Today, 8 September 2003, Afternoon Edition

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    9 1 TODAY /A=diaCorp todayonline.com Monday September 8,2003* MITA (P) 002/11/2002
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      Lock icon Arafat names PM as peace plan totters
      123 1 Agencies RAMALLAH (West Bank) As a US-backed peace plan teetered on the brink of collapse, Palestinian President Yasser Arafat nominated parliamentary speaker Ahmed Qureia as prime minister yesterday. Mr Qureia, a moderate who has little political backing, did not say whether he would
      — Agencies  -  123 words
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      FALSE ALARM
      700 1  -  Teo Hwee Nak Perc's cost-of-labour findings based on perception by' hweenak@newstoday. com, sg ONE study almost singlehandedly stole the thunder from the debates on CPF cuts last week. When Deputy Prime Minister Tony Tan cited an Asia-Pacific report that rated Singapore as having the fourth-highest labour cost in
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  • HOT NEWS
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      A high-roller?
      337 2  -  Jose Raymond Today Exclusive Former executive allegedly led life of gambling by jose@newstoday.com.sg FOUR days after former Asia Pacific Breweries (APB) finance manager Chia Teck Leng was charged in court for allegedly cheating and forgery, more details about his life have begun to surface following police investigations. Chia,
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      After work, some play for Thai, S'pore PMs
      100 2  -  WONG KHING CHONG. Thai Premier Thaksin Shinawatra preparing to tee off during a round of golf with Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong at Sentosa Golf Club yesterday. The Thai PM, who is also this year's Asia Chair of Apec, was here for
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      Streetwise crusader
      745 3  -  Joy Frances Street fashion guru Elim Chew is helping budding entrepreneurs break into business by joy@newstoday.com.sg ONE of Singapore's most admired young entrepreneurs is a bleach-haired husky-voiced woman who made her fortune by introducing the youth of the 80s to punk streetwear and who now wants to pass
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      15 2 LIVE! SAT 13 SEPT AND fFM usl fv IM AT TURF CITY I SBBHi VM3SEPI|4PMI
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  • HOME NEWS
    • Article
      Suicide rate on the rise
      211 4  -  Shobha Tsering Bhalla We have been trying to negotiate for years but Singapore went round telling others that they are right in the issue. Previously, we chose to negotiate but negotiations were unsuccessful, it's unlikely that we'll opt for war. Malaysian Prime Minister Dr Mahathir
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      Lock icon 4 die in Batam hotel fire
      143 4 Agencies, Channel News Asia FOUR people, including a Singaporean, died and 15 others were injured in a hotel fire in Batam early yesterday. Two of the dead are believed to have jumped to their deaths. The deceased Singaporean is believed to be Mr Harold
      — Agencies, Channel News Asia; – Reuters  -  143 words
    • Article
      'No'to shark's fin soup
      78 4 A GROUP of Singapore students clad in shark suits yesterday took to the streets to protest against the mass slaughter of the big fish to make shark fin's soup, a delicacy throughout Asia. "Our team of students feels that shark finning is very cruel. Because of
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    • Article
      Australia beckons
      471 4  -  Lee Yew Meng Lee Ching Wern More Singaporeans applying for PR Down Under by and yewmeng@newstoday.com.sg THINGS are looking up Down Under. The Australian dollar has risen some 40 per cent against the Singapore dollar in one and a half years and its property prices on average gained
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      Lock icon No diet needed
      477 6  -  Pamela Pang Slight changes to eating habits will mean better health by pamela@newstoday.com.sg THE first step to a healthier life is to ask hawkers for more greens. Seven in 10 adult Singaporeans eat out at hawker centres or food courts at least twice a week, according to
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      306 6 Yomeishu. As good for you today, as it has always been. n-- The Yomeishu recipe for good H §^^§1? h™"h ,_fi Cinnamomi Carthami An \BtjMKWBbBb Cortex Flos nKC^S Rehmanniae Paeoniae Radix Radix WW HSA PERMIT No: MHP *****6 Yomeishu taps the goodness fc of natural herbs Created in 1602 by
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  • LETTERS
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      Awards given only if entries are up-to-standard
      206 8 I REFER to the letter by Mr Arcot Baskaran Arun Ganesh, "Whither Our Tamil Poets?" (Today, Sept 2) We thank Mr Arcot for his comments and feedback on the need to accord due recognition to our local writers. The NAC-SPH Golden Point Award
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      Tips are a form of reward
      218 8  -  Jeffrey Law Lee Beng Depriving workers of tips can result in business loss I REFER to the front page report, "Tiff over a lost tip" (Weekend Today, Sept 6-7). I was aghast at the unscrupulous business methods of hotels that pocket service charges meant
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      Old and hapless
      116 8  -  I REFER to the report "Sers Woes" (Today, Sept 5). Residents have a say in private houses' en bloc sale and the upgrading of the HDB estates. But this is not the case for the residents of Tanglin Halt and Commonwealth Drive although their flats have a
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      48 8 1 2-DAY K*!\R BAZAAR XS^>^ TURF CITY SAT 13 SUN 14 SEPT Your letter can also appear on this page. Give your full name and address and write to: Af-aa^ Today, 24, Raffles Place, Q |L #28-01/06, Clifford Centre, > Singapore *****1; f Fax:6s-6534 4217; I E-mail: I news@newstoday.com.sg
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Lock icon Asian mobile phone makers go all out
      452 10 AFP but they face a tough task challenging Finnish giant Nokia ASIA'S mobile phone makers are mounting an aggressive campaign to build their presence in the region but challenging the dominance of Nokia will be tough, analysts said. Nokia's market share in the
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      Lock icon Phil central bank to borrow $878m
      108 10 Bloomberg MANILA DBS Group Holdings, together with Citigroup and five other lenders, will lend US$5OO million ($B7B million) to the Philippine central bank to pay debt due next month and to help boost the nation's foreign exchange reserves, central bank governor Rafael Buenaventura said.
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    • MarketWATCH
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        Lock icon Singapore
        75 10 Agencies SGX Bloombarg THE ST Index managed to keep to its winning streak on Friday to finish the week 7.61 points up at 1,617.84, absorbing some profit-taking in the process. Fund managers continued their buying fervour, sustaining retail participation in the process. For every stock that fell, over three
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        Commodities
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 10 JS$ JK£ fen m m iuro (upiah iaht 0.5694 Peso 0.3614 A$ 66.551 Indian Rs 4.4404 Won 2.1635 C$ 0.5255 Yuan 4830.9 NZ$ 23.228 NTS 31.282 0.8899 26.178 668.00 0.7861 4.7131 0.9976 19.389
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      A balanced fund
      240 12 New unit trust seeks to pair income with capital gains TO deal with the uncertainty in financial markets, Franklin Templeton Investments is offering risk-averse investors a unit trust that focuses on providing regular dividend income, while maintaining the potential for capital appreciation. The Franklin Income Fund attempts
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      Lock icon Harley beauties on global tour
      43 12 Bloomberg These Harley-Davidson 2003 VRSCA V-Rod motorcycles are on an open road tour as part of the company's 100 th anniversary celebration. Harley-Davidson and Ford Motor share a line of Ford-Harley pick-up trucks, generaticuT^Hamil^Tianaaemen^nchJTeii^^Oft^^^ anniversaries this year.H photo
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      Good response to Heeton IPO
      108 12 THE public tranche of the Heeton Holdings initial public offering (IPO) has been subscribed 655.5 times, second to ApexPal's take-up rate of 916 times among this year's new listings. The wet market operator had offered 850,000 shares at 21 cents each for public subscription. Another
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      Lock icon PSA moves more containers
      82 12 Bloomberg PSA Corp handled 9.5 per cent more containers last month than in the same period a year earlier, the port operator reported on its website. Last month, PSA handled 2.42 million 20-foot-equivalent units, a standard container size, compared with 2.21 million units last August Its
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      Lock icon Rebound ahead but still no jobs
      350 14 AFP US economy faces 'jobless recovery' NEW YORK The US economy is growing stronger but experts say the rebound is unlikely to bring back the low unemployment levels of the late *****. Last Friday's monthly payroll report showing a loss of 93,000 jobs seemed
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      Lock icon Airlines still in trouble two years after 911
      243 14 -AFP PARIS Airlines are still feeling the effects of the Sept 11, 2001, attacks which, along with the war in Iraq and the Sars crisis, have cost nearly US$32 billion ($56.2 billion) and 400,000 jobs, according to industry figures. Carriers that survived
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      Lock icon WTO payback
      370 16 AFP Chinese boost to markets before full liberalisation Asset managers are interested in China because it has US$l trillion of household savings idling in domestic banks at interest rates of less than two per cent. SHANGHAI China's financial markets are expected to be early beneficiaries of the country's
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    • market BUZZ
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        Sunshine in Raffles Place
        35 16 A long queue formed in Raffles Place last Monday in front of a Sunshine Bakeries van. About 1,000 loaves of Sunshine's new recipe softwhite and softmeal enriched bread were given away.
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        Turn art into business
        46 16 Art graduates can set up business to market their works at the Community Sunday Entrepreneurz Market organised by the Central Singapore CDC and Junction 8. Particpants with the most popular, creative or innovative booth can win the use of a push cart.
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        Education partners back charity
        42 16 Deakin University (Australia) and TMC Educational Group (Singapore) have joined forces in support of The Salvation Army Gracehaven, a residential facility that provides accommodation and specialist programmes to about 150 disadvantaged children. A carnival was held last Saturday.
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        Prizes galore at Homemakers
        48 16 Singapore's longest running home and lifestyle show, Homemakers, has turned 25. It opened at the Singapore Expo last Saturday and will end on Sunday. The activities include celebrity guest appearances, contests and lucky draws with more than $50,000 worth of prizes to be won.
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      Lock icon Japanese firms 'to chalk up record profits'
      142 16 AFP TOKYO Major Japanese firms are projected to chalk up a record total of pre-tax profits in this fiscal year as their fixed costs and appraisal losses on stock holdings have been cut, a press report said yesterday. A survey of 1,628 listed
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      Lock icon Rising demand for political risk guarantees
      323 16 -AFP BANDAR SERIBEGAWAN Security concerns in Asia could fuel growing demand for political risk guarantees, continuing a threeyear trend, an Asian Development Bank (ADB) consultant said. Demand for such political risk guarantees has increased steadily since ADB began to underwrite them in 2000, said
      -AFP  -  323 words
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  • WORLD NEWS
    • global roundup
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        Lock icon Ferry sinks off Bali
        66 18 Agencies SIX people drowned and at least seven were missing after an inter-island ferry sank in the Lombok Strait off the coast of Bali early yesterday, an Indonesian relief official said. The Wimala Darma sank about 30 minutes after leaving the Padang Bai harbour for Lombok
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        Lock icon Nuclear bomb 'being made in Iran'
        79 18 AFPI UP to 90 scientists are working secretly on a nuclear bomb in Iran, according to the German weekly, Tagesspiegel am Sonntag. Quoting intelligence sources, it said Iran had bought high-tension switches and high-speed cameras to conduct nuclear tests. Although Iran has insisted that
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      Lock icon Big evacuation plan for London
      185 18 Agencies Leaked papers show post-911 preparations LONDON Leaked documents show that the British government has drawn up proposals for a mass evacuation of the capital in the event of a terrorist attack, The Sunday Times said. The documents are said to detail how residents could
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      Lock icon US to stay on road to peace
      282 20 Agencies despite Abbas resignation, Israeli strike RAMALLAH (West Bank) The United States said yesterday it remained committed to the Middle East road map to peace despite the resignation of Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas and an Israeli strike on a top militant leader.
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      Lock icon Last bath of festival
      46 20 Reuters Naked Hindu holy men arriving yesterday to participate in the last bath of the Kumbh Mela (Hindu pilgrimage) in Trimbakeshwar, 1 80 km north-east of Bombay. The pilgrimage occurs four times every 12 years at four river bank locations in India.
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    • global roundup
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        Lock icon 43% want Blair to quit
        82 20 Reuters Pressure mounted yesterday for British Prime Minister Tony Blair to quit over his part in the suicide of a weapons expert at the heart of a row over the government's case for going to war in Iraq. A poll in the Mail on Sunday
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        New 911 video surfaces
        103 20 The only video tape known to have captured both planes slamming into the World Trade Center has surfaced days before the second anniversary of the Sept 11, 2001, attacks. The footage, obtained by the New York Times, was taken by a Czech immigrant construction worker whose
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        Lock icon Bush to call for UN help
        56 20 -AFP US President George W Bush was set to announce a shift in policy on Iraq yesterday, calling for greater help from the United Nations to tackle insecurity in the Shiite south. The Bush administration hopes a proposed UN resolution will offer relief to
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      336 20 Master of SSys Technology s s--in Knowledge Engineering L^^ This program is designed for ambitious professionals who seek to build advanced problem solving computer systems using the latest techniques. By emphasising practical skills, it equips students to build intelligent systems for numerous applications such as forecasting, planning, scheduling, diagnosis and
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Taiwanese prefer the status quo
      794 21  -  Sunny Goh by sunny _goh@pacific.net.sg Rally turnout weak as economy, presidential race take priority IF you expect a crowd of more than 100,000 to turn up at your rally march but only a quarter of that number do so, you have to be pretty worried
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    • Rally and counter rally
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        Saturday: Pro-independence march
        50 21 A man displaying a placard that reads "Only Taiwan is our country" during a demonstration led by former President Lee Teng-hui in Taipei. More than 30,000 pro-Taiwan independent activists chanted slogans to demand the government change the national name from Republic of China to Republic of Taiwan.
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        Lock icon Sunday: Anti-independence march
        58 21 A man in a T-shirt that bears a map of China holding a sign that reads "Moving close to the United States and Japan, a loss of sovereignty and a national humiliation" while marching in Taipei. Some 4,000 people joined the march opposing Taiwan's independence, the second
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  • WATZUP?
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      Lock icon SINGAPORE HIT AWARDS 2003 WINNERS
      137 22 Best-Selling Female Artiste Ho Yeow Sun Best-Selling Male Artiste Jay Chou Best-Selling Album Ho Yeow Sun, Sun* Day Best-Selling Group 5566 Best Female Vocalist Fish Leong Best Male Vocalist David Tao Best Local Act Stefanie Sun and A-Do Best New Act JJ Lin Best Group
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      No big surprises
      562 22  -  Jeanine Tan BY jeanme@newstoday.com.sg Still, fans get their fill at Singapore Hit Awards ALL the big music stars showed up, fans screamed their lungs out, but there was something missing from Saturday night's Singapore Hit Awards 2003. Surprises. As far as the awards went, anyway. The only
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    • LIVING & LEARNING
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        S.H.E., missing Ella, gets energised
        305 23  -  Jeanine Tan THE girl group S.H.E., with eye-catching, cuter-than-cute identical get up of white tops, paired with asymmetrical fuchsia skirts, was missing one important person at Saturday's Singapore Hit Awards 2003. Ella, easily the most distinctive member with her cropped hair and husky voice, is
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        Music is my map: David Tao
        198 23  -  Serene Foo TAIWANESE singer David Tao is at the crossroads of his music career and life. The 34-year-old told reporters in a recent interview that, although he is single, he is at a stage where he is contemplating settling down. "I am going to
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        Think like a genius
        670 23  -  Lai Ec Na It's a GEM: Five steps to megacreativity by news@newstoday.com.sg STUDENTS say teachers are boring. Teachers wonder why students are disruptive or unresponsive in class. When students' results are below expectations, who is to blame? According to Dr Andrei Aleinikov, 55, students mirror their
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        Lock icon Bitter-sweet triumph for film
        479 24 AFP Drowning tragedy casts pall over Venice festival VENICE A Russian film tainted by real-life tragedy, The Return, won the Golden Lion for Best Movie at the Venice Film Festival, the jury announced on Saturday. It was a bitter-sweet triumph for first-time director Andrey Zvyagintsev, who
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        TOP HONOURS AT VENICE FILM FESTIVAL
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        292 25 -Reuters TORONTO Oscar award winners Anthony Hopkins, Nicole Kidman and music legend Neil Young cranked up the star power at the 28th Toronto International Film Festival on Saturday, presenting two politically-charged movie adaptations. Hopkins and Kidman were at the event, which ends this Saturday,
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    764 30  -  Tan Yo-Hinn Title favourites show their class with a whopping victory actually hoping to win by more than 40 points as Wanderers had a better goal difference than us." The Kings registered 13 tries with seven successful conversions. Indeed, the margin of victory could have been greater
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    532 30 Reuters South American World Cup qualifiers Colombia 1 Brazil 2 Holder Brazil makes winning start BARRANQUILLA Substitute Kaka scored with his first kick of the game as Brazil beat Colombia 2-1 in a World Cup qualifier this morning to make a winning
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    185 30 Reuters Golf Bell Canadian Open Tway's first PGA Tour win since 1995 HAMILTON Bob Tway won the Canadian Open this morning after defeating Brad Faxon on the third playoff hole for his first PGA Tour victory in eight years. Tway won with a bogey after hitting
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        562 31 -AFP American overpowers Ferrero to lift US Open title Tennis US Open Roddick wins first Grand Slam title NEW YORK Andy Roddick won his first Grand Slam title this morning, firing 23 aces and 46 winners past Spain's Juan Carlos Ferrero for a 6-3, 7-6 (7/2),
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        557 31 Reuters Tennis US Open Second slam for Henin-Hardenne NEW YORK Since the US Open began a fortnight ago, talk was the final Grand Slam of the season had been devalued by the absence of the injured Williams sisters, who had made the title
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      420 32 -AFP World No 1 eases past young Malaysian upstart Badminton Malaysian Open Another title for Chen KOTA KINABALU Youngster Lee Chong Wei's fairytale run in the men's singles of the Malaysian Open came to an end in the final yesterday when he was
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      473 32  -  Tan Yo-Hinn by yohinn@newsto day. com. sg MORE than 1,000 fans turned out on the final day of the 65th Singapore Open Track and Field Championships at Bishan Stadium yesterday. Much of the interest was in the men's 4
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      150 32  -  Tan Yo-Hinn SINGAPORE lost 19-10 to the Arabian Gulf side yesterday in the Bowl semi-finals of the Singer Sri Lankan Airlines International Rugby Sevens tournament in Kandy. "We played well against the Arabian Gulf but committed two or three mistakes which cost us dear," said coach Alan Thomas.
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      71 32 SINGAPORE'S men's and women's hockey teams enjoyed mixed fortunes against regional opposition in a three-match test series over the weekend. At the Delta Sports Complex yesterday, Singapore's women drew 1-1 with Malaysia, after a 2-2 draw on Thursday and a 2-1 loss on Saturday. In Bangkok, the national
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      110 32 WITH Home United all but assured of the NTUC Income S-League crown, SAFFC did itself no favours in the race for second spot after it lost 5-3 on penalties to Sembawang Rangers at the Choa Chu Kang Stadium last night The match had ended 1-1 after 90 minutes.
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      443 33 Agencies Chile stuns partisan home fans with two second-half goals Worl Cup qualifier Argentina 2 Chile 2 Veron endures boo boys BUENOS AIRES Argentina threw away a two-goal lead in a disappointing 2-2 home draw against Chile as the South American qualifying competition for the 2006 World
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      253 33 -AFP SYDNEY Australia's new world champion Jana Pittman claimed yesterday she had to overcome bizarre pre-race intimidation from Russian rival Yuliya Pechonkina before winning the 400m hurdles in Paris last month. According to Pittman, the world record holder Pechonkina virtually stalked her before
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      297 33 Reuters CAPE TOWN Former South African president Nelson Mandela plans to play an advisory role in the race row that has engulfed Springbok rugby over the last two weeks, a local Sunday newspaper reported here. Mandela will meet the Springbok team "in the next few
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      105 33 -AFP CRANS-SUR-SIERRE South Africa's Ernie Els clinched his sixth title of the season here yesterday when he cruised to a six-shot victory in the European Masters. Els, the world No 2, fired a final round 65 to finish on 17-under for the tournament. New Zealand's Michael
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      1211 34 Agencies Win puts Eriksson's men firmly in the driving seat Euro 2004 qualifier Macedonia 1 England 2 Rooney opens his account SKOPJE England is set to travel tc Turkey next month knowing a draw will be enough to book its place in next summer's Euro 2004 finals, thanks
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      211 35 LONDON Arsenal forward Sylvain Wiltord said yesterday he will sign a new deal with the club if it can prove it wants to keep him, reported BBC Sport Online. France international Wiltord is the London outfit's record buy after being signed
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