The Straits Times, 11 January 2004

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  • 19 1 thesundaytimes January 11, 2004 #100 Pages m three parts •MITA(P) 032/03/2003 •■f A Singapore Press Holdings publication \J*D cents
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  • 22 1  - S'pore will be Sars-ready in two hours Tracy Quek TOP OF THE NEWS gasdg dfg Would you eat this? News, Pages 3-4
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    • 449 2 agenda INDEX mainsection news 3-19 invest 20-24 think 25-29 sweat 30-35 gizmos 38 click 39 gen y 40 talk 41-42 lifestyle hot L2-Ll3 pulse Ll4-Ll5 go Ll6-Ll7 reflect LlB wear L3B-L39 taste L4O-L44 movies L22-L23 tv listings L24-L26 comics L27-L29 horoscopes L3O ST WEBSITE phone 6319-5095 e-mail sti@sph.com.sg FORUM DESK
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    • 184 2 home Burger Ramly fever Vendors are defying a ban on beef imports from Malaysia and sneaking m Ramly burgers to hawk to Singaporeans. PAGE 6 Traders' festive blues Traders at Chinatown's Chinese New Year street bazaar say business is bad, and they blame the weak economy and early new year.
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    • 164 2 Saddam's a POW It's official: Deposed Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein is a prisoner of war, which means he has rights under the Geneva Conventions. PAGE 18 Buy that car now It's a good time to buy a car, with prices at 10-year lows brought on by a record supply of
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    • 172 2 Pinning hopes on Jenas Newcastle manager Bobby Robson has an eye for talent. And that eye is trained on Jermaine Jenas, 20, who has been offered a five-year deal. PAGE 31 Cool sport hot here Singaporeans are taking to ice hockey m a big way, and they make up a
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    • 134 2 search woes Jeffrey Low The axing of two soccer "foreign talents" from the national squad shows FAS needs to get its house m order before recruiting. SWEAT PAGE 34 Game M^\ of life &y Susan Long Golf can be viewed as a metaphor for life be it m relation to
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    • 161 2 lifestyle Weird wares on sale Tanglin Shopping Centre is a nondescript mall that attracts celebrities as well as a niche crowd looking for rare finds. PAGEL6 Lest we forget Memory loss, or amnesia, is a serious medical problem unlike what is portrayed m Hollywood movies. PAGE Ll4 HHH BTSI Go
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      • 61 3 SIX suspected drug traffickers and 65 suspected drug offenders were nabbed m an islandwide operation on Friday. Narcotics officers seized 244 Ecstasy pills, 0.6g of heroin, 54g of ketamine, 4.2g of cannabis, 4g of Ice, three Erimin-5 tablets and 21 Yabapißs. The suspected traffickers were arrested
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      • 56 3 AN ENGINEER m his 40s was killed early yesterday morning when he lost control of his motorcycle and ran into a guard rail along Bukit Timah Expressway. Mr Ng Song Kok was. flung off his bike by the impact. Paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene. Eyewitnesses can
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      • 54 3 A BOGUS monk who begged for money from two plainclothes policemen and others m Chinatown was fined $1,300 yesterday. Police arrested Boonnat Phonchan, 24, at Smith Street on Friday. Boonnat pleaded guilty to collecting alms under a false pretence. Since he cannot pay the fine, he will serve
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    • 266 3 Suppose a Sars case is detected m Singapore. What happens next? The Sunday Times finds out Health Ministry goes on alert. Notifies all hospitals and polyclinics. General practitioners and Chinese physicians also alerted. Clinics will isolate patients with fever; doctors and assistants will don protective gear such
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    • 962 4  - Would you eat THIS? Chua Chin Hon Thousands of Chinese do, ignoring wild cuisine's link to Sars CHINA BUREAU GUANGZHOU WILD game vendor He Xiaoli pokes at her protruding belly with a cheeky grin. "I've eaten civet cats on six occasions and all I've gotten is a bigger waistline," she
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    • 488 4  -  Tracy Quek TUESDAY, Aug 19, 9am. Five Health Ministry officials, including the director of its Current Operations Department, stride into Tan Tock Seng Hospital. In its emergency planning room on the second floor the hospital's anti-Sars command centre chief executive officer Lim Suet Wun, along
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    • 899 6  - This is one HOT burger Arlina Arshad Vendors here risk jail and fine to sneak Ramly burgers across the Causeway and hawk them to Singaporeans. The lip-smacking lure: its spicy "Asian taste" 'Just thinking about it makes my mouth water. I get cravings, like a pregnant woman, if I don't
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    • 394 8  -  Li Xueying THEY'RE young enough to still have a bit of puppy fat on their svelte bodies, but old enough to fend off tipsy uncles tactfully with a winsome smile. Dressed m turquoise slacks and cropped white tops, with mascaraed eyelashes that flirted to
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    • 559 8  - Pupils to PM: Let's have a TV dialogue M. Nirmala Chinese High students also game for debates with politicians so that they can put across the ideas of the young IF THE call of late has been for more Singaporeans to come forward with ideas and participate, then a group
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    • 676 9  - bust Unit frust investments Lorna Tan About 559,000 lost $680 m last year by Investing their CPF money m these funds 'Most people were investing with a short-term or gambling mentality for quick returns. They thought unit trusts are like shares.' RETIREE Rosalind Lee, 55 ABOUT 559,000 investors pulled money
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    • 373 9 WHEN the Singapore Red Cross wanted to make sure the food they were sending to earthquake victims m Bam, Iran, would be palatable to them, they got help from an Iranian businessman based here. Mr Mostafa Rastin's main consideration, when he tasted 10
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    • 108 9 FANCY some home-brewed coffee along with scintillating news for breakfast every morning? If you sign up for one year's subscription of The Straits Times and The Sunday Times, you will receive, for free, a coffee-maker from Dutch brand Princess. Or you can opt for a sand-wich-maker.
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      • 82 11 POP diva Anita Mvi lost her battle with cervical cancer, apparently because she delayed treatment for it. The Health Promotion Board wants more women to take part m its pilot cervical cancer screening programme. More than 200 women are diagnosed with cervical cancer each year, and almost half
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      • 59 11 MORE than 2,700 hongbao were given out to the elderly and disabled yesterday at The Singapore Buddhist Lodge. The recipients were under the public assistance scheme and received $100 at the 56th Anniversary Hong Bao Distribution Ceremony. Another 7,100 hongbao of $10 each will be given out today
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      • 46 11 THE Parliament of Singapore will be represented by three MPs at the 12th annual meeting of the Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum m Beijing from tomorrow to Wednesday. Dr Amy Khor will lead the delegation, which includes Mr Can Kirn Yong and Mr Arthur Fong.
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    • 719 11  -  Li Xueying Traders say business is bad at Chinatown bazaar and blame the economy and early new year THE ah pek huffed and puffed away, to little avail. Mr Lee Seng Kwee, 61, had all the right props a silvery beard, a traditional maroon
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    • 2448 12 For the first time, the man Singaporeans called the People's President, has written about the milestones m his life m a 171-page book that will inspire and touch readers. Mr Wee Kirn Wee, 88, who was the head of state from 1985 to 1993, pens his
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    • 623 14  -  Wong Ah Yoke Spore fans honour Cantopop queen's dying wish as they pay homage HONGKONG 'There won't be another Anita Mvi m another 20 or 30 years. That's because today's young singers are packaged products, but Mvi was different. She had to sing to survive/ MR
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    • 692 14  -  dfg OVER the past 15 months, a Hong Kong building unknown to most Singaporeans has been flashed m numerous newspapers and television screens throughout Asia. The five-storey building at 679, King's Road m North Point is the Hong Kong Funeral Home, the place
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    • 80 14 dfgd MR WU'ER Kaixi, a former student dissident leader m the Tiananmen protest, arrived here yesterday to attend the funeral of Anita Mvi, with whom he was once said to be romantically linked. Mr Wu'er, who is now a businessman living m Taiwan,
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    • 563 16  -  Brendan Pereira Current state of relations far from satisfactory, new PM says ahead of visit to Singapore MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT KUALA LUMPUR 'We must be guided by the sincere wish to resolve all the issues. It may take time, but we require patience.' DATUK SERI ABDULLAH, on
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    • 151 16 dfg MALAYSIA'S new No. 2 leader Najib Razak has brushed aside speculation that he is a political threat to the Prime Minister, saying he has "no grandiose ideas to undermine" his boss. Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi picked Datuk Sen Najib as his
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    • 722 16  -  Brendan Pereira dfgd NOW that he occupies the most important office m the land and is surrounded by pomp and formality nearly every day of the week, the little things mean so much more to Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi.
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    • 258 17  -  PATTANI IN A bid to choke off support for Islamic insurgents, Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra yesterday vowed to bring economic prosperity to the nations impoverished south. He also called on the nations Muslim minority to unite with the Buddhist majority. His
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    • 48 17 PHOTO: THE KIMONO REPLACES THE WHITE T-SHIRT, true, but behind the smiles, these Japanese women were enduring ice water m shivery Tokyo weather of 7 deg C. They were among 30 participants at an annual cold-endurance festival at the Kanda Myojin shrine yesterday REUTERS
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    • 628 17  -  Felix Soh They have been indoctrinated from young and believe strongly m holy war THE second generation of Muslim terrorist leaders m South-east Asia is even more hardcore than its forbear. Regional intelligence sources said that the new and younger elite of Jemaah Islamiah (JI)
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      • 85 18 THREE weeks after warning of a possible attack on the United States, the government has lowered the terror threat level, saying the danger over the holiday season had passed. Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge on Friday announced the reduction m the colour-coded threat level to yellow (elevated)
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      • 57 18 THE reputation offish and chips as Britain's national dish has taken a battering, following remarks by a historian that the classic meal originated elsewhere. Professor Panikos Panayi of Leicester's De Montfort University said on Friday that his studies pointed to a mixture of French pommes frites and fried
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      • 59 18 IS HARVARD ready to rumble? Jesse The Body" Ventura, former governor of Minnesota, political pundit and pro wrestler, will soon teach at Harvard University, a university spokesman said on Friday. The college dropout will serve as a visiting fellow at the Institute of Politics at Harvard's John F.
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      • 48 18 THE chairman of South Korea's third-largest conglomerate was behind bars yesterday, facing charges of illegally siphoning nearly US$l billion (Ssl.7 billion) from his company. SK Group chairman Son Kil-Seung, 62, was arrested late on Friday ahead of a trial expected m a few months. AFP
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      • 54 18 THE BBC said it is suspending a popular daytime television show after its veteran presenter sparked outrage by branding Arabs as "suicide bombers, limb amputators, women repressors" m a newspaper article. Britain's public broadcaster said it "strongly disassociates itseir from comments made by Mr Robert Kilroy-Silk, a former
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    • 451 18 WASHINGTON THE Pentagon has made it official: Deposed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, captured by US troops as he cowered m a hole m the ground near his home town, is "an enemy prisoner of war" under the Geneva Conventions. "Saddam's status is that he is
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    • 804 18 BLIND leading the DEAF? A CASE OF SOUR GRAPES? Hardly, says Mr O'Neill of his White House expose after being eased out of office m late 2002 during a purge of Mr Bush's economic team. That's the way Bush held Cabinet meetings, says former treasury secretary m new book WASHINGTON
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    • 256 18 WASHINGTON PRESIDENT George W. Bush's first Cabinet member to resign was prone to gaffes. According to a BBC report, when Mr Paul CNeuTs nomination as Treasury Secretary was announced m 2001, he announced that he would keep nearly US$lOO million (Ssl7o million) worth
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    • 304 19 Blast in South Sulawesi 1.30 AM LATEST Explosion m crowded cafe leaves four people dead and three injured dfg AN EXPLOSION ripped through a crowded cafe m central Indonesia last night, killing four people and injuring three others, police said. The blast took place m the town of Palopo on
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    • 47 19 PHOTO: OH, TO BE A CHILD AGAIN! Model train enthusiast Holqer Eggeling takes a ride on a model steam engine a reproduction of a Prussian T3 locomotive originally built m 1889 at the annual Live Steam Indoor Festival m Sinsheim, Germany. AFP
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      • 278 19 BANGKOK THAILAND'S Culture Ministry has announced plans to regulate the behaviour of models on the catwalk, including ordering them to keep their breasts covered. The move comes after the ministry rapped the local edition of Elle magazine m November last
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      • 316 19  -  PETALING JAYA THE conservative Islamic party, Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS), has defended its Terengganu state government's dress code for women, saying that provocative dressing by women has "a very close link" to murder, rape, molest and sexual abuse. PAS Youth chief Salahuddin
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    • 274 19 ON THE STREET NEW YORK US STOCKS fell on Friday under the weight of a disappointing jobs report for December and negative brokerage calls on phone companies SBC Communications and AT&T. US employers hired just 1,000 workers last month, the government said. That was
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      • 238 20  -  Wong Sui Jau RESEARCH MANAGER FUNDSUPERMART.COM LAST year was a good year for most funds. About 96 per cent of the funds sold at Fundsupermart with more than one-year history (that is, 210 out of 219 funds) saw positive returns. More than half (109 funds)
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      • 35 20 This year will also be a good year for investors of unit trusts, particularly Asian equity funds. But bond funds that are invested mainly m US dollar-denominated bonds will continue to be at risk.
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    • 290 20 I need a car to look for a girlfriend Switching from bike AFTER riding a motorcycle for eight years, Mr Tan Eng Ann bought a new car early last year. He calculates that it costs him $433 more a month to run a car compared to a motorcycle that is,
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    • 345 20  -  Leong Chan Teik Prices have dropped to 10-year lows, thanks to record supply of COEs CARS have become significantly less expensive to buy now than has been the case for many years m Singapore maybe as long as a decade. You can now get
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    • 295 20 A car at last after 10-year wait Switching from cab BACK-OF-THE-ENVELOPE calculations suggest that if you take a cab frequently, you might as well buy a car. If you travel 50km a day, or 18,000 km a year, the average mileage of cars m Singapore, your cab fares will add
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    • 308 20 Not switching YOU can't tempt Mr Anthony Wong, 45, to be a car owner. His transport needs are pretty simple, largely because he is homebased. In 2002, he left his job as a money broker and now trades on the stock market. Despite his resistance
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    • 918 22  -  Leong Chan Teik THE SAVVY INVESTOR Retiree is sold on gold, whose price shot up to a 15-year high recently 'I thought, if I'm going to make a small fortune, this is the only sector I need to put my money m. This is a
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        29 23 Location: 30 Ceylon Road Tenure: Freehold Unit sizes: 1,206 sq ft to 1,744 sq ft (three-bedroom apartments and penthouse) Price range: $697,000 to $878,000 Developer: Hillwood Development
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      • 29 23 Location: 48 Carpmael Road Tenure: Freehold Unit sizes: 1,195 sq ft to 1,927 sq ft (three-bedroom apartments and penthouses) Price range: $679,000 to $891,000 Developer Ridgevale Development
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        32 23 Location: 558 Jalan Taman Tenure: Freehold Unit sizes: 947 sq ft to 1,819 sq ft (two-bedroom apartments, three-bedroom apartments and penthouse) Price range: $509,000 to $850,000 Developer Hoi Hup Realty
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    • 249 23  -  Wu Peining THIS freehold, Victorian-style apartment is as luxurious as a five-star hotel suite. The eight-year-old apartment of about 4,300 sq ft is decked out with $1.8 million worth of furnishings. Its dark-marbled walls and flooring, white plush carpeting and floor-to-ceil-ing windows all
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    • 696 23  - Rents have never been cheaper Irena Josoeb PROPERTY A weak economy, fewer expats and a glut of new properties are driving down rents and it won't improve for two years 1,000 sq ft apartment, Jervois Regency Rent: $3,000 a month 1,500 sq ft penthouse, Guilin View Rent: $2,500 a month
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    • 758 24 No dolphin pool can we sue club? Gffffffffffffgfgf Q ABOUT 12 years ago, a Malaysian golf club recruited members m Singapore. One of its features was to be a Dolphin Learning Centre for members to interact and swim with dolphins. I still have the brochure. Even though neither my husband
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    • 229 24  - Sound advice for thirtysomethings Ambika Raghavan dfg Reviewed by National Library Board FINANCIALLY FEARLESS BY 40 By Jason Anthony 219 pages Available at the National Library Ref no: 332.024 ANT-CBIZ] THE author, Jason Anthony, m his sequel to Debt-Free By 30, teaches readers financial management skills such as decision-mak-ing and
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    • 99 24  -  Tan Mui Lin sjdklshjsh sjdksdg STARTING SMALL, FINISHING RICH By Ernest Low 79 pages Available at the National Library Ret no: SING 332.024 LOW THIS book says it is never too young to get started on financial planning. In fact, the earlier, the better. Although this
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      • 69 25 POLICE have let disgraced NCMP Steve Chia off with a stern warning against making and keeping pornographic material. Mr Chia's very pregnant wife had earlier made a police report against him for, among other things, outraging their maid's modesty. Guess the men m blue think that the constant ribs,
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      • 66 25 KENTWOOD, Louisiana (population 2,200) disses its most famous daughter, Britney Spears, for marrying and divorcing her childhood friend, Jason Allen Alexander, within 24 hours. Among other things, they tell CNN that the former Mouseketeer is "not building character" and "not a mentor to anyone". Well, what did they
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    • 2234 25 ASIA What lies ahead What are South-east Asia's prospects this year? Asad Latif looks at the trends that can provide an answer. A common interest m security, broadly defined, is becoming a motif of India-Asean relations. Trade is driving those links. Since New Delhi embarked on a new Look East
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    • 500 26 Anti-terrorism before politics THIS year is an election year m Indonesia. Terrorists do not have to justify their actions at the polls, but they can gain from the compromises which politicians make to win votes. Ms Sidney Jones, the South-east Asia project director of the International Crisis Group, believes that
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    • 969 27  - Okinawa: A world apart from Japan Kwan Weng Kin JAPAN CORRESPONDENT NAHA (Okinawa) For local bus guide Sachiko Miyazato, the toughest part of her job is taking a busload of domestic tourists through the southern part of Okinawa Island, where Japanese troops fought their last and bloodiest battle against invading
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    • 801 27 BOOKS P E OPLE TALK ABOUT CONTEMPORARY SOUTHEAST ASIA VOLUME 25, NUMBER 3, DECEMBER 2003 Edited by K.S. Nathan Institute of South-east Asian Studies ACCORDING to The Economist's The World In 2004 survey, "few regions are less the master of their own destinies"
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    • 1040 28  -  Susan Long ON ETHICS IT WAS drizzling the morning I was due for my green proficiency test. Glancing up at the darkening sky, the tester growled "Hurry up", banishing hopes of warm-up routines, pre-shots and butter-up banter. As I tremulously unsheathed my five-wood and teed
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    • 393 29  -  Susan Long TEA WITH THINK He's EDB's salesman extraordinaire, who sells Singapore to CEOs of top MNCs. His calling card: Chan Chin Bock YOU can't help but be infected by the indomitable, can-do spirit of Mr Chan Chin Bock. At 70, wheelchair-bound and recovering from a stroke,
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      • 89 29 TOP corporate lawyer and arbitrator Leena Pinsler has quit Drew Napier, which she joined m 1982. Named one of the world's leading lawyers by the independent research guide Chambers Partners Global, Mrs Pinsler, it seems, decided to call it a day after spending Christmas m the Himalayas with
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      • 114 29 LAST year's Sars outbreak was largely driven by super spreader events, says a paper published m British medical journal The Lancet last week. It says super spreaders are patients who carry many strains of the bug. More importantly, the genomics confirms that most of the cases m
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      • 129 29 ONE of the academics speaking at the Institute of South-east Asian Studies' (Iseas) Regional Outlook Forum on Wednesday was Dr Kwame Sundaram Jomo. He was among four Malaysians barred from entering Singapore m October 1987 for having interfered m its internal affairs. The other three were
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      • 153 29 NEWLY-minted Senior Counsel Andrew Phang may be something of a colossus m legal academia but, m person, he is as humble and diffident as they come. At the recent opening of the legal year at City Hall Chambers, his mates from the NUS "power" class of
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      • 131 30 ARSENAL'S Freddie Ljungberg has stopped having sex before matches because it makes his feet go numb. The 26-year-old winger discovered he lost the feeling m his twinkle toes if he got amorous less than 24 hours before a game. Ljungberg, who models Calvin Klein underwear, explained:
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      • 76 30 GREG RUSEDSKI who has admitted testing positive for the banned substance nandrolone has been drawn to play former banned player Juan Ignacio Chela m this week's Sydney International. Rusedski says he failed a drugs test taken m Indianoplis last July but has vowed to clear his name. The
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    • 770 30  - Arsenal stroll to pole position Jeffrey Low Middlesbrough have no answers, as Arsene Wenger's men score twice m each half to overtake Man Utd Match Summary Arsenal 4- (Henry 36, Queudrue 450g, Pires 56, Ljungberg 68) Middlesbrough 1 (Maccarone 84pen) Arsenal: Jens Lehmann, Sol Campbell, Ashley Cole, Pascal Cygan, Bisan
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    • 65 31  -  Peh Shing Huei xx,dndd TAN YEW BOON, financial analyst Tizzied out m midfield and Boateng had a very quiet game. That was the difference between the two sides.' DANIEL HO, accountant 'Arsenal were lucky to win 4-1. All four had elements of luck. There was minimum contact
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    • 472 32 Birmingham 2 S'hampton 1 Jeff Kenna scored the goal that gave Birmingham a victory and was then involved m a clash with David Prutton which led to the Southampton midfielder being sent off. Brett Ormerod had given Saints a dream start with*a well-taken 18-metre shot m the sixth
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    • 732 33 BRITAIN'S TOP FOOTBALL A GENT JON HOLMES Losing two high-profile clients hurts, but Jon Holmes and SFX still represent a host of other stars LONDON So, who is Jon Holmes anyway? EMERGING as Britain's first bona-fide sports agent m 1981, Jon Holmes, acting for
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      • 96 33 "I'm not surprised by his success m Spain. I think he's a very good footballer and he's got great application. Beckham is very sensible. Don't underestimate that side of him. "He is a remarkable figure whom we were privileged to work with for a period of time.
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      • 66 33 "We might have a very good management team m place at Leicester, and be back m the Premiership, but we're not out of the mire. "If we stay up, fine. If we go down aargghh! It's going to be tough. "We played Manchester United and for 15
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      • 133 33 The Premiership is hopelessly imbalanced and one of the most uncompetitive m Europe. I think they need to address that problem quickly. It's very simple. There needs to be a radically different distribution of television money. The top clubs are too greedy. "I envisage something along the
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    • 637 34 Vijay' s seven birdies in a row GOLF As Woods struggles with lost balls, his nemesis lets his hot putter do the talking KAPALUA (Hawaii) There actually was a stretch of three or four days m the past year when Vijay Singh did not work on his game. He did
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      • 84 34 ARSENAL goalkeeper Jens Lehmann and Southampton striker Kevin Phillips were both charged with improper conduct by the Football Association on Friday. The pair were involved m an incident at the end of Arsenal's 1-0 win at St Mary's on Dec 29 when Lehmann threw the ball at the
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      • 54 34 KOBE BRYANT scored 26 points and Stanislav Medvedenko had a career-high 26 points and grabbed 11 rebounds on Friday night to lead the' Los Angeles Lakers to a 113-67 rout of the Atlanta Hawks. LA ended their four-game losing streak m style, racing to a 57-28
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      • 83 34 THE United States won a record third Hopman Cup yesterday when Lindsay Davenport and James Blake clinched the mixed-team event m Perth. The Americans teamed up to beat Karol Kucera and Daniela Hantuchova 6-2, 6-3 m the decisive mixed doubles after Kucera had earlier beat Blake to haul
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    • 837 34  - Foreign talent? Get the house in order first Jeffrey Low NO HOLDS BARRED IN FOOTBALL language, you can call it the 2G Affair, the case of the missing Egmar Goncalves and Mirko Grabovac. In newspaper language, it can be surmised as a foreign talent scheme gone awry. In official language,
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    • 701 34  -  Peh Shing Huei IN THE spring of 1992, a nerdy-looking Xv Ming, then 21, left Zhuanghe County m northeast China for the bright lights of cosmopolitan Dalian, with a knapsack filled with six books and not much else. Today, Xv still chubby and looking
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      232 35 Q HOW often should I replace my running shoes? I'm m the moderate weight range. A As a ballpark figure, shoes should be changed after 400 km to 500 km of running as the mid-soles lose their shock attenuation properties. If you run once a day or more often,
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    • 749 35  - Chills and thrills Wei Koh Ice hockey is catching on with heartlanders m Singapore, says league president Greg Blakney ICE hockey has a violent reputation. And that infamy is what's holding back the growth of the sport m Singapore, says Amateur Ice Hockey Association Singapore's president Greg Blakney. This blood-splattered
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    • 114 35  -  How Hwee Young HOT BODS: Sweat rounds up the fit and healthy and gets them to share their secrets PHOTOS AND TEXT Exercise regime: "I rest two days a week. I go to the gym, work on the circuits, dumbbells and do chin-ups about
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    • 87 35 Ms Tan Ai Ling, alias J J, 35, self-employed Exercise regime: "I'm a member of Planet Fitness. I used to work out five times a week but have now cut down to three times. I do weights and kickboxing and, on weekends, I go blading. I work out for an
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        34 36 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolence* to Mr Tan Chin Huat Family on the demise of his beloved Wife BETTY TAN POH TEE From: Chairman Deputy Chairman General Committee Sub-Committees Members Staff Raffles Country Club
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        59 36 To the world you may just be one person but to one person you may be the world 4th Anniversary In Loving Memory Of CATHERINE CHANG SWEE LANG called home to be with the Lord on 11 January 2000 Always cherished and dearly missed by Mother, brother, sister-in-law, sister, brother-in-law,
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      • 54 36 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to CHIN HUAT, CONSTANCE HEDY TAN on the demise of his beloved wife and their loving mother BETTY TAN POH TEE Departed on 9 January 2004 From: Margaret Chong Yen Shan Martin Suzy Pang Frankie Susanna Ting Florence Vmson So David Mary Ng Roland Winnie
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        81 36 2nd <Anniver6aiy, In 'Memory, of Our 'Beloved MEW HUI LING Departed 11 Jan 2002 I can still remember your whisper m my ears Although you were gone for the past two years You were obedient, diligent and humble Friendly unselfish and reliable You have gained respect and wisdom Be assured
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        90 37 xlkljds LIM BOX LIM was called home to be with the Lord on 9 January 2004. Dearly missed by: Wife: Maria Lim Son: Daughter-in-law: Keith Lim Jennie Ong Daughter: Son-in-law: Melinda Lim Lim Wei Wen Grandchildren: Nicholas Lim Daniel Lim Julian Lim Nicole Lim Body restlnq at 33 East Coast
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        134 37 N6 SONG KOK Age: 41 passed away peacefully on 10 January 2004. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Father Ng Khi Hian Mother: Pang Siew Choon Brothers: Slsters-ln-law: Ng Soon Bong Koh Siew Wah Ng Soon Leong Lee Lia Cheng Ng Soon Heng Ng Soon Hoe Goh Li
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        48 37 The family of The Late TEO HWEE CHENG Departed on 6 January 2004 Wishes to express their heartfelt thanks appreciation to all relatives, friends colleagues for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, wreaths donations during their recent bereavement. Special thanks to: Singapore Cancer Society Dr Karmen Wong and Staff
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        59 37 %-**Oumme VELU KUNASAGARAN (Pmair Pmnjmng Nuramry) Age 54 Departed on 6-1-2004 Beloved Wife: Mangair Thilagam(PPW Metro) Son: X Gejapathy Daughter X Pushparan Daughter-in-law: Chitra Sumugavelu aH brother*, sisters. brothecs-in-law, ststers-ln law, mother-in-law relatives. Cortege leaves today, 11-1-2004 from Blk 305, #02-1160, Jurong East St 32., 3(*****5) Contact: 6561 4752/91 631
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        34 37 With Deepest Sympathy and Heartfelt Condolences to DAVID NG on the demise of his beloved mother LAU SWOON CHWAN on 10 January 2004 From Management 4? Staff of HANG YANG FREIGHT (S) PTE LTD.
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        119 37 In Loving Memory of KARTAR SINGH DALAMNANGAL Departed on 18 February 2003 He had a smile, a pleasant way A helping hand to all he knew; Upright, true and just m all his ways, On earth he nobly did his best. The memory of his noble deeds, The passing years
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        177 37 LAU SWOON CHWAN AGE: 88 passed away peacefully on 10 January 2004, leaving behind loved ones. (Husband: Ng Swan Cher, deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Ng Boon Peng, Michael Soo Poh Cheng, Connie Ng Boon Heong, Alan Sim Siew Cheng. Brenda Ng Boon Kiat, William Cheong Siew Kirn, Agnes Ng Boon Teang,
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        62 37 In Loving Memory Of NEO SHIEA CHEE Departed 11 Jan 2003 Dearly missed by Husband, Family and loved ones. Th* void you havo loft us with Is hard to nil. In Its place then can only to sweet and precious memories of you. We know that we shall moot again
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        64 37 T@ MR. GOBINDRAM CHELLARAM VASWANI Age: 79 passed away peacefully on 9 January 2004 leaving behind loved ones. Wife: Mohini Sons: Suresh, Deepak, Ajeet Daughters-in-law: Sadhna, Minaal Grandchildren: Prithvi, Puja, Dheeraj, Amar Amit, Viresh, Viraen, Soniya Brothers, sisters, relatives and closed friends. MARKO: Monday, 12 January 2004 4.30pm BHOG: Tuesday,
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        142 37 CHNG SIEW PUAN (SUKI) A0«:52 passed away peacefully on 10.1.2004. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Susie Kirn Swee Chuan Father Mother (Chng Bah Yew, deceased) Tan Chwee Hiang Brothers: S!sttrs-in-law: (Chng Siew Menq, deceased) Tan Yang Hua Chng Siew Cheng Yu Soon Fan Chang Kirn, Alan
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        29 37 IN LOVING MEMORY OF MOK CHENG HOON CHAN HOON KENG Departed: 27 Sept 1984 Departed 11 Jan 1999 Sadly missed and remembered by beloved sons, daughter, son-in-law, daughters-in-law grandchildren
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        93 37 YEH HSIANG Af«66 passed away pMCtfully on 9 Jan 2004 Dearly missed and fondly rtmimbirtd by loved ones. Wift: Chia Yien Chu Sons: Dauqhttr-in-law: Yeh Shang Chin, Simon Yeh Shang Jen, David Lee Ai Wee, Ivy Soontorn Sae-Yeh, James Granddaughter: Yeh Le Xuan, Nicole Brothers, sister, nephew and nieces In
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        51 39 ACCORDING to Gavin Menzies, it was the Chinese who discovered America m 1421, 71 years before Christopher Columbus made his epic journey. Although the hypothesis has its detractors, this site contains maps, documents and some seemingly sound theories that provide compelling evidence that he may well be right.
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    • 684 39  - Cyber sleuths in action Ho Ka Wei ARMED with a torchlight, a camera and a Pentium 4 computer, Mr Daniel Chong enters an office stealthily at night to try and dig out secrets from a computer. From furtive e-mail to financial statements which don't quite add up Mr Chong can
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    • 591 39  -  Rory Daniel GAMES PEOPLE PLAY THE funny blue Hedgehog and his gang of mates are back m town m Sonic Heroes, the 3D platform game for Xbox, Playstation2 and Game Cube. While previous 3D instalments of Sonic Hedgehog had been disappointing, this new
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    • 106 39 IF YOU fancy being a cyber-sleuth, you must know your computers inside out, says Mr Daniel Chong, head of computer forensics at Control Risks Group. Now there are courses you can attend to be a hacker and then an IT forensic specialist. The International Council
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    • 641 40  - Is this school or what? Irena Josoeb No boring uniform or fixed lesson plans and play-time is taken seriously Not just an ordinary school day 6.00 am: Wake up! 6.30 am: First training session of the day 8.00 am: Shower, then breakfast 8.45 am: Morning assembly 9.00 am: Lessons start
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      254 40 BeinPlayßox listening to a rcxkin' CD? Reading a reafy good book or comic? Or are you hooked on a fabulous new computer game? Share it with everyone. Here's how: m 200 words or less, tell us why your CD, book or computer game pick is worth checking out Email
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    • 624 40 GSiHi^j Life can get overwhelming sometimes. But you do not have to suffer m silence. Write to Teen Confidential, and we will get trained counsellors to help you through your problem. E-mail your letters to stgeny@sph.com.sg sdls;ldjs DRBRIANYeoisa consultant psychiatrist m private practice. He has
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      • 75 41 A weekly roundup of the most interesting Web discussions by Singaporeans. A QUESTION by "ruffles" on how to improve his office fengshui got netizens offering all sorts of advice. Crystals, mirrors and pictures of Taoist masters, for example. But "chaplin" cautioned: "Don't believe m fengshui. Our business unit
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      • 110 41 HAVING problems booking cinema seats online? You're not the only one, judging from the long list of postings on this website. A frustrated "jzrandom" tried but failed to book a ticket at 1.30 am. It brought on a chorus of postings, from people who have had similar
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      • 393 41 SOME questions arose as I read about the circumstances leading to Mr Chow Peng Wah's desperate acts of suicide and murder ("Engineer's repeated plea for transfer rejected"; ST, Jan 8). The first concerns his treatment for depression. It was reported that Mr Chow
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      • 191 41 Ads get her red in the face WALKING around HDB neighbourhoods m various parts of the island, I couldn't help but notice the over-representation of Caucasians m advertising images. Their images are used to sell everything, from display ads to children's play groups and tuition classes. It is understandable if
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      • 156 41 WHY are teenagers so materialistic? And why do rich teenagers who flaunt their wealth become popular and are respected by their peers? ("Material girls"; The Sunday Times, Jan 4). Possibly because "Generation V" youngsters have been bred as consumers, and through no fault of theirs
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      • 167 41 I RETURNED to Singapore for a short visit recently, after being away for nearly two years, but not before spending a week m Thailand. I was very impressed by the warmth of the Thais. At every shop and restaurant, I was warmly received by shop
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    • 1152 42  - Who says I sold out? Wong Kim Hoh BY ANY yardstick, it is an eminently quotable quote. "Creativity often rewards the non-conformist, the iconoclast, the generalist who treats life not as a linear fast track to success, but as a forest of rich discoveries that one can meander through, creating
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    • 5 L1 lifestyle thesundaytimes January 11, 2004
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        1382 L2  -  Tan Shzr Ee Jas Horn has only flashbacks of parts of his past. He suffers from a condition that wipes out his memory periodically 1 have a tendency to over-elaborate. To get from point A to B, I do not take the straight line. I make one full
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        648 L14  -  Teo Cheng Wee Forget about Hollywood movies. In the real world, amnesia is a condition that can indicate a serious medical problem THERE are two things that movies like The Long Kiss Goodnight, The Bourne Identity and the current Ben Affleck sci-fi thriller, Paycheck, have m common.
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        504 L3  - PEEK A LOO Elizabeth Ee Watch out for the signs so that you don't get caught with your pants down YOU need to take a leak desperately. You are m an upgraded shopping mall and follow the signs that point to where the toilets are. But when you reach them,
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        759 L4  - ANGEL GABRIEL Clarissa Oon Cancer specialist Gabriel Oon lives out his calling by bringing cheer to orphans m fighting-ravaged Bethlehem holy orders THE Order Of Malta began as a monastic community m 11th-century Europe, caring for sickpiigrims travelling to various parts of Christendom. In AD 1113, Pope Pascal II conferred
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      • 1074 L6  - The old curiosity shopping centre Tan Shzr Ee Weird and wonderful wares like skull-bone prayer beads and 17th-century engravings surface at the Tanglin Shopping Centre ACCIDENTAL TOURIST THERE is one shopping space m Singapore where Rod Stewart, Elton John, Art Garfunkel and Madeleine Albright have all visited and spent thousands
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      • 759 L8  - TOO COWED TO EAT BEEF? Teo Pau Prices of Australian and New Zealand beef are expected to rise following the ban on US beef FOODCORI NEWS of a suspected case of mad-cow disease m the United States may have unnerved its US$27billion (Ss46-billion) beef industry, but it has raised only
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        1065 L8 Lifestyle did a check of eateries which use beef m a big way for how they are coping with the US beef ban ANGUS STEAK HOUSE (804-25 Ngee Ann City) The 10-year-old restaurant had always used US beef for its steaks, such as charcoal-grilled steak sirloin ($27
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      • 368 L9 US BEEF is a luxury that not many can afford. In gourmet delis here, it is priced up to 80 per cent more than Australian and New Zealand beef. At Espirito Santo m Upper Thomson Road, frozen US rib-eye costs $58 per kg, while
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      • 1015 L10 DID Anita Mvi ever imagine that things would turn out so ugly? Two days after the Hong Kong superstar died on Dec 30, her sworn brother, singer Jacky Cheung, questioned her manager Marianne Wong at a meeting: "Ah Mvi wanted a burial. Why is she being cremated?"
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        855 L11  - CARRY MANITA Lionel Seah Though devastated by Anita Mui's death, Singaporean impersonator who has been doing impressions of the Cantopop Oueen will rally on HONG KONG pop diva Anita Mvi may have died, but her legacy lives on m her Singapore "doppelganger", Lezard Cheong. Cheong or Lizard, as his close
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        562 L12  - SHOW and SELL Tee Hun Ching Don't call them salesmen. Promoters who hawk household appliances m public pride themselves on showmanship and pepper their pitches with jokes, slang and loads of action YOU usually hear them before you see them. With wireless microphones strapped to their heads, they extol the
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      • 378 L12 dfgd HE HAS no problems entertaining a crowd with just his hands, a winsome smile and a nondescript juice blender. But when approached for an interview, Mr Kelvin Lee, 40, (right) suddenly turns bashful. "Better not, I don't want to be recognised," he says, but
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      • 1203 L12 IT IS easy to see why Mr Jimmy Ong (main photo) is a hit with his customers. "Ho bo? 1 he asks an elderly woman during a break m his demonstration. It is a friendly Hokkien equivalent of "how are you". She nods, smiles and gives his
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        366 L12 TEN years ago, Ms Margaret Shau (right) thought she had better start looking for another job soon after she began hawking products m public. "I didn't even dare to address one customer directly, much less face the entire crowd," the 35-year-old says of her salad days as
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      • 343 L14 ACUTE STRESS: A person experiences acute stress when the physical or emotional environment changes dramatically, causing him to be incapable of performing everyday functions How amnesia strikes: When some people face a crisis such as the death of a loved one, or are victims of a robbery or
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        302 L15 BIG RISK HEALTH BUZZ Low-tar still means MILLIONS of people who smoke low-tar cigarettes face the same risk of lung cancer as smokers who puff on medium-tar brands. This is according to a major study comparing the health risks of tar ratings. Death rates from lung cancer among smokers of
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        713 L15  - PLAY TIME Dr Judy Kuriansky SEX MATTERS In this fortnightly column, we get the experts to answer questions on sex and relationships. Please send your questions to stlife@sph.com.sg I sometimes find myself fantasising about other women when I'm having sex with my wife. I love my wife very much and
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      • 273 L15 THE health effects of "threatening" e-mail sent by bosses to their workers has been revealed by researchers, reports the BBC. Experts from Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College attached blood pressure monitors to volunteers before they opened their inboxes. They found that blood pressure shot up if e-mail
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      • 740 L16  -  Ginnie Teo CONSUMER CORRESPONDENT Champagne glasses will clink for Economy class passengers on SlA's non-stop flights to LA soon, but should you partake when the spirits flow freely? DONT pop the champagne just yet. Sure, there's good news Singapore Airlines will offer free champagne m Economy
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      • 282 L16 DRHOLS We'll get the experts to answer your travelling woes. Send your queries to stlife^sph.com.sg I'm planning a t wo- week free-and-easy trip to Tokyo m March. The budget hotels are pretty costly, ranging from $140 to $180 a night per person. Can you
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        750 L17  -  Ginnie Teo FREQUENTFLYER People say Diana Young, president of Mil-Corn Aerospace, boards planes like normal people do taxis. But this high-flying boss is firmly grounded m family The Internet has changed our behaviour... In the past, whenever I got to a hotel, I'd take a shower
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      • 1129 L18  -  Alan John i Wprrying about your child's primary school years is just one of the tough sides of parenthood YEARS ago I penned some newspaper columns celebrating fatherhood and the joy of having babies. All right, I have to confess 5 1 wrote
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      • 706 L18  -  Chua Mvi Hoong TALK about blaming the victim. Hong Kong singer Anita Mvi was barely cold m her coffin when kaypoh commentators started getting all knowledgeable about her death. Her death could have been prevented, opined some doctors. Early cervical cancer is one of the
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      • 795 L18  -  Tay Yek Keak INCE I now look and sound old enough for people like the kids m the void deck downstairs and the guy collecting the poop after his dog to listen to me, I shall dispense ancient wisdom today. Firstly, let's talk about serious
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        138 L20 STARGAZING IT'S hip to be a Chinaman. Just look at Andy Lav. The Hong Kong artist has been busy raiding the wardrobe of China's past m recent weeks. Last month, he went Maoist at the Golden Horse Awards (above). He then opted for a traditional Chinese suit when
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        1170 L20  -  Ong Sor Fern FILM CORRESPONDENT Screening ANNA IN KUNG FU LAND (PG) (Ekin Cheng/Miriam Yeung/97 minutes) Moments of inspired silliness come courtesy of the winsome Miriam Yeung. She plays gongfu babe Anna Shek, daughter of an ostracised former Shaolin monk, who travels from Japan to Hong Kong to compete
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      • 393 L21  - 5 things to do today Magdalene Lum events Ren Ci Charity Show Venerable Shi Ming Vi (above). CEO of Ren Ci Hospital, will do a David Blame by encasing himself m a plastic container filled with I.OOOkg of ice m this charity show. It's to help raise $5 million for
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        559 L21 Celebrating movies Nordic Film Festival 2004 Don't miss Nicole Kidman's performance m Danish director Lars von Trier's much-ballyhooed Dogville. It's the closing film at this eight-day film festival, which features 11 films from Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Denmark. The festival opens with Norway's Wolf Summer, about
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      • 744 L31 Out with the old and m with the new? Not for the Chans. They tell DAWN WONG why they still stick to the traditions of old. The eve of Chinese New Year never fails to be a boisterous affair at the Chans' abode. Just one look at
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      • 730 L32 If you've always wished for a how-to guide to help you shop for and cook dried foodstuff and delicacies for your reunion dinner, here's one. LISA TAN gets tips from Mr Andrew Goh, manager of De Cheng Kin King Trading at Victoria Street Wholesale Centre, and
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      • 270 L32 Grab your chopsticks, and along with family and friends, toss yu sheng for luck and prosperity m the Year of the Monkey. GRAND COPTHORNE WATERFRONT HOTEL The Grand Yu Sheng at Cafe Brio and Grand Shanghai costs $48+++ for four to six persons and $68+++ for
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      • 834 L34 Nothing beats tucking into a reunion dinner at home, especially if mums cooking. DAWN WONG asks three chefs to suggest eats for families big and small. For four people FAMILY BUSINESS What better time than the traditional family celebration to fit m some family bonding? NOEL HIDALGO
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        180 L36 Spring into the festive mood with clothes and accessories that boast an Oriental touch. DAWN WONG picks a few. PHOTOS: Dress up With a cut that flatters your body, an elegant silk cheongsam is sure to make heads turn. $450 from Icon at #01-04/05/06 Orchard Emerald JAMIE KOH
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      • 594 L36  -  Dawn Wong To say that Mr Yip Wai Keong is an old hand at selling waxed meats would be an understatement. The 41-year-old has never missed a chance to peddle his products along Chinatown's streets during Chinese New Year for the last 24 years. And this
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        199 L37 Crackle and pop! Active wear that packs festive flair. 1. She: Cotton dress ($109). polyester lace-trimmed petticoat ($35). Both from Oppt Shop at The Heeren. Ht: Cotton tank with strap ($23) from Red Line at Far East Plaza and The Heeren, cotton denim jeans ($69.90) from Re- at
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      • 408 L38 More men are buying jewellery for themselves, taking their cue from poster boys Justin Timberlake and David Beckham 'They represent a whole genre of people with a subtle way of wearing jewellery that demonstrates, "I can be cool and still wear diamond studs"/ Joe
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      • 185 L39  -  ASK LIONEL Sartorially challenged? Help is on the way. E-mail Lionel Seah atstlife@sph.com.sg Because camouflage was very m last year, I bought a lot of tank tops and pants with the jungle print. I hear that camouflage is now very out. So what do I do with those
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      • 125 L39 I'm fond of wearing anklets. But if I wear stockings, should I wear the anklet inside or outside the stocking? Aesthetically speaking, it would probably look much nicer outside, unless it is a very fine and thin anklet. Can you imagine an anklet trapped inside a
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      • 169 L39 I'm 16 and have big feet, and so does my sister. It's hard for both of us to shop for footwear here. Our shoe sizes are between 10 and 11. Where can we find shops that sell big shoes at reasonable prices and with lots of
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      • 166 L39  -  Suzanne Sng BEAUTY MUST-HAVE: By Terry Rouge Opulent lipstick Talk about paying for lip service. There's a new lipstick m town and it costs so much, you should ask for one for Chinese New Year instead of a hongbao. After all, why should you pay so much for
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        559 L40  -  Sheena Chan Go back m time m Kandahar Street, where you can eat like a king and have teh tarik the way your grandpa liked it ddfgfg sd,skhsj WANT some history with your rendang? At Kandahar Street, you can have just that. At the row of ornate conservation
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      • 592 L42  -  Koh Boon Pin Forget reds this Chinese New Year. Whites bring out the flavour of Chinese food, which is usually more spicy DRINKS YOU would think that with the upcoming Chinese New Year celebrations, red wine should be the order of the day. Not so for
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      • 518 L42  -  Magdalene Lum YESTERDAY ONCE MORE: There are morsels of Singapore's history, not just old-world recipes, m Sylvia Tan's cookbook. LIFESTYLE'S Mad About Food columnist and cookbook author, Sylvia Tan, dishes out a tasty treat to Singapore's history m her new book. Singapore Heritage Food, published
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        608 L43  -  Wong Ah Yoke DESMOND FOO New Malay restaurant Tepak Sireh m the upcoming Malay Heritage Centre serves a sumptuous buffet at reasonable prices EATS THE Malays may form a very significant community m Singapore, but there are few Malay restaurants of note here. Perhaps this has to do
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      • 497 L44  - Peel prawns? Stuff it Teo Pau Lin CONFIDENTIAL He's Singapore's king of ornamental fish. But what Kenny Yap, 38, executive chairman of Qian Hu Corporation, really likes are prawns FOOD CORRESPONDENT Do you like to eat fish? I don't mind. I just hate those that are troublesome to eat, like
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      • 189 L44 1. Hor fun with seafood I've always loved hor fun and a seafood gravy over it would be good. But I still can't find a really good place that serves good hor fun, so maybe I will die with my eyes open. 2. Deep-fried
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