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Station: News Radio 93.8FM
Date: 10/07/2003
Time: 1800hrs
1. Singapore's economy shrank worse than expected in the second quarter of this year when war broke out in Iraq and the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) outbreak was at its height.
2. Mobile food van operators who cannot get their business started by the end of September will have their permits forfeited.
3. The bodies of Iranian twins Ladan and Laleh Bijani arrives home in Tehran.
4. The Media Development Authority (MDA) is investing up to 10 million dollars in the local film industry.
5. A kind-hearted housewife revives a grandmother's dream to go on a short trip by donating 400 dollars.
6. Malaysian Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohammad chastises Muslims for their weakness and backwardness when speaking at the world conference for Muslim scholars in Kuala Lumpur.
7. A key suspect of the Bali blasts says bombers were inspired by Osama bin Laden.
8. China sends a team of officials to take stock of Hong Kong's political crisis.
9. In Hong Kong, a double-decker bus packed with school children and commuters collided with a truck and plunged off an expressway killing at least 22 people.
10. Phase 2 of the primary one registration opens tomorrow.