Today, 12 April 2004

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    14 1 TODAY we set you thinking todayonline.com Monday April 12, 2004 I MITA (P) 002/11/2002
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    Thaksin under fire
    812 1  -  Asif Ansar Hard-nosed Thai PM fumbles, no longer seen as invincible A BRILLIANT businessman, he was hailed as a new-generation Asian leader, but Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's handling of a series of crises that hit the country this year has made him look like a bungling
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    Fateha shuts down
    217 1  -  Jose Raymond THE controversial Muslim website Fateha.com on which articles potentially defamatory of Muslim Affairs Minister Yaacob Ibrahim, Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew and Temasek Holdings executive director Ho Ching were posted in 2002 has closed down. Mr Zulfikar Mohd Shariff, leader of the group of young
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Lock icon NKF Charity Show raises $6.71 mil
      264 2 ONE walked on sword edges, another was jabbed with darts and one entered a bee-filled cage. These feats of der-ring-do by local stars last night drew pledges of $6.71 million for the National Kidney Foundation (NKF). Despite the recent media controversy over the NKF's
      WEE TECK HIAN  -  264 words
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      New 'soul' for NTU
      423 2  -  Derrick A Paulo Humanities school to become first to offer double majors NANYANG Technological University (NTU) president Su Guaning has called it the new "soul of the university". Certainly, the newest school on campus looks set to be its trailblazer. The School of Humanities and Social
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      Suicide crisis on our hands
      674 3  -  Constance Singam |\|EW3comment WE ARE too busy making money. Buying that condo, that car, which doesn't give us the time nor the inclination to be reflective. If we are inclined to be reflective we will see the connection between action and inaction, policies and outcomes.
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      Lock icon 15,000 in HK march
      369 4  -  Jaime Koh Pro-democracy forces protest Beijing decree IN THEIR second show of strength within a year, Hong Kong's pro-democracy forces rallied yesterday against China's tightening grip on the territory. More than 15,000 people marched through down-town Hong Kong to protest against the Chinese Parliament's controversial decree
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    • GLOBALroundup
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        Lock icon Jail break in Philippines
        77 4 AFV Nineteen of 53 prisoners, including several Muslim extremists, who escaped from a ail have been recaptured, whi c eight others were killed by pursuing forces, officials said yesterday. Twenty of those who tried to escape are believed to be from the Abu Sayyaf Muslim extremist
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        Lock icon Indon easier service fired at
        83 4 Reuters Two men opened fire at a church during an Easter service in the Indonesian town of Poso. Seven were wounded, including a four-year-old girl, the police said yesterday. At least 2,000 people have been killed in clashes between Muslims and Christians in Poso since
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        Lock icon Travel ban in Vietnam
        78 4 Reuters Communist Vietnam barred foreigners from travel to its restive Central Highlands after ethnic minorities clashed with the police and military in a repeat of similar protests three years ago. Thousands of the hill tribesmen drove into Buon Ma Thuot city on Saturday and massed outside
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      Lock icon Malaysian soldiers detained for straying
      191 4 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR Five Malaysian soldiers who were detained after crossing into Thailand during a joint border patrol are to be released soon, reported the New Straits Times yesterday. The four sergeants and a corporal had strayed 300 to 500 metres into Thai territory while
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      Lock icon Indonesians advised against travel to UK
      184 4 AFP JAKARTA The Indonesian embassy in London has advised Indonesians against travelling to the United Kingdom, citing fears of terrorism. In a message posted on the embassy's website, the embassy advised Indonesian citizens to postpone all visits to the United Kingdom for inessential matters.
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  • HOME NEWS
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      S'porean woman makes it to UN anti-terror team
      605 6  -  Raymond Andrew Sole Asian member cites need to get at roots of terrorism THE global war on terrorism has a Singaporean on its diplomatic frontlines. When the deadline for nominees for the United Nations (UN) analytical support and sanctions team passed in
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      Keeping kids off undesirable websites is easy, so why aren't more parents doing so?
      366 8  -  Raymond Andrew BLAME it on costs or poor marketing, but many parents trying to keep their children away from undesirable online content are not aware that local Internet Service Providers (ISPs) offer "family friendly" services. Part
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      Lock icon The power of healthy living
      363 8  -  Tan Hui Leng ForTuas Power, fitness makes for higher staff morale, team spirit AT A time when cost-cutting is the mantra for many companies, one firm is pumping as much as $40,000 a year into a programme that is not directly profit-generating. But to Tuas
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      452 8 J Buy any participating Nestle product* listed below and attach proof of purchase with this entry form. Send your entries to: Get More with Nestle, Contest Box No. 6, Singapore *****6. See terms and conditions. Promotion ends 31 May 2004. •List of participating products and brands: MILKMAID 8, TEAPOT®, CARNATION®,
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      Practicality over passion
      474 10  -  He Zong Ying Spore is not ready to establish the arts as a full-fledged industry I MUST admit I felt excited about the prospects for the arts in Singapore when it was announced that the Government would be launching a school specialising in the arts. But after
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      Arts school only for the well-to-do?
      226 10  -  L Yin Yin WHAT Mr Lee Han Shih says is so true: Children born into a well-to-do family are blessed with everything. Even if they don't have the passion for it, their parents still send them for music and art classes. I am a
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      96 10 An "In touch session" with: JOK Mr Nai Boon Hiong, "srpJ Head, Asian Equities, X 7^ k OCBC Asset Management Mr Ng Soo Nam, t-J Fund Manager, Schroder Investment ..j^ Management (Spore) Ltd £j Mr Jerry Low, i^ Editor, finatiQ.com, Bank of Singapore Ltd Date: April 17th 2004 (Saturday) Venue:
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      33 10 Your letter can also appear on this page. Give your full name, address an^ Phone number and write to: Today, 24, Raffles Place, #28-01/06, Clifford Centre, *****21; Fax: (65) 6534 4217; Email: news@newstoday.com.sg
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  • Business News
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      Stanchaif s new way of financial planning
      464 12  -  Val Chua Fresh approach focuses on customers' real needs A FOREIGN bank wants to revolutionise the way Singaporeans plan their personal finances. Armed with a new $1 million campaign, Standard Chartered (Stanchart) is unveiling a refreshing alternative to the marketing and selling of
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    • MarketWATCH
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        Lock icon Singapore
        170 12 Agencies SHARES are likely to get a boost in the week ahead when preliminary estimates of the first quarter economic growth are released, dealers said. Gross domestic product (GDP) is projected to expand an annual 5.5 to 6.4 per cent in the first quarter, faster than the 4.9 per
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 12 US$ 0.5955 UK£ 0.3252 Yen 63.395 HK$ 4.6488 RM 2.2655 Euro 0.4926 Rupiah 5,118.5 Baht 23.333 Peso 33.549 A$ 0.7808 Indian Rs 26.014 Won 681.99 C$ 0.7928 Yuan 4.9308 NZ$ 0.9028 NTS 19.558
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        Lock icon Commodities
        26 12 SGX, Bloomberg Gold uss/oi 420.70 Silver uss/oi 8.090 Platinum uss/oi 900.20 Information provided by Rubber centsAg 232.50 Palm Oil RM/tonne 2,006.50 Brent crude uss/barrel 33.33
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      Lock icon Australian property crash unlikely
      592 14 Dow Jones But central bank worried that prices rising too far, too fast SYDNEY Australian property prices will flatten and some segments of the market will fall, but a crash is unlikely while the economy holds up. "We've never seen a property crash without a recession
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      Lock icon GIC eyes City Square stake
      137 14 Bloomberg THE Government of Singapore Investment Corp (GIC) may buy a 50 per cent or bigger stake in City Square Johor Baru, a commercial complex worth more than US$lO5 million ($176.6 million), The Edge reported. GIC, which manages Singapore's reserves, has indicated its interest to
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      Lock icon Planning for life -yours and theirs
      648 16 Estate planning helps you and your loved ones get what you want out of life MICHAEL and Lynn were two young people on their way to having it all. Their careers were on the rise. They had a lovely home and a beautiful four-year-old
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      Lock icon Positive impact of rising commodity prices
      455 16 AFP LONDON Surging commodity prices appear to be having only a mildly damaging impact on the global economy, while providing a much-needed boost for many developing countries, analysts said. The Commodities Research Bureau's index of 17 raw materials has risen to the highest level
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      273 12 UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER One of only few AMBA quality assured MBA programmes in Asia Ranked 18th place in the UK University League (Financial Times 2003) IBM University faculty support plus local tutorials, completion in 2 years \jb±£f Option available to attend summer school in the UK AMBAA'cTredited 5 specialisations to
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      153 17 V workplace health promotion programmes IS YOUR BUSINESS HEALTHY? Apply for the Singapore HEALTH. Award 2004 today. Attend the briefing on 20 April 2004. The Singapore H.E.A.LT.H. (Helping Employees Time: Achieve Life-Time Health) Award is presented by the 3:3opm-s:oopm Health Promotion Board to give recognition to Venueorganisations that actively promote
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  • SAVVY INVESTOR
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      HTL International sharpens its saw
      667 18  -  Lim Say Boon Earnings of leather furniture maker on track with outsourcing SEASONED investors and market watchers may remember HTL International as leather furniture maker and retailer Hwa Tat Lee. Although listed back in 1993, its fortunes were not always as bright as they are
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      The art and science of home loans
      307 18 YOUR home is likely to be the single largest financial investment you will make in your lifetime. This is especially so among property-hungry Singaporeans. With residential property prices at five-year lows and rock-bottom bank interest rates, many have been enticed into buying their
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      93 18 "This is the first of a six-part weekly series brought to you by Standard Chartered TAdvice you^ IandTODAY"1 andTODAY" can use! /r\ Standard K&. M tl w Chartered AW f hT. You should use all your CPF Funds when buying a home, so as to borrow less. True or False
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  • the BUSINESS of marketing
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      Lock icon Fly-by-ad operators
      846 20  -  Shobha Tsering Bhalla Valuair on verge of signing deals; will sell ad space even in its toilets VACATION planning is becoming a whole lot easier for travellers, but the heat will be unbearable in the aviation industry as the dogfight for air-space superiority in the region gets fiercer.
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  • Impact
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      IE S'pore book hails design successes
      179 20  -  Shobha Tsering Bhalla AS part of its initiative to grow the "Made In Singapore" brand, International Enterprise (IE) Singapore launched a design case study book, Designed For Global Success, recently. The book, which was launched at a joint lE-PSB Corp design seminar last week,
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      Lock icon GRAB BAG
      184 20  -  Ted Chen Shobha Tsering Bhalla Entertaining massage by Osim Last week, in a world first, SGX-listed Osim launched the iSymphonic AY, its latest massage chair which synchronises massage actions with music and visual images. The chair comes with a specially designed Osim ißox, a highpower stereo sound intensifier
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      85 22 Singapore Arts Festival 2004 May 28-June 20 Bffl Bffl ffj /jj/Hi _-^_K7giffi4MIJJWJ-cBWiHllWB1--^-^-^-l7girrf-MiH r«-tgt:_M3aS--l I nHiMi_i_Hi_l _Kiinfl_ili WPm I M;. BmHHHBIB BbH l-HnBtBiBIBi I m^IbW''___________ BBKli-. BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB] MW-wn -BwtIBbBI «p M HH 1Mb I mx wHSmWM^Lm -BMJJJlB-MB-i ■KB a^Lm Hljll|dl|UlftjMMdUlka|aJH BM^-^PPOP^P^-^P/T-^-T^^^^'PI bT-BP™! Bp-^-T^^T^'P' JH _^_^_Hk__ m1 mf^-B -Kt^tt -^w-ffir-l-^S! _gff-MBf-_m _B-j-KT_r»-_rJ
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      701 23 QTime 7.30pm Venue: Victoria Theatre $OZ I Compania Rafaela M f Carrasco This contemporary K flamenco dance piece B explores the universal feelings of love, loneliness H and dreams. One of BL Spain's finest flamenco dancers and choreographers, Rafaela Hl Morphia Series presents a series of visual haikus that are
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      826 25 MAKSIM I Double Bill early this J^SSfr*-- Jtt powerful way that has THE PIANO PLAYER I I B^ I -3jC?» year; Luna-id now <r*^ ~-—4^^^H come to be associated Maksim Mrvica was born in T E. jHB presents a double bill of _^t35fc I with the company's style. Croatia. This
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      913 26 VISUAL ARTS E^ Call MeZing f at 6339 0678 ARTSINGAPORE 2004 _^_—i^^^fc. THE CONTEMPORARY jSTLMlmmmmmmmX _^b-v DONALD SULTAN: ASIAN ART FAIR .*d|H^^^^tt PRINTS DRAWINGS Mingle with art dealers, art flP^^^^V^^^^^M Singapore Tyler Print Institute collectors, art lovers and *^jt"*/ i (STPI) presents a collection artists. With 41 galleries from —^w
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      858 27 presents the lithographs (Concession for children and of China's leading iPa£l'nl _T jr fll senior citizens). Free from BL f m^. <r V-mmi I A __H iTa* contemporary artist, > i f" r kufl ft 7 P m 9pm on Fri the drawings and other m WC Br mV 1
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      1187 29 Great Tastes! vsagpgss buying guide! I I o+o* Iff P^ I 513 Do we make the I ■II W IP IB Eai All Foods In Moderation U^Q The Healthier Choice Symbol (HCS) is a symbol that it comes to grocery shopping for our families? Follow this simple you can relate
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon No more street protests: KMT
      172 30 Reuters TAIPEI Taiwan's main opposition party will steer the focus of its campaign against last month's election result off the streets and into the courtroom. But if President Chen Shui-bian drags his feet on a recount of the votes and continues to oppose an inquiry
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      Lock icon Bush releases secret memo warning terror
      337 30 Agencies Officials say it was too vague to foresee 911 attacks CRAWFORD (Texas) A top secret security memo sent to President George W Bush about one month before the 911 attacks said Al Qaeda had penetrated the United States and were engaged in activity
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      Lock icon Golkar leads Indonesian polls
      171 30 AFP JAKARTA The former party of Indonesia's former dictator, Suharto, snatched back the lead in the country's legislative polls as the sluggish vote count topped 72 million ballots yesterday. Six days after the April 5 election, the Golkar party displaced President Megawati Sukarnoputri's ruling Indonesian Democratic
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      Lock icon 24 hours to first execution
      232 30 AFP FALLUJAH (Iraq) The captors of three Japanese civilians threatened to kill one of them within 24 hours if Tokyo did not pull its troops out of Iraq. "The death sentence will be applied to the others 12 hours later" unless Tokyo meets several conditions,
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    • GLOBALEroundup
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        Lock icon Lots of private information flying out there
        85 30 AFP A contractor for American Airlines has admitted it shared passenger information with four companies involved in airline security, making the airline the third leading US carrier to disseminate private data in the name of fighting terrorism. Airline Automation, a technology company, said
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        Lock icon Simple funeral for Butcher of Rangoon
        91 30 AFP Funeral services were held yesterday for Myanmar's former President Sein Lwin, dubbed the Butcher of Rangoon, who led a crackdown on student demonstrators in 1988. Family members said the 81-year-old brigadier general, a right-hand man of dictator General Ne Win who swept to
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        Explosives found
        44 30 Jordanian authorities have found cars laden with explosives that a group believed to be linked to Al Qaeda planned to use on American interests including its embassy and a number of US organisations. The suspects had been arrested, a source told Reuters.
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        57 30 AFP Indian-born tycoon Lakshmi Mittal has bought a house in central London for £70 million ($216 million). The purchase set a world-record, according to England's Sunday Times. The 1 2-bedroom house, which has a garage to accommodate 20 cars, was reportedly sold by Mr
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      589 34  -  Lan De Cotta Not much, after the vitriol overspill on Miss Singapore Universe finalists TAKE a bow Singapore. You have reached new depths as a nation of insensitive critics. Name-calling in the mass media is now par for the course. That is, if we consider
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        422 35 AFP But this time, the peep show is for laughs WASHINGTON Pop singer Janet Jackson bared her breast to millions of television viewers again last Saturday. But, unlike the controversial unscheduled peep show at this year's Super Bowl football championship, the flash this time was
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        88 36 MOVIE bosses are demanding that Tom Cruise lose weight for his starring role in Mission Impossible 3. The actor's management has drawn up a special eating plan for him, according to German newspaper Berliner Morgenpost. Cruise who split with actress Penelope Cruz in January is in
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        519 36 AFP War film focuses on camaraderie among soldiers, not hatred of neighbour BOMBAY The setting is Kashmir, the enemy is Pakistan and the heroes are Indian soldiers. But the director of India's latest big-budget film insists this isn't the usual Pak-istan-bashing by Bollywood. With Lakshya,
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      197 42 LONDON One week after the News of the World revealed an alleged affair between David Beckham and his former personal assistant Rebecca Loos, the British tabloid yesterday sensationally states that the England captain had bedded a second mistress behind his wife's back.
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      414 42 Agencies American 18 holes from first Major AUGUSTA, Georgia Phil Mickelson has enjoyed the challenge of chasing his first Major championship. Of course, he would have even more fun if his marathon pursuit ended in success at the US Masters on Sunday (this morning, Singapore time).
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      494 44 Warriors erase Protectors' unbeaten record at Bishan TO LOSE in their own backyard was bad enough. To lose to their fiercest rivals must have made it even harder to swallow. Home United's title hopes suffered a huge blow yesterday, when they were handed a 2-1 home
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      381 44  -  ALVIN CHUA HE STOLE the hearts of Home United fans last year, a rookie out of the blue who displaced former Singapore international goalkeeper Adi Salleh as the Protectors went on to win the S-League and Cup double. Just when Ridzuan Fatah thought he
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      199 44 Which former club of yours did you enjoy playing for the least? Geylang United! Haha, I'm joking. It was probably Lokomotiv Beijing in China. The game there was just too physical, too rough. What advice would you give a Singaporean player who wants to play overseas? The
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      395 45  -  STANLEY HO Improve or club will pull out, says vice-chairman IN A blaze of publicity, they came over to Singapore last year, the first professional foreign club to play in the S-League. But now, Sinchi TV FC are staring down the barrel after a string of
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      267 45  -  Alvin Chua HE'S ON FIRE AS FAR as free-kick specialists go, the NTUC Income-Yeo's S-League isn't exactly full of them. Geylang's Rudy Khairon is pretty useful with a dead ball, while Home United's Peres De Oliveira has got a wicked swerve. But there's a
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      356 46  -  TANYO-HINN NS secures television coverage for NSL 2004 NETBALL is the most popular sport in terms of mass participation among women in Singapore. It is played in more than 250 schools, with over 10,000 girls opting for netball as their co-curricular activity. Last year, 84
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      96 46  -  Tan Yo-Hinn CHOO Tze Huang, 17, finished in joint second spot with New Zealand's An Jae, at the Australian Junior Amateur Championship 2004 yesterday. Singapore's top-ranked amateur carded a final round 5-under-par 67 to post a four- day total of 289, at the Yowani Country Club
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      410 46  -  TAN YO-HINN HE HAD not beaten his opponent in three previous attempts. So when Singapore No 1 Ronald Susilo was at championship point against China's Bao Chunlai in the five-star US$lBO,OOO ($303,000) Yonex Japan Open final yesterday, he took a little
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      588 47 Gunners extend record unbeaten run, tighten grip on title NEWCASTLE Arsenal inched another step closer to the Premiership title with a 0-0 draw against Newcastle at St James' Park yesterday, reported BBC Sport Online. Arsene Wenger's champions-in-wait-ing extended their unbeaten run in the league to 32
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      342 47 LONDON On the day he conceded the Premiership title to Arsenal, Claudio Ranieri also said he wanted to learn by Wednesday whether or not he will still be at Stamford Bridge next season. The Chelsea manager is due to meet the club's chief
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