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Title Section8 2004-07-21 1 Streats july 21,2004 E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg msta <p) i96/03/2oo\8 words
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Article504 2004-07-21 1 Liza Lin; Christopher Lim - More organisations qualify for family-friendly awards; Winners say flexible policy pays dividends Liza Lin Christopher Lim 'More employers in Singapore are e ginning to recognise the importance giving support to their workers in Wily matters. They see this family-friendly policy, Wbed “work-life balance”, as s °niething504 words
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Article, Illustration245 2004-07-21 2 Wire services BAGHDAD Smiling broadly, Filipino truck driver Angelo de la Cruz (pictured) enjoyed his first taste of freedom yesterday after his life was spared thanks to the hasty withdrawal of Manila’s tiny military presence from Iraq. Clamouring for a glimpse of the– Wire services; AP - 245 words
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231 2004-07-21 2 r Christopher Lim - r Christopher Lim ONE mark of the 67 companies which won this year’s Singapore Family Friendly Employer Award was the flexibility exercised by management when handling their workers’ needs. Among the shining stars in a field of 456 applicants were these two who set231 words
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Article, Illustration451 2004-07-21 3 Khushwant Singh - National Security Coordination Secretariat to be set up in the Prime Minister’s Office S/ Khushwant Singh THE Government is setting up a coordinated defence structure to ensure that Singapore remains safe from the threats °f transnational terrorism. The system involves the joint e ffortsm - 451 words
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Article, Illustration413 2004-07-21 4 Liza Lin - Streats > I I If i r. iIH I By Liza Lin HE treated* one of his patients with so much care and compassion that she later called him her “son”. The patient’s daughter, Madam Ravinderpal Kaur, 45, a homemaker, recalled how Associate Professor Rajiv Suri413 words
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Article, Illustration330 2004-07-21 4 Jail-bound home guru plans how-to book -AP NEW YORK In her first public comments since being sentenced to prison, Martha Stewart said that she plans to write a book about her trial experience to help others facing that process. “I think I’ll write a book-AP; Reuters - 330 words
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Article516 2004-07-21 6 ChuaKongHo - Tiger Airways will be first customer of s4sm facility to be ready by 2006 B y ChuaKongHo PASSENGERS taking budget flights in Singapore could be walking on the tarmac to their planes come 2006, when Changi’s fourth airport terminal is expected to be completed. The516 words
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Article, Illustration244 2004-07-21 6 Edwin Koo - Teat and picture by Edwin Koo Edwin Koo WHEN Silk Air stewardess Joyce Quek, 27, stretches to help with overhead luggage, her blouse sometimes slips out of her skirt, exposing her midriff, and her skirt hikes up when she squats. But next month,244 words
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IN PARLIAMENT
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Article120 2004-07-21 6 FROM next month, a major power outage could cost the operator of the electricity network a fine of up to $2 million. After two blackouts this year, in April and earlier this month, the Energy Market Authority may now impose on SP Powergrid this penalty120 words
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Article114 2004-07-21 6 SINGAPORE has not begun negotiations with Malaysia over the bridge at the Causeway because it has not received Kuala Lumpur’s proposals, Foreign Minister S Jayakumar said in Parliament yesterday. He was responding to Dr Ong Chit Chung (Jurong GRC), who asked if negotiations on the bridge114 words
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Article124 2004-07-21 6 SEVERAL recent cases of foreign construction workers not being paid have prompted the Ministry of Manpower to ponder setting up a fund or insurance scheme to compensate those affected in such instances. The ministry has already moved to prevent cases of non-payment by taking steps to124 words
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121 2004-07-21 8 BUZZSTOP PAP town councils will raise service and conservancy charges (S&C) for commercial properties such as shophouses, market stalls and food stalls, The Straits Times reports today. Just like the increase in S&C charges for HDB flats, this is121 words
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Article176 2004-07-21 8 Defendants’ decision sparks protest THERE was a heated exchange in court yesterday after two defendants in a libel case brought by tycoon Oei Hong Leong decided not to call a key witness to testify. Although former Nat Steel president Ang Kong Hua, who with176 words
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Article149 2004-07-21 8 M’sia, Indonesia, S’pore join hands Reuters INDONESIAN, Singapore and Malaysian navies began joint patrols of the Straits of Malacca yesterday to combat piracy and terrorism and demonstrate that they can handle the job. Seventeen vessels seven from Indonesia and five each from Malaysia and Singapore– Reuters - 149 words
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Article, Illustration31 2004-07-21 8 A view of turbines at one of Britain’s biggest offshore wind farms at daybreak yesterday. The turbines have begun to produce power at Caister-on-Sea in eastern England APAP - 31 words
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121 2004-07-21 8 TRAVELLERS can now get insurance coverage against terror attacks and the closure of their travel agents among other unforeseen events. This follows the launch yesterday of the first-its-kind policy by the National Association of Travel Agents Singapore (Natas) to address what it sees as the121 words
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Article100 2004-07-21 8 MR Tan Chin Tiong has been appointed as Singapore’s ambassador to Japan, while his predecessor, Mr Chew Tai Soo, has been named ambassador to the French Republic. Mr Tan was permanent secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from April 1997 to July 2004. He will100 words
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Article101 2004-07-21 8 -AFP THE temperature in central Tokyo hit a record 39.5°C yesterday as a heat wave continued to scorch many parts of Japan, the Meteorological Agency said. The mercury reading for Tokyo s financial district at 12.58 pm was the highest in the capital since the agency-AFP - 101 words
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Article103 2004-07-21 8 Reuters DR Jiang Yanyong, the military doctor who exposed China’s Sars cover-up last year, was released yesterday after seven weeks in custody during which he underwent “study sessions”, family members said. Dr Jiang, 72, who had been taken into custody on June 1, months after calling– Reuters - 103 words
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Article83 2004-07-21 8 -AFP EIGHT people, including two Indians and a Bangladeshi, were arrested for allegedly hacking into Philippines telecommunications systems to make 197 million pesos (Ss6.o million) worth of unauthorised long-distance calls, officials said yesterday. The suspects, who include five Filipinos, were arrested in a series of raids-AFP - 83 words
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Financial
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Article, Illustration446 2004-07-21 10 Chua Kong Ho - It’s not change in spending habits that’s the main cause of defaults: Visa survey By Chua Kong Ho UNEMPLOYMENT, rather than a change in spending habits, is the main cause of credit card payment default in Singapore, a study by card association VisaST - 446 words
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368 2004-07-21 10 Bloomberg SINGAPORE Singapore Airport Terminal Services Ltd (Sats), the catering and ground handling unit of Singapore Airlines Ltd, said that it may expand in India and China as competition increases in Singapore. Sats aims to increase its pretax profit share from overseas– Bloomberg - 368 words
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Article84 2004-07-21 10 SINGAPORE Capita Mall Trust Management will issue 147 million new units in its Capita Mall Trust (CMT) to fund the purchase of Plaza Singapura. The issue price of $1.62 per unit represents a discount of 3.6 per cent to the last traded price on Monday at84 words
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Article91 2004-07-21 10 Reuters SINGAPORE Thistle Hotels, London’s biggest hotel chain, plans to sell seven properties, its Singapore-based parent BIL said yesterday, in a deal that could be worth £192.5 million (Ss6l4 million) based on its last sale. BIL International said that the sale was part of a– Reuters - 91 words
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Article101 2004-07-21 10 Bloomberg SINGAPORE Formula Telecom Solutions, a maker of billing and customer-service software for phone companies, has filed to sell shares in Singapore, making it the first Israeli company to seek a listing in Asia. DBS Bank will manage the sale, the Herzlya, an Israel-based company, said– Bloomberg - 101 words
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Article97 2004-07-21 10 Reuters KUALA LUMPUR KLCC Property Holdings, the owner of the Petronas Towers, plans to raise RM77O million (***** million) in Malaysia’s biggest initial public offering this year, a source close to the deal said yesterday. KLCC will offer 339 million shares to institutional investors at an– Reuters - 97 words
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Article, Illustration353 2004-07-21 12 Electronics maker blames lower numbers on weak US demand Reuters SINGAPORE/SAN FRANCISCO Flextronics International Ltd, the world’s largest contract electronics maker, signalled on Monday that its September quarter earnings may fall short of the most optimistic market forecasts, casting a pall over the outlook for– Reuters; Bloomberg - 353 words
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245 2004-07-21 12 Bloomberg LONDON/SINGAPORE The cost of hiring an oil tanker to bring crude oil to Asia from the Middle East may rise to the highest in three years as buyers compete for ships to carry nearrecord production by Opec. Shipping rates for two-million-barrel tankers– Bloomberg - 245 words
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Article29 2004-07-21 12 *AS AT JULY 20 STI: 1,865.26 ▼i 16.51 US$: S$ 1.702 Ss: 63.70 YEN Ss: 23.97 BAHT 553.171 Ss: RM2.233 Ss: 5,271 RUPIAH EURO: S$2.H9 Ss: HK54.58329 words
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Article, Illustration453 2004-07-21 14 Filipinos see potential in money sent home from abroad Reuters MANILA Eight million Filipinos, nearly a 10th of the country’s 83 million population, work overseas, and their remittances prop up the debt-laden Philippine economy. After buying houses, appliances, cars and insurance mostly education, life insurance or pension– Reuters; Reuters - 453 words
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Article, Illustration221 2004-07-21 16 Telstra CEO choice a ‘pre-election pl oy' -AFP SYDNEY Telstra Corp named a farmers’ leader with close links to Australia’s conservative government as its new chairman yesterday, sparking opposition allegations of pre-election favouritism. Mr Donald McGauchie (pictured), a Telstra director since 1998, will immediately take the reins at the majority-AFP; AFP - 221 words
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Article, Illustration689 2004-07-21 18 WILLIAM PESEK Jr - By WILLIAM PESEK Jr Bloomberg IT seems that no one told Mr Eisuke Sakakibara his 15 minutes were up five years ago when he ceased to be Japan’s top currency official. Yet Mr Yen, as he’s known, is still making headlines and moving– Bloomberg - 689 words
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236 2004-07-21 20 I REFER to the Association of Women for Action and Research’s (Aware) commendable effort to make the Government cognisant of the problems faced by women planning a family in Singapore. There is one area that is not reported which I hope Aware has raised236 words
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116 2004-07-21 20 AWARE recently revealed that more women are being retrenched after their employers learn that they are pregnant. Aware used to receive one call a month about such cases. Now it receives three a week. I wish someone would set up a website to blacklist116 words
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278 2004-07-21 22 I REFER to Mr Ho Lian-Yi’s commentary, “Unusual? No, we’re just in love” (Streats, July 20). He said that “many still find the concept of a Chinese man dating a Malay woman, particularly one in a tudung, strange”. This perception of relationships should be completely278 words
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Article146 2004-07-21 22 I WONDER if the red and green man at pedestrian crossings mean anything to some pedestrians. Every morning while driving to work, I encounter a very large group of junior college students exiting Pasir Ris MRT station to cross the road. They take their sweet time to146 words
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Article148 2004-07-21 22 EVERY morning at about 9am, a Cisco security van can be seen parked next to Great Eastern Centre along Pickering Street, apparently to deliver goods. There are double yellow lines along the road. Pickering Street is a busy road, with many vehicles queueing to turn right148 words
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Article82 2004-07-21 22 THE Land Transport Authority has done a great job of minimising road congestion during peak hours through Electronic Road Pricing. But with ERP at major expressways starting at 7.30 am on weekdays, shouldn’t weekend cars be allowed on the roads till that time? And on82 words
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Article56 2004-07-21 22 I REFER to Mr Ishwar Mahtani’s letter, “Fly the flag, Singapore” (Streats, July 20.) I have hung my flag every year ahead of National Day, but last year, before the day arrived, the flag went missing. Someone stole it as my flat is on a low56 words
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Global
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Article272 2004-07-21 24 China military exercises routine: Taiwan ministry AP TAIPEI Taiwan’s military urged the public not to worry about large-scale military exercises that China is holding this month close to the island, dismissing them as routine drills that are usually held this time of year when– AP - 272 words
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Article, Illustration60 2004-07-21 24 Japanese telecommunication giant NTT yesterday unveiled its Internet protocol videophone equipped with an 8-inch LCD display which enables it to transfer and receive 30 frames a second of video images. NTT announced in Tokyo that it will start marketing the Flets Phone VPIOOO in Japan from SeptAFP - 60 words
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237 2004-07-21 24 AT least two websites that are harshly critical of some aspects of governance in China appear to have an unofficial seal of approval, according to a news report. The two sites focus their attacks on official corruption and malfeasance, and are apparently237 words
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111 2004-07-21 24 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia’s Defence Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has said that a blueprint to develop a self-reliant defence industry is being formulated, The Star reported yesterday. He told reporters after chairing the first Malaysian Defence Industry Council in Seri111 words
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Article351 2004-07-21 26 Both say it was personal meeting, not discussion of presidential poll alliance -AFP JAKARTA Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri and her predecessor Abdurrahman Wahid have held their first private meeting since parliament sacked him three years ago and she took over, it was disclosed yesterday. Mr Abdurrahman,-AFP - 351 words
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158 2004-07-21 26 MELBOURNE The attorney-general of the Australian state of Victoria, Mr Rob Hulls, vowed on Monday to crack down on offenders as cases were rising of unsuspecting women in Australia being secretly photographed by men armed with camera-phones, reported the Herald Sun newspaper yesterday. Mr158 words
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Medical
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Article349 2004-07-21 27 London Researchers have developed a vaccine which may prevent a relapse of cancer, BBC News Online reported on Monday. The vaccine was tested on 19 people after they had surgery to remove cancerous tumours. Two «years later, 14 were still cancer-free. Comparatively, only two out349 words
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181 2004-07-21 27 Reuters WASHINGTON A faulty gene may be responsible for some cases of sudden infant death syndrome, also known as cot death, US researchers have found. Tests in Pennsylvania turned up a new disorder that causes sudden death and sometimes malformation of the genitals, the researchers report– Reuters - 181 words
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EasyStreats
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Article, Illustration583 2004-07-21 28 Student, 14, has just become thejirst Singaporean to win big at the ‘Musical Olympics’, reports SHARLENE TAN JANANI Sridhar doesn’t need any Singapore Idol judge to tell her that she has a good voice. The 14-year-old has become the first Singaporean to win a topNg Sor Luan - 583 words
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Article, Illustration93 2004-07-21 28 IS American Idol reject William Hung really as goofy as he looks? Find out in a twopart exclusive on channels U and i in September where Hung promises to “bare all” about himself. Produced exclusively for SPH Media Works, the programme starts filming next month in93 words
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Article131 2004-07-21 28 SINGAPORE cinema audiences will not be able to see the Taiwanese box office hit, Formula 17. Following its initial ban by the Board of Film Censors earlier this month, the film distributor, Festive Films, made an appeal to the Films Appeal Committee (FAC) to allow the movie,131 words
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Article, Illustration97 2004-07-21 28 MEDIAWORKS actress Apple Hong (right) and veteran actress Sherry Tan are the latest celebrity spokesmen for Expressions International. At a press conference yesterday, it was revealed that Tan lost 21kg with Expressions after giving birth five months ago. Hong has undergone the company’s skin treatments. Dr Theresa97 words
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Article, Illustration617 2004-07-21 29 YVONNE KWOK - Programmes such as Glam! and Body Beautiful suggest that Channel 5 has money and airtime to bum Broadside By YVONNE KWOK LET’S talk about this new programme concept I have called Toad! Toad! is a half-hour show that features two facially-challenged people every week as they go617 words
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Article, Illustration765 2004-07-21 30 Gregory Leow - By Gregory Leow WHO says that traditional Chinese music and hip-hop inspired T-shirts don’t mix? At the Singapore Chinese Orchestra’s National Day concert at the end of the month, you’ll get just that, with more than 2,300 musicians dressed in Hang Ten casual wear. AtPics: Ng Sor Luan - 765 words
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Article, Illustration240 2004-07-21 31 FROM sponsoring youth-oriented events such as the New Paper Face of the Year, Lianhe Zaobao’s Glamour Quest in 2003 and the 2003 Zpop concert Hang Ten has most recently clinched a deal to produce the official T-shirt for National Day 2004. Its message is clear: Go red.240 words
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Article, Illustration46 2004-07-21 31 GET into the spirit of things this August and get our entire family dressed in red to celebrate the nation’s birthday. Each specially designed Hang Ten costs only $5 each with a minimum purchase of three pieces, It usually retails for $6 each.46 words
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Article, Illustration40 2004-07-21 31 WHEN you shop at Hang Ten, look out for exclusive NDP 2004 souvenirs. For a limited period only, you can purchase this Singapore Mint medallion to celebrate our national day in wealth. Each medallion retails for $l9.40 words
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Article, Illustration109 2004-07-21 32 The Beijing Meteorological Bureau will improve its weather service for the 2008 Olympics to provide one- to 36-hour forecasts on temperature, humidity, wind, air quality and foul weather events. Experts from the World Meteorological Organisation, the US and Australia have been assessing its work, Xinhua reportedPicAshleigh Sim - 109 words
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Tune in TV & MOVIE NEWS
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Article, Illustration44 2004-07-21 32 9pm, Channel i When wheelchair-bound Pris accidentally drops an item on her legs, she feels pain for the first time in a long while. Djin is desperate to clinch the Takashi bid so that WEC will stay afloat when he is in jail.44 words
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Article57 2004-07-21 32 10.30 pm, Discovery (Star Hub Ch 12) Roland visits a military training camp in Moscow, where he tries to find out if he’s worthy enough to be a member of the Spetznaz Russia’s Special Operations Unit. The Russians welcome him to the System a form of martial arts57 words
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Article, Illustration46 2004-07-21 32 PHASE 2 FACE Today till Aug 5, llam-7pm daily nogstudio (598, Jalan Besar) Free Five emerging artists present works of various materials. From cement to fabric, the variety of the styles used in the artworks engages the audience, giving them a sensory experience of art,46 words
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Article44 2004-07-21 32 ENCORE! CHINESE TALENTIME REUNION Friday, Bpm Esplanade Theatre Tickets at $3B from Sistic The winners and runners-up from the 70s through to the 90s meet in a reunion concert Take a trip down memory lane with some familiar faces and their winning songs.44 words
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Miscellaneous396 2004-07-21 32 Yourdailyhoroscope jp ms JAN2O-FEB 18 by Kelli Fox at Astrology.com PISCES FEB 19-MAR 20 You’ll be turning your attention towards only the most intimate matters for the next day or so, and the lucky, delighted recipient will return that attention in most charming manner. For the next day or so,396 words
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Article, Illustration436 2004-07-21 33 TAN KIM HAN - For Surachai and Goncalves, age is no barrier to staying fit S-League savvy By TAN KIM HAN HOME United are sitting pretty atop the S-League table, thanks to two ageing players midfielder J Surachai (above), 35, and striker Egmar Goncalves, 34. Despite Father Time creeping up on436 words
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Article200 2004-07-21 33 SINCHI V HOME IX2 Sinchi 5.50 Draw 4.60 Home 1.37 1/2 GOAL Sinchi (+ll/2 goals) 1.75 Home (-1 1/2 goals) 1.90 TOTAL GOALS.!Z!!^^^^Sj 0 goal 20.00 I-goal 9.70 2 goals 5.80 3 goals 4.20 4 goals 4.30 5 goals 5.60 6 goals 7.50 7 goals 11.00 8 goals200 words
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Article390 2004-07-21 33 TONIGHT Sinchi Golden-Throat FC v Home United (Hougang Stadium) This season: Sinchi 1 Home 2, Home 5 Sinchi 1 Last three league games (most recent first): Sinchi lost to Young Lions 1-2 (A) lost to SAFFC 0-2 (A) lost to Tg Pagar 1-2 (A) Home beat Geylang 4-2 (H)390 words
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Article, Illustration159 2004-07-21 34 Gary Lim - By Gary Lim THE past and the future caught up with each other at the Singapore Cricket Club (SCC) yesterday. The occasion was the launch of the Singapore chapter of the World Olympians Association. C Kunalan, one of Singapore’s greatest athletes, will be its inaugural president.Ashlelgh Sim - 159 words
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Article456 2004-07-21 34 Arsenal to make hard-to-resist offer to England midfielder LONDON Arsenal will make a £3O million bid (Ss9s million) for Steven Gerrard if skipper Patrick Vieira decides to pack his bags and head for Real Madrid. The chances are that manager Arsene Wenger will lose the battle456 words
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Article63 2004-07-21 34 FOOTBALL -AFP CHONGQING, China Holder Japan overcame the loss of several star players through injury and the upcoming Olympics to open its Asian Cup campaign with a 1-0 victory over Oman here yesterday. The defending champion secured the points thanks to a superb first-half goal from-AFP - 63 words
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Article75 2004-07-21 34 CYCLING -AFP VILLARD-DE-LANS, France Lance Armstrong won the 15th stage of the Tour de France held over 180.5 km yesterday between Valreas and here in the southern Alps to pull on the race leader’s yellow jersey. US Postal’s Armstrong took the race lead from Thomas Voeckler of-AFP - 75 words
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Article, Illustration633 2004-07-21 35 GODFREY ROBERT - Tee-off with Godfrey By GODFREY ROBERT WHAT was the big golf story for Singaporeans last weekend? It wasn’t about American journeyman Todd Hamilton, a 250-1 outsider, pulling the carpet from under the feet of Ernie Els, Phil Mickelson and Tiger Woods at the 133rd British Open633 words
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146 2004-07-21 35 LONDON England manager SvenGoran Eriksson’s relationship with Italian lawyer Nancy Dell’Olio has reached breaking point. The pair are to have a trial separation, Britain’s The Sun reported yesterday. But the woman named as the new lover of the England manager has denied any affair.146 words
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421 2004-07-21 35 Wire services LIMA Brazil is bracing itself for a bruising, tough-tackling clash against Uruguay in its Copa America semifinal tonight (tomorrow morning, Singapore time). The world champion finally came to life back at sea level against Mexico on Sunday, winning its quarter-final 4-0 after a– Wire services - 421 words
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Miscellaneous36 2004-07-21 34 IN THE LIVING ROOM CYCLING: Tour de France, Stage 16 {Ch23, 10.25 pm). FOOTBALL: Copa America, s-final 1: Argentina v Colombia (Chs, 8.35 am). Aslan Cup: Bahrain v Qatar (6.30 pm), Indonesia v China (9pm) Cb'24.36 words
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