as Shi’ites marked the Muslim sect’s holiest day for the first time since Saddam Hussein’s ouster. As countries worldwide-AFP; AFP - 339 words
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235 2004-03-03 24 Reuters WASHINGTON The United States said for the first time on Monday that it believes it is “highly likely” that North Korea traffics in illegal drugs as a matter of state policy. The accusations carried in a US State Department report may raise tensions as– Reuters - 235 words
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Article, Illustration352 2004-03-03 26 Golkar, PDIP split over his move to team up with Megawati JAKARTA Golkar Party chairman Akbar Tanjung (pictured) has muddied the political waters in Indonesia with his recent statement that he was ready to be the running mate of President Megawati Sukarnoputri in the July presidential352 words
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Article, Illustration79 2004-03-03 26 Opponents of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez with stones and molotov cocktails in the capital Caracas on Monday. The protests come as Mr Chavez has threatened to use oil as a weapon if Washington intervenes and supports the opposition bid to unseat him. Meanwhile, oil prices eased yesterday afterAFP - 79 words
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209 2004-03-03 26 PENANG Despite all the hue and cry over the recent string of rape cases in Malaysia, little has been achieved. In the latest incident that has shocked the nation, a 21-year-old woman in Penang state was gang-raped and forced to perform oral sex209 words
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Article118 2004-03-03 26 HONG KONG For two weeks, two mothers here have had to relive the black magic-related murders of their daughters. The South China Morning Post wrote last week that claims by their killer in court that the girls had provoked him distressed the families. The118 words
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Article, Illustration880 2004-03-03 31 SOLOMON LIM - "Follow your interests, .update yourself and your attitude it will benefit your career. By SOLOMON LIM In today’s fast-paced world of uncertain job prospects, the advice career management coaches give is: “Look out for yourself” The onus for self-im-provement, attitudinal change and career management is880 words
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Article251 2004-03-03 34 Career 2004: Recruitment and Education promises to bring job-seekers, employers and course-providers together. Get a job, improve yourself or do both at Career 2004: Recruitment and Education. The four-day job and education fair at Suntec Singapore starts tomorrow and offers up to 10,000 jobs and 50,000251 words
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Article, Illustration362 2004-03-03 35 Following are some of the major booths that offer opportunities for further learning and employment at the fair. Check out the other stands for the rest of the participants, ranging from local tertiary institutions, like the National University of Singapore, Singapore Management University and the Nanyang362 words
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Article, Illustration617 2004-03-03 36 IT has been more than two decades since the release of retro hit movie Saturday Night Fever. But the mere mention of the 1977 film immediately brings to mind John Travolta, with his swivelling hips and his two-finger, wave-like move. Big shoes for Adam Jon Fiorcntino toPics: ICM - 617 words
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Article, Illustration153 2004-03-03 36 THE late bassist of The Who, John Entwistle, could be on the band’s next album. The two surviving members of the band, singer Roger Daltrey and guitarist Pete Townshend, plan to resurrect a bassline that Entwistle recorded during rehearsals shortly before his cocainefuelled death in a Las153 words
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Article132 2004-03-03 36 IT was frowned on in China but the controversial play, The Vagina Monologues, remains hot stuff in the US, specifically, in universities there. College groups represented 66 of the 70 organisers that staged productions in 1999, the first year that playwright Eve Ensler made it available132 words
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Article, Illustration467 2004-03-03 37 Gregory Leow - SINGING THE BLUES and winning By Gregory Leow IN an era dominated by pop and rap, it is remarkable when a blues song beats 70 others to top a local song-writing contest. Especially when the performer was one man and his guitar against other entries that had full band lineups.Pics: Francis Lee - 467 words
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Article, Illustration393 2004-03-03 37 Leow - Leow if anyone wanted even more proof of e continued rise of the men’s sold” ***** industry here, Expressions b ltles it further by opening not one ree outlets dedicated solely to me ".s grooming. the ca lled Men’s Expressions, Int newly '°P ene d outlets are393 words
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Article, Illustration122 2004-03-03 39 tropical cyclone lashing tistralia’s north-west coast T as forced resources giant Rio lnto to shut one third of its jjuiies and one of its ports in e region, the company said yesterday, AFP reported. Cyclone Monty is packing nds of up to 200 km an houriI Pic Edwin Koo - 122 words
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Article, Illustration73 2004-03-03 39 Wha t say you Channel U osted by Channel U News anchor Chew Huoy Miin, social worker fo IT>Ue UFM DJ Huang Wen Hong and Lianhe Zaobao curr^ t ed i 0r Cai Shenjiang, this ta n ni a trairs programme gets viewers he a^ out topics that have made73 words
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Article40 2004-03-03 39 10pm, Central When Ruth (Kate Winslet) travels to India and gets involved in an religious cult, her family in Australia hires the services of a professional “exiter” (Harvey Keitel), someone who specialises in breaking people from such sects.40 words
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Article, Illustration71 2004-03-03 39 SUCH SWEET SORROW Tomorrow till k Saturday, 3pm and Bpm Victoria Theatre Tickets from $26 to $36 at Sistic Based on true stories such as ritual killer j Adrian Lim, and conjoined twins Laleh and Ladan Bijani who died during an operation to separate them, this play squeezes out71 words
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Article62 2004-03-03 39 LABYRINTH Tomorrow till March 28,10am-spm Monday to Friday, lOam-lpm on Saturday The Art Gallery National Institute of Education, NTU (tel 6790-3557) Free This installation artwork by Chiang Jing Ying explores the human perception of the path of life. The labyrinth is constructed of strings stretching across the viewing area62 words
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Miscellaneous483 2004-03-03 39 P AQUARIUS JAN2O -FEB 18 Vent your feelings in a single, controlled blast. There’s no need to repeat yourself. Most people will shrug off this incident instead of thinking of you as a boor or criminal. It happens to everyone. PISCES FEB 19-MAR2O Stop being so nice. Prove that you’re483 words
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Article, Illustration312 2004-03-03 40 Tan Kim Han - No fairy-tale return for Tg Pagar’s Boucher as Albirex make winning start By Tan Kim Han NTUC INCOME -YES'S SLEAGUE Tg Pagar 0 Albirex Niigata 3 GIANT Nicodeme Boucher had a miserable return to his favourite hunting ground at the Queenstown Stadium last night. The 3 7-year-old312 words
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Article, Illustration404 2004-03-03 40 -AFP BERLIN After winning a record six Formula One world championship titles, superstar Michael Schumacher (below) could be forgiven for thinking about retirement. But Ferrari’s talisman is adamant that his hunger and motivation has not waned. He says that the desire for a seventh title-AFP - 404 words
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Article, Illustration407 2004-03-03 41 PSV Eindhoven striker snubs Manchester United to sign for Chelsea Wire services AMSTERDAM Chelsea have snatched 20-year-old Dutch winger Arjen Robben from under the noses of Premiership champions Manchester United. PSV Eindhoven’s Robben has agreed a fiveyear contract with Chelsea, Dutch news agency ANP reported on Monday.– Wire services; Reuters - 407 words
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Article322 2004-03-03 41 -AFP LONDON Under-fire 1Ve rp°°l manager Gerard oulher backed Czech striker Raros on Monday to m around the Anfield club’s aso n> saying that Uthe begt is 0 come” from his side, i aros scored a superb goal in Weekend’s 2-2 Premiership w against Leeds,-AFP - 322 words
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Article, Illustration174 2004-03-03 42 Reuters SYDNEY Transsexual Mianne Bagger (right) called on golf’s governing bodies yesterday to change the eligibility rules as she prepared for her Australian Women’s Open debut. The Denmark-born 3 7-year-old, who was bom a male but underwent sex-change surgery in 1995, is a– Reuters - 174 words
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Article, Illustration678 2004-03-03 42 GODFREY ROBERT - Tee-off with Godfrey By GODFREY ROBERT HE has coached or trained golfers from three generations. Now he is set on a programme for a fourth generation of golfers the juniors in the region, especially those from China. Kel Llewellyn (right) is to some golfers in Asia678 words
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Article61 2004-03-03 42 RUGBY SINGAPORE has been grouped in Pool C along with Dubai Sevens champion South Africa, Samoa and Canada in the Standard Chartered Sevens Singapore rugby tournament. The draw was made by the International Rugby Board in Ireland yesterday. The tournament will be staged at the National61 words
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Article50 2004-03-03 42 OLYMPICS ANNABEL PENNEFATHER, vice-president of Singapore National Olympic Council, has been appointed chef-de-mission of Singapore for the Athens Olympics. She was the local woman chef-de-mission when she was appointed for the Manchester Commonwealth Games in 2002. She was also awarded the Sporting Singapore Inspiration Special Contribution Award last year.50 words
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Article51 2004-03-03 42 BASKETBALL Reuters SAN ANTONIO -Earl Watson scored 13 points and Memphis Grizzlies held San Antonio Spurs to just 12 points in the fourth quarter as they won 81-80.- Reuters Other results Washington 111 New Orleans 106 Chicago 92 Cleveland 81 Boston 117 Orlando 96 9 Utah 94 Detroit.- Reuters - 51 words
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Article, Illustration455 2004-03-03 43 Gary Lim - Candidate for SAAA presidency laments lack of challengers as election date nears By Gary Lim Tang WENG FEI (below) ,s expected to be a shoo-in for Singapore athletics’ top post, yet he is unhappy. The Singapore Amateur Athletic Association’s vicepresident (training and selection) Would prefer455 words
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Miscellaneous72 2004-03-03 42 IN THE LIVING ROOM FOOTBALL: Asian Olympic qualifiers, final qualifying round: Korea Republic v China (Ch 24, 6pm), Malaysia v Iran Ch 24, B.4spm).Uefa Cup 3rd rd, 2nd leg: Levski Sofia v Liverpool (Ch 22, tomorrow, 3.05 am), Newcastle United v Valerenga Ch2l, tomorrow, 3.40 am), Barcelona v Brondby (Ch72 words
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