Today, 25 May 2004

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    13 1 TODAY we set you thinking todayonline.com Tuesday May 25, 2004 MITA (P) 002/11/2002
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    TEMASEK'S SHOPPING SPREE FOR BANKS
    79 1 WHEN BANK EQUITY STAKE Early this year Hana Bank (South Korea) 3.6%. South Korea's regulators likely to allow Temasek to raise its stake to 1 0%. Dec 2003 ICICI Bank (India) 8.7% (as of April 2004) Nov 2003 Bank Internasional Indonesia (Bll) Has a combined
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    Temasek and the Pan-Asian bank option
    594 1  -  Val Chua Are regional acquisitions part of a larger strategy? IT IS no secret that Temasek Holdings has gone on a buying spree recently, with regional banks high on its shopping list Analysts, meanwhile, have been trying to figure out the Singapore investment holding
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    Five schools for gifted to stop programme
    491 1  -  N2 Shins Vi FOR more than 20 years now, the top 1 per cent of Singapore students have been schooled under the Gifted Education Programme (GEP) from the age of nine until they complete their 0 Levels at the age of 16. And
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      34 1 news ryiEws ■John Gee Why the Red Cross shuns political bias/3 Prithpal Singh How to create a vibrant Singapore/22 Managers' tales Queiroz, Houllier sacked. Mourinho on his way out/ Pages 33, 35 and 36
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      Kidnapper gets life
      254 2 24 strokes of the cane for man who held reporter hostage THE man who kidnapped a journalist in her home last August was sentenced yesterday to life in prison and 24 strokes of the cane. Selvaraju Satippan, who could have been sentenced to death, was expressionless as
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        Why the Red Cross shuns political bias
        789 3  -  John Gee It fears its status might be compromised and its ability to work in future impaired WHAT are the Geneva Conventions? Why is publishing a report by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) about the treatment of Iraqi prisoners seen
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      Lock icon Arroyo headed for election win: Official
      147 4 Agencies MANILA Philippines President Gloria Arroyo is on course to win the presidential election by close to a million votes over film star Fernando Poe Jr, a Commission on Elections official said yesterday. The official, who asked not to be named, said Mrs Arroyo
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      Lock icon Failed candidate to kingmaker
      505 4  -  Raymond Andrew Golkar chief bounces back with Wiranto deal HE has been described as the "Energizer bunny" of Indonesian politics for his longevity in a milieu thick with intrigue and, true to form, Mr Akbar Tandjung showed yesterday that his political career was alive and kicking.
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Lock icon NYP students make top TV commercials
      229 6  -  Ted Chen THE TV commercials being aired for this year's National Family Week will be the handiwork of Nanyang Polytechnic (NYP) students. This year's campaign, "We're Not That Different", sets out to promote stronger bonds between teenagers and parents. The Ministry of Community Development
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      Fatalities from tunnelling accidents rare
      442 6  -  Derrick A Paulo Nicoll Highway tragedy was unexpected, says Brazilian expert SINCE the Nicoll Highway collapse, some people have come to think of tunnelling as synonymous with danger. But, International Tunnelling Association's (ITA) president Andre Assis said yesterday that fatalities from tunnelling accidents are rare.
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      Lock icon Research centre for diseases is 'Redi'
      478 7  -  Lee Ching Wern _i rz\ i i Biomedical hub will help develop new vaccines and arm region against health-security threats EXACTLY one year after the idea was mooted by Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong to United States President George W Bush, the Regional Emerging
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      Traditional gender roles hinder efforts to up birth rates: Don
      302 7  -  Loh Chee Kong FIXED gender roles within the Singaporean family are inhibiting efforts to increase fertility, according to a British professor who specialises in population studies in Europe and Asia. Prof Elspeth Graham, 54, who is in Singapore on a
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      Lock icon Singapore, China ink'green'MoU
      62 8 Channel News Asia ENVIRONMENT Minister Lim Swee Say signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with China's State Environmental Protection Administration in Beijing yesterday. The MoU allows for cooperation in environmental protection and management and sustainable development between Singapore and China. Areas that fall under the pact include
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      Couple proves if s Hi-P to start own business at 40
      662 8  -  Tor Ching Li No age limit for entrepreneurship, says co-founder of plastics maker Hi-P LIFE in plastics, they make it seem fantastic. But entrepreneur couple Mr Yao Hsiao Tung, 65, and his wife Amy Yao, 59, had to overcome
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        Lock icon Gas cylinder explosion injures man, badly damages house
        47 8 NewsRadio 93.8 A gas supplier, 50, suffered seconddegree burns on his face, arms and legs after an LPG gas cylinder he was fixing exploded. The explosion destroyed most of the back and side of a house along Sommerville Walk.
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        Hyundai leaking oil
        85 8 Hyundai leaking A small quantity of fuel oil has leaked from the car carrier Hyundai that sank with 4,000 cars on board after colliding with the oil tanker Kaminesan off Sentosa on Saturday. Indonesia said it was monitoring the leak. Also at the scene is a craft
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        Lock icon NTU signs deal on exchange programmes with Ukraine school
        59 8 Channel News Asia Nanyang Technological University professors and students could soon be heading to Ukraine for exchange programmes, after the university signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the National Technical University there. NTU said the partnership would also facilitate the exchange
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      90 12 Dow Jones Dow Jones Taiwan's United Microelectronics Corp (UMC) has bought 90 million more shares in its Singaporean unit UMCi for US$ll7 million ($202 million). The purchase raised its stake in UMCi to 95.23 per cent, UMC said. Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) said yesterday sea freight rates rose last
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      Lock icon Temasek buys into Indon's Met Land
      272 12 Dow Jones Move positions company for real-estate recovery MOVING to further expand its regional footprint, Singapore's investment company Temasek Holdings and two partners have taken control of Indonesian property company PT Metropolitan Land. The move suggests that Temasek which has said it delivered average
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      Lock icon April consumer prices rise 1.3 per cent
      242 12 Bloomberg CONSUMER prices rose a lower-than-expected 1.3 per cent in April from a year earlier, the Department of Statistics said yesterday. The index of consumer prices rose at the same pace as in March. Prices had been expected to rise 1.4 per cent,
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      Lock icon Oil below US$4O
      347 14 Agencies Crude prices retreat as Riyadh plans output hike OIL prices slid 1 per cent in late afternoon trade yesterday in Asia after Saudi Arabia pressed at the weekend to raise supplies from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) by up to 10.6 per cent.
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      Lock icon Sing Tel eyes mobile pie in Bangladesh
      167 14 Bloomberg SINGTEL, which is scouting for investments in Asia as its home market in Singapore becomes increasingly saturated, has met the Bangladeshi government to inquire about the telecommunications market in the country, said Mr Mahmudur Rahman, executive chairman of the Bangladeshi government's board
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      Capita Mall's buy
      53 16 CAPITALAND will sell Plaza Singapura to its retail mall trust for $710 million, to help the property group cut debt and boost fee-based income, said Dow Jones. Capita Mall Trust will pay in cash and stock, bringing Capita Land's stake in the trust to slightly less than
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      Lock icon M'sia-S'pore fund to be doubled
      297 16 Agencies RMIO million fund for investor studies to evaluate business opportunities KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia and Singapore are considering expanding a joint fund that lets investors from both countries evaluate business opportunities in other countries. Malaysia's International Trade and Industry Minister Rafidah Aziz said her Singapore
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        Straits Times Index-1,779.79 +12.561
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        World markets
        59 16 Index Nikkei 225 Value *****.64 Change +31.39 +0.28 Hang Seng Ml Ordinaries laiwan Wtd *****.97 3401.50 5942.08 +86.96 +6.10 -22.86 +0.75 +0.18 -0.38 Korea Comp 799.64 +13.28 +1.69 KLCI 794.39 +2.86 +0.36 SET Index 608.90 -6.51 -1.06 Jakarta Comp 732.58 +7.64 +1.05 Phils Comp Shenzhen B 1481.91 255.38
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        SGX most active
        52 16 )y volume Close Change '000 .asseters :iTYDEV R Jio-Treat \rmarda iiapHoe linaCast -ibreChem JnitedTAC 'anpacMed IK Yarning 0.355 0.005 0.905 0.290 0.080 0.405 0.385 0.790 0.150 0.400 +0.080 +0.005 +0.010 +0.010 +0.025 +0.005 +9.7 +1.8 +2.5 +2.7 +3.3 +3.4 87,588 62,730 39,165 36,105 32,882 26,956 18,814 18,071
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        SGX top rises
        72 16 By$ GPBal 3.340 +0.200 By percentage Unidux 0.090 +38.5 SIA200 10.600 +0.200 BRCAsia 0.095 +35.7 STIETF100 18.200 +0.200 Venture 17.700 +0.200 TopGlobal 0.175 ASL Marine W*****10.160 +25.0 +23.1 KepCorp 6.850 +0.150 HKLandUSS 1.630 +0.130 PNEInaW*****8 0.030 Futuristic 0.155 +20.0 +19.2 Unisleel 1.260 +0.120 Inchem W*****8 0.035 +16.7
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        SGX top falls
        74 16 By$ UOB 12.700 -0.200 By percentage MediaS 0.015 -25.0 AVJenningsAS 2.040 -0.150 GrealEast 11.300 -0.100 OCBC 11.700 -0.100 Sunlight W*****4 0.020 SingTel DBeCW*****80.160 TaiSin 0.120 -20.0 -17.9 -17.2 SPH 20.500 -0.100 Kian Ann W*****7 0.025 -16.7 SPH100 20.500 -0.100 Eastern Pub 0.150 -14.3 CITYDEV 5.100 -0.050 GulTechW*****7
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        127 16 Dow Jones SHARE prices ended slightly higher, encouraged by modest gains on Wall Street and a retreat in crude oil prices. But investors continued to remain cautious. The ST Index closed up 12.56 points, or 0.7 per cent, at 1,779.79. Gainers outnumbered losers 212 to 102, while 730.1 million
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 16 US$ 0.5812 UK£ 0.3252 Yen 65.305 HK$ 4.5275 RM 2.2086 Euro 0.4852 Rupiah 5262.9 Baht 23.699 Peso 32.478 A$ 0.8329 Indian Rs 26.320 Won 683.07 C$ 0.7982 Yuan 4.8107 NZ$ 0.956 NTS 19.499
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        Lock icon Commodities
        27 16 SGX, Bloomberg Gold uss/oz 384.300 Silver uss/oz 5.845 Platinum uss/oi 822.500 Rubber ™tsAg 258.50 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1 670 Brent crude uss/borrei 36.43 Information provided by
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      STOCKcalls
      81 18 Singapore Airlines ($10.60) Buy Expecting that Singapore Airlines will benefit from easing oil prices, Kirn Eng Securities has reiterated its "Buy" recommendation on the stock. The securities firm also sees the airline's stock remaining attractively valued at 1.05 x forward P/BV. While the upside for the stock in the
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      War on terror good for Stratech
      546 18  -  Lim Say Boon Higher spending on security helps e-systems developer make turnaround e-Systems It acts as an e-business enabler by providing innovative IT solutions to transform brick-and-mortar businesses into effective, collaborative e-businesses. Heightened concerns on terrorism, that have raised awareness and spending on security,
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      UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
      1982 18 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS The data contained herein has been obtained from company reports, financial reporting services, periodicals and other resources believed to be reliable. Enquiries: Although carefully verified, data on compilations is not guaranteed by Upper A Reuters Company and may be incomplete. No offer or solicitations to buy Call
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Teen hangs herself over exam 'failure' SMS
      152 20 AFP NEW DELHI An Indian teenager killed herself after receiving a mobile phone text message saying she had failed her school leaving exams although she had actually passed. The 17-year-old girl hanged herself in the central Indian town of Indore on Sunday morning
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      Lock icon Israel withdraws from Gaza camp
      223 20 Agencies GAZA Israeli forces withdrew from a key neighbourhood in a Gaza refugee camp yesterday, leaving a scene of destruction after killing 42 Palestinians in a six-day siege that drew international outrage. An Israeli military source said the pullout was part of a "new deployment"
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      Lock icon Arab nations agree to reform
      347 20 Agencies But promises unlikely to be kept: Analysts TUNIS A bid by Arab governments to introduce political and social reforms in what has been billed a "new beginning" has met with scepticism from diplomats, rights activists and analysts. At the end of a two-day Arab
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      Lock icon Art imitating life on wheels
      49 20 REUTERS An installation of life-sized plastic cyclists by Croatian sculptor Vasko Lipovac in the Croatian city of Pula, the site of the Croatian leg of the Giro d'ltalia cycle race. The race passed through Croatia for the first time in its history on Sunday.
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      M'sian MoU on maids
      94 20 KUALA LUMPUR Employers of foreign domestic workers will have to declare that they are of sound mind and attend orientation programmes, said Malaysian Human Resources Minister Fong Chan Onn. Dr Fong said the provisions would be in a Memorandum of Understanding on foreign domestic workers that
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      Lock icon India markets rally as finance minister named
      247 20 Agencies NEW DELHI Investors sounded a vote of confidence for India's new reformist finance minister yesterday, with shares jumping sharply after weeks of volatility as the new communistbacked government opened for business. Mumbai's benchmark index, hit by some of the biggest plunges and
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      Lock icon 'Full sovereignly' plan for Iraqis
      333 21 Agencies But US-UK resolution wants foreign forces to stay UNITED NATIONS The United States and Britain were to present the UN Security Council with the first draft of a resolution on Iraq yesterday. According to US and UN officials, it would call for "full sovereignty"
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      Lock icon GLOBALroundup
      145 21 Reuters Agencies Beijing slams Chen's speech China has decried Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian's inaugural speech as a cloaked address on independence and said Beijing would pay any price to stop him even forfeiting the 2008 Olympics. "Although in his speech, he made no reference to the words 'one country
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      Lock icon Destination Vibrant S'pore
      1050 22  -  Prithpal Singh WHAT ails Singapore's tourism? Even with the best of intentions, the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) cannot be effective on its own. It not only needs the travel trade behind it but, more importantly, the support of other government agencies. Tourism is about creating "wow" experiences
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      RIDING HIGH
      723 24  -  Serene Foo in Paris Rising indie star Jake Gyllenhaal takes on a very wet summer blockbuster IF TOBEY Maguire hadn't recovered from a back injury, Jake Gyllenhaal would have taken the lead in Spider-Man 2. The young actor was director Sam Raimi's first choice after Maguire who almost
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      Four cooks boil the perfect broth
      310 26  -  by wendy cheng THEATRE REVIEW WHAT'S so interesting about four people hammering away with kitchen utensils to make music? Lots, as the South Korean musical Cookin' proves it. At the Suntec Convention Hall last Friday, Cookin' (known as Nanta in Seoul) had the four
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      Six times lucky for Mr I
      144 26  -  Wendy Cheng AT THE age of five, Sarawakborn Ai Chang surprised his mother when he imitated his sister's performance on the piano. From that moment, his love for music grew. But Ai Chang, 22, failed to get his album. Despite being rebuffed five times,
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      311 28  -  Wendy Cheng Reavathi Sinnathamby It's the local Indian stars' turn to shine at Pradhana Vizha 2004 and wendy@newstoday.com.sg LAST Sunday, the night after the International Indian Film Academy awards, our local equivalent took centrestage. The awards presentation, Pradhana Vizha 2004, honours the contributions by talents in the
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      112 28 Sexy summer A free bikini comes with the June issue of Style, out now on the newsstands. This is the first time a Singapore magazine is giving away a bikini as a premium. Style readers have been invited to a beach party at Sentosa on June 12. Highlights
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      390 29  -  Lynette Leong Removing the gall bladder or inserting a stent are two ways of getting rid of those painful attacks NOT everyone who develops gallstones needs to undergo surgery to remove them. In cases when they do, the gall bladder is also removed as
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      501 33 Minnesota raise game after Cassell limps off NBA WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS Minnesota 89 Los Angeles 71 (series tied at 1-1) MINNEAPOLIS Sam Cassell is too quick, too vocal and too important to the Minnesota Timberwolves to be replaced by just one man. So when Cassell's aching back limited
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      562 33 Agencies PRIMERA LIGA Real Madrid 1 Real Sociedad 4 MADRID Real Madrid sacked coach Carlos Queiroz yesterday after a disappointing season and appointed former Spain national coach Jose Antonio Camacho to replace him. Queiroz, the former Manchester United assistant, took charge
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      563 34 Reuters World champion Schumacher missing from the podium, and that's great news for the sport FORMULA 1 Monaco Grand Prix MONACO Renault and Jarno Trulli have given Formula 1 the air it was gasping for by breaking Michael Schumacher's stranglehold. It may
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      186 34 AFP WELLINGTON Midfield back Tana Umaga was yesterday named captain of New Zealand's All Blacks rugby team, the first person of Samoan origin to win the honour. He takes over from Reuben Thorne, All Blacks coach Graham Henry said here. New Zealand-born Umaga, who
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      261 34 -AFP GOLF PGA Colonial FORT WORTH American Steve Flesch (picture) will never forget his 37th birthday. He posted a 3-under-par 67 to capture the US$5 million ($8.6 million) PGA Colonial. Cheered on by his family, Flesch posted a one-shot victory over Chad Campbell on
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      361 36 -AFP TENNIS French Open, first round PARIS Former champion Andre Agassi crashed out of the French Open yesterday. He was humiliated in the first round by French qualifier Jerome Haehnel, ranked 271 st in the world, 6-4, 7-6 (7-4), 6-3. "I never
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      342 36  -  Tan Yo-Hinn DO NOT expect them to win anything. Do not even expect them to pull off any giant-killing acts. Do expect them to get blitzed, instead. The Singapore Sports School will have six of their best table tennis players playing in the
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      488 36 Agencies Portuguese club confirm Monaco clash will be coach's last game CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL Monaco v Porto European Cup for the only time in their history in 1987, and Monaco, who will be playing in the final for the first time, would have been almost unthinkable
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      519 37  -  STANLEY HO Chinese giants could feature in Singapore competition, along with a Malaysian club IF ALL goes well, there could be two new clubs battling it out for the NTUC-Income-Yeo's S-League title soon. Chinese Super League giants Dalian Shide have accepted an invitation to visit
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      241 37  -  Stanley Ho THE Singapore Sports Council's (SSC) deputy chief executive officer Steven Yeo (picture) yesterday moved to quash rumours that he would become the new general secretary of the Football Association of Singapore (FAS). Speculation was rife yesterday that the 42-year-old had accepted the new
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      204 37  -  Tan Yo-Hinn UNITED States-based national swimmers Joscelin Yeo and Nicolette Teo qualified for their second event each for this year's Olympic Games. At the Santa Clara International Meet, Yeo, 24, clocked 2:16.865 ec to finish third in the women's 200 m Individual Medley final. It
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