Streats, 16 July 2004

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  • 8 1 Streats FRIDAY, JULY 16, 2004 E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg mita
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  • 534 1  -  Accountant who died after being knocked down was key figure in 1980 s Pan-El trial By Lester Chiew THE motorist involved in a fatal mishap in Esplanade Drive last week has expressed his remorse to the family of the victim by taking out an
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    • 142 1 Gory pictures on cigarette packs hit shelves before Aug 1 deadline Sultan calls for reconvening of parliament after 42 years to'engage'citizens Dutch coach Eric Landa aims to form professional team of local swimmers pageso NTUC mgapores very own 16/07/2004 -18/07/2004 vHOMEPROUD Round Tube Extra Bright FCC 32 Watt U.P.sfeW HZ-1010
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  • Morning Rush
    • 497 2  -  Gruesome packs on shelves before mandatory date By ChuaKongHo CIGARETTE packs with shocking pictures of dying babies, cancerous ulcers and bleeding brains are now in the stores as retailers replenish their stocks. Such packaging is not required until next month, when all cigarette packs
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    • 355 3 Microchips track staff movements at A-G’s office -ap MEXICO CITY Security has reached the sub-cutaneous level for Mexico’s attorneygeneral and at least 160 people in his office they have been implanted with microchips that get them access to secure areas of their headquarters. It’s a
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    • 340 4  -  Exhibitions organiser Reed’s poll finds 32% of companies prefer venues here By_ Choong Choon Yee SINGAPORE is still the firstchoice venue for an Asian electronics trade show. Fusion Consulting, a business consulting and intelligence company, surveyed 170 companies in a poll commissioned by Reed
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    • 268 4 Wire services LOS ANGELES Harrah’s Entertainment Inc is near an agreement to acquire Caesars Entertainment Inc for roughly US$lO billion (Ssl7 billion), including debt, creating the largest casino operator in the world, a source close to the situation said on Wednesday. Harrah’s
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    • 401 6 Brunei’s parliament to reconvene after 42 years -AFP BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN Brunei will reconvene parliament for the first time in decades as part of political reforms to “engage the citizens”, Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah announced yesterday. The sultan, who has been both chief of state and
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    • 292 6  -  By_ Yeo Ghim Lay NEW taxi drivers will soon undergo training in which their competence will be assessed by a sensor, a datalogging system and four digital cameras. While the car is in motion, the cameras will capture the driver’s movements and the road
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    • 248 6 PARIS The International Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann), the organisation that acts as gatekeeper for Internet domain names, is meeting in Kuala Lumpur tomorrow to decide on whether to auction addresses. Currently, Internet addresses are determined by Icann based on an
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    • 196 6  -  By_ Liza Lin BEAUTY salons that promise women a fast and hassle-free way to enhance their breasts using “scientifically proven methods” had better be able to deliver the goods. That was the message given yesterday by the Consumers Association of Singapore (Case), which was
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    • 173 8  -  BUZZSTOP Khushwant Singh POLICE Commissioner Khoo Boon Hui’s efforts to enhance cooperation with the Royal Brunei Police Force (RBPF), especially in combating cross-border crime, has earned him the award of Daijah Pahlawan Negara Brunei Yang Amat Perkasa Daijah Pertama. This honour, which means the Most
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    • 41 8 Clouds resembling cows' udders form in the sky over Tinley Park 111, in the US state of Illinois, on Tuesday. The mammatus clouds, as they are called, are typically found on the underside of large thunderstorm clouds AP
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    • 142 8 Consumption, tourism rebound Bloomberg SINGAPORE’S retail sales in May rose 7.2 per cent from a year earlier, led by watches, jewellery and clothes, suggesting an export-led recovery continues to fuel domestic spending. Excluding vehicles, retail sales rose 13.4 per cent on year. Consumers are ignoring
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    • 139 8 Highest level in seven months ■AFP PASSENGER traffic at Changi Airport last month reached 2.6 million, the highest level in seven months, as the travel industry continued its recovery from last year’s Sars outbreak, data showed yesterday. June passenger traffic rose 70.4 per cent
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    • 138 8 IDonors agree to fund other projects THE Ministry of Community Development and Sports (MCDS), whose unused donations of $1.16 million came under recent scrutiny from the AuditorGeneral, has returned $960,000 to donor Singapore Pools, The Straits Times reports today. Two other donors, the Lee Foundation and
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    • 92 8 MS Esther Mok, the erstwhile “Patient No 1” and “super-spreader” during the Sars crisis, tells her story for the first time in a 204-page book about Sars by Straits Times senior political correspondent Chua Mui Hoong. After contracting Sars, Ms Mok passed it on to
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    • 114 8 THERE is some $23 million sitting in the government coffers waiting to be given out as refunds to thousands of taxpayers. According to the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore, this is the amount remaining after about $5 million worth of refunds were returned since February last year,
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    • 85 8 AFP MALAYSIA will not change its secular constitution to describe the country as an Islamic state, Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi told Parliament yesterday. Datuk Seri Abdullah said that such an amendment, which has been demanded by Islamic hardliners, was not necessary as Malaysia already had
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    • 92 8 Reuters BRITAIN’S Science Museum is considering a radical way of paying its hefty energy bills using visitors’ excrement. The central London museum said that it was considering taking the waste from its 14 toilet blocks and converting it into electricity. The plan would be to siphon off
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  • Financial
    • 385 10  -  CDL Hotels New Zealand managing director thrives on challenges By Janice Wong AT 71, Mr Tsang Jat Meng still has no plans to retire. The former deputy chairman of the Stock Exchange of Singapore relishes being a hotelier in New Zealand. Mr Tsang was
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    • 292 10  -  By r Liza Lin SONY Ericsson Mobile Communications yesterday reported a profit for the fourth straight quarter. The company, established in 2001 as a joint venture between Sweden’s Ericsson and Sony of Japan, posted a net profit of 89 million euros (S$ 187.6 million)
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    • 191 10  -  Choong Choon Yee SINGAPORE The Government feels that even though the economy is showing signs of robust growth, the recovery may not have filtered down to all sectors. That is why it has decided to extend the enhancements to Local Enterprise Finance Scheme (Lefs)
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    • 98 10 Bloomberg SINGAPORE Subway operator SMRT Corp expects to win a contract as management consultant to the US$63O million (Ssl billion) Jakarta monorail project and will also bid for Shanghai’s urban rail project. SMRT has been offered the consultancy to advise on building and operating the Jakarta monorail,
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    • 78 10 Reuters SINGAPORE Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust (A-Reit), Singapore’s second-biggest property trust by market value, yesterday reported higher-than-expected first quarter profit for distribution. The trust, which owns business parks and industrial properties, posted a distributable income of $15.3 million, or 2.1 cents per unit, for the
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    • 464 12 Tougher SGX rules slow approval procedure Reuters SINGAPORE Investment bankers gripe that it takes twice as long to get approval for new stock listings amid a rush by small Chinese firms wanting to raise money in Singapore and sharper oversight by the exchange. The Singapore
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    • 203 12 Bloomberg CANBERRA Virgin Blue, Australia’s second-largest airline, said yesterday that it is bidding to sell tickets for as much as a third of the government’s annual As3so million ($433 million) air travel budget. Virgin Blue, founded by UK billionaire Richard Branson, will ask the
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    • 28 14 *AS AT JULY 15 STI: 1,867.56 K 3.34 US$: 551.708 EURO: 552.107 Ss: RM2.225 Ss: 23.91 BAHT 593.159 Ss: 64.17 YEN Ss: HK64.567 Ss: 5,252 RUPIAH
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    • 340 14 Universal Studios project in limbo as China moves to cool surging economy ■AP SHANGHAI Authorities in Shanghai have suspended work on a Universal Studios theme park as China slows down major building projects in an effort to cool off surging economic growth, a city official
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    • 261 14 Bloomberg SINGAPORE China Ocean Shipping (Group) Corp and China Shipping (Group) Co will lead an expansion of die country’s crude oil tanker fleet by at least 38 per cent this year to cope with soaring imports to the world’s fastest-growing energy market. China Ocean,
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    • 347 16 Retailers should ‘fire’ demon customers, says US consultant AP MINNEAPOLIS So much for the customer always being right. Some retailers are deciding that the customer can be very, very wrong as in unprofitable. And some, including Best Buy Co Inc, are discriminating between profitable
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    • 183 16 -AP DALLAS The maker of Kleenex plans a tissue that kills viruses. Kimberly-Clark said on Wednesday that its newest product will be on store shelves in time for the winter cold and flu season. The consumer-goods giant has been working on an antiviral tissue for
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  • Comment
    • 721 18  -  By PHILIP LEE IT is nice to know that the new rave in town, Orchard Road’s Glutton Square, has ignited so much public interest. But some Streats readers have written to say that the event does not have the atmosphere of its pedecessor which boasted 80
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  • Vocal
    • 202 20 IN the report, “Church council says casino will prey on weak” (Streats, July 16), Minister of State for Trade, Industry and National Development Vivian Balakrishnan was cited as saying that the aim of developing an integrated entertainment centre, which may possibly include a
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    • 87 20 CONCERNING Mr Dudley Au’s letter, “Hit smokers, and then?” (Streats, July 15), his response to my earlier letter on anti-smoking measures, it is true that my proposal entails relatives picking up the medical bill of a family member who falls sick with a smoking-related illness.
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    • 108 20 HUNDREDS of people daily use the footpath from Dover MRT station to the Ulu Pandan jogging track or Holland Grove residential estate, so it is important that lighting along this stretch be well maintained. But it is not. Over the past month,
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    • 85 20 MY wife and I are hunting for a suitable condo to buy. But we are appalled by the lacklustre responses we get from staff who answer the phones when we make enquiries. The developers all seem to be totally disinterested and unenthusiastic. Any condo costs
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    • 254 22 AFTER reading Ms Soh Wen Lin’s commentary, “Bicultural but can we engage China?” (Streats, July 15), I have to ask: What is “bicultural elite” or “bicultural elitism”? In a language or culture, there is no end to learning and understanding. And one needs to be
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    • 113 22 IN response to Ms Soh Wen Lin’s commentary, I wish to state that language is just one of the tools to engage someone from a different background. Recalling the days when we dealt with our new Malay/Indian/Chinese neighbours, knowing a little Malay/Tamil/Chinese certainly helped,
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  • Global
    • 410 24 One-child policy stays; son-less couples to get welfare payouts AP BEIJING China hopes to achieve a normal balance of newborn boys and girls within six years by banning the use of abortions to select an infant’s sex and by making welfare payments to couples without
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    • 159 24 Reuters BEIJING China has named its most polluted cities, with the dusty capital Beijing coming 28th out of 113, and has told them to clean up their act. The northern coal-mining province of Shanxi stood out, with three cities there taking the top three
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      80 24 JAPAN Asia was reeling yesterday after 18 million people were hit by the worst hoods in 17 years. Rescuers were scrambling to get to villages inundated by floods as officials said that around 350 people dead or missing. (Top) A policeman looks for missing people in Nakanoshima town,
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    • 192 24 Reuters SEOUL South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun came under fire yesterday after his official website posted the face of the country’s main opposition leader edited into a picture from a soft-porn movie poster. The website of the Blue House presidential office carried a
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    • 395 27 4 more nations set to pull out or cut troops in Iraq Washington Post BAGHDAD The Bush administration is facing growing challenges in holding together the 32-nation coalition deployed in Iraq. Four countries have already gone, another four are due to leave by September, and
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    • 125 27 PUTRAJAYA From next month, Malaysia will strictly enforce its one piece of hand luggage per passenger policy on all international flights leaving its airports. The move, proposed by Malaysia Airlines (MAS) and Malaysia Airports Berhad (MAB), has received the greenlight from the transport ministry, according
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  • Medical
    • 338 30 Reuters SENDAI, Japan Ms Sachiko Mnrase is a changed woman. A year ago, she had Alzheimer’s disease that was so advanced, she could hardly recognise a pencil. Now, after having an increasingly popular treatment in Japan called “Learning Therapy”, her once blank expression is punctuated
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  • myHOME YOUR WEEKLY GUIDE TO HOME-OWNING
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      499 32  -  Small office, home office concept is becoming popular, with most units being snapped up By Lester Chiew MR Billy Soh, 39, doesn’t have to spend hours every day commuting to and from office. His workplace is right at home. “It’s more convenient to work from home. Even
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    • 338 32 AP OMAHA, Nebraska In a world where shabby is chic and vintage is charming, thieves in the US are stripping historic old farmsteads and rural houses of furnishings and fixtures to supply a growing black market. The ransacking of architectural details
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    • 341 34 Like thefeel of top-class resorts? Then why not bring the concept to your home PROPERTY consultant Chan Kok Hong and his wife, Fiona, liked the open concept of the Banyan Tree group’s hotels so much that they decided to bring 1 the experience home. They asked
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  • EasyStreats
    • 554 38 Local indie band Return To Fall, which is fronted by a Swede, reunites this weekend for apeiformance at the Esplanade’s Bayßeats festival, reports ZUBAIDAH NAZEER YOU may have heard of local bands whose members are part of other local groups, but it’s not every day that you find
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    • 316 38  -  By, Sharlene Tan LOCAL RAND Electrico is in the midst of inking a deal with Universal Music Singapore and will launch its I debut album, So Much More Inside, I next month. Not content to wait around and F* noticed, the band last year recorded
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        531 40 Japanese label OZOC has just got a second wind with new designer Koichi Chida and is set to go places, reports JASMINE MILLER MUCH like a preteen gleefully preparing to leap into an exciting new phase in her life, 11-year-old Japanese casual wear label OZOC is renewing, re-inventing
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        424 42 AUJSONKLASm checks out the coolest shades for the hottest looks MENTION The Matrix and many will think of Keanu Reeves, the spectacular special effects... and those futuristic shades. So popular were the shades that a five-piece collection (named after the cool characters, no less) was available for retail
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    • 459 44  -  Stylish eating on a shoestring Looking to impress in the kitchen on a budget? These recipes for stylish, nutritious, yummy meals that are easy to do and cost $lO or less for four servings, mil see you through these tough times By JUDI LOW MY brother’s
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      252 46  - T oy Story B y Yvonne Kwok HER humble toy, made of wood, cardboard, thread and a simple motor and wheels, netted her a $l,OOO Sony product voucher and a $1,500 cash prize for her school. De La Salle School’s Primary 6 student Mary-Anne Ng’s Roller Bird flew away with
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    • 105 48 The Beijing Meteorological Observatory is planning to use cellphone messages to distribute bad weather warnings to local residents. Next month, all cellphone users in Beijing will get free access to such information from local meteorological departments, Xinhua news agency reported yesterday. In Singapore, showers in the
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    • Tune in TV & MOVIE NEWS
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        50 48 9pm, Channel i A new 13-part local comedy that traces the descent of a Singaporean hotshot lawyer from yuppiedom to the bowels of Geylang. Forced to give up his job, Igantius Cheng (Adrian Pang) becomes a durian seller, only to get beaten up by a durian triad chief.
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      • 65 48 9pm, Cinemax (Star Hub Ch 59) Journalist Tom Merrick (Casper van Diem) makes a startling discovery: The same man appears in news photos of the Hindenburg tragedy and the sinking of the Titanic. The stranger turns out to be a member of a consortium known as the Thrill
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        45 48 HEI HEI Sunday, 7-30 pm Victoria Theatre Tickets from $lO to $l5 (call 9782-6740) Choreographed by Chua Han Kee, director of the Rhythm Art Society, the dances are inspired by Tang poems. A combination of voice and colour, they express the pulse of life.
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      • 69 48 EIBHTY EIGHT-A CELEBRATION OF MUSIC Tomorrow, 7-30 pm Victoria Junior College, Performance Theatre Tickets at $l2 (call 9696-0414 or e-mail vjcpe@hotmail.com A mix of classics and contemporary works ranging from Pachebel, Tchaikovsky, Poulenc, Bizet and Gershwin to Dick Lee. With guest performances by Dick Lee, Belgian-American pianist Tedd Joselson
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    • 30 42 Front the producer of "PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN and the writer of "GLADIATOR" m m 0^ [he Untold True Story f hat Inspired The LegĕAd. In Cinemas mqw WAR violence
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    • 120 48 If you wish to have your event highlighted in Happenin’, e-mail Streats at streats@sph.com.sg or fax 6319-8191. Please check with organisers for latest status of events. k LARGEST ANCIENT TIBETAN DZI BEADS GALLERY jm m > a, ./(j. R IPs v fc* §»."•<. ĕM A r m 'OH Nine eyed
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  • Page 48 Miscellaneous
    • 408 48 Yourdailyhoroscope jP AQUARIUS PISCES SfeiS JAN2O-FEB 18 by Kelli Fox at AstrologyFEB 19-MAR 20 Here’s your chance to show off a dear one and you won’t hesitate to push them into the spotlight. It’s a nice thought just be sure they happen to enjoy that spotlight. The situation you’ve got
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  • Sports
    • 495 50  -  Dutch coach to set up Singapore’s first swimming professional team By Gary Lim SINGAPORE swimming may go professional soon. As pros, the swimmers will be paid to train full-time and compete in major competitions such as the world championships and Olympics. If all goes according to plan,
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    • 197 50 -AP SACRAMENTO, California Torri Edwards (above), the second-placed finisher in the women’s 100 m in the US Olympic track and field trials, has tested positive for a banned stimulant, the sport’s governing body said yesterdayinternational Association of Athletics Federations spokesman Nick Davies said that Edwards
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    • 469 52 Brazil’s travel plans in disarray after shock defeat Wire services AREQUIPA, Peru Ten-man Paraguay upset Brazil 2-1 in the Copa America on Wednesday to force the world champion into second place in Group C and a 2,000 km trip north to face Mexico in the quarter-finals.
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    • 67 52 Reuters SOFIA Hristo Stoichkov, Bulgaria’s greatest player, was named the country’s national coach yesterday. Stoichkov, whose only top-level managerial experience was a brief spell as forwards’ coach at Barcelona last season, has agreed a two-year contract with the Bulgarian Football Union with an option for another two years.
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    • 297 52 AFP BEIJING China is looking to Euro 2004 winner Greece as the inspiration to spur it to Asia Cup glory. It takes on Bahrain in the first match tomorrow in Group A at the Workers Stadium. The other teams in the group are Indonesia and Qatar.
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    • 94 52  -  Gary Lim STANDARD Chartered Bank gave the athletics scene a big boost yesterday by committing themselves to a three-year sponsorship deal. The amount, totalling $3.5 million, will go towards the running of the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon. The Dec 5 event is expected to attract
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    • 205 55 Reuters Troon, Scotland British Open favourite Ernie Els charged into an early lead at Royal Troon before slipping back with a late double-bogey m the first round yesterday. The South African had to settle for a two-under-par 69 in bright, calm
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    • 423 55 Phelps to skip 200 m backstroke to take on Thorpe in 200 m free LONG BEACH, California US swimming sensation Michael Phelps (right) has set his targets for the Athens Olympics, and Australian icon lan Thorpe (left) in the 200 m freestyle is high on his
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    • 115 55 CYCLING AFP FIGEAC, France Frenchman David Moncoutie won the 11th stage of the Tour de France held over 160 km of undulating terrain between Saint Flour and here yesterday. Thomas Voeckler of France retains the yellow jersey. Moncoutie had been part of an early breakaway before he attacked
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    • 111 55 FOOTBALL TAMPINES Rovers went top of the S-League last night after a 4-1 win over Woodlands Wellington. Sead Muratovic (37th, 84th penalty), Ismail Fitrey (50th) and Noh Alam Shah (76th) put the match beyond Woodlands’ reach. Korean striker Park Kung Guy pulled one back for the losers
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    • 36 55 IN THE LIVING ROOM GOLF: British Open Round 2 (Ch 23, 4pm and 8.30 pm) CYCLING: Tour de France Stage 12 (Ch 22, 10.05 pm) POOL: World Championships Day 7 (Ch 24, spm and 8.30 pm)
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