Today, 28 August 2004

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    14 1 TODAY August 28 29 2004 mita (P) 105/07/2004 we set you thinking todayonline.com I
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    Lock icon HOMES OF FEAR
    1079 1  -  Lee U-Wen Spousal violence and the Singapore woman THEY were so much in love that the opposition from her family did not matter. She found him humble and sincere, and she felt for him because he had been treated badly by his parents. When they got married,
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  • NEWS
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      Lock icon Women 'lose faith', put off marriage
      178 2 Agencies MANY of Asia's increasingly well-edu-cated women are choosing to stay single in pursuit of their careers, while some have simply "lost faith" in marriages, an academic said yesterday. "The number of unmarried women in their 30s and 40s (in Asia) is skyrocketing," Mr
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      Lock icon Still no EPL telecast
      384 3  -  Stanley Ho HOPE seems to be fading for the Singapore football fan. Despite negotiations that continued into the night on Friday, local cable television operator Star Hub Cable TV and sports broadcaster ESPN Star Sports (ESS) failed to reach a deal to screen live English Premier
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      Ban on M'sian poultry till Sept 10 at least
      340 3  -  Lee U-Wen THE ban on poultry or egg imports from Malaysia will last until Sept 10 at least That is the calculation of the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA), which is looking to get an all-clear signal from Kelantan before making
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      A peek into life as SM
      551 4  -  Lee Ching Wern Mr Goh on his role in foreign relations and continuing work ahead TWO weeks after relinquishing the position of Prime Minister, Mr Goh Chok Tong yesterday gave a glimpse into his scope of work as Senior Minister. Speaking at the Marine
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      When terror is inevitable ...
      449 6  - When terror is inevitable Derrick A Paulo DPMTan says Govt to hold security dialogue with public, businesses DEPUTY Prime Minister Tony Tan is a worried man because of what he knows about the terrorist threat "It worries me from time to time that, in my work, I am aware of
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    • Article
      Consumer price index for lowest income group rises 2.2%
      275 6 POORER households are feeling the effects of a recovering economy but not the way they would like. During the first half of this year, the consumer price index (CPI) rose 2.2 per cent for the lowest income group over the same
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      Arriving soon: Multilingual signs at MRT stations
      99 6  -  Tor Ching Li Before the end of next year, station names, like the one shown above, will be displayed in Chinese, Malay and Tamil also on signboards at all MRT stations. The Land Transport Authority (LTAj is converting some 5,000 station signs to
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      Lock icon Russia blames terrorists for one plane crash as traces of explosives found
      365 6 Agencies MOSCOW Russian investigators have finally blamed terrorists for at least one of the two plane crashes that killed 89 people this week, amid claims of responsibility by an Islamic group that hailed them as a first strike
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      Manager quizzed over about-turns
      526 8  -  Raymond Andrew Nishimatsu construction manager withdraws two statements made during his time on the stand A NISHIMATSU construction manager spent his second day on the stand at the Nicoll Highway Collapse inquiry trying to downplay the significance of what the Land Transport Authority (LTA) said had
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      Group created to assist foreign workers registers as society, widens scope
      242 8  -  Ng Shing Vi LAST year it was a group of concerned individuals who, outraged at the horrible treatment of some foreign domestic workers in Singapore, came together to seek improved conditions for them. Now TWC2 has taken formal shape
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      Lock icon Muis alters Hota ruling
      51 8 Newsßadio 93.8 The Islamic Religious Council of Singapore (Muis) has waived the requirement for any Muslim who wants to pledge his organ for transplantation to get written consent from his paternal next-of-kin. What is needed now are the signatures of two male Muslim adults acting as
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      Honoured for dedication to disabled kids
      251 8  -  Lee U-Wen HE puts in 14-hour days as a university lecturer and performs 20 operations a month as an orthopaedic surgeon. But Professor Lee Eng Hin (picture) always makes time for the love of his life children. Not just his own, but hundreds of
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  • HOW TO GROW YOUR MONEY
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      Lock icon Are you adequately insured?
      832 9 If not, an unexpected illness or accident may wipe you out financially IN HIS National Day Rally speech, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong slaughtered quite a few sacred cows, and gave glimpses of other upcoming changes. One major area being revamped is MediShield, a medical insurance
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      Ask OCBC.
      355 9 Ql am currently 32 years old, with two daughters aged three and five respectively. My wife and I put $500 into a savings account every month to meet their future education expenses. The returns from savings deposits are currently very low and we are looking for other vehicles
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  • HUMOUR
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      If S'pore wants an Olympic medal ...
      781 10  - If S'pore wants an Olympic medal Neil Humphreys SHOUT! (And hide in the bathroom) SINGAPOREANS will never win an Olympic medal until they learn to grunt like two mating gorillas. Sporting excellence is not about talent, training, technique or the taxpayer's dollars that pay for all of that it is
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      Is it time to stop following the EPL?
      324 12  -  Mark Mirosevic-Sorgo Consumers on the losing end of this price war THE disagreement between ESPN StarSports and Star Hub over the live telecast of the English Premier League (EPL) brings back memories of what happened in the United Kingdom in the late
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      Make it worthwhile for us to leave a will
      240 12  -  Leong Sze Hian THE Public Trustee provides a service to people who die intestate (that is without a will), by administering their estate for a fee of about 2.4 to 6 per cent on the value of the estate. This is
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      Singles left out in PM's speech
      243 12  -  Anne Xavier I AM one of those who enjoyed our new PM's maiden National Day Rally speech. As expected, there were many goodies for civil servants and families, old folks living with their children, etc. But, I noticed there was nothing in it for
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      No choice but to work overseas
      187 12  -  Riley Leong I READ with some happiness what Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said in his first National Day Rally. I'm a 24-year-old working in the United Kingdom. I came here last September on a working holiday visa. I couldn't find work in Singapore
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      Extend child reliefs to PRs, too
      203 12  -  Terence Ng MY WIFE and I have been here for over 10 years and we have made Singapore our home by becoming permanent residents. We have two children, both born in Singapore and PRs too, and we are considering having more. However, the schemes
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  • BUSINESS
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      i-POP for your Singapore idol
      752 14  -  Tor Ching Li MAKE your views known, engage, vote. No, we are not about talking politics here, but the "live" SMS voting system for Mediacorp's Singapore Idol reality show on Thursdays. According to i-POP Networks, the service provider behind this "text-to-TV" (or "TXT-2-TV" in SMS
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      Lock icon CORPORATEbriefs
      314 14 Dow Jones Silk Air will take delivery of its eleventh aircraft from Airbus Industries on Sept 1. This will bring to seven the number of Airbus A32os in Silk Air's fleet, which also has four A3l 9s. Silk Air aims to use the new plane to increase the number
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    • Article
      Q3 GDP to grow by 7.8%: MAS poll
      348 16  -  Jaime Koh Jobless rate forecast to fall to 4.3% from 4.5% FOLLOWING the sterling performance of the economy in the first half of the year, economists are upbeat about growth prospects for the rest of the year. According to the latest quarterly
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      CapitaLand to invest $308m in HK Reit
      207 16  -  Dow Jones CAPITALAND will invest US$lBO million ($3OB million) in a Hong Kong real estate investment trust (Reit). The property developer said on Friday that it had been appointed a "strategic partner" by The Link Management, which is to manage a Reit formed
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    • MarketWATCH
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        ST Index — 1,915.90 -3.20
        4 16 ST Index 1,915.90 -3.20
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        Singapore
        215 16 SHARES closed lower on Friday on profit-taking ahead of the weekend, dealers said. The ST Index fell 3.20 points, or 0.16 per cent, to 1,915.90. On the broad market, losers outnumbered gainers 182 to 128. Traded volume was low, totalling 405.7 million shares worth $437.5 million, down from 590.1
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        SGX most active
        57 16 By volume Close Change 'OOO Meghmani SDS China Paper SingTel Otiraya StarCrusUSS Progen Chartered MMI DMXTech Kl Ventur 0.305 0.330 2.260 0.750 0.265 0.190 1.110 0.320 1.010 0.290 +0.010 +0.030 +0.035 +0.025 +0.010 -0.020 +0.025 -0.005 +3.1 +1.3 +4.9 +10.4 +5.6 -1.8 +2.5 -1.7 23,070 21,148 15,920
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        SGX top rises
        71 16 iy$ Close Change (epCorp 7.450 +0.200 KBC4.59SNCPS 100 102.900 +0.200 lmlekW*****0 0.905 +0.105 fukil Sem 13.200 +0.100 )BSBk6% NCPS10 109.000 +0.100 SPBal 3.380 +0.100 ilA 11.100 +0.100 Vmtek 1.230 +0.080 (obinson 6.150 +0.050 .ingTel 10 2.260 +0.050 By percentage L&M Close Change 0.010 +100.0 Gales 0.135 +17.4
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        SGX top falls
        77 16 )y$ Close Change )BS 15.700 -0.200 :iTYDEV 6.200 -0.100 ISH 500USS 5.500 -0.100 XBC 13.200 -0.100 DUE 7.250 -0.100 ShanghaiAC 2k HKS :iTYDEVW*****0 0.500 3.720 -0.100 -0.080 iPH 4.280 -0.060 >p Land 4.360 -0.060 )y percentage El Nets Close 0.010 Change -33.3 (LWW*****6 0.030 -25.0 !BR 0.020
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        World markets
        59 16 Index Value Change Nikkei 225 Hang Seng Ordinaries laiwan Wtd 11,209.59 12,818.42 3,568.70 5,797.71 Pis +80.26 +34.03 +30.80 -15.68 +0.72 +0.27 +0.87 -0.27 Korea Comp KLCI 810.3 821.49 +0.09 +2.96 +0.01 +0.36 SET Index lakarta Comp 620.12 746.76 +3.05 +11.50 +0.49 +1.56 Phils Comp Shenzhen B 1,582.04 216.47
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        Lock icon Commodities
        25 16 'SGX, Gold uss/oi 409.90 Silver uss/oi 6.735 Platinum uss/oi 866.50 Rubber centsAg 211.50 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1,552.5 Brent crude uss/barrel 40.81 Information provided by
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        Lock icon Your S$1 buys
        37 16 Bloomberg US$ 0.5848 UK£ 0.3247 Yen 64.015 HK$ 4.5626 RM 2.2225 Euro 0.4835 Rupiah 5,455.9 Baht 24.336 Peso 32.852 A$ 0.8268 Indian Rs 27.086 Won 673.57 C$ 0.7646 Yuan 4.8399 NZ$ 0.8913 NTS 19.919
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      Lock icon INSTANT SUCCESS
      723 17 THE Gen.2, Proton's first model to be entirely designed and developed inhouse, is already proving to be a massive hit in Singapore. Proton Singapore has filled its books with well over 100 orders for the stylish five-door hatchback, barely two weeks after it was officially launched here. This
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    • PROPERTY
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        A 'designer' flat in the heartlands
        579 18  -  Shobha Tsering Bhalla WingTai banks on its upmarket branding as it launches the Kovan Melody condo project SETTING a new standard in the upgrader condominium market, Wing Tai is launching its Kovan Melody condominium project next month with designs and fittings that are reminiscent
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        hot property
        191 18  -  Knight Frank. Ted Chen Selling price: $550,000 Condo for the price of an HDB flat IT is hard to believe but this freehold, 1,5505q ft apartment, with its add-on facilities, costs about as much as a Housing Development Board executive flat. Situated off Pasir Panjang Road, the West
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        STRONG SALES PITCH
        437 19  -  Ted Chen Only the best agents will suffice for realtor Louis Yeap BUNGEE jumping off a cliff to sell a house. That could be one of many unusual measures that property agents might take to sell a property in today's competitive market In reality, only the most
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        Penthouse on a hill for $1.2 million
        213 19  -  Ted Chen PERCHED on a hill off Pasir Panjang Road, this three-plus-one-plus-one penthouse apartment at The Palisades is on sale for $1.22 million. The freehold apartment, which covers a generous built-in area of 2,700 sq ft, also sports a l.OOOsq ft rooftop garden.
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        inside out
        665 20  -  Cindy Tong ELECTRIC BUYS Slinky curves, vibrant colours and cool shades of silver are features to look out for when shopping for home appliances NO LONGER characterised by box-like designs and boring neutral shades, common home electrical appliances such as a television set or refrigerator are now getting
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    • GADGET
      • SHOPPING GUIDE
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          Toshiba Satellite P20
          98 28 THE flashy red and silver Toshiba Satellite P2O series is a full-fledged mobile multimedia platform that delivers a hearty mix of video, audio and PC capabilities ir one unit. It features ai Intel Pentium 4 processor with hyper-threading technology, integrated Wi-Fi connectivity, Nvidia's GeForce FX G***** graphics,
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          Kodak Easyshare CX7330
          105 28 KODAK'S latest point-and-shoot consumer digital camera, the Easyshare CX7330, is equipped with threemegapixel resolution and 3x optical Kodak Retinar aspheric all-glass zoom lens, all for $399. Other useful functions include 3.3 x advanced digital zoom, multi-zone auto focus, autorotation and 16MB of internal memory. A press of
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          Pioneer DVR-A08XL DVD Writer
          94 28 PIONEER has unveiled its first multiple-format DVD writer with the fastest write speeds available. The DVR-AOBXL is two times faster than previous-generation drives, writing at 1 6x speeds on DVD±R discs with the option of 4x write speed on double layer media. The writer includes noise
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          Philips All Speed DVD+R Disc
          61 28 TO complement your Pioneer drive, try Philips Electronics' All Speed DVD+R blank medium. You can use this single disc at all recording speeds from real-time 1 x video recording speed to the maximum achievable 16x speeds. A 16x DVD drive writes a 4.7G8 DVD+R disc
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        THE ZEN-ITH OF PORTABLE MEDIA
        496 28  -  Tor Ching Li Creative packs best of audio and video in one cool package FINALLY, the sleek, cool and black Creative Zen Portable Media Centre (PMC) is here. After hyping up the American market since clinching the "Best of CES (Consumer Electronics Show)" award in
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        HOT BUYS !
        243 28 HOT BUYS Grab some great audio player deals at Comex 2004 this weekend. River's H300 series boasts a 260,000-colour two-inch TFT LCD that functions as a text viewer for lyrics or I e-books and an image viewer for JPEG or BMP files. The 1 83g jukebox supports file formats such
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        Tell the time and chit-chat with this digital walkie-talkie wrist watch
        236 30  -  Ariel Tarn REMEMBER those spy movies where agents could mumble into their wrist watches to ask for assistance, provide information or flirt with their female assistants? Well, no longer just a Hollywood dream, a walkie-talkie in the form of
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        TECH COUTURE
        353 30 Philippe Starck dresses up Microsoft's latest mouse MICROSOFT has teamed up with renowned designer Philippe Starck to produce an eye-catching optical mouse that marries performance and art. The Optical Mouse by S+ARCK features a sleek shape and an attractive, shimmering finish. The buttons are separated by a distinct
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    • CAR
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        Style & Substance
        661 42  - Style Substance Sheldon Trollope The new A 6 marks a bold step forward for Audi and it is now well-equipped to challenge its German rivals WHEN the world's press first drove Audi's latest executive saloon five months ago, the car was available only with a choice of 3.2-litre and 2.4-litre
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        Mitsubishi Pajero aims to be a large status symbol
        287 42 IF BIGGER is indeed better, the Mitsubishi Pajero should rank up there with the best of them, which of course helps the cause of raising your profile literally. At 1.85 m tall, Mitsubishi's leviathan dwarfs almost anything that can be driven
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        news tracks
        430 43  -  Colin Yong Ferrari set to stun in Paris THE Ferrari F430 may be the Italian brand's new entry-level model, but it will accelerate from 0 to lOOkmh in four seconds flat, half a second quicker than the 360 Modena it replaces. At 315kmh, its top speed is also
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon PARTY time
      992 22  -  Li Yong Van Handsome rewards for China's golden medallists in Athens BEIJING "I owe my Olympic gold medal to my parents, my coach and, above all, to the wise leadership of the Republican Party and President Bush." Can anybody imagine such a remark from an American athlete speaking
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      Lock icon Waste bananas may soon power some Aussie homes
      197 24 AFP SYDNEY Australian scientists are now looking at bananas as a source of renewable energy after they successfully created an electricity generator fuelled by tonnes of the decomposing fruit. University of Queensland engineering lecturer Bill Clarke came up with the unusual power
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      Lock icon Bitter fighting in Najaf ends
      308 24 Agencies Iraq's top Shia leader brokers deal between interim govt and rebels NAJAF (Iraq) Over three weeks of bitter fighting in the holy city of Najaf came to an end on Friday after Iraq's top Shia leader, Grand Ayatollah Ali Al Sistani, brokered a deal
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    • GLOBALroundup
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        Ted Kennedy's nephew faces new rape accusation
        62 24 William Kennedy Smith, nephew of Massachusetts Senator Edward Kennedy, has been accused by a former personal assistant of raping her in 1 999 in his apartment in Chicago, The Independent said yesterday. Mr Smith, who has denied the allegations, was acquitted in 1991
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        Lock icon Wife of N Korea's leader believed to be dead
        55 24 AFP Ko Yong-Hui, believed to be the wife of North Korea's leader Kirn Jong-11, has died after a long battle with breast cancer, South Korea's Chosun daily reported yesterday. The 52-year-old former dancer apparently died after returning home from Paris where
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        Lock icon Kerry wants end to unfair credit card lendings
        63 24 Reuters United States Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry yesterday proposed cracking down on unfair credit card lending practices that he says hefped Americans pile up record levels of charge card debt. He said there should be federal laws and regulations to stop
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  • REFLECTIONS
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      iSAY DO YOU HAVE THE TIME?
      587 26 I FEEL guilty every time I read about the need to have more babies in Singapore. It's not that I am ready to procreate but refuse to do so because of various constraints. I am just 14 years old and have a long way
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      singaporeseen
      86 26 Hot, tossed buns They may look like garbage but these buns thrown under a tree catch the morning light and provide form and structure to a beautiful photograph. Photographer CHUA CHYETECK,30,isa visual artist living in Hougang. CALLING ALL SHUTTERBUGS: Email us an interesting picture you have taken in Singapore
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      618 32  -  David Chew HAJw Kureishi loves challenging taboos. And film, theatre and literary critics love him for it. In the early 1980s, the British writer penned the screenplay for My Beautiful Laundrette, to prevent himself from going mad from feeling lonely and isolated. The film, directed by Stephen Frears
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      250 33 WHEN Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong mentioned at the recent National Day Rally speech that he saw some youngsters using chalk to draw pictures on the pavement at the Esplanade Theatres on the Bay and thought to himself
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      108 49 Reuters LONDON Millwall's first-ever opponents in European football will be Hungarian outfit Ferencvaros. The English Championship side from south-east London will play Ferencvaros in the Uefa Cup first round, which sees Rangers taking on Maritimo of Portugal. Newcastle United, who are facing internal
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      254 52 \A. CLJ.IVJ. 11, 11UO11 I, I-/V-' Agencies ATHENS American Shawn Crawford ignored the boos, smiled ruefully, put his head down and came away with an Olympic gold medal. The ice-cool sprinter won the men's 200 m final on Thursday
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      464 53 Reuters ATHENS Twelve years ago in Barcelona, Pyambuu Tuul staggered towards the Olympic stadium determined to finish what he had started. The last athlete competing at the 1992 Games, the Mongolian marathon runner was long overdue and he was cheated of
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      659 55 AFP [OLYMPICS Athletics 400 m hurdles final ATHENS Felix Sanchez might go down in the history books as the Dominican Republic's greatest ever export after his win in the Olympic Games 400 m hurdles on Thursday (Friday morning, Singapore
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