Today, 17 August 2005

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  • 522 1  -  Shobha Tsering Bhalla At least 4 banks are keen on expanding here shobha@newstoday.com.sg ENCOURAGED by the newlylaunched trade pact with Singapore, Indian banks are flexing their muscles in a bid to expand here. At least four of the six Indian banks that have a presence
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  • 544 1  -  Jose Raymond jose@newstoday.com.sg PREVIOUS match-fixing cases have involved bookies and a businessman. A referee has also been found guilty of trying to influence the outcome of a football match. But never before has someone so closely linked to the game
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    • 46 1 NEWSJW/TEWS A high price Will Andrew Kuan's failed candidacy have lasting repercussions?/3 Mr Miyagi Was the concern over no presidential elections or no public holiday?/! 9 WORLD tj Singapore designers get a platform in Japan/6 GMfflflH Page 25 impact Staying on top of the branding game/29
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    • 18 1 WHY DOES THIS AIR BRIDGE HAVE 3 ARMS INSTEAD OF THE USUAL 2? FIND OUT ON PAGE 26
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  • hot news
    • 479 2  -  Derrick A Paulo First, his election hopes were floored now he faces legal woes derrick@newstoday.com.se HIS hopes of running for President are over for now, but Mr Andrew Kuan's legal problems have only just begun. He had until spm yesterday to respond to the letter
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    • 196 2 While many Singaporeans have welcomed the re-election of President S R Nathan, others are disappointed that only one candidate was certified eligible for the polls. As a result of the Presidential Elections Committee's (PEC) decision, one person has decided to start an online petition to show
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    • SINGAPOREsnippets
      • 135 2 938Live Security at all land checkpoints in Singapore will be further enhanced by the end of the year, with crash barriers and heavy duty cat claws being installed at all exit and entry points. The cat claws will be activated to puncture the tyres of
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      • 139 2 This year's National Day Rally on Aug 21 will start at 6.45pm instead of Bpm. Trie rally, to be held at the University Cultural Centre at the National University of Singapore, will be covered live on MediaCorp television channels and radio stations. Prime Minister
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    • NEWScomment
      • 826 3  -  Siew Kum Hong news@newstoday.com.sg MANY Singaporeans would have been disappointed last Sunday morning, when they woke up to the news that President SR Nathan will be re-elected without a contest this week. Few would have been surprised, after last week's damaging statements from JTC
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    • 181 3 SINGAPORE police are investigating four people for forgery-related cases connected to a child smuggling ring in China. Last week, a Chinese court sentenced to death two men found guilty of heading gangs that had bought 82 children from their parents and sold
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  • singapore news
    • 614 4  -  Ansley Ng SINDEE MURDER TRIAL She was thrown, says expert; but tests were done on inanimate objects ansley@newstoday.com.sg DEFENCE lawyer Subhas Anandan crossed swords with two expert witnesses in court yesterday over theories of how Neo Sindee, four, could have fallen to her death in the wee
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    • 414 6  -  NEED electricity? All it takes is a drop of urine, the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) discovered. Researchers around the world have been racing to produce smaller diagnostic biochips that can be used in test kits, but have so far been unsuccessful
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    • 464 6  -  Award-winning local talent get a platform at World Expo in Japan David Chew in Aichi, Japan david.chew@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPORE designers got yet another platform to showcase their works to the world yesterday. After delighting more than two million visitors with Singapore's popular local dishes like laksa, the
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  • world news
    • 348 8 Malaysia avoids diplomatic row with Indonesia over smog BANGKOK The haze from Indonesian forest fires began to clear in Thailand's deep south but worsened yesterday on the popular resort island of Phuket. Meanwhile, Kuala Lumpur said the Indonesian government was free to prosecute
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    • 172 8 JOHANNESBURG A range of extra-large condoms has been launched in South Africa, to cater for "well-endowed" men, media reports said. There is a huge demand for larger condoms in the country, according to condom manufacturer Durex. "A large number of South African men are bigger and
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    • 120 8 SENDAI (Japan) A powerful earthquake off Japan's Pacific coast yesterday injured at least 46 people, set off small tsunami waves and swayed towering buildings in Tokyo. Bullet trains and a nuclear power plant were temporarily shut down after the quake, which measured 7.2 on the
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    • 176 8 SINGAPORE has offered help to Indonesia to tackle the haze problem arising from burning areas on Sumatra island. Environment and Water Resources Minister Yaacob Ibrahim told reporters yesterday that Singapore will send a military aircraft there by the end of the week
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    • NEWScomment
      • 627 10  -  Thang D Nguyen But the question is: Will the peace hold this time? news@newstoday.com.sg AS INDONESIA celebrates its 60th Independence Day today, the nation cannot give itself a more meaningful gift for its birthday than the peace agreement that was signed between the
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    • 154 10 LONDON The illegal trade in wild animal products over the Internet is driving the world's most endangered species to extinction, wildlife campaigners claim. An International Fund for Animal Welfare (Ifaw) investigation found that each week, 70 per cent of the 9,000 live
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    • 312 14 The Guardian Bunny logo is just 'a bit of fun', says business partner WHSmith LONDON International newsagent WHSmith's latest business venture with Playboy Enterprises, known for its pornographic magazines, to push stationery products to children in Britain has raised eyebrows among parents and many
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    • GLOBALroundup
      • 35 14 AFP Australia is seeking 20,000 skilled immigrants to fill job vacancies in its biggest global recruitment drive since the 1 9505. The government will target workers like engineers and accountants.
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      • 29 14 AFP A Nato helicopter crashed in western Afghanistan yesterday, killing at least 17 Spanish peacekeeping troops on a training exercise for parliamentary elections.
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      • 49 14 The Guardian In his hrst interview as pontitt, Pope Benedict XVI warned that Europe was caught up in a crisis or "self-pity". Speaking ahead of World Youth Day in Cologne which began yesterday, ne said Europe was sliding into "inevitable contradictions".
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    • 136 14 AFP CARACAS There were no survivors on the Colombian plane that crashed in a mountain chain in western Venezuela yesterday, said Colonel Carlos Montealegre, the head of Colombia's civil aviation agency. The West Caribbean Airways jet was carrying 160 passengers
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  • voices
    • 253 16 Tbows byi Dr James Dobson MOTIVATING YOUR CHILD THROUGH SECONDARY SCHOOL SLUMP It's called the secondary school slump, and in my years as a teacher, I saw it happen over and over again. A child who does perfectly well in primary school enters secondary school, and
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    • 606 16  -  Chia Kok Hwee AN 18-year-old mildly-retarded molester, not represented by a lawyer, recently failed in his appeal to have his caning replaced with a longer jail term. The original sentence was nine months' jail and three strokes of the cane but
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    • 211 18  -  VALERIE CHEW I Letter from WHEN I first saw the sign Ms June Seah mentioned in her letter ("Cautious: Bad sign ahead", Aug 12), I pointed out it to my husband and we had a good laugh. That was not the first time
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    • 502 18  -  HAN LIANG YUAN I I Letter from Senior Manager, Corporate Communicarions Land Transport Authority I REFER to the letters by Mr Jimmy Ho Kwok Hoong, Mr Andrew Yeo and Mr Huang Hancheng on the use of Off Peak Cars on
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    • 550 19  -  Mr Miyagi BLOGGERS in Singapore never seem to run out of blog fodder. This week opinions and impressions of the Singapore Presidential candidates made up quite a few blog posts, with sites such as Newsintercom (www.newsin tercom.org) even creating a mock-up online
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    • 262 20  -  JEFFREY LAW LEE BENG Letter from I SHARE many of the views in the commentary, "Nobel dream just fiction here?" (Aug 12). The sad truth is, many of our publishers and booksellers believe that Westerners can write better and that their books sell better.
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    • 503 20  -  KHAIRUDIN SAHAROM I *scape will make connections, showcase talent I Letter from Co-chair Youth Community Space at Orchard (*scape) I REFER to Mr Aloysius Tan Chee Peng's letter, "At 29, do I really need a hang-out?" (Aug 11). He questioned the effectiveness of making the working
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  • Businesstoday
    • 355 24  -  Christie Loh Offers 23 cents for each share it does not own christie@newstoday.com.sg MASSAGE chair king Ron Sim (picture) is trying a second time to delist Global Active the owner of the General Nutrition Centre (GNC) chain that recently made headlines for suspending its
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    • 301 24  -  Loh Chee Kong ALL eyes will be on a 30-man delegation from Turkey at the Enviro Asia 2005 exhibition, which will be held in November. Armed with a hefty budget of 50 billion euros ($lO2 billion), the Turkish delegation will be sourcing for
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    • 252 24 From Nov 1, Ms Loh Wai Kiew (picture), 45, will be leaving SembCorp Environmental Management (SembEnviro) to become the first Singaporean and the first Asian woman to head Royal Dutch Shell's global marine products business. Speaking to TODAY about her new appointment, she said: "I'm
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    • the business of enterprise
      • 456 25  -  Val Chua Spirit of Enterprise to honour 40 enterprising business people val@newstoday.com.sg ONE reads fortunes for a living after being told "by the the gods" in his dreams to help people. Another sold his three-room Holland Village flat to finance a venture that recycles restaurant grease
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      • 341 25  -  Val Chua IT STARTED six years ago from a desire to identify and invest in promising companies. That search led food company Goh Joo Hin taking a stake in more than 30 firms of all sizes. Apart from setting aside an annual investment budget
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  • business news
    • 119 26 When the Airbus A3Bo's first commercial Eight arrives at Changi Airport next year, passengers seated on the aircraft's upper deck will be able to board or disembark from the aircraft via a third passenger loading bridge, commonly known
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    • 442 26  -  Val Chua val@newstoday.com.sg DESPITE getting a white knight in Mr James Hong, troubled Sesdaq-listed Greatronic still faces manpower issues as it attempts to clean up shop. Two separate statements yesterday showed how fluidly things are changing for the firm, which is under probe by the
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    • 333 27  -  Christie Loh christie@newstoday.com.sg IN A bid to bolster its global standing, Singapore-based Super Coffeemix Manufacturing will buy into China Lifestyle Food Beverages Group, a Chinese jelly maker listing here next week. Super's executive director James Wong told Today that the company is
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    • Market WATCH
      • 49 27 SHARE prices closed higher on bargain hunting following four sessions of losses, as sentiment was boosted by overnight gains on Wall Street. The ST Index rose by 25.54 points, or 1.12 per cent, to close at 2,305.30. Gainers outnumbered losers 319 to 174, while 780.6 million shares worth
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      • 33 27 JK£ fen 1K$ (M iuro (upiah 0.6031 Peso 0.3329 A$ 65.884 Indian Rs 4.6855 Won 2.2648 C$ 0.4841 Yuan 5962.6 NZ$ 33.625 0.7842 26.26 611.88 0.7236 4.8837 0.8543 10 OQO
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      • 18 27 ST Index 2,305.30 +25.54 Dow Jones $773.1 million were traded. Gains came from property, bank and telecommunications stocks.
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      • 26 27 SGX, Bloomberg Information provided by Sold us$/m iilver us$/oz 'latinum us$/m 447.00 Rubber otsAg 257.25 7.01 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1365.00 895.00 Brent crude us$/barrei 65.58
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  • the business of marketing
    • 481 28  -  Seah Siew Hua Prices set to fall with Yeo Hiap Seng and US-based Hain Celestial tie-up siewhua@newstoday.com.sg THE popularity and availability of organic and natural food in Singapore has grown significantly in the last few years. Not only are they found in specialty shops and supermarkets
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    • 198 28  -  Valerie Law SINGAPOREANS looking to upgrade their massage chairs may want to step into one of VGO Corporation's health outlets to testdrive the latest models. Pronounced "vee-go", these made-in-Japan recliners are selling well in Singapore because expectations for such lifestyle products have escalated, said Mr
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  • impact
    • 740 29  -  Shibu Itty Kuttickal Global survey finds that Australia has highest overall nation brand, while India outranks China shibu@newstoday.com.sg A RECENT study of 25 country brands has provided some eye-openers. The United States has been ranked 11th in a list that's led by Australia,
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    • 371 29  -  Shobha Tsering Bhalla IN an industry where the creation of perceptions is as important as managing its outcome, it should come as no surprise that women who are generally seen as more tactful than men dominate the local public relations (PR) scene.
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    • 124 29  -  Shobha Tsering Bhalla Marina Mandarin invests 1 m in human capital Demonstrating the philosophy that a happy employee is a good employee, the Marina Mandarin Hotel has unveiled "five-star" amenities for its staff ahead of the launch of its newly-renovated premises next month. It has invested in upgrading courses
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    • 899 30  -  Jeanine Tan jeanine@newstoday.com.sg In plays a lonely, enated cabbie in >rth r but claims not a remake of e De Niro classic one of the most famous movie nents in American film history, dised taxi driver Travis Bickle barks at reflection in the mirror: "Are you in'
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    • 444 31  -  —Jeanine Tan THE inspiration for the charac- I ter of Harry Lee in the movie I Perth wasn't Taxi Driver's Travis I Bickle. His origins are far more hum- I ble. Harry's story is loosely based I on the life of director Djinn I
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    • 271 31 HANDOUT STILLS, TREVOR TAN THE Singapore film industry is enjoying a mini-renaissance right now with two local productions Perth and The Maid opening tomorrow. And the cash registers are already ringing for The Maid. Could the horror film be the breakout hit that
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  • incinemas
    • 647 32  -  Mervin Tay Male and female SuperStars emerge this week PHOTOS BY plus(g>newstoday.com.sg RUMOURS continue to plague the final four Superstars in-the-making. The latest from the grapevine? Project Superstar finalist Hong Jun Yang has snared a recording contract with Ocean Butterflies Music, regardless of the singing competition's outcome.
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      • 105 34 -AP Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher (picture) would like to start a family, even though they have no marriage plans. "I feel that we are (married) and that we don't need something formal, so to do so isn't a big deal," the 42-year-old actress was quoted in
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      • 117 34 Blissfully in love, too, are Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck. "We were able to have a beautiful, private wedding," she was quoted in the September issue of InStyle as saying. She was commenting on her June 29 nuptials to her Daredevil co-star. "My life is changing
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      • 46 34 Asian movie buffs can look forward to the Ultimate Asian Film Guide that comes with i-Weekly magazine tomorrow. The guide provides an overview of upcoming Asian blockbusters such as The Myth, A Bittersweet Life, A Chinese Tall Story and Everlasting Regret.
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    • 318 34  -  Elisa Chia Corrinne knows her strengths and sticks to them elisa@newstoday.com.sg THERE is no doubting the steely determination of Singaporean singer-songwriter Corrinne May. Her peers fellow Raffles Girls' School alumni Kit Chan and Stefanie Sun, as well as long-time friend Tanya Chua have arguably made more
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    • 309 35  -  Neil Humphreys Four Brothers grosses $34.2m in debut neiKgnewstoday. com, sg FOUR boys grow up on the mean streets of America. Inseparable as kids, they eventually go their separate ways and one of them becomes rich. The plot for Four Brothers sounds like a
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      467 40 Agencies SPLIT, Croatia Croatia are aiming to test their strength in a friendly against world champions Brazil today (tomorrow morning, Singapore time), as they prepare for the World Cup qualifiers next month that could secure their place in Germany. Coach Zlatko Kranjcar is likely to make only one
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    • 172 40 LONDON Football Association (FA) chief executive Brian Barwick has revealed England hope to host the World Cup in 2018. Barwick admitted that the FA have yet to finalise their plans, but want to repeat the success of the Olympic bid. Speaking to BBC
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      499 41 Agencies Eriksson claims current team are his best, as United's Smith pulls out LONDON England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson believes he has his best team since becoming manager five years ago. Even as England are second in their 2006 World Cup qualifying group on 16 points, two adrift of
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    • 328 41 AFP WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS Uzbekistan v Kuwait TASHKENT The match between Uzbekistan and Kuwait will be the focal point for the final round of Asia Zone World Cup qualifiers today. The top two teams guaranteed automatic qualification into next year's finals in
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    • 216 41 -AFP DUBLIN Republic of Ireland captain Kenny Cunningham believes today's (tomorrow morning, Singapore time) friendly against Italy represents the perfect warm-up to next month's crucial World Cup qualifier against France. Brian Kerr's team head into the Sept 7 tie against France in Dublin as
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    • 205 41 AFP PARIS Zinedine Zidane, Claude Makalele and Lilian Thuram make their international comeback today (tomorrow morning, Singapore time), when France play the Cote D'lvoire in a friendly in Montpellier. The three veterans return only 12 months after they retired from the international arena, following France's
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    • 495 42 Agencies Mickelson now in a select group of 33 two-time Major winners GOLF PGA Championship SPRINGFIELD, New Jersey Phil Mickelson, who went through so much heartbreak on his way to his first Major title last year, now has another. And according to the new "nearly
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    • 408 43 The battle is raging in the search for the H-TWO-0 S-League Hunk 2005. Ten S-League beefcakes are fighting to win the hearts of fans by garnering the most votes with their brawn, brains and football skills. Today, we put six questions to GohTat
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    • 477 43 -AFP THE ASHES England v Australia MANCHESTER Australia fast bowler Glenn McGrath proved his worth with the bat at Old Trafford yesterday, as his match-saving effort in the third Ashes Test made him the greatest No 11 in history.
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      • 332 44  -  Darren Lai AN INJURY-time winner by Noh Alam Shah last night saw Tampines Rovers take a huge step towards a place in the final of the RHB Singapore Cup. The 3-2 first leg semi-final win over Home United at the Bishan Stadium means that the defending
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      • 464 44  -  CUBBYLEONG Singapore No 1 suffers a serious injury in worlds, very doubtful for SEA Games BADMINTON World Championships cubby@newstoday.com.sg HE WAS on his way to a routine win in the opening round of the 2005 World Championships, but in a split second, Ronald Susilo's entire season probably
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      • 239 44  -  Cubby Leong RONALD Susilo's unfortunate exit from the 2005 World Championships saw a cloud descend on the Singapore camp, but the team pulled themselves together to put on a credible show. In the women's singles, Li Li advanced to the second round and was followed
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      • 335 45  -  LEONG WEE KEAT weekeat@newstoday.com.sg IT WAS a good day at the track and an even better day on the field for the Singapore Sports School, in the second day of competition at the Bth Thailand Inter Sports School Games in Übon
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      • 126 45  -  Leong Wee Keat STARHUB has made a major signing for this season's English Premiership, snagging local comedian Mark Lee. To enhance the Premiership experience, mobile service provider StarHub has launched Mark Lee Soccer Talk a brand new Premier League highlights programme helmed by the
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      • 345 45  -  Leong Wee Keat SINGAPORE'S top junior Choo Tze Huang (picture) had a dream start in yesterday's first round of the 58th Singapore Open Amateur Championships (Aug 16-19). With only one bogey at the par-4 16th, the 17-year-old carded a 3-under 68 at
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