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Title Section12 2004-12-15 1 Streats WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2004 website: www.streats.com.sg e-mail: streats@sph.com.sg SVISCA <P> 196/03/200412 words
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Article560 2004-12-15 1 Taiwan president takes blame for DPP’s defeat in legislative polls, hopes for more unified govt Wire services TAIPEI Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian stepped down as chairman of the pro-independence Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) yesterday, taking the blame for its defeat in legislative elections. He isWire services - 560 words
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Article, Illustration374 2004-12-15 4 Indon bank’s business suspended; 8 execs detained Wire services JAKARTA PT Bank Global Intemasional, one of Indonesia’s 10 smallest publicly traded lenders, was ordered by the central bank to suspend business after missing a deadline to increase its capital. Eight bank executives were detained onWire services; AP - 374 words
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160 2004-12-15 4 NgSorLuan - By NgSorLuan COMMUTERS who make adult-fare trips on SMRT trains, Bukit Panjang Light Rail and SMRT buses stand a chance of winning free travel on SMRT’s modes of transport. SMRT has been running a “Ride-for-ffee Countdown” promotion since October where the numbers on160 words
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513 2004-12-15 5 Lee Choo Kiong - Schools here well-equipped for learning: study By Lee Choo Kiong about 200 schools in the US have adopted the Singapore curriculum in teaching maths, according to an Asian Wall Street Journal report on Monday. Results also indicated that Asian kids are513 words
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Article, Illustration197 2004-12-15 5 MOST Streats readers will know that this newspaper is gliding towards its closure at the year-end after having been around for a little more than four years. Although we have had a great ride, we are almost at the journey’s end. But we plan to197 words
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318 2004-12-15 6 Sarah Ng - Radioimmunotherapy offers hope where other treatments fail By Sarah Ng NON-HODGKIN’S lymphoma (NHL) patients who no longer respond to conventional therapy or suffer from relapses can now try a new treatment, radioimmunotherapy, that gives them another chance at overcoming the illness. Pioneered in the318 words
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Article, Illustration285 2004-12-15 6 Christopher Lim - By Christopher Lim SINOMEM Technology has become the first Chinese company to win the Economic Development Board’s Headquarters Award. The Chinese firm was one out of six engineering and environmental services (EES) companies that received EDB’s International Headquarters (IHQ) Award from Dr285 words
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Article, Illustration353 2004-12-15 8 Gary Lim - By Gary Lim SHE migrated to Switzerland after marrying her Swiss banker husband in 1995. But Madam Badriah Hosni (pictured, centre), 36, did not immediately feel at home. For the former silat world champion, the absence of silat schools was too much toNg Sor Luan - 353 words
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Article, Illustration322 2004-12-15 8 Khushwant Singh - Welfare group aims to debunk myths via ads By Khushwant Singh SILENT film icon Charlie Chaplin was an ingeniously funny man, but he was also a lunatic. In an advertisement in Streats on Monday, the Anglican Welfare Council (AWC) used the famous comedian to demonstrate322 words
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144 2004-12-15 10 BUZZSTOP POLICE on Monday night arrested five men for attempting to enter Singapore illegally by swimming in. The five, believed to be Myanmar nationals aged between 23 and 42, were intercepted in the water off Admiralty Road West144 words
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Article, Illustration96 2004-12-15 10 This picture taken on Friday gives an inside view of an earth building at Chuxi village in Xiyang town, Yongding county, in east China's Fujian province. China’s State Bureau of Cultural Relics has applied to Unesco to place Earth Buildings on the World Cultural Heritage List The structuresReuters - 96 words
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Article137 2004-12-15 10 Poverty ‘widespread in Muslim world’ -AP MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, who chairs the world’s largest Muslim grouping, yesterday urged Muslim nations to ensure that women receive enough education and work opportunities to help curb rampant poverty across the Muslim world. “Although there are-AP - 137 words
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Article132 2004-12-15 10 Panels to complete work by August THE Ministry of Education has appointed committees to review the curricula and pedagogy for Malay Language (ML) and Tamil Language (TL) learning in schools. As the ML and TL curricula were last reviewed in 1999, it is timely to132 words
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136 2004-12-15 10 Govt panel studies 18 quake types -AP AN estimated 13,000 people would die and 800,000 homes could be destroyed if a severe earthquake strikes directly underneath Japan’s densely populated capital, a newspaper reported yesterday. The estimate was made by the Cabinet Office’s disaster-AP - 136 words
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Article101 2004-12-15 10 Reuters CHINA has pulled the plug on a new late-night TV show about sex two weeks before the first episode was scheduled to air. The Masks, China’s first nationally televised sex talk show in which everyone was to wear a mask to hide their embarrassment,Reuters - 101 words
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Article104 2004-12-15 10 -AFP TWO passenger trains collided head-on in the northern Indian state of Punjab yesterday, killing 50 people and injuring around 150, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh said. An express train and a local train collided 150 km east of Amritsar. Railway officials said there appeared-AFP - 104 words
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Article95 2004-12-15 10 -AP MORE than 70 per cent of Hong Kong’s English teachers who took an official English-language exam failed the written part and about 60 per cent also flunked the oral test, the government said yesterday. Of 1,214 teachers who took the English writing exam in September,-AP - 95 words
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Article88 2004-12-15 10 -AP A MALAYSIAN court yesterday sentenced two Indonesian men to death by hanging for trafficking marijuana, Bemama reported. Nasaruddin Daud, 23, and Azhar Nordin, 26, both illegal immigrants from war-tom Aceh, were convicted of trying to distribute 2.3 kg of marijuana in 2001, in downtown Kuala-AP - 88 words
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Financial
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Article, Illustration457 2004-12-15 12 Janice Wong - New clothes and gizmos also high up on must-have list as urge to save wanes By Janice Wong MORE Singaporeans, it seems, are going to travel abroad in style next year. Compared to other countries in the region, many here are intendingAFP - 457 words
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307 2004-12-15 12 Wire services SINGAPORE Royal Dutch/Shell Group, Europe’s second-largest oil producer, agreed to partner the Singapore Government to develop part of a proposed US$l billion (551.65 billion) chemical plant in Singapore. Shell, which had completed a feasibility study on the project, yesterday said– Wire services - 307 words
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Article113 2004-12-15 12 Bloomberg SINGAPORE China Aviation Oil Holding Co said that support for its Singapore unit, which lost US$55O million (Ss9o9 million) from trading oil derivatives, is conditional upon the company meeting certain regulatory and legal requirements. Funding for China Aviation Oil (Singapore) Corp is conditional upon– Bloomberg - 113 words
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Article92 2004-12-15 12 Bloomberg BEIJING China Petrochemical Corp and China National Petroleum Corp will increase jet fuel output to make up for disruptions to China Aviation Oil (Singapore) Co’s operations, Mr Hai Liancheng, deputy director of the Singapore company’s parent, said in a China Central Television interview. ChinaBloomberg - 92 words
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Article87 2004-12-15 12 Reuters SINGAPORE Private residential property prices in Singapore are likely to remain flat next year with demand focused on the high end of the market, property consultant Jones Lang LaSalle Inc said yesterday. Property prices in Singapore have languished since the Asian financial crisis due to– Reuters - 87 words
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Article75 2004-12-15 12 A 99-YE AR leasehold parcel of land in Sengkang Central/Buangkok Drive is up for for public tender today. The tender period for the 21,985 sq m residential site closes on Jan 12 at noon. The minimum bid price is fixed at $B5 million. The site is75 words
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367 2004-12-15 14 But SIAs fuel surcharge to remain until oil price falls further Bloomberg BANGKOK Singapore Airlines and Asiana Airlines, two Asian members of the 15-airline Star Alliance, said global demand for air travel is expected to expand by about 10 per cent in 2005.– Bloomberg - 367 words
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Article26 2004-12-15 14 STI: 2,031.29 14.0 *AS AT DEC 14 US$:S$1.645 £:S$3.165 EURO: S$2.190 S$: 63.77 YEN S$: RM2.311 S$: HK$4.728 S$: 23.93 BAHT S$: 5,682 RUPIAH26 words
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270 2004-12-15 14 Bloomberg BEIJING Foreign direct investment in China rose in the first 11 months of the year as companies such as WalMart, the world’s largest retailer, expanded to tap rising demand there. Foreign investment increased 22 per cent from a year earlier to– Bloomberg - 270 words
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Article, Illustration473 2004-12-15 16 Fumes from factories across border affects air quality ■AFP HONG KONG Tung Chung is an unremarkable part of Hong Kong: Drab high-rise apartment blocks overlook a narrow isthmus noted only for the huge shipping docks that line it and a suspension bridge that spans it. But■AFP; AFP - 473 words
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Comment
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Article, Illustration658 2004-12-15 17 ANDY MUKHERJEE - By i ANDY MUKHERJEE Bloomberg NEXT year, Asian central bankers may have no choice except to come to the rescue of the world economy, which may be heading for a slowdown after this year’s 5 per cent growth, the fastest in three decades. CurrencyBloomberg - 658 words
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Advertisement421 2004-12-15 17 1 w sir See Singapore's Tallest Snowman in REAL SNOW! From now till 31 Dec 2004, we will be offering a pair of tickets (worth $24) when you sign up for a new life insurance or Incomeshield policy. While stocks last. Invest your CPF and earn double IF you keep421 words
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Vocal
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91 2004-12-15 18 IN APRIL, I took some guests from overseas to the Night Safari. We ordered noodles at unjustifiably high prices, followed by a coconut which, at $6.90, should have come with the hammer and chisel required to separate the hardened flesh from91 words
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Article80 2004-12-15 18 IN Mr Vikram Khanna’s commentary, “Casino’s effects still not proven” (Streats, Dec 14), it was stated that the former finance manager of Asia Pacific Breweries (APB), Chia Teck Leng, had gambled away millions of “his company’s money” in Australia. This is incorrect. Chia pleaded guilty to cheating four banks80 words
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265 2004-12-15 18 I APPLAUD the Government for its recent efforts to give a headstart to creative entrepreneurs who request the use of state assets (“Headstart for first movers”, Streats, Dec 9). The new scheme granted “firstmovers” the use of public property for up to265 words
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160 2004-12-15 18 I REFER to the recently introduced foreign domestic worker levy concession. The text from the Ministry of Manpower website reads as follows: “Foreign Domestic Worker Levy What is the purpose of the FDW levy concessions? “The FDW levy concessions are introduced as160 words
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149 2004-12-15 18 I REFER to the letter “Coins are my bane” (Streats, Dec 13). MAS charges banks $3.50 per 1,000 coins deposited. This nominal fee defrays some of the costs of storage, handling and processing the coins to ensure that they are fit for re-circulation.149 words
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Article192 2004-12-15 18 I REFER to Ms Chua Kim Choo’s letter, “MRT escalator woes” (Streats, Dec 8). An investigation was conducted and findings show that overhaul works on the escalator connecting to the underpass at Yishun MRT station started on Oct 11 and were completed 10 days ahead of schedule192 words
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Advertisement150 2004-12-15 18 HAVE YOUR SAY E-mail us at str@ats@spf?.com.sg or write to The Editor, Streats, News Centre, 1000 Toa Payoh North, Singapore *****4. You should include your name, address and contact number. We reserve the right to edit your letters for brevity and clarity. By your writing to us, it shall be150 words
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Global
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Article182 2004-12-15 20 AFP BANGKOK A Buddhist teacher was shot dead in southern Thailand yesterday, the latest victim in a separatistinspired insurgency that has raged in the Muslim-dominated region this year, police said. Mr Pinyo Wongruekvech, 42, was shot three times by gunmen on a motorcycle who followed himAFP - 182 words
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Article, Illustration52 2004-12-15 20 Japanese violinist Ikuko Kawai holding a glass violin while looking at a glass violincello during a preview at a Tokyo hotel yesterday. Japanese glass maker Hario Glass spent 16 million yen (*****,000) and took a year to produce the 11kg violincello. It unveiled the violin lastAFP - 52 words
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Article345 2004-12-15 20 Democracy meet boycott may backfire ■AFP YANGON Myanmar’s National League for Democracy (NLD) is in a precarious situation, with its leader Aung San Suu Kyi, 59, under extended house arrest and the ruling junta all too happy to keep it out of a pledged■AFP - 345 words
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Article427 2004-12-15 22 After pandemic warning, experts say virus here to stay AFP BANGKOK Chilling warnings about an inevitable global influenza pandemic that could kill millions signal more turmoil to come after a grim year in Asia when nations weary from fighting Sars faced a new foeAFP - 427 words
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Article116 2004-12-15 22 SHAH ALAM Malaysia will continue to monitor itself for 21 more days before it declares the country free from bird flu, Agriculture and Agro-based Industries Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said. He said the country was taking this extra precaution although there were no new cases116 words
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Article, Illustration37 2004-12-15 22 A Haitian youth hawks various medicines in the commercial centre of Port-au-Prince on Monday. Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, with 80 per cent of the population living in abject poverty AFPAFP - 37 words
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Article, Illustration200 2004-12-15 22 AP JAKARTA Indonesia’s attorney general yesterday defended the country’s death penalty, saying it deterred crime, and that abolishing it would send the “wrong message”. Jakarta recently executed by firing squad an Indian and two Thai nationals for smuggling drugs into the country. The killings,AP; AP f - 200 words
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Medical
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261 2004-12-15 24 Wire services SYDNEY/NEW YORK Researchers have found two methods to detect early symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease: a new skin test and a test for the loss of smell. In Australia, researchers said on Tuesday that they had developed a new skin test which■ Wire services - 261 words
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EasyStreats
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Article, Illustration542 2004-12-15 26 She faces fierce competitionfrom younger and edgier artistes, but bossa nova diva Ana Caram tells YVONNE KWOK that the old school of music is better than any of the updated classics TO spin one of Ana Caram’s discs is to immerse yourself in the silky sounds of an542 words
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Article, Illustration168 2004-12-15 26 ENJOY an early bird discount on tickets for four items in next year’s Singapore Arts Festival. The four productions are Amber, a music theatre spectacle by The National Theatre Company of China, Swan Lake by The Royal Ballet (UK), the Philadelphia Orchestra performing works168 words
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Article, Illustration82 2004-12-15 26 Reuters CABLE channel HBO has once again dominated the Golden Globe nominations for television awards. Among its 20 are a best comedy nomination for Sex and the City and a best drama nomination The Sopranos. But ABC’s hit series Desperate Housewives (pictured), about the■ Reuters - 82 words
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Article, Illustration301 2004-12-15 28 For many years, the only piece of Botero in Singapore was die solitary Bird on the banks of the Singapore River. Today, there are another 20 monumentals to view. Here’s where to go ART ESSENTIALS Columbian artist Fernando Botero, 72, went to an art school in 1950, and301 words
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Article, Illustration326 2004-12-15 30 Janice Wong - By- Janice Wong FORMER TV journalist Anisa Hassan, who was in the news recently as the owner of a prohibitively-priced dating service, has co-authored a book. The handy, 110-page Guide To Dating In Singapore costs $16.95, more affordable than the $1,195 that Anisa charges to326 words
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Article, Illustration299 2004-12-15 30 Serene Tay - By. Serene Tay A TEAM from Canberra Secondary School (above) has won the regional leg of the Panasonic Kids Witness News Regional Contest 2004, held yesterday. This competition saw six groups of students aged from 10 to 15 years, from Thailand, Indonesia and Singapore with299 words
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Article, Illustration127 2004-12-15 31 Warm weather and a lot of rain are making the crawfish in the Los Angeles area bigger and cheaper. Live crawfish are selling for between US$l.5O (552.50) to US$2 a pound, about 50 US cents cheaper I than average prices at this time last year. As' Pic Ashleigh Sim - 127 words
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Tune in TV & MOVIE NEWS
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Article43 2004-12-15 31 10pm, Central Assumed to be an unpopulated area for hundreds of years, the rainforests of Guatemala were later discovered to harbour an entire culture. The Mayan race was not as primitive as previously thought, says this National Geographic documentary.43 words
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Article, Illustration41 2004-12-15 31 10pm, Channel i Emily Bronte’s timeless tale of love, passion and revenge begins with old Mr Eamshaw returning across the bleak and rolling moors of Yorkshire to his estate, Wuthering Eleights. Stars Juliette Binoche and Ralph Fiennes.41 words
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Happenin'
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Article, Illustration54 2004-12-15 31 LOST CITY Tomorrow till Jan 2,11.30am-Bpm Monday to Saturday, 12pm-5.30pm on Sunday Utterly Art (208, South Bridge Road, #O2-01, tel 6226-2605) Free This exhibition brings together five award-winning visual artists Hong Sek Chem, Kum Chee Kin, Francis Ng, Tang Ling Nah and Ahmad Abu Bakar with strong architectural concerns54 words
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Article50 2004-12-15 31 PEDALS PIPES Tomorrow, 7-30 pm Esplanade Concert Hall Tickets at $2O from Sistic William McVicker, the organ curator of the Royal Festival Hall in London, performs with Levon Chilingirian of the famed Chilingirian String Quartet, baritone William Lim and the Singapore Youth Choir. The programme includes Christmas choral works.50 words
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Advertisement102 2004-12-15 31 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. Hi Hf* 18 IN *9 A A Tasty Celebration Kenny's Festive Quarters Quarter Rotisserie Chicken with Soup of the Day, choice of 2 side dishes,102 words
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Miscellaneous487 2004-12-15 31 Yourdailyhoroscope jp AQUARIUS JAN2O-FEB 18 by Kelli Fox at Astrology.com mm FEB 19 MAR 20 Self-centredness is expected and even welcomed. Your friends want some entertainment, and you know just what to deliver. Looking out for number one never looked better. You’d do this every day if you could. You487 words
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Sports
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303 2004-12-15 32 Gayathri Raghavan - By Gayathri Raghavan SINGAPORE got off to a promising start at the Bth World Pencak Silat Championship 2004 at the Bedok Sports Hall. Mohammad Saifullah defeated his Thai opponent Yahya Walam 4-1 to enter the semi-finals. His compatriot, newcomer Muhamad Nor Sahan, also booked a303 words
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Article, Illustration632 2004-12-15 32 Tan Kim Han - Confident Singapore eyeing semi-final place to end six-year wait By Tan Kim Han TIGER CUP (GROUP A) Cambodia vs Singapore (6pm, Lack Tray Stadium, Hai Phong) in Hanoi BRING on Cambodia. That’s the war cry from the Singapore camp as a victory will send the632 words
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Article, Illustration485 2004-12-15 33 Wenger: Shoring up defence crucial to defending Premiership title ■AFP LONDON Arsene Wenger has admitted that Arsenal will lose their Premier League title if they fail to shore up their creaking defence. k The Gunners have been particularly vulnerable from setpieces in recent weeks as was shown in■AFP; AFP I - 485 words
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Article286 2004-12-15 33 Wire services LONDON Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson admitted that his side had wasted a golden opportunity to close the gap on the Premiership leaders after failing to beat Fulham. United were in control when Alan Smith put them ahead in the 32nd minute at CravenWire services - 286 words
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Article227 2004-12-15 33 Wire services ROME Andriy Shevchenko, who was named as European Footballer of the Year on Monday, has been a revelation since he signed for AC Milan from Dynamo Kiev five years ago. The 28-year-old Ukrainian striker has scored 102 goals in Serie A, proving that his– Wire services - 227 words
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Article, Illustration334 2004-12-15 34 Lim Han Ming - By Lim Han Ming IT WAS her first overseas competition Yet Samantha Louisa Yeo, 7, (right) competed like a seasoned veteran at the 6th Royal Bangkok Sports Club Invitational Swim Meet in Thailand last week. Competing against older and bigger swimmersAshlelgh Sim - 334 words
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Article, Illustration561 2004-12-15 34 Tee-off with Godfrey Robert DURING his younger days, there were few opportunities for aspiring golfers to play if they did not hold club membership. Then, the only public course with easy access was the Royal Tanglin, a seven-hole layout off Holland Road which did561 words
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Article92 2004-12-15 34 BASKETBALL AFP MIAMI Giant centre Shaquille O’Neal scored a season-high 40 points to help the Miami Heat post a 106-83 National Basketball League win over the Washington Wizards. Heat’s star sophomore guard Dwayne Wade left Monday’s game with three minutes left in the second quarter because ofAFP - 92 words
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Article106 2004-12-15 34 MOTOR RACING Reuters LONDON Red Bull Racing believe that they can make up for lost time and give Formula One rivals Sauber and Toyota a run for their money next year. Said managing director David Pitchforth: “My big goal is to get us back on the track.Reuters - 106 words
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Miscellaneous42 2004-12-15 34 IN THE LIVING ROOM FOOTBALL: Tiger Cup: Vietnam vs Laos (Ch 24, 5.55 pm) Uefa Cup, Group Stage: AEK Athens vs Aachen (Ch2l, tomorrow, 3.40 am), Middlesbrough vs FK Partizan (Ch 22, tomorrow, 3.40 am). FOOTBALL: Cambodia vs Singapore (Channel 5, 11pm).42 words
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