Today, 22 August 2006, Afternoon Edition

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  • 14 1 TODAY /A=diaCorp fresfsf share your free newspaper Tuesday August 22, 2006 todayonline.com MICA(P) 192/07/2006
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  • AFTERNOONEDITION
    • 331 1 -AGENCIES Suspects 'attempted to buy surface-to-air missiles and rifles' NEW YORK The United States unveiled charges yesterday against eight suspects accused of supporting Sri Lanka's separatist Tamil Tiger rebels, a movement the US brands a foreign terrorist organisation. The authorities said they had
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    • 415 1  -  LOH CHEE KONG cheekong@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPORE'S sad season for charities got darker as the Commissioner of Charities (COC) began an inquiry into the affairs of Youth Challenge (YC) after receiving two complaints from the public. YC was founded by former police officer Vincent Lam in
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  • hot news
    • 652 2  -  LOH CHEE KONG Court of Three Judges suspends lawyer Ahmad Khalis for misconduct cheekong@newstoday.com. sg FORMER Hong Kah GRC Member of Parliament Ahmad Khalis Abdul Ghani (picture) has been suspended from law practice for two years, after the legal profession's highest disciplinary body upheld the Law
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    • 807 3  -  ANG PENG HWA Some basic training could help keep them out of trouble IT'S official: The Government is not against blogs or bloggers and in fact may even do some podcasting of its own to get its message across. So declared Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong
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    • 439 4 -AFP Former First Lady may be preparing for the next US presidential elections WASHINGTON United States Senator and former First Lady Hillary Clinton is quietly putting in place the infrastructure and logistics for a White House run, Time magazine reported in its latest issue.
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    • 259 4 -AFP NEW YORK US stocks snapped a five-day winning streak yesterday as tensions over Iran's nuclear programme drove oil prices up and encouraged investors to cash in their profits, traders said. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 36.42 points to close
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    • 129 4 DPA SYDNEY A passenger today reported a bomb scare aboard an airline flight from China to Australia. A note warning that a bomb would explode on the China Southern Airlines flight from Guangzhou to Sydney was found one hour into the journey, Australian passenger Jason
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  • singapore news
    • 334 6  -  LEE U WEN AT THE age of 53, factory operator Irene Chong found herself back in the classroom again. One of 340 staff nearly half of them over 40 years old identified for retraining by her employer, STMicroelectronics (STMicro), she had to undergo three months of
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    • 538 6  -  TAN HUI LENG IMH's new voluntary Subutex rehabilitation programme attracts more than 1,000 patients huileng@newstoday.com.sg THE Subutex Voluntary Rehabilitation Programme (SVRP) kicked off at the Institute of Mental Health (IMH) yesterday with some 100 patients enrolled in it, and another 1,000 on the waiting list
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    • 388 6  -  ANSLEY NG a nsley@newstoday.com.sg A FORMER manager at the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) is the first person to be convicted for her role in the charity's high-profile saga. Ragini Vijayalingam, an ex-as-sistant manager in the foundation's purchasing department, was fined $24,000 yesterday for
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  • world news
    • GLOBALROUNDUP
      • 64 8 BLOOMBERG Two trains collided in Egypt, leaving 80 people dead and 140 injured, officials said. The incident happened at the town of Qalioub, 20km north of Cairo, yesterday morning. The governor of the province of Qalioubia, Mr Adli Hussein, said that one train was waiting
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      • 50 8 —AGENCIES Indonesia has delayed the scheduled executions of Jemaah Islamiyah militants Imam Samudra and brothers Amrozi Nurhasyim and Ali Gufron, who were convicted of carrying out the 2002 Bali bombings after their defence attorneys announced they would file a final appeal, a government spokesman said yesterday.
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      • 62 8 —AFP Police yesterday searched for three men who beat up pro-democracy Hong Kong lawmaker Albert Ho with bats and batons while he was eating at a crowded McDonald's restaurant after a protest march. He was treated in a hospital after the Sunday attack and physicians were
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    • 380 8 SUNGAIPETANI Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi should be left alone to govern the country his way and without interference, if the Malays want their weaknesses not to be exposed, according to Malaysian Information Minister Zainuddin Maidin. At a public function in Sungei
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    • 478 8 -AFP STEPHFF'S Former strongman refuses to enter plea and insists he is still the leader of Iraq BAGHDAD Ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein defiantly refused to enter a plea at the start of his trial yesterday on charges of genocide over a brutal crackdown against Kurds that
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    • 315 10 —BLOOMBERG KUALA LUMPUR South-east Asian economies posted a 48-per-cent increase in foreign direct investment (FDI) last year, as economic growth and lower tariffs attracted investors. The 10-member Association of South-east Asian Nations (Asean) attracted US$3B billion ($59.7 billion) in foreign direct investment last
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    • this quirky world
      • 98 10 DPA Police and the Auckland council said they would not stop a controversial proposed motorcycle parade of topless porn stars down the main street of New Zealand's largest city, organised to advertise an erotica expo. "Given the standards of decency observed in
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      • 93 10 The new world strip poker champion has celebrated winning the £10,000 ($29,745) prize by removing his remaining clothes, securing the same amount for charity, reported Reuters. Mr John Young, a 32-year-old British freelance writer, secured victory after an eight-hour competition involving almost
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    • 543 10 —AP Alleged killer Karr lives it up on plane before jail transfer LOS ANGELES John Mark Karr's return to the United States from Bangkok took him from clinking his champagne glass during a flight over the Pacific to a high-security jail, where he was awaiting a
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    • 146 11 —THE GUARDIAN NEW YORK Iran set the scene for confrontation with the United Nations Security Council by declaring on Sunday that it would reject demands to suspend uranium enrichment as the price of an agreement over its nuclear programme. The announcement pre-empted today's anticipated
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    • 104 11 -AFP LONDON Prosecutors in Britain charged eight suspects yesterday with conspiracy to murder and preparing acts of terrorism in connection with an alleged plot to put suicide bombers onto US-bound airliners. The charges were announced as officials gave more details of their probe in- eluding the
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    • 358 11 -AFP UN in hurry but will have to await outcome of talks on European contribution UNITED NATIONS Ten days after securing a ceasefire in Lebanon, the UN was still scrabbling yesterday to find sufficient troops to maintain the peace amid warnings the fragile truce would
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    • 235 11 TOKYO Japan's Foreign Minister Taro Aso officially announced his candidacy yesterday to replace Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi next month, despite polls that show him trailing far behind the front-run-ner, his office said. Mr Aso is one of three likely candidates in the campaign for
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    • 995 12  -  IRFAN HUSAIN Country's leaders need to stop denying it is a hotbed for extremists before it can solve the problem news@newstoday.com.sg WHEN the news about a suspected plot to blow up a number of airliners over the Atlantic broke last week, I had hoped there
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  • Voices
    • 615 14  -  TAN KENG SOON I REFER to Ng Ka Yen's News Comment, "Wanted: Babies to save our legacy" (Aug 18). There are many reasons why the birth rate in Singapore and elsewhere has plummeted. But I think the main one is that children are
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    • 351 14  -  TAN KIN LI AN Letter from Chief Executive Officer NTUC Income I REFER to the letter "Still, does it have to take that long for claims to clear?" (Aug 18). Mr Lim Boon Hee asked: "Did NTUC Income bite off more than it can chew?"
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    • 80 15 These GPs exploit the weakness and misery of drug abusers and profit greatly. When one gets to be a doctor, he or she takes the Hippocratic Oath. Knowing that Subutex causes more harm than help, they are hypocrites. Their greed has tarnished the credibility of other genuine doctors. Dennis
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    • 245 15  -  HUHUITING Letter from I REFER to the letter by Nicholas Aw ("What will make lawyers happy?", Aug 21). I am a human resource professional and I have respect for people of different professions. In the course of my work, I have come across cases
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    • 424 15  -  JOLENETAN Protection offered to spouses in marriages is unbalanced Letter from I REFER to Leonard C's letter, "If the men only knew... (Aug 18). I agree that it is problematic when laws make generalised assumptions about relationships between men and women on the basis
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    • 269 16  -  DR JAMES DOBSON BY WHEN PEOPLE ARE DIFFERENT At 2.2 metres, Sandy Allen is the tallest living woman, but it's her big heart that's most impressive. Most people would consider it a thrill to be listed in the Guinness Book of World Records, but Sandy's claim
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    • 310 16  -  RICK LIM SAY KIONG Was entry age lowered because of revue's losses? Letter from I WOULD welcome clarification on the Media Development Authority's (MDA) decision to lower the age limit of Crazy Horse's patrons from 21 years to 18 ("RlB rating for cabarets", Aug 17).
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    • 203 16  -  GOH KIAN HUAT Letter from I REFER to the report, "A Paris-like buzz: MM" (Aug 19-20). Crazy Horse's semi-nude women's dancing is now permitted in Singapore. As Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew noted, more tourists are expected to watch the show
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    • 257 16  -  KENNETH RIJOCK Letter from Financial crime consultant, World Check I READ with interest Thomas Koshy's News Comment, "A case of misplaced energies" (Aug 14), which questions whether enhanced due diligence to deter money laundering is worth the high cost As a former bank
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    • 80 15 CATHERINE LIM ...AMUSES Old Romeo wished to leave behind Tales of his pursuit of womankind. Asked the name of his book, Said he with lascivious look, "Close Encounters of the Dirt Kind!" MUSES He was killed by a guerrilla bullet And thrown into a mass grave; Betrayed by the very
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  • Businesstoday
    • 470 18 —BLOOMBERG Reits to sell $866 m of bonds to fund purchase of Raffles City CAPITALAND'S two real estate investment trusts (Reits) have hired HSBC Holdings to sell $866 million of bonds to help fund the purchase of Raffles City. The bonds, which are
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    • marketwatch
      • 4 18 ST lndex 2,467.3 -16.2
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      • 132 18 -DOW JONES SHARE prices ended lower after an interest rate hike in China and a lack of fresh leads in Singapore, analysts said. The ST Index (STI) ended down 16.2 points, or 0.7 per cent, at 2,467.3, reversing three straight sessions of gains last week. Losers led gainers 351
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      • 57 18 ■SGX, Dow Jones and Bloomberg Information provided by Nikkei 225 *****.04 -136.94 -0.85 Hang Seng ASX *****.88 5063.60 -322.82 +11.10 -1.86 +0.22 Taiwan Wtd 6505.92 -215.16 -3.20 Korea Comp 1321.67 -9.43 -0.71 KLCI 942.61 +0.61 +0.06 SET Index 705.93 -2.56 -0.36 Jakarta Comp Phils Comp Shenzhen B 287.98
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      • 47 18 Synear THBEV Gallant UTAC Chartered SingTel Capitaland Ipco MAEEngg Axis 0.910 0.205 0.720 0.715 1.200 2.400 4.560 0.000 0.045 0.410 +0.050 +0.035 -0.035 -0.030 -0.050 -0.010 +0.030 +5.0 +5.1 -4.7 -2.4 -2.0 -11.1 +7.9 77,249 30,520 27,600 23,001 21,077 19,011 17,364 15,507 15,203 14,030
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      • 36 18 us$ UK£ Yen HK$ RM Euro Rupiah Baht 0.6353 0.3377 73.573 4.9388 2.3320 0.4954 5759.7 23.869 Peso A$ Indian Rs Won C$ Yuan NZ$ NT$ 32.479 0.8366 29.486 609.04 0.7150 5.0666 0.9937 20.751
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      • 20 18 Gold US$/oz Silver US$/oz Platinum US$/oz 621.70 12.03 1,223.60 Rubber cents/kg Palm oil RM/tonne Brent US$/barrel 342.50 1,573.00 72.29
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    • 105 18 MDIS ROAD SHOW THIS WEEK THEMDIS Cathay Cineleisure (Orchard) Road Show will take place on Friday and Saturday from 11 am to 9pm. You can visit the event to find out more about MDIS' academic programmes with disciplines that include Business and Management, Mass Communications, Information Technology, Life Sciences,
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    • 130 18 -DOW JONES MELBOURNE Dyno Nobel chief executive Peter Richards said yesterday that the world's second-largest explosives maker was seeking a stake of just under 30 per cent in Sin-gapore-listed Fabchem China to tap into the booming Chinese mining sector. Fabchem China has
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    • 240 19  -  -LEECH ING WERN MANPOWER issues have catapulted past perennial concerns such as access to financing and operating costs to become the second biggest challenge faced by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) here. In the SME Development Survey 2006, an annual poll conducted by DP
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    • 151 19  -  CHOW PENN NEE CROSS-licensing agreements between Apple Computer and Creative Technology could be the way to solve the patent infringement lawsuits between the two companies, said an expert on intellectual property (IP). "Apple and Creative are an interesting case. They can enter into a
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    • 218 19 Singapore Airlines chairman Stephen Lee bought 19.99 per cent of Sesdaq-listed water treatment company Dayen Environmental for $5.9 million. He paid 45 cents for each of the 13.12 million new shares. Dayen will use the net proceeds of $5.85 million for expanding into Greater China, Saudi Arabia and South-east
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  • !mpact media and advertising
    • 819 20  -  JANE CHIAPOCQ Wellness gurus Jean Yip prepares for overseas expansion ja nec@newstoday.com.sg BEAUTY and hair-care services provider Jean Yip Group is making an assertive push overseas, and the proof is literally taking shape at Kaki Bukit Place where a new dedicated headquarters is
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    • 211 20 SENTOSA and advertising agency Tequila have launched a new campaign harnessing children's "pester power" to attract families to Palawan Beach after an $11-million makeover. Around 40,000 interactive sticker maps of the beach with a pack of colourful stickers were distributed on school buses
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    • 338 20 ONE MINUTE MANAGER CO-AUTHOR TO CONDUCT WORKSHOP HERE Dr Ken Blanchard, co-author of The One Minute Manager, will conduct a programme on leadership and motivation on Nov 30 at the Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel, Singapore. The programme will cover topics such as how a manager leads through service by
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    • 263 21  -  -JANECHIAPOCO SHOWCASING its products at upscale condominium showrooms like the St Regis Residences has paid off for German domestic appliances manufacturer Miele. Currently, exclusive projects like the Ardmore Park, Cuscaden Residences and Draycott 8 display Miele appliances. But Miele products will soon also be
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    • 489 21  -  SHOBHATSERING BHALLA These new products cater to specific target groups shobha@newstoday.com.sg IN LINE with its mission to keep its goods affordable for Singaporeans, NTUC FairPrice recently unveiled five household brands during its National Day observance ceremony held last week. The brands include Fair Price Gold
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  • Infotech solutions for business
    • 305 22 ONLINE STORAGE FOR BROADBAND SUBSCRIBERS Star Hub is partnering Live Cargo, a mobile productivity solutions provider, to deliver the latter's patent-pending file management, remote storage and collaboration technologies to Star Hub's broadband customers by the fourth quarter of the year. Live Cargo's software provides a set of secure tools
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    • 628 22  -  ARIELTAM IN TOKYO NEC's new FT server systems allow for non-stop computing, no downtime a riel@newstoday.com.sg I IT'S not uncommon to have your work interruptI ed at the most inopportune time, all because of a little malfunction in that big, noisy machine in the office called ironically a
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    • 122 22 VGA I What it's not: I VIRTUAL GAME ATTACK I What it is: I VIDEO GRAPHICS ARRAY In other words: VGA is a graphics display standard that equates to a medium resolution of 640 x 480 pixels in 16 colours. This means that a VGA image has 640 rows
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    • Article, Illustration
      248 23 CD-ROM AUTORUN Q: My CD-Rom does not auto-run. What is the problem? Michael Ng A: To enable autorun, do the following for the particular operating system (OS) that you are running: Windows 95/98/ ME 1. Access the System Properties Dialog by opening Control Panel>My Computer>Properties. 2. Select the Device
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    • 484 23  -  HEDIRMAN SUPIAN Demand for networked storage in Singapore is on the rise and the sector is set for growth hedirman@newstoday.com.sg THE demand for networked storage in Singapore looks set to grow as enterprises seek to optimise storage utilisation and reduce management costs. "Compared to some of
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      95 23 LENOVOTHINKCENTREA6O Lenovo has launched the Think Centre A6O its first desktop personal computer that features an AMD processor. Targeted at large enterprises and midmarket customers seeking an affordable system, the Think Centre A6O supports dual-core processing and is equipped with Serial ATA drive support, storage of up to ITB
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    • 489 26  -  FELIX CHEONG Spore firm splurges on rights to 40 Thai films plus@newstoday.com.sg WOULD you shell out a small fortune to buy 40 movies without having seen most of them? Lim Teck would. The general manager of Singapore company InnoForm Media recently inked a deal with Thai production
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      155 26  -  Zul Othman CDREVIEW by Christina Aguilera Could Christina Aguilera, whose name has become synonymous with trashy, reinvent herself as a mature diva in this, her first album in four years? The answer, it seems, is yes. Maybe it was her recent nuptials with record executive Jordan Bratman
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      439 35 -AFP Pakistan slam umpire in ball-tampering fiasco TEST CRICKET England v Pakistan, 4th Test ISLAMABAD Pakistan protesters burned pictures of cricket umpire Darrell Hair and chanted "You are a mini Hitler" yesterday, as anger grew at the ball-tam-pering row that wrecked the fourth Test against England. Sporting
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    • 210 35 -AFP MONTREAL Serbia's Ana Ivanovic carried off the biggest win of her young career by defeating Martina Hingis 6-2, 6-3 in the final of the US$l.34 million ($2.10 million) WTA Tier 1 tournament here yesterday. The match had been held over from Sunday because of
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    • 316 36 —AP SWIMMING Pan Pacific Championships VICTORIA, Canada Fuelled by a big defeat to team-mate Aaron Peirsol a night earlier, Michael Phelps responded with a worldrecord win for his fifth gold medal at the Pan Pacific Championships on Sunday (yesterday morning, Singapore time). Not to be
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    • 544 36 —AGENCIES Chelsea boss calls on his troops to show their stamina for challenges ahead FOOTBALL English Premiership LONDON Chelsea began their Premiership title defence in a familiar fashion strolling to a convincing 3-0 win against Manchester City at Stamford Bridge on Sunday. But manager
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    • 526 37 -AGENCIES CHAMPIONS LEAGUE, 2ND LEG QUALIFIER Maccabi Haifa v Liverpool Benitez looks to exploit Maccabi's need to attack KIEV Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez admits that his side are just one mistake from European disaster. The Reds will play their second leg Champions League qualifier against Israeli
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    • 660 38  -  TANYO-HINN CUBBYLEONG Asian Tour will make a decision on number of exempt slots this week GOLF Barclays Singapore Open yohinn@newstoday.com.sg IT IS Singapore's marquee golf tournament, with a prize purse that is the richest for a national open in Asia. But as it stands, only
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    • 332 38  -  JOSE RAYMOND jose@newstoday.com.sg SINGAPORE'S gritty performance against China in their Asian Cup qualifier last Wednesday should serve as an inspiration to the Young Lions, when they head to the Asian Games in Doha this December. That was the message Singapore National
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    • 31 38 SPORT TV TOMORROW 2.30 am EPL Watford v West Ham, Ch23 2.55 am EPL Tottenham v Sheffield United, Ch24 2.55 am Football Champions League qualification: Crvena Zvezda v AC Milan, Ch22
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