The Straits Times, 30 November 2003

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1 14 The Straits Times
  • 22 1 The Sunday Times November 30, 2003 108 Pages m four parts MITA (P) 032/03/2003 M WpA Singapore Press Holdings publication OO cents
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  • 545 1  -  Lawrence Chung TOP OF THE NEWS THE STRAITS TIMES TAIWAN BUREAU TAipn IN A move likely to anger Beijing, Taiwanese President Chen Shuibian said yesterday that he would call a referendum on the island's sovereignty early next year, timed to coincide with
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    • 176 2 agenda index mainsection news 3-18 invest 24-28 think 29-33 sweat 34-40 gizmos 42-45 click 46 gen y 48-49 talk 50 lifestyle hot L2-Ll3 pulse Ll4-U6 go Ll7 reflect LlB wear L39-L4O movies L2R23 tv listings L24-L26 comics L27-L29 horoscopes L3O ST WEBSITE phone. 6319-5095 e-mail stifeph.com.sg FORUM DESK phone 6319-5454
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    • 176 2 DFSD home Claim rejected A German hotel broker has lost his claim for payment for Raffles Holdings' acquisition of the Swissotel chain of hotels. PAGE 6 High ambitions In all, 280 people yesterday walked m for interviews to be flight attendants m Singapore's newest airline, budget carrier Valuair. PAGE 6
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    • 161 2 Courting controversy The French Prime Minister has announced plans that could ban Muslim women from wearing headscarves m public institutions. PAGE 18 DFKSDJF Balancing priorities Singaporeans grapple with the temptations of the festive period to spend their year-end bonuses and the need to save for a rainy day. PAGE 24
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    • 161 2 Plans on course Singapore's first 18-hole public golf course should be ready at Marina East m 2005 and the news need not upset the anti-golf lobby. PAGE 38 Shooting the rapids Three young men are training for a kayak trip which will take them down the Irrawaddy River m Myanmar
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    • 109 2 Hard to A clean up L Alan John Educating people on the decent way to treat maids, often advertised like furniture, is an uphill task. REFLECT PAGE 18 Don't kid Mfk Chua Mui Hoong The right of children to entertainment free from excessive violence and sex trumps the adult's right
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    • 142 2 lifestyle I hot Triangle tribes Singapore's Youth Triangle, where thousands of teenagers congregate each day and sub-cultures bloom. PAGEL6 Peeping Tom The Dairy Mirror disguises an undercover reporter as a footman for an inside view of life m Buckingham Palace. PAGEL9 Meals on wheels Pizza delivery boys and girls on
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    • 1107 3 Gourmet restaurant meals Short study trips to nearby cities and beach resorts First-class air tickets Stays at five-star hotels Cruises Golf clinics Iff we don't dish out the bells and wMsttes,andour competitor does, JHJfrtose out/ •AVtt«TMMI«I Tracy Ouek ONE general practitioner (GP) bought $10,000 worth of
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    • 923 4  - We got to guest floors easily at 3 hotels K.C. vijayan A Sunday Times team checked out seven hotels after reports of a woman being raped at one A DAY after a man was convicted for raping a stewardess at the Grand Hyatt hotel, photographer Malcolm Mcleod and I twice
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    • 144 4 SURESH Nair Vellayutham, 28, raped a flight attendant and molested her colleague at the Grand Hyatt hotel m April. He was sentenced to 26 years m jail and 24 strokes of the cane on Friday, after he was found guilty of five charges one of
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    • 233 5 'You cannot make a fortress out of a hotel. There has to be a certain openness.' MR S.R. OOPAL, Security Association of Singapore vice-president Easy acCMK Royal Plaza on Scotts Location: Scotts Road Getting In: I walked briskly towards the lift, m time to enter with
      MALCOLM MCLEOD  -  233 words
    • 534 6 He claimed he's entitled to 1% commission for brokering Swissotel sale Siena Chong A GERMAN real estate and hotel broker has lost his claim for payment under a brokerage contract he maintained he had for Raffles Holdings' acquisition of the Swissotel chain of hotels
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    • 662 6  -  Li Xueying Arlina Arshad THERE were people like wideeyed Yuriki Liv, 22, a recent architecture graduate, whose shy smile exposed shiny braces on her teeth. And others like Mr C. H. Teo, a former bank officer m his mid--408, who hasn't found a permanent
      ENRIQUE SORIANO  -  662 words
    • 569 7 Shah Rukh Khan LIVE Sunday Times competition winners (from left) Ms Zulaikha, Madam Ang, and students Marata Stchan Kumar, 19, Gurdial Kaur, 20, and Kefly lim, 19, ware plucked from 7,000 eotriei Id meet the Bollywood legend. Five lucky Sunday Times readers get up close with the Bollywood idol Tracy
      ENRIQUE SORIANO  -  569 words
    • 176 7 A POLICE officer was charged m a district court yesterday with corruption and conspiring with two others to cheat the police intelli?ence department, or ID. of about $500,000. Station Inspector Francis Lee Kwang Chye, 39, from the department's technical support branch, allegedly received a
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    • 1734 8  -  Wong Sher Maine Tanya Fong 'At the end of the day, men must know their women. Otherwise, they could end up falling into a trap or having a very high price to pay/ Mr A MO L AT SINGH, a lawyer 'If men
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    • homefront
      • 61 9 PRESIDENT S R Nathan left yesterday on a private visit to Canada and the United States. He will be back on Dec 19. In his absence, Mr Abdullah Tarmugi, the till Dec 6, while Mr lim Kirn San, Chairman of the Council of Presidential Advisers,
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      • 98 9 A 40-YEAR-OLD man was charged yesterday with killing his mother at their home m Kensington Park Drive on Friday. No plea was taken from Kuah Bin Chuan, who is unemployed and had recently been treated at the Institute of Mental Health, the police said. He
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      • 107 9 LORRY driver was acquitted on Friday of helping another man to traffick m 2.07 kg of cannabis. R.D. Manoharan, 41, had been accused of helping Koh Thong Keow, 31, a self-employed renovation worker, to traffick m the drugs m Spooner Road between Dec 1 and
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      • 69 9 A 24-HOUR islandwide operation on Hiursday led to 163 suspected drug offenders being detained. Among them, a 48-year-old suspected trafficker was arrested with his client m a shophouse m Kirn Chuan Drive, Of the 163 held, 66 were tested positive for drugs, said the Central
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    • 374 10 Seat belts might have saved Lornie crash couple Lucky escape #1: 3 unhurt A CM carrying a 28-year-old mother and her two.you»w<NWrwimcHinted*Kert, smashed Into a relßrw and plungtd into a drain it about tOam yesterday In Hougang Strttt fl.tne accident happtntoMn a carpaitbttidtßk>d(iS6. AH tlwte escaped Motoring experts say if
      LEONARD GOH  -  374 words
    • 513 10 I Lucky escape #2: Driver rescued after being trapped LAST year, 199 people were killed and 173 seriously hurt on Singapore roads. In Malaysia, there were 13 serious accidents and 14 road deaths a day on average between January and August this year. The fact that
      SHIN MIN  -  513 words
    • 990 11  -  Alfred Lee She was just 20, a sweet young thing from China. He was more than 30 years older, a seasoned Singapore-born lawyer practising m London. Despite the differences m their background, Jessica Jin and Titus Miranda became lovers and, soon, partners m a human trafficking
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    • 563 12  -  Rebecca Lee Rear-Adm Teo believes people are quite independent despite nanny state perception ■■■■I I AT MOVIECI7Y 2003. an exhibition and series of workshops on film production and special effects, Trade and Industry Minister George Yeo tries out a flying stunt Visiting the event at Suntec
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    • 950 13 I Mv Zimei's musings -m her own words On her columns THE sex columns that I write are, m my opinion, an expression of the liberation of the human soul Sex is the best way by which humanity is exposed because it is truthful beyond any normal
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    • 401 16 At least four members of Spanish intelligence team are killed m attack on convoy south of Baghdad LONDON AT LEAST four and possibly as many as eight members of a Spanish intelligence team were killed yesterday m an attack on th ei r convoy south
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    • world front
      • 65 16 SENIOR officials from Malaysia and Singapore will meet m Putrajaya either next month or m January for their second meeting on the Republic's land reclamation works at Pulau Tekong and Tuas. Malaysian Foreign Minister SyedHanrid Albar said yesterday that the meeting would scrutinise die various policies
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      • 55 16 FIFTY-ONE women m Shanghai took part m an unusual contest to pick the ugliest of them all, reported Shanghai Youth Daily The three finalists had to undergo health checks before judges cast the final vote. University graduate Zhang Di, 26, clinched the top prize of plastic
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      • 54 16 THREE North African men were arrested m Italy and Germany as part of efforts to smash a network necking to mmiit Tftiamir militant* for suicide attacks against coalition forces m Iraq, officials said. Italian officials said they believe five recruits had died m suicide attacks m Iraq
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      • 55 16 GERMAN police have arrested a shoplifter who aroused suspicion by waddling through a supermarket with 177 cigarette packets m his trousers. "He'd filled his trousers m the truest sense of the word,' a poKce spokesman jor the western town ofOlpe said. "ThojrWCTf&o full of stolen goods
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      • 64 16 PALESTINIAN Prime Minister Ahmed Qurie ruled out meeting Prime Minister Arid Sharon as long as Israel continued building a separation barrier m the West Bank "If the Israeli government says H will continue building the wall regardless of what happens, then there is no need
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    • 585 17 Held hostage Thai man who slit own throat grabs cop's gun while getting treatment and shoots two people KUALA LUMPUR A MAN from Thailand went berserk here, slitting his throat m front of police at a supermarket and later shooting two people at a hospital
      AP; New Straits Times; UTUSAN MALAYSIA; NEW STRAITS TIMES  -  585 words
    • 106 17 ON THE STREET US stocks gain, but dollar dips NEW YORK US STOCKS had their first weekly gain m three weeks as reports on third-quarter economic expansion, durable goods, consumer confidence and manufacturing suggested growth has picked up. The US dollar dropped to a record low against the euro, reigniting
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    • 129 18 PARIS FRENCH Prime Minister JeanPierre Raffarin has announced plans that could ban Muslim women from wearing headscarves m public institutions. The BBC reported yesterday that Mr Raffarin told a party meeting that he planned to introduce a Bill that would be aimed at protecting
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    • Article, Illustration
      429 18  -  Kwan Weng Kin Japan had to destroy a rocket carrying two spy satellites just after lift-off JAPAN CORRESPONDENT TOKYO A TECHNICAL glitch yesterday forced Japan to destroy a 350--tonne rocket carrying two spy satellites meant to monitor North Korea, dealing a major setback to its security interests and
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
    • 515 18 BHH^J^mm^|^^^^^^JJJ^j^U^J^y i t;t;. ---^^mmm^^mmmlaami^^^?. ..I law avk ft I I Sina«ipor6 I «51 |g 2 A 24-hour reading up ||„.i,li. Mnint ?S 8t I ■mmL__J to 4pm yesterday I IL54#« 1224« b m IMay: Cloudy, showers with thunder are likely m the late morning and afternoon over many areas. ChettMlß
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  • wealth management
    • 734 19 Spruce up your investments With markets perking up and the Spore economy m recovery mode, CHRIS FIRTH gives investors advice on how to start investing again RECENT stockmarket rallies have played a part m chasing away the dark clouds of investor gloom. This has even moved some investors to bite
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    • 1267 20 Cheapest isn't always best so don't just jump m if you can afford the monthly mortgage, but also look at interest rate trends, related charges and other factors Tp* URCHASING your I 3 dream home is a I long-term investJL ment And
      MIKE M DIZON; WANG MUI FEN  -  1,267 words
    • 938 21 Dive into foreign money Investors seeking adventure can follow the route of investment guru Warren Buffett and invest m foreign currency instruments PUTTING your hard-earned money to work can be a mindboggling decision these days. With Singapore-dollar deposits offering miniscule returns, equities on a roller-coaster ride and the Sroperty market
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    • 801 22 Go ahead and risk it-but make sure you have cover The tussle between the merits of protection and investment has shifted clearly m favour of the latter m recent years, admits DAVID CHOO. But do ensure you are not overly exposed, he warns SUCCESS m financial matters depends not just
      CHRISTIAN INTON  -  801 words
    • 918 23 You could consider funds that offer better returns over the long term, given the volatility of Singapore's stock market, says BEN FQK INVESTMENT advisers often recommend that investors should adopt a "buy and hold" strategy. Stay invested even if the market
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    • 417 19 1 Contents UUVBIU G 'I I I I H^/l I m*-J X^r M Take a dive into qi foreign currencies U^JL I I Go ahead and risk it I but make sure you T122 l^^^^^Bi^B^B^B^B^Hi^B^B^B^B^B^BßUflßlßl have cover I iHI Bfl I Does "buy and hold" M IHO UJ I tactic
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    • 328 22 Standard Chartered JS r Fund Managers agree conditions are right for the equity market. Do you? valuation prosoccts I November 13. 10 M <^^H If you agree and want to find out more, call us today. According to Fund Managers, the signs of a favourable environment for the equity markets
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  • invest
    • 260 24  -  Timothy Wong Sailesh Jha Accumulate cyclicals on dips DBS Vickers Securities ACROSS Asia outside Japan, we have seen deep corrections m equity markets m the last two weeks due to a variety of factors: terrorism-related concerns, strong Asian currencies, rising interest rate fears, and the threat of protectionism m
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    • 1010 24 YEAR-END BONUS Splurge or save? It's the year-end, and you have endured many a gruelling month replete with news of job losses, a dangerous viral outbreak called Sars and a shaky economy. How are you inclined to treat your year-end bonus? Four people tell Leong Chan Teik about their plans
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    • Article, Illustration
      189 25 A publicatio.n by Family Service Centres! Family Service Centres can help parents, children and youth. There are 36 FSCs scattered throughout the island, most of them nestled m the heart of Housing Board estates. FSCs offer a wealth of family resources, all m the local neighbourhood and staffed
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    • 880 26 THE SAVVY INVESTOR Spore Poly lecturer and consultant drinks to his million-$ collection of Chinese tea and tea pots fct I mnnn Chan Talk 'Once I was m Guangzhou and bought all the tea m a shop for about $30,000. At first,
      JOYCE FANG  -  880 words
    • 762 28 0 HAD told my husband many times to settle whatever credit card debt he had incurred but he did not listen to me. And he has not been giving rfit any household support Recently, a court order was issued to allow a bank to seixe assets m
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    • MUST READ
      • 237 28  - Investing with a conscience Amy Domini SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE INVESTING FGHF By Amy 268 pages Ref no: 332.632 DOM-[BIZ] ETHICAL and socially responsibly investments are now an established part of the investment scene m the West. It is not just individual investors making socially responsible investment decisions but also the trust
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      • 260 28 Before you bid for that IPO... IPOs FOR EVERYONE: THE 12 SECRETS OF INVESTING IN IPOs By Linda Killian, Kathleen Smith and William Smith 305 pages Available at the National Library Ref no: 332.6322 KIL-[BIZ] THESE days, more companies are listing on the Singapore stock exchange. How do you assess
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  • Page 25 Miscellaneous
    • 322 25 Calendar of Events SIMM FSC W^H Bh^P^Pw ewv tJVOB/ J .ni.n r.i.t.i i M RoboKklZ! Bate: 9 Dec or 18 Dec Hrne: 9.30 am 12^30pm ■anjet vvoapc e^aj yeajs Faa: $30 RaTWI VlSst DBax 07-oec lkmt 10am- 12pm mfejat Groop: 6*12 years V«i**S7SiingallenSßhßoad Fannart Centra Unit 06 5<*****) Fee: 812
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  • PROPERTY
    • 485 27  -  Lorna Tan 80% of 2,000 investors are S'poreans; MAS doesn't regulate business SINGAPORE investors' money is headed to Alberta, Canada, m pursuit of a piece 1 of land and a dream a dream that they can make a profit by selling it off later. For C
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    • 74 27 Water Place Location: Tanjong Rhu Road Twiurt: 99 years Unit sizts: 1,216 s<j ft to 1,356 sq ft (three-bedroom units and three-bedroom units with study) Pile* ran?*: $740,000 to $1.02 million D« v«f op*r: Far East Oreanization Expected completion: Next year Baywater Location: Bedok Reservoir Road Ttnurt: 99 years
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    • Article, Illustration
      185 27  -  90 HOLLAND ROAD, $2.6 M Wu Peining low-rise, are designed Michael Jimbaran's Here, Java palm trees, stone sculptures, a thatched-roof pavilion and fountains help create the distinctive Balinese look. The vast expanse of space hits you when you enter the 3,961 sq ft penthouse. Even the presence of built-in
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    • 670 28 Her husband had nose cancer and, fortunately, had insurance protection. Although he has recovered, the illness has prompted the family to re-assess their insurance needs. What would be adequate for her and their two young children? Now that he cannot buy new policies, are there other options to consider? The
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      • 50 29 AFTER hearing that pop star Michael Jackson had j been nabbed on charges of molesting a young boy, i a neighbour said it was too bad Mikey couldn't just grope -women. Said the friend: "That way, he might have become governor of California instead."
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      • 50 29 THE inhabitants of Corleone, Sicily, ire planning to change the name oftheir town to avoid i embarrassing associations with Mario Puzo's Godfather novels. Word is that, having learnt this, I the residents of Bush, Harfbrd County, m Maryland, are also inquiring about a name change.
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      • 53 29 MEANWHILE, the Taiwanese have reportedly abandoned the idea of fighting for independence. They are supposedly no w interested m buying up New Zealand. They apparently think they would feel right at home, having heard that New Zealand is also an island (or two) which is claimed by
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      • 53 29 COMPLAINTS by customers m the US that they could not understand the accents prompted DeU Computer to try to close its Indian call centre. But when the Texas-based company called to tell the Delhi office it was being shut down, apparently no one could
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      • 28 29 Kiow, the real reason for allegations of royal laviour. Prince Charles, when realising he never be long, decided he would be queen.
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    • 1926 29  - Making their Marx in business Cheong Suk Wai Their leanings are socialist some might say anti-capitalist but it is their resolute spirit, sense of integrity and purpose for society that also make them good entrepreneurs 'When socialists like me do business, we never say, "What can I do to roafce
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    • 963 30 'The business world is quite an understanding orte. It really was business as usual. The Government has never victimised my company/ -MSUMUMOK IT WAS during her detention under the Internal Security Act m 1987 that publisher lim Li Kok hit upon the idea that
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    • 705 31  -  Mary Kwang HONGKONG JOURNAL IN RECENT weeks, some 500 residents of a private housing estate m Futian, Shenzhen, have been holding up banners and placards, m a style reminiscent of demonstrations m Hong Kong. The object of their protest: a plan to build an elevated road m
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    • 584 31 BOOKS PEOPLE TALK ABOUT BEYOND RITUALS AND RIOTS: ETHNIC PLURALISM AND SOCIAL COHESION IN SINGAPORE Edited by Lai Ah Eng $39, 368 pages, Eastern Universities Press 2004 SINGAPOREANS shouldn't forget the dreadful racial riots that broke out here m the, *****, but they should also
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    • 289 32 the sunday times Sitting pretty? AIR travellers have assumed wrongly that all cargo carried on passenger planes is screened before loading. They would imagine that the incidence of planes brought down by hidden explosives would have made screening mandatory, long before the wave of sustained terrorism triggered by the Sept
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    • 148 32 ILLUSTRATION: "That night, they tried some things they had never done before." Single-line sex scene penned by FORMER US PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER m his first novel, The Hornet's Nest "I always acted m a democratic way." CHILE'S FORMER DICTATOR AUGUSTO PINOCHET, whose bloody rule saw
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    • 1079 32  - Poetry's usefulness is in its uselessness JANADAS DEVAN ON WORDS POETRY is as Singaporean as the Central Provident Fund pragmatic, solid and dependable. That, at any rate, seems to be the view of Mr lim Teng Leong. The examples he cites are enlivening, but they are exceptions which prove the
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    • 749 32  -  Lim Teng Leong WHILE I find Mr Janadas Devan's article (There's just no money m poetry"; ST, Nov 2) entertaining, I fear it may give a wrong impression of what poetry really is to most Singaporeans who probably think Ben Jonson earned his bread
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      • 109 33 DEFENCE Minister Teo Chee Hean could hardly keep a straight face when introducing some of the winners of this year's Defence Technology Prize, the nations most prestigious award for military engineering. There was no spelling out m glowing detail the achievements of these winners, no elaboration
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      • 139 33 IT WAS a case of watch and learn for eight-year-old Hamzah Omar Yaacob who accompanied his daddy, Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs Yaacob Ibrahim, to the Hari Raya morning prayers on Tuesday at Masjid Alkaff Kampung Melayu m Bedok Reservoir The enthusiastic boy even followed his father's example of
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      • 196 33 IN ROBERT Rubin's new memoir, In An Uncertain World: Tough Choices From Wall Street To Washington, the former treasury secretary m the Clinton administration Vtmg\ this fayiriating n ii gg« 3 t n tell about Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan: In testifying before Congress, my approach was
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    • 1839 33  -  Cheong Suk-Wai TEA WITH THI NX In his first interview with a Singapore paper since his release from detention under the ISA here 40 years ago, Malaysian lawyer Dominic Puthucheary tells Cheong Suk Wai why he has never been a communist, how he
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      • 75 34 NO ONE will argue over James Wong's selection as Singapore's flag bearer for the SEA Games. After all, the shot putter has six gold medals. But one official still quipped: "James was actually picked to ensure that he goes to the Games early." He was referring to
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      • 35 34 THE reward for Albirex Niigata winning the Japanese League Division Two (J2) title is...S-League football next season. With promotiom to Jl, the club need better players, leaving some present players free for Singapore.
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      • 40 34 AFTER Singapore had been beaten O-2 by Qatar m the Asian Cup qualifiers at the Jalan Besar Stadium last night, the Young lions capitulated to Myanmar m the SEA Games by the same score. If only the older
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      • 33 34 TWO prostitutes stole thousands of pounds from former Manchester United star George Best after he took them to a hotel. He was stung hours after accusing his wife of being unfaithful.
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    • 820 34  -  Jeffrey Low HO CHI MINH CITY Match Summary Singapore O Myanmar 2 (Soe Myat Mm 32, Htay Aung 63) Singapore: Hassan Sunny, Anuar Shah, Baihakki Khaizan, Razaleigh Khalik, SevW Sha'ban, Syed Fadhil, Shahril Ishak, Mustaqim Manzur, Noh Alam Shah, Masrezwan Masturi (Razali Johari, 75th), Aliff Shafaein
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    • 96 35  -  Peh Shing Huei Broadway Eating House, Block 631, Ang Mo Kio Aye 4 Spore eft their scoring boots at home. rhey had enough chances to win the game but either shot high or straight at the Myanmar goalkeeper.' rANSIAKAIK.S7. :ontractor We shot over the bar so many
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    • 393 35 9 Noh Alam Shah's lay-off, Syed Fadhil shoots narrowly over the bar. 12 Soe Myat Mm's free kick, Hassan Sunny pulls off a save at the top corner. 22 Soe heads Aung Kyaw Tun's corner just over the bar. 24 Masrezwan Masturi collects Shahril Ishak's through-ball, but angled
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    • 611 35  -  Marc Lim THE SEA GAMES BARRING a catastrophe, Singapore's national 4xlOO-metre record should be broken at next week's South-east Asia Games. According to national relay coach Tang Ngai Kin, the Republic's sprinters have the ability to better the 40.325 ec mark set nine
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      • 80 36 MICHAEL Owen has been ruled out for another three weeks after tearing muscle fibres m his right leg m Liverpool's Uefa Cup win over Steaua Bucharest. In all, he has played only three of his club's last nine matches and it may be Christmas before the striker
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      • 70 36 ARSENAL'S Sol Campbell wants to finish his football career m the United States, before moving on to acting. "I want to finish my career when I'm 35 or 36 with maybe a season m New York, where I have family," said the 29-year-old. Then I'm going to go
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      • 58 36 BAYERN Munich manager Uli Hoeness has insisted Michael Ballack is going nowhere after reports linked him to Chelsea. "In no case is Ballack for sale," he said, adding that the player's agent told him the same. Howeve, that is at odds with a report m Bild quoting the
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      • 67 36 David O*Leary says he is to Uame for Aston Villa's relegation form. It is not the chairman who is responsible, it's me. I'm the boss of the team," he said after a run of seven League games without a win. "My brief now is to keep Villa
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      • 57 36 Green-eyed Southampton striker James Beattie is angling for a Chelsea move after seeing former team-mate Wayne Bridge playing m Europe with the Bines. It most be superb to play Champions League football and m such a great side, surrounded by Frank Lampard, Joe Cole, John Terry and Damien
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    • 316 36 Aston Villa 1 Southampton 0 Aston Villa moved out of the relegation zone with a 1-0 win over Southampton. Veteran striker Dion Dublin may have been playing at centre-half, but he still managed to get on the scoresheet with a spectacular overhead kick right on the stroke of
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    • 678 36  -  Wilfred Yeo Wolverhampton 1 (Nathan Blake 27) Newcastlt 1 (Alan Shearer 31) THE British media, ever short of soccer heroes especially strikers will probably revive their clarion call for the recall of Newcastle's Alan Shearer into the England squad for next year's European Championship. The
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    • 1187 37  -  Rob Hughes CHELSEA v MANCHESTER UNITED HEART OF FOOTBALL It's a chance to compare how b\q the gap Is. it Is closing, little by little, but Manchester United have been the champions for a long time. My Chelsea was born
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      • 70 37 Carlo Cudidni v Tim Howard: Italian flamboyance takes on American efficiency. Experience gives Cudidni die edge. John Terry vßuud van Nlstelrooy: Terry is starting to fulfil his undoubted talent, but van Nistelrooy has scored an incredible 92 goals m 117 United appearances. Advantage striker. Frank Lampardv Roy Keane:
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      • 36 37 Chelsea (4-4-2): Cudicini, Johnson, Gallas, Terry, Bridge, Cole, Lampard, Makelele, Duffi Mutu, Crespo (Veron injured). Man Utd (4-5-1): Howard, G. Neville, Ferdinand, Sirvestre, O'Shea, Ronaldo, P. Neville, Keane, Fortune, Giggs, van Nistelrooy (Scholes injured).
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      • 121 37 Last season: Chelsea 2 Man Utd 2 (Gallas 3, Beckham 26, Zenden 45, Giggs 66) League form: Chelsea LWWWW; United WLWWW. Last League defeats: Arsenal 1-2 Chelsea (Oct 18); United 1-3 Fulham (Oct2s). Goal Cuts: Both have opened the scoring m nine League games and gone on
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      • 79 37 Alex Ferguson believes his £26-million (5577.2-million) worth of new signings are just as good as Chelsea's, who cost £111 million. "You can't say players with the potential of Darren Fletcher, Cristiano Ronaldo, KJeberson, David Bellion, Eric Djemba-Djemba and Tim Howard are behind any of Chelsea's. Absolutely no
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    • 703 38  -  Tay Cheng Khoon Unused Manna East land converting to first 18-hole public golf course OUT OF WHACK GOOD news 'for golfers and golf-er-wannabes. Singapore's first 18--hole public golf course should be ready at Marina East by the end of 2005. In keeping with their aim of
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      29 38 PHOTO: THE 'FANATICS', a group of Australian supporters, find an unusual way to cheer doubles specialist Todd Woodbridge during Australia's doubles victory over Spain m Melbourne yesterday. REUTERS
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    • 270 38  -  MELBOURNE TODD Woodbridge was hailed as a little maestro, after inspiring Australia to a comprehensive doubles victory over Spain m tennis' Davis Cup final yesterday. The 32-year-old doubles specialist, playing m a record 29th Cup tie, called the tune as he partnered Wayne Arthurs
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      • 93 38 OF THE Los Angeles Lakers' 13 victories this season, Friday's 103-87 rout of reigning National Basketball Association champions San Antonio was the most impressive. The Lakers hadme pi avert iadoublfcjfeures, shot'S^.Bfper cejft, msned out 29 assists, Ibasted a triple-double for Karl Malone and led by 30 early m
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      • 65 38 AUSTRALIAN swimmer Leisel Jones set her second short-course world record m as many days with a time of 2rain 17.755 ec to win the 200 metres breaststroke at the World Cup meet m Melbourne yesterday. Jones, who broke the 100 m breaststroke world mark on Friday,
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      • 92 38 NEW Zealand may have lost the chance to end their 16-year barren Rugby World Cup run when they lost to Australia m the semi-finals, but none of their big-money sponsors want to pull out Hie All Blacks brand is bigger than any World Cup loss, they said. Adidas
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      • 66 38 JUSTIN Wilson is set to lose his seat m the Jaguar Formula One team next season to Austrian rising star Christian Klien, reported The Guardian. Klien is said to have impressed Jaguar with his performance at a test m Valencia, Spain, last week, and has a
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      • 44 38 FOURTH-RANKED China caused an early upset m the Women's Champions Trophy hockey tournament m Sydney yesterday by defeating second seed Holland 1-0. China's Goa lihua struck the only goal m the 13th minute to demoralise Holland, who played catch-up the rest AFP
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      • 20 38 BADMINTON: Wee Kirn Wee Challenge Trophy (Indoor Sports Arena, 7pm). EXTREME SPORTS: Sports Adventure Carnival (Sentosa Beach, 10am).
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      603 39  -  Agnes Teh Trio training hard for marathon kayak trip down the 1,600-km-long Irrawaddy River m Myanmar rund -raiser IN JANUARY, the three men Mr Chap Tau Chou and Mr Sim Cher Huey, both 28, and Mr lim Jun Ping, 24 will paddle down South-east Asia's longest river, th«
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      244 40 0 LIKE any regular guy, I like a pint or two. Will regular intake of beer and alcohol affect my fitness or stamina level? A Excessive alcohol intake can have an adverse effect on fitness. In addition, alcohol acts as a diuretic and causes the body to lose water.
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    • 989 40  -  Wei Koh Want to turn that jelly belly into a toned six-pack? Just work on your diet, cardiovascular and strength training, and you could be on your way to becoming the next Brad Pitt m Fight Club, or Jennifer Garner m Alias IS IT harder
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      591 41 7 am the resurrection and the life. He who believes m me will live, even though he dies. John 11:25 RACHEL LIEW SIEN MIN AGE: 8 Was called home to be with the Lord on 25 November 2003. Dearly missed by loved ones. Daddy: Liew Huey Cherng Mummy: Theresa Lee
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      505 41 MDM S. VAIRATHAMMAL (W/O LATE MR N. SOCKAUNCAM) Departed 17 November 2003 UwrinolY remembered by Anbualaqan Kamala Jayachandran Vasantha Suqumaran Shantha Kunasilan Soa-kHaw. D—jKti hi •WU (|l MMCIMUI IIL The family wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to Prof Christie Tan. Or Kenneth Nq. Staff Nurses of NUH
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      521 41 "You have made known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy In your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand." Psalms 16:11 TEO CHOO JOO Age: 83 ywi was catted horn* to be with the Lord on 29 November 2003, ftaving bohlnd loved ones.
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    • 527 42  -  Eugene Wee IT companies offer gadgets that can communicate with your PC without wires I'm just watting for the right wireless solutions to come out so my room can stop looking like a snake pit of wires/ Chan Chin Wal administration executive and gadget fan THE cheapest
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    • 638 43 Get in the game Eye Toy camera allows players to translate their body movements into a video game RICHARD Marks, a 34-year-old astronautical and aeronautical engineer, has been spending a lot of time lately pretending to be Harry Potter. His wand is made from a hotel clothes hanger and has
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      • 87 43 What ft Is: A colour copier, scanner and printer m one package. Why It Is hot: This is one gizmo where the sum is greater than its parts. Buying a scanner, printer and copier separately would cost a bundle and saddle the owner with three, not one,
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      • 59 43 What It Is: An iMac with a huge screen (20-inch widescreen LCD). Why It Is hot: A juiced-up iMac with 1.25 GHz PowerPC G4 CPU, 80GB 72OOrptn hard-disk, GeForce FX 5200 graphics card and Double Date Rate (DDR) memory (expandable to 1GB). Screen and speed makes it
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    • 241 44  - Fearing data theft, some offices ban USB drives Rory Daniel PORTABLE USB memory drives have been banned from some workplaces where highly sensitive data is stored. Some corporations are worried that unscrupulous employees can walk out of their high-security buildings with valuable data on a USB. drive attached to their
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    • Tiny wonders
      • 88 44 THE Sundo-Q USB Flash Disk has a neat design that stops you from losing your dust cap. It comes :whh security software and a write-protect switch that turns the unit into a read-only device, like extension USB cable makes getting to the USB port a lot
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      • 62 44 SHAPED like a cigarette lighter, the Tinlex Flash Drive is not the most elegant-looking device, though it is light and compact It comes with password-protect software and a USB cable. Although die cap fits the device snugly, losing it would be easy on a cluttered desk. VwtMct:
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        93 44 THE lomega Mini is one of die more expensive drives available (along with the Sony). But it lade an extension cable that most units include as standard. This means youll be rummaging around the back of the computer looking for the USB port On the plus side, its
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      • 116 44 THE Jet Flash has been highly popular, and for a good reason. Coming m at $89 for the 128MB version, it is one of the cheapest devices m this review but with one of the fastest transfer speeds purported to be 9.3M8 per second for read and 6.8M8
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      • 168 44 run Sony Micro vault comes with several useful applications that make it stand out from its competitors. Apart from the common password-protect software, it also comes with software that automatically zaps files being transferred onto the device; software that stores your website files' IDs and passwords on
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      • 237 44 With an internal memory of 128MB, the Wei !Wa MP3 player is a multi-use alternative to your standard memory device Although it costs twice as much as your regular USB drive, it kills two birds with one stone, providing you with music on the go and allowing
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    • 85 45 HOW would you like to win a Panasonic DMR-E5l DVD recorder? Panasonic is giving one away to one lucky reader of The Sunday Times. To try your hand at winning, all you have to do is answer the following question: Name two unique features
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    • 167 45  - Check out the under-SIK DVD recorder Rory Daniel WITH end-of-year bonuses coming up, you may want to consider how you'll be spending your newfound wealth. About three years ago, when DVD recorders first appeared on the market, they cost nearly $4,000. Today, as the price of DVD recorders tumbles through
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    • 303 45 Price: $1,099 WITH its simple, unobtrusive design, excellent build and good looks, the Panasonic DMR-E5l is a great DVD recorder at an affordable price. It comes with G-code, Dolby Digital and supports DTS Digital Surround. Recording is m either DVD-R for once-only recording and DVD-RAM for re-writ-ing data
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    • 273 45 r nee: $yyy THE latest release from Philips is the first DVD recorder to break the thousand-dollar barrier. And while it may be the cheapest on the market, its features certainly are not cheap. Its sleek design hides some nice features that only the $1,500-plus machines carry. Hie
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      • 44 46  - One man's open house Rory Daniel TAKING obsessive behaviour to an extreme, Matthew McClintock has catalogued, photographed and posted me entire contents of his house on his website. Visiting his site is like secretly rifling through a stranger's drawers. Explore Matthew's world at: mccuntock.com
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      • 45 46 THIS sophisticated Flash-based site allows you to tell short stories using historic images from the 900-year-old Bayeux tapestry. Once created, visitors cai post their story to die site for the world to see or send ittoafriend Tell a story at www. adgame-wonderland.de/ type/bayeux-php
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      • 41 46 THIS online planetarium is a simple map of the night sky m real time. It allows you to not only see the stars on any given date but also identify their names and locations. Star-gaze at: www.neave.com/lab/space/
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        44 46 LOOKING uncannily like a real airline website, this parody website pokes fun at the airline industry. Funny one-liners aside, you will find an itinerary generator and global baggage tracker just like th< real thing. Book a flight to nowhere at: www.skyhighairlines. com
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      • 32 46 BIZARRE, thoughtprovoking and funny, the winners of the DepicT! 2003 short film festival are all under 90 seconds. HowToTellWhenA Relationship Is Over and Matinee are highlights. Seeafilmat: www.depict.org/content/ films2oo3.html
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    • 269 46 Internet music piracy 'won't be wiped out' WHILE many see P2P networks and paid musk download sites as genres that don't mix, others like Kazaa co-founder Niklas Zennstrom believe they can co-exist Kazaa already offers licensed content that requires users to pay if they want to own it. It also
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    • 500 46  -  Rory Daniel GAMES PEOPLE PLAY Dungeon Siege: Legends Of Aranna THIS is the latest add-on for the popular fantasy role-playing PC game, Dungeon Siege. In it, you play the hero, customised to suit your preferences for skin, hair colour and gender. After
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      889 46  - FEE MUSIC Eugene Wee FROM all accounts so far, the transition of downloaded music from free to fee has been a big hit. Since Apple's iTunes Music Store was launched m April, it has sold well over 17 millions songs. Napster, formerly the music industry's worst enemy, sold more than
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    • 353 48  -  Nur Dianah Suhaimi Salleh The sky's the limit when teens dress up for the big night RECESSION? What recession? t's prom season, and for many eenagers it's time to spend, pend, spend. Take Jeevan Ramachandran, 16. The Ahmad Ibrahim Secondary School student spent $355 on his prom. An outfit
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    • 506 48 PHOTO: GOING to the prom but don't know what to wear? We followed one student as she got ready for the big day. Siti Nur Puteri, 16, an Ahmad Ibrahim Secondary student, was done with her O-level exams.
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    • 245 49 FROM PAGE 48 noise about me spending so much money for one occasion. TTiey said I won't have any use for these clothes m future, which is quite true. "But then, I think spending money to look good is important. If not, people won't take you seriously." Likewise, Tan
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    • 150 49 Getting the perfect dress: 1. Dig out your mother's old dresses and go retro. Cost: Drycleaning for the dress less than $20 2. Buy a second-hand dress off the Internet auction sites. Cost: $40 to $70, depending on how much you bid Putting your best face
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    • 298 49 WHILE girls get excited over prom, some guys dread it because, you've guessed it, they've got nothing to wear. But do you really have to turn up m a dreary shirt and tie? Mohammad Adzfar Mohammad Alami, 16, a Raffles Institution student, is going to his
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      • 176 50  -  Wong Kim Hoh A weekly roundup of the most interesting Web discussions by Singaporeans. LAST week's story m The Sunday Times about a group of Singaporeans who have after marriage generated nearly 150 threads m this forum. Not surprisingly, the majority snorted at the highfalutin ideals of
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      • 860 6  -  Karl Ho They're youna energetic and 'members' of the Triangle Tribes who converge on Orchard Road IN THE 1980s and *****, Orchard Road was famous for its McDonald Kids, Far East Plaza Kids and Centrepoint Kids. Now, it's the turn of the Triangle Tribes to reign
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      • 360 6 THERE are an estimated 5,000 serious skateboarders or skaters, as they are known m Singapore. While there are at least Jour skating sites, the Youth Park's skate park has become the place to be. It is m the heart of town and has superior ramps and rails.
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        431 7 The samba Aura WHILE not really one of the tribes, this is one group that you can't miss. Come Saturday afternoons, a Brazilian samba beat thunders through Orchard Road, courtesy of percussion band Wicked Aura. There are 12 members comprising expats and Singaporeans. They range from a 30-year-old female Australian
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      • 480 8 ghdgh THE Spinelli cafe at the ground floor of The Heeren is the Youth Triangle's socio-cultural heart. Here, people converge to see and be seen. Models m mini-skirts, noisy international school students, media people and power brokers are regular faces. Those who sit outdoors can smoke to
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        723 12  -  Ho Ai Li Most of the pizza delivery staff are on thfc job to while away time or to earn extra pocket money ORIGIN OF SPECIES HELL-RIDERS and road hazards. This is what many people think of pizza delivery boys. System analyst Jon Ho, 26, says they
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      • 369 12 PEOPLE would often do a double take whenever this pizza delivery "boy" removed her helmet to reveal long hair and earrings. On the roads, male motorcyclists ofter asked for a race, before laughing when the) realised that he was actually a she. The cheerful and
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      • 92 12 EDUCATION: Mainly those with primary and secondary qualifications OTHER OCCUPATIONS: Polytechnic students or blue-collar jobs like technicians or office $500 per month. Full-timers get an average basic gross salary of around $l,3OO VEHICLE: Vespa scooters, Honda Wave and Yamaha RXZ motorcycles. WOUHD WHERE: More likely to
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      • 271 12 RIZAL NASROM has seen all kinds of people on the job, but one condo-dwelling couple took the cake. The door was ajar. It was dark. I knocked on the gate and pushed the door open to see a woman m her bra and panties. I was shocked."
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      • 265 12 IF CHOO YONG SHENG were a girl, he would find a guy with a car more attractive than one with a motorbike, he says. "If I were a girl, I would rather sit m a car than on a motorbike,", he says, laughing off the suggestion that having
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      • 661 14  - REAL MEN DO EAT LADIES FINGERS Elisabeth Gwee Eat your greens and beans, guys, because avoiding such 'sissy' foods can do more harm than good In addition to towering cholesterol, phytoestrogens may also reduce the risk of heart disease by preventing arteries from dogging BEANS and ladies fingers make macho
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      • 453 15  -  Judy Kuriansky In this fortnightly column, we get the experts to answer questions on sex and relationships. Please send your questions to stlife@sph.com.sg SEX MATTERS There art lots of advertisements on the Internet about Increasing the size of one's penis. Is this really possible without surgery?
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      • 409 15 Is it wrong to fake an orgasm? Somttimts, I Just can't gtt ont tven though my partner Is working so hard. I'm afraid he will feel inadequate, so I fake It. You are right to think that a man's ego is boosted when he
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        361 16  - NUT CASE Mak Mun San Now you can go nuts over nuts.lt's official, they're good for you DO YOURSELF a favour: Go nuts. Studies have shown that they are good for your health and can help you live longer. Some are even beneficial to your heart. In fact, the United
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      • 644 16 HAVING a previous Caesarean delivery may increase the risk of having a stillbirth m a second pregnancy, researchers said last week. Doctors at the Rosie Hospital m Cambridge, England, who studied data on 120,00 births m Scotland between 1992 and 1998, found that stillbirths were higher among
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      • 346 17  -  Magdalene Lum Airline tickets to places like Australia (left) are sold out for the festive season, but those for Hong Kong (right) are up for grabs IF YOU are thinking of escaping to somewhere nearby over the Christmas or New Year breaks, you might want to drop
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      • 295 17 Are travellers cheques useful? Some people believe that travellers cheques (TCs) are the safest and most convenient way to carry money. TCs are available m major world currencies, are easy to use and can help a traveller budget his money. If the TC is lost
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      • 1082 17  -  Ginnie Teo 'Although I'm m the nylons capital of the world, I buy my stockings m Singapore, as do all our women diplomats here. They're much, much cheaper' -Prof Chan (left), Singapore's ambassador to the United States While most people go overseas for their vacation, Professor
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      • 640 18  -  Chua Mui Hoong MY NEPHEW Jonathan brought two of his buddies home the other day. Let's call them Andy and Nathan. They rushed for the TV remote control, which was tuned to Channel Bs Holland Village (what else, it being 7plus m the evening). "Nobody watching,
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      • 724 18  - It's about being sport on Tay Yek Keak Somebody told me this joke. A teacher m New Zealand asked the kids m her class what their fathers did for a living. One boy mumbled shyly: "My Dad's an exotic dancer m a gay bar and takes off his clothes m
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      • 159 20 STARGAZING nnutw as i utn i uyaity, these babes are schooled m the art of attracting attention. Elizabeth Jagger (main picture), daughter of rocker Mick and model Jerry Hall, sent paparazzi cameras clicking when she went to an awards show m London two weeks ago m
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      • 313 30  -  Cosmo King Clay Alken (Popular, geeky runner-up m American Idol 2, born Nov 30, 1978. right) Just so you can tell them apart Th hl« bash tonight are his fafe ti* Claymates. The gorgeous m whom he fawns over, though, Ire* his guests called the Playmates. Tomorrow
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        369 30 Early week, listen to what other people have to say because they know best. Midweek, restlessness can lead to disappointment. There are chances for socialising late week. Make the most of it. Push ahead m the early week as you are likely to convince others to see your
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      • 152 32 No matter how naughty or nice the kids have been this year, they deserve these cool gear for Christmas. A It 's a countdown to Christmas! SHE: Cotton tee with ruffles and lact ($55) and cotton corduroy anlmal-prlnt flared skirt ($4l). HE: Cotton two-ln-one tee ($36)
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      • 672 33 Think turkey s too unwieldly and foie gras too exotic for the oldies? Eat at a restaurant three generations of the family will get hooked on. DAWN WONG checks out the Asian offerings this Christmas. Penang hawker fore When there are authentic Penang delights to die
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      • 672 34 a ccording to my f\ mother, I gave the -JLfamily one of the est presents two hristmases ago a roast irkey. It was not just any d bird that I bought om the takeaway delis ere. I made it
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      • 503 35 m .isn't just their two front teeth. SOLOMON LIM takes some little tykes shopping to find out. Instead of suggesting ideas for what kids might like this Christnas a hit-and-miss afair sometimes six kids were given the run of an anpty Toys 'R' Us store
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      • 146 35 Keaainthe Spongebob Squarepants is perfect for kids who want to be read to m their baths. Available from Borders at $15.50 each. Uncover the hidden treasure! Get a do-it-your-self archaeology kit which lets kids explore ancient Egyptian history by playing archaeologist After an the digging
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      • 124 35 moke yum uwn ceramic at Clay Cove (#O3-45 Specialists' Shopping Centre). It's fun and calming. Call 6738-7522 to register for classes on Dec 6 and 13 from 9.30 am to Ham. Other classes are also avail able. Visit fmwxlaycove.com tor details. Make coasters m the
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      • 932 37 YIPPEE! LET'S PLAY! Looney Tunes Christmas From now to Dec 14, it's perfectly cool to get looney at Parkway Parade the Looney TAmes gang from Warner Bros will be m town! Cosy up to Bugs Bunny, Dairy Duck and their chums, including Foghorn Leghorn and Elmer Fudd, who are making
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      • 188 37 Parco Bugis Junction has pledged $50,000 to The Straits Times School Pocket Money Fund, set up to help the children whose families cannot afford to give them a daily allowance for a meal at recess or even take a bus. About 11,000 of such kids will
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        314 39 CHECK MATE (above): Cotton <nit low V-neck top ($32) and :otton flannel pants ($46) from 3 ysi at Scotts Shopping Centre. SKIRT THE ISSUE (above): (left) Cotton/spandex fitted midriff bareback top ($509) and Marc Jacobs cotton/spandex mini skirt ($1,145) from Belle Boutique, (right) Polyester sheer top ($3,950) and
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        680 40  -  Suzanne Sng Want to do a Brazilian? More youna women are waxing lyrical about the procedure, citing personal hygiene FURRY legs, bushy armpits and unsightly bikini lines are the three body parts most women target with hot wax. But as if that is not painful enough, they have
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      • 286 40 It was worth the pain WHILE she does not climb mountains or bungee jump, undergraduate Faye Chiam says she is adventurous m her own way. In the past 2 1 2 months, the 19-year-old has gone for the Brazilian wax three times, stripping off all the hair where the sun
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        904 41  -  Sylvia Tan MADABOUT FOOD If you can't wriggle your way out of making a yam basket and really need one, don't worry. All it takes are a few simple tricks YOU can hardly find a yam basket these days. Yes, there are mashed yam rings which some restaurants
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        133 42 2 Stadium Walk ttOI-CMllnwor. Indoor Stadium With its voluptuous sofas and padded walls m red, purple and fuchsia, this contemporary Indian restaurant drips with seductive Austin-Powers vibe. Oh, behave. CRYSTAL JADE GOLDEN PALACE 805-10 Paraoon While it serves traditional Teochew cuisine, it ultra-hip surroundings of barely-lit dark-woo
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      • 499 42 Eat in style BAKER'S INN (above) Some restaurants look as ravishing as their food. Food Correspondent teo pau LIN checks out the best designs m town ZAMBUCA Tht Pan Pacific Hottl 7 Raff Im Boutovard «03-00 Tib 6)37-8086 Op am; 11.30 am 2.30pm, Sundays Fridays; 6 11pm dally All dressed
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      • 462 43  - Park here for Hainanese fare Wong Ah Yoke PEOPLE BEHIND KIM MOH: (from left) Lim Jit Tock,T.J. Lim and Lucy Lim. Good ingredients and unpretentious cooking draw diners to Kirn Moh, an eatery inside a condominium EATS TO MOST people, Laguna Park m Marine Parade Road is just a former
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      • 337 43  -  Koh Boon Pin DRINKS YOU know how marketers stimulate consumer desire by introducing all sorts of accessories to complement the main product? It's no different with the wine business. If you drop by the Singapore Expo today, you can catch the last day of Wine For
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      • 498 44 Peranakan food is a happy marriage of Chinese and Malay culinary influences. Food Correspondent TEO PAU LIN recommends the best m town Nyonya Sayang (below) 277 Rhrar Valtey Read 1101-04 StarOus Club Toh 6734-0193 Opui: Noon 3pm; 6 10pm dally; closed oil public holidays Its chef, Charlie
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