Today, 22 August 2005, Afternoon Edition

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  • AFTERNOONEDITION
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      Lock icon Israel to start pulling out from West Bank tomorrow
      254 1 AFP WASHINGTON Israeli Finance Minister Ehud Olmert said yesterday that Israel's pullout from the West Bank should begin and end this week, despite the growing presence of Jewish resistors. The pullout "will start Tuesday and, I believe, it will end up
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      Lock icon Blueprint for a global city called home
      1204 1  -  TEO HWEE NAK 3HRISTIE LOH, LEE U WEN AND DERRICKA PAULO PM Lee maps out the future, envisions a world-class Singapore DEPUTY NEWS EDITOR hweena k@newstoday.com.sg BREAKING away from a 40-year format in delivering his second National Day Rally last night, Prime Minister
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      Lock icon Comfort DelGro in Aussie venture
      125 1 BLOOMBERG SINGAPORE'S ComfortDelGro and Cabcharge Australia will set up a venture to buy the businesses and assets of Westbus Group, a Sydney bus operator, for A$106.7 million ($134.4 million). ComfortDelGro, which operates the world's second-largest fleet of buses and taxis, will own 51 per cent
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      49 1 hot news 2 Singapore news 8 world news 10 voices 18 business 26 succeed 32 plus 34 tv/radio listings 42 classads 44 sports 46 we set you thinking ssffl tft] IM11 sT»WSj las! ami*! REBELS WITH A CAUSE Singapore designers pushed m the envelope at World Expo 8 "*****6"*****9"
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      14 1 MORE REPORTS PAGES 2-3 NEWS COMMENT: HOW TO KEEP THE SPIRIT ALIVE PAGE 4
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      30 1 saCSSB [Pi]lflfl| m BSSSSSS^^^ lW' St jH y/' TOSHIBA ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP HERO BENT Everton post first H *aMsl win of the season f Wl Page 54 RENAULT CREATEUR D'AUTOMOBILES I
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  • hot news
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      Singapore's garden party
      411 2  -  DERRICK A PAULO derrick@newstoday.com.sg THE term "Garden City" is set to take on a new meaning in Singapore with the announcement of a new development at Marina Bay. Not one, as had been revealed previously, but three "world-class" gardens are planned. The hope is to develop the
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      KEY ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL DAY RALLY
      147 3 A new Research, Innovation and Enterprise Council (RIEC)to advise Government on strategies, led by PM with Dr Tony Tan as deputy chairman. Low-income Singaporeans to get new CPF housing grant for lower income families buying new and resale HDB flats. MediShield age limit
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      Lock icon No child will get left behind
      531 3  -  LEE U-WEN Big changes in education system due as PM Lee promises a first-class education for all u-wen@newstoday.com.sg BIG strides are being taken to ensure that all Singaporeans, and not just an elite few, are given equal opportunities to receive a first class education.
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      After the rally, how to keep spirit alive?
      882 4  -  Teo Hwee Nak Deputy News Editor hweenaK@newstoday.com.sg A FEW minutes before midnight on the eve of National Day, I was crammed in a car with six other adults heading towards Marina Bay to catch the fireworks display. Apparently, so was everyone else
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      Lock icon Double happiness
      382 6 AFP Sultan of Brunei takes former Malaysian TV journalist as his second wife KUALA LUMPUR Once the world's richest man, and still fabulously wealthy, Sultan of Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah has married a 26-year-old former Malaysian television journalist, making her his second wife, reports said yesterday. The 58-year-old head
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      Lock icon Wish you were here ...
      387 6 Wish you were here ■DAWNQUEK ALL Ms Joycelyn Chua did was to use a postcard she found in her letterbox to write to her friend, Mr Kiichiro Kimura, living in Shiga prefecture, Japan. That little note won Mr Kimura two return tickets to Singapore on Singapore Airlines, a three-day, two-night
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      318 4 YouVe closer to success than you think. Life sciences is one of the fastest growing industries and MDIS is geared to help you be at the forefront of this exciting new frontier. Our $35-million UniCampus* and reputable life sciences programmes provide the DNA you need to succeed. Call now and
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      378 5 llil HUMIj r.l I i BJjlTffll i Iftilif i I i 111 J niTjEj3W7T7?Wi«TIrsI«rS\"73WKTi»T«TTT7^BfI»f77rrnifrT«T7IH ::9BHB^HHHI^ Mill''11 IH^^^^Hl^^^^^^^^^^^H The Fund may in the future invest in bonds denominated in Singapore dollars issued by other Asian Government, agencies of other Asian Government, or other quasi-Asian Government entities if the composition of the
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      26 6 TRY OUT THE WORLD'S /fc\Xf^/V SMALLEST AND W/ >s^^>>2r*£^V CROSSHtfQPF^ L. y "^#l °n paae 45 M/^^^^^S<kLfj>un^ l£ v J^. I "~&A M/0\ A V^V /^^l *^'>
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      289 7 1m Sing Tel TOUCHING LIVES FUND AJA Ah F 4JA Show how much you care and make I lfl a difference to the lives of less L privileged children and young people. Ih^H^^^l^^^v M "c Par* *ne momen*B^^^_^^^ B^^^_^^^B It takes so little to bring so much hope and B^""J
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  • singapore news
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      Three charged in $4m extortion scam at DVD firm
      207 8 TWO male Chinese nationals were charged in court yesterday for extorting $4 million from their employer, the chief executive officer of a listed company that produces CDs and DVDs. At 12.10pm last Tuesday, Datapulse Technology production operators Wang Dongsheng and Li
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      Lock icon The Raffles Top 100
      459 8  -  LEE U-WEN Author marks 180 years of Rafflesians with book profiling inspirational alumni u-wen@newstoday.com.sg SENIOR Minister Goh Chok Tong was just 10 years old when he was called to his dying father's bedside in hospital. His father told him then: "Study hard, and take good care
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  • world news
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      Lock icon Haze-causing blazes put out
      398 10 AFP But underground peatfires could continue to burn, says Indonesian minister Kaban JAKARTA Indonesia yesterday said firefighters had extinguished all the fires on Sumatra island blamed for causing a choking haze which smothered the region. The fires from land clearance in Riau province and neighbouring North
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      Lock icon N Korea reactivates its reactor
      257 10 AFP TOKYO A United States spy satellite found that North Korea reactivated its nuclear reactor last month after it spotted vapour coming out of the reactor's boiler, a Japanese daily said yesterday. The reactivation of the Yongbyon nuclear complex came just before six-nation talks aimed
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    • this quirky world
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        COW JAILED FOR CAUSING ACCIDENT
        68 10 A cow has been put in prison after it was blamed for a road accident in Colombia, reported ananova.com. The cow was wandering along a road in Giron when it was hit by a woman on a motorcycle. A police spokesman said: "If it was
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        DEMO AGAINST LOAN DEFAULTERS
        63 10 The Urban Co-operative Bank in the eastern Indian state of Orissa have come up with a unique way to recover outstanding loans staging noisy demonstrations outside the home of defaulters, reported the BBC. It has been encouraged by the recent success of another bank, whose staff
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        Lock icon I'M NORMAL, SAYS SPEED-EATER
        69 10 -AFP Mr Takeru Kobayashi, 27, the world's speed eating champion who makes his living downing more food, more quickly than anyone else, says he has a normal appetite. But his record is 53 and a half hot dogs in 12 minutes. The 64kg Kobayashi says he
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        Lock icon PORSCHE TIP FOR WAITRESS
        61 10 AFP Swedish waitress Josefin Justin thought her elderly customer was joking when he offered her his Porsche as a tip, daily Aftonbladet reported. The 19-year-old was waiting tables atthe Njuraanger Cafe in Sundsvall in central Sweden when the recently-retired man asked her age. When She told
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      Lock icon Sarin gas attack on London foiled
      468 12 AGENCIES Report claims British House of Commons was targeted LONDON British police believe they have thwarted a nerve gas attack by the Al Qaeda terrorist network on the British Parliament, The Sunday Times reported. The newspaper said the plot to target the House of
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      Lock icon Unions out to stop 'Wal-Martisation'
      279 12 -AFP WASHINGTON A global coalition of unions is launching an unprecedented campaign to organise workers around the world at United States retail giant Wal-Mart, seeking to bring a new level of globalisation to the labour movement The Wal-Mart campaign was set to be officially launched
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      Lock icon Japan to abandon its UN dream
      324 14 -AGENCIES Security Council seat bid dropped due to lack of support TOKYO Japan will give up its bid to secure a permanent seat on the United Nations (UN) Security Council for the time being after it failed to win enough international support, a newspaper
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      Lock icon SA hunts kidney scam kingpin
      192 14 -AFP JOHANNESBURG South African police are hunting a suspected Israeli mastermind behind a cash-for-kidney scandal involving top surgeons who performed more than 100 transplants two years ago, the local Sunday Times newspaper reported. Ilan Perry claimed to be the kingpin behind a syndicate that paid
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      Lock icon Einstein's last great theory discovered
      161 14 -AFP THE HAGUE (Netherlands) A handwritten account by German physics genius Albert Einstein (picture) of his last major theory has turned up in the University of Leiden near The Hague. It was found by a student, Mr Rowdy Boeyink, among documents from the library of
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      HOPE AFTER TRAGEDY
      666 16  -  CLEMENT MESENAS New clinic in tsunami-devastated Aceh village is first of 70 FOREIGN EDITOR ACEH The people of the tsunami-devas-tated fishing port of Calang in Aceh may not have much reason to smile. In just a few hours, the tsunami reduced the town's population of 40,000 to
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      Lock icon China's Apprentice version irks billionaire Trump
      210 16 -AFP HONG KONG The spat between multibillionaire Donald Trump and his Hong Kong business partner, Mr Vincent Lo, looks set to take a turn for the worse. Mr Lo has made a Chinese version of Mr Trump's hit reality show The Apprentice. "China is
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      75 11 i Teaching is an exciting career with unmatched opportunities and challenges. Being a teacher today means not just nurturing the spirit of innovation and the passion for learning, but also taking lessons beyond the classroom. If you are a professional who is contemplating a career switch, why not teach? Be
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      81 16 Not Available GOOD PUBLICITY IS Terms and Conditions: Only available on Monday Thursday This promotion is only valid from 22 to 31 August 2005 Booking to be done online at www.todayonline.com Limited to the first 300 advertiers only on a first-come first-served basis Only applicable to direct advertisers Contact number
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      482 17 H k Footnotes 1 1nvestors will have to hold their investments in the Great Link Choice for the entire policy term of 5 years before they may benefit from the 100% capital protection. If investors realise their units before the fund matures, the realisation price will be based on the
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  • Voices
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      Surely there is more to VS?
      197 18  -  LIM BOON HEE Don't put down others in their campaign against co-ed Letter from AS A former Raffles Institution student in an all-male educational environment, I can empathise with the sentiments expressed by the alumnus of Victoria School (VS) (in media and online forums)
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      All-boys' environment better
      169 18  -  HUANG SHOOUCHYUAN Letter from HAD I a hat, I would take it off to the Class of 4H/2004, Victoria School, for having something sadly lacking in many in Singapore: The passion, conviction and courage to stand up for what they believe in. Probably by now, the former
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      Good show of guts
      114 18  -  SANGEETHABYSHEIM Letter from I APPLAUD the students of Class 4H/2004 for so eloquently voicing their opinion on a matter which they were obviously not consulted about Though I personally do not agree with them, I do admire their fortitude. A few days ago, I read an
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      Schools' space for dissent?
      189 18  -  S G MOORTHY To what extent are open discussions facilitated in class? Letter from I REFER to the news about Victoria School students signing petitions to object to their school going co-ed. I'd like to ask the Ministry of Education the following questions, especially in view
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      Let's all play a part in taking care of park
      114 18  -  SASIDHARAN NAIR Letter from Senior property manager Sembawang Town Council WE THANK Mr Arun X S for his letter "Look at how they ruined our new park" (Aug 16). The town council will take up Mr Arun's suggestion and install
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      Lock icon isay ATROCITIES THAT JUST CAN'T BE LIED AWAY
      684 21  -  LIANG DINGZI BORN after World War 11, I never quite understood my late father's deeprooted resentment of the Japanese. To me, it was a piece of history best left as it was, as we move on in life. I made several Japanese
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      247 22  -  DR JAMES DOBSON Not Available RACE WITHOUT A FINISH The County Fair was a wonderful place for a 9-year-old boy and his dad to spend a lazy afternoon with the Ferris wheel, the game booths and the cotton candy. My good friend Dean Merrill was that
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      Express-ing desire to pedal
      281 22  -  RAJEEVANDSANJEEV KAMALASANAN Opening up expressways to long-distance cycling would be a shot in the arm for the sport Letter from WE ARE enthusiastic long-distance cyclists. We have never had a fulfiling cycling experience here despite having excellent road surface conditions for cycling in Singapore. There is
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      Lock icon For the love of animals
      801 24  -  GILLDALLEY I^2 i JASMINE YIN UK charity worker in Phuket would give her life to help stray dogs and nearly did in the crowd I 46, Animal welfare advocate HER passion to better the lives of some of the voiceless, unwanted members of society cost
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      Don't blame the other woman if he strays
      376 25  -  MRS LAM In "Stay away from my husband, you hear!" (Aug 19), sales manager Mrs Tan spoke of dealing with her cheating husband and confronting his lover and her husband. Another betrayed wife writes to her. Letter from MRS Tan, you are
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      Honda workers were not helpless victims of Indian police
      334 25  -  GPKPILLAI Letter from I REFER to Mr Sanjay Kapoor's news comment ("The age of aggression", Aug 15). I was in India at the time of the events and followed them closely on ZeeTV channel. Here is my view of the events.
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  • Businesstoday
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      Lock icon Sing Tel to 'zealously guard' market position
      505 26 DOWJONES CEO Lee Hsien Yang says telco is focused on the Asia Pacific region for growth SINGAPORE Telecommunications won't ignore mature markets as it continues to look to the region for acquisitions to drive growth, chief executive Lee Hsien Yang said. Sing Tel
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    • marketwatch
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        Lock icon Singapore
        149 26 AFP SHARE prices are expected to trade on a subdued note this week as investors begin to worry whether higher oil bills will eventually hit the corporate sector, dealers said. Fuelling the concerns is also the possibility of another hike in United States interest rates, they said. Declines in
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        Your S$1 buys
        36 26 JS$ JK£ 'en m !M luro iupiah Jaht 0.5983 0.3333 66.0903 4.6497 2.2536 0.4923 5975.41 24.6747 Peso A$ Indian Rs Won C$ Yuan NZ$ NT$ 33.496! 0.796: 26.076! 613.605! 0.724; 4.849! 0.8611 19.259!
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        Lock icon Commodities
        26 26 SGX, Bloomberg Gold US$/oz 442.20 Silver US$/oz 7.01 Platinum US$/oz 889.30 Rubber cents/kg 256.75 Palm oil RM/tonne 1369.50 Brent crude US$/barrel 65.41 Information provided by
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      232 26 2 NEW LENS COLOURS FROM FRESHKON IF YOU were at The Heeren two weekends ago, you would have caught a glimpse of the Miss Singapore World 2005/06 finalists. The 20 beauties were there to launch Groovy Green and Perky Brown two new colours from FreshKon, the pageant's official cosmetic
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      Micro-Mechanics' proposes bonus issue
      288 26  -  CHRISTIE LOH STRONGER financial results have prompted Micro-Mechanics (Holdings), a high-tech tool-maker, to propose a bonus issue and to double its dividend for the year ended June 30. The Sesdaq-listed company plans to distribute $3.32 million, or three cents per share, for the full year on
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      504 27  -  CHRISTIE LOH Talks with Kingsclere on acquisition of Kiani Kertas still on, it tells investors christie@newstoday.com.sg FOLLOWING a mild stock selldown supposedly fuelled by a news report in Indonesia last week, United Fiber System (Unifiber) reassured investors yesterday that its proposed acquisition of
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      208 27 MAINBOARB-LISTED ASL Marine Holdings will invest $22.7 million to upgrade its shipyards in Singapore and Batam, in line with the buoyancy in the marine industry. The marine company said in a statement on Saturday it would build a 150,000-deadweight ton graving dock in the Batam
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        425 28 Bloomberg Washington-based multi-lateral lender wants to help fight rural poverty THE World Bank plans to lend India US$9 billion ($l5 billion) during the next three years for rural development as the world's second-most populous nation seeks to accelerate economic growth
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        942 30  -  NGWENGHOONG news@newstoday.com.sg AS JULY came to a close, oil futures prices jumped right back up above the US$6O a barrel level after spending a few weeks in the USssos range. So far, August is proving to be another record-breaking month: New York
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        611 33 The most important criterion is to deal with people using normal, face-to-face contact THERE will soon be a shortage of companies offering satisfying jobs. There is already a shortage of companies that manage people well. Unsatisfactory jobs turn people off. They cease to operate well.
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      920 34  -  David Chew Singapore design stands tall on the world stage as our'bad boy'designers impress at the World Expo IN MANY respects, they were the rebel designers of the Aichi World Expo in Japan. They challenged the rules, questioned the status quo, disagreed with the organisers and sought
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        82 35  -  KHOO LIH-HAN WRI+ES: I REFER to the article, "Sympathy? That's rubbish." (Aug 20-21). In the recent Project SuperStar finals telecast on MediaCorp TV Channel U, Tan Wei Lian booked his place at the final on Sept 1. But he is blind, which has stirred up a lot
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        105 35  -  PEHXINYI WRI+ES: AT THE start of Project SuperStar, I thought highly of Tan Wei Lian. But as the show progressed, I was rather irritated by his poor rendition of many songs. In the finals, however, Wei Lian gave a wonderful rendition of Heaven Knows and outperformed
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        68 35  -  CHIAHUNHUAT WRI+ES: I AM a great fan of both Singapore Idol and Project SuperStar, but I prefer Idol because that show appears to reward true talent, whereas the latter seems to attract votes of sympathy. From all the charity shows we see on TV, it is obvious
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      673 36  -  ZULOTHMAN PM's speech brings back memories for Indian stall worker zul@newstoday.com.sg IN 1953, Kadir Ali left his hometown of Thuckalay in South India to make his fortune in bustling Singapore. He was just 18. Kadir was given a place to stay at Bencoolen Street, a monthly salary of
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      385 38  -  ZULOTHMAN Anugerah2oos producers are stunned by singer's decision zul@newstoday.com.sg THERE have only been three episodes so far, but Anugerah 2005, MediaCorp TV 12's Suria annual talent search, has chalked up its first controversy. While the reviews from both judges and viewers for his performances
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      286 39  -  David Chew CONCERTREVIEW b Y THERE are good singers and then there are good singers who tell stories. Stacey Kent's concert on Saturday at the Suntec Convention Hall proved that she is a fine storyteller. From Rodgers and Hammerstein to Cole Porter, Kent delighted
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      379 39  -  Neil Humphreys Watch SRT's performance of Harold Pinter's classic play closely or you may be deceived THEATREREVIEW by I I Betrayal, SRT, DBS Arts Centre IN the opening scene of Betrayal, Emma (Shabana Azmi) and Jerry (Peter Friedman) are having a drink in a London pub.
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        624 40  -  AMYVAN Supper such as pasta and congee also available to hungry patrons after a night of whirl and twirl food@newstoday.com.sg TOUTED as a premier dining and dance venue, Upper Club is Chijmes' latest con- cept in fact, it is the first of its kind in Singapore.
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    928 46  -  ERIC DING sports@newstoday.com.sg SINCE Geylang pipped SAFFC to the 2001 S-League title by just two points, the difference between the champions and run-ners-up has never been less than 10 points. This season, the title race promises to mirror the tension and excitement from four years ago. Reigning champions
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    1357 48  -  ERIC DING Champions have great record against the visitors, but Young Lions are on a good run of late YOUNG LIONS VTAMPINES Yishun Stadium, Tomorrow, 7.30pm sports@newstoday.com.sg WHAT a difference two weeks can make. Tampines Rovers, so mighty and seemingly invincible just a fortnight ago, have
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    165 49 Geylang Stadium Today, 7.30pm OH how the once-mighty Geylang have fallen. The Eagles, winners of the inaugural S-League season in 1996, currently sit in an unfamiliar position second from bottom in the table. Judging by their abject performances of late, not many will bet that the stricken
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    166 49 Jurong Stadium Wednesday, 7.30pm EIGHT-PLACED Sinchi produced a major upset when they upstaged second placed SAFFC 1-0 three weeks ago. However, inconsistency continues to plague the Chinese side as they lost 2-0 to Albirex the week after. Aside from fighting for a place in the top six,
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    169 49 Hougang Stadium Thursday, 7.30pm BEING hammered 4-0 does not do anything for team morale, but despite being stuffed by Woodlands last week, Paya Lebar Punggol are quietly confident of getting a rare win against an off-form Balestier side. From fourth in the table, Balestier have slid
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    174 49 Bishan Stadium Friday, 7 pm, ive on Channel News Asia HOME are virtually out of the SLeague title race, but they could still play a part in determining where the title ends up. The 2003 champions still have to face the top three sides in the
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      75 49 There are just nine days to go before voting closes for the H-TWO-0/S-LEAGUE HUNK 2005 contest. Fans can vote for their favourite S-League hunk through the official H-TWO-0 Hunk contest forms that are available at all major supermarkets and convenience stores, aswell as the
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      64 49 The re-turfing exercise at Jalan Besar Stadium, a collaboration between the Football Association of Singapore and Fifa through the Goal Project, started in June and is expected to be completed in October. The new artificial playing surface will cost an estimate $650,000. At the moment, the
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      70 49 Singapore Armed Forces Sports Association and Tessensohn Khalsa Rovers will battle for the Singapore Pools FA Cup on Sept 3 at the Toa Payoh Stadium. SAFSA posted a 4-1 win over Hong Kah North CSC in the semi-finals to make the FA Cup final
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      78 49 Victories over Timor Leste (3-1) and the Maldives (2-1) were not enough to prevent the Singapore under-18 side from crashing out of the AFF under-20 tournament. The u-18 team's Palembang campaign ended with them in third spot in Group B, behind table-toppers Laos and Vietnam. V
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      50 49 The Singapore Schools team finished fourth at the recent 2nd Asian Youth under--15 Championships. The under-15 outfit slumped to a 3-0 defeat to Malaysia in the third place playoff match. The schools side had previously hammered Cambodia 10-0, lost to Korea Republic 2-1 and beat Indonesia 2-1.
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    263 49  -  DARREN LAI da rren@newstoday.com.sg NINE of the H-TWO-0 S-League Hunks 2005 nominees took to the catwalk on Saturday and wowed the crowd at The Heeren with their newly acquired skills, as they surprisingly looked the part when they strutted their stuff alongside international fashion models.
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      683 50 -AFP Top seed Lin wins nail-biter against Gade, faces historychasing Taufik in final BADMINTON World Championships ANAHEIM, California World No 1 Lin Dan continued his domination over Denmark's Peter Gade with a 15-9, 13-15, 15-10 victory in the semi-finals of the badminton world championships on Saturday
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      352 50  -  TRI-NATIONS RUGBY -AFP Australia 19 S Africa 22 PERTH A jubilant South Africa left Perth yesterday with a Tri-Nations clean sweep firmly in their sights, leaving behind a defeated Australian team which coach Eddie Jones hinted would need to begin rebuilding. The Springboks, 22-19 victors at
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      188 50 -AFP WELLINGTON New Zealand rugby great Jonah Lomu is looking to revive his career at club level in Europe and was reported yesterday to have been courted by "three or four" Northern Hemisphere teams about playing in the Heineken Cup, the European club championship. Lomu,
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        459 51 —AFP Struggling World No 1 beats fellow American Chris DiMarco by one shot GOLF NEC Invitational AKRON (Ohio) Tiger Woods won his fourth WGC-NEC Invitational here yesterday when he carded a final round one-over par 71 to beat fellow American Chris DiMarco by
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      604 52  -  LEONG WEE KEAT Good show in Thailand, now Singapore institution plans to host International Games >DAYEXCLUSIVE weekeat@newstoday.com.sg PLANS are underway to transform the Thailand Inter Sports School Games into the first South-east Asian Sports School Games for young, elite athletes. The sports schools of Brunei and
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      765 53 -AFP But Alonso minimises damage with a lucky second spot FORMULA 1 Turkish Grand Prix ISTANBUL Kimi Raikkonen claimed a dominant victory for McLaren-Mercedes in the inaugural Turkish Grand Prix here yesterday to turn the heat up on championship leader Fernando Alonso. The Finn was the class
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      481 54 11VU.UVU -AFP Home side squander series of chances as Moyes' men bag first win of the season ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Bolton 0 Everton 1 BOLTON Marcus Bent snatched an unlikely 1-0 win for Everton as David Moyes' team survived a Bolton onslaught to emerge victorious at the
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