Today, 11 March 2008

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    13 1 TODAY /A=£j]j-\Corp MICA(P) 132/10/2007 we set you thinking Tuesday March 11, 2008 todayonline.com
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    Lock icon SMRT slapped with $387,000 fine for seven-hour train delay
    673 1  -  ALICIA WONG alicia@mediacorp.com.sg A TRAIN delay that caused some 57,000 commuters grief over the course of more than seven hours has cost rail operator SMRT a $387,176 fine the biggest imposed by the Land Transport Authority (LTA) to date. On Jan
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    Lock icon Black Monday for Malaysian stocks
    683 1 —AGENCIES Election results see KLCI slump to biggest one-day loss since Asian Financial Crisis AS AN embattled Mr Abdullah Ahmad Badawi was sworn in yesterday for his second term as Prime Minister, investors were deserting Malaysian stocks in droves, sending the Kuala Lumpur Composite Index
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    Lock icon When losing fat gains you a whole load of trouble
    781 1  -  ALICIA WONG alicia@mediacorp.com.sg THEY offer shortcuts to weight loss at cheaper rates. But as more general practitioners (GPs) enter the growing market for liposuction in Singapore, the problems that arise are proving a costly burden for unwary consumers. Today understands
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  • hot news
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      A 'booming hiring climate'
      468 3  -  LIN YANQIN yanqin@mediacorp.com.sg DESPITE the threat of recession in the United States, Singapore will experience a "booming hiring climate" in the next quarter, an employment survey predicts. The expansion of sectors like biological science and information technology, and a shortage of manpower in banking and finance
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  • Singapore news
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      Lock icon URA says bonjour to major developers
      526 4  -  NEO CHAI CHIN New Ophir-Rochor land parcel marketed at premier property event in Cannes chaichin@media corp.com.sg A PRIME land parcel enveloping Parkview Square in Bugis may soon draw more top developers to Singapore, just as the Beach Road and Marina View parcels did last
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      Lock icon Youth charity seeks new executive officer
      196 4 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Youth Challenge is on the lookout for a new executive director. The charity's president Looi Teck Kheong confirmed yesterday that Ms Hong Won Young, who previously held the post, officially left in February. Ms Hong's resignation, which came less than a year
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      New transplant method for Asian eyes
      324 4  -  TANHUILENG THE Singapore National Eye Centre (SNEC) has adapted a corneal transplant technique that does not require the removal of a patient's entire cornea reducing the risk of rejection, complications and improving recovery time. Unlike a typical corneal transplant where a patient receives some
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      Lock icon 10% regret choosing ligation
      638 6  -  SHERALYN TAY NEW ROAD TO SENTOSA: From today, drivers can use a news6o-million four-lane road that replaces the old Gateway Avenue, which will be closed to make way for the development of Universal Studios Singapore. The road will house new admission booths that will open by
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      CPF floating rate is 3.75%
      378 8 FOR THE first time, the Central Provident Fund (CPF) board has announced the floating interest rate for Special, Medisave and Retirement Accounts (SMRA), and it is 3.75 per cent below the floor rate of 4 per cent. But because the Government has said it will
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    • SINGAPORESNIPPETS
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        EMPLOYERS CAN NOW CONTRIBUTE TO WORKERS' SRS ACCOUNTS
        164 8 Starting Oct 1, employers can make direct contributions to their workers' Supplementary Retirement Scheme (SRS) accounts and enjoy full tax deductions. At present, only employees are allowed to contribute to the SRS a scheme encouraging Singaporeans to voluntarily put aside more savings
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        OFFICERS TO COLLECT DATA FROM HOUSEHOLDS IN SELECTED AREAS
        106 8 Over a period of four weeks from March 17, households in Clementi, West Coast, Woodlands, Hougang, Balestier, Bendemeer. Lavender, Bedok, Bukit Timah, Orchard, River Valley and Tanglin will find officers from the Department of Statistics knocking on their doors to collect
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        SPCA OFFERING $1,000 FOR INFORMATION ON DEATH OF KITTEN
        134 8 The Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) is offering $1,000 for information on the death of a kitten (picture) found behind Block 403 Fajar Road, in Bukit Panjang, on Sunday. The 5- to 6-month old female cat, with its
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      Lock icon HUNT FOR MAS SELAMAT FLUSHES OUT 40 ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS
      209 10  -  -TEOXUANWEI The manhunt for terrorist fugitive Mas Selamat Kastari may not have yielded his arrest as Singapore's search efforts enter day 13, but the authorities have flushed out about 40 illegal immigrants. The offenders were netted as the police and other
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      Diplomats must be 'specialists': Nathan
      401 10  -  TEOXUANWEI xuanwei@media corp.com.sg TODAY'S diplomat doesn't just need to know what his country's domestic priorities are he or she must also be a "specialist" in emerging issues like energy security and climate change. This is because more of Singapore's domestic strategies and policies are taking
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      403 5 I SMU Economics SMU SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT Above all, it s about UNr™ Reshaping The World f Interactive Pedagogy SMU pioneered a broad-based, interactive pedagogy which develops your critical and g~^\ analytical thinking, communication and presentation skills. It sharpens your leadership and team-building potential and instills in you a sense of
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  • MALAYSIAN ELECTIONS A POLITICAL TSUNAMI
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      ABDULLAH'S CRITICS IN HIS
      606 12  -  NAZRY BAHRAWI KUALA LUMPUR Appeasement may see Mahathir's son in power IN nazry@media corp.com.sg PRIME Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's new Cabinet may in a move to appease his critics include people close to former Premier Mahathir Mohamad, said analysts as Mr Abdullah was sworn in for
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      Close guard on Selangor Secretariat
      251 12 SUPPORTERS of the Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) and Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS) are standing watch at the entrances to the State Secretariat building in Selangor amid fears that the previous administration may try to remove important or sensitive documents, The Star daily reported yesterday. "There
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      Lock icon Poll results a
      278 12  -  LOHCHEEKONG FEW people could have predicted the Malaysian election results which resulted in the ruling Barisan Nasional's (BN) failure to secure a two-third majority for the first time in nearly 40 years. Certainly not Singapore's Foreign Affairs Minister George Yeo (picture), who described the results as a
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      Samy Vellu to stay on as MIC chief, rebuild party
      242 13 DAYS after his shock defeat in the Sungai Siput, a parliamentary seat he has held since 1974, Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) president Samy Vellu appears to have regained his good spirits. Yesterday, he declared his intention to continue as MIC
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      Lock icon It's business as usual in Penang
      364 14  -  JESSINTATAN IN PENANG jessinta@media corp.com.sg GROUPS of Chinese businessmen, multinational corporations (MNCs) and investors in Penang have expressed their support for the new opposition-led state government Among their expectations is the implementation of an open public-tender system. Chinese businessmen have been complaining that Barisan
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      Stock plunge reflects uncertainty about leadership: Analysts
      349 15  -  CHEOWXINYI SOME described it as a "knee-jerk reaction", but the Malaysian stock index's heaviest oneday plunge in 10 years triggered a trading halt Analysts think it was a reflection of the longerterm uncertainty facing the country's economy following the ruling party's reduced majority
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      Lock icon A promise to abolish NEP
      400 15  -  NAZRY BAHRAWI Mixed reactions to minister's claim to rid pro-Malay economic policies in Selangor IN KUALA LUMPUR nazry@media corp.com.sg EVEN before officially taking over, Selangor's new Chief Minister Khalid Ibrahim (picture) of opposition party Keadilan has made an unprecedented promise that will rock Malaysia he
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  • world news
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      Lock icon Philippines, Thailand among most corrupt: Survey
      416 16 -AFP HONG KONG The Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia and China are among the most corrupt Asian economies, according to results of a regional poll of expatriate businessmen released yesterday. Singapore and Hong Kong retained their rankings as the cleanest economies, the Political and Economic Risk
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      Lock icon Court acquits Mrs
      422 16 —AGENCIES Prosecution failed present witnesses to prove wrongdoing MANILA A Manila court yesterday acquitted the flamboyant widow of late dictator Ferdinand Marcos of 32 counts of illegally transferring wealth abroad during her husband's 20-year rule. The decision comes after a 17-year trial in the case, involving about
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        Lock icon NEW CHARGES FILED AGAINST THAKSIN
        110 17 —AP An anti-corruption body set up to investigate the activities of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's government filed a court complaint against him, his former Cabinet and other officials yesterday, alleging abuse of power in implementing a government lottery. The 47 targets of the suit
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        Lock icon S KOREA FEMALE ENGINEER FIRST TO GO ABOARD RUSSIAN SPACE SHIP
        111 17 —AP South Korea yesterday said that a female engineer will become the country's first person in space by going aboard a Russian spacecraft, after Moscow rejected Seoul's first choice because he violated reading rules at a training centre. The
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        Lock icon INTERPOL SUSPECT GOES ON TRIAL IN THAILAND
        91 17 —AP A Canadian arrested lastyear in a worldwide manhunt after Interpol unscrambled his swirled digital images from Internet photos went on trial yesterday in Thailand, accused of sexually abusing a 9-year-old boy. Christopher Paul Neil, a 32-year-old schoolteacher who worked in several Asian
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      Lock icon Bars use drama to beat public smoking ban
      159 17 —AGENCIES NEW YORK Bars in Minnesota have discovered a loophole to resist the public smoking bans sweeping the world. More than 100 bars across the mid-western state have started holding "theatre nights" to exploit an exemption for performers in theatrical productions in
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    • GLOBALROUNDUP
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        Lock icon CHINA'S ONE-CHILD PLAN STAYS
        88 18 —AFP China will keep its controversial one-child policy unchanged for at least 10 years, its family planning chief said yesterday, amid a government debate over easing controls. Any changes to the family planning laws will come only after an expected peak in births in the next
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        Lock icon 7 'DEADLY SINS'OF OUR TIME
        85 18 THE DAILY TELEGRAPH The Vatican has outlined seven new deadly sins for our times, designed to make worshippers consider the increased impact their lives have on other people in light of globalisation. The new list- condemning genetic modification, experiments on humans, environmental pollution, causing social
        — THE DAILY TELEGRAPH  -  85 words
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        Lock icon BBC TV TAKES ON AL JAZEERA
        81 18 —AFP The BBC launches its new Arabiclanguage cable and satellite television channel today, in its second attempt to enter the Middle East market. BBC Arabic Television is the corporation's first publicly-fund-ed international television service and comes 11 years after a foray into the Middle
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    • MM Lee on Iraq and US credibility
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        THE DANGER OF WALKING AWAY
        109 18  -  -MM Lee "Whatever candidates might say in the course of this United States presidential campaign, I cannot believe that any American president could afford to walk away from Iraq so lightly, damage American prestige and influence, and so undermine the credibility of American security guarantees.
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        AMERICA CANT STAY IN IRAQ ALONE
        123 18  -  -MM Lee "Singapore supported the US in Iraq and Afghanistan and continues to do so. My country has deployed amphibious support ships in the Gulf as well as transport aircraft and refuelling tankers to assist US forces. We are also helping with reconstruction efforts
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      446 17 A picture may paint a thousand words, but we believe hard facts speak volumes. Here's an example. V^ n 29 February 2008, five individuals were honoured with the IT Leader Awards for their leadership, integrity, achievements and contributions to the IT field in W Sinaanorp W Roger Urn, Class of
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      206 18 EASB East Asia Institute of Management Schoolrif Wry Postgraduate 1 >2Mi tfffftt Queen Margaret Universit) I 1 Edinburgh v_ I II Queen Margaret University established in 1875 Over the last three years, UWIC has consistently been has been named Britain's top higher education college acclaimed as the leading "New University"
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      Soon, e-receipts for book returns
      290 20  -  TAYAI CHENG Letter from Senior Director, Public Library Services, National Library Board WE THANK Pauli Priskila for her feedback in the letter, "Is it the borrower's fault when returned book can't be found?" (March 8) and apologise for the inconvenience she experienced. We have contacted
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      Affairs wrong but only human
      272 20  -  TAN KEE LIN Letter from I REFER to the article, "Mistress? Me? No, I'm Ms" by Peter H L Lim (March 8-9), and Tan Hau Teck's letter, "A mistress is a mistress" (March 10). I agree with Mr Tan that as a society, we need
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    • Letter
      SMa: 'Focus on the hard work, not the blog'
      330 21  -  DENNIS NG Letter from Director, Research Corporate Communications, Singapore Manufacturers' Federation A BLOG had been used as a reference point for the news report "And now, a blog" (March 8), about internal spats that had been going on within the ranks
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      Lock icon Abandoning a pet is an offence
      476 21  -  GOHSHIH YONG Letter from Assistant Director, Corporate Communications for Chief Executive Officer Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority I REFER to the letters by Mr Tan Chek Wee and Ms Marianne Macs "Ban import of pets" (Feb 29) and by Ms Tan Ai Ling "A cute
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    • Article
      FOCUS ON THE FAMILY
      143 22  -  DR BILL MAIER BY LISTENING TO HOSTILE MUSIC CAN BREED HOSTILITY Here is some groundbreaking news: A new study from the American Psychological Association shows that violent music can actually increase hostility. Imagine that! A lot of "social experts" have said in the past that this
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      Lock icon This magic lady is no illusion
      717 22  -  JINNY KOH face i in the crowd NING CAI 25, Professional magician jinny@media corp.com.sg SHE was five years old when she saw David Copperfield on television, and was blown away by his ability to "fly". From then on, she wanted to be a magician.
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    • Letter
      Inefficient or too thorough?
      281 23  -  HO SEE LING Patient: Exhausted after 7 hours in clinic Letter from I AM writing about my experience at the XX Women's and Children's Hospital's 24-hour clinic. I recently went there because of a lower abdominal pain and spent more than three hours in a waiting
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    • Letter
      Hospital: Didn't want to risk patient's health
      402 23  -  TAYENGHSEON ASSOC PROF Letter from Chairman, Medical Board, XX Women's and Children's Hospital I refer to Ho See Ling's letter on her wait at the XX Women's and Children's Hospital (KKH) and her feedback about our staff. She came to KKH's 24-hour clinic
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  • Business
    • Article
      GDP forecast trimmed to 5.6%
      511 24  -  ESTHER FUNG Economists cite slowing external demand, stronger likelihood of US recession esther@media corp.com.sg THE economy is likely to grow more slowly this year, with expectations of weak manufacturing and trade activity dragging growth. According to the latest Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) survey of
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      Lock icon Can Asia really go this route?
      549 25 BLOOMBERG Governments spend more to generate domestic demand ASIAN governments are abandoning spending restraint and trying to get their consumers to do the same in their battle to overcome slowing growth. The Philippines may discard plans to balance its budget this year as President
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    • Article
      Lock icon GSK opens R&D pilot plant here
      176 25 —CNA PHARMACEUTICAL giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has opened its first Asian research and development pilot plant in Singapore. The $116 million invested in the plant will bring its total investmentin Singapore to $1.5 billion. GSK said the plant will produce new medicines that are in
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    • business news
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        US recession worries send S'pore stocks tumbling
        250 26 SINGAPORE stocks continued to slide yesterday after most of Asia's bourses fell on more signs pointing toward a United States recession, but traders say the drop is unlikely to continue through the week. "We had a bad start to the week today, but
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        Thumbs up for S'pore banking
        313 26  -  HEDIRMAN SUPIAN Banking system rated 'excellent' hedirman@media corp.com.sg THE Singapore banking system got a thumbs up in a report released by Fitch Ratings yesterday. The global ratings agency gave Singapore's banking system an indicator score of "B" reflecting excellence and a macro-prudential indicator of "1"
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        Lock icon CBD – Twice as big in 15 years
        227 26 CBD Twice as big in 15 years BLOOMBERG SINGAPORE will double the size of its financial district over the next 15 years, after demand for offices surged last year with the city-state seeking to become a centre for business in Asia. The city will add 2.82 million sq m of
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      • BUSINESSBRIEFS
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          Lock icon KUWAIT FINANCE HOUSE CONDO OPTION LAPSES
          113 27 DOW JONES GuocoLand said that options for Kuwait Finance House to acquire 97 units of a condominium for $818 million have lapsed. In December, the Singapore-listed developer said it had sold the units in Goodwood Residence to a fund managed by the Kuwaiti firm.
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          126 27 DOW JONES Marine fuels supplier Chemoil Energy plans to expand its GPSChemoil terminal in Fujairah by at least 10 times its current 49,000-cubic-metre oil storage capacity by 2010. The Singapore-listed company will add between 500,000 and 600,000 cubic metres to the facility, with the capacity
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        183 27 BLOOMBERG ALLCO Finance Group's Singaporetraded property trust may sell Australian assets, including Perth's tallest building, as its parent company struggles to repay debt Allco Commercial Real Estate Investment Trust has not made any binding arrangements to sell the properties, which include Perth's Central Park office
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        302 28  -  JOSEPH YADAO Sing Tel connects contest winners with loved ones joseph.yadao@media corp.com.sg IT WAS an emotional hello for three lucky Sing Tel mobile customers who got an opportunity to see their loved ones in a video conferencing session on Feb 29. Ms Susana Bernardo Ibarra, Mr Luisito Mariano
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        237 28  -  —JOSEPH YADAO WATSONS celebrated its 20th anniversary in Singapore with a public awareness campaign about the perils of smoking. The company's managing director, Ms Cathy Yeap, kicked off the "Be Healthy, Be Beautiful, Be Smoke-Free!" campaign at a roadshow that was held at
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        204 28  -  —JOSEPH YADAO CALLING all fried chicken lovers: KFC wants you to be the faces of its "Give In to the Real Taste" campaign. From now till April 6, KFC is encouraging members of the public to "give in" and submit photographs of themselves tucking into
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      353 31 AUCTION BY THE NUMBERS Some fast figures from the Masterpiece Auction House 800 People who attended the 2-day Masterpiece auction 'i|Kvfe $850,000 The most expensive painting sold. Boulders Near •f'ilk the Su Zhou (left) by Wu Guanzhong 111 II M^M $I*loo The least expensive painting sold, Menunggu by Basuki Bawono
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      179 36  -  SHAMIR OSMAN SINGAPORE'S 'A' and 'B' teams fell to defeats on the opening day of the 22nd Lion City Cup Championship. Playing in Group A, the Singapore 'B' side the NFA under-16 team, that will represent the nation in this October's AFC U-16 Championships were
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      864 38  -  Henry Winter —THE DAILY TELEGRAPH sports@newstoday.com.sg Fans are the winners, as giant-killers bring the romance backto the FA Cup LONDON From Old Trafford to Oakwell this weekend, the FA Cup stirred the emotions of the great, the good and the grumpy. Anger at defeat coloured every
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      513 39 —THE GUARDIAN WIGAN Arsenal's hopes of taking the Premier League title for the first time since 2004 were put under threat by their goalless draw at Wigan Athletic on Sunday (yesterday morning, Singapore time). "It's tighter than ever," their manager, Arsene Wenger
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