The Straits Times, 6 February 2005

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1 8 The Straits Times
  • 21 1 thesundaytimes February 6, 2005 78 Pages m three parts MIC A (P) 047/03/2004 Mi A Singapore Press Holdings publication Ovy Cents
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  • 524 1  - Thaksin poised for historic re-election Nirmal Ghosh TOP OF THE NEWS THAILAND CORRESPONDENT BANGKOK Thai opposition grapples with the Thaksin factor PAGE 16 THAIS are expected to turn out m record numbers today to re-elect their hugely popular and controversial Prime Minister. Mr Thaksin Shinawatra has made history by becoming
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  • agenda
    • 215 2 home Bintan's tourist city Developers plan retirement homes, a six-star resort and an entertainment and shopping belt on the north coast. PAGE 6 A Spore-Muslim identity Among Muis' four goals for this year is helping Muslims to "internalise" 10 attributes that it has identified as important. PAGE 10 Bitten
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    • 52 2 Limiting credit card debt Avoiding bankruptcy stemming from excessive credit-card use ultimately rests on card owners' ability to control spending. PAGE 19 Cut-and-dried solution Training consultant John Sih couldn't fight the urge to overspend so he took a drastic step he cut up his one and only credit card.
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    • 30 2 Massage chairs galore No longer for just the elderly, there are at least 17 models on offer some even synchronise the massage to audio and video clips. PAGE 34
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    • 25 2 Call-back attraction The services, which can reportedly slash cellphone bills by up to 75 per cent, have attracted an estimated 40,000 subscribers. PAGE 35
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    • 53 2 Life lessons m the kitchen Mastering the art of cooking provides a simple recipe for life-long learning and a table laden with delicious food. Brain studies m vain Past attempts to map the brain to uncover the workings of the mind have turned out to be an exercise m
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    • 85 2 A bleeding Arsenal With its new $1.1 billion stadium draining the club of energy and cash flow, the risk of its players being lured away is increasing. PAGE 28 Song birdies to win Making up for some sloppy moves, the Korean teenager pips Charlotta Sorenstam m a tense final
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    • 28 2 Singapore Idol-wannabes A recording studio is attracting a steady stream of teenagers with a new service producing CDs of their rendition of a favourite song. PAGE 36
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    • 30 2 From singing to swinging Frances Yip, who has cut more than 80 albums m a career spanning nearly four decades, spends more time on golf these days. PAGE 37
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    • 32 2 Alan John It is, after all, the Chinese New Year week and at this time of year, Peranakan is the food of the season for me. REFLECT PAGE Ll2
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    • 36 2 Cheong Suk-Wai I dread Chinese New Year that's usually the time when it is my turn to be the prime carer for Dad, who is battling with cancer. HOT PAGE L 8
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      29 2 Andy Ho Are the brains of girls and boys wired differently so that they are naturally better at different things or is choice the factor? THINK PAGE 23
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      30 2 Yap Koon Hong Judging by the Wildcats- Kings turnout, there is enough of a buzz for basketball m Singapore if the game is pitched right. SWEAT PAGE 30
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    • lifestyle
      • 79 2 Adventurer's venture Alter living m London, a Greek island and Bali, free-spirited Molina, 62, returns home and sets up a cafe with novel cuisine. PAGE L 3 Changing Chinatown From roosters that lay eggs to Indian bak kwa sellers who speak Hokkien, Chinatown offers many quirky sights. PAGES L4-L6
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      • 25 2 Staying alive Diagnosed with an incurable disease, ex-national water-polo team captain Koh Wei Meng, 36, is not giving up on life. PAGE L 9
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      • 25 2 Going for a ride Life m the fast lane for Lamborghini Singapore managing director Melvin Goh is 180kmh m an Alfa Romeo. PAGE Lll
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      • 36 2 Torture by noodles Hot and spicy is how they make it at a Japanese restaurant, where enjoying a bowl of ramen is both delight and torture. PAGE L3O asdfasdfsdf asdfasdfasdfsdf *mmmmmmm&mmmmmmmmmamc?mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmMmmmmm&m mmmmmmmmmmmmmmKammmmmmmmm asdfasdfasdfsadfsd HHHHHBHMNHNHNHMHHP -H
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  • news
    • 801 3  - Yes, I do... (have a secret bank account) Chua Kong Ho Research firm finds that one m five Singaporean wives hides her assets from her husband MS KAREN Tay has been hiding money from the men m her life since she started dating m her teens. Now m her late
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    • 792 4  - Global families enjoy lo nei away from home Sarah Ng Families with members living all over the world gather m 3rd countries for hassle-free CNY revelry RETIRED businessman C.S. Ong and his wife live m Singapore. Their two sons live m Australia and the United States. The family is getting
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    • 342 6 Battling alert fatigue the next front in war on terror AS THEY get bombarded with warnings of terrorist threats, Singaporeans may succumb to "alert fatigue". But, said the Senior Minister of State for Law and Home Affairs, people can keep up their vigilance by arming themselves with knowledge about what's
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    • 636 6  -  Tracy Quek Tourist haven It will get an entertainment and shopping belt, but CEO of master planner promises the place will not lose its natural environment There certainly could be a market for boutique residences, if done up with a tropical feel. It's
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    • 608 8  - This 65-cent kerosene lamp can help save lives Sharlene Tan THE SAFE BOTTLE LAMP (right), invented by Sri Lankan surgeon Wijaya Godakumbura (left), is short and heavy, with two flat sides and a screw-on metal lid. The lamp does not topple easily and, even if it does, will not roll,
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    • 167 8 Traffic lane closed as foam spurts up from Circle line dig ONE lane at the junction of Serangoon Aye 2 and Aye 3 was temporarily closed to traffic yesterday when a 20cm-high swell spouting white foam appeared m the middle of the road. According to the Land Transport Authority (LTA),
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    • 545 8  -  Sarah Ng That's the message young S'poreans have for the Feedback Unit; agency enlisting help of youths to revamp website to dispel notion GIVING the Government feedback is just like talking to an answering machine: You don't always get a call back,
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    • 266 8 DEPUTY Prime Minister Tony Tan will turn 65 tomorrow, but last night, about 1,000 members of his constituency did not want to wait. They rolled out a cake coated m pink, m the shape of a Chinese peach to represent longevity and topped with
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    • 696 9  -  Sharlene Tan MRT building work forces stall to move to smaller space, giving rival the edge FOR years, Mama Joe Magazine Corner m Holland Village has been overshadowed by the bigger, more prominent Thambi Magazine Store, which has a choice spot at the corner
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    • 226 9 More free facilities to encourage interest in sports SINGAPOREANS can look forward to more free facilities to encourage them to take up sports, said Acting Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports Vivian Balakrishnan. Speaking to reporters -at the sidelines of the launch of Ulu Pandan ward's first street soccer
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    • 750 10 A model S'pore Muslim: She's the poster girl Dr Yaacob lauds researcher for keeping pace with modern society while staying rooted to Islamic values. He also identifies Muis' 4 goals Serving as motivation to others WHEN contacted last night, Miss Jameelah Sheik Mohamed said she joined the Genome Institute m
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    • 182 10 Panel will look into Korban sheep delay A REVIEW panel has been formed to look into the delayed arrival of sheep for religious rites, said Minister-in-charge of. Muslim Affairs Yaacob Ibrahim yesterday. It will have two objectives: Review what happened and improve the current process. The shipment of 4,600 sheep
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    • 807 13  - The BLACKBERRY bug bites Rachel Chang Blackberry phones are all the rage here, but some say the devices are a nuisance when used after work IN MEDIAEVAL times, there was the Black Plague. Now, it is the Blackberry "plague" that is sweeping corporate Singapore. The victims of this 21st century
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    • 908 14  -  Reme Ahmad Raimy Che Ross, who laboured for 12 years on the project, shows photographs of his find MALAYSIA BUREAU CHIEF KUALA LUMPUR THE researcher and amateur archaeologist who claims to have found a 1,000-year-old lost city m Johor had to pore
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    • 183 14 BAGHDAD A SHI'ITE Muslim-dominated political slate with links to Iran and to Iraq's leading ayatollah has amassed what appears to be a commanding lead m Iraq's landmark parliamentary election, according to partial results released on Friday. With votes tabulated from more than one-third of the
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    • 316 14 MOSUL (Iraq) IN ONE scene, the videotape shows three kidnappers with guns and a knife preparing to behead a helpless man who is gagged and kneeling at their feet. In the next, it is one of the kidnappers who is m detention, his eyes
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    • 535 14  -  Neo Hui Min STRAITS TIMES EUROPE BUREAU LONDON IN THREE to five years, companies hoping to get their products made on the cheap may have to look away from China. China will cut its reliance on manufacturing and begin developing its services
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    • 227 14 US couple accused of torturing adopted kids INVERNESS (Florida) A FUGITIVE couple accused of starving and torturing five adopted children including pulling out their toenails with pliers were captured m south-eastern Utah after police tracked them through their cellphones, officials said. John and Linda Dollar were jailed on Friday m
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    • 488 15  -  Carolyn Hong XL r Johor, Selanqor and Perak account for most of the 1,000 new cases m Malaysia every week MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT KUALA LUMPUR TRAVELLERS to Selangor, Kuala Lumpur, Perak and Johor for the Chinese New Year holiday next week should be
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    • 185 15  -  Sharlene Tan DENGUE fever looks set to hit a new high m Singapore, with 1,145 cases reported last month. Here are some tips from the National Environment Agency on how to prevent the breeding of the Aedes mosquito this Chinese New Year: If you
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    • 702 15  -  Lee Seok Hwai Goodies galore What's on the reunion dinner menu at high-end restaurants: Staples: Shark's fin, abalone, bird's nest Highlights: South Sea Fishing Village m Guangzhou city is giving a bottle of wine,produced during the 19th century Qing
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    • 213 16 Nine Japanese die im latest charcoal-burner group suicides I \JY\ T \J NINE people were found dead m two cars outside Tokyo yesterday m what were believed to be the latest m a series of suicide pacts involving charcoal burners m the country. Six people three men and two women,
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    • 187 16 HERE axe five facts about Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, whose Thai Rak Thai party is expected to win a second successive landslide m today's general election: An ex-telecoms tycoon whose businesses thrived on government contracts and concessions, he is ranked as one of Thailand's richest
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    • 701 16  - Thai opposition grapples with the Thaksin factor Nirmal Ghosh They allege PM's focus on rural masses is just an election ploy, but his party looks set to win THAILAND CORRESPONDENT BANGKOK MS THIPTIDA Boonmalee, 24, has travelled far from the village where she grew up, near Übon Ratchathani m Thailand's
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      • 74 16 ROME Pope John Paul II will give his traditional blessing at midday today from the hospital where he is being treated for the flu and breathing troubles, but an aide will read out the weekly Angelus prayer, the Vatican announced yesterday. The 84-year-old Pope will bless
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      • 80 16 LONDON Mr Tony Blair is set to become Britain's longest-serving Labour Party Prime Minister today, breaking Mr Harold Wilson's record Mr Blair's time m office will reach 2,838 days today, beating Mr Wilson's time heading governments m 1964-70 and 1974-76. Mr Blair has said he
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      • 70 16 AN OIL tanker collided with another ship off the coast of Egypt, spilling at least 3,000 barrels of crude into the Mediterranean Sea, the tanker's Singapore-based operator said yesterday. GBLT Ship Management said m a statement that MT Trijata collided with the US-based Genmar Kestrel on Friday
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      • 77 16 FORT HOOD A US soldier who stomped on hooded Iraqi prisoners was sentenced to six months' jail on Friday. He was the sixth person to be imprisoned m connection with abuses at Iraq's notorious Abu Ghraib prison. Sergeant Javal Davis, 27, pleaded guilty to stomping on
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      • 72 16 OTTAWA Canada's government, embarrassed by a revelation that its legislators were handing out patriotic lapel pins made m China, said on Friday all such pins would henceforth be manufactured m Canada. The left -leaning New Democratic Party revealed earlier this week that the contract to
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    • 621 17  - Malaysia s POLICE Leslie Lau Despite outcry over the religious cops' nightclub raid, the hardline approach has its share of supporters MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT KUALA LUMPUR THEY have no standard uniforms, nor do they carry weapons. Instead, they are armed with just an unshakeable belief they are carrying out God's will
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    • 485 17  - Mahathir strikes back over the Proton saga Carolyn Hong MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT PUTRAJAYA FORMER Malaysian premier Mahathir Mohamad yesterday struck back with a firmly worded denial that he had intervened m board decisions of state-owned Proton, causing its chairman to resign this week. In a rare press conference called after the
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      364 18 LAURA BUSH US First Lady steals the show at charity fashion event featuring top models and designers NEW YORK THE models included Christie Brinkley, Sheryl Crow, Venus Williams and Paula Abdul, but all eyes were on US First Lady Laura Bush when she attended The Heart Truth
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    • 321 18 White House chef sent packing after 1 1 years WASHINGTON AFTER cooking for two US presidents over 11 years, White House chef Walter Scheib has been fired and the search is on for a new executive chef. "We've been trying to find a way to satisfy the First Lady's stylistic
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    • 216 18 WASHINGTON THE tobacco industry won a resounding victory when a federal appeals court rejected a US government lawsuit seeking US$2BO billion (Ss46o billion) from it for allegedly plotting to cover up the risks of smoking. The 2-1 decision found that the case, which
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    • 519 18 Rice wins German offer of more help for Iraq BERLIN GERMANY, a fierce critic of the war m Iraq, has offered to provide more help for reconstruction, giving some welcome news to US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on her fence-mend-ing tour of Europe. Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder announced that Germany
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    • 125 18 LONDON US SECRETARY of State Condoleezza Rice gave small world atlases to all the reporters accompanying her on her eightday, nine-country trip to Europe and the Middle East. "We're going to travel a lot, and I wouldn't want anybody to feel lost,"
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
    • 636 18 l^mV^l^mHPßßlk J Bangalore Barcelona Bali Adelaide Beijing Johannesburg Brussels Busan San Francisco Kuala Lumpur Jakarta Brisbane Frankfurt Kuching Melbourne Mecca > Singapore cloudy, showers with ■HinO ttwnder are likely m the Thunder Thunder Partly Partly Partly late afternoon mainly storm storm cloudy cloudy cloudy over northern and western Smoapore. /"""""N
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  • invest
    • 1038 19  -  Leong Chan Teik RISE OF ROLLOVER CARD DEBT Suggestions on how to curb bankruptcies range from limiting the number of cards per user to capping one's total credit exposure. But ultimately, only you can control your spending IF THE excessive use of credit is
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    • 281 19 '1 realised I couldn't fight the urge to overspend. Why allow the bank to capitalise on my weakness?" A TRAINING consultant, Mr John Sih, 44, knows what it is like to spend without a care and then worry later
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    • 372 19  -  Marc Faber two cents'wori h Investment adviser IMAGINE you have a rich uncle and he has just passed away and left you US$lOO million (*****.7 million). He retired m the late 1960s and lived on one of the islands m the Pacific.
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    • 319 19 I wallstreet NEW YORK US STOCKS had their biggest rally of the year, as prices soared on investors' bets that weak job growth figures will prompt the Federal Reserve to be less aggressive m raising interest rates. The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed
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    • 692 20 Our glassy house has doors made of glass MY SPACE Housewife Magdalene Tan, 28, lives with her husband, events organiser Jimmy Chan, 29, m a 1,184 sq ft five-room HDB flat m Punggol Central. They tell Crystal Chan about their glassy dining area "IT'S common for home owners to build
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      293 20  -  Jeremy Au Yong PROPERTY PUT up your flat for sale m Nil I nne Parade, and chances are it wB he up m less than I flat m Woodlands sells M a boii t two months. I But m estates like SengkanJ ana Teck Whye, however, ycH could be
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    • 1571 20  - Rich but remisier's Volvo is 24 years old ier's Volvo is 24 years old Leong Chan Teik ME MY MONEY AS A remisier of many years' standing, Mr Yap Swee Hoo has had a ringside seat watching the stock market make paupers out of some ordinary folk and millionaires out
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    • 740 21  - Selling? It 's easy in Woodlands, tough in Teck Whye Jeremy Au Yong PROPERTY PUT up your flat for sale m Marine Parade, and chances are it will be snapped up m less than mqftth. A flat m Woodlands sells m about tvvo months. But m estates like Sengkang and
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    • 1062 22 YOUR PERSONAL ADVISER The bailiff will enter the house only on the second attempt if no one is at home. The bailiff is an officer of the court and there should be no fear that anything will go missing from your
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    • 352 22 MUST READ THE LAZY PERSON'S GUIDE TO INVESTING By Paul Farrell 307 pages Available at the National Library Ref no: 332.6 FAR-[BIZ] IF YOU are a novice interested m hassle-free, low stress, low maintenance investment strategies, then this book is
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    • 1843 23 Are women WIRED FOR SCIENCE? If boys and girls across the world do equally well m science and maths tests m adolescence and young adulthood, as research consistently shows, why are there still fewer female mathematicians and scientists m most countries? Unconvinced by Harvard president Lawrence Summers' remark that the
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    • 296 24 thesundaytimes 'Poly cool' coming up MORE power to polytechnic students! Before long, they could be the new totem of cool m academic youthdom, where supercilious, full-sen-tence-speaking junior college types will be seen as fuddy-duddies. It can happen. The National University of Singapore (NUS) is taking m twice as many poly
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    • 889 24  -  Catherine Lim Suat Hong FOR THE STRAITS TIMES BY THE time this is printed, my dining table will be laden with cakes and pineapple tarts ready to share with relatives and friends, all homemade by me. This is m sharp contrast to all previous
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    • 266 24 "Many actors want to play Hamlet and Macbeth, and ever since I became an actor from the very beginning, I just wanted to play a Shetland pony. I can't explain why." TWO-TIME OSCAR WINNER DUSTIN HOFFMAN, talking about his new role m the movie Racing
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    • 1143 24  -  Janadas Devan CN WORDS "Karl Marx did describe religion as the 'opium of the people', but his words were torn out of context. In actual fact, the first (and perhaps last) Marxist had an altogether more nuanced, even sympathetic, view of religion..." "People often say
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      1264 25  -  William Grimes Mapping brains to explain workings of the mind a futile exercise IN THE summer of 1849, Walt Whitman walked into an office on Nassau Street m Manhattan to have his head read. Lorenzo Niles Fowler, a phrenologist, palpated 35 areas on both sides of the skull
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    • 1907 26  -  Nicholas Fang LUNCH WITH TEO SIONG SENG TRANSPORT CORRESPONDENT 'It has always been the tradition and mentality of my father, who was born m China and has a very Chinese way of thinking, that we should keep a low profile and do more and talk
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      • 63 27 AMERICAN talk-show host Jay Leno could not resist making fun of Yao Ming's record vote count for the National Basketball Association's Ail-Star game. He said: "I guess you heard there was a mix-up m the Iraqi election. "Apparently, by mistake, a lot of ballots were switched with
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      • 68 27 BRITISH bookmaker Ladbrokes is offering odds of 10-1 on singer Alicia Keys doing a Janet Jackson and accidentally slipping out of her costume during Super Bowl XXXIX today, reported The BBC. Jackson caused outrage across America last year when a "wardrobe malfunction" caused her left breast to be
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      • 68 27 LAURA Davies did not win the Samsung Ladies Masters Singapore after finishing third yesterday. But the British golfer did get a consolation gift. Osim gave her an iSqueeze, a foot massager, after she said how much she enjoyed it. "I spent about 15 minutes m it before
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    • 491 27  -  Marc Lim Manchester United 2 (Roy Keane 55 r Wayne Rooney 78) Birmingham City 0 ON TUESDAY, he let his mouth do the talking m Manchester United's 4-2 win at Arsenal. Yesterday, Roy Keane let his feet do the talking as United beat Birmingham 2-0
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    • 782 28  -  Marc Lim SIR Bobby Robson, m Singapore for two weeks as a giiest of ESPN Star Sports, took time out to talk to The Sunday Times about football, life, and more football. Although he turns 72 on Friday week, the man who has played m
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    • 991 28  -  Rob Hughes Risk of players being tempted away as new stadium drains cash and energy flow HEART OF FOOTBALL URBANE Arsene Wenger and the feisty Sir Alex Ferguson were under orders to keep their mutual loathing on ice last week. Maybe that was
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    • 2062 29 47 years ago this day, the plane carrying Manchester United crashed m Munich. The Sunday Times revisits the disaster which killed the Busby Babes MANCHESTER 'Round by the nose of the plane, came the captain, "Run you stupid b******", he shouted. "This plane is
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    • 579 30  -  Yap Koon Hong THE SPORTS EDITOR THE 6,000-plus crowd who watched two relatively unknown basketball teams from a lesser known league slug it out at the Singapore Indoor Stadium must have caused a pleasant flutter. Perhaps the Basketball Association of Singapore (BAS), helmed by its capable president Wee
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      • 99 31 MICHAEL Jordan's former lover will get to describe their affair and his alleged promise to give her US$5 million (SsB.2 million) m court. Karla Knafel presented "sufficient facts" to establish a case against the retired National Basketball Association star, the Illinois Court of Appeals ruled on Thursday,
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      • 52 31 TRACY McGrady nailed 40 points to lift the Houston Rockets to a 119-113 overtime away win over the Minnesota Timberwolves m a National Basketball Association game on Friday. Yao Ming added 23 points and 14 rebounds as the Rockets sent the Timberwolves to their fourth consecutive defeat.
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      • 87 31 PHIL Mickelson shot a blistering 11-under 60 to grab a share of the second-round lead at golfs Phoenix Open m Arizona on Friday. He grabbed nine birdies and an eagle to equal the course record. He climbed 39 places up the leaderboard to join South Korea's Kevin Na
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      • 86 31 AUSTRALIAN Nick O'Hern shot a flawless eight-under 63 to grab a one-stroke lead after the third round of golf s Heineken Classic m Melbourne yesterday. He finished the day at 14-under 199 to lead by a shot from countrymen Craig Parry and Jarrod Lyle. Defending champion Ernie
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      • 57 31 TOP seeds Lindsay Davenport and Maria Sharapova will meet m today's Pan Pacific Open tennis final after both players won their semi-finals m straight sets. Second seed Sharapova ended home interest with a 6-1, 7-6 (7-3), victory over Shinobu Asagoe m Tokyo yesterday. Davenport then saw off
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      240 31 CLOSE UP Age: 19. Height: 1.73 m. Weight: 61kg. Born: Jan 8, 1986. Birthplace: Hunan, China. Sport: Tennis. Career highlights: 2005: Reached first career WTA Tour semi-final as a qualifier m Sydney tournament. Career best singles WTA ranking of No 48. 2004: Won three International Tennis Federation singles
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    • 772 31  - South Korean Song-bird teases Peh Shing Huei SAMSUNG LADIES MASTERS SINGAPORE Song Bo Bae blows five-stroke lead, then makes birdie on last hole to win Masters by one THEY were tied coming to the final hole of the US$2OO,OOO (*****,000) Samsung Ladies Masters Singapore. South Korean teenager Song Bo Bae,
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    • 591 31  -  Alvin Foo CHINESE New Year joy arrived early for Singapore's shuttlers as they swept all four titles at this week's Iran Fajr satellite tournament m Teheran. Leading the fray was defending champion and Commonwealth Games winner Li Li, who marked her return from injury by
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      459 32 docsport Q MY PHYSIOTHERAPIST has told me that I have muscle fatigue. Because of this, my limbs normally start shaking during exercise. For every one day of exercise at the gym, I need rest for one week. Please advise how I can recover from this fatigue. Should I continue with
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      675 32  - GOLF LIN KS Wong Sher Maine COMING up m the month of April is a mini-golf tournament with a big difference: All the competitors are related to each other by blood or marriage. Teeing off with Mr Koo Kok Leong, 52, at the Singapore Island Country Club on April 14
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    • 277 32  -  Mugilan Rajasegeran Text and pictures by Hanafi Shufaat, 38, personal trainer Height: i.62m Weight: 62kg Exercise regime: I train at least four to five times a week. I have been doing so for the past 20 years. I
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    1548 33 Pis said, I am the resurrection and the Lift, He wke believes m Me will live, even though he dies.** THOMAS KHOO PENG CHIANG Age: 79 was called home to be with the Lord on 5 Feb 2005 leaving behind loved ones. Wife: Mary Lim Teng Neo Sons: Daughters-in-law:
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      • 42 34  -  Yeong Ah Seng MAC fans converge on San Francisco every January to sample all manner of hardware, software, accessories and gizmos linked to the Mac. Here is a sampling of what was showcased at Macworld 2005:
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        75 34 It is based on security software and a USB token which, when inserted into a computer's USB port, acts like a key that gives access to a specific user. So even if someone should crack or guess correctly a user's password, he will not be able to log m
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      • 60 34 This is a multi-room digital music system with a wireless, colour LCD screen controller. Digital music is stored m individual Zone Players (up to 32) hooked up to speakers. The Zone Player plays and amplifies. With the Sonos controller, the user has at his disposal all
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        51 34 This is a complete hi-fi system for use with any audio source (iPod, CD, DVD, PC) all m a roll-on bag. The sound is BIG and there is enough room left to carry a 17-inch laptop and stuff that people might want to carry m a roll-on bag. See
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      • 52 34 Those of us who are old enough would remember that Shure used to make cartridges for vinyl turntables. It still does but it now also makes high-qua-lity earphones, with buds that stick deep into the ears. Sound quality is excellent but they don't come cheap. Go to www.shure.com
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    • 344 34  - Best seat in the house Ng Mei Yan Massage chairs are fast growing m popularity for stress-reducing body rubs right at home THE machines have done it again. Just two decades ago, getting a massage meant going to a spa or a massage outlet. Today, massage chairs have revolutionised the
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    • 681 34 HERE are some tips on how to choose a massage chair from Dr David Liew of the Chiropractic Health Wellness Clinic and Ms Debbie Lvi, general manager (Lifestyle Products) at Akira International: The chair should provide a comfortable and snug fit. The roller, when
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      • 81 35  -  Rory Daniel A FRENCH school teacher has been fined for uploading and downloading music m France's first legal action against peer-to-peer pirates. The 28-year-old Parisian was ordered to pay copyright companies 10^200 euros (5521,650) m compensation for downloading 30GB of music files, or the equivalent of
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      • 102 35 A POSSIBLE security breach has prompted the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to shut down an e-mail system that it uses to communicate with the public. Investigations are now under way to find out if the www.fbi.gov e-mail system, which is run by a private company,
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      • 70 35 AN AUSTRALIAN mother has been charged with trying to sell non-existent cartons of Homer Simpson's favourite beer on eßay, an online auction site. Tara Edith Woodford, 28, was paid A51,951 (552,450) by three separate buyers for a bogus carton of Duff Beer. Duff Beer
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      • 63 35 COMPANIES trying to minimise the time spent by employees on nonessential activities like Web-surfing have a new weapon. A company m Melbourne has released software that can track the Internet usage of individual employees on a company network. The product from Exinda Networks identifies "bandwidth
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    • 735 35  - for a one-minute call on cellphone Jeremy Au Yong Use of call-back services can slash your mobile phone bill by up to 75% FIVE cents that's all it costs Mr Nyanasegaran Gobalan to make a one-minute call from his cellphone. Mobile phone calls m Singapore usually cost between 15 and
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    • 664 35  - Make them an offer they can't refuse in The Godfather Rory Daniel GAMERZ EDGE Game news ELECTRONIC Arts has announced the production of a new game based on The Godfather movies. Using likenesses of Robert Duvall and James Caan, the game follows a non-linear path that lets players use violence,
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      884 36  -  Serene Luo Teenagers hoping to be the next singing sensation are flocking to a studio to record their very own album SINGAPORE Idol may be over for now, but many people are keeping their singing dreams alive by immortalising their voices m a cover track from their favourite
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      277 36 My Music My Story by Hamasaki Ayumi Avex Trax The princess of J-pop does it again. Taking on a style different from her past albums, My Story is a refreshing collection of 17 rock numbers, ballads and interludes. Yet, Ayumi continues to touch the hearts of many with
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    • 38 36 TEEN CONFIDENTIAL Life can get overwhelming sometimes. But you don't have to suffer m silence. Write to Teen Con fidential, and we will get trained counsellors to help you through your problem. Email your letters to stgeny@sph.com. sg
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    • 231 36 Strange handshake rouses concern 0 I've been attached to a girl for several years now. Although she is not my greatest love, I do love her well as I am more mature and committed as a person now than when I was younger. Recently, she introduced one of her friends
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    • 224 36 Q lam a 12-year-old girl studyingfor my PSLE this year. I have a crush on a boy who is one year older than me. He knows that I like him but he told me that he does not like me and likes another
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    • 34 36 V* 4Km vis Carol 3alhetchet Tom the Singapore Children's Society has Deen :ounselling amiliesand :heir children since 1992. She is the director of the society's Youth Development Centre m Toa D ayoh.
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  • 1033 37  - Who says I'm over the hill? Wong Kim Hoh FRANCES Yip swings more than she sings these days. "I'm on the golf course three times a week. It's an obsession," says the singer, who has a handicap of 11. In contrast, she does only about 25 shows a year. Not
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    • 101 37 SHIFT worker thinks foreign brides are the way to go, and not only for those having trouble getting Singaporean wives. He says: "Even graduates are considering Kalimantan brides. I have a Kalimantan wife. She is obedient, pleasant-looking and takes care of my parents." 2>ong.sf agrees, saying we should
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    • 103 37 THE changes m the Chinese syllabus for schools has netizens talking. Sunzoner asks: "I thought they said Mandarin was important due to China's rise? Why cut the syllabus?" Thinker though, sees no problem: "As long there's more focus on actually learning Chinese and... making students interested m the
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    • 415 37 SINGAPORE is widely recognised as a food paradise. However, the actual experience of dining m food courts during peak hours is anything but. Eating at a food court during peak times is not unlike guerilla warfare. Upon entering, one scans the horizon, hoping futilely a table
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    • 451 37 I REFER to the letter, "Beware trans fat m bread" (The Sunday Times, Jan 23), by Mr Lim HeukYew. Trans fat is produced m the process of food manufacturing when unsaturated vegetable oils, such as corn and soya-bean oils, are "hydrogenated" or hardened to form
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    • 119 37 Website for kids is gory A FRIEND drew my attention to the website, www.happytreefriends.com, which looked innocent enough The cartoons appear normal and attractive on the surface but, once the videos are opened, the horrid and gory clips are revolting, to say the least. A quick check with my children
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    • 141 37 EVERY morning, traffic along Dunearn Road from Linden Drive (Nanyang Girls' School) to Barker Road (Anglo Chinese School) is slow moving. This is because of the many schools along this stretch of road. Why not have staggered school hours? I appeal to the schools concerned
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      • 546 2  -  Foong Woei Wan Two greatgrandsons of Chiang Kai-shek have become heart-throbs THEY don't act, sing or dance. But thanks to their pop idol looks and political pedigree, two of the late Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek's great-grandsons have become Taiwan's hottest new heart-throbs. Meet Chiang Yo-po, 28, and Chiang
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      • 834 3  -  Wong Kim Hoh World travels lead him back to the heartland and the kitchen A LIFE LESS ORDINARY BLOCK 109 m Lorong 1, Toa Payoh, is replete with businesses übiquitous m the HDB heartlands. Hairdressers offering rebonding services at half the price charged by Orchard Road salons.
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      • 1427 4  - FACES OF THE NEW YEAR Sandra Leong Kok Tse Wei and Think you've seen it all m Chinatown? Think again. Some sights will surprise you Busking for $30 a day YOU may have seen him playing his er-hu at the Tampines and Yishun MRT stations, but busker Lee Tian Cheng
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      • 378 5 Bak kwa fever IT'S not just Lim Chee Guan m New Bridge Road that's attracting bak kwa fans. Kirn Hwa Guan (above), which is m New Market Road, off People's Park, also sees queues that snake around the block. The average waiting time here is between one and
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        235 5 Sign up for this LOVE the number eight and want to plaster it all over your home? You can get number plates done for you at the stall mbossed m Temple Street. But be prepared to wait up to three hours for your personalised plate which can comprise
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        922 6 Popsicles from the past THE past lives on, thanks to ice cream seller Lee Heng Hock (right). The 41-year-old Malaysian has revived memories of the 1960s and 1970s with his popsiclemaking machines which he bought from Indonesia for $3,000 each. One of his customers, Mr Mo, a 62-year-old
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        180 6 Roosters or hens? ARE the big roosters, the centrepieces of the Lunar New Year light-up m Chinatown, actually hens? The roosters, set atop a pillar as tall as an overhead bridge, stand on baskets of eggs that they appear to have laid. The seemingly gender-confused Chinatown roosters have
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        228 6 Guerrilla wearf are THOSE looking for designer wear can check out Asia's only Comme des Garcons Guerrilla Store, where prices range from $80 for perfumes to $4,000 for a fur. The catch: The entrance to this second floor outlet is hard to find. Comme des Garcons Guerrilla Store
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        609 6 Shall we dance? INSTEAD of jostling with the crowd, head down to Xenbar (above) m Pagoda Street for a salsa, cha cha or Argentinian tango lesson. For a $15 first drink, customers can have a free lesson. The dance changes every day. "We are probably the first m
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      • 826 7  -  Janice Wong Fancy a masala yusheng with tandoori salmon or yusheng on a pizza crust? Always admired the Chinese restaurant waitress who has perfected the art of saying all the right things as she prepares your yusheng? With our eight-step handy guide, you, too, can be
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      • 229 7 SOUTH INDIAN WHERE: Muthu's Curry, 138 Race Course Road, Tel: 6392-1722, 10 am 10pm WHAT: Traditional yusheng using salmon ($28.80 or $38.80) WHEN: Available till Feb 23 NORTH INDIAN WHERE: Vansh, 2 Stadium Walk, Tel: 6345-4466, 12 2.30pm, 6pm 10.30pm WHAT: Masala yusheng using tandoori salmon ($lB or
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        294 8  - CHILD SUPPORT Clara Chow What's it like being single and having to spend your life looking after an aged parent? THE singles debate here is far from being resolved as the need for one's own identity is weighed against that of having to be pro-family. But as Singaporean playwright Jean
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      • 313 8  -  Lin Ziyu GROWING UP, swimming teacher Leong Sok Ching, 33, was always closer to her maternal grandmother than her parents. In particular, she was never close to her father, retiree Leong Fook Kee, 68, who was always busy with work. Ms Leong recalls herself being
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      • 474 8 RETIRED clerk Tan Ah Nic, 70, is single and has been her 92-year-old mother's primary carer for the past four years, after the latter fell and fractured her thigh bone. Madam Tan's father, a businessman, died m 1984 at the age of 85.
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      • 789 8  -  Cheong Suk-Wai I LAUGHED long and hard when I watched Jean Tay's new play Everything But The Brain two Saturdays ago. But I was crying just as long and hard on the inside. My father is 74 and battling prostate cancer, which has had
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      • 1041 9  -  Teo Cheng Wee Ex-national water-polo team captain Koh Wei Meng is not giving up on life just because he has an incurable disease 'It started with chopsticks. I just couldn't use them anymore' Koh Wei Meng, who has Lou Gehrig's disease. His wife Eva has to
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      • 192 9 AMYOTROPHIC lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurological disorder where nerve cells that control voluntary muscles die off faster than usual, causing sufferers to lose strength and the ability to move their limbs and other body parts. It does not impair a person's mind, personality, memory or senses.
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      • 285 9 A good command of English can be a big advantage m your career. It can help you to get promotion, a better job, and earn more money. At the same time you gain the respect of your friends, family and colleagues. One of the
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      • 739 10  -  Judy Kuriansky In this fortnightly column, we get your questions on sex and relationships answered SEX MATTERS I did the unthinkable the other night while having sex with my husband. At the critical moment, I shouted an ex-boyfriend's name. Now my husband is moping. What can
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      • 281 10 An Advertising Feature In several countries Glucosamine is widely available as health nutrition supplement and is not subject to even simple checks on purity. Glucosamine and Chondroitin products were found to contain 0% to 115% of label claims 73 out
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        758 11  -  Sandra Leong Life m the fast lane for Lamborghini Singapore MD Melvin Goh is 180kmh m an Alfa Romeo FREQUENTFLYER MANAGING director of Lamborghini Singapore Melvin Goh is an unabashed car fanatic. Lamborghini Singapore is part of Euro Sports Auto, which also distributes Lotus Cars. The 49-year-old has
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        284 11 EXCESSBAGGAGE SOME call them barf bags, while airline pilots refer to them as happy sacks. But American Steve Silberberg prefers to call air sickness bags, art. In fact, he is so obsessed with them that he has started an Air Sickness Bag Virtual Museum m honour of
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      • 1181 12  - It's belacan or bust Alan John I've been such a good boy resisting cookies m the office and all. But this Chinese New Year, I'm taking on Ayam Sio and Acar Awak, guns blazing BEFORE the week is out I will satisfy this craving that's been building up tor weeks
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      • 647 12  -  Lisa Simeone SOMETHING is happening to my friends. Even my most trusted, down-to-earth, sensible friends. Slowly, over time, they've forgotten how to speak English. I don't mean they're speaking French, Italian, Spanish or Russian, or anything so romantic. No, it's as if they've become
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      • 838 12  -  Tay Yek Keak AS THIS has been a week where Sharon Stone did a good thing by standing up at a meeting m Davos and raising US$l million m under 20 minutes to buy life-saving mosquito nets for Tanzania, I think I should talk something about
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      • 717 14  -  Magdalene Lum 1. A CELEBRATION OF LIFE King of Swing Jeremy Monteiro rounds up singers and musicians like Jacintha Abisheganaden, Tribal Tide and Jive Talking for a concert m tribute to drummer Edmond Branson Jr, who died a year ago of Marfan's Syndrome. Part of
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        1250 14  -  Ong Sor Fern FILM CORRESPONDENT Screening ALFIE(PG) Jude Law/Susan -Sarandon/105 minutes) In this flirty, lightweight remake of the confessional musings of a beautiful lothario, we relate less and care even less about the affliction. To be fair, Law is quite perfect m the role Tay Yek Keak THE AVIATOR
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      • 405 15  -  Teo Chenq Wee ME MY PET Joanne and Lola (above) "MY DOG'S name is Lola. If you listen to Barry Manilow songs, you'll know why I named her so because she's quite a showgirl. The feather boa I have with me is actually meant for her. Lola's
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        208 15 Pretty pets DUE to the overwhelming response to this column, Lifestyle will turn the spotlight on just readers' pets every last Sunday of the month. Please send your favourite high-resolution picture (300 dpi) of your pet to stlife@sph.com.sq. Include your full name, age and contact number, as well
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        500 25  -  DAWN WONG Symbolic ingredients is3rara§ and auspicious wishes for abundant blessings 1^» make yusheng a favourite*^ each Chinese New Year A W^f By TOSS, turn, throw all part of the fun of sharing a platter of yusheng with friends, family and business associates. More than that, the
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      • 205 25 IT STARTED with the ikan parang but salmon is now the übiquitous choice for the prosperity yusheng dish offered at hotels and restaurants. Hua Ting Restaurant's master chef Chan Kwok said salmon is popular because it has no tiny bones compared to ikan parang. Si Chuan Dou
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      • 753 28  -  Geraldine Tan It's the weekend before Chinese New Year and all around the house, there isn't much Of a festive air. There is Still time tO fi* that Mo need fnr mainr rpnnuatinn work just take care of the details, says SO the clutter has been thrown out
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      • 813 28 From the traditional ikan parang and salmon to exotic hamachi and wolf herring what goes into yusheng is limited only by one's imagination. Sample what top eateries are offering this season Carlton Hotel Singapore Choose between ocean-fresh salmon, hamachi (yellowtail) and abalone yusheng, priced from $30+++.
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      • 648 29  -  Leong Su-Lin FOR a marriage of comfort and style, say namaste to the salwar kameez. Many women have caught on to this Indian suit, it seems. Ms Kavita Thulasidas, who designs for Stylemart m Selegie Road and Asian Woman m Centrepoint, says sales of three-piece Punjabi suits have
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      31 30  -  Teo Pau Lin TIDBITS THESE candy-coloured kitchen timers from Ikea are so pretty they'll even look good outside your kitchen. IkeasSkakis kitchen timer, $2.90 each. PHOTO: ONG CHIN KAI
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