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Title Section21 2005-08-09 1 $HE STRAITS TIMES 276 PAGE$TN-SfHd*ARTS MICA (P) 093/03/2005 TUESDAY, AUGUST 9 2005 «JTa SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 80 CENTS21 words
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Article, Illustration614 2005-08-09 1 Paul Jacob - Paul Jacob Economists cheer better than expected figures announced by PM By LRICA TAY BETTER FIVE YEARS AHEAD "I expect the next five years to be better than the last five." PMLEE THE economy grew by 4 per cent in the first half ofJOYCE FANG - 614 words
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401 2005-08-09 1 Kwan Weng Kin - Koizumi calls snap poll for Sept 1 1 Kwan Weng Kin By Japan Correspondent In Tokyo JAPANESE Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi yesterday called a snap election, set for Sept 11, after losing a parliamentary showdown over postal reforms. In a nationally-televised session, the Upper House of Parliament voted 125-108 to401 words
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UPFRONT
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Article, Illustration1099 2005-08-09 1 Ravi Velloor - Ravi Velloor By India Bureau Chief In New Delhi WHEN he is home and meeting friends or business associates in the private chambers of Taj Krishna in Hyderabad, the snacks Dr Anji Ready orders with drinks are usually Chinese. On trips to New Delhi,RAKESH SAHAI - 1,099 words
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Article25 2005-08-09 2 Serious contest Andrew Kuan's candidacy should be applauded because a contest should not be there to merely endorse a pre-selected candidate, says reader. PAGEHI325 words
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Article22 2005-08-09 2 Advice for Everton Everton's new defender Phil Neville advises team-mates to watch out for former Man U forward Diego Forlan. PAGEHIS22 words
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Article31 2005-08-09 2 Hopes fading Rescuers work frantically to save 109 miners trapped in a flooded China coal mine. PAGE 6 Marriage scandal Umno leader quits after secret marriage causes stir. PAGE 1831 words
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Article20 2005-08-09 2 Changing its tune Morgan Stanley, long critical of Singapore's economic policies, now says the strategies are working. PAGE H2220 words
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Article29 2005-08-09 2 US anti-terror plans Pentagon develops war plans to repel terror attacks in the US. PAGE 19 Nuclear work restarted Iran resumes nuclear fuel work, defying EU. PAGE 2629 words
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Article19 2005-08-09 2 Dangerous support Iranian military support for Iraqi insurgents would mean hell for the US in Iraq. PAGE 2719 words
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Article82 2005-08-09 2 Picking up the tab Water leaking down to flats below? Owners of upper-floor units must foot the bill for repairs under the new Stata Titles Board ruling. PAGE HI Work, live and play JTC Corp converts old houses and flats at Wessex Estate into a creative village where tenants82 words
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Article71 2005-08-09 2 Our report yesterday, "Jay a picked to join senior leaders on Asean Charter panel", said an eminent persons' group will meet for the first time at the East Asia Summit in Kuala Lumpur in December. This is incorrect. The Foreign Affairs Ministry clarified the group71 words
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PRIME
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259 2005-08-09 3 New York WOMEN who send flirtatious e-mail, wear short skirts or massage a man's shoulders in the office get fewer pay rises and promotions, a new study found. The study, conducted among 164 MBA graduates by TuTane University in New Orleans, found that259 words
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Article, Illustration567 2005-08-09 3 Goh Chin Lian - Goh Chin Lian They include military commanders and heads of relief groups that rushed aid By Top honour FOUR who will receive the Meritorious Service Medal THIS year's National Day awards honour 35 Singaporeans who rallied to support not only the nation, butMERCY RELIEF - 567 words
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Article, Illustration132 2005-08-09 4 Emergency services remove an injured passenger from a bus, after a 42-year-old farmer with terminal lung cancer set off a home-made bomb on board in Fuzhou, south-eastern China's Fujian province. The farmer died in yesterday's attack, and 31 people were wounded, the official Xinhua newsReuter - 132 words
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Article, Illustration550 2005-08-09 4 Aaron Low - Aaron Low Manufacturing, construction and services all saw good gains By A BOOST on Singapore's 40th birthday: More jobs were created in the AprilJune quarter 27,700 of them. This compares with 17,800 in the previous quarter. The figure is even more compelling, as it550 words
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ASIA
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Article, Illustration588 2005-08-09 6 Water level rising rapidly in tunnel in Guangdong where miners are stuck "The miners are located 480m underground, the water level is already higher than that. The chances of survival are slim." A CHINESE OFFICIAL Bfijing CHINESE rescuers were yesterday frantically usingReuter; ASSOCIATED PRESS; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; XINHUA; JALEHA HASHIM - 588 words
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CHINA
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401 2005-08-09 9 Clarissa Oon - Six- way talks going nowhere, say analysts Clarissa Oon Nuclear stalemate unless US and North Korea meet halfway hinn orresfHmdettt In Bfiiin<. THIRTEEN days of multinational talks. 2.000 cups of cot tee. eight uneasy moot mgs between United States and North Korean officials but no agreement on the fundamentals. As401 words
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231 2005-08-09 9 Beijing THE Chinese authorities yesterday prepared to evacuate tens of thousands of Beijing residents as tropical storm Matsa churned towards the capital after killing 10 people in eastern China. Beijing's Municipal Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters was keeping a "close lookoutASSOCIATED PRESS; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE - 231 words
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483 2005-08-09 9 Chua Chin Hon; LAWRENCE CHUNG IN TAIPEI - Chua Chin Hon LAWRENCE CHUNG IN TAIPEI By China Bureau Chief In Hi him. BEIJING yesterday sought to put its own spin on the case against Straits Times correspondent Ching Cheong, who was formally charged last week with spying for Taiwan after being detained483 words
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Article, Illustration80 2005-08-09 9 CLONED PIG FOR CHINA This healthy I.lkg piglet is China's first cloned pig. Chinese Agriculture University researchers took over a year to successfully clone the pig. Xinhua news agency reports them as saying that the piglet was born in Hebei province on Friday. It was one of three piglets bornXINHUA - 80 words
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Article1028 2005-08-09 10 Ravi Velloor - INDIA DISCOVERS CHINA Ravi Velloor Entrepreneurs are flocking to China to set up shop and buy its wares By India Bureau Chief In Rayuquan and Kunshan MINA) "China is of great strategic importance for us with its ageing population, changing lifestyles that are breeding diabetes and cardiovascular diseases." MR C.V.1,028 words
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Article, Illustration979 2005-08-09 10 RAVI VELLOOR - THE TWIN PAGODAS RAVI VELLOOR "Satyam has decided that 20 per cent of its staff should be outside India. China will have the highest share. It is the only nation that can provide the numbers we are looking for." MR VIRENDER AGGARWAL, Satyam Computer's head of Asia-Pacific operations Shanghai MR979 words
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EAST ASIA
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Article, Illustration554 2005-08-09 13 Kwan Weng Kin - Stubborn Koizumi's big gamble Kwan Weng Kin He stands to win a mandate for his reforms or lose everything By Japan Correspondent In Tokyo PRIME Minister Junichiro Koizumi has embarked on a high stakes gamble by calling a snap election against the wishes of his own Liberal Democratic Party (LDP).Reuter - 554 words
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312 2005-08-09 13 KWAN WENG KIN - KWAN WENG KIN Tokyo THE architect of Mr Koizumi's postal privatisation Bills said their rejection by the Upper House was Japan's loss. A glum Economic and Fiscal Policy Minister Heizo Takenaka said yesterday: "The defeat of the Bills is a setback for312 words
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Article227 2005-08-09 13 Aug 8, 2005 lpm: Upper House votes or the reforms package, defeating it by a 125-108 vote after 30 Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) lawmakers revolt. Mr Takenori Kanzaki, leader of the junior ruling coalition party, the New Komeito, tells reporters after a meeting withASSOCIATED PRESS; BLOOMBERG - 227 words
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INDIA/SOUTH ASIA
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364 2005-08-09 14 The two sides agree on seven steps to lower military tension New Delhi INDIA and Pakistan, striving to end decades of hostility, yesterday agreed on seven steps to reduce military tension, including a ban on building of new army posts along their frontier in dividedAGENCE FRANCE PRESS; BLOOMBERG - 364 words
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Article, Illustration250 2005-08-09 14 Guwahati (India) BOMBINGS by rebels in India's northeastern state of Assam on Sunday killed four people in an increase in violence aheacf of the nation's independence day on Aug 15, police said yesterday. Rebels triggered a bomb hidden in a bag atReuter; AFP - 250 words
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ASIA QUICKLY
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Article90 2005-08-09 14 TAIPEI: Taiwan and China are expected to sign a memorandum of understanding on the supervision of the securities industry in October, Taiwan's Economic Daily News reported yesterday. The pact will be forged during a Beijing symposium where officials from the two sides will be presentAGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE - 90 words
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Article90 2005-08-09 14 HONG KONG: An acute oil shortage in major Guangdong cities in southern China has forced some petrol stations to suspend or reduce supplies for vehicles. Some petrol stations in Guangzhou, the provincial capital of Guangdong, have rationed supplies, restricting every vehicle to less than 100 yuan's90 words
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122 2005-08-09 14 SHANGHAI: Four local Chinese officials have been fired for failing to properly dispose of infected pigs amid efforts to stop the spread of a swine-borne disease that has killed 39 people. Mr Li Mingzhong, chief of the Animal Husbandry and Food Bureau in SichuanASSOCIATED PRESS - 122 words
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Article96 2005-08-09 14 PHNOM PENH: A Cambodian military court yesterday began the trial of an opposition lawmaker accused of illegally trying to form an armed group, in a case widely seen as a government attempt to gag political dissent. Mr Cheam Channy of the Sam Rainsy Party was arrested onASSOCIATED PRESS - 96 words
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Article69 2005-08-09 14 LAMITAN (Philippines): Residents of a self-gov-erning Muslim-majority region in the southern Philippines voted for new leaders yesterday in a poll boycotted by former Islamic separatists who had held power for nearly a decade. More than a million residents were eligible to cast their ballots in theAGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE - 69 words
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Article83 2005-08-09 14 JAKARTA: Health workers have found 205 children infected with polio in Indonesia since the disease resurfaced this year, and two of the cases are in the densely populated capital Jakarta, officials said yesterday. The disease, which can cause irreversible paralysis in hours, reemerged in MayReuter - 83 words
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Article, Illustration354 2005-08-09 17 Jakarta INDONESIAN President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said yesterday some voices in Asean were being stifled and reform was needed to let them be heard. He said Asean, where emerging democracies like Indonesia and Thailand rub shoulders with communist Vietnam and military-ruled Myanmar, riskedReuter; AGENCE FRANCE PRESS; AFP - 354 words
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431 2005-08-09 17 Experts hail breakthrough but fear it is not enough to prevent a worldwide pandemic Bangkok AMERICAN scientists have tested a vaccine that appears effective against a strain of bird flu that has killed at least 60 people in South-east Asia since 2003. InASSOCIATED PRESS; AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE - 431 words
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144 2005-08-09 17 Bangkok THAI Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has postponed a trip for talks with his Malaysian counterpart Abdullah Badawi as he is unhappy with Malaysia's lack of support in tackling an insurgency in Thailand's Muslim south. Deputy Prime Minister Surakiart Sathirathai will go to MalaysiaReuter - 144 words
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MALAYSIA
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Article, Illustration585 2005-08-09 18 Carolyn Hong - Carolyn Hong Zaki Azmi takes a second wife on the quiet but divorces her after 7 weeks By Malaysia Correspondent In Kuala Lumpur PROMINENT lawyer Zaki Azmi has resigned from the Umno disciplinary board after the salacious story of his secret marriageNEW STRAITS TIMES - 585 words
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Article345 2005-08-09 18 Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIAN men are being asked to pay for their wives' housework. Under a government plan, husbands would open individual pension fund accounts to recognise the hard work of housewives. The government-run Employees Provident Fund (EPF) will soon launch a public campaign to promote theASSOCIATED PRESS; THE STAR; ASIA NEWS NETWORK - 345 words
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182 2005-08-09 18 Kuala Lumpur "I AM sorry" these were the words of Indonesia's Environment Minister Rachmat Witoelar over the haze situation that has enveloped parts of Malaysia. "The haze has become more acute for our neighbours in Malaysia and we are truly sorry for this. "We areASSOCIATED PRESS - 182 words
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WORLD
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Article, Illustration560 2005-08-09 19 PENTAGON WELL PLACED TO LEAD HOMELAND DEFENCE "In myestimation...the Department of Defence is best positioned of the various eight federal agencies that would be involved to take the lead." ADMIRAL TIMOTHY KEATING, head of Northern Command War plans mark shift forReuter; AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE; AFP - 560 words
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Article, Illustration728 2005-08-09 20 UK anti- terror measures rile rights groups They say the new powers violate freedom but most Muslims hail them Opposing camps "The fundamental values of a democracy cannot be changed because we are provoked by terrorists." MS SHAMI CHAKRABARTI of human rights group Liberty, slamming the measures "Some of theAGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE - 728 words
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123 2005-08-09 20 Riyadh BRITAIN warned yesterday that militants were in the last stages of preparing attacks in Saudi Arabia. The United States, meanwhile, closed its missions in the oil-rich country. "There are credible reports that terrorists are in the final stages of planning attacks," said anReuter - 123 words
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268 2005-08-09 20 London THREE alleged bombers at the heart of the botched July 21 terror attacks in London were remanded in custody yesterday after being formally charged with attempted murder. Mukhtar Said Ibrahim, 27, Ramzi Mohammed, 23, and Yassin Hassan Omar, 24, have also been chargedAGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; Reuter - 268 words
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Article452 2005-08-09 21 Roger Maynard - Australian PM likely to have free hand pushing Bills as his coalition controls Parliament By Roger Maynard Australia 'orrespondent In Sydnfy MEMBERS of the Upper and Lower Houses of the Australian Parliament will return from their winter holidays today to face a new political landscape. For452 words
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Article, Illustration106 2005-08-09 21 Two children at play on one of the world's biggest Albrecht Duerer jigsaw puzzles on the Sebalder Platz square in Nuremberg, southern Germany. The puzzle consists of 1,700 pieces and shows the Duerer masterpiece, A Young Woman From Venice, which was painted in 1505.AP - 106 words
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SPOTLIGHT PEOPLE
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Article, Illustration270 2005-08-09 23 AFTER creating seven Chinese dishes in four hours, a Singapore team took the trophy at the World Culinary Contest at the 2005 Taipei Chinese Food Festival on Sunday. Participating teams were required to present an appetiser, a soup, four main courses of seafood, meat,270 words
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Article, Illustration170 2005-08-09 23 FORMER New Zealand prime minister David Lange has turned on his former Cabinet colleagues and former Australian leader Bob Hawke, excerpts from his soon-to-be-released autobiography show. Few have been spared Mr Lange's sharp wit in Mv Life, including current Prime Minister Helen Clarke. OnAGENCE FRANCE PRESS; AP - 170 words
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Article129 2005-08-09 23 PETER Jennings, the prime-time anchorman for ABC News whose career spanned five decades, has died at age 67. The suave, Canadian-born broadcaster, who became a US citizen in 2003, announced in April that he had lung cancer. He died on Sunday at his New York home, ABCASSOCIATED PRESS; Reuter - 129 words
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Article96 2005-08-09 23 AN INDIGENOUS Australian leader yesterday weighed into the debate over the exploitation of the country's lucrative mining deposits in Aboriginal land by unveiling a plan to start his own company. Mr Galarrwuy Yunupingu, former chief of the Northern Land Council and one of the country's mostAGENCE FRANCE PRESS - 96 words
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Article, Illustration320 2005-08-09 24 Space Centre (Houston) AFTER orbiting Earth for nearly two weeks, astronauts aboard space shuttle Discovery were told to circle the planet for another day as bad weather in Florida forced Nasa to delay yesterday's M'heduled landing. The astronauts had powered up their spacecraft andASSOCIATED PRESS; Reuter; AFP - 320 words
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Article, Illustration411 2005-08-09 24 Neo Hui Min - Neo Hui Min Watercolour by Jacob Janssen carries a price tag of $368,000 By Straits Times Europe Bureau In London A RARE 19th-century watercolour view of Singapore was discovered recently and is now being sold for £125,000 (*****,000) by antiquarian bookseller Bernard Quaritch. Painted411 words
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417 2005-08-09 24 Moscow CHAOS and secrecy marked Russian attempts to rescue the seven submariners trapped under the Pacific Ocean and only the arrival of British experts saved their lives, newspapers said here yesterday. Nearly every newspaper displayed large front-page photographs of the tired but smilingAGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE - 417 words
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242 2005-08-09 24 Mn waukee (Wisconsin) MUCH of the improvement in breast cancer survival in recent years is because the average tumour is smaller, not just because treatments are so much better, a massive study has found. Examining 25 years of cancerASSOCIATED PRESS - 242 words
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Article, Illustration60 2005-08-09 26 HOLD THE FIRE A Jewish settler surrendering his gun to the authorities as part of Israel's disengagement plan from Palestinian territories. He is wearing an orange T-shirt the colour of protest against his country's pullout from Gaza. Some 8,000 Jewish residents of Gaza and settlers of four small enclaves inAFP - 60 words
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405 2005-08-09 26 New York THE former chief of the Iraq oil-for-food programme resigned just a day before investigators are to release a report that is expected to accuse him of taking kickbacks under the US$64 billion (Sslo7 billion) humanitarian operation. Mr Benon Sevan announced his decisionASSOCIATED PRESS - 405 words
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Article407 2005-08-09 27 SINGAPORE is 40 today early middle-ager, maturing adult, or a gawky early bloomer grown elegant? Singaporeans who are conditioned to racing at a generous clip for careers, business deals and international agreements would not even pause to notice the normative divisions. Collectively they have looked407 words
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Article, Illustration1184 2005-08-09 27 Singapore has every reason to rejoice PM'S NATIONAL DAY MESSAGE ON AUG 9, 1965, Singapore became an independent and sovereign nation. Suddenly, we were on our own, with no natural resources to exploit, no hinterland to fall back upon, and no army to defend ourselves. But we were determined to1,184 words
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Article, Illustration942 2005-08-09 27 Anthony Paul - Anthony Paul By Senior Writer UNTIL now, Shi'ite Iran has pretty much abstained from any major involvement in the fight between neighbouring Iraq's majority Shi'ite Muslims and their US ally, and the long-dominant but minority Sunnis. With some notable though942 words
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Article, Illustration1444 2005-08-09 28 Dr Maher Hathout - Dr Maher Hathout By TWO weeks ago, we saw how a group of young Muslims swallowed the fiery rhetoric riddled with out-ol-context verses spun in order to serve a nihilistic ideology of anger and despair offered to them disguised as Islam. Within a short period1,444 words
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Article, Illustration587 2005-08-09 1 Tan Hui Yee - Tan Hui Yee When such leaks hit your condo ceiling... Strata Titles Board puts an end to old practice of sharing costs; new landmark ruling expected to reduce such disputes in private estates By IT STARTED with an unusual case brought beforeJOYCE FANG - 587 words
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Article199 2005-08-09 1 About the case IN MAY 2003, the manager of The Waterside condominium in Tanjong Rhu informed the owners of one unit, Mr Haresh Lai Kirpalani and Madam Geeta Sunder Das, that water was seeping into the apartment below theirs. The couple, through a representative, informed the owner of the unit199 words
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Article, Illustration485 2005-08-09 2 Joyce Teo - Joyce Teo One-north master planner to rent out work-live spaces in 'new economy' hub B^ WORKING from home will be the norm for tenants of converted colo-nial-era homes at Wessex Estate in one-north, the $15 billion "new economy" hub where the mantra isST GRAPHICS; EDWIN KOO - 485 words
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Article, Illustration112 2005-08-09 2 SINGAPOREANS may love queuing up for freebies and good deals, but long queues are exactly what the Central Provident Fund (CPF) Board wants to avoid. Since launching its phone service, CPF-Pal in 1987, the board has been using infocomm technology to improve customer service. For members checking their112 words
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Article357 2005-08-09 2 LIM WEI CHEAN - FAST food giant McDonald's has started operating round-the-clock and introduced a delivery service in a bid to become more competitive. Since last Thursday, 20 of its 125 restaurants in Singapore have been operating 24 hours a day. The chain has also rolled out a 24-hour islandwide delivery357 words
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Article, Illustration597 2005-08-09 2 Lim Wei Chean - Lim Wei Chean FOOD PROJECT- Briton Nicola Yeo (above) is part of a study team from a British property firm which is planning a Singapore-style foodcourt (artist's impression, right) in London's Chinatown. Bi HOUSEWIFE Nicola Yeo reckons she ate more varieties of food in justROSEWHEEL LIMITED - 597 words
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222 2005-08-09 2 SINGAPORE and Indonesia signed a memorandum of understanding to expand bilateral air services yesterday. The memorandum formalised an in-principle agreement reached by Transport Minister Yeo Cheow Tong and Indonesian Minister for Communications Hatta Rajasa in May this year. Under the agreement, Singapore's222 words
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Article, Illustration311 2005-08-09 3 TRACY SUA - TRACY SUA A MAN was killed yesterday morning after he was flung from the back of a pickup when it skidded and mounted a kerb dunng peak-hour traffic. The pickup was travelling along a wet Ayer Rajar Expressway towards Tuas at about Bam311 words
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308 2005-08-09 3 Selina Lum - Farrer Road hit-&-run case: Driver charged Selina Lum Air steward faces four charges in crash that killed 68-year-old By A 28-YEAR-OLD man was charged in a district court yesterday over a fatal hit-and-run accident on Fairer Road early Saturday morning. Shahrin Shah Kamarshah, an air steward, was caught within 12308 words
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Article, Illustration596 2005-08-09 3 Tracy Sua - Tracy Sua By THE authorities may tighten regulations for dog breeders towards the end of the year. The Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) disclosed this when answering The Straits Times queries about the discovery of six severely ill dogs at a PasirCHEW SENG KIM - 596 words
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Article68 2005-08-09 3 SOME of the women tried to escape but the police eventually arrested all 27 women during a raid on Geylang Lorong 18 on Saturday The police raided a hotel and a shop there at 6.45pm. The women, between 31 and 45 years old, were68 words
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101 2005-08-09 3 A STUDENT was knocked unconscious and had her $200 mobile phone stolen after she was attacked by a thief in Ang Mo Kio Avenue 6. The 17-year-old had just entered the lift of Block 1708, at her tutor's home, when a man walked in101 words
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Article, Illustration464 2005-08-09 4 Ong Hwee Hwee - Ong Hwee Hwee Recruitment based on race or religion will affect harmony, says labour chief By LABOUR chief Lim Boon Heng took issue yesterday with employers who hire workers on the basis of race or religion rather than whether they can doAZIZ HUSSIN - 464 words
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Article179 2005-08-09 4 PRESIDENT S R Nathan yesterday congratulated former national swimmer Thum Ping Tjin on being the first Singaporean to swim across the English Channel. Mr Thum completed the 35km swim from Dover, England to Cap Gris Nez, France in 12 hours, 24 minutes and 7 seconds on179 words
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386 2005-08-09 4 THE Government yesterday defended Singapore's libel laws in response to a regional newspaper's editorial calling for their reform following the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) saga. It stressed that the libel laws had kept the system clean and honest. In an editorial on July386 words
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319 2005-08-09 4 MARIA ALMENOAR - MARIA ALMENOAR PRESIDENT S R Nathan has been taking Mandarin lessons for nearly five years and may even make his maiden speech in the language on Nomination Day. He's been taking lessons on the quiet but admitted yesterday, when asked by members of the media, that319 words
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Article, Illustration349 2005-08-09 4 SIX young Malaysians decked out in red and white will be among the crowd at tonight's National Day Parade. The six, students from Malay College Kuala Kangsar (MCKK) in Perak, are eager to see how Singaporeans celebrate their nation's birthday. The students, agedAZIZ HUSSIN - 349 words
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474 2005-08-09 4 By Lynn Lee PRESIDENTIAL hopeful Andrew Kuan yesterday held a press conference to explain his role in a dispute with his condominium management council. It marked his second attempt in as many days to defend himself against a report in The New Paper on Sunday474 words
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Article, Illustration633 2005-08-09 7 Hundreds of thousands of Singaporeans have a party date to keep this evening at the Padang, Marina South, Tampines, Jurong East, Yishun or just at home. Yap Su-Yin goes hehind the scenes for a peek at the final preparations for a memorableEDWIN KOO - 633 words
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260 2005-08-09 7 MOTORISTS and spectators are urged to be extra careful when near the mobile columns that are headed to the heartland today. To ensure the columns' smooth journey from the National Day Parade at the Padang to the heartland celebrations in Yishun, Tampines and Jurong East,260 words
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Article, Illustration474 2005-08-09 8 Marcel Lee Pereira - Marcel Lee Pereira Photo is one of many in ST book capturing the nation's history B\ IT IS with a bittersweet twinge that Mrs Jennie Cheong treasures this photograph taken at the 2000 National Day Parade, showing a man and a woman havingM.BERT SIM - 474 words
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Article3068 2005-08-09 9 Meritorious Service Medal (Pingat Jasa Gemilang) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Professor Chan Heng Chee, Ambassador, Singapore Embassy in Washington DC, United States; Mr Tan Chin Tiong, Ambassador, Singapore Embassy in Tokyo, Japan Supreme Court Mr Mohideen MP Haja Rubin, Former Judge of the High Court Meritorious Service Medal (Posthumous) The3,068 words
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Article, Illustration919 2005-08-09 9 Two ambassadors, a former High Court judge, and a former politician who fought hard against drug addiction in the Malay community received top honours in this year's National Day awards. Grassroots leaders, civil servants and community leaders also are among those honoured for theirJOYCE FANG - 919 words
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Article, Illustration945 2005-08-09 10 Top award for late MP who helped turn around lives of drug addicts FOR 30 years, Mr Mohamed Khais Mohamcd Salleh battled his drug addiction, but one man never gave up on him: exMember of Parliament Harun Ghani. "He gave us hope. He945 words
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Article, Illustration329 2005-08-09 10 HE HAS handed down numerous landmark verdicts and even helped to shape Singapore law. Now, retired Supreme Court judge M.P.H. Rubin receives the highest honour in this year's National Day Awards the Meritorious Service Medal. The award recognises Mr Rubin's contributions to329 words
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Article, Illustration965 2005-08-09 11 They overcame much uncertainty and the odds, and are some still involved in the rebuilding effort THE Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) earthquake and tsunami relief operation, codenamed Flying Eagle, got off to a tense start when it was launched soon after the Dec965 words
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415 2005-08-09 13 MUSINGS ON SINGAPORE'S 40TH BIRTHDAY BEING somewhat embarrassed with open displays of national pride. I must confess that I have been taking National Day for granted while I was in Singapore. I will refrain from repeating how great a place Singapore is but415 words
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196 2005-08-09 13 THAT little red dot Is all that Singaporeans got. We may not be a lot But feeling inferior we will not! Our country Singapore A place we adore. We will achieve and soar To greater heights from our fair shore. We are proud of our196 words
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Letter112 2005-08-09 13 I REFER to the letter. "Smoking motorists a road hazard?" (ST. Aug 5), from Mr Lester Cheo Shian Tiong. There is currently no specific ban against smoking while driving. Nevertheless, the acts oi reaching for a cigarette, fiddling with a lighter, looking down to see112 words
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427 2005-08-09 13 1 READ the article, "What matters more is a good president, not contest: Swee Say" (Sunday Times, Aug 7), detailing the coolness of prominent PAP members towards Mr Andrew Kuan's bid for the presidency, with not a little dismay. While the media may have portrayed427 words
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408 2005-08-09 13 THE National Environment Agency (NEA) appreciates Ms Helen Lyen's concerns ("Curbing dengue scourge: Money down the drain?", ST, Aug 3) and would like to assure her that NEA will continue to dedicate resources to tackle the dengue menace wherever breeding is found, whether inside or408 words
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Letter158 2005-08-09 13 I HAVE never felt so proud being a Singaporean until now. It took me almost a year in a foreign country before I realised that I will always call Singapore home. Most foreigners I have met who have visited or stayed in Singapore have a very good158 words
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Letter143 2005-08-09 13 ICE idea not cool enough THE call to store "In Case of Emergency" (ICE) information in one's mobile phone (The Sunday Times, Aug 7) is an interesting idea but one that is hampered by limitations. Other than men who keep their mobile phones on their belts, other users usually have143 words
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Article, Illustration538 2005-08-09 14 Marc Lim - Marc Lim BOWLING Alice Tay, Jennifer Tan and Valerie Teo pipped for title right at the end By UP ON the scoreboard at the Lovvang Bowling Centre in Denmark, the names of Alice Tay, Jennifer Tan and Valerie Teo were displayed proudly atop the538 words
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Article, Illustration302 2005-08-09 14 SOCCER Madrid EITHER Real Madrid are trying their best to drum up interest in striker Michael Owen, or Manchester United are trying to be coy. Yesterday saw a flurry of statements about the England international's future. First Real revealed that both302 words
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Article128 2005-08-09 14 ALEX Ferguson got a £2.5 million (557.2 million) boost for his transfer kitty after Manchester United yesterday sold misfit Kleberson to Besiktas. The Brazilian midfielder, who cost £5.9 million from Atletico Paranaense two years ago after winning the World Cup, has agreed to a four-year deal with the128 words
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Article, Illustration843 2005-08-09 15 SOCCER Everton new boy knows all about European soeeer and former team-mate LIVERPOOI IT HAS been 34 years since Everton last played in the European Cup. But new Everton signing Phil Neville only has to look back at last season for his experience,Reuter; AP - 843 words
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Article344 2005-08-09 15 London IT WAS only the Community Shield but Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger was less than charitable after after seeing his side lose 1-2 to Chelsea on Sunday. "Chelsea were dangerous with the lone ball. They do it very well," he said after Didier Drogba's double344 words
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Article, Illustration63 2005-08-09 15 NATIONAL Day came early for the S-League at the ]urong East Stadium yesterday. Besides singing a birthday song for Singapore, led by Football Association of Singapore president Ho Peng Kee (right), fans at the Albirex Niigata v Sinchi game also got to take home Mikasa footballs. NiigataLIM WUI LIANG - 63 words
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Article55 2005-08-09 15 LODDEKOPINGE (Sweden): Annika Sorenstam birdied the last hole from about nine yards on Sunday to win the Scandinavian TPC, edging out United States' Natalie Gulbis by one shot. Sorenstam finished at four-under 284 at Barseback, where she played host to the tournament. It was the Swede's seventh winASSOCIATED PRESS - 55 words
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Article89 2005-08-09 15 DUBAI: Political infighting behind the scenes over who controls United States cricket has led the International Cricket Council to throw the country out of the Intercontinental Cup and replace them with the Cayman Islands. The row, which has been going on for several months within theAGENCE FRANCE PRESS - 89 words
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Article, Illustration447 2005-08-09 16 Marc Lim - Marc Lim SAILING By THE 420 class is again the talk of the sailing community. But while it was about world champions three weeks ago, it is about South-east Asia Games slots now. Teo Wee Chin and Terence Koh were the toast of447 words
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Article, Illustration870 2005-08-09 16 »GOLF At 650 yards, the 1 7th hole asks golfers at PGACship.Can you get here in two? Springfield (New Jersey) THE longest hole in major championship golf not only resembles the shape of New Jersey on a map, it also plays almost as if itASSOCIATED PRESS; Reuter; AP - 870 words
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Article313 2005-08-09 16 Castle Rock (Colorado) SOUTH Africa's Retief Goosen capped his preparations for the PGA Championship by claiming his first title of the season with a one-point win over Brandt Jobe at the International on Sunday. After rain wiped out the opening round at the Castle Pines GolfReuter - 313 words
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Article317 2005-08-09 16 CRICKET Sydney AUSTRALIAN media yesterday claimed the dismissal of batsman Michael Kasprowicz, which gave England a historic two-run victory in the second Ashes cricket Test was illegitimate. Brett Lee almost saw Australia home to a famous win with a gutsy unbeaten 43 and, together317 words
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113 2005-08-09 16 IN THE build-up to the Manila South-east Asian (SEA) Games in November, six Singapore fencers on the training squad will be going to Poland for a week-long training camp with the Polish national team and other European fencing teams. Four men epee113 words
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Article, Illustration715 2005-08-09 17 ATHLETICS Olympic champ cruises to world title in flawless race I It 1 SINKI JUSTIN Gatlin is normally a quietly spoken young man, so he lets his feet do the talking. On Sunday, he joined Maurice Greene, Donovan Bailey and Carl Lewis when he added theAGENCE FRANCE PRESS; Reuter - 715 words
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384 2005-08-09 17 Helsinki EUNICE Barber was running into the home straight, turning her head to the left to search for her rival in the battle for the heptathlon title at the athletics World Championships. She could not see her Carolina Kluft was passing on the right.ASSOCIATED PRESS - 384 words
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Article1031 2005-08-09 17 ATHLETICS World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. Men's 100m final: 1 Justin Gatlin (USA) 9 88sec 2 Michael Frater (Jam) 10.05 3 Kim Collins (Skn) 10.05 4 Francis Obikwelu (Por) 10.07 sDwight Thomas (Jam) 10.09 6 Leonard Scott (USA) 10.13 7 Marc Burns (Tri Tob) 10.14 BAzizZakan(Gha) 10.20. Discus: 11,031 words
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Obituary, Illustration353 2005-08-09 17 lam the Resurrection and the Life. Wlioever believes in Me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in Me will never die. John 11:25-26 TSANG KER MING Age: 88 was called home to be with the Lord on 8 August 2005, leaving behind loved ones.353 words
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Article, Illustration441 2005-08-09 20 News that Opec's second-largest producer, Iran, had resumed its nuclear work, despite European Union warnings of possible United Nations sanctions, further strained nerves. Fears of attacks in Saudi Arabia, possible petrol shortage in US lead to supply worry London OIL soaredReuter; BLOOMBERG NEWS - 441 words
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668 2005-08-09 20 Oslo THE world's biggest container shipping company, AP MoellerMaersk, secured enough shares to complete its 2.3 billion euro (554.7 billion) purchase of Royal P&O Nedlloyd, the shipping industry's biggest ever takeover. Shareholders of 51.5 per cent of Rotterdam-based P&O accepted the 57BLOOMBERG NEWS; Reuter - 668 words
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Article, Illustration38 2005-08-09 20 Yesterday's close: 11.778.98 (+12.50 points) Japanese stocks closed 01 1 per cent higher as investors snapped up shares after a fall triggered by the parliament's rejection of Prime Minister Junichiro Koi/umi s postal reforms AFPAFP - 38 words
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Article, Illustration48 2005-08-09 20 Yesterday's close: 15.108 94 (+57 62 points) Hong Kong stocks snapped a three-day losing streak to rise 0 4 per cent, buoyed by banking counters which gained on expectations of rate increases and on a bullish outlook for the upcoming earnings reports. BLOOMBERG NEWSBLOOMBERG NEWS - 48 words
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Article, Illustration38 2005-08-09 20 Yesterday's close: 1.138.88 (+10.14 points) Chinese stocks closed 0.9 per cent higher on sustained buying interest, with stocks of petrochemical and oil firms remaining strong on hopes for increasing margins and higher crude prices AFPAFP - 38 words
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Article, Illustration40 2005-08-09 20 Yesterday's close: 4.4079 (+30.6 points) Australian stocks closed up 0 7 per cent at a record high as investors swept into the share market following a positive outlook for the domestic economy by the central bank AFPAFP - 40 words
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Article, Illustration42 2005-08-09 20 Yesterday's close-. 948.02 (+4.61 points) Malaysian stocks closed 0 49 per cent higher owing to foreign interest in selected blue chips such as Telekom Malaysia. The volume was 433 14 million shares worth RM693. 74 million (Ss3o4 million). AFPAFP - 42 words
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Article, Illustration36 2005-08-09 20 Yesterday's close: 7,606.17 (-147.83 points) The Sensex fell 1.9 per cent as investors judged a 24 per cent advance since May excessive relative to corporate earnings potential. Reliance Industries led the drop BLOOMBERG NEWSBLOOMBERG NEWS - 36 words
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Article, Illustration39 2005-08-09 20 Yesterday's close: 1.158.58 (-15 50 points) Indonesian stocks closed 1 32 percent lower led by Astra International as investors sold it off on concerns that its second-half profitability would be hit by rising energy costs. AFPAFP - 39 words
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Article, Illustration41 2005-08-09 20 Yesterday's close: 686.32 (+0.31 point) Thai stocks closed 0 .05 per cent higher in sluggish trade amid an absence of fresh leads Almost two billion shares valued at 1 1 billion baht (***** 6 million) changed hands AFPAFP - 41 words
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Article238 2005-08-09 20 August 8 Stock Name Wl Close Change AMfretnMc 029 1.220 +0.010 Ascendasrert 1.04 2.290 +0 010 BILIntIUS2Oc 0.50 1250 CaprtaLand 1.84 3.020 +0 030 CapitaKall 081 2.580 -0010 Chart SemiCond 2Sc 083 1270 +0.010 Cityoe«sfc 2.50 8.650 -0100 ComfortOelßro 25c 170 1.580+0 010 CoscoCorp2oc 0.73 2.570+0.020238 words
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Article64 2005-08-09 20 August 8 LIM 1c 71,916,000 Bio-Treat HMOc 26,438,000 SingTel 15c 23,509,000 UniFiber 10c 19,281,000 Accord Customer 2.5c 18.030.000 SembKimtrans 10c 17.564,000 Noble Grp HK25c 15,186.000 CapitalanßNPeCW6o2lo 14,935.000 MapletreeLog 14,752,000 GlobalVoice 5c 14,298,000 STXPanOceanKWIOO 13.903.000 CH Offshore 5c 11,119,000 CapitaLand 10.804.000 Noble GrpOBeCWO6O2I3 9,291.000 UTAC USl5c 8,564,000 Devotion 3c64 words
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Article164 2005-08-09 20 August 8 UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS I FOREIGN CURRENCY NOTE RATES (9AM): SINGAPORE DOLLARS TO ONE UNIT Of FOREIGN CURRENCY Buying Selling Aust dollar 1 2640 1 2800 Can dollar 1.3530 1 3680 Euro 2.0320 2 0550 Malaysian ringgit* 0 4410 0 4412 NZ dollar 1.1330 1.1570164 words
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Article1492 2005-08-09 20 Bonds, Loans Warrants TRANSACTION DATE AUGUST 2005 uhbi itt cwmcr last mum mt ustmk ■M \M CME CMMMT TUBQ SMI 'MB MSN IM HTtl ttiiw o os «nino 1 75 5 j 77 11 II 377, HW.MMI ,s OS 5 5 «rl«wC«»WO»!*» 4S t j s 155 b 3/» wrHWO/OMU1,492 words
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295 2005-08-09 20 Cisco 'mulls over purchase of Nokia' London CISCO Systems is considering buying the world's top cellphone maker Nokia in a bid to gain its wireless infrastructure technology, the Business newspaper reported on Sunday. The newspaper, which did not disclose the source of its information, reported that US-based Cisco had traditionallyReuter - 295 words
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Article, Illustration839 2005-08-09 21 Daryl Loo - Marina Bay brand is URA' s key weapon Daryl Loo Aim of new concept place branding is to help sell major developments B^ Developments shaping up WORK, LIVE AND PLAY: An artist's impression of the main projects on Marina Bay, which will feature offices, condominiums, retail and food outlets, as839 words
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393 2005-08-09 21 Kuala Lumpur THE head of finance of Malaysian national carmaker, Mr Tan Seng Lee, said yesterday he had resigned, making it the second high-profile staff change at the company in a fortnight. "I have resigned and am no longer with Proton," Mr TanAGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE; Reuter; ASSOCIATED PRESS - 393 words
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437 2005-08-09 21 Fiona Chan - Fiona Chan By IF YOU work in advertising, marketing or public relations, this may be a good time to ask for a raise or look for a better-paying job at another firm. A war for talent in these sectors is437 words
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423 2005-08-09 21 Chinese telco Huawei in talks to buy Marconi for 1.66b Bl ijinc; HUAWEI Technologies, China's biggest maker oftelecommunications equipment, is considering buying Britain's Marconi Corp in the latest foreign takeover bid by a Chinese firm, news reports said. The deal could be worth E560 million (551.66 billion), the Sunday TimesASSOCIATED PRESS; BLOOMBERG NEWS - 423 words
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265 2005-08-09 21 Blijing CHINA will not adjust the yuan's rate any further in the next three to six months while it assesses the impact of last month's 2.1 per cent revaluation, a senior Chinese economist said. "Policymakers will observe the effects of theReuter - 265 words
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Article, Illustration399 2005-08-09 21 Gabriel Chen - S'porean to head Hill Knowlton's S-E Asia business Gabriel Chen By IF LONDON'S successful 2012 Olympic bid is any indication of Mr Jimmy Tay's leadership talents, then public relations firm Hill Knowlton's South-east Asia office is in good hands. He has just been appointed its new chief executive (CEO), still399 words
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362 2005-08-09 22 Fiona Chan - Fiona Chan By TEMASEK Holdings may acquire a 9.9 per cent stake in the state-run Bank of China (BOC), the country's secondbiggest bank and top foreign exchange lender, a leading Chinese financial magazine said yesterday. If the deal goes through. the Singapore362 words
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477 2005-08-09 22 Kelvin Wong - Kelvin Wong Change of heart for Morgan Stanley as it declares Republic is on the right path By MORGAN Stanley, long critical of some of Singapore's economic policies, now says that the Government is steering the economy in the right direction after all. The477 words
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Article, Illustration379 2005-08-09 22 Bryan Lee - Bryan Lee SPURT OF INTEREST B\ OSIM International's share price has surged 20 per cent over the past three weeks to close just a shade off its historic high of $1.35 in April last year. The counter closed two cents lower at379 words
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283 2005-08-09 22 Narendra Aggarwal - Narendra Aggarwal B\ JAPANESE consumers are increasingly getting a taste for non-Japa-nese foods, and this provides Singa-pore-based firms with a potential smorgasbord of business openings. Food services and food manufacturing are promising new entry points for firms here wanting to do business283 words
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Article, Illustration521 2005-08-09 23 Lorna Tan - Lorna Tan But first-half income would have been up 1 7% if one-time gain last year was excluded By Finance Correspondent FEELING THE HEAT "We are still very good at selling single premium products but the amount of sales has been cut521 words
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412 2005-08-09 23 Lee Su Shyan - Lee Su Shyan By Companies Correspondent NEWLY-LISTED STX Pan Ocean yesterday reported that its bottom-line half-time profits had risen 21 per cent to U*****.1 million (*****.8 million). As demand for dry bulk shipments remained strong, sales rose 34 per cent to412 words
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72 2005-08-09 23 BH GLOBAL Marine, a Singapore-based supplier of marine electrical products, has lodged its preliminary prospectus for a mainboard listing. Last year, the group reported a net profit of $6.9 million on revenue of $24.6 million. BH supplies a comprehensive range of electrical products72 words
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123 2005-08-09 23 A MALAYSIAN pioneer in the manufacturing of memory modules, Advance Modules Group, announced yesterday that it plans to list on the Singapore Exchange. It has lodged a preliminary prospectus with the Monetary Authority of Singapore. Mr Vincent Tan, its founder and group managing director,123 words
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81 2005-08-09 23 SUPER Coffeemix Manufacturing's net profits for the six months ended June 30 shot up 57 per cent to $12.7 million. That came on the back of a 4 per cent increase in sales revenue to $85.4 million. Earnings per share rose from81 words
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64 2005-08-09 23 MAINBOARD-LISTED CWT Distribution yesterday reported a whopping 138 per cent increase in net profit to $4.4 million for the six months ended June 30. Revenue was 13 per cent higher at $120.5 million. Earnings per share rose to 1.39 cents from 0.2564 words
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Article77 2005-08-09 23 Top Rises August 8 CENTS Keppel Corp Sic 1300 20 0 16 OCBCBk4.S%NCPSIOQ ***** 20 0 0 2 6iW6rp2oc 33 5 19 5 139 3 H5113i0008«CW*****9 278 18 0 6 9 JSMUMcSW 1100 16.5 0.9 Energy 11c 300 160 5 6 HSCEISIOMMCWMM2I 78 12 5 191 KepCorpMH«C\raHll3 78 12 077 words
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381 2005-08-09 23 AZRIN ASMANI - AZRIN ASMANI TAKING STOCK B^ BARGAIN-HUNTING and selective buying of blue chips were the only factors that kept the buzz in the Singapore bourse yesterday, ahead of today's National Day celebrations. The benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) managed to snap a four-day381 words
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199 2005-08-09 23 AZRIN ASMANI - AZRIN ASMANI WARRANT WATCH THE warrants of property group CapitaLand and oil-related compare set to dominate the market this week as investors seek alternative strategies to counter the shortened trading week. Punters yesterday piled up on CapitaLand warrants after the property giant recently reported199 words
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Article78 2005-08-09 23 Top Rises August 8 CENTS MWSrp2oc 33 5 1393 19 5 fceePohO.Sc 1 100 0 0 5 Oigilind T.sc 1 5 50 0 0 5 Sing Tel CAECWOSOB22 115 35.3 30 Chinj£ntspJc 2 33 3 0 5 SembloiDßeCWosOTls 17 5 29 6 4 0 NobIeGrpSGAeCWOSI2OS 13 5 28 6 378 words
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Article81 2005-08-09 23 Top Falls August 8 CENTS JardmtClC 1260 60 0 4 5 Mu»DB»CWOSIOI7 213 59 0 217 Hytlui CA MM 210 39 0 15 7 Hrflu«OßoCWosl227 .159 33 0 17 2 Hyflu«sc 334 22 0 6.2 Sl* 50c 1130 20 0 1.7 )KHUS2Sc4OO 1810 16 5 0 5 Hyllui BMP (CWOU32481 words
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Article74 2005-08-09 23 Top Falls August 8 CENTS Devotion Jc 4.5 40.0 3 0 ITEEItcMc 5 37 5 3 0 A-Sonic*osl2* 1 33 3 0 5 TACDBtCWOSI2I2 25 5 261 9 0 Hi-PC»tCWOSIOQ7 6 25 0 2 0 IRECorp 1.5 25.0 0.5 SwingMeduW)6o2l3 1.5 25 0 0 5 Hyflu»DB»CWO5lOl7 213 217 59 074 words
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Article, Illustration705 2005-08-09 24 AZRIN ASMANI - AZRIN ASMANI Fire sale under debt repayment plan if no white knights turn up by Sept 30 By Companies Reporter *> If an investor is secured by Sept 30, Citiraya will distribute $50 million over five years, in half-yearly instalments, to its creditors.705 words
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Article31 2005-08-09 24 CURRENCIES UP DOWN BUYING SELLING Australian dollar 1.2640 1.2800 Gainers: 290 Euro 2.0320 2.0550 Losers: 209 Sterling pound 2.9230 2.9570 US dollar 1.6470 1.6650 Unchanged: 504 Yen (100 units) 1.4653 1.481731 words
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212 2005-08-09 24 SHARE PLACEMENT Temasek sells 7.5% stake in CapitaLand A WEEK after Temasek Holdings sold off at least 5 per cent of its holdings in SMRT Corp, it has done it again with another listed company in its stable. The Singapore investment company yesterday said it had placed out a 7.5212 words
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Advertisement67 2005-08-09 1 S'pore-style makan in London Mee goreng and other local dishes will feature in a Singapore-style food court, to be opened in London by a British property developer. PAGE H2 Heavenly! The new Cheesy Lava 3 Stuffed Crust Pizza. With Mozzarella, Parmesan and Cheddar in the crust, experience a cheese explosion67 words
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Miscellaneous38 2005-08-09 15 TV times CRICKET: Zimbabwe v New Zealand: Ist Test, Day 3 (Live, Ch9s, 3.57pm) TENNIS: ATP Masters Series: Rogers Masters Montreal, Ist rd (Live, Ch24, 11pm) Event FAS COE, U-18: Woodlands Wellington v Tg Pagar Utd (Woodlands, 9am)38 words
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Advertisement114 2005-08-09 23 A special HR2wl^^p^^H| book on HH|B%9P^H^H S'poreans who kept HiitffeHH^HßHß despite storms They will mo&you fife nnRB (RVHj NOT FOR SALE: You can get a copy by producing these 3 loqos^lf WMm lldM 7 Aug 05 8 Aug 05 9 Aug 05 w mi TODAY (9am 9pm), while stocks last:114 words
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Article, Illustration159 2005-08-09 2 BROADWAY doyenne Elaine Paige will be heading here for the first time in October. The British performer, dubbed the First Lady of British Musical Theatre, will perform at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on Oct 29. Paige, 57, was the original Eva Peron in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Evita in159 words
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Article, Illustration596 2005-08-09 2 Sujin Thomas - Sujin Thomas MUSIC REPORTER MUSIC fans here who are waiting to celebrate a new Singapore Idol will have to wait a while more. MediaCorp, which brought in the first Singapore Idol contest last year with a much publicised debut on National Day, said that itLIANHE ZAOBAO - 596 words
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Article, Illustration269 2005-08-09 2 Sherwin Loh - Sherwin Loh MEDIA REPORTER THE maid is not there to clean up after you soil yourself. Instead, the wall decal of a hooded woman clad in a blood-red dress is meant to drum up publicity for Raintree Pictures' upcoming horror flick, The Maid. And it is apparently workine.269 words
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Article, Illustration614 2005-08-09 3 Singapore isn't the only one turning 40 today. Four Singaporeans bom 0nAug9,1965,te1l Life! how it feels to have grown up with the nation. No, it doesn't mean mega birthday parties and a parade in their honour 3^^^« sandraiesph.com.sg ROY FREDERICK (above, left)DESMOND FOO - 614 words
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Article, Illustration605 2005-08-09 3 VICTOR LIM - Teacher was once a delinquent VICTOR LIM (right) Born 11.05am. Aug 9, 1965 ABOUT two hours before Victor Lim was born, a teary-eyed Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew made a moving speech that has gone down in the annals of history Singapore was separating from Malaysia. Later. Mr Lim was605 words
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Article, Illustration485 2005-08-09 3 KELLY LOH - KELLY LOH above) Born 10.55am, Aug 9, 1965 YOU can almost chart the peaks and troughs in Ms Kelly Loh's life alongside those of Singapore's. Apart from sharing the same birthday, the business she ran with her husband fell to pieces when recession hit in 1997. Now485 words
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Article, Illustration542 2005-08-09 4 Forty isn't a special number only for Singapore this year. Straits Times photographer DESMOND FOO speaks to some Singaporeans who were bom 40 years ago and others who have been in the same profession for the past 40 years. MAHMOOD HUSSAIN SHAIKJANBUX, 59 (right withDESMOND FOO - 542 words
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Article, Illustration456 2005-08-09 5 Jared Kok's heartrending portrayal of a man driven to murder was spot on THEATRE MACBETHThe Young Company, Singapore Repertory Theatre DBS Arts Centre Last Saturday Cheong Suk-Wai THE audience of mostly schoolchildren at this matinee staging of Macbeth found much to giggle about. This had much toSINGAPORE REPERTORY THEATRE - 456 words
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Article, Illustration415 2005-08-09 5 CONCERT SPH GIFT OF MUSIC: ENERGY SINGAPORE! PERCUSSION FESTIVAL Singapore Chinese Orchestra/Bukrt Batok Community Gamelan Orkestra/ Percussion Group Cincinnati/Shanxi Jiangzhou Drum Art/Ensembte/Taehan Saram/Tempte of Fine Arts Singapore Conference Hail Last Saturday Cheong Suk-Wai LIKE raindrops dripping from leaves after a storm, the soothing xylophone dings ofLIANHE ZAOBAO; STEVEN LEE - 415 words
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Article555 2005-08-09 5 Frankie Chee - Frankie Chee IF YOU are thinking of having one for the road on National Day, go ahead. But you would have to stand inside a vodka bottle. Say what? The 6.5 m-high bottle in question is actually a public art installation by Singaporean artist555 words
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Article, Illustration85 2005-08-09 6 'Eighteen, 19 years ago, I was playing 50somethings regularly. If s still the same now. Who's taken as good care of himself/" Singapore actor Richard Low, 53 (right) 'He has no plans to do any more films. However, he did make a very famous film called Never Say Never85 words
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Article, Illustration223 2005-08-09 6 CELEBRATE Singapore's 40th birthday today with free outdoor events at the Esplanade. The Esplanade will focus on outdoor celebrations and will not proceed with its free indoor concert, My Life Story National Day Musical, as had previously been reported. Instead, turn up at its outdoor venueAFP - 223 words
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Article, Illustration970 2005-08-09 6 Hong Xinyi - Hong Xinyi A Japanese woman in Hiroshima gave me directions when I was lost, and then apologised for the war culturevulture ON MY first trip to Japan in the summer of 2003. I visited the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum. Standing in the heart of Hiroshima, the970 words
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Article, Illustration680 2005-08-09 7 Peh Shing Huei - Peh Shing Huei The American town gives its most famous resident, scientist Albert Einstein, his due status... at last FINALLY, Princeton succumbed. For five decades, the New Jersey town, just an hour's drive south from New York, resisted calls to celebrate and honour .Albert Einstein, itsPEH SHING HUEI - 680 words
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Article259 2005-08-09 7 WATCH a play or concert at the Tony Award-winning McCarter Theatre. This institution was built in 1929 and stages both leading original productions and New York plays. Tickets are about US$35 (SssB). (91 University Place, Tel: 1-609-683-9100) Take a stroll at the Princeton cemetery, which was once described259 words
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Article, Illustration759 2005-08-09 18 A career management professional talks about career opportunities that lie ahead as Singaporeans celebrate the country's 40th birthday IN THE 40 years since its independence, Singapore has transformed from being just a regional trading centre to a global city. It has become an international financial and business759 words
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Advertisement164 2005-08-09 11 §335? NEAR MRT ALMOST MINT COND.! Renovated 3+l Aspen Hgt. No noon sun. F/ facilities Golf minimart. Also avail 2+l S92OK. 9455 1206 \__MB Urgent I"*! Sale LJ MARTINA MANSION/ PROXIMO (Bt Timah) 3 bdrms. 1259/ 1475 sqft. F'hold. Facilities. Exclusive. Good SS. 9452-3055/ 9388-7879 KF Ardmore Pk 2885 sqft,164 words
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Advertisement206 2005-08-09 11 LaLj TAwn im/ um i Awn PON T MISS PINEWOOD GARDENS. 1626 sqft. F'hold. F/facilities. Ouiet facing. Greenery. 3+l. Nicely renovated. Quality finishing. 9783-6525 Ada |J.^jl^j!J Luxury living D.lO SI.XXM NEG! Clydesview 999 1 yrs. 2100 sg.ft. 3 with attached +1 I +1 Peaceful living. Pool view. Must see! *****854206 words
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Advertisement273 2005-08-09 11 BDO9-10 ORCHARD/ TANGUN/ HOLLAND PTEAPTS-SALE D.lO CORNWALL GOOD invest ment! Balinese style. 1/2 rms. F'hold. Fr $620K-S96OK. Future Holland Village MRT. *****363 BEST OF ORCHARD/ Cairnhill! Prestigious beautiful condos fr $I.IM-SSM. F'hold. 1-5 rms avail. F/facilities MRT 9088-4882 agt D.09 HOLT RESIDENCES. New! American design. Pte lift, 2056 sqft. 4+l.273 words
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Advertisement219 2005-08-09 11 FSDFDSF ||K DO9-10 ORCHARD/ DM TANGLIN/ HOLLAND W PTEAPTS-SALE BALMORAL CONDO. 1679 sqft. 3+l Excellent cond. Near Orchard. Must view! Call 9824-8520 SV FOUR SEASONS 2260 sqft. S3.IM. 18 Anderson 2885 sqft. $2.95M. Greenery. Open view. *****668 REGENCY PK. F'HOLD. 3649 sqft 4+l. Mid fir. Big balcony. Renovated. $3.5M. *****901219 words
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Advertisement572 2005-08-09 12 Bl Ull tWINtVVIUN/ J BTTIMAH/ CLEMENTI P HOUSES SALE OPEN HSE. TOOAY bpml Brand New Semi D No 2 Hmdhede Pi 2369/ 3100 sgft Bungalow 4334/ 4920 sqft 12/'O6 $12K 999 yrs Can 9144 0027 yiu ISTANA VICINITY NEAR Novena nited Sq brand m storey bunglw 7+l F'hold In ground572 words
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Advertisement1343 2005-08-09 12 WAA Dl2-14BALEST1ER/ WA D l2- 14 BALESTIER/ 12} MACPHERSOWTIANG ESj MACPHERSON/GEYIANG [uJ^EQ^EJfcd m.\S\mlSmjlm t mmmmmm >l 0 it/ ill] J /#l-S <% ML Wb> iill Airy <*' s\mamm\\ s\ V I»XmJ^ ISmEv' rm^^^mmlmMmp^^^^^^ 't'tl BHH -Go«l*eVy**sdOT«so-1250«^ &2/3^m*nthse( 1 800-2«oosqft ■JL I Bl^D mbm\ km from Kong Hwa Pn sch JLM1,343 words
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Advertisement109 2005-08-09 12 SPRING GDN, 141 Ha.g Rd/ Katong. F'hold/ 4 yrs. Foreigners/ PRs eligible. 2-storey 4-rm Penthse 3 attached toilets, 1950 sqft. 3 yrs free maintenence. Sales by developer. 9146-9186/ 9787-5291 DONT MISS HAIG CT. LTD unit left. F'hold. Spacious. 3/ 4 bdrms/ penthses with full facilities. Defer payment. Early move-in. Near109 words
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Advertisement488 2005-08-09 12 EXCEISOT MARINE VILLE. OPP Tao Nan/ Parkway. New! 1238 sqft 3-rm, pool. Bright. Foreigners eligible. 5% cash. $768K neg. 9688-2256 i Associate With Excellence J^^ CONOO (TANAH MERAH MRT) Brand New 2/ 3/ 4-rm. High fir. j Sea view. Facilities. Just TOP. Good price! visit stanleylim.com i 11 AMBER RO.488 words
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Advertisement669 2005-08-09 12 |J|| l||M|» TJ Poo) View CASAFINA MANS 1905 sq.ft. 3 Pool view. Tastefully renovated. A stroll to the beach. View to believe! 9858 9861 CBRA POOL VIEW 3 bedrooms 9 Bedok Ct. 2300 sqft. Very unique. Big living space. F/facilities. MRT. Call Paula 9061 3606 DTZ AQUARIUS BY THE Pk669 words
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Advertisement629 2005-08-09 12 FDFDSFDS Bk 01 9-20 SERANGOON/ J THOMSON f HOUSES -SALE Ii— I 12-6PM KG SIREH Brand new inter terr/ semi-d. 3-storey roof terr s+l ensuite. 3348 sqft. Showrm cond. F'hold. Good 9437-7772 DON'T f Miss WLi 14 ROSYTH RD. 2-Storey Semi-D. Approx 4300 sqft. 7+l. Freehold. Ouiet. Auction 12/8/2005. Knight629 words
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Advertisement153 2005-08-09 13 HPoff View BISHAN PT 3-RM. »07 Sept'os 1184 sqft. 99 yrs. Sunset view Ask $610K neg. Can view 1 Regma 8100-4050/ 9711-0388 A: SALLY KOH t *M 9723 13M M J BISHAN PT. OPP A Very high fir. Panoramic view. 3+i rms 1184 sqft. TOP soon. No West sun. Selling153 words
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Advertisement225 2005-08-09 13 M ho't |PROPERTY bl^mwHwmW fcin lil i I AJaa.a ■wwnongnai rroppny aotimti RIO VISTA. 3/ 4 bdrms «09 Well renovated. Pool/ canal view. Motivated seller. Bring cheque' Open hse by appt. 9187-1327 BISHAN PARK CONDO. 1530 sqft 3+l. High fir. Full reservoir view. F/facilities. Near schs. Direct entrance to pk.225 words
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Advertisement298 2005-08-09 13 ■k D l9-20 SERANGOON/ LUI THOMSON WW PTEAPTS-SALE GOLDEN MOT, PANORAMIC view of city skyline, 2+l, f'hold, breezy/ cosy/ guiet/ MRT. *****662 ME GRANDEUR 8 AMK Cheapest!!! 5579K-S63OK 3+ study. Face S. No noon sun. 9066-6267 Rick GRANDEUR 8 3*l. 2 units, side by side. 1226/ 1313 sgft. TOP soon!298 words
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Advertisement265 2005-08-09 13 ~^^s^^A^^^^& 10-6PM a 58 Springleaf Cres. Brand new f'hold 3-storey semi-d roof gdn, s+l. Dry/ wet kitchen. Ouality finishes. Call *****881 ■J.JI.'H'JIB Good Buy FLORISSA PK. 3-STOREY Corner Terr. 3260/ 2646 sqft. 3+l Peaceful nice. Greenery environment. View to Believel. Call 9858 9861 Eddy. CBRA Mm w I ____\\\\\\\\f^^____\ H265 words
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Advertisement389 2005-08-09 13 MA D25-28 Lly NORTH HOUSES W -SALE NERAM RD. 2 storey semid. s+l 4018/ 2800 sqft good size lush gdn $1 38M neg *****289 Deans D.25 BRAND NEW Bt Villas 3-sto-rey semi-d. F'hold. s+l. 3000 sqft. From $1.6M. 9189-1566 9655 5961 fc HAZEL PARK 3+1. 1334/ 1376 sqft. 2 units,389 words
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Advertisement460 2005-08-09 13 fffi D22-24WEST DW PTC APTS SALE MILLION VIEW! Guilin View, high fir. Showflat cond. 1281 sqft. 3+l. Overlooking Little Guilin. Pool view. Sharlyn *****438 IVORY HGTS. 1701 sqft. 3 bdrms. High fir. Good view/ Guilin View, 1281 sqft. 3+l, pool view 9365-3758 Knight Frank D.23 PARKVIEW 2-BDRM. 990 sqft Mid460 words
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Advertisement392 2005-08-09 13 if^V D25-28 NORTH Dw PT E APTS SALE Choice Unit SEASONS PK. 2+l 1066 sqft. 4+l. 1544 sq.ft. Nice view. Unblocked. Near MRT/ amenities. Don't miss! Call 9858 9861 Eddy. CBRA jenicetanbnA, m 9100 ***** M NATIONAL DAY SALE! Grab i D.28 Sunrise Gdn 4+l 1778 sqft/ 3+l 1292 sqft.392 words
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Advertisement476 2005-08-09 13 FDSFDSF iffv HUDC APTS WW FORSALE BIG POTONG PASIR Mais Blk 111 1829 sq.ft. Corner. Lift fir. Face greenery. No noon sun. St. Andrew's/ MRT. *****538 C&H HOT DEAL! S33OK yet neg.' Blk 131 S'goon N. Ave 1. 3+l rms. Very huge layout. 1700 sqft. Good cond. Call Albert 9830-0700476 words
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Advertisement530 2005-08-09 13 4 'NG' 429 Lift level. Mid-floor I 4 NG' 421 corner, high fir. windy. 4 NG' 337 dr-to-dr mid-fir. windy neg. 9747-1611 PN NEW LIST! 3 'NG' Blk 540 AMK. Low fir. Renovated. Shop/ sch/ amenities. 9652-6886 Chris RARE! 3+3 Adjoining unit Blk 156. High fir. Renovated. $350k neg. Mkt/530 words
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Advertisement635 2005-08-09 14 W(\ HDB APTS FOR SALE Dw (CHOA CHU KANG) Pro 4exMi«| 5T 447 CORNER #12 Beautiful. Unblocked. Valued. No noon sun. Exec Apt 296C #07. Vacant. MRT/ mkt. neg. 9007-8926 4'A' BLK 218 Corner, dr to dr. low fir. Unblock, windy. 3 mins MRT. Near Interchange/ Lot 1. Convenient. neg!635 words
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Advertisement806 2005-08-09 15 B HUB API b FOR SALE (HOUGANG/ S'GOON/ YK) CHU KANG) 5225K UP! 4 A' corner 676 Hou gang Lift level Move in Valued Unblocked MRT/ sch. 9753 7305 SBK CASH! EXEC Apt Corner 236A S'goon Ctr High fir 100% move m Marble parquet 9005 3888 3T BLK I Hougang.806 words
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Advertisement577 2005-08-09 15 ffh HDB APTS FOR SALE DW (PASIR RIS/ CHANGI) EXEC APT BLK 649. mid fir. fully aircon. Renovated, move m. 146 sqm. HDB valued S3BSK. Asking below value' 8128-8833 Alan EXEC APT BLK 582 high floor, MRT Open view, windy Beautiful $80K renovation. Valued S43BK. 146 sqm neg. *****294 NEW577 words
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Advertisement681 2005-08-09 15 Wffi HDB APTS FOR SALE DW (TAMPINES/ SIMEI) A PROVEN TAMPINES SPECIALIST DESMOND *****715 PN New! 3 A 235 MRT Serious seller New! 3 'A' 924 High fir. Mkt. Cheap New! 4 'A' 164 100% move in MRT New! 4 'S' 841 high fir Mkt/ sch New! 5 'A' 4978681 words
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Advertisement611 2005-08-09 15 ffti HDB APTS FOR SALE Dw (WOODLANDS) WOODLANDS OUALITY HOUSES CALL: 8188-5566 MARSILING: 4 T 8 #05 (2 units) Move-in 4 'A' 5A Marsiling #14 seaview WOODLANDS 4 'A' 607 804 Malay hse 4 'A' 657 801 Nice malay hse 4 'A' 845 802 corner beautiful 5 T 761 807611 words
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Advertisement756 2005-08-09 15 Flh HDB APTS FOR SALE DW (WOODLANDS) 5 T CORNER 702. High fir. 100% move in. Granite fir. Big rms. Ja--7 cuzzi. Mins to Admiralty MRT. Ouiet. Best buy! Jas 9109-6078 5 V 507 at HDB value! Low fir. All races. Excellent move in cond. Unblocked. No noon sun. VI756 words
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Advertisement490 2005-08-09 15 HfV HDB APTS FOR SALE Dw (YISHUN) NEAR MRI EXEC MAIS BLK 83 cori Mid fir. Spacious. Ouiet j windy. Near MRT/ amenities. Must view! Call now! 9187-4142 4 BLK 275 4'A' Corner. Indian eligi- ble. Big hall. Near amenities/ top scholl. Selling at valuation J Blk 252 4'A' selling490 words
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Advertisement670 2005-08-09 15 FDFDF Rh HDB APTS FOR SALE Dw (YISHUN) RARE! 5'V 880 with recess. 4 bdrms. Malay hse. Mi?T/ NTUC. bT 410. Only S23OK! 9741-2305 URGENT! 3'A' YISHUN Blk 781 Low fir. Fully aircon. Valued $157K. All 'aces. Wendy 9844-8993 GP2I 3'NG' 707 VACANT $150K. 3 A 363 lift fir. below670 words
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Title Section19 2005-08-09 1 Digital Life slOt^P l,^C < Your Weekly Tech Magazine From THE STRAITS TIMES Tuesday August 9, 2005 MICA (P) 210/10/200419 words
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Article375 2005-08-09 2 Hellen Tan - Hellen Tan Look out for a brighter Digital Life next week. That's because you our readers have been telling us in surveys what you want to read more of in this Tbesday tech magazine that comes with The Straits Tunes. You want more product reviews, new375 words
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Article, Illustration442 2005-08-09 3 Technology helps the CPF Board improve customer services From an electronic-lobby to services on a mobile phone, the board has been using infocomm technologies to shorten customers' waiting time. SERENE LUO reports During the early 1980s, the Central Provident Fund (CPF) Board, which was located in a buildingASHLEIGH SIM - 442 words
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Article, Illustration409 2005-08-09 4 nnfocomm technologies have made It possible for the Central Provident Fund (CPF) Board to constantly improve its customer r services for its three million plus members. For example, with the CPF's website. Before last year, members would have to visit different sections at the website (www.cpf.409 words
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Article, Illustration66 2005-08-09 6 THE My CPF portal (www.cpf.gov.sg) was revamped to reflect a person's life cycle needs, with headers such as Starting Work, Getting Married, Having Children and Reaching 55. The website and the e-lobbies use similar interfaces, and have exactly the same content. The top three e-services that CPF66 words
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Article, Illustration398 2005-08-09 6 Serene Luo - Serene Luo t^p-o make transactions more I convenient for members, I the Central Provident Fund Board will be introducing services at AXS Station self service kiosks next month. With more than 300 of thes self-service kiosks (right) aroun the island, CPF members can use these stations398 words
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Article88 2005-08-09 6 Seagate 100GB Portable Hard Drive winners i. UM KIM CHUAN, SEBASTIAN of Loyang Rise 2. NURUL ASYIKA JAAFAR of Woodlands Crescent 3* UM TEK LEE of Ghim Moh Road NLB Quest For Knowledge Contest i winners i. AUCE TAN of Ocwr Road 2. CHEONG LAI KUEN88 words
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Article, Illustration1161 2005-08-09 7 play IT A DNA perspective ILLUSTRATION. KEVIN SHEPHERDSON wanted to find out the origins of his family, and succeeded through a combination of research on the Internet and DNA tests "T IT Tho am I?" That was the %/V/ question I have been askV V ing myselfCORBIS - 1,161 words
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Article, Illustration635 2005-08-09 9 play IT Undergraduates have a range of notebook PC packages tailored for them. Purchase is simply a question of one that suits you, writes ADLI YASHIR With deals and steals, university undergraduates have no lack of choice when it comes to buying a notebook. For one, universities like635 words
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Article, Illustration424 2005-08-09 10 Join in the celebrations on Singapore's 40th birthday. M.K. WONG offers tips on how to capture the grand occasion from several vantage points play IT Whether you are zeroing in on the fly-past overhead at the Padang, gawking at the fireworks by the bay, or424 words
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Article, Illustration193 2005-08-09 11 There will be three fly-past opportunities: the State Flag fly-past with three CH-47D Chinook helicopters at the beginning of the parade, the Presidential Salute/bomb-burst, and the final fly-past consisting of the RSAF helicopters and transport and fighter planes. The highlight of the fly-past must surely be the fiveFILE - 193 words
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Article, Illustration333 2005-08-09 11 There are lots of opportunities to take the fireworks display this year, with separate ones to be held at the Padang as well as the in Jurong, Tampines and Yishun. Location makes a difference, so go early to choose a strategic location where the fireworks can be333 words
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Article, Illustration358 2005-08-09 12 play IT You'll find your operating system has a set of utilities called PowerToys that not many users know of, writes MOK HENG NGEE I was quite surprised after a poll of my friends who use Windows every day ievealed that more than half were unaware of358 words
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Article, Illustration1003 2005-08-09 14 internet Online music stores are devising new ways of enticing people to download their favourite songs legally A United States Supreme Court decision at the end of June found that the makers of software like Grokster, which lets Internet users freely browse and copyFILE - 1,003 words
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Article, Illustration218 2005-08-09 15 »netizens It's National Day today and a holiday. And what better way to celebrate a birthday party than with lots of yummy food. MELISSA LWEE checks out some of the best food places you can find on the Web. Bon Appetit The Sari Party218 words
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Article, Illustration225 2005-08-09 15 Nibble Scrible http://joonelovesfood.blogspot.com UWhen I have to cook for many, the best thing I find is to cook a stew or something that I can put in the pot and walk away. The other beautiful thing about stews is the way they make your house smell. The way the smell225 words
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Article, Illustration884 2005-08-09 16 key player In a world with advanced animation software, a graphic designer can build landmarks, too. Mr Robert Stava, creative director with Arup, one of the world's largest architectural firms, talks to LEUNG WAI-LENG about construction in a virtual land ITT^ efore construction even started on w^m the884 words
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Article, Illustration892 2005-08-09 17 apply IT Company policies here reveal that porn in the office is a strict no-no but it might be too easy for employees to get away with it, writes JENNANI DURAI Most of the time these e-mail messages appear pretty innocuous. It's only when you open theFILE - 892 words
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Article, Illustration552 2005-08-09 18 apply IT The Enterprise Challenge (TEC), launched five years ago by the Prime Minister's office, has made it easier for technology innovators in both the private and public sectors in Singapore, as it provides funding for those companies selected to test run their ideas, writes MELISSA LWEE Funding552 words
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Article, Illustration726 2005-08-09 19 apply IT In order to cater to holiday-makers shopping for online deals, travel portal Zuji.com counts on a reliable network infrastructure. And they have even outsourced their tech needs to a telco, writes HELLEN TAN If you were shopping around for hot deals on air tickets and726 words
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Article, Illustration528 2005-08-09 20 SHARON DE CASTRO - SHARON DE CASTRO And companies ignore it at their own risk, reports apply IT Instant messaging (IM), currently the domain of teens for chatting online, is fast becoming an essential tool for corporate communications. Research suggests that by 2008, the use of IM in companies will be asFILE - 528 words
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Article, Illustration212 2005-08-09 21 Akonix Security Centre tracked both variants of existing worms such as Kelvir and Opanki, as well as three new worms: Aimsend, Harwig and Pinkton. Besides attacks by viruses, worms and trojans, another problem is whether confidential information will get into the wrong hands. Public IM is212 words
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Article, Illustration662 2005-08-09 22 »digital edge IT needs the concerted effort of everyone involved to maintain a view of quality that inspires us to continually develop, use and improve technology to serve mankind, says a reformed MICHAEL FOO Forgive me for I have sinned. This is my first confession662 words
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169 2005-08-09 23 Apple Computer's neglect of the humble mouse is over. It now offers a model that's nimble. Last week, Apple introduced its first computer mouse with multiple buttons, including four sensors and a tiny scroll ball. Although a departure from the company's traditional mouse, theAP - 169 words
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Article131 2005-08-09 23 Recent CDs by Foo Fighters and Dave Matthews Band containing new anti-piracy technology are selling well despite a backlash among some fans angry that the discs are incompatible with iPods, experts said last week. Aiming to curb piracy, labels like Sony BMG, which released both records,Reuter - 131 words
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Article118 2005-08-09 23 E-commerce giantAmazon.com appears to be preparing a digital music service to compete with Apple Computer's illines, according to a job listing posted on a popular industry blog. The ad, posted on Paidcontent.org (and since removed), sought a "content acquisition manager" for the company's "forthcoming digital music service".118 words
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Article60 2005-08-09 23 Internet rebels last week began preliminary testing of a new weapon that threatens to scuttle efforts to stop illicit online music swapping. Internet privacy activists at fteenet Project posted word on their website that they were looking for kindred technology renegades to test a refined versionAFP - 60 words
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Article, Illustration732 2005-08-09 24 »test »benq pso pocketpc phone After notebooks, MP3 players and digital cameras, Taiwanese company BenO is entering the smart-phone market with its P5O FIRST LOOKS Hot on the heels of Hewlett-Packard's recently released iPaq hw6515 comes BenQ's P5O, another PocketPC phone with an integrated qwerty keyboard.732 words
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Article, Illustration513 2005-08-09 25 What you see is what you get »test »hp photosmart 8750 This printer is big, it prints big and is heavy, but the output is of professional quality, writes ADU YASHIR FIRST LOOKS I truly enjoyed reviewing this HP Photosmart 8750 photo printer. It's relatively fast, easy to use and,513 words
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Article, Illustration377 2005-08-09 25 Panasonic lumix fxB $699 Available from authorised Panasonic dealers FIRST LOOKS Potential buyers of pocket-sized digital cameras are a hard lot to please. They demand so many functions and feature-sets in a small body. Impossible? No, th five-megapixe Panasonic Lumb FXB fills that377 words
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Article, Illustration543 2005-08-09 26 games »singles 2: triple trouble Virtual love should be much easier to handle than real love, or is it? MELISSA LWEE finds out in Singles 2 PLOT Josh and Anna were once a happy couple. Josh is a music journalist and Anna, an aspiring musician. One day,543 words
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Article, Illustration534 2005-08-09 26 »close combat: first to fight $5490 (PC) Available from New Era Entertainment. Call 6275-2338 PLOT Developed to train US Marines, Close Combat: First To Fight (FTF) is a tactical first-person shooter that features authentic Marine tactics and manoeuvres like the four-man fire team Ready-Team- AssistFire (RTAF)534 words
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Article, Illustration508 2005-08-09 27 »games»world cyber games Four weeks to go before the Singapore finals of the World Cyber Games (WCG) on Sept 8. And nine weeks to the world event called the WCG Grand Finals on Nov 16 in which Singapore plays host to the fifth game. Singapore will be the508 words
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Article414 2005-08-09 27 \WEEE3EB33WW^MWMiMMIMKWWWMWWEWWWWBK^^^^R Need For Speed Underground 2 will be taken for a spin at the WCG world finals in November. Winner of the WCG Singapore cybercafe preliminaries lUU CMAO explains how you can get the most out of your car In Need For Speed Underground 2, the414 words
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Article, Illustration831 2005-08-09 28 buy IT improved visual expenence Consumer electronics giant Philips has launched a digital photo frame that allows you to show off your photos. Called the Digital Photo Display, it's designed by a core five-man team in Singapore and can display 50 of your memorable moments831 words
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Article, Illustration280 2005-08-09 29 Colourful notebooks Collectors, take note: The I.skg Fujitsu Lifeßook P7OlO now comes in hues of Sapphire Blue, Ruby Red and Amber Yellow (above), in addition to its previous Stone Black and Pearl White versions. Designed for the lifestyle trendsetter, the ultra-compact runs on Intel Centrino Mobile Technology that enables280 words
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Article, Illustration244 2005-08-09 29 Legitimate MP3 in surround sound Creative Technology has launched the Home Theater Connect DTS-610, a standalone, self-powered encoder that easily connects a media centre or standard PC to a multi-channel consumer electronics receiver. With this simple digital connection, all audio from the PC, including multi-channel and DRM-pro-tected content, can244 words
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Article97 2005-08-09 29 A multimedia machine in hand The Siemens CX7S mobile phone has a 1.3-megapixel camera with video functionality. With Bluetooth connectivity, it can pair up with a computer or a printer with the same functionality to print out photos quickly. With a colour display (262,000 colours), you can transform the97 words
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Article172 2005-08-09 29 Look who's taking data out STE Asia-Pacific has two security software programs to prevent corporate information from being stolen. These are the X-Gate Internet Access Leakage Control System X and X-Fort Enterprise Information Security System. Installed into the server and also into users' PCs, these software accord rights to172 words
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Article78 2005-08-09 29 Find your Internet The Level One's WNC-0303U58 is not your usual USB adapter. It is also a Wi-Fi Finder, which helps you detect optimum signal location around the area. And get this, it does this without even powering up your notebook. After navigating the wireless environment, you can78 words
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Article180 2005-08-09 29 Storing a petabyte of data EMC now has the largest high-end storage array in the world, capable of scaling to one petabyte (1,024 terabytes) of capacity. The Symmetrix DMX-3 system complements the existing DMX-2 storage systems and supports up to 960 disk drives today. It will be tested to180 words
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Article, Illustration486 2005-08-09 30 Mrs Chiow Boon Keng - Mrs Chiow Boon Keng FHave any questions you want answered? Want to know what's wrong with your PC? E-mail us at stdled@sph.com.sg Include your full name and contact numbers Ql have a Sony 128MB Memory Stick full of digital photographs. I managed to download them through the software given,486 words
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Article, Illustration520 2005-08-09 31 »tech me Unlike some baby boomers who are technophobes, Mr Stephen Wong revels in technology, including writing his own software programs to monitor his home via the Internet. But his most prized tech toy, he tells SERENE LUO, is his smartphone, which he uses to520 words
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Article, Illustration313 2005-08-09 2 HAN FOOK KWANG - What happens when a 160-year young newspaper writes about a 40-year young nation? You could say The Straits Times has been doing it every day, bringing the news and more to Singaporeans and making the paper an integral part of their lives. But this publication is special.313 words
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Article, Illustration1278 2005-08-09 4 TEO PAU LIN - GREAT FOOD CITY? TEO PAU LIN TOU WOULD THINK SO, GIVEN OUR OBSESSION WITH FOOD. EOT SAD LT. SING AP ORD RANKS BBBDID REALLY GREAT POOD CAPITALS LIKE NEW YORK AND BANGKOK. BUT THERE IS HOPE TET 'MANY SINGAPOREANS FUEL THAT BECAUSE THEY HATE M 0 KEY THEY CAM GO1,278 words
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Article, Illustration399 2005-08-09 6 1-jbcx SOUND LIKE DISHES FROM ANOTHER Pl___jgT- BfTP If BfUl *y ffRWAPftRE, AMD TASTE OUT OP THIS WORLD. TEO PAU LIN TAKES YOU ON A GASTRONOMIC JOYRIDE Monkey head mushroom LinqZhi Veqetarian, 805-01/02 Llat Towers, Tel: 6734-3788; ttol-01 Far East Square, Tel: 6538-2992 With mushrooms399 words
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Article, Illustration536 2005-08-09 7 S M LEONG - 'Now that's what I call 3G' S M LEONG AN ADVERTISING FEATURE Written by I'M enjoying a quiet morning at home when a friend of mine drops by and asks if I'd babysit his mobile phone for a day. Sure, dude, I say, trying to look cool while my heart536 words
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Article, Illustration379 2005-08-09 8 SING APORE FOOD IS THE ORIGINAL FUSION CUISINE. BUT NOW, YOU CAN PINT) NEW FOOD HYBRIDS THAT ARE EVEN MORE ROJAK THAN ROJAK AND JUST AS TASTY, AS TEO PAU LDf FINDS OUT Tondoori oyster* Rang Mahal, Ron Poclftc Hotel. Tot 6333-1788 Not traditionally Indian, but this dish379 words
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Article, Illustration1590 2005-08-09 10 And the award goes to.... EN OUGH OF THOSE BEST FOOD LISTINGS. TEO PAU LIN SHINES THE SPOTLIGHT ON OTHER ASPECTS OF THE HAWKER-FOOD EXPERIENCE Most world-famous Sin Huat Seafood Restaurant 659/661 Geylang Road Loronq 35, Tel: 6744-9755 Opens spm to lam daily DANNY Lee is easily the only food1,590 words
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Article, Illustration1134 2005-08-09 14 LATE NIGHT CRAVINGS AS far as food is concerned, Singapore is a city that never sleeps. If you think your supper options are limited to the usual joints around Geylang and such, check out our list below. THAI FOOD Sri Mahasaram Thai Food Restaurant 182/184 Geylang Road (near Loronq 4),1,134 words
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Article268 2005-08-09 16 THESE places sell all that you need, like duck rice, fishball noodles, Indian rojak, pork porridge and oyster omelette to fill your tummy in the middle of the night. Lau Pa Sat Festival Market 18 Raffles Quay, Lau Pa Sat, Tel: 6220-2138 Kopitiam Plaza By The268 words
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Article, Illustration888 2005-08-09 18 Going the distance YOU CAM FIND GOOD FOOD EVEN IN THE MOST FAR-FLUNG PLACES. TEO XUANWEI SAMPLES THE FARE You can see planes taking off her& Sunset Grill Pub 1408 Piccadilly Road, Seletar Airbase (from Piccadilly, turn into Lambeth Walk, Hampstead Gardens, Western Avenue, into East Camp, all the way888 words
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Article, Illustration683 2005-08-09 20 WHEN IT COMES TO NAMING THEIR SHOPS, POOD VENDORS THESE DATS ARE NOT CONTENT WITH "^SSL™ R SENG EATIHG HOUSE 3°"* m CALLDMS THEMSELTO^S^SSr THINGS. TEO PAD UN CHECKS OUT SOME OP THE MORE INTERESTING SIGNBOARDS Meat U There 01-07 Parklana Shoppinq Mall 35 Selegie Road Opans 10am683 words
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Article, Illustration522 2005-08-09 22 TEO PAU LIN - Chicken rice by a mile TEO PAU LIN SINGAPORE'S NATIONAL DISH IT BEATS OUT CHILLI CRAB AND LAKSA BY A LANDSLIDE By NO MORE arguing, folks. The long-standing debate over what Singapore's favourite food is has a verdict our national dish is Hainanese chicken rice. More than half of 50522 words
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Advertisement60 2005-08-09 22 Other contenders that were in the running im \W F d writer Pau,ine Dawn Loh AChar kway teow 7 "You can't find it cooked like this M j anywhere else. The combination of W/aV tastes, including cockles and Chinese B/fIL sausages, is unique to Singapore." 11 Director of Seafood IjW60 words
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Article, Illustration139 2005-08-09 24 Foodies on why chicken rice is our national dish HWA SLOW DAY, WHEN NOTHING'S HAPPENING, JUST ■a« vnniaiiw RICE. XT WILL NEVER FAIL TOU.' Street food guru K. F. Seetoh TTSA SUBSTANTIAL MEAL IN ITSELFWITH MEAT RICE AND VEGGIES. AND ITS EVERYWHERE.' Former group managing director of Jardine Cycle Carriage139 words
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Article, Illustration618 2005-08-09 24 OUR foodies name their favourite stalls: Tian Tian Hainanese Chicken Rice Stall 10 f Maxwell Road Food Centre, Opens 11am to Bpm, closed on Mondays AMERICAN chef-author Anthony Bourdain and Australian celebrity chef Tetsuya Wakuda are known to head here for chicken rice whenever they're618 words
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Article, Illustration876 2005-08-09 26 WHAT I'VE LEARNED K.F. SEETOH, 42, is the self-proclaimed "makan guru" of Singapore. In 1998, the former Straits Times photographer published a first-of -its-kind guide to Singapore's street food, Makansutra, which is now in its fifth edition. Two years later, when he launched a876 words
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Advertisement279 2005-08-09 27 '"SO ■■'*•*">• < < ->* >* A:?: A r.■ -.A < A < .A V f-V i-:-" f- .>.■■■ 4 r I* y< s A K latlo n a l| fl S I N G A P O H-lHßllH^n Ba^B^Baa^Baa^Ba^B^HHa^^ For forty years, we have constantly strived for progress Clues;279 words
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Article, Illustration1369 2005-08-09 28 PARTY TOWN ii ARELY five years ago, finding a «L H^ place to have a drink after lam W WmmmW on a weeknight would have S been a challenge. W But now, whatever the time, the i.M night, as they say is still young R&B *;j|| and hip-hop boom out1,369 words
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Article, Illustration249 2005-08-09 30 1966: Singapore gets A-Go-Go-ing with its first discotheque, Gino's A-go-go. On Tanglin Road, it was dubbed the "latest plaything of the international pacesetters", and was the place to show off latest dance fads, like The Frug, the Swim, the Hitchhiker, the Shake 1970: Mobile249 words
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Article, Illustration31 2005-08-09 30 NAME YOUR POISON CACTUS FAIR: For unique tequila flavours, head for Cafe Iguana, which serves drinks like the Habenero tequila, where the peppers are steeped in the drink for a year.31 words
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Article, Illustration627 2005-08-09 30 Cafe Iguana 30 Merchant Road, Riverside Point, 801-03 IF THE "one tequila, two tequila, three tequila, floor" theory holds true for you, then sampling Cafe Iguana's selection of tequila would not be a suggested sport. Stacked onto a 4m-high display in the middle627 words
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Advertisement482 2005-08-09 31 HP recommends Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional. 1 Im a\\nws* w I 10 alftXWaW I v Sfisi" ■■■■■(■v (""a*..' wmpp______________________________________\\_masA M. iM I ii^lSßaPP^#" MfffTß I \-——JBBBBBMMBB—-__Ja m*^^. BA &»***%s<? I^^K s„ Utol\lUr rC "^'tß HtJ' lntel Pentium 4 Processor 5 19K*" "WI Mjcrosoft Windows® XP Home Edition b^l'^2jwm«HK -^^^^fe Doub,e482 words
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Article203 2005-08-09 32 Color 45 Circular Road THE star of this outlandishly colourful pub is, ironically, crystal clear. Color, which opened about three months ago, specialises in vodka, and at last count, had over 40 speciality imported blends, from the more common Absolut and Stolichnaya to the rarer Grey Goose from203 words
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Article212 2005-08-09 32 The Martini Bar, Mezza9 Grand Hyatt Singapore WHETHER shaken, stirred, or served up with chunks of fruit, The Martini Bar at the Grand Hyatt's Mezza9 does it all it serves up over 40 different types of martinis. And, like at many other bars these days, the classic212 words
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Article, Illustration286 2005-08-09 32 Cable Car 1890's Saloon 49, Cuppaqe Road WHENEVER German Rolf Kretz has whisky-loving friends in town, there's only one place he knows to go single malt haven Cable Car, 1890s Saloon at Cuppage. Fashioned after a typical old-style San Francisco bar, the 11-year-old bar stocks over 40 single286 words
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Article, Illustration288 2005-08-09 34 FROM PAGE 32 1094: Posh club Studebaker's ditches its super-strict dress code which barred blue jeans after megastar Sylvester Stallone walks in in denim. 1995: Zouk closes after a drug bust leads to the arrest of some patrons and staff. 1997: Finally, party animals288 words
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Article, Illustration275 2005-08-09 34 Alive kickin' IF YOU LIKE YOUR MUSIC LIVE AND LOUD, ARTI MULCHAMD, GLADYS OHUVO AMD YEO KIM UAMO SUSS OUT SOME PLACES FOR YOU TO GET OTTO THE GROOVE Basement beats DOUGLAS Oliveiro, the former frontman of Energy, has teamed up with another bunch of veterans to rock Bar None,275 words
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Advertisement368 2005-08-09 35 ■hb a^^k. a. a^^ a^^ 4T^ a^^ i ■^•■^•^l. JI\I Lai V^ I EXCEED YOUR VISION m^^^^^^BLmw^^^ WWm AmW J Ba^^^V^B mm mmm^T Jr ___jkA wmtL > f Jl§&P^ *1M r o^ J'^y *4R^ W Owl- W? j* <>* W&Jfi* J*^ 4 '■'■AA-y Wr WW- *I A W'M m mmmw368 words
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Article, Illustration249 2005-08-09 36 Alive kickin' Still craving live musicr Acoustic Trio LED by Medy Diaz and accompanied by his partners, Oliver Oliver and Boy T, Filipino band Acoustic Trio is a true gem. Now residents of Central Mall's Blue Bar, the band is no stranger to the night scene. The members have spent249 words
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Article262 2005-08-09 36 IF THE band on stage at Muddy Murphy's from Wednesdays to Saturdays seems familiar, it's because you might have seen them perform sometime over the last 18 years. The band is the latest incarnation of Energy, minus Douglas Oliveiro. The other veterans, who have performed at places262 words
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Article158 2005-08-09 36 FORGET scripted, commercial-sounding, pop-jazz. At Jazz@Southbridge in Boat Quay, you get only the "real" thing absolutely spontaneous with lots of improvisation, insisted owner Eddie Chan, 66, a jazz aficionado and retired architect who also founded the Thomson Jazz club in 1993. "It's not the same old song158 words
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Article196 2005-08-09 36 HOMEGROWN musicians finally have their very own music oasis in the city Timbre has officially opened at The Substation, taking over the premises of the former Fat Frog, as well as the Substation's courtyard. It was set up by Mr Danny Loong of local blues196 words
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Article554 2005-08-09 37 READER'S DIGEST There is a constant, growing pool of Zouk fans, but the amazing thing is it never lost the first people that started going there.' Mr Rizal Ahyar, 39, show producer and choreographer, who was one of Zouk's first members TAKE three derelict riverside warehouses, pump554 words
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Article, Illustration405 2005-08-09 38 ARTI MULCHAND AND GLADYS CHUNG CHECK OUT PLACES TO LETT YOUR HAIR DOWN life's a beach at kmB on Sentosa SWAYING on the sand to hip house and Balearic beats with a cocktail in your hand may make you feel like you're partying on the shores405 words
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Article, Illustration413 2005-08-09 38 This 1 NiteStand will bring on the laughs SELLING comedy to a crowd that thinks the funniest thing since knock-knock jokes is Phua Chu Kang is no easy task. Yet, against those odds, the two-year-old INiteStand comedy club in Clarke Quay has managed to convince Singaporeans to spend cash to413 words
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Article, Illustration734 2005-08-09 40 Something's brewing for people who throw parties at home 'DRAUGHT BEER TASTES FRESHER. PLUS, XT IS DEFIMXTELT MORE FUM MT QUESTS EM JOY f^BBMHI*fIBWI#PBMMII>WiT!^fIMMBMKJL f Beer buff Bryan O'Connor IT IS not just pizzas and curry that can be delivered to your doorstep these days beer734 words
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Article, Illustration214 2005-08-09 41 Kopi Club WANT A TIPPLE SANS COVER CHARGES AND SKY-HIGH BAR PRICES? JAMIE EE AND ARTI MULCHAND CHECK OUT SOME COFFEESHOPS WHICH SERVE MORE THAN THE USUAL BREWS Head here before Zouk Millionaire Kopitiam Block 91, Zion Road, #01-169 CALL it a warm-up for the cutting edge beats and podiums214 words
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Article, Illustration352 2005-08-09 42 Ben's Corner at Sin Choon Hoon Beer Bar Block 116, Toa Payoh Loronq 2, 801-140 THIS kopitiam unapologetically moves to a beat of its own. Forget Channel 8 chatter here. In its place are rock ballads by Deep Purple and the Scorpions, and tunes by352 words
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Article, Illustration216 2005-08-09 42 Block A, 1000, East Coast Parkway (Near McDonald's) A SPECIALITY curry house and a stall selling a version of the famed Ramly burger may not be standard kopitiam fare, but they are not the most unusual offerings at Cafe Arcadia the 24-hour eatery serves up216 words
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Article, Illustration211 2005-08-09 42 Eleven's Bistro Bar Sll Cuppage Terrace Food Court, 17 TO 37 Cuppage Road, Cuppage Terrace PREMIUM vodka? Check. Single malt whisky? Check. Champagne? Check. Massive bill? Not at the S-ll foodcourt chain's Cuppage Terrace branch. Welcome to Eleven's Bistro Bar, one of the seven stalls in211 words
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Article, Illustration842 2005-08-09 44 ARTI MULCHAND AMD LEE WAN YI TELL YOU WHERE TO GO FOR BREWS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD WITHOUT ACTUALLY LEAVING SINGAPORE Taste of down under AUSTRALIAN Col Stimpson may be far from his Melbourne home, but the 36-year-old engineer, who has been here for 1 2842 words
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Article, Illustration1187 2005-08-09 46 Sake and all that IT MAY not be exactly like many sake joints in Japan, but at the Sake Bar on Neil Road, Mr Takashi Yabuhara feels right at home. "Back in Japan, sake bars have no music, and you sit on tatami mats, not chairs. ButLIANHE ZAOBAO - 1,187 words
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Article, Illustration417 2005-08-09 47 The personal touch counts WHAT sets an Irish bar apart from others? It must have the personal touch, which is exactly why you'll see Mr Pat Grennan behind the bar when you walk into Shamus O'Donnell's, or Sod's for short. Mr Grennan, 40, owns the 1,500 sq ft Tras Street417 words
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Article, Illustration958 2005-08-09 47 IF THERE is one place where little appetisers are a big deal, its at The Tapas Tree, Clarke Quay's own slice of Spain. Each night, six chefs churn out at least 50 hot tapas Spanish appetisers and pans of paella, a rice dish. Scotsman Clark Martin,958 words
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Article, Illustration412 2005-08-09 47 WHAT I'VE LEARNED DANIEL Camoens, 26, hits the clubs at least three times a week. His usual hangouts include Zouk, Phuture at Jiak Kim Street, Home club at Riverwalk Galleria, Liquid Room at Robertson Quay and DXO at Colours on the Bay. ARTI MDLCBAMD talks to him412 words
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Article, Illustration866 2005-08-09 50 LIN ZHAOWEI - Market survey LIN ZHAOWEI IF CLINICAL SHOPPING CENTRES DON^T DO IT FOR YOU, TRY RUMMAGING THROUGH FLEA MARKETS FOR A CHANGE By THERE has been an increase in the number of flea markets recently. Ms Stella Ong, the project manager from Aeon Ventures, which organises the Clarke Quay Flea Market,866 words
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Article, Illustration500 2005-08-09 51 READER'S DIGEST SIA HUAT "When you have a kitchen problem, they give you a kitchen solution. They have a very professional approach. Sia Huat truly understands the needs of the kitchen and F&B environment." Mr Chris Franck, 38, a finance merger and500 words
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Article, Illustration638 2005-08-09 52 Gourmet market MEED PORTO BELLO MUSHROOMS OR PORTERHOUSE STEAK? TEKKA MARKETS THE PLACE TO GO, SAYS GLADYS CHUWG LEAFING through a box of arugula and baby spinach to the sounds of smooth Latin music at a wet market? Not at the ones most Singaporeans go to, but that is what638 words
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Article, Illustration606 2005-08-09 53 GLADYS CHUNG - Shop round the clock GLADYS CHUNG WHERE CAN YOU GO WHEN THE URGE TO SHOP HITS YOU IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT? TRY MUST ATA By WHEN Zimbabwean diplomat Sienzeni Mateta, 41, arrived in Singapore last month, on her list of places to visit was Mustafa, the mammoth shopping606 words
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Article239 2005-08-09 54 Sia Huat Kitchenware 7-11 Temple Street, Tel: 6223-1732, www.siahuat.com YOU'LL need a full day's browsing for its three floors of merchandise, including two showrooms for flatware and utensils. No edibles here, yet it is busy as any Chinatown kopitiam. Friendly, knowledgeable staff are always ready for your queries239 words
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Article, Illustration205 2005-08-09 54 Pot luck IF YOU W ANT A PROFESSIONAL KITCHEN, THE PLACE TO GO IS TEMPLE STREET IN CHINATOWN. GLADYS CHUNG GIVES YOU A TOUR TEMPLE Street in Chinatown is a foodie haunt by night. But in the day, it is a treasure trove for aspirins chefs. The kitchen solution shops205 words
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Article107 2005-08-09 54 Make coffee for 15 people Lau Choy Seng 23/25 Temple Street, Tel: 6223-5486 LOCATED just down the street from Sia Huat, Lau Choy Seng may be the former's strongest competitor. Depending on what you are looking for, you might pick up a bargain or two here, though the stuff here107 words
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Article72 2005-08-09 54 Bao Yuan Trading 15/17 Temple Street, Tel: 6227-1189 SANDWICHED between the big boys, Bao Yuan Trading manages to hold its own. Its specialty is porcelain ware which comes in every shape and size replicas of Han Dynasty antiques, and vases. Not surprisingly, many Chinese restaurants get their72 words
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Article, Illustration251 2005-08-09 55 Island shopping SENTOSA'S NOT JUST SUN, SAND AND SEA RATHER than a place for serious shopping, Sentosa is more often thought of as where you can pick up kitschy items like nail clippers with Merlion motifs on them and How To Use The But the island's $8 billion revamp, launched251 words
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Article, Illustration311 2005-08-09 55 GLADYS CHUNG - GLADYS CHUN G PARISILK IS THE PLACE FOR ELECTRICAL GOODS FOR THOSE IN THE KNOW By SAY "Parisilk", and consumer electronics is the last thing that comes to mind. But among a devoted following, the name has become synonymous with bargains for anything from cameras to311 words
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Article, Illustration1145 2005-08-09 56 HOW DO YOU SNIFF OUT THE BEST BARGAINS 10 PACES A WAT? UK ZHAOWEI SHOWS TOU BOW AUNTIE shopping. First made popular by heartlanders with a nose for great bargains, it now refers to an art: Knowing where to go for the lowest prices.1,145 words
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Article, Illustration1055 2005-08-09 58 The antique, the exotic, the eclectic THE house-proud Singaporean has more options for interiors these days especially in speciality boutiques. Enterprises that began as hobbies now offer special highlights and conversation pieces for homes. Suss out Bussorah Street, which offers anything from Moroccan lamps to Green Spot drinks. Other surprises1,055 words
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Article, Illustration1067 2005-08-09 60 Secrets of style WITH SUCH QUIRKY FASHION SHOPS, YOU CAM NO LO NG ER COMPLAIN THAT YOU HAVE NOTHING TO WEAR By GLADYS CHUM G IF SHOPPING to you just means an MRT ride downtown and traipsing through the same ol' department stores, don't bother trying these places. But for1,067 words
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Article, Illustration803 2005-08-09 62 MARDIAN A ISMAIL TALES TO SOME PEOPLE ON THE KIND OF SHOPPING EXPERIENCE THAT WILL CREATE A BUZZ IN ORCHARD ROAD NEW shopping facilities will be going up in Orchard Road soon, as part of a plan to remake the area. Four plots of land803 words
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Article, Illustration588 2005-08-09 63 WHAT I'VE LEARNED IF you want to talk shopping, you can't do much better than Ms Jeanette Ejlersen, who ends her e-mail with this line from French couturier Yves Saint Laurent: "To be beautiful, all a woman needs is a black sweater, a black skirt and the588 words
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Article, Illustration970 2005-08-09 65 smile. "But when you see a situation like that, and how similar these monkeys are to humans, how can you do nothing?" Led by chief executive officer Dr Tan Wee Kiat, N Parks has been instrumental in research, public education, reforestation and clean-up projects in Singapore's green spots. It970 words
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Article, Illustration583 2005-08-09 67 TINY NICHE AREAS ARE SAFE HAVENS FOR PLANTS AND ANIMALS, CHANG AI-LIEN DISCOVERS OUT of sight, out of mind. Perhaps, but pristine pockets of lushness tucked away from the public eye have blossomed in privacy. "Security areas such as Pulau Tekong have served as a 'forcefield' to keep583 words
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Article, Illustration806 2005-08-09 68 GARDEN OF EDEN CHAWG AI-LIEH NOT a single tree was placed on the chopping block when the National Parks Board created its aerial walkway through Macßitchie's verdant jungle. But getting this done seemed impossible at first, and had the board stumped for a while. "The builders insisted on bulldozing the806 words
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Article, Illustration602 2005-08-09 69 GREEN PEACE IT IS the land of giants. There is nowhere else in Singapore where you can find trees that tower 80 metres into the sky. This includes one of the country's oldest trees a 360-year-old Seraya, a valuable timber tree common in the Bukit Timah Nature Reserve. Smack in602 words
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Article, Illustration776 2005-08-09 70 IT IS the poster child of conservation. The intertidal nature site of Chek Jawa on Singapore's rustic Pulau Übin was preserved because people from all walks of life rallied around it, persuading the authorities to put off reclamation there. And now, the waving pastures of sea grass, the776 words
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Article, Illustration290 2005-08-09 71 'We have to know what we have so that we can protect it.' Mr How Choon Beng, the National Parks Board Senior Outreach Officer for Pulau Übin bird, once thought extinct here, is making a miraculous comeback. Guides have spotted groups of 17 foraging for fruit and crabs, as well290 words
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Article, Illustration701 2005-08-09 72 CHANG AI- LIEN - Coral islands CHANG AI-LIEN IN A MASSIVE UNDERSEA REFORESTATION PROJECT CORALS ARE BEING REPLANTED IN A BID TO SAVE THE REEFS IN SINGAPORE'S WATERS Bu BUDDING undersea colonies are being planted around Singapore in an effort to reforest some of the world's most silt-filled waters. Large-scale efforts here include transplanting701 words
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Article, Illustration193 2005-08-09 73 Marine biologist Lucia Bongiorni on the coral transplantation effort Various species of hard coral are abundant, including the knobbly brown Pocillopora and the Favites, with its fluoresThere are193 words
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Article, Illustration692 2005-08-09 74 CHANG AI-LIEN FINDS OUT THAT BESIDES BEING A HAVEN FOR MIGRATORY BIRDS, SUNGEI BULOH WETLAND RESERVE ALSO HOSTS A WIDE RANGE OF WATERY DWELLERS WHY did the chicken cross the road? In this case, it was the mother of all domestic chickens the red junglefowl seen happily wandering692 words
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Article, Illustration349 2005-08-09 75 Ms Ng Sock Ling, Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve's assistant director, on the fish that can be found there habitants. There are 17 recorded species of mammals, close to 100 types349 words
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Miscellaneous2905 2005-08-09 76 SOAR]) GAM OTIE^STTOIJQ Cut out these question cards, set up your Track Record game board mamma on the next page, and put your knowledge of Singapore to the test. m^^^ m^^ m^^^ m^^^^^^^* mm YIOCHUKAMG j m o»f QflK DETOUR nnow tav D/^.ttt'TT' n^\nr/-\ True or false: In 2003. a2,905 words
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Article, Illustration837 2005-08-09 78 LEONG CHING - Fami lies then now LEONG CHING For many Singaporeans, the family remains the cornerstone of emotional and financial support. Written by WHEN Singapore became independent in 1965, women had an average of 4.7 children. This was a record high for the country the numbers went down from there to an837 words
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Article, Illustration694 2005-08-09 79 An Advertising Feature HOW SOME MUMS DO IT DR Clarice Hong spends her days analyzing other people's problems. As a psychiatrist at Raffles Hospital she spends her time listening and helping troubled children and adults. But once she gets home, she turns that part of herself694 words
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Miscellaneous3015 2005-08-09 81 lOAR! Cv/LIVIT! OllE^iTlftMQ Cut Ut theSe uestion cards set U P your Track Record game board I %*a^A¥*-fci %m%\J mmmß& __L A\J St lt9 on the previous page, and put your knowledge of Singapore to the test. S^^ndPun gg o,aretheon, Y MJMBIM Plaza medical centre X'^^^mX 5 imWLWWkWLWmLWH^ What was3,015 words
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Article, Illustration815 2005-08-09 82 Coast guard WHAT UFEFORMS DWELL AT THE SHORES OF LABRADOR PARK? CHANG AI-LZHM HIKES THERE TO FIND OUT F CORAL reefs are sparkling opals in the sea's vast jewellery showcase, then the uneven shores of Labrador Park must surely be a tiny backroom filled with uncut gems. Thousands of muddy815 words
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Article, Illustration367 2005-08-09 83 YOU'RE more likely to get hit by a car than attacked by a wild animal in Singapore. But it could happen. We present the how-not-to-get-yourself-killed/maimed/ poisioned guide to enjoying the outdoors here: Look, don't touch. Those fluffy monkeys can deliver a nasty bite. And367 words
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Article, Illustration954 2005-08-09 84 I pick my battles WHAT I'VE LEARNED Associate Professor Peter Ng, 45, the director of the Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research, is famous for his passionate views on conservation and has been highlighted in the world's top scientific publications for his work in the field. The top crab man here,954 words
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Article, Illustration599 2005-08-09 85 CHANG AI-LIEN HIGHLIGHTS 10 SPECIES OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS NAMED AITER THE COUNTRY IN WHICH THEY WERE DISCOVER THERE are over 30 species of plants and animals discovered here, whose names bear a tribute to their home. Here are some: Singapore Durian (Durio singaporensis) The Singapore durian is599 words
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Article, Illustration1507 2005-08-09 86 WHERE TH E JOB S AR E LOOKING FOR WORK SOON? NATALIE SOH TALKS TO KEY PLAYERS ON THE ECONOMIC SCENE TO FIND OUT WHAT'S OUT THERE SPENT the entire weekend killing bad guys on your Xbox? Or gallivanting through make-believe worlds on some quest or other in World ofWarcraft?1,507 words
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Article, Illustration982 2005-08-09 88 TEO XUANWEI - IRs will hire: But first, can you smile? TEO XUANWEI HAVING A SUNNY DISPOSITION AND A DESIRE TO SERVE ARE WHAT INTEG RATED RESORTS ARE LOOKING FOR By IN FOUR years, the two intergrated resorts (IRs) are set to open at the Marina Bayfront and on Sentosa island. Besides bringing982 words
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Article553 2005-08-09 88 "I was in a cab once, and the driver refused to stop where I wanted him to. When I insisted, he made a huge fuss, scolded me, and threw back the change at me. Imagine if this happened to a foreigner!" Mr Desmond Lem, 26, art director553 words
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Article, Illustration748 2005-08-09 89 TEO XUAN WEI - Local service let's get personal TEO XUAN WEI By ONE thing that stands out about Integrated Resorts (IRs) is the standard of service. A visitor is cosseted from the time he steps in, right down to having a butler unpack his luggage for him. That level of service spells trouble748 words
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Article223 2005-08-09 90 OFF THE BEATEN TRACK SINCE he was a boy, Christopher Chan has been in love with flying toys. His first love was kites, and he later graduated to radio-controlled helicopters and airplanes. But when his passion became too expensive radio-controlled aircraft require extensive repairs223 words
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Article, Illustration247 2005-08-09 90 HER friends said she was crazy to give up her healthy property agent's salary to set up a business with no experience. Some scoffed at her. But Ms Irene Kang, 44, the boss of Arva Pack, a paper bag-making company, knew she could247 words
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272 2005-08-09 90 NO DEGREE? No matter. Armed with only Secondary 3 education, Mr Hauw Wee, 54, made his millions selling plain water. Frozen water, that is. The managing director of Tuck Lee Ice Works inherited the family business started by his grandfather, and272 words
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Article, Illustration238 2005-08-09 91 MR PATRICK Chai remembers the time a friend of his who ran a lingerie business in America tried to convince him that something similar would work here and carried out a little experiment to convince him of it. He told him that he would get a238 words
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Article, Illustration241 2005-08-09 91 When I tell them what I do, we can strike up a light-hearted conversation A. V S Mr Patrick Chai, on how his business of selling designer lingerie has made it easier for whom to befriend women SINGAPORE'S first 3-in-l coffee business began as an241 words
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Article, Illustration660 2005-08-09 93 WHAT I'VE LEARNED PROFESSOR Edison Liu, 53, is recognised as one of the top breast cancer researchers in the world and is the executive director of the Genome Institute of Singapore. Prior to this, he had a permanent post as the director of the Division of660 words
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Article, Illustration752 2005-08-09 94 THE ODD JOB THEY DO WORK THAT'S UNUSUAL, BUT AS YEO KIM LIANG FINDS OUT, THESE PEOPLE ARE DEDICATED TO WHAT THEY DO fc l TALK TO THEM WITH AFFECTION AND UNDERSTANDING.' Mr Rajandran Raja Segran on how he treats birds J The last of the cinema painters IT IS752 words
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Article, Illustration279 2005-08-09 96 BUDS ARE A BLJSSSDfG. HI 'I'M BB YOU HAVE THEM OR TOU DONT. 9 Ms Lim Boon Ngee MS LIM Boon Ngee has a job that every sweet-lover dreams of. She tastes chocolate for a living. The 32-year-old technical and product development manager for279 words
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Article, Illustration288 2005-08-09 96 'IF WE REPEAT OURSELVES, PEOPLE WELL LOSE INTEREST/ Mr Fan Dong Kai YOU could call Mr Fan Dong Kai's job a carnival. The 42-year-old works year-round to choreograph the annual Chingay street parade. The China-born graduate of the Beijing Dance Academy, who is now a288 words
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Article, Illustration329 2005-08-09 96 DRINKING IS KET NOT ONLY IN MY LINE OF WORK, am \a m m\p ate m amam m "*i ana WHO DRINKS.* Mr Tai Seng Kong BEER drinking is serious business. Take it from Mr Tai Seng Kong, 49, the brewing manager of Asia-Pacific329 words
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Article, Illustration1134 2005-08-09 98 The Straits Times' Guide To Singapore AT FIRST glance, Singapore's history seems straightforward enough. The Big Picture begins with Raffles "discovering" this hardly populated backwater, realising its economic potential and turning it into an entrepot centre. The middle of the story deals mainly with World War II and1,134 words
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Article, Illustration335 2005-08-09 99 The (first) great casino debate THAT Great Casino Debate Singapore that went through earlier this year? It was not the first. Going back into the history books reveals that a similar debate took place almost 200 years ago, with many of the same arguments taking centrestage. On the pro side:335 words
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Article, Illustration501 2005-08-09 99 NATALIE SOH - THE OTHER FOUNDER? NATALIE SOH GFDDFDSFDSF Bi, RAFFLES. There are two statues of the man in the civic heart of Singapore. A couple of schools, a museum, hotels, part of the Central Business District and even a scholarship bear his name. Has he been given too much credit where little501 words
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Article, Illustration110 2005-08-09 100 THE photos, taken from Mandarin Hotel, show the dramatic changes over the last 30 years. The old photo (left), taken in 1974, shows houses where Lucky Plaza and Tangs sit today. If you take a closer look, you can see the iconic Lido cinema, with its distinctive frontage.110 words
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Article, Illustration176 2005-08-09 100 SING APORE S SWIFT PROGRESS HAS IRREVOCABLY CHANGED ITS LANDSCAPE. THESE BEFORE AMD AFTER PHOTOGRAPHS SHOW WHICH AREAS HAVE UNDERGONE THE MOST DRASTIC FACELIFTS Kim Seng Road GREAT World City today (above) is a modern office, shopping and residential complex, complete with a popular cinema multiplex176 words
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Article, Illustration108 2005-08-09 101 IN THE old photo (above), taken in 1969, buildings in the Central Business District are still relatively squat. In fact, if you have a keen eye, you can spot the shophouses of Chinatown and the "towering" People's Park Complex in the distance. You will not be able to108 words
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Article, Illustration106 2005-08-09 101 BEFORE there was Bugis Junction, there was Bugis Street. In its heyday, it was Singapore's most well-known tourist destination. Transvestite shows ruled the roost, prostitutes solicited in corners and hawkers whipped up a feast. Bugis Street was closed in 1985 to make way for an MRT station. The106 words
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Article, Illustration214 2005-08-09 102 Where time slept THERE ARE CERTAIN SPOTS IN SINGAPORE WHICH TIME FORGOT. NATALIE SOH CHECKS THEM OUT Yishun s secret fishing ground NESTLED in a secluded corner of Yishun Avenue 6 is a small delta a secret held dear by a handful of anglers. A small kampung still exists onALEXANDRA HOSPITAL - 214 words
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Article, Illustration126 2005-08-09 103 THIS shabby building was once a part of Seletar Camp. Now, its paint is peeling and the signboards are rusting away. Seletar was one of three Royal Air Force (RAF) bases here before the British pullout in 1971. Since 2002, the camp's entrance has been moved126 words
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Article, Illustration96 2005-08-09 103 KAMPONG Lorong Buang Kok is one of the last kampungs left on the mainland. It was nicknamed Kampung Selak Kain, Malay for the "kampung of hitched-up sarongs'" people had to hitch up their gear all the time because of constant flooding. Back in the *****, there were96 words
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Article83 2005-08-09 103 THIS could be among the last pictures taken of the 19th century palace built by a former Sultan of Johor. At the time of writing, works were underway to tear down this old majestic house built on the large grounds next to Tyersall Avenue. For centuries, it stood83 words
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Article, Illustration733 2005-08-09 104 What history textbooks don' t tell you THINK SDTGAPORE'S PAST IS FLAT AKD BORING? NATALIE SOH UNEARTHS INTERESTING NUGGETS. HOSPITAL SERVED TEA BACTERIA OPTIONAL THE beginnings of public health care were fairly ominous. A hospital for those who could not afford anything else was erected near Bras Basah. It was733 words
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Article, Illustration106 2005-08-09 105 THE original Surrender Table from the Ford Motor Company factory where LieutenantGeneral Arthur Percival signed the surrender to the invading Japanese army in 1942 was given by the motor company to the Australian War Memorial in 1964. It is now on permanent display at the106 words
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Article, Illustration94 2005-08-09 105 ONE of the first recorded local balls took place on Feb 21, 1852. It was thrown by merchant Tan Kim Seng to celebrate the completion of his new godown on Battery Road. On the menu of the "lavish" affair: "Bird's nest soup, puppy ragouts, pillaus94 words
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Article, Illustration68 2005-08-09 105 CHRISTMAS Island was actually Singapore's for a while. Originally, it was annexed by the British in 1888, and was administered by the British in Singapore. The island in the Indian Ocean was occupied by the Japanese in World War 11. In 1957, the Australian68 words
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Article96 2005-08-09 105 FIRST recorded heroine: In 1875, prisoners who were to be deported broke out of the local gaol (located in what would now be the area between Stamford and Bras Basah roads). They killed the guards and the superintendent and would have escaped save96 words
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Article75 2005-08-09 105 THE foundation stone of the original Causeway was laid in 1919, and the bridge was completed four years later. It was made of granite from Pulau Übin and Bukit Timah. But it was blown up on Jan 31, 1942, in an attempt to75 words
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Article52 2005-08-09 105 MOST northerly satellite town: To relieve the overcrowding and critical food shortage, the Japanese administration created New Syonan in Endau, Johor. Some 3,000 Chinese families comprising 12,000 people were moved there. The commute must have been hell, because all the families returned almost immediately after52 words
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Article, Illustration204 2005-08-09 105 GIVING CRIMEBUSTER THE AXE -TRIAD STYLE FIRST mob hit: Mr William Pickering, a government figure who worked as Protector (a post created for the person who would tackle the problems of the Chinese societies here). As Protector, Mr Pickering fought secret society crime, and tried to stem the boatloads of204 words
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80 2005-08-09 105 IN JANUARY 1971, Dr Milton Obote, President of Uganda, was dressing in his 15th floor Hilton Hotel suite when an aide told him that the commander of the Ugandan army and air force, Idi Amin, had taken over. Dr Obote was attending the80 words
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Article, Illustration213 2005-08-09 106 TERROR strikes: Many will remember the Macdonald House incident on March 10, 1965. Also known as the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank building then, the explosion tore through the building's innards. Three people were killed. Macdonald House still remains on Orchard Road, just next to213 words
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Article, Illustration114 2005-08-09 106 DHOBY Ghaut was the centre of laundry activity in Singapore, beginning in the 1830s. Dhoby means "laundry" and is also the Hindi term for a washerman, and Ghaut means "steps along the banks of a river". Washermen would clean the clothes using water from Stamford114 words
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92 2005-08-09 106 INSIDE St Andrew's Cathedral, there are three stained-glass panels called The East Windows. The Centre Light honours Sir Stamford Raffles, the North Light Dr John Crawfurd and the third, the South Light, honours MajorGeneral William Butterworth. Some historians believe that Colonel William Farquhar was deliberately left92 words
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138 2005-08-09 106 JUST after Independence, administrators eager to remove traces of colonial rule tried to "Malayanise" street names, says National University of Singapore Associate Professor BrendaYeoh. "They wanted to steer clear of colonial names and preference would be given to Malay names," she138 words
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Article66 2005-08-09 106 KNOW Crawford Lane, near North Bridge Road? The street was probably meant to have been named after the second Resident of Singapore, Dr John Crawfurd. For some reason, the mis-spelling occurred. Historian Associate Professor Ernest Chew of the NUS supplies that there was a John66 words
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123 2005-08-09 106 GO TO AUSTRALIA TO SEE REAL CHANGI CHAPEL LIKE the Surrender Table at Sentosa, the Changi Chapel is also a replica. Built by prisoners of war, many of them Australians, during World War 11, it was dismantled by Australian soldiers in 1945. According to Mr Dennis Grant, head of communications123 words
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81 2005-08-09 106 LAVENDER Street was perhaps a sarcastic joke. The area was covered by vegetable gardens around the 1850s, and human waste was used as fertiliser. Residents laughingly referred to the area as Lavender Street, and it was officially adopted in March 1858. The reputation of the81 words
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Article, Illustration856 2005-08-09 107 Determination made S' pore work WHAT I'VE LEARNED MR OTHMAN Wok, 81, has lived through Singapore's watershed moments. He has also worn many hats, from fisherman to rat-catcher to Minister for Social Affairs. He tells NATALIE SOH his life's lessons. You want irony? The day I A was supposed to856 words
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Article, Illustration2224 2005-08-09 108 Witness to history OVER the course of its 160-year history, Tlie Straits Times has kept Singaporeans informed of news that affects the country or the world at large. These events have included those of far-reaching impact, such as the start of World War I, as well as those of interest2,224 words
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Article, Illustration265 2005-08-09 112 A LOOK AT THE PLUSES AMD MINUSES OF LIVING m OLD ESTATES TS MEW OMES BIGGER BUT BLANDER Chances are, it's bigger. For a time, the size of HDB executive flats was 145 sq m, while the average flat size was 110 sq m. Now, they are closer to265 words
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Article, Illustration248 2005-08-09 112 TRENDIER BUT TINIER Moving in tandem with the population's increasing affluence and demands, newer HDB flats have designer finishes and touches: Tiles, bath and toilet fixtures, and even better locks, among others. Architects have more leeway to try newer concepts in new estates. In Punggol, for instance, flats come248 words
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Article, Illustration461 2005-08-09 112 There are actually two: Punggol and Pasir Ris. Here are a few other things you may not know about HDB living. B Estimated population in Singapore: 4.24 million as of June last year. Total number of Singapore residents is 3.5 million. Estimated population in461 words
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Article, Illustration96 2005-08-09 113 READER'S DIGEST We asked readers to tell us about their favourite estates. In a 100-person straw poll, both through The Straits Times Interactive site and street interviews, Toa Payoh pipped Marine Parade by one vote as Singapore's favourite estate. "The food there is good. There96 words
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Article, Illustration488 2005-08-09 113 NATALIE SOH - Upgrade? Not this towkay NATALIE SOH RICHARD TECS CAM AFFORD TO LITE WHEREVER HE LIKES, BUT HE WON'T GIVE UP HIS FLAT FOR A CONDO By RICHARD Yeck drives a Mercedes-Benz and enjoys the better things in life like watches and art. Not that he will tell you this. To488 words
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Article, Illustration453 2005-08-09 114 ALWAYS WONDERED HOW TOUR EST ATE GOT ITS NAME? HERE ARE SOKE INTERESTING ORIGINS ADMIRALTY: Reflects the area's association with the British naval base there between 1923 and 1941. BUKIT MERAH: Means "red hill" in Malay, after the reddish earth found in the area. Legend has453 words
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Article, Illustration544 2005-08-09 114 WHAT I'VE LEARNED RABIA Muir, 40, works part time as a ground staff with Scandinavian airlines. She was born and brought up in a HDB flat at Jalan Batu, in Mountbatten. She went private for 10 years, but found her way back to HDB living soon after544 words
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Article, Illustration557 2005-08-09 115 IF YOU KEEP YOUR EYES PEELED, YOD MIGHT COME ACROSS SIGHTS IN HDB ESTATES THAT SEEM OUT OF PLACE. HERE ARE SOME THAT NATALIE SOH, YEO KIM LIANG, TEO XUANWEI AND LEE WAN YI STUMBLED UPON Inn-credible flat in Woodlands YOU wouldn't think to look for a backpacker557 words
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Article, Illustration241 2005-08-09 116 AVENUE 1 in Serangoon North is Singapore's "Pets Central". It earned the name because of the sheer number of pet shops, aquariums and veterinary clinics in the area. Among the biggest and better known pet shops are Goodwill Birds Trading, which stocks more than 10 species241 words
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Article, Illustration254 2005-08-09 116 A VIEW of a tranquil pond, greenery all around you, and a menu that includes a wine list just across the road from Sengkang housing estate. That's Bliss Restaurant in Punggol Park. Ms Christine Low, 30, the restaurant's manager, came up with the idea254 words
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Article, Illustration206 2005-08-09 116 HDB estates are well-known for hawker food, but if you want the widest range possible, head to Smith Street. For the residents of Block 3358 there, the Smith Street Food Centre offers not only a mesmerising variety of food, but also the most number of206 words
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Article, Illustration251 2005-08-09 117 THE YOUTfG OWES GET ESCORTED BT TEE OLDER RIDERS AVD EVER YBODY HELPS EVERYOWE ALOVO.' Mr Alan Oliveiro IT SEEMS an odd place for extreme sports enthusiasts to gather: A large dirt track between Tampines Avenue 7 and 9. But if you happen to be in251 words
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Article, Illustration241 2005-08-09 117 NEED a high-fibre food processor, kueh tu tu mould, dim sum rolling pin or Danish pastry cutters? Then head to Block 148, Toa Payoh Lorong 1, which holds a family operation aimed at satisfying the stomachs of Singaporeans. Chefs' Warehouse is a three-year-old business that241 words
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Article, Illustration179 2005-08-09 118 YOGA is quickly catching on in Singapore. An increasing number of Singaporeans are turning to this ancient art of meditation to relax and reBut all this comes at a price typically $20 for a session at private schools or $10 at community clubs.179 words
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Article130 2005-08-09 118 CALL it Singapore's own "lucky" water source. Crowds of motorists gather at the foot of Telok Blangah Hill Park each weekend to wash their cars with water flowing from a stream with concrete banks there. Many believe washing their cars with the water brings them130 words
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Article, Illustration256 2005-08-09 118 THINK cafe culture and the last place that comes to mind is a cornBut if you are in the Yishun area and feel like a sandwich and coffee, or even a steak, drop by the Nee Soon South Community Club. The club is home256 words
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Article, Illustration278 2005-08-09 119 THE Hougang area has a secret: A massage spa located in a flat. Eddie's Massage is a select club in Block 6988 Hougang Street 61, whose clientele is limited to friends of the operator and some other people that they recomBut already, it is278 words
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Article, Illustration147 2005-08-09 119 MANY housing estates these days come with heartland malls. But the residents of Block 1 Rochor Road have it really good: There are 193 shops at the foot of their block. The 21,800 sq m of commercial space, the equivalent of four football fields, is147 words
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Article, Illustration185 2005-08-09 120 Ever heard of half-upgrade? BLOCK 206 Toa Payoh North holds a rather dubious distinction: It is the only block to be "half-up-graded". At this block, all but the four right-corner units on each floor have newly added utility rooms extending from the back of the flats. This is not because185 words
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Article, Illustration318 2005-08-09 120 THIS estate has not one, but two statues and both are of the same man. The chap who has this honour? Mr Lim Nee Soon, who was a millionaire and Chinese community leader back in the early 1900s. He was a prominent philanthropist and chairman of318 words
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Article, Illustration233 2005-08-09 120 Pick through Tiong Bahru' s vintage treasures IT HAS a strange name: Dustbunny Vintage. But step inside the store at Chay Yan Street in Tiong Bahru, and what it stocks will surprise you even more than its name. Located on the fourth floor of Block 79, it stocks bags and233 words
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Article, Illustration1296 2005-08-09 121 SURE, YOU KNOW THE AUSSIES AND BRITS ARE HERE IM SINGAPORE, AMD THE BANGLADESHIS AMD CHINESE. BUT NIGERIANS AMD KAZAKHS? ARTI MULCHAND CHECKS OUT UNITED NATIONS EAST WHEN 19-year-old Baurzhan Urgunshbayev walks down the street, people hardly bat an eyelid. To most, he is just another1,296 words
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Article38 2005-08-09 122 Many of them hail from faraway places, but they all eat, drink and live Singapore every day. We asked foreigners for their views on the things we sometimes take for granted, and here's what they said:38 words
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Article, Illustration85 2005-08-09 122 "If I ever left Singapore and went back to the United States, I would probably try and take back the concept of Newton Circus (left) great street food, affordable and stays open late. The US may have its own version of food courts, but there's nothing quite85 words
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Article82 2005-08-09 122 "Singapore is the safest city on earth. Women can walk around at night and it's fine. "In South Africa, you would never leave your things lying unattended. Here, however, it's so common for people to leave their sunglasses, handbags or umbrellas to 'chope' seats. Ancl> generally, they82 words
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Article75 2005-08-09 123 "I was initially struck by how hard Singaporeans work the jobs are more demanding, the hours longer, but they do it without complaining. That is something I only gradually adapted to, but I also learned that their spirit of hard work pays off. Work here is of75 words
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Article68 2005-08-09 123 "Getting around is so easy. Here, I just have to raise my hand and taxi drivers stop. Back in Finland, you have to either call one, or wait at a taxi stand. Not like here, where taxis are so easy to come by, and stop just about68 words
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Article, Illustration106 2005-08-09 123 "Two things would be in my suitcase if I ever had to leave. The first would be the Singapore version of Monopoly, which would be a great memento of places I've grown so familiar with, like Orchard Road and Emerald Hill, even Geylang and Ang Mo Kio.106 words
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Article93 2005-08-09 123 "I actually first heard about chilli crab when I was having a drink at my local pub in Wicklow. A mate of mine had just come back from Asia and told me to make sure I tried it. So it was the first thing I did and93 words
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Article, Illustration677 2005-08-09 124 LEE WAN YI - Aiyah, we're everywhere too! LEE WAN YI By FDFDSF IF YOU hear someone going "buy this, lah\" while having that dream vacation along the sunny beaches of Aruba, an island in the Caribbean sea, don't be surprised. It's probably Roshni Sujan, 46, who owns a souvenir store on the island677 words
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Article87 2005-08-09 124 "My children have grown up more aware of things like not littering because they know it's an offence. "I also love that you are minutes away from so many cultures you can go to Chinatown and experience a little bit of China, and travel 15 minutes and find87 words
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Article, Illustration83 2005-08-09 124 "Thanks to Singapore, my eating habits will never be the same. Rendang and black pepper crabs are foods I now can't live without, and curry powder, too. I get mine from Serangoon Road, and when I stayed in Japan for two years, I brought a couple of kilograms83 words
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Article71 2005-08-09 124 "I travel about 60 per cent of the time because of my job, and what I miss most while I'm gone is Singapore's cleanliness and the safety. I can walk around on the roads and be fine, and even leave my car unlocked anytime, anywhere, without fear71 words
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Article82 2005-08-09 124 "Singapore is a little paradise it's safe, it's clean, the people are nice, everyone lives in harmony, and you have chilli crabs and prawns with oats, which I eat every week! And the wet markets here are really different from anything back home. They're smelly82 words
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Article, Illustration497 2005-08-09 126 JAMIE EE - JAMIE EE THE MIX OF NATIONALITIES THAT HAS CONVERRCD TTTTPF. AT.TXnyff SDMI APOREAMS TO SAMPLE THE WORLD WRBODT TRAVELLING TOR A taste of the West right at your doorstep B,j SINCE Mr Ernst Huber set foot here 32 years ago as a chef for the Hilton Hotel, he497 words
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Article, Illustration544 2005-08-09 127 ARTI MULCHAND - Grab that ball and pass the culture ARTI MULCHAND 'BACH MATIOMAUTY HAS ITS STRBMOTBS GAMADIAMS AMD AMBBIOAMf TBMD TO BB MOBB PHYSICAL, FIMMB AMD SWBDBS AMD SKILFUL. SIMOAFORBAMS MAY BE SMALLES, BUT THEY MAKE UP FOR IT WITH SFHHD THE OHSAT BQOAUSm Of ICE HOOKBT.' Ice Hockey League spokesman Anthony544 words
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462 2005-08-09 127 JAMIE EE - JAMIE EE THOSE with a penchant for foreign languages and cultures are among the beneficiaries of living in a city where so many nationalities are represented. Take Ngee Ann Polytechnic student Sarah-Eden Chan, 19, for example. Ms Chan has been intrigued by462 words
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Article, Illustration31 2005-08-09 128 OVER THE TEARS, SINGAPORE HAS BECOME A MAGNET THAT HAS ATTRACTED MANY NATIONALITIES AMD CULTURES. HERE'S A LIST OF THE VERITABLE UNITED NATIONS OF FOREIGNERS ON THE ISLAND31 words
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Article, Illustration636 2005-08-09 129 WHAT I'VE LEARNED SWISS national Beppi Forster-Lau, 58, general manager of the Swiss Club, landed in Singapore in 1969 to open the Hilton Hotel. In 1987, he married Singaporean Janice Lau. The couple have two children, Manuela Si Ya Forster, 16, and Eduardo Xi Wen Forster,636 words
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Article, Illustration248 2005-08-09 129 Can you say 'banana' in Afrikaans? SINGAPOREANS have more in common with South Africans than you think. Though much of the vocabulary of Afrikaans reflects its origins in 17th century South-Hollandic Dutch, it also contains words borrowed from, among other languages, Indonesian languages and Malay. The Afrikaans word for banana,248 words
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Article, Illustration338 2005-08-09 130 art we there yet? D ESPITE GREAT STRIDES IN CHANGING SINGAPOREAN MINDSETS, THERE ARE NUMEROUS CHALLENGES FACING TBS ARTISTIC COMMUNITT WHICH MAT BE TOUGH TO OVERCOME WHEN dapper businessman Edmund Cheng met the press as the new chairman of the National Arts Council (NAC) early last month, the Singapore Youth338 words
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Article, Illustration752 2005-08-09 131 FROM PREVIOUS PAGE The annual Singapore Arts Festival, a barometer of the level of interest in the arts here, attracted a record 916,700 to its 700 core and outreach shows last year. This year, attendance was 601,359 for some 400 shows. Artists are getting752 words
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Article, Illustration844 2005-08-09 132 HONG XINYI - 'High brow' goes to tne heartland HONG XINYI b</ MS NOORLINAH Mohamed, 37, knows how the arts can make a difference for those from less privileged backThe only daughter of a gardener and a housewife, she could not afford the $30 a month for speech and drama lessons when she844 words
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Article, Illustration97 2005-08-09 132 The $600-million, spiky-roofed behemoth houses a 1,600-seater concert hall (mostly for big music gigs), a 2,000-seater theatre (dances and musicals), a 250-seater recital studio (small music gigs), a 220-seater theatre studio (small plays), and a host of outdoor arenas (live music gigs). WHEIE: Next to97 words
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Article71 2005-08-09 132 Seats 1,744 people. WHERE: Opposite the National Stadium and the Singapore Indoor Stadium on Stadium Walk. BEST KNOWN FOI*. Being the place where the big Broadway musicals were staged before The Esplanade was up. Les Miserables, The Phantom of the Opera, Miss Saigon and Chicago all treaded its71 words
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Article, Illustration100 2005-08-09 133 WHERE: On Bras Basah Road, next to Waterloo Street and diagonally across the road from salsa and jazz hub Chijmes. REST KNOWN FOR: Being the former St Joseph's Institution. Since its opening in January 1996, it has built up cred as a host of both exciting mainstream100 words
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Article, Illustration86 2005-08-09 133 Seats 12,000 people. WHEIE. Right across from Kallang Theatre and the National Stadium, next to the roundabout that links Stadium Road to Stadium Boulevard. •EST KNOWN FOR: Being the place to be for big congregations from rock concerts to religious revivals in air-conditioned comfort. TTiis venue has86 words
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Article, Illustration853 2005-08-09 133 WHAT I'VE LEARNED MR ALVIN Tan, 42, is the artistic director of The Necessary Stage (TNS), which he co-founded in 1986 with a group of National University of Singapore arts undergraduates. After furthering his studies at the University of Birmingham on a National Arts Council (NAC)853 words
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Article, Illustration456 2005-08-09 134 TAN MINYING - TAN MINYING So you want your kid to be the next... IF PARENTS hope to make gifted artists of their offspring, master watercolourist Ong Kim Seng says they need to teach their children how to speak articulately first. As the 60-year-old puts it: "Don't talk to them in child456 words
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Article, Illustration441 2005-08-09 134 TEH SUCHING - TEH SUCHING So you want your kid to be the next... By DR WONG Su Sun, 30, first sang solo publicly when she was six years old. The artistic director of the Singapore Lyric Opera (SLO) recalls her rendition of the Chinese folk song Hong Cai Mei Mei (Mandarin441 words
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Article, Illustration127 2005-08-09 134 A new 614-seater venue in the new National Library headquarters, which opened its doors to the public on July 22. WHERE: At 100 Victoria Street, which is about a three-minute walk from Raffles Hotel. REST KNOWN FOR: Well, it's spanking new and awaiting performances, which will not be127 words
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Article106 2005-08-09 134 A small exhibition and workshop place for visual artists WHERE: 10 Perumal Road, between Race Course Road and Serangoon Road. It's a three-minute walk from Farrer Park MRT. REST KNOWN FOR: Being a sanctuary founded by homegrown artists for homegrown artists, to promote art that would otherwise106 words
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Article, Illustration465 2005-08-09 135 TEH SUCHING - TEH SUCHING So you want your kid to be the next... YOU may have been wowed by the stylish dance moves for the big International Olympic Committee shebang at the Esplanade last month. You may also have marvelled at the gritty movements by the eight actors of homegrown play465 words
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Article, Illustration415 2005-08-09 135 ADELINE CHIA - ADELINE CHIA So you want your kid to be the next... By THE essence of theatre, says Ms Ruby Lim-Yang, is play. "Pretend you're an astronaut, a pilot," says the 48-year-old artistic director of children's theatre troupe ACT3, which teaches drama to kids aged between 18 months and 15415 words
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Article, Illustration110 2005-08-09 135 An old-world auditorium that seats 904. WHERE: At the corner of Empress Place and Old Parliament Lane, which is a five-minute walk away from Raffles Place MRT. REST KNOWN FOR: Being "The Grand Old Dame" of arts venues here, as it has been around since 1862. It began110 words
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Article58 2005-08-09 135 It comprises an 11-seater theatre and a gallery that can hold at least 150 people. WHERE: At the junction of Armenian Street and Stamford Road. REST KNOWN FOR: Nurturing artists here, and putting on cutting-edge shows. Now-established theatre companies like Toy Factory Theatre Ensemble and Drama Box were58 words
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Article, Illustration450 2005-08-09 136 EUNICE QUEK - EUNICE QUEK So you want your kid to be the next... By BELGIAN-BORN composer and music teacher Robert Casteels has just come fresh from leading Singapore to its biggest victory to date at the global music Olympics, namely the World Music Contest. Held in Kerkrade, The Netherlands this year,450 words
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Article, Illustration241 2005-08-09 136 One plus one doesn' t always make two WHAT I'VE LEARNED PLAYWRIGHT and director Kok Heng Leun, 39, is the artistic director of the Mandarin theatre group Drama Box. Money woes forced it into part-time operations in 2003. But, with new corporate sponsors this year, it rebounded to full-time status.241 words
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Article72 2005-08-09 136 A cosy 450-seater theatre. WNERfc 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, on the National University of Singapore campus. There are two main entrances to the campus along Clementi Road, from Ayer Rajah Expressway to the north, or West Coast Road and Pasir Panjang Road to the south. REST72 words
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Article, Illustration116 2005-08-09 136 THE ARTS HOUSE AT THE OLD PARLIAMENT It comprises a corridor photo gallery, a 75 -seater screening room, a 200-seater chamber (where Parliament used to be in session), a 120-seater black box theatre called the Play Den, a living room with a 30--to 60-person capacity, and a blue room and116 words
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Article, Illustration674 2005-08-09 137 HOMO XDITI, AD E LIKE CHIA AMD EUNICE QUEK ZOOM IN ON THE SINGAPORE SCHOOLS WHERE ARTS STARS ARE BORN T T7 YOUR son, who doesn't wash his hair for days, broods a lot in his room and scribbles madly on little notebooks. He's already got674 words
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Article, Illustration602 2005-08-09 138 The magical, mystical fringe FROM HDB CANALS AND PAST INDIAN SWEET STALLS, EDWARD CHOY BRINGS TOU PEOPLE WHOSE MISSION IS ANYTHING BUT MAKE YOU PEEL SAFE AND EASY Road test this tour SURE, you know the spice houses and sweet shops of Little India. But do you really know the602 words
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Article300 2005-08-09 138 WHAT would you get if you crossed Singapore Idol with a Neoprint machine? Multimedia artist Rizman Putra and his friend Choy Ka Fai took only half an hour to come up with their answer the P.O.P (Politics Of Popular) Station. Mr Rizman and Mr Choy300 words
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Article63 2005-08-09 138 A 90-sq m black box space that opened in March last year. WHERE: Mica Building, Hill Street, opposite Clarke Quay. It's, well, unit 01-07. BEST KNOWN FOR: Being an affordable space for rehearsals, exhibitions, workshops and small performances. Rock band MRFM even brought down the house there once. Homegrown63 words
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Article, Illustration63 2005-08-09 138 Seats 80 people. WHERE: Marine Parade Community Centre, just down the road from Parkway Parade, in the direction of Changi Airport. BEST KNOWN FOR: Staging some of TNS' best and most provocative works, including Asian Boys Vol. 1 in 2000, Spoilt in 2001 and63 words
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Article85 2005-08-09 138 Theatreworks' new home at Robertson Quay. Its first level has space that can hold about 200. Level Two has a gallery cum performance space of 292.2 sq m. WHERE: 72-13 Mohamed Sultan Road BEST KNOWN FOR: Being brand spanking new. Theatre Works will present its first performance, Like The85 words
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Article, Illustration487 2005-08-09 139 Colour him yellow LEE Wen does not need to say or do anything. Or at least do anything but be in front of you to get your attention. Lee created his alter ego, Yellow Man, in 1992 while he was studying art at the City of London Polytechnic. He says487 words
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Article, Illustration241 2005-08-09 139 THERE is something unnerving about people emerging from a canal tunnel and then suddenly reaching to grab at your ankles. You have to hand it to the cast of drama group Stages' Re-Turn Of The Screw for having done just that, though, for that241 words
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Article85 2005-08-09 139 A theatre with 388 plush red seats. WHERE: On the third storey of the sedate Raffles Hotel, along North Bridge Road. BEST KNOWN FOR: The numerous critically acclaimed and soldout shows by Wild Rice, including the first staging of Boeing Boeing (2002), Animal Farm (2002), Aladdin (2004), Cinderel-LAH!85 words
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Article, Illustration77 2005-08-09 139 Home of the Singapore Repertory Theatre, which has a theatre that can seat 380 people. WHERE: Along Merbau Road at Robertson Quay, right across from Robertson Quay Hotel BEST KNOWN FOR: The launch of the Singapore Repertory Theatre's Tlie Little Company in 2002. The Little Company stages77 words
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Article, Illustration256 2005-08-09 140 ARTISTS' C-SPOTS IT YOU WANT THE BEST OF ANYTHING, GO WHERE THE nglll AWmW^WWWWJW.WWWSWWWAWWVWAWnWWnk FAVOURITE CREATIVE HOTSPOTS IN THE HEARTLAND Home away from home MOST artists would wax lyrical over their life in art, but visual artist Hong Sek Chern, 38, is more prosaic. "I just liked painting, and it256 words
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Article, Illustration256 2005-08-09 140 DOROTHY Cheong, 14, took her first pottery class only three years ago, but she is now au fait enough to teach others the fine art of clay shaping. But she would be the first to downplay her skills. "I just help out256 words
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Article, Illustration196 2005-08-09 140 Practising what he preaches MR KHIEW Huey Chian, 36, is a full-time lecturer in fine arts at La Salle-SIA College of the Arts, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in painting in 1997. When he is not teaching, he "toggles back and forth between two- and three-di-mensional art",196 words
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Miscellaneous1817 2005-08-09 141 ANSWERS TO GAME QUESTIONS ON PAGES 76 81 ■W^SSSM K 2™22r*2« o i BWffIBIBWB route four YIOCHUKAMG Road. Kamponq Java I BOOM LAY llr>P*ninri<iri \WnriH \*/j»r dactddtc M n False It was a car Road. Bukit Timah Road .TNaTyanT -Uneploded World War DETOUR PUMGGOL and Singapore Khalsa National Polytechnic (from1,817 words
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Article, Illustration1232 2005-08-09 142 S ING AP ORE ANS LOVE SOCCER, BUT NOT ENOUGH TO PLAT IT. UNLESS, SATS CHIA HAN KEONG, WE START BRINGING IN THE TROPHIES SINGAPOREANS love soccer. Watching it, that is. Go to a downtown pub or a neighbourhood coffee shop whenever there is a live football telecast,1,232 words
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Article, Illustration885 2005-08-09 144 CHIA HAN KEONG - Frisbee a serious sport? CHIA HAN KEONG TOU BET. SO IS SOMETHING CALLED PICKLE-BALL, WAKEBOARDING AND OTHER UNCONVENTIONAL SPORTS THAT ARE GAINING ADHERENTS HERE By EVERY Sunday afternoon, Benjamin Ho, 19, puts on his soccer boots and heads to Bishan Park to meet his friends. There won't be a football885 words
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Article, Illustration602 2005-08-09 144 Wanna saddle up or shoot arrows? Here' s who to call ARCHERY Archery Association of Singapore Serangoon Range 303 Upper Serangoon Road Opening hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 3.30--7pm; Saturdays and Sundays, 9am-6pm Fees: $5 per month (18 years old and below), $20 per month or $5 per day (above 18602 words
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Article, Illustration1388 2005-08-09 146 NICHOLAS FANG - NICHOLAS FANG More and more Singaporeans embrace the THEY ARE NOT CONTENT WITH JUST HUTTING AMD PUFFING, AMD HAVE TAKEN ON THE GRUELLING CHALLENGE OF ENDURANCE RACES By THE rat race. Singaporeans are intimately familiar with it, rushing from one place to another in pursuit of the almighty1,388 words
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Article202 2005-08-09 147 ENDURANCE RACE CALENDAR THESE days, the year is filled with events for the endurance athlete. A sampling of what had been on the calendar so far this year, as well as what is to come: JANUARY Jan 29: Singapore Amateur Athletic Association (SAAA) cross-country championships 2005 Jan 29: Triathlon Association202 words
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Article, Illustration1069 2005-08-09 148 NICHOLAS FANG - ULTRA ATHLETES NICHOLAS FANG WHAT KIND Or MADMEN THINK RUNNING ACROSS A BAKING DESERT FOR SIX DAYS IS A SPORT? MEET THE... By IF YOU think running the 42.2km of a standard marathon is the pinnacle of extreme endurance, you would be wrong. A small group of hard-core endurance junkies1,069 words
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Article304 2005-08-09 148 Triathletes on why they do it "Triathlon offers variety, with the three different sports and different distances on offer. Triathletes are also an easy-going bunch and don't take themselves too seriously, which makes for a fun training environment." Mr Gary Pryke, 48, mergers and acquisitions lawyer, threeyear veteran of the304 words
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Article, Illustration2055 2005-08-09 149 SINGAPOREAN AT HEART FSDFDSFF YES LAH! IT'S THE LINGO IN TOKYO, a Japanese hotel receptionist goes "blah blah blah". Me: "Sorry. What did you say?" Unknown hotel guest: "He said, 'Did you have anything from the mini-bar?"' Me: "Oh! So that's what he said ah!" Unknown hotel guest: "You mustPETER WILLIAMS - 2,055 words
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Article, Illustration802 2005-08-09 151 S'porean makan, travel, bargaining WHAT I'VE LEARNED COMEDIENNE and Fly Entertainment founder Irene Ang, 36, selfproclaimed Singlish queen, who is best-known for playing loudmouthed Rosie in the sitcom Phua Chu Kang, tells arti mulchand why she is Singaporean as, well, chicken rice. DISCOUNT SIGHS GIVE ME PETER. ONCE I WAS802 words
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Article, Illustration456 2005-08-09 152 TOP ANNOYING TRAITS Several traits help brand us as true-blue Singaporeans. natalie soh and arti mulchand asked Singaporeans what bugs them most about, well, themselves, and artist XIHL gives his own take on what makes us annoying. lOur love affair with acronyms. We pay millions of dollars for signs that456 words
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Article, Illustration320 2005-08-09 153 TOP ENDEARING TRAITS For each annoying trait, though, there is one that makes Singaporeans endearing, in a strange sort of way. Best of all, these traits show everyone how much we really, really love this place, despite all the whining about it. 1 People don't horde information at least when320 words
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Article, Illustration532 2005-08-09 154 JAMIE EE - GOING UNDER JAMIE EE THE SEARCH FOR SOLUTIONS TO SINGAPORE'S INCREASING MEED FOR SPACE HAS DRIVEN MANY THINGS UNDERGROUND FROM MALLS TO TRAINS TO AMMUNITION DEPOTS By SKYSCRAPERS lend testimony to how high Singapore has gone, and its ev-er-increasing land area it has grown from 587 sq km to 647532 words
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