Today, 29 September 2004, Afternoon Edition

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    13 1 TODAY we set you thinking todayonline.com Wednesday September 29, 2004 MITA (P) 103/07/2004
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    Lock icon Stocks higher, oil stable
    93 1 AFP NEW YORK Buyers swooped in during the final hours of trade yesterday, emboldened by relative stability in crude prices despite a new closing high. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rallied 88.86 points to 10,077.40, the Nasdaq Composite Index advanced 9.99 points to 1,869.87 and the
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    Lock icon Militants free 10 hostages in 24 hrs
    251 1 -AFP Two French reporters may also be released: Emissary BAGHDAD Two women Italian aid workers kidnapped in Baghdad three weeks ago were released yesterday along with two Iraqi colleagues, making at least 10 the number of people freed in 24 hours, including employees
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    Lock icon Taipei scrambles to contain damage
    438 1  -  Derrick A Paulo I AFP. JUST AS the diplomatic flap over Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's visit to Taiwan dies down, Singapore has been drawn into another cross-straits row. Comments by Taiwan Foreign Minister Mark Chen that Singapore is no bigger than "a piece of
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  • hot news
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      Ban on M'sian poultry partially lifted
      593 2  -  Tan Hui Leng Satisfied with safety steps, AVA approves import of eggs, fowl from some Johor, Melaka farms PEOPLE in the egg and poultry trade on both sides of the Causeway heaved a sigh of relief yesterday as the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of
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      Lock icon Blair refuses to apologise
      195 2 AFP I BRIGHTON (England) Prime Minister Tony Blair refused to apologise yesterday for the Iraq war, as he linked the future of Iraq to Britain's national security. "I can't, sincerely at least, apologise for removing Saddam. The world is a better place with Saddam in prison,
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      Lock icon Divisive politics to the fore
      879 3  -  Teo Hwee Nak US voters grope in the dark as real issues get lost in a maze of political triviality |\IEWS£S!S!S£fiL. FOR A country that takes pride in its democratic precepts which it zealously tries to impart and export to "lesser" nations the most bizarre
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      197 2 Make every day count. This September, just spend 7 days in a row and get 8x the Rewards points*, guaranteed. On top of great deals at over 500 outlets in Singapore, you'll go farther with these exclusive offers*: 5% rebate on top of station discounts at Current booking fee for
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      Combat survival lesson should not have taken place
      509 4  -  Lee Ching Wern HEARING ON NSMANS DROWNING^ No taps in Kampung Permatang for instructors to spray water at trainees chingwern@newstoday.com.sg THE combat survival training session that killed 19-year-old full-time NS-man Hu Enhuai should not have been conducted in the first place. Yesterday,
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      Lock icon MediaCorp stars in cancer charity show
      143 4  -  Jeanine Tan WHEN it comes to charity shows, it's never a case of one too many. This Sunday, the Singapore Cancer Society's (SCS) inaugural Cancer Charity Show 2004 will be telecast live on MediaCorp TV Channel 8 at 7pm. MediaCorp celebrities such as Tay
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      SMEs must restructure wages now: MOM
      350 4  -  Tor Ching Li SINCE the National Tripartite Conference held in January to kick-start a more flexible wage system in Singapore, the overall uptake of at least one key wage recommendation in the private sector is now estimated to be at least 63 per cent
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      HDB focuses on owners' bugbears
      648 6  -  Tor Ching Li Orientation of new flats, falling concrete and ceiling leaks to be addressed chingli@newstoday.com.sg NEW guidelines will improve the quality of Housing Development Board (HDB) flats being built in Singapore, said its CEO Niam Chiang Meng yesterday. Speaking at the release of HDB's
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      Lock icon Singapore Discovery Centre to turn into an edutainment attraction
      320 8  -  Lee U-Wen THAT uniquely Singaporean habit of using tissue packages to reserve seats at hawker centres will just be one of the social quirks to be enshrined in a revamped showcase of the Singapore identity. To rebrand itself and boost falling
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      Tough task, but they are here to stay
      587 8  -  Lee U-Wen Special schools' challenges make it worthwhile for teachers u-wen@newstoday.com.sg THE Rainbow Centre which runs two special schools that handle autistic children had a two-year waiting list so long that it stopped adding to it six months ago with no plans
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      Lock icon US to now fingerprint visitors from S'pore, 26 other nations
      163 8 -AP FROM Thursday, Singaporeans will be among the foreign visitors from 27 more countries to be fingerprinted and photographed when they enter the United States. Until now, the citizens of 22 European countries such as England and France, along with
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      CordLife expands operations
      175 8  -  Tan Hut Leng TISSUE bank Cord Life expanded operations at the Camden Medical Centre yesterday, with a new $1.7-million tissue processing and storage laboratory. The company is a subsidiary of CyGenics Ltd, which is listed on the Australian Stock Exchange. The 1,300-sqft facility is cus-tom-designed to meet
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        Lock icon Five Power exercise here
        45 8 Newsßadio 93.8 Over 400 soldiers from the countries under the Five Power Defence Arrangement (FPDA) Singapore, Australia, Malaysia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom are holding a 14-day combined exercise codenamed Suman Warrior here, to enhance the inter-operability of the armies.
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        HDB to suspend sale of Bukit Panjang flats
        50 8 The HDB will temporarily suspend the sale of flats in Bukit Panjang town under the Walk-in Selection exercise from Friday. This is to allow the board to take stock of the balance flats and to include some flats made available for sale.
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        Lock icon 5-day week for Iras
        49 8 Newsßadio 93.8 The Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore will operate on a five-day work week starting next Monday. Counter and helpline services at its Taxpayer Services Centre will be open on Saturdays, but instead of closing at spm, these services will stop at 1 pm.
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        Lock icon LTA, Traffic Police to crack down on motorised bikes
        42 8 CNA The Land Transport Authority and the Traffic Police are expected to crack down on motorised bikes with new rules This comes after some elderly people were injured in accidents with such bikes.-
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      Making windows safer
      687 9 Retrofit aluminium casement windows with stainless steel rivets by September 30 next year SCHOOL TEACHERS, Mr and Mrs Peter Lee, heard an unfamiliar squeak when they did some spring-cleaning last month. "Usually our maid does the cleaning. But she was back home visiting her family so we
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      Be a responsible resident, don't endanger lives
      208 9 FOR everyone's safety, be a responsible resident. Make sure that you do not place any object in a manner that may endanger others. And never throw anything down from your flat. Do not place any item on the ledges of i i ii
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      26 9 24-hour Home Link: 1800-*****60 C7r\ HOUSING Branch Office Service Line: 1800-*****32 4> DEVELOPMENT HDB InfoWEB: www.hdb.gov.sg j^fc© m L^JJBOARD Teletext, Channel News Asia: pp 670 .„«,„>,„,»„* f'riZZZ""
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  • world news
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      Lock icon Bird flu: Woman's death causes alarm
      411 10 Agencies She probably caught the illness from her daughter BANGKOK Thai authorities yesterday announced that a local woman who died from bird flu probably caught the illness from her sick daughter, raising the alarming possibility of human-to-human transmission of the disease. Ms Prance Thongchan,
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        Lock icon Three out of four dogs prefer the Bush brand
        64 10 AFP Enterprising merchandisers in the United States are giving voters the chance to feed their dogs with snacks bearing the images of President George Bush and Senator John Kerry. One snack maker said three out of four dogs have chosen to
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        Lock icon $3.4-million parting gift from Megawati
        66 10 AP Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri has signed a decree allowing heads of state to spend more than US$2 million ($3.4 million) of government funds on houses when they step down, the Jakarta Post reported yesterday. Ms Megawati is set to be replaced on Oct 20
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      Lock icon Oil region rebel to meet Nigerian President
      213 10 AFP LAGOS The head of a separatist movement in Nigeria's southern oil-rich Niger Delta, Mr Mujahid Dokubo Asari, announced yesterday that he would meet President Olusegun Obasanjo in Abuja today. Mr Asari's rebel group, which is accused by the government of trafficking in
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        Lock icon Richest man in Taiwan dies of liver cancer
        53 12 AFP Taiwan's richest man Tsai Wan-lin, founder of the island's powerful Linyuan Group, has died of liver cancer at the age of 81, hospital sources said yesterday. Mr Tsai, whose fortune was estimated at US$4.6 billion ($7.8 billion), died at Cathay General
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        Lock icon 'Bad omen' for HK leader on auspicious day
        76 12 AP It could not have been an auspicious way to celebrate China's National Day: Hong Kong leader Tung Chee- hwa was making a toast when a projectile from a party popper hit him in the forehead, leaving a minor scratch, officials and
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        Lock icon Aussie opposition holds on to winning lead: Poll
        62 12 AFP Australia's Labor opposition has edged back to an election-winning lead of four points, 1 1 days before the vote, according to a new poll by The Australian newspaper yesterday. It showed support for Labor down half a percentage point to 52
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        Lock icon Diamonds stolen from Paris exhibition
        61 12 AFP Thieves snatched two diamonds worth a total of 1 1.5 million euros ($24 million) from an antique dealers' show in a bold heist at the Louvre museum complex in Paris on Monday, police said. They reportedly broke into a display case, making off with
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      Jakarta seeks Council seat
      252 12 It vows to represent moderate Islam UNITED NATIONS Indonesia has joined the list of countries vying for a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council, vowing to be the "voice of moderate Islam" if it succeeds. With UN chief Kofi Annan seeking proposals to reform
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      Row over Mugabe handshake
      161 12 LONDON A handshake between British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw and Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe in New York last week has caused an outcry in both their respective countries. Mr Straw was ridiculed by the British media for shaking hands with Mr Mugabe, who has been criticised
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      96 12 DigrtAllAicpe Log on to the Digitall Hope website, www.samsung.com/hopequiz to share your I J Jl thoughts on empowering the disabled with technology, and stand a chance to win YT\ a Samsung handphone. 2004 is the second year that the Digit All Hope program has run. Samsung will be donating over
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    Focus On The Family
    250 14  -  Dr James Dobson Tbiws by LOOK IN THE MIRROR Do you want to see what kind of men and women your children will grow up to be? Take a look in the mirror. A wise man once said, "the footsteps a child follows are often thosethatthefatherthoughthe
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      Contrasting viewpoints on Medisave for self-employed
      566 14  -  JAG KUO SOON YONG RICHARD SEAHSIEWSAI Savings are protected, Punished for not so no exception needed adding to savings? I Letter from I REFER to the letter, "Medisave came too soon" from Mr Jimmy Chan (Sept 28). I believe that Medisave is not merely
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      Tip not compulsory (but don't forget tip)
      241 14  -  JIMMY 001, I Letter from^^^^^^|Secretary-general, I National Association of Travel Agents Singapore I REFER to the letter, "US$ tips for driver and guide baffling" (Sept 28). I would like to thank the writer for raising the issue, especially in light of the coming
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      Up to tourists to tip (but don't forget tip)
      155 14  -  LOH KIM CHYE I Letter from I AGREE with Ms Diane Yeo that it should be up to the tourists to decide how much tip they wish to give. But, there were people who did not give a single cent in
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      No excuse for IPCs not to record, report costs
      219 16  -  TAN KOK TIM Letter from IT has been argued that the recording and reporting of the costs of fund-raising events would require elaborate computer systems and exact a high cost. If an organisation can collect more than a million dollars in
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      Discretion needed to avoid irking China, Taiwan
      217 16  -  LIM BOON HEE Letter from TAIWAN has shown its displeasure over Foreign Minister BG George Yeo's remarks to the United Nations, in which he said groups pushing for Taiwanese independence posed a threat of war. Taiwan's foreign minister accused Singapore of criticising Taiwan
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      isay FIRST, WE'RE SINGAPOREANS
      598 16  -  Dharmendra Yadav AT this year's Olympic Games, China proved itself as a sporting nation. It finished second in the medal tally with 32 gold medals, second only to the United States. This performance represented an improvement on its showing at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney,
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        World markets
        59 18 ndex Nikkei 225 Hang Seng Ordinaries faiwan Wtd Value *****.57 *****.80 3627.10 5849.22 Change Pis -43.75 -71.10 +6.50 -42.99 -0.40 -0.55 +0.18 -0.73 Korea Comp KLCI SET Index lakarta Comp Phils Comp Shenzhen B Wumbai Sensex 832.10 845.46 637.89 812.12 1746.08 247.01 5462.61 +2.42 -2.82 -8.89 -3.45 -14.25
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 18 US$ 0.5908 UK£ 0.3266 Yen 65.75 HK$ 4.6082 RM 2.2451 Euro 0.4806 Rupiah 5426.7 Baht 24.534 Peso 33.352 A$ 0.8279 Indian Rs 27.157 Won 679.15 C$ 0.7519 Yuan 4.89 NZ$ 0.8876 NTS 20.087
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        Singapore
        84 18 SHARE prices ended lower as oil prices spiked to fresh record highs, sparking concerns about how this would impact company earnings. The ST Index closea down 4.29 points, or 0.2 per cent, at 1,979.10. Decliners led advancers 1 65 to 131 as 785.2 million shares worth $659.4 million were
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        Commodities
        21 18 Gold uss/oi 412.600 Silver uss/oi 6.640 Platinum uss/oi 865.000 Rubber centsAg 217 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1506 Brent crude uss/borrel 45.70
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        ST Index: 1,979.10 -4.29
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        Lock icon SGX most active
        65 18 SGX, Bloomberg Information provided by )y volume tfee Poh Horizon j'tiraya IdvHldg )io-Treat mo Corp lapitaland ices 'anpacMed iembCorp Close 0.010 0.185 0.880 0.345 0.855 1.000 1.810 0.725 0.120 1.490 Change -0.005 +0.030 +0.050 +0.040 +0.005 +0.020 +0.050 +0.025 +0.005 +0.010 -33.3 +19.4 +6.0 +13.1 +0.6 +2.0
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        SGX top rises
        75 18 By Close Change Creative 50 18.700 +0.200 1MH400USS 13.900 +0.200 OCBC 13.900 +0.200 TAC 200USS 3.440 +0.140 DBS Bk 6% NCPS10 108.400 +0.100 ShangAsia2kHKS 8.100 +0.100 Venture 16.300 +0.100 Capitaland 1.810 +0.050 Ciliraya 0.880 +0.050 By percentage 3ulTech W*****7 Close < 0.020 Change +33.3 LiangHuat Horizon 0.020
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        SGX top falls
        70 18 By$ SIA200 Close 11.000 Change -0.500 >IA 11.100 -0.300 Breweries 7.150 -0.200 HOB 13.500 -0.200 iingamasC 2kHKS Haw Par 3.600 4.980 -0.150 -0.120 ZITYDEV 6.650 -0.100 F&N 13.700 -0.100 ISH 500USS 6.450 -0.100 By percentage Close fcPoh 0.010 lackslnl 0.060 Change -33.3 -25.0 KLWW*****6 0.025 -16.7 NeoCorp
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      Lock icon 3rd budget airline to be unveiled
      295 18 Dow Jones Qantas set to reveal name, logo, crew today of carrier to be based here QANTAS Airways of Australia will launch today its Singapore-based joint venture budget airline the latest addition to Singapore's increasingly crowded skies. Qantas owns 49.9 per cent of the
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      Lock icon CBD rents rise 2.2%
      102 18 Channel News Asia PRIME office rents rose for the second consecutive quarter in the third quarter. Property consultant Jones Lang LaSalle said that at the same time, rents for most office buildings across the rest of the island remained flat It said that this confirmed market
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        Banking on the Link
        397 22  -  Val Chua OCBC-NTUC co-branded cards attract 10,000 in 3 weeks val@newstoday.com.sg THE FIRST credit and debit cards aimed at union members have got off to a good start, attracting some 10,000 applications in just three weeks, said OCBC Bank yesterday. The bank had tied up with
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        CORPORATEbriefs
        133 22 YHI International said yesterday its subsidiary YHI Manufacturing had entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with Suzhou Industrial Park Kuatang Town Investment Promotion Centre to acquire land use rights in the industrial park for about 4.55 million yuan ($930,000) to expand its manufacturing operations in China. YHI currently has
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        Lock icon Paulson cuts NOL stake to less than 5%
        133 23 Bloomberg PAULSON Co, one of the biggest shareholders in Neptune Orient Lines (NOL), has reduced its stake in the shipping company to 4.96 per cent from 9.04 per cent, according to a regulatory filing by NOL yesterday. Paulson, which said ear- lier
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        Lock icon Mobile users up
        211 23 Bloomberg Sing Tel says its cheaper plans boost subscription SINGTEL said cheaper calling plans it introduced in July had brought in more mobile phone subscribers. The company added 14,000 mobile subscribers since introducing the cheaper plans about three months ago, said executive vice-president Lim Chuan Poh at
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        Lock icon China mulls flexible yuan regime
        301 24 Dow Jones Change will allow market forces greater role: Premier BEIJING Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao told a delegation of Citigroup executives, including former US Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin, that Beijing planned to allow market forces to play a greater role in determining the yuan exchange
        – Dow Jones; BLOOMBERG  -  301 words
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        UNIT TRUSTS & FUNDS
        2905 24 UNIT TRUSTS FUNDS FIGURES AS AT SPM YESTERDAY UNIT TRUSTS BEGINNING WITH LETTERS A-H AND I-Z ARE LISTED ON ALTERNATE DAYS The data contained herein has been obtained from company reports, financial reporting services, periodicals and other resources believed to be reliable. Although carefully verified, data on compilations is not
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        Lock icon Virgin to launch online music service
        316 25 -AFP The company worked with music fans worldwide for a 'digital music revolution': Branson NEW YORK British tycoon Richard Branson's Virgin Group is planning to jump into the market for online music, with a "Digital Megastore" offering customers in the United States song downloads
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        Lock icon Ascott to manage 2 residences in China
        227 25 Bloomberg ASIA'S biggest serviced apartment operator, the Ascott Group, has secured contracts to manage two residences in China, including its first Asian property to carry the European Citadines brand. Ascott will operate the 239-unit Citadines Jinqiao serviced apartment in Shanghai, which will open
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      103 18 ELECTRICITY TARIFFS The electricity tariffs from 1 October 04 to 31 December 04 will be as follows: Usage Charge EXISTING REVISED EXISTING REVISED EXISTING REVISED (t per kWh) c( P7 e. a OOaPm iO 11.00pm) 12.21 12.44 13.11 13.34 16.35 16.53 Off-Peak Period r -i -> -in r—, -ir on
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      867 26  -  Felix Cheong His appointment was a surprise, but NAC chief says he's an arts man HE FITS the mould of a civilservice mandarin, all crisp white shirt and a red-printed tie offered as a concession, as an accent to his style. But, Lee Suan Hiang,
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        72 28 -AFP lib talk-show king Jay Leno will quit his late-night programme in 2009, ending a 17-year run on The Tonight Show. Leno, 54, took over as host of the 50-year-old show in 1 987 from its presenter of 30 years, Johnny Carson, and
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        70 28 AP Canadian pop singer Alanis Morissette has pulled out of a Sunday gig in Jakarta following a US travel advisory on Sept 3 warning of possible terror attacks in Indonesia. Also cancelling their concerts in Jakarta are US singer Alicia Keys and British violin act Bond.
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      503 32  -  TAN YO-HINN lAAF chief says new task force will find better ways to stop drug cheats yohinn@newstoday.com.sg AT LAST month's Olympic Games in Athens, Greek sprinters Kostadinos Kenteris and Ekaterini Thanou, Hungarian hammer thrower Adrian Annus, Russia's women's shot put star Irina Korzhanenkoand and the Ukraine's
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      303 34  -  JOSE RAYMOND jose@newstoday.com.sg SIX months after taking over as chief executive officer (CEO) of the Singapore Sports Council (SSC), former national swimmer Oon Jin Teik announced a major shake-up within the organisation yesterday. The changes aim to strengthen SSC's infrastructure
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      320 34  -  JOSE RAYMOND FOOTBALL FRIENDLY Planet FC 3 Woodlands Wellington 2 jose@newstoday.com.sg PLANET FC want sponsors to come forward and support the Cameroon side, as they prepare their bid for a place in the S-League. In a friendly match last night at the
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      418 34  -  STANLEY HO Advantage MCS signed on to pull club out of trouble stanley@newstoday.com.sg IN THE stable of their parent company are European football giants Roma, Inter Milan and Chelsea. Yesterday, Advantage MCS a locallybased sports marketing and management company that come under the renowned Football Management Marketing International
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        115 35 It will be an interesting fight between the top two teams in the country. On current form, Tampines Rovers have the edge, but knowing Home United, they definitely will not want to finish the season empty-handed. The Stags' key players are Nazri Nasir, Santi Chaiyaphuak and Mustafic
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        188 35 The final will be a pretty tight game to call. Home United haven't won anything yet this season, after doing the double last year, and they will be hungrier. They've rested their key players in the last two league games and the likes of Peres De Oliveira,
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        161 35 I think the key to this game will be how Home United handle the pressure of having to win to get some silverware this season. They will definitely come out firing because they finished behind Tampines in the S-League. Tampines, on the other hand, won the
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      250 36 -AFP LONDON Manchester United captain Roy Keane's home was attacked by youths armed with fireworks, three days after the midfielder appeared before magistrates accused of assaulting a 16-year-old boy. Republic of Ireland star Keane denied three charges of assault, criminal damage of a
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      649 37 Agencies Arrogant and egotistical, Mourinho craves silverware, not friends CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, GROUPH Chelsea v Porto LONDON In one of the last interviews the great man gave before his death last week, Brian Clough singled out Jose Mourinho for special praise. Indeed, he paid the Chelsea manager the
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        546 38 -AFP Youngster downs Turks with hat-trick on Man United debut CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, GROUP D Manchester Utd 6 Fenerbahce 2 MANCHESTER Manchester United may have no money left after signing Wayne Rooney but it was well worth it if his debut was anything to go by. The
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      165 38 League Home Team Away Team Match KjckOff (Singapore date/time) S. League Bal Khalsa Home United Wed, 29/9/04 7.30pm S. League Tanjong Pagar Geylang Wed, 29/9/04 7.30pm UE Champions W Bremen Valencia Thu, 30/9/04 2.45 am UE Champions Rosenborg Arsenal Thu, 30/9/04 2.45 am UE Champions Milan Glasgow Celt Thu, 30/9/04
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