The Straits Times, 1 February 2007

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  • 25 1 THE STRAITS TIMES 118 PAGES IN FIVE PARTS MICA (P) 198/12/2006 THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1 2007 MM A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 80 CENTS
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  • 613 1  -  Sue-Ann Chia Peh Shing Huei Slightly over half of the 173,300 new jobs went to S'poreans and PRs By A BUMPER crop of jobs was created last year, with slightly more than half going to Singaporeans and permanent residents. The job
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  • 591 1  -  Peter Siow ASEAN FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP SINGAPORE: 2 THAILAND: 1 By despite the pleas of several officials, including Football Association of Singapore general secretary John Koh. As the impasse dragged on, many fans wondered if the match would be abandoned and awarded to
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  • UPFRONT
    • 1150 1  -  Tracy Sua By ODD-JOB worker Ong Eng Char, a 53-year-old schizophrenic, was nabbed last May for starting fires in two rubbish bins. He had already been jailed once for flinging litter out of his flat, so things were not looking good for
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 380 2 SECTION ONE HOME Prime 2-4 Anti-piracy efforts Asia 6-17 The authorities, who World 20-29 have tightened the Review 30-32 screws to keep fake 'YT. qq goods off the streets, are FY I 33 now stepping up action SECTION TWO against online peddlers. Home Hl-H9 PAGE H1 l oru™ uVV'mS Tourism's
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  • PRIME
    • 517 3  -  Nirmal Ghosh By Thailand Correspondent In Bangkok A LACK of investor confidence in Thailand deepened yesterday as Ford Motor became the first major foreign firm to suggest that it may scrap investment plans worth as much as US$l billion (Ssl.s
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    • 610 3  -  Daryl Loo It can treat water from small rivers, pushing Spore closer to self-sufficiency By WATER engineers here have made a breakthrough both rain and sea water can be made drinkable using the same treatment plant, ensuring that no drop of
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    • 527 4  -  Tracy Quek Deal by Changi Airports International marks significant headway into Chinese market By China Correspondent In Nanjing CHANGI Airports International (CAI) yesterday landed its first airport investment deal in China, acquiring a multimillion-dollar stake in the largest airport in eastern Jiangsu
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    • 542 4  -  Tan Hui Yee By Jessica Cheam THE Government will be releasing sand from its stockpile from today, about one week after Indonesia banned the export of sand used for construction. The sand, said the Building and Construction Authority (BCA), will
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    • 32 4 PENNY STOCKS Is the rally over? I And if it is, what's next for investors in the Singapore market? In the Hock Lock Siew column. i I_^__ _l i Ta'. f__ I
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  • ASIA
    • 750 6  -  Salim Osman China firm keen to build $507 m bridge, touted as an economic development tool By Indonesia Correspondent In Jakarta A CONSTRUCTION company from China has offered to build a 7-km bridge connecting Batam and Bintan islands at a cost of three
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    • CHINA
      • 540 8  -  Vince Chong Alan Leong set to take on Tsang, who will announce candidacy today By 1 Hong Kong CORRESPONDENT HONG KONG leader Donald Tsang will announce today his candidacy in the coming Chief Executive election, which is shaping up to be the city's
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      • 351 8 ASSOCIATED PRESS Shanghai A CHINESE drug company has been ordered to stop production amid an investigation into allegations that pharmaceutical firms were bribing State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) officials to get approval for their products. The Health Ministry has also issued rules to
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      • 272 8 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Hong Kong AIR pollution in Hong Kong hit dangerous levels yesterday, triggering a warning for people with breathing or heart problems to stay indoors. Across the territory, the government-collated Air Pollution Index passed the critical 100 mark. The worst-affected areas were the downtown
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      • 465 10  -  Ong Hwee Hwee "Godfather of Taiwan independence' claims he had been misunderstood By Taiwan Correspondent In Taipei FORMER Taiwanese president Lee Teng-hui has caused a stir by saying he had never advocated formal independence for the island. Mr Lee, dubbed the
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      • 338 10 REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS Beijing CHINA lashed out at Taiwan yesterday for dropping phrases from high-school history textbooks that link the two as one country, and said the move was another step towards promoting the island's independence. The changes included replacing terms such as
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      • 324 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS Washington THE incoming No. 2 US diplomat, Mr John Negroponte, said a proposed new Constitution for Taiwan would likely be at "cross purposes" with Washington's policy. When asked at a Senate hearing about his opinion on Taiwanese President
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    • EAST ASIA
      • 546 11 FINANCIAL TIMES, REUTERS 130% rise last year shows market is overheating, warns top legislator Dubai CHINA'S stock market is developing into a "bubble", and investors are in danger of behaving irrationally, a leading Chinese legislator has said. In the strongest public expression of concern
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      • 400 11 REUTERS Beijing NORTH Korea may announce plans for another nuclear test if a financial dispute with the US is not resolved, a source said yesterday. The source with close ties to the North Korean government said the United States lacked evidence of
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    • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
      • 471 12  -  P. Jayaram New Delhi's next goal: to launch unmanned lunar mission next year By India Correspondent In New Delhi INDIA'S space ambitions received a boost last week with the successful return and recovery of an orbiting spacecraft. The success puts India's space
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      • ASIA QUICKLY
        • 92 12 REUTERS TOKYO: lapan's Health Minister was under pressure to quit yesterday for calling women "birth-giving machines", with opposition parties boycotting debate on the budget on demands that he step down. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who is already suffering a fall in support ratings, repeated that
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        • 86 12 BLOOMBERG TOKYO: China's Premier Wen liabao will visit lapan for five days beginning on April 11, NHK television reported, without saying where it obtained the information. It will be the first such high-level visit in 6V2 years, lapanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe went to
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        • 137 12 REUTERS DHAKA: Five senior officials at Bangladesh's Election Commission resigned yesterday, a spokesman for the presidential palace said. The departure of Commission chief Mahfuzur Rahman and his four deputies, whose removal was a key demand of one of the country's main political groupings, raised hopes that
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        • 146 12 ASSOCIATED PRESS HANOI: Vietnam's ruling Communist Party and the military will relinquish control of dozens of companies, ranging from hotels to telcos, as part of efforts to transform the country into a market economy, officials said yesterday. The elite 160-member Central Committee last week
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      • 532 14  -  Salim Osman »YUDHOYONO'S STATE-OF-THE-NATION ADDRESS Indonesia now free to decide its own economic programme, says its President By Indonesia Correspondent In Jakarta INDONESIAN President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono last night explained his reasons for severing ties with a group of donor countries, while
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      • 457 14  -  SALIM OSMAN Jakarta INDONESIA'S oldest Muslim party is pinning its hopes on new leaders who will be elected this week at its national congress to steer the party into the 2009 legislative and presidential elections. The United Development Party (PPP) created in 1973
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      • 328 14 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Jakarta MUSLIM countries must work together to end spiralling bloodshed in the Middle East, the leaders of Indonesia and Pakistan said yesterday as they sought to counterbalance American influence in the region. Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf
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      • 496 15  -  Alastair Mclndoe Job given to former general despite recommendation that civilian gets it By Philippines Correspondent In Manila PRESIDENT Gloria Arroyo yesterday appointed a former national police chief as the Philippines' new defence secretary, going against recommendations that a civilian be
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    • MALAYSIA
      • 505 16 Najib's remarks come as Spore says reclamation work not to blame MALAYSIA'S Deputy Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak has called for a full study to be done into the causes of the recent flooding in Johor before fingers are pointed at Singapore. "There
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      • 580 16  -  Reme Ahmad By Malaysia Bureau Chief In Kuala Lumpur TUN Dr Mahathir Mohamad has resumed his attack on the Abdullah administration. Giving answers dripping with sarcasm, the former premier gave his take yesterday on several hot issues faced by Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi's government.
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      • 274 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Kuala Lumpur THE United States warned yesterday that failure of free trade talks with Malaysia would send a message that the two countries were "not open for business", and said next week's round would be critical. Deputy
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      • 494 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, BLOOMBERG, NEW STRAITS TIMES Nine others rescued from sea in second helicopter accident in three months Kuala Lumpur AN OIL rig worker died after a helicopter crashed off the coast of Sarawak, the second such incident in three months. In
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    • 24 6 Who's to blame for floods? Malaysian DPM calls for full study as Spore refutes Johor's claim that Tekong reclamation contributed to floods. PAGE 16
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  • WORLD
    • 757 19  -  Derwin Pereira US leader goes all out to counter Congress on trade issues and boost his sagging popularity By US Bureau Chief In Washington US PRESIDENT George W. Bush has hit the road to garner support for his free trade agenda.
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    • 795 19  -  Ravi Velloor By India Bureau Chief In New Delhi GLOBAL trade talks have tended to go through what Foreign Minister George Yeo describes as a "series of near-death experiences". So when Mr Pascal Lamy, direc-tor-general of the World Trade Organisation, said in
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    • 556 22 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE British nationals of Pakistani origin had planned to kidnap, kill Muslim soldier Birmingham (England) POLICE arrested nine British nationals of Pakistani origin yesterday, foiling an alleged "Iraq-style" plot to kidnap and behead a victim, possibly a Muslim soldier, sources said.
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    • WORLD QUICKLY
      • 103 22 REUTERS WASHINGTON: Senator Joseph Baden of Delaware yesterday joined the crowded field of Democratic contenders angling to win the 2008 White House race, arguing that his foreign policy experience put him a step ahead. "I am not exploring, I am in, and this is the
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      • 94 22 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE DUBAI: The brother-in-law of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, a Saudi businessman, was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Madagascar, his brother said yesterday. Mr Jamal Khalifa, who traded in gems, "was killed in cold blood while sleeping in his room, which was raided by
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      • 140 22 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BERLIN: Germany has ordered the arrest of 13 people behind the alleged CIA-backed kidnapping of a Lebanese-born German man, prosecutors said yesterday, in one of the best-known cases of US "renditions" of terror suspects. The prosecutor's office in Munich, southern Germany, said in
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      • 95 22 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TEL AVIV: An Israeli court found former justice minister Haim Ramon guilty of sexual harassment yesterday, dealing a blow to key ally Prime Minister Ehud Olmert as he plans a major Cabinet reshuffle. "We find the accused guilty of the charge of an indecent
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      • 139 22 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE HONIARA: Australian Prime Minister John Howard yesterday flatly denied a claim that his government paid a war veteran to assassinate Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare. The allegation, which reignites simmering tensions between the two countries, was said to be made in court documents
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    • 616 25  -  Betsy Pisik Diplomats say he's not explaining his ideas and is settling into job too slowly By Straits Times US Bureau In New York MR BAN Xi Moon is off to a rocky start as United Nations secretary-general, with diplomats complaining that his
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    • 292 25 ASSOCIATED PRESS Baltimore TWO Indonesian men have pleaded guilty to trying to illegally export weapons to Indonesia through undercover US federal agents. The sting operation also netted a suspected international arms dealer and three men associated with the Sri Lankan Tamil Tigers
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    • 605 27 LOS ANGELES TIMES UNITED STATES Washington ALL of a sudden, global warming is hot. After years of languishing on Capitol Hill, efforts to curb global warming have picked up momentum, powered by a growing bipartisan belief that climate change can no longer
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    • Article, Illustration
      81 27 Climate change is a hot topic around the world as 600 scientists meet this week in Paris to finalise the first worldwide assessment of the evidence on global warming in six years. Here is a look at what is happening elsewhere PHOTO: REUTERS GREY SKIES: Smog
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    • 212 27 BLOOMBERG EUROPEAN UNION Brussels EU REGULATORS plan stricter clean-air rules for oil companies, bolstering an environmental campaign that also targets carmakers. The Brussels-based European Commission aims to force the petroleum industry to cut emissions of gases blamed for global warming by 1 per cent
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    • 203 27 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE AUSTRALIA Sydney AUSTRALIA'S famed Great Barrier Reef, treasured as the world's largest living organism, may be killed within decades by global warming. Scientists warn that the reef, stretching over more than 345,000 sq km off Australia's east coast, will become
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    • 222 27 ASSOCIATED PRESS BRITAIN London RESIDENTS of a suburban London district will soon pay annual parking fees based on how much carbon dioxide their cars emit, penalising owners of gas guzzlers. Richmond Council, in west London, agreed on Monday to levy a sliding scale of
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      • 285 28 REUTERS CUBAN state television has shown footage of Dr Fidel Castro for the first time in three months, and the ailing leader said he was still in the fight to recover from surgery that forced him to relinquish power last July. The 80-year-old
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      • 175 28 REUTERS BOLLYWOOD star Shilpa Shetty, who won the British reality television show at the heart of a racist bullying row, looks set to meet Britain's Queen Elizabeth and Prime Minister Tony Blair. "It is a huge honour. I am humbled," the Indian
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      • 175 28 REUTERS THE top fund-raiser for British Prime Minister Tony Blair's Labour Party was arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice, a police source said. Lord Michael Levy was arrested when he returned to a London police station
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    • 444 29 TOURISM planners and travel wholesalers expecting to glean verifiable trends in the World Tourism Organisation's survey for 2006 would be surprised. The top-performing region was not Asia but Africa, which grew at twice the global rate of 4.5 per cent. Among individual nations, though, China ran
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    • 1287 29  -  David Boey SINGAPORE-THAI RELATIONS By Defence Correspondent DEFENCE relations between Singapore and Thailand are strong, sound and deep but you are unlikely to get any sense of this if you read Thai newspapers these days. Thai commentators have poured cold
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    • 928 29  -  Tom Plate »TACKLING HEALTH CRISES By In Los Angeles IN THE West we are so accustomed to seeing the news media and the government knifing at each other's throats that any other system would seem outright communistic. But recent scholarly work suggests that, especially
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      1565 30  -  LIM RUEY VAN Global Views Monthly (Yuan Jian), a Taiwanese magazine, interviewed Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, in Mandarin, in his office recently. We reproduce here a translated excerpt from the article, with another to be published tomorrow. HE LEADS a country only 2V2 times the size of
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    • 1584 31  -  Dinesh D'Souza By AS A conservative author, I'm used to a little controversy. Even so, the reaction to my new book The Enemy At Home has felt, well, a little hysterical. "Ratfink writes new book," declares James Wolcott, cultural critic for Vanity Fair, on
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    • 36 29 Osama and the US left A conservative author examines the rabid backlash to his book on the Muslim anger that led to the Sept 11 terror attacks. PAGE 32 PUNCHLINES *v*^e^^i'THOSE TEARS < ARE (t^T^A REM.' j
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    • 184 31 Panasonic ideas for life NOTICE To all owners and users of: PANASONIC MASSAGE CHAIR MODEL NUMBER EP3510 Panasonic Singapore* is conducting a program towards the prevention of incidents involving massage chair model no. EP3510 manufactured between June 2005 and January 2007. It has become known that, on rare occasions, the
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    • 1215 32 FYT itk Singapore today J^_ JL_ JL *S§3! Srwff'" Generally fair and occasionally windy. THE STRAITS TIMES THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1 2007 M>^ ASIA WORLD WEATHER USEFUL NUMBERS SJIfSSi I OJtfa 1 Emergency lines DO TODAY BEIJING o /jy^_ V Police 999 Clear Police Hotline 1800-255-0000 $*i fs- Civil Defence (Fire,
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    • 755 34  -  K.C. VIJAYAN K.C. VIJAYAN Survey ranks nation among top 10 countries in anti-piracy effort By Crime Correspondent SINGAPORE, already relentless on those who hawk fakes on the streets, has been stepping up action against online peddlers too. Last week, police
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    • 489 35  -  Chua Hian Hou SECOND WI-FI MOOCHING CASE Then-poly student made the posting because he was 'sleepless and bored" By A MAN who "mooched" on a neighbour's unsecured wireless network to make a bomb hoax posting online caused alarm and got his neighbour arrested. Full-time
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    • 104 35 Hindu devotees at the Sri Mariamman Temple in South Bridge Road make offerings to Lord Murugan ahead of Thaipusam today. Thaipusam celebrates the deity's birthday and the occasion when his mother, the Goddess Parvathi, gave him a spear, to slay the demon Surapadman. It is believed that by
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    • 449 35  -  Zakir Hussain By; DISTURBED by the prevalence of extremist websites claiming to represent the true version of Islam, security analyst Haniff Hassan has fought back with a blog of his own. Launched last October, he challenges radical views which misrepresent Islam and
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    • 573 37  -  Krist 800 It welcomed 9.7 million visitors who spent $12.4 billion By Tourism Correspondent HOTELS added the icing on the tourism cake last year by hitting all-time highs for room rates, occupancy and total revenue. In all, five out of seven tourism
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    • 412 37  -  Marcel Lee Pereira By FINDING and training people for tourism-related jobs will be one of three crucial challenges facing the industry in the next few years, Singapore Tourism Board (STB) chief executive Lim Neo Chian said at the Asean Tourism Forum yesterday. The
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    • 252 37 MARCEL LEE PEREIRA A PRESS conference called to trumpet Singapore's stellar tourism performance ended with the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) having to apologise to foreign journalists. They were upset that Singapore which had decided not to sponsor their stay here during the Asean Tourism Forum (ATF) told
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    • 147 37 SECOND Minister for Defence Ng Eng Hen left last night for New Zealand to strengthen ties between the two countries' armed forces. The Ministry of Defence noted in a statement yesterday that the two forces already enjoy regular and extensive interaction through
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    • 347 37  -  Arti Mulchand By A TRADE show to run today and tomorrow promises to bring Asean hospitality businesses together with their captive audience namely, tour organisers and other groups offering incentive and events-based trips to this region. But yesterday, the eve of the Travex
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    • 79 37 Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickremanayake calls on Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong at the Istana. Mr Wickremanayake, who arrived here on Tuesday on a three-day working visit, was hosted to a lunch by Mr Lee yesterday. He also made a courtesy call on President
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    • 250 37 CERTIFICATE of entitlement (COE) tender dates are different this month because of Chinese New Year. The month's first exercise takes place today and tomorrow. Usually, it is over three days in the second week of the month. The second tender for this month will be
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    • 508 39  -  Peh Shing Huei Increase in supply last /ear was 93,600 60,000 more than usual since 2000 By AFTER 14 years out of the labour force, Madam Nathira Begum now wants to find a job. The job market looks promising. With the
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    • 262 39  -  KEITH LIN MADAM Jennie Ng, 45, struggled to find a job after being retrenched as a factory operator in 2005. She spent most of last year applying for jobs such as supermarket cashiers and chambermaids, but was turned down time and again.
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    • 281 39 Bye to paper files nursing students get PDAs STUDENTS of nursing at Ngee Ann Polytechnic will be the first in Asia to have instant information at their fingertips. About 200 of them will be toting personal digital assistants (PDAs), which will enable them to access huge databases on drugs, diseases
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    • 172 39 THE Ministry of Defence has outsourced a number of its administrative functions to defence electronics company Singapore Technologies Electronics (ST Electronics). These non-strategic tasks such as human resource management, finance, and administration of Mindef, as well as Singapore Armed Forces regulars, full-time national
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    • 550 39  -  Goh Chin Lian By COMPANIES across the Asia-Pacific, including Singapore, are at risk of losing their most talented people, according to a survey by employee research firm ISR. It found that four in 10 of such employees in Singapore firms who were
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    • 466 41  -  Khushwant Singh Now he does not have to transfer more than half of his dad's estate to ex-wife, children By AT THE heart of a family feud was a clumsily forged will, said to have been drawn up in
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    • 767 41  -  Chong Chee Kin »NKF:OLDVNEW By DEFENCE lawyers for the three former board members of the National Kidney Foundation took turns yesterday to pick apart the testimony of the new NKF board's witness, Mr Bobby Nair. But Mr Nair, the former senior deputy
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    • 398 41  -  KEN KWEK »BANKRUPTCY TRAVEL OFFENCE: CHEE ON TRIAL THE judge at the trial of Chee Soon Juan said yesterday that the prosecution had established a case against the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) chief. After the prosecution called its last witness and lawyers
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    • 99 41 A MOTORIST who caused the death of an 86-year-old pedestrian was yesterday fined $6,000 and banned from driving for five years. Indonesian Bernard Nasmi, 57, was driving along the extreme right lane of Woodlands Avenue 3 when he failed to keep a proper lookout
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    • 495 41  -  Selina Lum TRIAL OF 'ONE-EYED DRAGON' By A DOCTOR has been found to testify on the effects of alcohol on the man dubbed the "One-eyed Dragon" on the day nightclub boss Lim Hock Soon was fatally shot. As a result, the
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    • 550 42  -  Karamjit Kaur A*Star gets companies to pool brainpower and funds to carry out research here By Aviation Correspondent BOEING versus Airbus, RollsRoyce versus Pratt Whitney these are what the usual headlines are made of. But one "matchmaker", the Agency for Science, Technology and
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    • 24 34 No joking matter Lin Zhenghuang, who tapped illegally into a neighbour's wireless network to make a bomb hoax posting online, pleads guilty. PAGE H2
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    • 356 43  -  Ho Kong Loon SENIOR citizens will form a substantial part of Singapore's population in the near future. As a retiree, I add to the burgeoning grey brigade. My intention in writing is to generate an awareness of the need
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    • 174 43  -  Alvin Gho Weijie AS A member of the food-and-beverage industry, I thank Mr Patrick Tan Siong Kuan for his letter, "Want good service? Bring back tipping" (ST, Jan 25). In at least 90 per cent of the restaurants here, the mandatory service charge does not
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    • 183 43  -  Mok Heng Ngee I WAS upset when I was forwarded a hyperlink to a sound file posted on You Tube by "Ximiwakoz". The recording, entitled "RK House No PORK", featured some boys who apparently visited a prata shop at Serangoon Gardens. They repeatedly asked
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    • 130 43  -  Steven Lo Chock Fei RECENTLY, it was reported that the evening bus-lane hours, currently from 4.30 pm to 7pm, would be revised. This was to keep up with workers' changing commuting pattern. As a retiree, I notice that the MRT passenger volume
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    • 326 43  -  Amy Tsang (Ms) I REFER to the letter, "Don't horse around, get act together" (ST, Jan 27), by Mr Amos Wu Pom Hin. Mr Wu asked why the Crazy Horse revue was allowed when Eng Wah Organisation did not have "free rein to
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    • 137 43  -  Jean Tan (Ms) I REFER to the letters, "No go for employer when maid refused to go" (ST, Jan 19) by Ms Phyllis Christe, "Let agencies deal with errant maids" (ST, Jan 25) by Mrs Gurmit Kaur Sroya and "Why
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    • 133 43  -  Raymond Low Wee Guan I READ with concern the news that Thais burned an effigy of a Singapore leader outside the Republic's Embassy, in yet another protest following the diplomatic spat between the two countries. As our national soccer players are travelling to
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    • BOUQUETS
      • 87 43  -  Chen Weishan (Miss) MY BOYFRIEND and I would like to thank a middle-aged couple who offered us their extra set of grandstand tickets to the Singapore-Malaysia football match at the National Stadium on Saturday. The kind couple gave us the tickets without asking for
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      • 77 43  -  Kenneth Lam Wei Xian I LOST my wallet on New Year's Eve but it has since been returned to me, thanks to a woman who went the extra mile, literally. Misplaced in Jurong, the stolen wallet was found more than a week later
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      • 76 43  -  Darren Andrew Tham Cheong Yee I WAS involved in an accident while travelling along Keppel Road on Jan 13 at 3pm. My bicycle skidded when I tried to slow down to avoid colliding with a truck that had made a very wide U-turn. I suffered multiple
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      • 48 43  -  Jenny Tan Siam Eng (Ms) I WOULD like to commend the team at the Physiotherapy Department of Singapore General Hospital, in particular Ms Alice Sng. Ms Sng was always very patient and caring towards her patients. Under her care, I made a great recovery.
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    • 181 43  -  Sek Lay See (Mdm) EXPIRY OF TIME DEPOSIT RECENTLY I had a problem with my CPF time deposit. My deposit with OCBC Bank matured on Jan 13 and the funds should have been credited into my CPF investment account with DBS Bank
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    • 80 43  -  Karen Chen Ching Wen (Ms) ON JAN 24 my family and I had dinner at Ramen Tan Restaurant located in the Ang Mo Kio Jubilee Complex. I was surprised to learn that the management had instructed the staff not to accept $100 notes. When asked
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    • 74 43 For more readers' views, log on to http://www. straitstimes.asial. com.sg/forum Access to letters online is free. Show sends wrong message to teenage girls Crowd control dismal at boy band's autograph-signing session Committee members have no hidden agenda when serving community Radio programme hosts should be more serious when disseminating traffic
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    • 1012 44  -  Marc Lim >ASEAN FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP FIRST-LEG FINAL: SINGAPORE 2 THAILAND 1 Mustafic's penalty gives Lions Ist competitive win over Thais since 77 By Sports Correspondent A 30-YEAR-OLD winless streak finally came to an end at the National Stadium last night. In front of 55,000
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    • 898 45  -  Tay Cheng Khoon ASEAN FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP FIRST-LEG FINAL: COMMENT Singapore decline to win the Cup by default, persuading the Thais to return to the pitch By Sports Editor THE spirit of football may have taken a knock when the Thais walked out in the first-leg final of
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    • 370 45 "The Singapore team did well and denied the Thais space and time. We did not allow them to settle down or get any kind of rhythm going. "The one time that they did get going, they scored a goal, so
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      246 45 The quota of four tickets per person turned some strangers into friends in the queue for the first leg of the Asean Football Championship final between Singapore and Thailand. Jen (above left) had to get Nico, whom she did not know previously, to help her buy three more
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    • 605 46 SOCCER Strikes from Kuyt, Crouch boost hopes of late title charge from Benitez's men London HOW far West Ham have fallen. Last season, it took a last-gasp equaliser from Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard to send the FA Cup final into extra time. On Tuesday,
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    • 359 46 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE London THE battle for Liverpool Football Club continues. The Reds on Tuesday decided to delay their decision to accept a £450 million (Ssl.4 billion) bid from Dubai International Capital (DIC). They are considering a late bid from American
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    • 243 46 London JON Stead scored the goals that saved Blackburn from the drop in 2004. The escape artist could do the same for Sheffield United. His first goal since his £750,000 (552.25 million) January move from Sunderland was the catalyst for the Blades' 2-0 Premiership win
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    • 185 46 London HARRY Redknapp has urged England to go for Portsmouth's goalkeeper David James when the national squad are named tomorrow. The 36-year-old made three top-class saves in the dying minutes to earn his Premiership club a 0-0 draw with Middlesbrough on Tuesday. It cemented
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    • 293 46 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE London IT WAS a day of records for Reading and Wigan, but of two very different kinds. Wigan were beaten 2-3 away by Reading sealing an eight-game record losing streak in the Premiership. Not surprisingly, the club are being sucked into the
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    • 683 47 ASSOCIATED PRESS SOCCER An outcast at Real, Brazil striker joins Milan in the hope of reviving career Milan RONALDO'S farewell to Real Madrid did not include fond words for coach Fabio Capello. The World Cup's most prolific striker left the Spanish giants for AC Milan on
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    • 387 47 London CRISTIANO Ronaldo's agent insists the Manchester United star could be heading for Spain this summer. Real Madrid and Barcelona are ready to pay £35 million (Sslo6 million) for the Portuguese winger even though United insist he is not for sale. But Sergio
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    • SOCCER SHORTS
      • 80 47 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard admits it is difficult to think about life without manager Jose Mourinho at Stamford Bridge. There have been suggestions that Mourinho will quit at the end of the season after falling out with club owner Roman Abramovich. Said
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      • 107 47 LONDON: Teddy Sheringham may get the chance of a third spell at White Hart Lane. The possibility arose after Tottenham Hotspur manager Martin Jol approached West Ham with a view to signing striker Marlon Harewood for £8 million (Ss24 million) before the transfer window closed
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      • 96 47 LONDON: Everton have accused the Premiership of double standards, after it blocked the transfer of Manuel Fernandes from Benfiea on the grounds that the player was jointly owned. His registration is the property of the Portuguese club and an investment fund, and the Premiership says
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      • 104 47 REUTERS DUBAI: Tiger Woods believes former England soccer captain David Beckham's move from Real Madrid to Los Angeles Galaxy will generate plenty of interest in the United States. "No doubt about that," the world's top golfer said yesterday, on the eve of the Dubai
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      • 79 47 LONDON: Left-back Gareth Bale, 17, looks set to stay at Southampton until the end of the Premiership season despite the efforts of Tottenham and Manchester United to sign him for £10 million (Ss3o million) in the January transfer window. "There has been interest. But, even
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      • 110 47 LONDON: Reading have agreed a fee with Stoke for capLain Michael Duberry. The defender is holding talks with the Royals over a possible move to the Madejski Stadium after invoking a clause in his contract. The clause, which was agreed when the 31-year-old former Chelsea
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    • 681 48  -  Nicholas Fang SWIMMING Youngsters could step up in five events, but 10Om free more difficult By FOR the first time in 16 years, Singapore will be without Joscelin Yeo at a South-east Asia Games. But a host of young swimmers are gearing up for
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    • 148 48 ASSOCIATED PRESS DWYANE Wade scored 28 poinls as the Miami Heat beat the Milwaukee Bucks 110-80 in a National Basketball Association game on Tuesday night. Not only did he help the team snap a three-game losing streak, but he also had the luxury of watching the
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    • 470 48 NEW YORK TIMES BASKETBALL New York THE Los Angeles Lakers missed Kobe Bryant's skills, and fans at Madison Square Garden missed his showmanship. But the New York Knicks did not miss the opportunity Lo profil from his absence. They hit the short-handed Lakers
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    • 428 48 ASSOCIATED PRESS ►>GOLF San Diego BYRON Nelson won 11 straight tournaments over five months on the United States PGA Tour. Tiger Woods took almosL LhaL much Lime off belween Tour vicLories No 6 and No 7 in a winning slreak
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    • 103 48 ASSOCIATED PRESS ANNIKA Sorenslam has given a sponsor's exemption Lo MacKinzie Kline for Lhe Ginn Tribule, a golf lournamenl sponsored by Lhe Swedish world No 1. Kline is a lalenled 14-year-old wiih a rare heart condition. As she cannot walk long distances without becoming fatigued, the United States
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    • 262 48 REUTERS »TENNIS Los Angeles PETE Sampras Lhinks he could have held his own againsL Roger Federer. BuL he conceded on Tuesday LhaL Lhe Swiss masler is poised Lo smash his record of 14 Grand Slam titles. Sampras, who retired afLer winning Lhe 2002 US
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    • SPORTS WORLD
      • 86 48 ASSOCIATED PRESS MADRID: The Tour de France's direcLor-general expressed fruslralion on Tuesday over the slow progress of Floyd Landis' doping case. "The anti-doping commission in the United States won't meet until the first days of March to study Lhe Landis case lhal's Loo much Lime,"
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      • 79 48 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE VALENCIA: Swopping RenaulL for McLaren-Mer-cedes has noL slowed down Formula One world champion Fernando Alonso. He posled Lhe faslesl Lime in lesling aL Lhe Chesle circuil ouLside Lhe Spanish cily of Valencia on Tuesday. The Spaniard, chasing a Lhird slraighl title, was a second
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      • 39 48 KEEN on representing Singapore in the Clipper 07-08 Round The World Yacht Race? Find out more during a recruitment talk at 7pm tomorrow at the SPH News Centre auditorium aL 1000, Toa Payoh North.
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    • 462 48 BASKETBALL NBA: Washington 104 Detroit 99, Cleveland 124 Golden State 97, Indiana 103 Boston 96, NY Knicks 99 LA Lakers 94, Miami 110 Milwaukee 80, Dallas 122 Seattle 102. CRICKET Tri-series one-day international in Perth: New Zealand 318-7 in 50 overs (L.Vincent 76, R.Taylor 71, J.Oram 54 n.0. Plunkett
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  • Page 44 Miscellaneous
    • 26 44 Ronaldo goes to Milan Brazilian striker, treated as an outcast by Real Madrid, tries to revive his flagging career by signing for AC Milan. PAGE Hl4
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    • 39 48 TV times GOLF: FBR Open: Day 1 (Live, Ch22, tomorrow, 4am). HANDBALL: Men's World C'ship: S-finals (Live, Ch22, tomorrow, 2.30 am). Event HOCKEY: SHF League, U-18 Girls: dMaster-ACJC v STC (6pm). Boys: Khalsa A v dMaster-ACJC (7.30pm) Delta Stadium.
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  • OBITUARIES
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      242 49 TANBENGWEE Age: 84 passed away peacefully on 31 January 2007, leaving behind loved ones. (Husband: Ng Pia Sin, deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Jimmy Ng I.im Tock Yvette Tony Ng Lip Hiap (Loh Fong Lan, deceased) Tommy Ng Lip Kuan Leong Sweet Fong Ng Lip Chuan Doris Yeo Siew Hong Henry Ng
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      39 49 IN LOVING MEMORY OF MOLLY WEE KAN KWEE CHENG sth Anniversary 3rd Anniversary 2 Feb 2002 I Feb 2004 Gone from our lives both so dear. But in our hearts forever near. Always Remembered by Daughter and Loved Ones.
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      118 49 am the resurrection and the life. He who belieivs in Me, though he may die, he shall live." John 11:25 QUEKGEOKKIN Age: 86 was called home to he with the Lord on 31 Jan 2007, leaving behind loved ones. (Husband: foh Peng Seong. deceased) Children: Spouses: Toh Tse Ming Jessica
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      167 49 SOW HUP Age: 91 passed away peacefully on 31 Jan 07, leaving behind loved ones. Wife: Teo Geo Sons: Daughters-in-law: Soh Sin Guan Tan Lian Huay Soh Sing Hwa Sow Aik Urn Mook Yaw Heng Sow Sim Pah Seah Hui Ying, Maria Daughters: Sons-in-law: Soh Lan Ong See Chin (Soh
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      91 49 ALVIN TEO KOK LEONG AGE: 53 parsed away peacefully on 31 M/ 2007. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Brothers: Sisters-in-law: Teu Aug Teong Chua Bee Moon Teo Koon Kiew Teo Kok Keong ll»ng Beng Neo Teo Kong Beng liovv Sow Chin Sisters: Brothers-in-law: TeoUan Hawi Teo I
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      89 49 I The family of the late NG SIU LIAN Departed on 26 January 2007 Wishes to express their sincere appreciation to all who have given their support and condolences during their recent bereavement. Special thanks to: Prof. Fong Kok Yong, Or Andrea Low, all doctors, nurses staff of Ward 74,
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      77 49 POON WOON CHENG Age: 55 passed away peacefully on 31 Jan 2007 Leaving behind loved ones. Brothers: Sisters-in-law: Poon Kum Hong Put Lai Peng Poon Kum Kwok Choy Suet Ying Poon Kum Loon Hong Sicw Lean Sister: Brother-in-law: Poon Woon Ping Chua Eng Siong Nephews and nieces. Body resting al
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      60 49 I I 2nd Anniversary EDWIN SNG YONG CHUA Departed: 1 Feb 2005 Memory of him as dear to its today as in the hour he passed away Fondly reinemlx.'red and dearly missed hy your close buddies. Jeffrey Sim Lo Yong Huat Ong Hai Choon Sim (ruian Hup Rathakrushnan Tan Sing
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      103 49 PUVIRASA RASIAH Age: 70 passed away peacefully on 31 lan 2007 Fondly cherished and remembered by loved ones Wife: Ho Ai (it Son: Roshan Mo Puvirasa Daughter: Son-in-law: Tara Hsing-lu Puvirasa Andrew Bok Sisters: Mrs P. Muthiah Mariann Rasiah Ncsapooranam Rasiah Mother-in-law, nephews, nieces, relatives and friends We Invile you
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      104 49 t"ThtTffdrt I say In you. Jo not worry about your Itfr Matthew 6:2$ ZUZARTE BENJAMIN DOMINIC Age: 86 died in the arms of Jesus on 30Jan 2067, leaving behind Siblings: Edward, Olive, David, Jenny, Aloysiusffoe), Christina (Naf. Lionel, George, Dolores, Frederick, Mane and their Spouses, Children, Grandchildren, Relatives, Friends And
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      108 49 LAM BOEY KWAI ROSE AGE: 80 Was called home to be with the Lord on 31 January 2007 leaving behind loved ones. Daughters: Sons-in-law: Soon Peck Cheng Susan Toh Teck Kok Soon Peck Chu Sindy Kok Peng Soon Sam Soon Poh Choo Belinda Tan Wee Boon Mark (iodson: Ong Wee
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  • MONEY
    • SGX SECURITIES
      • 6143 50 TRANSACTION DATE: JAN 31, 2007 52-WEEK HIGH LOW TEL CODE COMPANY CURRENCY LAST TRADED SALE +0R'VOL '000 DAY NET P/E M CAP SMIL HIGH LOW 3.5 11.5 34.5 101 35.5 25 27 19.5 18.5 21.5 105 31 4.5 24.5 10.5 10 18 9.5 7.5 38 44 11
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      • 1671 50 52-WEEK !H LOW I EL CODE COMPANY CURRENCY LAST TRADED SALE +0R'VOL 'OOO DAY HIGH LOW NET P/E M CAP SMIL 21 25 34 79.5 82 5.5 28.5 26 38 13.5 5.5 91 13 12 9 23 38.5 76 48 7 12 7.8 54.5 41 2C 11.5 24
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      • 60 50 52-WEEK HIGH LOW IEL CODE COMPANY CURRENCY LAST TRADED SALE 0RVOL 'OOO DAY HIGH LOW NET P/E MCAP SMIL ***** 119 6065 Diamonds 6095 ISDJUSTech 6097 ISMSCISpore ***** ***** 6101 ISS&P500 ***** ***** 5170 SPDRS 3180 2382 6235 STI ETF 100 3182.6 2360.9 6236 STIETFIOPV US119 US3740 JS*****
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    • 500 51 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Deal allows them to cooperate on dual listings, technology and new products New York THE New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) yesterday announced an alliance that extends the former's global reach. The deal could also
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    • 351 51 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Washington THE United States economy grew at a stronger-than-expected pace during the final quarter of last year, a government report showed yesterday. The growth was boosted by robust spending and slowing inflation that more than offset the biggest
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    • 372 51 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE San Francisco WHILE Microsoft trumpeted Vista worldwide on Tuesday, the Internet abounded with postings from people unimpressed or downright disappointed with the new operating system. As Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates headed a multi-million-dollar "the wow starts now" advertising campaign for Vista,
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    • 31 51 AFP Yesterday's close: 17,383.42 (-106.77 points) »Japanese stocks fell 0.61 per cent, as weaker-than-expected results from Sony weighed on sentiment ahead of another slew of company earnings reports.
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    • 35 51 AFP Yesterday's close: 20,106.42 (-354.04 points) Hong Kong shares closed sharply lower, shedding 1.73 per cent, as selling pressure intensified in late trading following steep falls on the mainland's A-share markets.
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    • 35 51 AFP Yesterday's close: 2,796.34 (-144.23 points) Chinese stocks plunged 4.92 per cent on heavy institutional selling, as officials voiced fresh concerns over the danger of a bubble forming in the share market.
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    • 29 51 AFP Yesterday's close: 5,773.4 (-39.1 points) Australian share prices ended down 0.67 per cent, as investors cashed in profits following the market's record-breaking surge last month.
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    • 39 51 AFP Yesterday's close: 1,189.35 (+7.93 points) Malaysian stocks gained 0.66 per cent in mixed trade, as interest in blue chips offset profit-taking in the broader market. Volume was 1.19 billion shares, worth RM2.46 billion (Ssl.oB billion).
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      37 51 AFP Yesterday's close: 14,090.92 (-121.04 points) The Sensex fell 0.9 per cent. Tata Steel had its biggest decline in eight months, after raising its offer price by a third for Corns Group, beating Brazil's CSN.
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    • 39 51 AFP Yesterday's close: 1,757.25 (-8.26 points) »Indonesian shares fell 0.47 per cent in cautious trade, on the eve of the release of January inflation data. Volume was 1.98 billion shares, worth 2.33 trillion rupiah (*****.8 million).
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    • 36 51 AFP Yesterday's close: 654.04 (+0.55 point) Thai stocks closed slightly higher, led by gains on Wall Street and buying of energy-linked shares. Volume was 2.32 billion shares worth 8.3 billion baht (*****.9 million).
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    • 213 51 Jan 31 Stock Name Wt Close Change Allgreen 0.45 1.680 Ascendasreit 0.99 2.480 -0.020 BILIntl 0.38 1.650 -0.010 CapitaLand 4.92 6.700 -0.100 CapitaMall 0.97 3.240 -0.120 Chart SemiCond 0.85 1.400 +0.020 CityDev 3.06 14.000 +0.100 ComfortDelGro 1.45 1.820 -0.010 CoscoCorp 1.00 2.700 +0.020 Creative Tech 0.30
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    • 51 51 Unionmet 200,023,000 Chart SemiCond 67,403,000 LottVis 52,697,000 EastgateTech 50,259,000 BanJoo 44,850,000 UTAC 42,039,000 China Energy 38,614,000 *Star Cruises 38,327,000 Yongnam 37,472,000 Gen Intl 36,381,000 Jan 31 PDC Carp 34,008,000 Sing Tel 31,106,000 Sapphire 25,930,000 Capita Mall 23,965,000 PineAgritech 23,296,000 AusGroup 21,713,000 Mediaßing 20,223,000 CSCHIdgs 20,084,000 Auston 17,518,000 FHTKHIdgs
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    • 136 51 UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS Jan 31 SINGAPORE DOLLARS TO ONE UNIT JF FOREIGN CURRENCY Buying Selling lust dollar 1.1800 1.1940 ;an dollar 1.2970 1.3120 Euro 1.9810 2.0030 (lalaysian ringgit* 0.4386 0.4391 4Z dollar 1.0480 1.0710 Sterling pound 3.0010 3.0330 JS dollar 1.5300 1.5460 SINGAPORE DOLLARS TO 100
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    • 1940 51 Bonds, Loans Warrants TRANSACTION DATE: JAN 31, 2007 HIGH LOW CODE COMPAHY TRADED SALE '000 50 8 3779 ASL Marine W*****1 43 5 -0.5 48 31 9588 AllgrEEn MBLECW***** 41- .0.5 9 3 ArianeCnrpW*****9 i ich 58.5 16 5 9161 AscendasSGAeCW*****513 I 12.5 5.5 9092 Asia En» W*****4 10. -3
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    • 506 52 REUTERS Indian firm outbids Brazil's CSN, set to become world's fifth-largest steelmaker London INDIA'S Tata Steel is set to become the world's fifth-biggest steelmaker after winning a battle for Anglo-Dutch steelmaker Corus Group with a £6.2 billion (SslB.B billion) offer. The battle pushed Corus'
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    • 406 52 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE New Delhi INDIA'S Tata Group boasts an increasingly global stable of interests from tea and trucks to technology. A little more than two years ago, Tata Group chairman Ratan Tata said he wanted the conglomerate to "spread its wings far beyond India".
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    • 209 52 REUTERS Tokyo SONY said yesterday it expected losses in its game unit to exceed its previous estimate of 200 billion yen (552.52 billion) in the year to March, but aimed to break even on games in the next business year. Slow demand for
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    • 388 53  -  Arthur Poon By, CITIBANK has leapfrogged its local rivals to become the bank with the best corporate reputation among Singaporeans, according to a new survey. The American giant scored 2.97 out of a possible 5 to edge out last year's chart-topper, DBS Bank, at
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    • COMPANIES IN BRIEF
      • 98 53 OSIM International warned yesterday that profit for the year ended Dec 31 is likely to be lower than the previous year's gain by between 20 and 28 per cent. Interest expenses at American unit Brookstone and tie-up OSIM Brookstone will be a drag on profits.
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      • 75 53 NEPTUNE Orient Lines (NOL) is selling its entire 75 per cent stake in a local warehousing company for $10.5 million. The deal, which will be completed this month, will see the shipping line sell its interest in Trident Districentre to local logistics company CWT. It is
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      • 65 53 HOTEL Properties (HPL) will open Malaysia's first hotel under the Hard Rock brand in Penang next year. The Singapore-based hospitality firm is renovating the Casuarma Beach Resort that was closed recently. It will reopen as the Hard Rock Hotel Penang. It will have 255
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      • 63 53 ROTARY Engineering and OKP Holdings have formed a joint venture to pursue civil engineering projects in Singapore's oil and gas sector. Rotary will have a 45 per cent stake in the $1 million company, with OKP owning the rest. Both firms ire currently working together
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    • 455 53  -  Joyce Teo Consultants expect strong interest in tender for Handy Road site By; Property Correspondent A SLIVER of land at Handy Road not much bigger than half a football pitch will further test the strength of the recovery of properties
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    • 415 53  -  Lee Su Shyan By SIX new stocks will join the Straits Times Index (STI) on Monday while four will be shown the door. In come brewer Thai Beverage, property players CapitaCommercial Trust and Suntec Reit, Olam International, which manages agricultural supply
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    • 582 54  -  Bryan Lee Outlook remains hazy despite $142 m gain; firm plans to cut 300 jobs in Europe, US By CREATIVE Technology's quarterly gain surged by 11 times after a one-off payment by rival Apple to settle a legal dispute boosted net
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    • 409 54  -  Goh Eng Yeow STAKING STOCK By Markets Correspondent BLUE-CHIP stocks mostly held steady yesterday, but sentiment in the rest of the market was spooked by a sharp correction in both the Hong Kong and China bourses. China plays here came under especially
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    • 34 54 (0) Ian 31 IAC GLD 10US$ Keppel Corp CityDev AA eCW*****9.. SIA SIA200 CENTS 416 6390 1790 85 1760 1750 36.9 30.7 30.0 23.5 20.0 20.0 6.1 0.3 1.7 38.2 1.1 1.2
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    • 38 54 (0) Jan 31 lyxor China H 10IISS lardine C8C SGX Spore Land Asia Pac Brew Creative Tech CENTS 1210 1410 675 850 1570 1050 61.4 40.0 25.0 25.0 20.0 20.0 3.2 2.8 3.6 2.9 1.3 1.9
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    • 259 54  -  Joyce Teo By Property Correspondent CDL Hospitality Trusts yesterday posted fourth-quarter distributable income of $12.4 million about 34 per cent above its forecast. The distribution per unit to investors came in at 1.76 cents. The strong showing comes on the back of a buoyant hospitality
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    • 334 54  -  GABRIEL CHEN WARRANT WATCH WARRANTS on Keppel Corp are now the flavour of the week, after the conglomerate's better-than-ex-pected full-year results released on Tuesday. Keppel's net profit rose 33 per cent to a record $750.8 million, outperforming analysts' expectations. Warrants on stocks
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    • 294 54  -  GABRIEL CHEN DIRECTORS' TRADES A DIRECTOR of Capitaßetail China Trust (CRCT) Management has reduced his direct interest in the real estate investment trust (Reit). Mr Liew Mun Leong, who is also Capita Land's president and chief executive, sold 200,000 units in CRCT on
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    • 745 55  -  Fiona Chan FIONA CHAN Net demand surges more than 50% to 268.5 ha of space, says landlord JTC By Property Reporter THE amount of vacant land taken up by businesses to build factories and warehouses rose to a record high last year
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    • 23 55 BUYING SELLING Australian dollar 1.1800 1.1940 Euro 1.9810 2.0030 Sterling pound 3.0010 3.0330 US dollar 1.5300 1.5460 Yen (100 units) 1.2572 1.2708
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    • 8 55 UP DOWN Gainers: 257 Losers: 483 Unchanged: 651
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    • 222 55  -  GRACE NG »TELCO NAMES NEW CFO THE chief financial officer (CFO) of Singapore Technologies Engineering (ST Engg), Mr Francis Heng, is resigning and moving to Sing Tel to become its group CFO. Mr Heng, 47, will serve notice at ST Engg until March
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    • 36 94 Little-known Singapore model Celine Chua makes aUl?.'^cVc STEPSTO I A LLUOt CUAX/C OMAV t I NAUGHTY PAkT^j V^A-VIXI_y FOR VALENTINE'S DAY WIN! SS E WATCHES WORTH $1,456 HUGO BOSS WOMEN'S PERFUME WORTH $1,090
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    • 353 95 Sure, there were plenty of perks: freebies from fashion shows, not having to stand in line to get into the newest clubs and enjoying home-cooked meals with hunky male models. But even for ordinary girls with big egos, sharing a one-bedroom apartment in New York with Urban
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      309 97 Ever wondered what it would be like to have a personal shopper? Better yet, how about a shop that throws itself at your feet? Well, at least one person in Singapore is so very, very important at a store that it regularly flies her to its flagship in Paris
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    • 108 97 BAG A DEAL: It bag rental company Be-A-Fashionista.com is, for the first time, selling its wares. On Saturday, brand new and gently-used totes from Fendi, Prada, Chloe, Mulberry, Marc Jacobs, Balenciaga and many other brands will sell for 20 to 60 per cent off retail prices, starting at $140.
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      • 289 97  -  Michelle Tay A week after Apple Inc revealed its new revolutionary touch-screen mobile phone, the iPhone, on Jan 9, Italian fashion brand Prada and Korean electronics giant LG Electronics have dropped their own bombshell the Prada phone by LG, also a touch-screen mobile phone. If that's not
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      • 324 97 LOVE FREE LUNCH Who says there is no such thing as a free lunch? Better yet, you may even get a taste of true love. Home-grown dating agency Lunch Actually is putting two of its members up for a free date. You see, its clients don't normally get to "preview"
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      • 191 97 Hong Kong singeractress Karen Mok is the latest celebrity to front skincare brand SK-11. In town on Monday, she was at Tangs Vivo City in the evening for the official opening of SK-ll's latest counter there. Dressed in a chic ensemble of a tan-coloured shirt and a
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        755 97 May Yip Do you have a problem with the way you look? E-mail your queries to May Yip at sturban@sph.com.sg QI am a young adult suffering from oily and acne-prone skin. I want to stop piling on foundation to cover my blemishes as it can worsen my skin condition.
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        224 97  -  /Belle Charlene Kwan These two head-turners were spotted at the Nike Air Force 1 Gallery Launch at The Cannery Clarke Quay last Friday _na Ismail, 31, freelance writer Where did you get your clothes from? I got my top from Mango for about $30. My vest and shorts were
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        197 98 The Croc's Bag, made of mixed leather, is roomy enough for your essentials yet cool enough to tote around on a night out. $180, from +20 Bulbs, 03-07 Mandarin Gallery. On a quest for fairer skin? Lancaster's Intensive Whitening Booster Serum promises to whiten and even your
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        168 98 Calling fans of Superman. If you can't get enough of the Man of Steel, the Superman Ultimate DVD Collection featuring all five Superman movies in 13 discs will capture your fancy. $149.90, from Video Ezy stores. For a crisp, smart shirt that will take you from work
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      1138 100  -  MICHELLE TAY Shaving to some men may be a chore, but Urban shows you how it can be enjoyable Let's face it shaving is a necessary pain. Applying a sharp metal blade to your face cuts hairs but also removes microscopic layers of skin that can cause
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    • 547 100 You need three ingredients for a good wet shave: a good razor, a good brush and glycerin-based shaving cream. Once you have those, follow these four steps provided by The Art Of Shaving, a New York-based purveyor of traditional shaving products, for a perfect shave.
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      482 101 GETTHELOOK Belle Charlene Kwan Ashburn Eng girl can look hot in a slinky frock with a sexy neckline. But it takes a real woman to slip on a shirt or shirtdress and still turn heads. A shirtdress is basically a much longer shirt with a fitted waist that
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    • 1271 103 Singaporean model Celine Chua has modelled for names like Dior and Chanel. Urban meets theleggy clothes-horse who's made it big in the Big Apple The face looks vaguely familiar, perhaps because you have seen her in glossy magazine advertisements. Most recently, you might recall her as the
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      235 104 We catch up with some of Singapore's best-known models COLIN WEE, 27 Claim to fame: Featured in DKNY's spring/summer 2005 ad campaign, shot by renowned German-born fashion lensman Peter Lindberg. Status: After working in marketing for home-grown shirt brand Raoul for seven months, Wee moved to modelling agency
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    • 188 104 Once the It Girl of Singapore's fashion world, model Serene Chew was "asked to leave" by her Singapore-based agency Aye last month. According to the agency owner's, Chuando, who was also responsible for spotting the unconventional beauty known for her trademark shaved brows, she was dismissed due
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    • 992 106 Some non-fashion labels like Lego and Samsonite are expanding into the fashion apparel and shoe industry. MELISSA LEE reports You can now tog your child out in Lego, walk around in Samsonites and wear Oakleys around your waist, and actually look good. No, your kid hasn't built himself
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      942 107  -  LEONG SU-LIN Edison Lee (right) isn't fashion conscious. But he owns three shoe brands and says his engineering background helps him design comfortable shoes He's the founder of three successful home-grown shoe brands, JWest, Passporte and Sole Lovers, which retail locally as well as in Indonesia, Malaysia and
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      787 108  -  MICHELLE TAY Hollywood make-up artist Nicki Ledermann says Sarah Jessica Parker can't over-do make-up or she'll look like a drag queen t's not often that mere mortals get to meet a Hollywood celebrity, let alone touch their faces. But Nicki Ledermann, 38, make-up artist to the stars, gets
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      619 109 In this week's Liquid Diet, SHAAN SETH highlights three new offerings for the thriving beer market The glass is far from full when it comes to beer drinking in Singapore. In the last six months, at least eight new beers have been launched. Asia Pacific Breweries, for one,
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      716 110  -  TAN HSUEH YUN POSH NOSH Doesn't the sweetie pie-ness of Valentine's Day just irritate you sometimes? All those pink roses, cute teddy bears and sentimental cards are so saccharine. So if you're looking for something more edgy this Valentine's, hustle on down to Bakerzin and get its R2l
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    • 492 111  -  PRADEEP PAUL Tone flabby thighs with these simple routines Some people think "thunder thighs" to themselves and wince when they look in a full-length mirror. Others, the luckier ones, whisper it to buddies and giggle when they .pot a pair bulging out of a too-short dress 3r
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    • 303 111 BALL SQUAT What it works: Buttocks, thighs, calves, the muscle to the outer side of your shin (when done with the toes up). How to do it: Stand with the gym ball between you and trie wall, feet flat on the floor,
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    • 373 112  -  /Leong Su-Lin HARESH SHARMA The Necessary Stage's resident playwright Haresh Sharma does not own any designer clothes, shoes or bags, and he would like to keep it that way. "I don't see the point of paying hundreds of dollars for a Louis Vuitton bag," says the 42-year-old, who is
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    • 503 112 2 Ml Singapore Fringe Festival 2007 booklet You never know when you're going to meet someone who is coming to the festival and needs to know what shows are on. This is light, so I always carry three or four around in my bag. 4
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