Today, 6 November 2006

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    14 1 TODAY /A=diaCorp share your free newspaper MICA(P) 314/10/2006 Monday November 6, 2006 todayonline.com I
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    Lock icon 'Little Boy' blues may paint skies grey
    737 1  -  LEE U-WEN But countries like Singapore will help Indon districts fight fires as El Nino threat looms u-wen@media corp.com.sg THE gloomy skies that you see outside your window are just a trailer. Things could get really ugly next year as the "Little Boy"
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    Lock icon Saddam to hang, but Iraq's perched on a knife-edge
    563 1 -AGENCIES BAGHDAD Saddam Hussein was sentenced to death yesterday, but such is his divisive influence that the verdict could cost many more Iraqi lives. The city of Baghdad and four other provinces in Iraq were like a ghost town as officials
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      46 1 hot news 2 Singapore news 4 world news 8 voices 16 business 23 succeed 26 plus 28 eatout 34 fv radio listings 36 classed 37 sports 39 we set you thinking SUDOKUpIus PAGE 33 THE UPGRADING LIFT But don't take goodies for granted, says MM 2
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      44 1 PLEASESUM DOWN BEFORE TAKE-OFF I Courtto decide if Indian Airlines I m^S^ M H can ground, fire overweight hostesses 14 I B^mmA^MmbMU THE PRICE OF LOVE: I UM $3OOOOANDHERJOB 16 r^ g^^JJESBif!Bi WEST HAM STUN ARSENAL I Harewood's late strike sinks Gunners I IS^fjkj
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      7 1 ASIAN GIANTS AWAIT REPUBLICANS' FATE PAGE 10
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  • hot news
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      Lock icon Spottiswoode smiling
      663 2  -  LEE U-WEN But don't take goodies for granted, says MM Lee u-wen@media corp.com.sg TWENTY months ago, Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew dished out this piece of advice to residents at Spottiswoode Park: Vote for lift upgrading and increase the value of your flat The response was near-unanimous, with
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      Indon minister skips S'pore meet 'in protest'
      206 2 JAKARTA Indonesia's Industry Minister Fahmi Idris is still upset at Singapore's decision to raise the haze issue at the United Nations General Assembly last month. To register his protest at the move, Mr Fahmi boycotted a meeting of the In-donesia-Singapore joint steering committee
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      isay ENGLISH ISN'T THE ENEMY
      578 3  -  MICHAEL WEE michael@media corp.com.sg IN "ON writing the Great Singapore Novel," (Oct 30), commentator Liang Dingzi discussed the need for "the Singapore breath and breadth of life" in our Eng-lish-language literature. As an aspiring Singaporean writer, it seems to me a great impediment lies in
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      132 2 "Our intention is to grow exportable, Made-by-Singapore animation and gaming content for international markets" Seto Lot Yin, Director. Industry Development Division Media Development Authority, Singapore. -Source from Animatum'Xpress I Life's like a game... i i i\- i. take control! \.J T. .Z'Z\ s"™"™ s"™"™ ""5"" I on11ii"" L.u"";:::*..u."H'i A REGISTER
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      243 3 KB The University of XSjZ Western Australia Achieving International Excellence f~~) <Vr y Professor Geoffrey Soutar Director UWA Graduate School of Management Faculty of Economics and Commerce PhD/Doctor of Business Administration World Top 100 University Master of Business Administration The Times Higher Bachelor of Commerce (Marketing) Education Supplement With specialisations
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  • Singapore news
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      Exporting mandarins
      526 4  -  LOHCHEEKONG Govtto share public service expertise with other countries cheekong@media corp. com. sg AS SINGAPORE'S public service seeks to attract and retain the best talents in the country, the traditional role of civil servants will be redefined to extend beyond the Republic's borders. In the Public Service Division's
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      ENTREPRENEURS NEEDED TO TAP OPPORTUNITIES
      222 4 "THERE'S MONEY IN REAL ESTATE, AN AGEING POPULATION, EMERGING VIETNAM," self made millionaire Mr Andy Ong boomed during the recent Global Entrepolis Event hosted by the Economic Development Board and Singapore Federation. Opportunities abound, but we are facing a shortage of entrepreneurs to head all
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      Lock icon Tons of good news for S'pore ports
      458 4  -  TOR CHING LI chingli@media corp. com. sg SINGAPORE is set to maintain its status as the world's top container sea port this year, according to the Ministry of Transport (MOT), which released its addendum to the President's Address yesterday. In the first nine
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      CONSIDER ONE PUBLIC TRANSPORT OPERATOR, 'CREATIVE CHANGES
      146 4 THE Government should rethink the current system of having two public transport operators instead of one, or consider other possibilities, said Transport GPC chairman Cedric Foo. He and deputy chairman Ong Kian Mm also hope that the Government would come up with creative
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    • SINGAPORESNIPPETS
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        Lock icon AN ARTFUL MAKEOVER
        98 6 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Singapore is set to transform itself in the next five years into a global city for the arts and other creative industries. In its addendum to the President's Address, the Ministry of Information, Communication and the Arts will forge ahead with its multimillion dollar plans
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        Lock icon TODDLER'S TOE RIPPED OFF
        95 6 CHANNEL NEWSASIA A three-year-old had the big toe on her right foot and the skin from her sole ripped off, after her foot got stuck in an escalator on Saturday at Admiralty Place in Woodlands Avenue 6. She was taken to the National University Hospital but
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        Lock icon GIRLS GO MISSING
        85 6 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Police are appealing for information on the whereabouts of two Chinese Malaysian girls reported missing from Blk 218, Lorong BToa Payoh, yesterday. Their guardians believe the sisters have their ez-link cards with them. Margaret Tan Jing Ling, 8, is about 1.5 m tall and believed
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      Getting rid of rogues
      532 6  -  LEONG WEE KEAT lEA hopes to eliminate dishonest real-estate agents by making registration a must weekeat@media corp.com.sg BARELY a month after the Institute of Estate Agents (lEA) officially launched the Central Registration Scheme (CSR), more than 13,000 real-estate agents or 70 per cent of the total
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      S'pore a 'paradise'
      194 6  -  LEE U WEN SINGAPORE'S ability to maintain its reputation for being clean and green is being studied and emulated by other cities around the world, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. Having just returned from a working trip to three cities in China Guangzhou, Chengdu and Nanning
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      About 6,000 diabetics make use of Medisave funds
      270 6  -  CHOW PENN NEE A MONTH after patients were allowed to use their Medisave to pay for the outpatient treatment of chronic diabetes, more than 6,000 patients have submitted claims. Mr Heng Chee How, Minister of State for Health, revealed this on the
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      370 7 The survival of the Common They won't love what they don't appreciate. And it's Flying Dragon relies a great deal on its camouflaging difficult for them to appreciate what doesn't exist, ability. And its favourite tree trunks. Therein lies the Care for Nature. Care for Our Heritage. The Care-for-problem. You
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      Lock icon Thai secret cells waiting to pounce
      368 8 —AFP Junta says opposition groups are active in areas supportive of ex-PM Thaksin BANGKOK Thailand's junta had detected "secret cells" aiming to destabilise the post-coup political situation in the north, where deposed Premier Thaksin Shinawatra had wide support, a report said yesterday. Third Region
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        Lock icon HELICOPTER CRASHES, PILOT MISSING
        65 8 -AFP A Malaysian helicopter headed for an oil platform with 21 people on board crashed off the coast of the north-eastern state of Terengganu, police said yesterday. Twenty people, including oil rig workers, were rescued, but the pilot was still missing. Police say the helicopter could
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        Lock icon BLAIR TO STAY ON UNTIL AUG
        104 8 -AFP British Prime Minister Tony Blair will stay in office until July or August next year, citing his close allies. The News of the World weekly reported. It said Mr Blair will extend his stay to carry out new policies to be announced at
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      Lock icon Taiwan's Chen insists on hanging on
      330 8 -AP TAIPEI Taiwan's President yesterday refused to resign and denied prosecutors' allegations that he and his wife embezzled public money a claim that might feed growing anger against the unpopular leader and fire up a new campaign to recall him. After avoiding the public
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      Lock icon Asian giants await Republicans' fate
      841 10  -  FAWZIAH SELAMAT India, China will continue to benefit if Congress make-up remains unchanged fawziah@mediacorp.com.sg LONG locked out of power, Democrats appear poised to win control of the House, and possibly the Senate, in the United States congressional elections tomorrow, amid a national clamour for change
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      Lock icon MAIN ISSUES OF THE CAMPAIGN
      427 10 -AFP President George W Bush's handling of the situation in Iraq dwarfed all other issues ahead of the congressional elections. A Newsweek poll published last Saturday showed that 32 per cent of voters had Iraq foremost in their minds, against 19 per cent for the
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      Lock icon Flying to Europe? Read this
      275 10 -AP BRUSSELS Strict new security measures on hand baggage come into effect at airports of European Union (EU) countries today, curbing the amount of liquid passengers can carry with them on board planes. Also included are Norway, Iceland and Switzerland. New restrictions on the size
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      Lock icon Umno warns against getting personal
      278 12 -AGENCIES The chair "will check any attempt to character assassinate anyone," the Umno deputy president was quoted as saying by state news agency Bernama. It remains to be seen, however, if Dr Mahathir will adhere to those rules when he attends the meeting. Umno information
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      Lock icon The hitch is in Johor's plan
      446 12 —AFP It must convince Spore investors that it means business JOHOR BARU Malaysia has long dreamed of turning sleepy southern Johor state in to a Hong Kong-style metropolis, but instead, abandoned buildings mar the skyline and nervous Singapore investors shy away. On Saturday, Malaysian
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        Lock icon LAWMAKER AFTER HK'S TOP JOB
        70 14 -DPA Legislator Alan Leong Kah-kit has become the first person to confirm his intention to run against incumbent Hong Kong government chief executive Donald Tsang Yam-kuen in next year's March 25 election. The 48--year-old said Beijing had not put pressure on him over his candidacy.
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        Lock icon FIVE WOUNDED IN THAI SOUTH
        91 14 -AFP Five people, including two police officers, were seriously wounded in three simultaneous bomb attacks at karaoke bars in Thailand's restive Muslim-majority south, police said yesterday. The bombs went off just before midnight at two karaoke bars and along a street in Narathiwat. Violence in
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        Lock icon DISABLING THE DISABLED
        75 14 -AP Britain's Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecology is reportedly calling on doctors to consider euthanising "the sickest of newborns", which it says can disable healthy families. The Sunday Times said the proposal was in reaction to the number of children surviving because of medical advances. It
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      Lock icon Hostesses 'too fat to fly' grounded
      610 14 THE GUARDIAN Court to decide if Indian Airlines can fire overweight staff NEW DELHI How thin should you be to be a brand ambassador for modern India? This question will be addressed in Delhi's Supreme Court this week, as lawyers argue over whether Indian
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      807 9 1 0income Insurance Insights Policyholders enjoyed up Good news for investors f*, With effect from Ist July 2006, NTUC Why are lower charges important to the /f\ nIClI! 6 If ITGIUirnS income has lowered the annual fund investor? The net return to the investor is charges for the Singapore Equity
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      Lock icon Agony, career and $30,000
      809 16  -  CHEOWXINYI The price she paid to have a child and she'd do it again AW SEN FUI 25, Housewife news@newstoday.com.sg HOW much would you give up or go through to become a mother? At an age when many Singaporean women have put family on the backburner
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      Explain, don't shut out the able-bodied
      217 18  -  RONALD QUEH Letter from I CAN understand how Jeremy Lim feels, as he described in his column, "Don't make your home your prison" (Nov 3). I started wearing a hearing aid at age 11. At first, I thought it was fun, but when people
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    • Telemarketers' fishy sources
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        Guard clients'data from bank agents
        160 18  -  PATRICK SIO Letter from LIKE Mr Sim Choon Chye ("Is selling personal data legal", Nov 4) I have had many telemarketers call me. Some claimed to be representing banks. When I checked with the banks, however, they denied having employed people to do telemarketing, and
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        Turning the tables on sales callers
        325 18  -  RICK LIM SAY KIONG Letter from GENERALLY, telemarketers from banks are reasonable and end their calls when I say I am not interested in their sales pitch. But what gets on my nerves are those who lie, criticise, taunt and do not apologise for
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      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      223 20  -  DR JAMES DOBSON by TEENAGE ATTITUDE How does a happy, cooperative 12-year-old boy or girl suddenly turn into a sullen, depressed 13-year-old? There are two powerful forces that overtake our kids in the early pubescent years, and accountfor some of the strange behaviour that drives parents
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      Saving lives
      273 20  -  DR CHIA YIN NIN A/PROFTAYENGHSEON Have a Pap smear done at least every three years Letter from Member and President Obstetrical and Gynaecological Society of Singapore THE Obstetrical and Gynaecological Society of Singapore (OGSS) thanks Haslinda Shamsudin ("How often should Pap smear be done?", Nov 4) for her
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      Reminder: Don't smoke in cabs
      192 20  -  S SATISH APPOO Letter from Director, Environmental Health Dept National Environment Agency WE REFER to the letter "Enforce smoking ban in taxis, curb inconsiderate joss-paper burning" (Nov 2). The National Environment Agency (NEA) would like to gently remind taxi drivers and passengers that, under the
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      Death with dignity better by far
      433 22  -  CHUAKIMCHOO Family glad they made painful but right decision about mum Letter from IT IS still a taboo to mention death or even face the reality of death in our society. Reading the letters, "I pulled the plug on my mother (Oct 31), "Comfort,
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      sayagain
      40 22 Innovative ideas with educational merit should survive the change of principals in schools. The short lifespan of these ideas proves otherwise. It speaks of the incompetence of some principals, and reveals the faults in the system. Lim Wee Hing
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    • SHORTTAKES
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        TAMPINES MALL A CHICKEN COOP
        105 22  -  GARY LEE: I have been a regular visitor to Tampines Mall since its beginning. The shopping experience has gotten worse since the Reit took over. It feels like walking into a "chicken coop" with the Reit trying to rent out every space possible in the
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        THANKS FOR SENDING HUGS
        105 22  -  MELVIN TAN KOK LIANG: I appreciate the many encouraging calls, SMS messages and email from friends, colleagues and Today readers, since my letter, "I pulled the plug on my mother" (Oct 31) was published. Friends who came by and gave an emotional hug, colleagues who gave
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  • Businesstoday
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      Lock icon Spore may get exchange for revenue contracts
      725 23 -DOW JONES Companies sell part of business turnover as way to raise funds BY THE end of the year, Singapore will likely get a new financial exchange that will add a new product to both the conventional and Shariah investment stables. The exchange,
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          Lock icon Singapore
          144 24 -AFP SHARE prices may trade lower this week on concerns of slower growth after signs of weakness emerged in the US economy, one of Singapore's key export markets, dealers said. Recent US economic data suggest the world's largest economy may be slowing, triggering concerns of a slowdown in Singapore's
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          Your S$l buys
          36 24 US$ 0.6409 UK£ 0.3363 Yen 75.087 HK$ 4.9856 RM 2.3375 Euro 0.5018 Rupiah 5,843.6 Baht 23.528 Peso 31.854 A$ 0.8292 Indian Rs 28.743 Won 600.87 C$ 0.7278 Yuan 5.0459 NZ$ 0.9514 NT$ 21.101
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          Commodities
          21 24 Gold US$/oz 629.10 Silver US$/oz 12.61 Platinum US$/oz 1,209.40 Rubber cents/kg 272.50 Palm oil RM/tonne 1,669.00 Brant crude USS/barrel 59.15
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        Lock icon China deepens trade relations with Africa
        480 24 -AFP Deals worth $3 billion unveiled on Sunday at Sino-African summit CHINESE businesses are set to extend their reach even more deeply into Africa following the announcement at a summit yesterday of trade deals worth US$l.9 billion ($3 billion). The contracts are part of
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        Lock icon Zamil wins $9.4m S'pore deal
        107 24 BLOOMBERG ZAMIL Industrial Investment Co, a Saudi maker of construction materials, said its Vietnamese steel unit won a US$6 million ($9.4 million) order to deliver a pre-fabricat-ed steel building to Singapore's Aviation Exhibition Centre. Zamil Steel Vietnam will build, export and assemble the 72 metre-long
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    • SUCCEED the business of learning
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        Lock icon Got the tools, need the skills
        777 26  -  DERRICK A PAULO The evolving Internet is like a moving target, and people need to be trained to use it comprehensively, says don derrick@media corp.com.sg IN THE fast-evolving digital age, widespread Internet access of the kind Singapore aims to have, with its near-islandwide wireless
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        290 26 INCREASE YOUR WEALTH FOR A GOOD CAUSE Feeling the crunch of planning forthe future? Thinking of striking out on your own? Hoping to turn your passion into a profitable business? This half-day seminar will give you the answers and a dose of inspiration, too. Personalities you'll encounter include farmer-entrepreneur
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        BRAINFOOD
        228 26  -  Barbara Sher What Do I Do When I Want To Do Everything? "I love doing so many different things but can't focus on or stick to any of them!" Hands up those of you who have had this thought pass through your head at some point in your life.
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        Success is being true to yourself
        840 27  -  SINGH UNI Ifyou'renotan honest and upright person, all the millions in your bank mean nothing IN ONE'S pursuit of success in life, there are many routes to attain it To me, success is being able to be true to yourself and only yourself. It
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      125 23 LAN SHUI SSO IV SINGAPORE WWW.SSO.Org.Sg TO 10 MORE GOOD YEARS! ORCHESTRA 3Pi ii*SltiP§SPH IVES Holidays Symphony A VIVALDI The Four Seasons W*^ There wiH be no intermission during this concert. Cho-Liang Lin Colldl'cto'-/v' o''n Ce/ebrote the 3 conc/ud/ng concerts in Maestro Lan Shui's /0 th year with the SSO
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      569 39 -AP American takes WBO heavyweight crown with a knockout in the final second BOXING WBO heavyweight title PHOENIX Shannon Briggs has acted in movies such as "The Transporter" and "Bad Boys II". Maybe now he will be better known for his boxing. The 34-year-old American waited
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      317 39 —AFP GOLF Tour Championship ATLANTA, Georgia Australia's Adam Scott opened with a birdie and eagled the par-5 15th to fire a 3-under 67 on Saturday (yesterday morning, Singapore time) and grab a three-stroke lead after the third round of the US PGA Tour
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      391 40  -  JOSE RAYMOND THE search is on for the new general secretary of the Football Association of Singapore (FAS), after the FAS advertised for possible candidates for the position, which will be vacated by the incumbent John Koh by the end of
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      263 40  -  CUBBYLEONG RUGBY SCC Sevens DAVETALEVU from Fiji were denied their fifth Singapore Cricket Club (SCC) Rugby 7's title after a piece of dubious refereeing allowed New Zealand side Ponsonbu to steal a last gasp 19-17 victory in the Ablitt Cup final played at the Padang yesterday evening.
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      658 41  -  DARREN LAI Young Irfan set to follow in the footsteps of famous dad darren@mediacorp.com.sg FANDI Ahmad is Singapore's most celebrated footballer, having enjoyed success playing in Europe and Asia in a career spanning 22 years. His father Ahmad Wartam was a former national goalkeeper
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      505 41  -  -DARREN LAI THIS will be the fourth time that Singapore is sending an under-12team to Japan to take part in the annual Saitama International Junior Football Tournament. But on each of the previous three occasions, Singapore was represented by Combined
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      283 42  -  CUBBY LEONG cubby@mediacorp.com.sg LI JIAWEI (picture) completed a memorable double after clinching the women's singles and doubles crowns at the Eurosib Russian Open held in St Petersburg over the weekend. In the first final of the day, Li partnered Sun Bei Bei to defeat Hungarian duo
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      134 43 -AFP PRIMERAUGA Deportivo 1 Barcelona 1 MADRID Spanish champions Barcelona gave their title challengers a sniff of hope after dropping two precious points in a 1-1 draw away at Deportivo La Coruna. Frank Rijkaard's side, who are fighting for their Champions League survival after a 2-2 draw
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