Today, 1 August 2005, Afternoon Edition

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    11 1 TODAY fV\=LjJ^CORP mica (P) H2/07/2005 incorporating utFßiitS Monday August 1,2005 todayonline.com
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  • AFTERNOON EDITION
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      View from the top of the pyramid
      781 1  -  Derrick A Paulo Peek into a unique institution that plays its cards close to its chest derrick@newstoday.com.sg THE membership is by invitation only. It comes with access to Singapore's top policymakers and eventually, a number of the club's members find themselves getting drawn
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      Lock icon Plane carrying Sudan's VP missing
      127 1 -AFP KHARTOUM Sudanese state television said yesterday that the authorities were still trying to locate an aircraft carrying First Vice-President John Garang amid contradictory reports on its fate. "Sudanese President Omar El Beshir contacted his Ugandan counterpart Yoweri Museveni to try and locate the aircraft
      -AFP  -  127 words
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      Lock icon Saddam 'trial to be shown live on TV'
      126 1 -AFP WASHINGTON The trial of deposed Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein will be shown on live television, Iraq's National Security Adviser said yesterday. The trial will show the Arab and Muslim world "that this is going to be a fair, just trial with
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      Presidents Star Chanty raises $3.76m
      217 1  -  David Chew Jeanine Tan RESPONDING to President S R Nathan's faith that they would not let the needy down, Singaporeans donated $3.76 million to this year's President's Star Charity. This total, as of the end of last night's show, was about $800,000 more than last
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      37 1 NEWS£\yiEWS French ticklers Females in France set working mum standard/2 Ready, mix Make every day racial harmony day/T6 Asean kings Tampines win first regional trophy/39 Jfflffff! 1 11 Bittleston: Mistakes and the learning process/24 <■ -a*w -AM W^tt
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      26 1 MR EURO, 70, FOUND DEAD IN POOL HOT NEWS 4 BRITISH POLICE ARREST ANOTHER 7 NEW PROBLEM FOR NASA: DROOPING MATERIAL ON SHUTTLE BODY WORLD 8
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        Oh Baby! Look what's in vogue in France
        791 2  -  William Pfaff While Spore still searches, French women have found a balance between career and motherhood FRANCE'S women have always enjoyed a reputation foi bold and seductive elegance; and for intelligence. But now they have added to that evidence of a new
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      Smoke screening
      387 3  -  Jose Raymond Smoking ban at hawker centres from next July jose@newstoday.com.sg SMOKERS who tend to light up at hawker centres and pubs will soon see their space shrinking. From July 1 next year, the ban on smoking will extend to coffee-shops and hawker centres, though these establishments will
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      ... And helping young women stub out
      257 3  - And helping young women stub out Vinita Ramani THE outlines of that face puffing on a cigarette are falling in place and it looks like a young Malay woman. The Health Promotion Board (HPB) is designing a programme specifically to help young women quit smoking because it says that women
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      Lock icon A housewarming party five years in the making
      76 4 SMU Chairman Ho Kwon Ping carrying the SMU flag as he leads students, staff and administration personnel to Campus Green to mark the school's move from its Bukit Timah campus to its City campus. The latter was five years in the making.
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      Lock icon Axe attack in UK kills black youth
      440 4 Agencies Police say Vicious' crime was racially motivated LIVERPOOL A promising black A-level student's dream of becoming a lawyer was shattered on Friday when he was cut down with an axe in an attack that police said was driven by race hatred. Mr
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      Lock icon Mr Euro, 70, found dead in pool
      117 4 -AFP AVIGNON (France) The first president of the European Central Bank, former Dutch Finance Minister Wim Duisenberg, was found dead yesterday in the pool at his villa in south-eastern France, officials said. The 70-year-old Duisenberg served as the first president of the ECB
      -AFP  -  117 words
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      70 2 MIGRATE TO AUSTRALIA 97,500 skilled visas will be offered this FYOS/06. However, Australian immigration laws are complex, understanding its procedure requires commitment, while completing application forms is a time-consuming and laborious process. Successful, fast-track processing can only be achieved when documentary requirements surrounding your application are presented in a manner,
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      97 5 'i-*** b| j*j= I c n PI fly*- I HI II J Happy Nurses' Day We salute you for your expertise, compassion and professionalism. Yours is a special role that not only heals lives but also brings smiles back to people from all walks of life. Singapore thanks you. /^Ministry
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  • Singapore news
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      Lock icon Bye, and thanks for the salaries
      393 6  -  Anslev Ng Durabeau to pay 11 Bangladeshis 60% immediately, rest in instalments anslev@newstodav.com A THREE-week struggle for 11 Bangladeshi workers stuck in Singapore because their employer couldn't pay them came to a close on Thursday, when their troubled company, Durabeau Industries, agreed to pay
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        Lock icon Man arrested over wife's death
        45 6 Channel News Asia A woman was found dead in her flat at Block 64, Commonwealth Drive, early yesterday morning. The 38-year-old woman was found on the floor in the master bedroom. Police have arrested the woman's husband, a 48--year-old man.
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      • Article
        Vege mutton soup, anyone?
        82 6  -  Chow Perm Nee Singapore's first Meatout Week, to encourage people to try going without meat for a day or more, culminated yesterday in the Healthy Meatless Food Fair at the Vega Fiesta Carnival. Organised by the Vegetarian Society (Singapore) and the Tampines East Community Club Youth
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        Lock icon Insomniacs can get Zolpidem
        40 6 938 Live From today, doctors will be able to prescribe the drug Zolpidem to treat insomniac patients. The Central Narcotics Bureau is removing the drug from the Misuse of Drugs Act and Regulations after a review.
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        Lock icon 120 th Nurses' Day celebrated
        77 6 938 Live Nurses from the National Health Care Group celebrated 1 20th Nurses' Day yesterday at the Singapore Expo. Three nurses Madam Lee Kee Ching, Ms Ng Qee Joo and Ms Jesse Eng Ramdat received the NationafHealthcare Group (NHG) Hamidah Honour Prize, set up in
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      Charity is 'more than just about giving money'
      265 6  -  Loh Chee Kong THE faces of Madam Lav Soo Ngoh and her 15-year-old son lit up when the two public figures stepped into their cramped two-room flat on Friday morning. Mayor for Central Singapore District Heng Chee How and businesswoman Ms Claire
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      Lock icon Malaysia tackles piracy Strait-up
      140 8 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia said yesterday it was open to cooperation with the United States, Australia and Japan to combat piracy in the Malacca Straits, provided territorial rights are retained. Malaysia Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar said this on the eve of trilateral talks about the
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      Lock icon British police arrest another 7
      555 8 -AFP Govt warns of threat of further attacks, may tighten border controls LONDON British police arrested seven more people yesterday over the botched July 21 terror attacks here, a spokeswoman said, as the investigation widened following the capture of the four alleged bombers. The arrests
      -AFP; AFP  -  555 words
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      Lock icon New problem for Nasa: Drooping material on shuttle belly
      214 8 -AP HOUSTON A couple of short strips of material dangling from the belly of the space shuttle Discovery had the National Aeronautics and Space Administration scrambling yesterday to determine whether the protrusions might endanger the shuttle during next week's descent and
      -AP  -  214 words
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      Lock icon Angry Iran issues nuclear ultimatum
      370 10 Agencies EU given 24 hours for proposals to end standoff TEHRAN Iran warned yesterday that it would resume sensitive nuclear work within 24 hours if the European Union (EU) failed to submit proposals aimed at ending a longrunning crisis over its nuclear programme. The move
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      Lock icon Arroyo appeals to the public
      189 10 Agencies MANILA Philippine President Gloria Arroyo urged the public to regard her as innocent unless proven guilty of any crime an appeal unthinkable just a few months ago. In an interview aired on ABS-CBN television yesterday, she also had to deny that her allies were
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    • this QUIRKY world
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        Lock icon Dancers expose all on TV
        52 10 AFP South Korean police detained two male dancers for exposing their genitals on a popular music television programme, Yonhap news agency saia yesterday. The two masked members of funk group RUX dropped their pants and danced for about four seconds during MBC'< live music show
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        Sacked for having long legs
        47 10 A 208 cm man was told he couldn't work as an air traffic controller because his 97cm legs would not fit under the desk, ananova.com reported. Mr Ben Sargeaunt-Thomson, 23, accepted the job after passing an interview and tests, a tribunal heard.
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      More men seek breast-trim surgery
      107 10 LONDON Surgeons are blaming a sharp rise in the number of men requesting breast-reduction operations in London on excess female hormones in tap water and food, London's Sunday Times newspaper reported yesterday. Clinics have reported a doubling in the number of operations being carried out.
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        A city's repute down the clogged drain
        687 12  -  Sanjay Kapoor news@newstoday.com.sg LAST Tuesday when the rains brought Mumbai to its knees those who have always associated the Indian metropolis with glitz, high finance and its underworld felt that the seeminglyunusual monsoon rains would play out the Biblical apocalyptic imagery when water
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      26 12 Bto^. '.r/'1- 'i^*- In honour of Singapore's j^^j^^ a -•■^^^l^B 40th birthday, we're offering 2l^^fe^ refreshing drink, at a price ?j^- iHfitt^ worth celebrating! Celebration Set:
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      299 13 I Sing Tel TOUCHING v LIVES FUND Show how much you care and make a difference to the lives of less privileged children and young people. Be part of the moment. It takes so little to bring so much hope and joy to their lives. Whether they have learning difficulties,
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      Focus On The Family
      228 14  -  Dt James Dobson w TbDWs by........... LEARNING TO SLOW DOWN A prescription for renewed family life could begin with this simple phrase, "Slow it down". There's no doubt that the modern world has become terribly hectic. People work hard and they play hard, and they rarely
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      Efforts from all needed to keep dengue in check
      247 14  -  S SATISH APPOO I Letter from Head, Environmental Health Department National Environment Agency WE REFER to the letter from Mr Lim Boon Hee (July 28), and would like to assure Mr Lim that the National Environment Agency (NEA) takes its mission
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      Unjustified charges?
      487 14  -  MURAUKUMARASHARMA| We are paying too much for some services Letter from I SINGAPOREANS seem to be shortchanged on a number of services they pay for no doubt, there are many others. In 1987,1 applied for a passport valid for ten years. However, I could use it for only
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      653 16  -  Frances Ong Hock Lin YOU'RE MY FAMILY... NO MATTER WHAT YOUR RACE IS MY father was born in Malang, Indonesia, and my mother, a Chinese, in Singapore. My husband is a Portuguese/Dutch Eurasian. His mother is Anglo-Indian while his father came from a long line of Eurasians. How do
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      Not yet, darling, but women getting there
      434 18  -  STEVE X NGO Now, if only they could overcome mood swings Letter from I REFER to David Graves's commentary, "Are men really better leaders?" (July 29). Traditionally, men go to work and women look after the home. Take Peranakan culture, where the matriarch
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      sayagain
      39 18 I have worked under three lady bosses and one male boss over 12 years. Ladies tend to be more emotional and they can't really differentiate between personal matters and work. Jennifer Tan, who says men make better leaders
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      On the fruitlessness of email, SMS
      220 18  -  MANMOHAN SINGH Letter from I REFER to Denyse Tessensohn's "The new illiterates" (July 26). I believe today's youth have a thirst for knowledge, but the quality of the knowledge they gain is questionable. Take email. Often, I receive email providing information not worth the
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      A humbling lesson on charity from a Singapore street sweeper ...
      253 19  - A humbling lesson on charity from a Singapore street sweeper LYNETTE TAN I Letter from MY family participated in a flag day drive on June 11 to raise funds for Lakeside Family Centre. My two children, aged eight and six were roped in, not to garner sympathy money, but so
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      Singaporeans are indeed a nation of record breakers
      199 19  -  JOHN TAYLOR I I Letter from Director of Operations The Singapore Book of Records Record Breakers Singapore I REFER to Loh Chee Kong's article, "He walked backwards to glory" (July 28). Mr Deo Govindasamy has been misinformed when he states: "If you
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      Taking care of the logistics
      302 19 Lieutenant Colonel Peter Tay chairs the National Day Parade (NDP) Logistics Committee, which is tasked with providing more than 300,000 meal packs for spectators and participants as well as more than 1 00 mobile toilets. Coordinating the logistics for the NDP is a "mammoth" task,
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      Lock icon Chartered issues $1.1b bonds
      284 20 Dow Jones Yields at 1.9% to 2.3% above Treasuries, but some see debt as exposure to 'Temasek credit' CHIP maker Chartered Semicon ductor Manufacturing sold on Friday US$645 million ($l.l billion) in five- and 10-year bonds as part of a bold refinancing effort, with some investors
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      MOF seeks views on double-tax deals
      103 20 THE Ministry of Finance (MOF) is seeking views from the public on Singapore's Avoidance of Double Taxation Agreements (DTAs) in a consultation exercise that will last until Aug 29. Comments are especially welcome from individuals as well as the business community on what should
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      Best World doubles H1 prof it to $4.4m
      126 20 BEST World International, a company that specialises in the development and distribution of more than 100 health, beauty and lifestyle products, said net profit in its fiscal first half ended June 30 amounted to $4.4 million, or 2.9 cents per share, up
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    • MarketWATCH
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        Lock icon Singapore
        149 20 -AFP Bloomberg SHARE prices are expected to move sideways this week amid a slew of corporate earnings as the market consolidates following the recent property-led rally, dealers said. "There will be rotational buying among stocks that are in focus, especially those releasing corporate results," said UOB Kay Hian dealing
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 20 US$ 0.6021 UK£ 0.3429 Yen 67.645 HK$ 4.6799 RM 2.2578 Euro 0.4976 Rupiah 5,902.7 Baht 25.089 Peso 33.799 A$ 0.7917 Indian Rs 26.181 Won 618.53 C$ 0.7394 Yuan 4.8801 NZ$ 0.8805 NTS 19.240
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        Commodities
        22 20 Gold uss/oz 435.30 Silver uss/i 7.23 Platinum uss/ m 897.90 Rubber ™tsAg 296.00 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1,362 Brent crude uss/bami 59.37
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      RHB goes for the masses
      442 21  -  Val Chua Aims to double customer base in 3 years val@newstoday.com.sg FOR A bank that does not have a Qualifying Full Bank (QFB) licence, RHB is taking pretty big strides in the consumer market in Singapore. The third-largest bank in Malaysia, which has seven branches
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      Lock icon Temasek asks Chang Hwa to reconsider offer
      128 21 Agencies SINGAPORE investment company Temasek Holdings has asked the board of directors at Taiwan's Chang Hwa Commercial Bank to reconsider its takeover offer, the Commercial Times reported, without saying where it obtained the information. Morgan Stanley, Temasek's financial adviser, sent a letter to
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    • business news
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        Lock icon The boom before the bust?
        522 22 AFP XL property prices are skyrocketing, but experts say this may not last KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's capital is experiencing its first property boom since the 1997 Asian financial crisis, but there are warnings the new condominiums under construction are creating a market bubble. The city
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      • market BUZZ
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          A healthy exchange
          51 22 RESPONSE was overwhelming at the Fruit Tree Fresh Booth at Raffles Place Atrium on Thursday. The first lucky 200 readers who presented the TODAY page with the redemption ad each received a 1-litre Fruit Tree Fresh Mango with Nata de Coco and Daisy Low Fat High Calcium
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          Enjoy the sun, but do it safely
          64 22 NIVEA Sun introduced its brand ambassadors four girls and three guys at an open beach volleyball championships over the past weekend. Organised by Lemon Labs at Sunset Bay, Siloso Beach, Sentosa, the event attracted more than 800 people. Nivea Sun's ambassadors conveyed the
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    • savvy investor
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        Lock icon Emerging markets continue to shine
        399 23 Dow Jones NEW YORK Emerging market stocks continued to post higher returns than their developed peers last month, maintaining an upward trend that shows no signs of abating. In the first seven months of this year, the Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) index for emerging
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    • the business of learning
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          Teaching a CEO how to do his job
          689 25  -  Tor Ching Li Singapore has been hosting this unique programme for 25 years chingli@newstoday.com.sg A COURSE entitled "The Job of the Chief Executive" (JOCE) may sound a bit redundant to most people. After all, your boss should know what he's supposed to
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          When a boss allows MISTAKES
          638 24  -  John Bittleston The lessons learnt may be worth the price of trial and error WAS it your fault? One thing is certain you didn't think so. Even if it was. I wrote previously about Speed and Patience in our learning process. These twin sisters of
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          Paul 'Bear' Bryant
          20 24 1913 1983 American football coach Don't give up at half time. Concentrate on winning the second half.
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        372 35  -  Eric Ding NO one was allowed to take Woodlands Wellington's No 12 shirt at the start of the season. It had been reserved for Isa Halim, who joined the Rams from the national under-18 side in January. The 19-year-old was issued
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        150 37 Yishun Stadium today, 7.30pm THE Protectors ended a dismal run in the S-League with back-to-back victories over Sinchi FC in the Singapore Cup last week, providing a huge confidence boost as they search for their first league win in five matches. Home dispatched the Young Lions
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        150 37 Hougang Stadium Wednesday, 7.30pm, PAYA Lebar have a golden opportunity to improve their terrible home form when they host Geylang United. The Seahorses have lost all except one of their fixtures (which they drew), but the Eagles continue to struggle. After two consecutive wins, Geylang's mini
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        169 37 Tampines Stadium Thursday, 7.30pm TAMPINES return to domestic action in the S-League after an impressive showing in the AFF Asean Club Championships in Brunei. In Singapore, the Stags are in irresistible form, having won four on the trot They still haven't lost at Tampines Stadium since October
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        157 37 Choa Chu Kang Stadium Friday, 7 pm, live on Channel News Asia THERE can be little doubt where SAFFC's ambitions lie ahead of their clash with Sinchi. Kirn Poulsen's outfit demolished Indonesia under-23 side 9-1 on aggregate in the Singapore Cup and will be looking for another
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        396 37 U-20 tourney for rising stars THE Singapore under-1 8 team will take part in the Asean Football Federation (AFF) U-20 Championship in Palembang, Indonesia, from Aug 5-19. V Sundramoorthy's team are in Group B, with Vietnam, Laos, Philippines and Timor Leste. The tournament will help the teams prepare for
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