Today, 6 September 2004

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    13 1 TODAY we set you thinking todayonline.com Monday September 6, 2004 mita (P) 103/07/2004
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    Can civic society ever ACE it here?
    986 1  -  Tor Ching Li NMP Mohan's mission to form an action community for civic society THE message was spelt out very clearly at the start of the year and repeated last month in two key speeches made by the new prime minister Singapore must
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    Nationalism is more dangerous than terrorism
    852 1  -  William Pfaff News Comment PARIS President Vladimir Putin is in grave difficulty because he has refused to acknowledge the real nature of the challenge to his government in Chechnya. The terrible hostage-takings and bombings of recent days are the result of his unwillingness to
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      236 1 a! [ajjF I i^^* r LES BALLETS iprSSfc TROCADERO DE MONTE CARLO A comic ballet by an allmale tfoupe/& -*ai RUSSIAN ROUSERS Russian violinist Denis Goldfeld EMBRACING m INFINITY Get your FREE 16-page arts events guide at MRT stations in the CBD, selected Starbucks and Coffee Bean Tea Leaf outlets,
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Lock icon The school of second chances
      722 2  -  Ng Shing Vi A President's Scholar who lost his award speaks out WHEN they chose him, they broke with tradition. He was not a straight-A student he scored a B in Further Mathematics. But the Public Service Commission (PSC) nonetheless named Jacques Erasmus as one
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      End to the era of politicians
      715 3 N EWSSSBUDSB^ Businessmen, economists must step forward if Indon, M'sia are to consolidate their gains THE release last week of former Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and the forthcoming presidential run-off between Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri and Mr Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono are positive
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      Lock icon PM launches healthy lifestyle campaign
      278 3  -  Tan Hui Leng PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong took time off from the formal affairs of state yesterday morning for a workout A fun, if strenuous, 20 minutes of aerobics and a I.Bkm walk/jog on Sentosa. After leading a crowd of 12,000 people in the
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      Lock icon Mourning Beslan grieves for its children
      399 4 Agencies Russian town begins burying its dead, death toll nears 400 BESLAN (Russia) Tears flowed and cries of mourning echoed in this southern town as grieving relatives and friends buried their loved ones following the tragic ending of Russia's worst hostage crisis. Dozens of
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    • GLOBAL roundup
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        Lock icon Saddam deputy caught
        49 4 AFP Saddam Hussein's former deputy Izzat Ibrahim Al Duri from tne former Iraqi regime has been arrested on the outskirts of Tikrit, an official said yesterday. Izzat was ranked sixth in the United States' deck of cards of the most wanted Iraqi officials issued last year.
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        Lock icon Kashmir talks positive
        44 4 -AFP India and Pakistan's foreign ministers ended their first round of talks yesterday over the disputed region of Kashmir on a positive note, an Indian foreign ministry spokesman said, adding that both sides were resolving to take the peace process forward.
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        DAP's new Sec-Gen
        46 4 Mr Lim Guan Eng, the son of Malaysia's veteran opposition leader Lim Kit Siang, has taken over as secretary-gen-eral of the Democratic Action Party, Malaysiakini reported. Lawyer Karpal Singh meanwhile has been elected as party chairman, the first nonChinese to assume the post.
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      No Anwar deal made: Abdullah
      189 4 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has dismissed widespread speculation that he made a deal with Mr Anwar Ibrahim to free the former Deputy Premier from almost six years in jail. "I don't deal with anybody," the local newspapers yesterday quoted Mr Abdullah
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      Lock icon 3 arrested in Taiwan for spying
      142 4 -AFP TAIPEI Taiwanese officials yesterday said they have uncovered a Chinese espionage ring and arrested three people for spying on the air force's Mirage 2000-5 jet fighters. A Taiwanese businessman who had dealings on the mainland was detained over the weekend after his return
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      Siglap parking dispute is 'no Everitt Rd saga'
      530 6  -  Tan Hui Leng Residents, church clarify 'overblown' controversy IT WAS a high-profile drama that involved lost tempers, parking spaces, the police and a church. Now, a group of Siglap Hill residents and priests have come together in an effort to clear the
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      Lock icon NUS looks to help older woman conceive
      251 6 -Newsßadio 93.8, Channel News Asia FERTILITY experts at the National University of Singapore (NUS) are looking at the possibility of rejuvenating the eggs of older women to increase their chances of getting pregnant Older women face difficulties conceiving due to the quality of
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      105 3 Classes commence in September 2004 Information Communication Technology International Diploma and Advanced BifSnW^ Diploma in Information Technology International Diploma and Advanced VHSSSIS Diploma in Computing \^Jj|p^ r International Diploma and Advanced professional Diploma leading Diploma in Business Computing to Degree completion Engineering Technology I International Diploma and Advanced Diploma in
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      187 4 FIND OUT HOW n* BUSINESSES THRIVE in CHALLENGING TIMES! SHRI FORUM 2004 i 1 Business Effectiveness: I in*° rrs!oO'W# What Companies Really Do DATE > 23 September 2004 (Thursday) VENUE > Grand Copthorne Waterfront Singapore (Ballroom 1) 392 Havelock Road, Singapore *****3 TIME > 9am-spm Opening address by Mr Lim
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      186 4 expertise that empowers Ml entrepreneurs to achieve business success. KJ Corporate P^S Develop Strategic Business Plans ■vw Carry out Organisation Restructuring Exercises W'/M Facilitate Merger or Acquisition Exercises Carry out Feasibility Studies on New Ventures ■VH Develop Performance Management Systems H Financial P'^l Facilitate Sourcing of Capital Venture Funding Set
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      133 7 l i La jMk UaflbkulKa Rafter ISCb L B F/ n v\. ZoeJay V I V- V\^^; s 'V "v VV V "*-0 AAediaCorp Artiste #/l make exercise part of my daily routine." 30 minutes a day. 5 times a week. Start now with these tips Use the stairs instead
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Punish failure, stifle enterprise
      590 8  -  Lee U-Wen Visiting US prof also warns of academic-heavy curriculum SINGAPORE'S aggressive effort in promoting and inculcating the entrepreneurial spirit can be thwarted if two deep-seated problems are not addressed, warns visiting Stanford University Obayashi Professor of Engineering, Emeritus, Professor Haresh Shah. These are the stigma
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    • HOME NEWS/LETTERS
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        Lock icon Dreams take flight for underprivileged children
        209 9  -  Eveline Gan SOME 120 under-privileged children from the MILK (Mainly I Love Kids) Fund were swept off their feet on board Valuair's brand new Airbus VF 320 on Friday. During the one-hour flight of charity, thanks to an anonymous sponsor, the children most of
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        Strikes and no teachers
        372 9 Such instabilities are not worth paying the price of Singapore's fundamentals SINCE Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong delivered his inaugural National Day Rally, some young Singaporeans have expressed scepticism about the promised changes. I was disappointed to read of a young Singaporean complaining that "I want
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      Focus on The Family
      260 10  -  TODAY´s by Dr James Dobson THE ADVICE OF A GOOD MAN Although a mother or father's job is pretty much over when their child leaves home, that doesn't mean the influence has to stop. There are those parents who try to instruct their kids long after
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      Programme promises to reignite interest in Chinese language
      201 10  -  I REFER to your report, "3 schools named for Chinese elite programme" (Sept 4-5). In the past, scholarships and immersion programmes mainly involved schools in North America and Europe. With China's rapid emergence, it is time to widen the range of scholarship
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      Reassessment needed of high-cost public expenditures
      237 10  -  SINGAPOREANS were recently astounded by these three cases of public expenditure: The new Changi Prison Complex comprising four building clusters which will cost taxpayers a whopping $1 billion. The first cluster, which cost $200 million, has just been completed. Is the Ministry of Home
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      Lock icon You get what you pay for
      350 10  -  Much of blame for poor-quality maids attributable to low remuneration READER Bertrand Tan ("Not right to target employers who keep changing maids", Sept 4-5) is outraged at the idea of employers who change their maids frequently facing investigation to determine the reason for their
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      Use countertrade as sweetener
      148 10  -  Dr Tan Jok Tin DR KHOO How San in his commentary, "The battle to rule Singapore's skies" (Aug 31), referred to "sweeteners" which bidders to the Next Fighter Plane Replacement Programme ought to offer. Besides technology transfers and advanced missiles, another sweetener is "offset", a form
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      Look into unmanned aircraft
      70 10  -  Herman Adhiyatma With UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) technology growing rapidly, isn't it probable that in five to ten years, UAVs will play a much more significant role as a pilot-less defence mode and even as attack aircraft. If so, wouldn't it be sensible for Singapore to
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      Dr Khoo How San responds:
      77 10 UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) are already in the inventory of world class air forces, and Singapore's is no exception. Indeed, their potential is still being exploited and, again, I am sure Singapore's defence scientists are hard at work on variants ranging from mini UAVs to
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      Does DNA evidence stay in court files?
      116 10  -  Michael Loh Yik Ming I REFER to the report, "More can serve sentence at home", (Sept 2). We are informed that anyone who is arrested must give a DNA sample. However, the records are destroyed for those who are found not guilty and
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Lock icon Second Indian IPO coming
      530 12  -  Shobha Tsering Bhalla Varun Shipping Co plans to list on the SGX by January BARELY a month after the first Indian company was listed on the Singapore Exchange (SGX), another Indian company is on track to list here within four months. This time, it is one
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    • Market WATCH
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        Lock icon Singapore
        133 12 -AFP Share prices are expected to dip this week on a continued negative response by the technology sector to Intel Corp's downgrade of its third quarter revenue estimates, dealers said on Friday. Last week, the ST Index closed up 20.65 points or 1.1 percent, at 1,936.55. Average daily volume
        -AFP  -  133 words
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 12 US$ 0.587 UK£ 0.3304 Yen 64.8547 HK$ 4.5782 RM 2.2307 Euro 0.4868 Rupiah 5437.04 Baht 24.4056 Peso 32.9263 A$ 0.8491 Indian Rs 27.1764 Won 675.1394 C$ 0.7633 Yuan 4.8586 NZ$ 0.9087 NTS 19.9043
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        Lock icon Commodities
        27 12 SGX, Bloomberg Gold uss/oi 402.500 Silver uss/oi 6.590 Platinum uss/oi 859.400 Information provided by Rubber centsAg 233.5 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1 602 Brent crude uss/barrel 41.23
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      Lock icon Asean seeks FTAs with Australia, New Zealand
      465 13 -AFP Talks to start next year; expected to conclude in two years FIRST it was regional powerhouses Japan and South Korea. Now, Australia and New Zealand are being wooed to ink Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) with the Association of South-east Asian Nations (Asean).
      -AFP; AFP  -  465 words
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      Lock icon Citigroup private banking unit in Japan faces penalty
      404 13 Agencies CITIGROUP'S private banking unit in Japan faces penalties from Japan's banking regulator that may include a halting of operations, according to Bloomberg, which cited the Yomiuri newspaper. The charge is an alleged mishandling of accounts targeting wealthy investors, said the newspaper,
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      Lock icon S Arabia plans $19b development budget
      322 14 -AFP Projected $60b in surplus on windfall oil revenues OIL-RICH Saudi Arabia has earmarked 41 billion riyals ($l9 billion) of its expected budget surplus for development projects, thanks to windfall oil revenues, said Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz. The de facto ruler of
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    • Market BUZZ
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        Cambridge Diet 7-Day Challenge
        112 14 IF YOU missed all the action at Raffles Place last week, it is still not too late to participate. You have till SeptlO to join in. All you have to do is to commit yourself to achieve your target weight and maintain it for good. The
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        Learn skills to grow money
        192 14 JUST worrying about money isn't enough. In today's world or sophisticated financial products, you need to acquire vital money management skills that will help you get, keep and grow your money. But if you have been putting off signing up for a course because of
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  • SAVVY INVESTOR
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      Lock icon Big money looks at M'sia again
      567 15 Dow Jones Mr Anwar's release seen as a catalyst to facilitate the return of foreign investors It's generating a lot of interest. I am getting the first questions from large global fund manage* ment companies asking what to invest in Malaysia and I haven't
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    • Impact
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        Your one-stop shop at the Harbour Front
        582 16  -  Ted Chen Newly-redeveloped centre offers alternative to those seeking respite from crowded Orchard Rd IT IS a well-known fact that Orchard Road is the premier shopping belt of Singapore. And while it is not about to lose its throne soon to its competitors,
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        GRAB BAG
        230 16  -  KBfgßKflßßlififfwfll Tall, dark and intoxicating I IF you were wondering why the front I Eage of your daily newspaper turned I lack recently, the answer lies in I something that's dark, intoxicating and sinfully attractive.^ No, it has nothing to do with devils I (printers' or the netherworld
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        atomz bags international awards again
        281 16  -  Shobha Tsering Bhalla IN A ringing endorsement for Singaporean talent, atomz i! pte ltd, a Singaporean branding and creative consulting agency, has won international awards and listings for the third time from United States-based Creativity Annual Publications (CAP). Mr David E Carter, founder-publisher of the
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      194 15 In the US since 1991. Now open in Singapore. At It's Just Lunch we are the first date experts for successful, busy professionals. With 65 locations worldwide and 13 years of experience, we ease the anxiety level of a first date by scheduling the encounters at high noon, drinks after
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  • WORLD NEWS
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      Lock icon Hurricane Frances hits
      376 17 Agencies 2.8 m evacuated, trees uprooted, power lines cut, and its full fury hasn't even begun MIAMI (Florida) Hurricane Frances wreaked havoc over South Florida yesterday as sheets of rain lashed the peninsula and howling winds knocked out the power supply to 2 million people, uprooted trees
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      Samaritans turned sexual abusers
      155 17 PETALING JAVA A female teenager who accepted an offer of help by several men after losing her belongings in a snatch theft ended up being sexually abused by them instead. The Star reported that the 16-year-old victim had met four men at XL Central after a
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      Lock icon American man breaks own record, staying underwater for 5 days
      266 17 HAMPTON (Tennessee) An American man has broken his own record for staying underwater with scuba gear for five days in a lake. "I had the easy job," Mr Jerry Hall told AP. "It was my dive team that did all
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      Lock icon Thais' costly belief in the lottery
      217 17 -AFP BANGKOK Thailand's staterun lottery has "intoxicated" the public and caused billions of dollars in losses due to lost productivity by people hoping to strike it rich, according to a study published yesterday. Academics at a Bangkok seminar released the results of a study
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      Lock icon 7 thrown off ship after mutiny
      150 17 AFP JAKARTA Myanmarese crewmen threw seven Thai sailors into the sea during a mutiny aboard an Indonesianoperated fishing vessel, the navy said yesterday. Navy personnel who boarded the Chum Pol Naval--30 south of Ambon island in eastern Indonesia early Sunday found seven Thai crewmen
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        Lock icon Australia gets $35m anti-paedophile boost
        52 17 AFP Australian Prime Minister John Howard yesterday vowed to crack down on child pornography on the Internet. He said federal police would be given an extra As3o million ($35.3 million) to establish three specialist teams to prosecute paedophile networks and those responsible for online child
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        Lock icon Man survives fall only to kill a woman with it
        69 17 -AFP A Taiwanese man survived a suicide bid when he jumped off a 23-storey building in southern Tainan city, but killed a woman motorist when he landed on her car beneath, TVBS cable news network said yesterday. The man, identified
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        Lock icon German army getting weighed down
        59 17 -AFP The German army has discovered that more and more of its rank-and-file soldiers are unable to keep up the pace because they are too rat, according to the Der Spiegel magazine. Army doctor Admiral Karsten Ocker has told Der Spiegel that he feared Germany
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  • COMMENTARY
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      Lock icon Giants to profit from Nat Steel's sale
      764 18  -  Shobha Tsering Bhalla But unless small shareholders get a special dividend, they may not benefit from such an asset sale MINORITY shareholders of Nat Steel are anxious to know what they will gain from the sale of Nat Steel's steel business to India's
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    • SUCCEED
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        Find joy in the intangibles
        807 19  -  Ng Shing Vi Success is leading a life filled with good relationships, says Constance Singam IF you tick off the attributes of most successful people, chances are you'll find persistence on the list There are those whose doggedness has put them at the top of
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        Lock icon Carving a successful career in the ad industry
        518 20  -  Cathleen Tung Bigwigs from McCann Erickson will show you the way Participants at the seminar can find out more about matters such as the organisational structure of an advertising agency, the role of branding, the importance of persuasion and creativity, and strategies
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        Is capitalism democratic?
        662 21  -  ith John Bittleston CAPITAL, SOCIETY AND BEHAVIOUR Managing capital in society is a difficult balancing act but it must be done THAT was a little rough last week, wasn't it? You think it was an exaggeration? I don't think so. I heard a forecast the other day
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      84 19 the business of Learning MRS CONSTANCE SINGAM will speak on "Life as an adventure" on Sept 1 6 at 7pm at the Singapore Council of Women's Organisations (SCWO) Centre on Waterloo Street. Her talk is part of the "Conversations with Uncommon Women" series, jointly organised by the SCWO jfffJßl^^^^B and
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      Another Pulp hit for Travolta?
      118 22 VENICE Pulp Fiction, the prequel? John Travolta, who Elayed hit man Vincent Vega in director Quentin Tarantino's lood-drenched 1 994 film, said Tarantino has been considering another episode of the drama. "Every six months he calls me to talk about a project on the story
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      Lock icon A new chapter for the little bookstore that could
      897 22  -  Yong Shu Chiang Select Books, a near-institution in itself, has changed hands after 28 years LENA Lim U Wen paused to consider the letters of tribute that have been pouring in about the little bookstore that could. Visibly moved, the 67-year-old
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      Tutu, frocks and all!
      461 24  -  David Chew The elegantTrocks glide into town and ask, how could they not be popular? MEN in drag, prancing around on stage as swans and princesses may be a hoot, but try to do what they do pointes for example and you may soon think more
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      Lock icon Fancy having Vincent Ng as your wushu sifu?
      396 24  -  Eveline Gan "BU YAO la! (Don't want, lah!)," MediaCorp artiste Vincent Ng (picture) protested in Mandarin when Today asked him to pose topless for a photo shoot A few minutes later, despite the photographer's heartfelt pleas, Vincent again politely declined to take
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      232 24  -  David Chew THE late Ong Teng Cheong was a firm supporter of young musicians, and since last year, the centrepiece of the Esplanade's annual Music Box Festival has been a concert aimed at honouring his legacy. Music Box Festival, launched in 2000 by
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        126 25 -AFP LONDON Prince Harry (picture), third in line to the British throne and the youngest son of the late Princess Diana, has made a documentary film about the plight of the Aids-stricken nation of Lesotho, a royal spokeswoman said. During eight weeks in the impoverished southern African
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      543 30  -  JOSE RAYMOND jose@newstoday.com.sg THE smile on Itimi Dickson's face after he received a unanimous vote for the man of the match award, following Singapore's 2-0 victory against Indonesia on Saturday, told the story. The winger had just completed his first match for his adopted nation at
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      Singapore eager to restore pride and forget a nightmare
      479 30  -  Jose Raymond PRE-WORLD CUP QUALIFIER Asian Zone, Group 3: Singapore v Oman FOR national coach Radojko Avramovic, it was a nightmare. When the Pre-World Cup qualifier against Oman ended on June 9 in Muscat, the Scoreboard read: Oman 7 Singapore 0.
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      319 31 ALMOST single-handedly, Bader Mubarak destroyed Singapore's World Cup dreams. In June, Oman hammered the Lions 7-0 in the Asian Zone World Cup Group 3 qualifier in Muscat, with the rising star netting four goals including a hat-trick of free-kicks past hapless Singapore goalkeeper Hassan Sunny.
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      310 31  -  Alvin Chua THERE was a lot of kicking at Far East Plaza on Saturday. Close to 1,000 kicks were taken in fact, as fans vied for prizes and the honour of being the hardest shot around at the Yeo's H-Two-0 Powerkick Challenge. The event
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      152 31 Singapore v Oman Jalan Besar Stadium Wednesday, 7.30pm SINGAPORE Probable line-up: Hassan Sunny, Aide Iskandar, Baihakki Khaizan, S Subramani, Daniel Bennett, Goh Tat Chuan, Shahril Ishak, Syed Mohammad Fadhil, Itimi Dickson, Indra Sahdan Daud, Noh Alam Shah OMAN Probable line-up: Badr Juma Subait, Hassan Yousuf, Ahmed Hadid,
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      169 31 THE 2004 NTUC Income-Yeo's S-League will take a short break due to the on-going Asian Zone World Cup qualifiers. The League will return next week on Sep 14, when Woodlands Wellington host the Young Lions at Woodlands Stadium. That fixture will be followed
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      489 32  -  ALVIN CHUA I played in Holland with EHC Norad in 2000 and it was a good experience to play abroad If I had an offer from an S-League team, I would definitely discuss it. Indonesian striker Bambang (jersey No 20) In-form Indonesian striker keen on overseas
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      94 32 SINGAPORE'S recently formed national under-21 team are set to play their first friendlies this month. Coached by former Lions legend Fandi Ahmad, an under-21 invitational side will meet visiting Indonesian club side Pekanbaru on Sep 12, before facing Qatar's under-20 outift on Sep 17. The
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      178 33 -AFP MADRID Big-spenders Real Madrid have not given up on Liverpool midfielder Steven Gerrard (picture) and have made buying him their priority for next year according to sports daily As. "Gerrard is the target for Real," headlined the paper yesterday, saying that the
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      103 33 AFP LONDON A Premiership footballer on loan to a Championship side has been arrested in connection with allegations of a sexual assault in a south-east London suburb. Arsenal goalkeeper Graham Stack, 22, was held over an alleged attack on a woman in Beckenham in
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      607 33 Agencies Ex-England coach confirms talks with Magpies LONDON Terry Venables is involved in discussions for a possible move to take over as Newcastle manager and has publicly admitted he wants the job. The former England, Tottenham and Barcelona coach has been out of football since a
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      395 34 AP TENNIS US Open NEW YORK Maria Sharapova (picture) and her father often trade glances between points. In the stands, Dad pounds his fist on his chest, and she mimics the signal. It represents a simple message "Play with heart!"
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      287 34 Agencies PARIS They had a new squad, but France lacked ideas as they were held to a 0-0 draw by jinx team Israel in their first World Cup qualifier for more than 10 years at the Stade de France on Saturday night (yesterday morning, Singapore
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      615 35 GETTY IMAGES Thanks to James, Eriksson faces tough battle to keep job WORLD CUP QUALIFIER Austria 2 England 2 VIENNA Sven-Goran Eriksson might have saved his 15-match unbeaten record in qualifying fixtures as England manager, but he could lose so much more. If the Swede's job
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      174 35 VIENNA England goalkeeper David James has accepted the blame for Austria's second goal in the 2-2 World Cup qualifying draw, reported BBC Sport Online. James allowed Andreas Ivanschitz' shot to slip straight through him as Austria hit back from 2-0 down in Vienna
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      177 35 European zone Group 1: Finland 3 Andorra 0, Romania 2 Macedonia 1 Group 2: Turkey 1 Georgia 1, Denmark 1 Ukraine 1, Albania 2 Greece 1 Group 3: Estonia 4 Luxembourg 0, Russia 1 Slovakia 1, Latvia 0 Portugal 2, Group 4: France 0 Israel
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      414 35 AP GOLF PGA Deutsche Bank C'ship NORTON, Massachusetts Forget football's World Cup qualifiers and US Open tennis: The best battle for No 1 is taking place on a golf course outside of Boston. Vijay Singh the No 2 golfer in the
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