The Straits Times, 19 July 2007

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  • 24 1 THE STRAITS TIMES 118 PAGES IN FIVE PARTS MICA (P) 198/12/2006 THURSDAY, JULY 19 2007 A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 80 CENTS
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  • 449 1 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, BLOOMBERG, REUTERS, NEW YORK TIMES Sao Paulo A BRAZILIAN passenger jet skidded off a runway and slammed into a building yesterday, leaving up to 200 dead in what is shaping up to be the country's biggest air disaster.
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  • 552 1  -  Joyce Teo Tax payable to enhance use of sites to be raised from 50% to 70% By Property Correspondent THE Government sprung a surprise on property developers yesterday by dramatically ramping up a tax payable to enhance the use of a site.
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  • 195 1  -  FIONA CHAN SINGAPORE'S property market is the hottest in the world for major real estate investments, according to a new study by Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL). Astounding rental growth and rising values were cited as reasons for the strong showing for the first half
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  • UPFRONT
    • 1140 1  -  Wong Kim Hoh By MS HAUWA Ibrahim is extremely impressed with Singapore's $2 banknote for its illustration of a teacher interacting with students. "It shows how much importance you place on education. For a better world, that is the future," she says
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 359 2 SECTION ONE HOME Prime 2-4 Work-life balance still far off Asia 6-12 Less than half the 627 executives World 13-19 polled in a recent survey said their Review 22-24 companies offer work-life balance PY| ...25 perks such as flexible working __„"""'"'_l,.',~ hours or gym membership. SECTION TWO PAGE H l
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  • PRIME
    • 603 3  -  Derwin Pereira CONDOLEEZZA RICE TO SKIP ASEAN FORUM Asean on the backburner as Iraq, Middle East take centrestage in final months of Bush presidency By US Bureau Chief In Washington UNITED States-Asean ties seemed set to suffer another
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    • 111 3 Dr Kanwaljit Soin, founder and chair of the Women's Initiative for Ageing Successfully (Wings), gives Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew a peck on the cheek for his support for the group. Mr and Mrs Lee were guests of honour at a gala dinner celebrating the
      CHEW SENG KIM  -  111 words
    • 488 3  -  Leonard Lim By TICKETS for next year's Singapore Grand Prix will go on sale to the public in mid-December. Companies that want to buy hospitality packages where their guests can watch the Formula One race in air-conditioned comfort and enjoy
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    • 588 4  -  Lee Hui Chieh This could be the first such case here. If found guilty, the person could be jailed and fined By SOMEONE here is now being probed by the Ministry of Health (MOH) for what could be Singapore's first case of
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    • 563 4  -  Ho Ai Li But Froebel Academy head says it is moving, not closing down By There have been three other lawsuits against the school in the last two years. The latest was filed by Canon Singapore on Monday for claims of about
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    • 182 4 EN BLOC SALES Beating the rule change HP** A look at why some sales agents and committees have jacked up reserve prices over the past few weeks. Dad drowns saving boy, 11. Brother tells him: Dad died because of you Bm 'j ft Hi AH VAT HUNAN BE %M Kg
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  • ASIA
    • 624 6  -  Nirmal Ghosh THAI FINANCE MINISTER SAYS: Bank of Thailand cuts key interest rate for the fifth time this year By Thailand Correspondent In Bangkok THAI Finance Minister Chalongphob Sussangkarn warned yesterday that the baht's recent gains showed unexpected parallels to 1997,
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    • CHINA
      • 438 7 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS Left wing of Communist Party wants return to Maoist policies, while the right urges reforms Beijing A HEATED ideological debate within China's ruling Communist Party over how to solve the country's social ills is spilling out into public view ahead
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      • 298 7 REUTERS Beijing INTERNET users and company officials in China yesterday blamed a series of disruptions to cross-border e-mail traffic on adjustments to the country's vast Internet surveillance system. IT company executives offered varying explanations for the e-mail disruptions, but agreed they were not
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      • 490 7 REUTERS Beijing NEGOTIATORS at the six-party talks in Beijing on the North's nuclear programme yesterday worked to reach agreement on a statement that will set out broad goals for the next phase of Pyongyang's denuclearisation. China, as the host of
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      • 506 8  -  Tracy Quek Dozens killed as record one-day amount of rain hits Chongqing By China Correspondent In Beijing FEROCIOUS rainstorms battering south-western China have left at least 37 people dead and a dozen missing and paralysed air, road and rail transportation. An unprecedented 266.6mm of
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    • INDIA/SOUTH ASIA
      • 641 10  -  Ravi Velloor Despite strong opposition, Pratibha Patel's win almost certain By India Bureau Chief In New Delhi INDIA is set to elect its first woman president today after weeks of debating her suitability for the job, with the principal opposition party even
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      • 263 10 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Islamabad PRESIDENT Pervez Musharraf said yesterday that Pakistan was now in open battle with Islamic militants, who have launched a spate of suicide attacks. But the leader ruled out declaring a state of emergency. General Musharraf's tough declaration came after militants
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    • SOUTH-EAST ASIA/MALAYSIA
      • 510 11  -  Roger Mitton Chinese navy fires at Vietnamese fishing boats in oil-rich region By Vietnam Correspondent In Hanoi TENSION is growing between China and Vietnam over control of the Spratly Islands after another violent clash in the oil-rich offshore region. A group of Vietnamese boats
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      • 535 11  -  AZHAR GHANI By Indonesia Bureau Chief In Jakarta INDONESIA has denied requesting for changes to the Defence Cooperation Agreement (DCA) which it signed with Singapore in April. Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda told reporters on Tuesday that it had asked for a clause in
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      • 181 11 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK, ASSOCIATED PRESS Kuala Lumpur THE Malaysian government is replacing its fleet of ageing Sikorsky S-61 helicopters another of which crashed last week, killing all six air force officers. Deputy Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak said the Cabinet has agreed to call
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    • MALAYSIA
      • 392 12 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK 200 people heckle the suspects as they enter court to have remand extended Balik Pulau (Penang) EMOTIONS ran high when two suspects detained for the death of toddler Shearwey Ooi Ying Ying were taken to court yesterday morning.
        THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK; SIN CHEW DAILY; CHINA PRESS  -  392 words
      • 397 12  -  Hazlin Hassan By Malaysia Correspondent In Kuala Lumpur MOVING to overcome bad publicity, Malaysia Airlines (MAS) has denied speculation that recent flight delays were due to staff sabotage or a "silent strike" by its workers. The problems were caused by technical issues,
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      • 282 12  -  Chow Kum Hor By Malaysia Correspondent In Shah Alam THE judge and lawyers involved in the trial of murdered Mongolian interpreter Altantuya Shaariibuu yesterday visited a forest clearing near where the victim was blown up. The area, in a dense forest some I.skm off
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 26 6 Poised for presidency India is set to elect Pratibha Patil as its first woman president after weeks of debating her suitability for the job. PAGE 10
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  • WORLD
    • 962 13 ASSOCIATED PRESS Post your comments online at www.straitstimes.com Analysts say air travel boom could mean less experienced pilots behind the controls Brussels GLOBAL flight safety is in jeopardy because of a shortage of pilots, aviation analysts have warned, noting that some airlines are being
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    • 264 13 REUTERS Sydney THE Flying Kangaroo, well known around the world as the logo for Australian carrier Qantas, could be in for a facelift as the airline reviews its future following a failed takeover. The white marsupial adorning the red tails of Qantas planes might
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    • 624 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, LOS ANGELES TIMES Al-Qaeda is stronger and plans to strike US again, says report Washington THE spread of radical Islamist websites offers disaffected Muslims in the West indoctrination and training for extremist attacks, the US intelligence community has warned. A new
      AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, LOS ANGELES TIMES  -  624 words
    • 295 15 REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS THE US command in Iraq said yesterday that the highest-ranking Iraqi in the leadership of Al-Qaeda in Iraq has been arrested, adding that information from him indicates the group is controlled by foreign-based operatives. Khaled Abdul-Fattah Dawoud Mahmoud al-Mashhadani,
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    • 367 15 WASHINGTON POST Washington JAPAN has warned leaders of the US House of Representatives that serious, long-term damage to bilateral ties is likely if the House passes a resolution demanding an official apology from Tokyo for its wartime policy of forcing
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    • 566 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS, ASSOCIATED PRESS Planes intercepted by Norway were said to be headed for Britain amid row with Russia London BRITISH fighter jets were scrambled after two Russian bombers were intercepted off the coast of Norway, said Britain's Defence Ministry, following
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    • WORLD QUICKLY
      • 96 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WASHINGTON: The United States is forming an import safety panel following a string of incidents that have raised questions about the safety of products from China. The working group of top officials, to be headed by Health and Human Services Secretary Michael
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      • 95 16 IVGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO: Japanese carmakers including Toyota Vlotor and Nissan Motor yesterday said they would reduce or suspend their domestic production because of a shortage of parts following a powerful earthquake. The development came after car parts maker Riken was forced to suspend operations at
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      • 108 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE BANGKOK: Thailand yesterday lifted a ban on the formation of new political parties. The National Legislative Assembly (NLA), appointed by military leaders who toppled Thaksin Shinawatra in a coup last year, overwhelmingly adopted a Bill revoking the junta's ban on new parties,
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      • 102 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MUMBAI: An Indian anti-terror court yesterday sentenced to death three men convicted of involvement in a series of bomb attacks in Mumbai in 1993 which killed 257 people. The court ordered that Pervez Sheikh, Abdul Turq and Mohammed Mushtaq Tarani all go
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      • 136 16 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE JERUSALEM: Israel's latest inquiry into last year's Lebanon war has blasted Prime Minister Ehud Olmert for "intolerable" failures in protecting civilians during the conflict, dealing yet another blow to the beleaguered Premier. In a scathing report, State Comptroller Micha Lindenstrauss said yesterday that
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    • 472 17  -  Derek Scally Set to be the longest bridge in the region, it will cut travel time and boost economy By For The Straits Times In Berlin DENMARK'S capital Copenhagen and Germany's second-larg-est city Hamburg will grow closer with the construction of a new
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    • 252 17 BLOOMBERG Boston EATING more fruits, vegetables and fibre than the five servings a day recommended by the US government does not cut the risk that breast cancer will recur, according to a study. Patients in the study's two groups had similar rates
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    • SPOTLIGHT PEOPLE
      • 296 18 ASSOCIATED PRESS ONE doctor thought the bleeding, strange bumps on the head of Mr Aaron Dallas might have been due to a gnat bite. Another specialist thought it was shingles. But both doctors held out the possibility it was something far more
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      • 259 18 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE HUNDREDS of goodwill messages poured in from politicians, business leaders and members of the public for former South African president Nelson Mandela on his 89th birthday yesterday. The July 18 birthday of the man known affectionately as Madiba is an annual cause
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      • 144 18 REUTERS A SCOTTISH businessman who began his career selling sports shoes from the back of a van has pledged to donate £1 billion (Ss3 billion) to charity over his lifetime. Mr Tom Hunter had gone on to found and then sell a chain of
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  • REVIEW
    • 404 21 THE matter of a capital refund was a necessary part of Trade Minister Lim Hng Kiang's answer to Parliament this week to explain the aborted University of New South Wales project. Taxpayers needed to he told unequivocably just how much had been advanced; that the money
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    • 900 21  -  Fidel Ramos By NORTH Korea's nuclear ambitions seem to have died down, at least for now. The six-party talks have, at long last, succeeded thanks, apparently, to China. Under the aegis of the six-party umbrella, the United States and North Korea have even
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    • 860 21  -  Andy Mukherjee BLOOMBERG By CARRY traders in Asia, having survived the initial jitters from the US subprime mortgage crisis, are now looking for funding currencies with less risk. While the Japanese yen and the Taiwanese dollar remain the vehicles of choice for financing
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    • 1026 22  -  Andy Ho THE HOMOSEXUAL DEBATE People cannot be expected to give up their convictions, so let friendship reign By Senior Writer MR BAEY Yam Keng said at a forum recently that if it came to a vote in Parliament, and the whip were
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    • 930 23  -  Tom Plate By In Los Angeles LONG before just about everyone and his uncle began throwing around the term "brand" and "branding" as if they had personally invented it, a visionary from Japan was actually doing some big-time branding of his own instinct.
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    • 927 23  -  Will Ferguson By In Calgary (Alberta) FORGET the cowboy. The true ail-American hero is the confidence man: breezy, self-invented, ambitious, protean. So too with Canada. Ignore the scarlet-jacket-ed Mountie who is strong of jaw and pure of heart. Up here, the voyageur a
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  • Page 21 Miscellaneous
    • 32 21 Fallen press baron There is a quiet feeling of glee among Canadians over the fall of Conrad Black, who renounced his Canadian citizenship. PAGE 24 PUNCHLINES li US-CHINA Food SAFETY utf S
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  • Page 24 Miscellaneous
    • 459 24 Singapore today Partly cloudy, showers with thunder in the late morning and early afternoon over many areas. ASIA WORLD WEATHER Bj^p? SHANGHAI o W jO C'°Udy KUNMING A TAIPEI KOLKATA HONGKONG Windy SOUTH CHINA SEA Rain i |^^^^^^H T^H, Showers o'cHENNAI f piP L*^ I Vk S o COLOMBO jj.
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    • 277 24 asdhf 5 THINGS YOU CAN DO TODAY 1 Parents can register for a talk on Saturday on cultivating an interest in reading in pre-school children. RTRC Asia, 73 Bras Basah Road, #04-01. July 21, 2.30pm-4.30pm. Fee: $21.40. Call 6332-0685 or visit www.rtrc-asia.com for more details. 2 Attend a concert by
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  • HOME
    • 857 26  -  Selina Lum Feuding siblings 2 doctors and architect in bitter legal tussle over late father's assets worth over $100 million By IN THE last years of her life, the wife of a wealthy property investor made sure that each of her three sons were made
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    • 507 27  -  Teh Joo Lin St John's gets injunction against superintendent who is suspected to have vanished with $3.9m By THE man remains missing, but the hunt has begun to trace and freeze all assets linked to him. Lawyers acting for St John's
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    • 415 27  -  Elena Chong By Court Correspondent TWO men were each sentenced to two weeks' jail and fined $23,000 yesterday for helping to manage a common gaming house at the Republic of Senegal consulate late last year. Johnson Lira Boon Wah and Lee Swee
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    • 80 27 A branch fell off a tree and landed on the windscreen of a taxi travelling along Tanglin Road at about 6.40pm on Tuesday. The driver, a woman in her mid-30s, was alone in the taxi and appeared to be uninjured. However, she complained of
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      • 165 27 A FORMER orphanage supervisor accused of multiple charges of causing hurt on those in his care, made a second appearance in court yesterday. Ahmad Ehsan Abdullah, 50, faces 40 counts of ill-treating the boys aged between eight and 18. The alleged offences
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      • 99 27 A MAN who lied to the immigration authorities that his then-fian-cee, a China national, had never entered Singapore under a different passport or name was sentenced to three weeks' jail yesterday. IT consultant Soon Poh Shoon, 36, who will start his jail sentence
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      • 107 27 THE former executive secretary of a Hainanese trustee company was fined $3,500 for abetting in forgery and corruption. Han Kim Juan, 65, pleaded guilty to two counts of abetting Ong Siew Peng, outgoing chairman of the Kheng Chiu Tin Hou Kong and Burial Ground, in
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      • 68 27 A 21-YEAR-OLD man was arrested on Tuesday in connection with the alleged molestation of a seven-year-old girl in the National Library in Victoria Street. The police had appealed for help last Wednesday to find a man captured on a security video. It is believed that
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    • 430 28  -  Khushwant Singh By FROM the flurry of questions posed by students of Kranji Secondary School in March about lewd propositions in Internet chatrooms, it was evident that they had encountered online sexual predators. The talk to the students that month on cyber-security was part
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    • 278 28 Singapore refutes China drug authority's claims that bannei drug was made by a firm here THE Health Sciences Authority (HSA) yesterday refuted claims by a China agency that a drug it recently banned was made by a Singapore company. It told The Straits
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    • 233 28 THE Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) will suspend some services for a week from this Saturday as it upgrades its national database of citizen information to a Web-based system. The ICA said yesterday that the public should apply for any of the affected
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    • 614 30  -  Sue-Ann Chia Survey finds fewer execs enjoying such benefits firms prefer to woo talent with bigger pay packages By HELPING employees strike a balance between work and having a life outside the office has yet to catch on in a big way
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      • 153 30 CERTIFICATE of entitlement (COE) prices for commercial vehicles hit a four-month low in the latest round, dropping 20.7 per cent to $3,889. Two months ago, it was $10,000. On the other hand, COE premiums for small and big cars went up. For the popular small car
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      • 91 30 SINGAPORE and France are organising a workshop on how to prevent and manage bird flu in Asean countries. The workshop, which starts today, will bring together public health officials from countries in the region. According to a release from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, experts from
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    • 160 30 ["HERE'S never a better time to start your weekmd with copies of The New Paper delivered to ,rour doorstep. If you sign up now for a year's subscription of super Weekend editions of The New Paper, you vill receive this stylish radio alarm clock
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    • 382 30  -  Maria Almenoar By THE Girls' Brigade Singapore celebrated its 80th anniversary in style yesterday. The grand birthday celebrations were in the form of a dinner for 900 guests, including current and former members of the brigade, at Raffles City Convention Centre. President S R
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    • 618 31  -  Jessica Cheam But second-quarter figures from two agencies show some estates yet to pick up By THE long dormant public housing market has bounced back with a vengeance, although ~stpme areas remain sluggish. New figeres from property agencies show that
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    • 455 31 Latest figures by ERA Singapore and PropNex give a clearer picture of the price movement for HDB flats Q2 highest Q2 average increase over Ql average Q2 highest Estate Q2 average increase over Ql average Q2 highest Q2 average increase over Ql average Q2 highest Q2 average
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    • 289 31  -  SUMATHI V By Selvaretnam SINGAPOREANS are becoming more aware of their heritage, and feel that understanding their roots better will increase their sense of belonging. These key findings came from the results of the 2006 Heritage Awareness Survey, released at the launch of
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    • 281 32  -  Lin Xinyi SMU and Workforce Development Agency set up Institute for Service Excellence By CORPORATE executives may be heading back to school in the name of good service to the Institute for Service Excellence@SMU or ISES, which was launched yesterday. The
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    • 86 32 A delegation of religious leaders from around the world, here to attend the board meeting of the World Council of Religious Leaders, paid a courtesy call yesterday on Foreign Minister George Yeo. Their discussions focused on the importance of dialogue, tolerance and the sharing of
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    • 451 33 Military helicopters and boats are creating waves and drawing crowds to the Marina Bay area as they strut their stuff in preparation for the National Day Parade. They are expected to be one of the biggest daytime draws at this year's parade, with the action coming closer
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    • 386 33 THIS year's National Day Parade (NDP) will introduce two new performers the Naval Diving Unit and the Republic of Singapore Air Force's Apache attack helicopters. These newcomers will show off combat manoeuvres on water and in the air. The navy
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    • 231 33 FLY the national flag on your car, wear it on your clothes and body, and paint it on the walls of your house. All these can now be done from July 1 to Sept 30 each year, designated as the National Day Celebrations period. More
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    • 239 33 HERE are some pictures of the winners of our first National Day Parade (NDP) contest. To see more photos and the list of winners, go to The Straits Times online, mobile and print website Stomp at www.stomp.com.sg And there are more
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    • 453 35  -  Zakir Hussain MM Lee and wife convey this message at a dinner which raises $400,000 for older women's centre By NOTING that ageing was becoming a problem in developed nations, Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew and his wife have said the
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    • 96 35 Nurses from the Singapore General Hospital (SGH) will sport a new uniform design come October. The SingHealth group will launch the new look (as sported by the six nurses on the right) on Aug 1, which is Nurses' Day. More than 5000 professional nurses from
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    • 31 26 Boomtowns Prices at eight HDB towns are up by 5 per cent or more compared to the first quarter, but the pick-up has yet to spread to all areas. PAGE H6
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    • 354 32 ICA UPGRADES TO NEW IT SYSTEM I Various public services w ill be temporarily suspended The Immigration Checkpoints Authority (ICA) will be carrying out an upgrade of its entire national database, which currently holds millions of records of all Singapore Citizens, Permanent Residents and foreigners, to a new IT system.
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  • Page 33 Miscellaneous
    • 56 33 Road closure tomorrow THE Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) will be conducting an exercise tomorrow from 2am to 4am, near the venue for the National Day Parade. As a result, Republic Boulevard and Raffles Avenue will be closed during that time. Motorists are advised to avoid these roads. For enquiries,
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  • FORUM
    • 430 36  -  Col Benedict Lim »CASE OF PM'S NS SON I REFER to recent reports and letters in your newspaper regarding a complaint letter sent by 2LT Li Hongyi. It is important to return to the basics the facts of the case, and the principles and procedures
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    • 314 36  -  Dr Lim Boon Hee I AM not surprised to learn from the news that one in 350 people has HIV and is unaware of it. Why do we need to go to Sydney to find out the best practices in fighting
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    • 208 36  -  Wong Keng Leong Jeffrey Law Lee Beng I READ with interest the declaration by sprinter Kang Yee Cher's principal and the Ministry of Education (MOE) that Yee Cher is indeed nine years old. Their pronouncement was based on the official legal
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    • 124 36  -  Wong Siew Wang (Mdm) LAST weekend I was shouted at by a woman in the toilet at Parkway Parade. Then she went outside and told someone that there was a man inside. Later, it dawned on me that she thought I was a
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    • 420 36  -  Philip Jeyaretnam I REFER to Dr Miles Upton's letter, "Law Society should act to protect clients' interest" (ST, July 12). There are two quite separate matters that he writes about. The first is protection for clients' monies held by a solicitor. The second is
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    • 324 36  -  Jennifer Wee-Almodiel (Ms) »AT THE CINEMA I WOULD like to thank Mr Eric Ting Chee Keong for his letter, "Facilities for wheelchair user poor at new cinema" (ST, July 16), with regard to the wheelchair spaces within the cinema halls at Cathay Cineplex AMK Hub. Depending
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    • 262 36  -  Bishop Dr Robert Solomon I REFER to the article, "MP Baey all for repealing anti-gay law" (ST, July 16). As the article may create misunderstanding among readers regarding the position of The Methodist Church in Singapore (MCS) concerning the issue of homosexuality,
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    • 89 36 For more readers' views, log on to http://www. straitstimes.com Access to letters online is free. Homosexuality: Legalising something that isn't right does not make it right Views of 'conservative' majority must be heard MP should reflect people's views, not his own Dr Goh Keng Swee started volunteer militia, precursor to
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  • SPORTS
    • Article, Illustration
      255 37 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP West Ham blocks Tevez's medical test, so United take case to Fifa London MANCHESTER United's messy and protracted pursuit of Carlos Tevez took another twist yesterday. Their plan to give the Argentina striker a medical examination was blocked by West Ham, and they have
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      274 37 Robben leaves Chelsea today to finalise Real Madrid transfer London JOSE Mourinho was fed up. After a 1-0 win over the Suwon Bluewings in California on Tuesday, in which Arjen Robben played 23 minutes, the Blues manager blasted: "I think you, the press, have to be a
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    • 337 37 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Tokyo ALEX Ferguson has hit back at critics of Manchester United's four-game Asian tour. The United manager denied the English club were serving their own interests when they make lucrative visits. United were forced to cancel a game
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    • 410 38 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SOCCER Jakarta SOUTH Korea squeezed into the Asian Cup quarter-finals with a 1-0 victory over Indonesia yesterday. The result silenced 90,000 heart-broken fans in the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium. Saudi Arabia had an easier ride. They thrashed Bahrain 4-0 to set up
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    • 446 38 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Coach Zhu's job on the line as he fails to guide team past Uzbekistan Kuala Lumpur CHINA, shocked 0-3 by Uzbekistan yesterday, crashed out of the Asian Cup group stage for the first time in 27 years. That should mean the end
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    • 25 38 Iraq 3 12 0 4 2 5 Australia 3 1116 4 4 rhailand 3 1113 5 4 Dman 3 0 2 113 2
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    • 31 38 Saudi Arabia 3 2 10 7 2 7 South Korea 3 1113 3 4 Indonesia 3 10 2 3 4 3 rt_u__:_ t 1 n o t t t
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    • 223 38 THE agent at the centre of a criminal investigation into corruption in English football has denied any wrongdoing, and vowed to clear his name. Attention focused on Willie McKay, after it emerged that he had been involved in transfer deals between three clubs Newcastle, Portsmouth
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    • 345 38 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Hanoi JAPAN are fired up to outrun a physically stronger Australia in their Asian Cup quar-ter-final on Saturday. "We can't stand to lose to the same opponents twice," said veteran centre-back Yuji Nakazawa, who is still rattled
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    • 219 38 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE CYCLING Marseille QUICK Step rider Cedric Vasseur gave the hosts their first stage win of this year's Tour de France. Yesterday, he led a French 1-2 with compatriot Sandy Casar in the 229.5km 10th stage. The 36-year-old Vasseur won a sprint finish after
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    • 121 38 Results Stage 10, 229.5km from Tallard to Marseille 1 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step 5h 20min 24sec 2 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 3 Michael Albasini (Sui) Liquigas 4 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole 5 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC same time 6 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel)
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    • 278 39 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Selected tee-off times All in Singapore time; a- denotes amateur Today/Tomorrow 2.36pm/7.47pm: K.J. Choi (Kor), Richard Sterne (Rsa), David Howell (Eng) 2.47pm/7.58pm: Stuart Appleby (Aus), John Rollins (USA), Raphael Jacquelin (Fra) 2.58pm/8.09pm: Michael Campbell (Nzl), Darren Clarke (Nir), Chris DiMarco (USA) 3.09pm/8.20pm: Retief Goosen (Rsa), Thomas
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    • 1327 39 NEW YORK TIMES »GOLF Rain and wind will make British Open course tough, but pros expect it to play fair Carnoustie (Scotland) THERE are few good memories in the gorse and grasses of Carnoustie, a course that appears as perilous from the windows of its hotel
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    • 528 39 NEW YORK TIMES Carnoustie IN THE early years of their friendship, Mark O'Meara noticed a deficiency in Tiger Woods' game. On nearly every swing, the world's No 1 golfer would send the ball on a long and towering arc. But, he
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    • 756 39 NEW YORK TIMES Carnoustie THE oldest trophy in major championship golf has lived on Tiger Woods' mantel, guarded Ben Curtis' television and reclined in the back seat of Todd Hamilton's car. It has held cheap beer, expensive champagne and iced
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    • 436 40 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE »GOLF Mickelson says he's ready to tackle Woods in British Open Carnoustie (Scotland) PHIL Mickelson insisted he was feeling stronger, not scarred, as he prepares to take on Tiger Woods in the British Open after a frustrating Scottish Open experience last week. He
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    • 450 40 ASSOCIATED PRESS TIGER WOODS (USA) World ranking: 1. Age 31. Last three British Opens: lst-lst-9th. Tiger Woods has won the last two and is going for his 13th Major title in all. His back-to-back wins at Hoylake and St Andrews were played in benign conditions, but this
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    • 502 40 NEW YORK TIMES Carnoustie IT HAS gradually grown into the elephant in the interview room at every British Open. While the inescapable topic used to be when and how Colin Montgomerie might win his first golf Major, it is now increasingly edgy banter about when
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    • 570 41  -  Hoe Pei Shan SPORTS IN SCHOOLS Sports School's sprinter runs 11.2S seconds to rewrite 1978 U-15mark By ONE schoolboy record had stood the test of time for 29 years. Many a youngster had tried and failed to beat Yang Tuck Seng's national Un-der-15 100-metre record of
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    • 277 41 ASSOCIATED PRESS, BLOOMBERG NEWS BASKETBALL Beijing YIJIANLIAN has left the Milwaukee Bucks in a spot. Does he want to play for them? Chen Haitao, owner of the Guangdong Tigers Yi's former team insisted on Tuesday that the 19-year-old power forward will "definitely not"
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    • 241 41 RUGBY FOR the first time since 2001, the National Rugby Championship has a title sponsor. Local start-up 6 Drunk Men, the distributor of Australian beer Victoria Bitter here, announced its one-year partnership with the Singapore Rugby Union (SRU) yesterday. It also presented the SRU with
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    • 256 41 WATER SPORTS SINGAPORE'S third annual WaterFest from Aug 25 to Oct 7 is set to make bigger waves all over the island. Organisers are hoping to attract at least 33,000 participants and visitors this year, up from the 30,000 last year. To achieve their target,
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    • 251 41 REUTERS TENNIS Mason (Ohio) ANASTASIA Rodionova became the second player on the Women's Tennis Association Tour to be disqualified from a match, when she smacked a ball towards fans cheering for her opponent at the Cincinnati Women's Open. Angelique Kerber was handed a
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    • SPORTS WORLD
      • 110 41 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ROME: AS Roma completed the signing of Ludovic Giuly from Spanish soccer giants Barcelona on Tuesday. The 31-year-old French forward, whose contract with Barcelona is due to expire next year, has signed a three-year deal. Barcelona, who were pipped to the Spanish Primera Liga
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      • 63 41 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MANCHESTER: English Premiership side Manchester City on Tuesday signed Brazilian midfielder Geovanni on a free transfer. The former Barcelona player, who has four caps for his country, agreed a one-year deal at Eastlands. The 27-year-old becomes coach Sven-Goran Eriksson's third signing of the summer
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      • 104 41 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE MADRID: Veteran Argentinian defender Roberto Ayala, officially presented by Real Zaragoza yesterday, used the occasion to reveal that he is quitting international football after winning a national record 115 caps. "It has nothing to do with what happened in the Copa America final," said
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      • 100 41 ASSOCIATED PRESS ZURICH: Brazil reclaimed the top spot in soccer's world rankings yesterday after winning the Copa America. They jumped from No 3 and swopped places with world champions Italy. Copa America runners-up Argentina moved from fourth to second, trading places with France. Fifa has now
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    • 599 41 BASEBALL MLB: Florida 4 St Louis 0, Houston 4 Washington 2, Colorado 6 Pittsburgh 2, Cincinnati 6 Atlanta 5, San Francisco 4 Chicago Cubs 2, Milwaukee 3 Arizona 2. FENCING Asian Schools Championships Boys' Foil, q-finals: Li Zhuodong (Chn) bt Zhang Zhenggang (Sin) 15-8, Tan Yuan Zi (Sin) bt
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    • 26 37 Mickelson's confident Phil Mickelson believes his superb touch around the greens will count in The Open, with the way Carnoustie has been set up. PAGE Hl5
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  • Page 41 Miscellaneous
    • 73 41 TV times CRICKET: England v India: Ist Test, Day 1 (Live, Ch9s, 6pm). GOLF: British Open: Day 1 (Live, Ch23, 4pm). LPGA HSBC World MatchPlay C'ship: Day 1 (Live, Ch22, tomorrow, 2am). Events BOWLING: 3rd Brunswick Collegiate League (Superßowl Jurong, 7.30pm). FENCING: Asian Schools C'ships (Agora Halls, Republic Polytechnic, 9am).
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  • OBITUARIES
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      101 42 HAN LAN FONG Age: 87 jiassed away jieacefully) on iS July 1007, itai ivu) beljind loz>eb ones. Wife: Tan Lee Yu Sons: Daughters-in-law: Han Yong Guan Sim Li Leng Han Kan Guan (Lim Chien Ching, deceased) Chua Loo Suan, Joanna Grandson: Han Wui Kuang, Michael Granddaughters: Han Hui Fen Han
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      158 42 "In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not SO, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you." John 14:2 WONGYOKEYONG Age: 91 passed away peacefully on 18 July 2007. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Husband: i han
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      182 42 CHANFOU Age: 96 Called to rest in the Lord's embrace on 17 July 2007. Always cherished by loved ones. Beloved wife: Maria lee Chok Heng (Deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: han Wai 1 uen Yeong Lin Hoe Chan Siew Woh (I>eceasedi Florence Yeo Sam Noi (han Seng Yong Sally Ng (iuek Fe
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      37 42 In Loving Memory Of Jeya Selvam, Hannah Departed 19* July 06 On Eagle s back she rode To the Land of Everlasting Rest There she sits; Time is still: Forever Young, Forever Lovely." From: Your loved ones
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      46 42 Ist Anniversary In Loving Memory of TOH THIAN SER Departed 19 July 2006 His life was earnest, his actions kind, A generous hand and an active mind. Anxious to please. loath to offend. A loving brother and a faithful friend. Dearly missed by family and loved,ones.
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      49 42 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to Mr Derrick Poh Managing Director of Asia Wiring Systems Pte Ltd on the demise of his beloved mother CHEW LAI WHATT The Management Staff of Asia Wiring Systems Pte Ltd AWS (M) SDN BHD AWS Philippines Corp AWS Thailand Co Ltd AWS Vietnam
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      146 42 TEO CHENG KAI nee: 81 passed away peacefully on 17 July 2007 tarty missed and fondly remembered by loved ones WhV. Hoo Ah Chin lorn: Daughters hi law. reo Seng Chong Nelson Wong Suay Mot Irene reo Chong Tee Ricky Ltn Lay Choo reo Seng Kiel James Pang Crung Nui
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      147 42 'Even though I walk through the valley of the sfceatsSf of death, I will fear no evil, far you are with me: your rod and your staff, tney comfort me. Psalm 23:4 SIMON CHONG BOON MENG Age: 74 Wat called home to the Lord on 18 Jury 2007 leaving behind
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      42 42 3rd Annhrnan UM INN JUM FRED Departed: 19:2004 He had a smile a pleasant way. A helping hand to all he knew He was kind, generous and true. On earth he nobly did his best Grant him. Jesus, heavenly rest. Dftphmuudh Wik.Ouidn»kMlL»simn
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      44 42 Uth Anniversary In 1 mR Memon Of lOW Hll MUM, Pr 1 I R Departed IM |ul\ I In lite, yuu are drarb IdUII In death. \ou .iff alw.iw Xt Ml MIIIHUi l>rarly mi>xi/ Ituttt b\ Wife. < hi litre n A all loitd nnn
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      66 42 For fc me to live is Christ, and v* m Phihppiiin\ 12! 2nd Anniversary In Loving Memory of LIMTECKHLI jppbm Departed 19 July 200? The greatest husband A: lather ever who taught us success through your generous heart, sincerity lo\c lor others Deeph nuwtJA fore\cr InrnhcJ h\ lavaaj *//< //<
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        • 209 43  -  Tanya Fong FOSTERING an entrepreneurial spirit from young is something fashion entrepreneur Elim Chew (below), 41, feels strongly about. She says: "There's a need to nurture the 'cando' and 'dare-to-dream' attitude among our younger generation. So we got volunteer speak- ers, many of whom are entrepreneurs,
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        • 345 43  -  Narendra Aggarwal THERE is abundant financing available for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) today, says Member of Parliament Inderjit Singh (right), who is also chief executive officer of Infiniti Solutions. "Right now, we estimate that SMEs' loans are quite significant and are around 30 per cent
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        • 313 45  -  MR LEE Yl SHYAN, EVERY year, the Rules Action Crucible transparency, customer responsiveness (Rules AC) of ACE holds a survey to as- and pro-enterprise orientation, sess the pro-enterprise orientation of The annual survey also provides a government agencies. quantitative benchmark for government In last year's survey,
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        • 264 45  -  Ahmad Osman MORE than 20 high-calibre people are now in the Internationalisation Action Crucible (I AC) team of volunteers formed in 2003 to give advice to firms venturing overseas to seize business opportunities to grow. lAC, which is one of four teams under
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      • 765 46  -  NARENDRAAGGARWAL Standard Chartered Bank shares how it rose to become the largest foreign SME loan provider STANDARD Chartered Bank (StanChart) is the No. 1 foreign bank in Singapore when it comes to extending a helping hand to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in
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      • 442 47  -  TANYA FONG Hong Leong Finance is a strong supporter of SMEs A PIONEER in the Local Enterprise Finance Scheme, Hong Leong Finance (HLF),The SME Specialist with more than 40 years of experience serving the SMEs, has helped many small and medium enterprises (SMEs) grow their business both
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      • 434 47 UOB Apart from providing financing, United Overseas Bank (UOB) also gives local set-ups insight and advice on doing business in foreign environments OVER the years, we have seen an increasing trend of our SME customers venturing into the region to tap lower manufacturing cost in developing
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      • 7938 49 TRANSACTION DATE: JUL 18, 2007 HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE 0R'000 HIGH LOW P/E SMIL 3.5 34 103 50 3C 27 42 27 195 15 24 29 17 5 18 17 5 12 5 43 5 126 16 144 228 25 89 1C 111 44 5
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    • 488 50 REUTERS Housing slump and rising inflation could still cloud outlook, warns Bernanke Washington FEDERAL Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress yesterday that the United States economy would grow gradually this year and gain steam next year. He, however, warned that there are many risks
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    • 330 50 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Washington CONSUMER prices in the United States rose by a slightly bigger-than-expected 0.2 per cent last month, largely on rising food prices, a report said yesterday. Last month's gain in the consumer price index (CPI) was slightly larger than
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    • 514 50 REUTERS NEW YORK TIMES, ASSOCIATED PRESS New York BEAR Stearns has told clients of its two battered hedge funds that their investments worth about US$l.5 billion (552.3 billion) at the end of last year are almost entirely gone. Both funds were
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    • 34 50 AFP Yesterday's close: 18,015.58 (-201.69 points) »Japanese stocks closed down 1.11 per cent, on fears of a sell-off on Wall Street, following lacklustre results from US corporate heavyweights Intel and Yahoo.
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    • 34 50 AFP Yesterday's close: 22,841.92 (-215.38 points) Hong Kong share prices ended 0.93 per cent lower, as worries over possible economic tightening measures in China prompted investors to lock in gains.
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    • 32 50 AFP Yesterday's close: 3,930.06 (+33.87 points) Chinese share prices finished 0.87 per cent higher, extending the previous session's rebound, as property developers received a boost from a rising yuan.
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    • 36 50 AFP Yesterday's close: 6,329.1 (-52.5 points) Australian stocks fell 0.82 per cent in cautious trade, with sentiment hit by weaker regional markets, as investors anticipated losses on Wall Street later in the day.
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    • 35 50 AFP Yesterday's close: 1,369.23 (-8.25 points) Malaysian stocks ended 0.6 per cent weaker on extended profit-taking, amid a generally lacklustre market. Volume was J. 29 billion shares, worth RM2.09 billion (Ss92o million).
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      36 50 AFP Yesterday's close: 15,301.17 (+11.35 points) »Indian share prices closed flat in choppy trade, with sporadic buying seen in property stocks. Companies in the software, motor vehicle and capital goods businesses fell on profit-taking.
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    • 36 50 AFP Yesterday's close: 2,294.59 (-6.75 points) »Indonesian stocks closed 0.3 per cent lower, as investors cashed in on recent gains in selected stocks led by heavyweight Telkom, amid a lack of fresh incentives.
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    • 35 50 AFP Yesterday's close: 849.56 (-7.35 points) Thai share prices closed 0.86 per cent lower, in line with sluggish regional markets, after Japanese stocks tumbled on fears of a sell-off on Wall Street.
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    • 227 50 Jul 18 YESTERDAY'S CLOSE: o,bbO.U/ Stock Name Wt Close Change Allgreen 0.56 1.960 -0.060 Ascendasreit 1.10 3.180 -0.100 CapitaComm 0.56 2.890 -0.090 CapitaLand 4.68 7.550 -0.150 CapitaMall 0.97 3.860 -0.100 Chart SemiCond 0.66 1.300 -0.030 CityDev 2.90 15.900 -0.400 ComiortDelGro 1.44 2.160 -0.020 CoscoCorp 1.53 4.880
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    • 50 50 Jul 18 BanJoo 581,182,000 Equation 368,252,000 Rowsley 281,095,000 HLH Grp 279,534,000 Centillion 241,485,000 Jade Tech 239,181,000 HLG 227,026,000 IPCOIntI 211,248,000 Ahterra 210,997,000 Advanced System 190,372,000 Lexicon Grp 186,167,000 Sapphire 172,845,000 Magnus 157,964,000 Jasper 131,834,000 Baker Tech 114,914,000 Digiland 111,645,000 Teledata 111,374,000 Xpress 107,110,000 Global Voice 97,870,000 ArianeCorp 95,227,000
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    • 135 50 Jul 18 UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS SINGAPORE DOLLARS TO ONE UNIT )F FOREIGN CURRENCY Buying Selling lust dollar 1.3200 1.3370 Ian dollar 1.4470 1.4640 Luro 2.0860 2.1100 Malaysian ringgit* 0.4394 0.4401 IZ dollar 1.1920 1.2180 iterling pound 3.0920 3.1270 JS dollar 1.5090 1.5260 SINGAPORE DOLLARS TO 100
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    • 461 51 NEW YORK TIMES, THE WASHINGTON POST The ball is now in the court of 35 members of controlling Bancroft family Washington NOW it is up to 35 contentious relatives whether Mr Rupert Murdoch gets control of The Wall Street Journal. Dow Jones'
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    • 247 51 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Shanghai CHINA'S East Star Airline said yesterday it had won approval to fly overseas, the first private carrier to do so, as part of efforts to loosen the nation's strictly controlled civil aviation sector. Company spokesman Wang Yankun said that
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    • 403 52 Consortium will pay 1.4b to acquire and redevelop the site over 5-year period Sydney THE Government of Singapore Investment Corp (GIC) has joined a consortium to buy and redevelop the prime Myer Melbourne site for Asl.l billion (Ssl.4 billion). The consortium
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    • 472 52 BLOOMBERG NEWS, NEW YORK TIMES San Francisco SHARES of Intel, the world's biggest computer chipmaker, and Yahoo, the most-visited United States website, declined after the companies said competition is reducing earnings. Intel shares fell as much as 5.4 per cent in extended
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    • 478 53  -  Fiona Chan Demand may not be as strong as for housing plots, says consultant By Property Reporter A NEW hotel may soon rise beside Hong Lim Park near Chinatown on a fairly large ate that the Government released for sale
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    • 369 53  -  Grace Ng By NOBLE Group has paid US$6O million (5590.9 million) for a 30 per cent stake in a Brazilian iron ore miner. The Singapore-listed commodities trader announced yesterday that it had acquired the stake in Mhag Servicos E Mineracao.
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    • 428 53  -  Karamjit Kaur By Aviation Correspondent CHANGI Airports International (CAI) has formed a joint venture with the Shenzhen Airport Group to cash in on China's aviation boom. The entity 49 per cent owned by CAI and 51 per cent by Shenzhen Airport
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    • 187 53 MEDIACORP chief marketing officer Alice Tan, appointed to the role only last October, has resigned from the national broadcaster. It is the third resignation in MediaCorp's senior management so far this year. Ms Tan was appointed as part of a major reshuffle to head a new
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    • 723 54  -  Goh Eng Yeow Some Sesdaq counters dive by as much as 25% as investor sentiment sours suddenly in late afternoon By Markets Correspondent A SUPER bull run by penny stocks was stopped in its tracks yesterday, at least
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    • 417 54  -  Arthur Poon STAKING STOCK By THE property engine that has driven share prices for many months slammed into reverse yesterday and left the market nursing its biggest one-day fall in three months. The sell-off was so extensive and panicked that trading records
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    • 238 54 ALVIN FOO DIRECTORS' TRADES DIGILAND International chairman Vincent Tan Kim Yong has offloaded 150 million shares, or about 1.9 per cent of the Singa-pore-based distributor of computer parts. What makes the deal unusual is that he received no payment for the shares, which
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    • 300 54 BLOOMBERG NEWS Hong Kong BANK of Ningbo, a bank based in the eastern Chinese province of Zhejiang, has raised 4.14 billion yuan (*****.4 million) in an initial public offering (IPO) in Shenzhen. The bank said in a statement to the Shenzhen Stock Exchange
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    • COMPANIES IN BRIEF
      • 72 54 K-REIT Asia yesterday reported a distributable income of $9.5 million for the first half ended June 30, up 36.8 per cent from the same period last year, on the back of higher rental income. The real estate investment trust vehicle of Keppel Land
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      • 81 54 GOLDEN Agri-Resources yesterday proposed to issue US$4OO million (Ss6o6 million) of bonds convertible into new shares of 10 US cents each. The pricing is expected to take place around July 27. The closing date for the issue is expected to be about Aug 1.
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      • 52 54 ASCENDAS Real Estate investment Trust (A-Reit) yesterday announced that it has renewed and signed new leases amounting to a total net lettable area of 82,763 sq m for the three months ended June 30. These leases represent an annualised rental income of
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      • 64 54 THE managers of CDL Hospitality Reit and CDL Hospitality Business Trust announced yesterday that the preferential offering of new stapled securities in CDL Hospitality trusts had a take-up rate of about 94 per cent when it closed last Friday. The private placement of 13
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    • 800 55  -  Bryan Lee Citibank's new offering aimed at young adults; credit limit set at $500 By A RADICALLY new type of credit card with no minimum income requirement and just $500 in credit has arrived in Singapore. Global banking giant Citibank yesterday launched
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    • 25 55 Gainers: 132 Losers: 931 Unchanged: 456 Australian dollar 1.3200 1.3370 luro 2.0860 2.1100 iterling pound JS dollar 3.0920 3.1270 1.5090 1.5260 r rte\e\ :i_\
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    • 185 55 BLOOMBERG NEWS, ASSOCIATED PRESS CONSUMER PROTECTION Washington FEDERAL Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke has told the United States Congress that the central bank will propose new regulations to strengthen consumer protections in mortgage lending. He issued this statement while responding to growing pressure
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    • 67 56 ARTS mamm CULTURE VULTURE THE SIGNALMAN RIVAL TO SISTIC? A journey of discovery Ramesh Meyyappan WM New ticketing sparked by online radio takes on Charles Dickens W^ system launched £R B Hi] 11«] i!VSI i HiK€M 111!1 IT/SB ill liltfiH lIbI *r^^Wi I Towering performances: McKellen as Sorin in The
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      • 1255 57  -  Hong Xinyi The long-awaited King Lear opens tonight at the Esplanade ARTS REPORTER YOU can smell the air of anticipation. Tickets have been selling briskly for the Royal Shakespeare Company's (RSC) double-bill of Shakespeare's King Lear and Chekhov's The Seagull since sales started on March 30. The
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        690 58  -  William Shakespeare (1564-1616, inset), as.a me Dam, icn ucmnd 38 plays and 154 sonnets. He also inspired a cottage industry of scholarly studies, adaptations and homages in both classical and popular culture. Relatively little is known about his life but it is generally agreed that he was the
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        440 58  -  Anton Chekhov A Author \J (1860-1904, inset) is a V Russian writer who left behind 600 short stories and 12 plays. In the realm of drama, he is best known for the Famous Four: The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, Three Sisters and The Cherry Orchard. Synopsis (Spoilers, urn, ahead)
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        102 59 'I'm happy to be a man, but I miss being groped. Everybody tried to grope me all day... Men were flirting with me and I was being given power I never had before' 1 cton't have a stylist. I have got my grandmother, who has a wonderful eye and
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      • 802 59  -  Hong Xinyi An online radio station led me to a 1930s song taking me to a dark corner of history and giving me a taste of a daydream culturevulture IT ALL began with a letter. I came to work one day, fired up my laptop and
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      • 398 59  -  Chang Tou Liang > concert THE STAGED TROMBONE Fredi Sonderegger, Trombone The Substation Tuesday THE trombone could well have been the "clown of the orchestra", but it isn't as that honour goes to the bassoon. The monicker "stripper of the orchestra" is probably more apt
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        516 60  -  June Cheong Inspired by Dickens, Ramesh Meyyappan created a play which he prepared for by getting into the drunken character's head ARTS REPORTER ONE is a lonely number, especially when you live in a signal box in western Scotland with only passing trains and stiff drinks for company.
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      • 584 60  -  June Cheong THERE will be more than ballet under the stars at Fort Canning this weekend. The annual outdoor event staged by Singapore Dance Theatre (SDT), now in its 12th year, will showcase traditional ethnic dance for the first time. The contemporary and
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      • 337 60  -  June Cheong INDEPENDENT artists and small theatre outfits are getting a boost from The Studios. Launched by the Esplanade in 2005, The Studios is a theatre studio series which aims to showcase contemporary and exploratory works. Its latest season, running over six weekends from this
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    • 652 61  -  Lee Sze Yong Goodbye Ticketcharge. Local firm links up with US-based provider to launch Tickets.com Singapore MEDIA REPORTER TICKETING agent Ticketcharge has drawn its shutters after 16 years in the business. Its owner, Quebec Leisure International, the event management arm of NTUC Club
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    • 546 61 AP NEW YORK In the final days before the world learns whether Harry Potter lives or dies, spoilers or those pretending to spoil are spreading on the Internet. On Tuesday, digital images of what may be the entire text of Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows,
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    • 284 61 AFP LOS ANGELES Filming is set to begin next week on The Hurt Locker, a Hollywood drama about the travails of a United States army unit beset by bombers and snipers in Iraq, US entertainment media reported on Tuesday. The movie, starring
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    • 473 63 AP But it is certain the late wrestler had many drugs in his system when he killed his wife and son DECATUR, Georgia Pro wrestler Chris Benoit had steroids and other drugs in his system when he killed his wife and young son last month, before
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    • 391 63  -  Lee Sze Yong MEDIA REPORTER IN THEIR first double-billed concert in Singapore in September, Taiwanese crooners Angus Tung An-ge and Steve Chou Chih-ping will pair up and sing each other's works. They have also specially written a song, Remember That Song, which they
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      • 308 65 TOKYO Japanese pop queen Ayumi Hama>aki (right) has broken up with her beau of >even years and moved out of her apartment :hat is in the same block as lis, say reports. Hamasaki, 28, announced an her website last week that >he had an amicable split
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      • 180 65 AP LONDON An employment tribunal on Tuesday ordered pop star Sting and his wife (right) to pay compensation to a former chef who was fired after she became pregnant. Sting, 55, and Trudie Styler, 53, were told to pay £24,944 (5577,632) to Jane
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        171 65 BEAUTY salon owner Jita Tulsi may be 50 years old and a mother of four, but it has not stopped her from maintaining her stylish looks. She counts Madonna as her style icon, loves designer Karen Millen's eveningwear and lathers on yogurt as a facial every week. Her
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      • 138 65 A*MEI ON TOUR: Singer A*mei will celebrate the 10th anniversary of her musical career with a concert on Nov 8 at the Singapore Indoor Stadium. Tickets priced from $88 to $158 are available from Sistic... COOL DO: Actress Sienna Miller and Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan on Tuesday launched a
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      430 95  -  TEO PAU LIN I always wonder what I'd look like when I reach my 50s. Maybe I'd be a little pudgy like my Mum. Maybe I'd have more wrinkles than I'd like from years of yelling at my kids. But one thing's for certain I sure hope I
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      213 97 People in the fashion industry have such itchy backsides. They flit from shop to shop, party to party, sample sale to sample sale. They also play musical chairs with their jobs. It has come to mon attention that three fashion/lifestyle magazine editors have recently quit their jobs one in
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    • 158 97 CDC CLOSING SALE: The Comme des Garcons guerrilla store is moving again. Grab its avant-garde togs for 40 per cent less from now till July 28 at Block 113 Bukit Merah View, Mondays to Saturdays, noon to 7pm. No word yet on where it's heading. G2OOO SALE: Get discounts
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    • 184 97  -  May Yip Michelle Tay FASHFLASH When the name of a legendary Beat icon is co-opted into mass market retail, it's sure to be met by scepticism. So Italian leatherwear purveyor Hogan braced itself for a Beatnik backlash and launched The Jack Kerouac Project at chi-chi Parisian
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      180 97 Italian luxury house Bottega Veneta famed for its woven Intrecciato signature line of leather products opened its second store in Singapore last month. The 1,400 sq ft boutique at 01-43/44 Paragon (above) is the latest in the brand's series of aggressive expansions in Asia this year, with store
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    • 178 97 AP Designer Raffaella Curiel barred 15 models from her show (below) in Rome last week because they were too skinny, complying with a fashion code signed by the Italian industry last year to combat anorexia, Italian news reports said. "I was forced to fire 15
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    • 714 97 Do you have a problem with the way you look? E-mail your queries to May Yip at sturban@sph.com.sg Ql've been searching everywhere for a stunning emerald green eyeshadow but to no avail. Where can I find such a shade without breaking the bank? Also, how do I
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      277 97  -  /Melissa Lee These head-turners were spotted at the Dim Sum Dollies In The History Of Singapore comedy showcase at Esplanade Theatre last Sunday Kelyn O, 28, financial planner What are you wearing? I'm wearing a Forever2l dress which I bought in the United States for about $30. The Vostok
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        237 98 Whip out these kitschy pens that look like cigars or hotdogs to break the monotony of work meetings. They're also fridge magnets. Pens, $9 for one, $16 for two, from the Kaimotion cart, Level 1 Raffles City Up your style quotient with a snazzy belt buckle. Enamel
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    • 454 100 REUTERS Who needs to sing when you can just wear American Idol apparel? Your singing voice might make Simon cringe and your two left feet might not endear you to Paula, but the chance to look like an American Idol could still be in the stars.
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    • 641 103 Evelyn Tan, 32, group brand marketing manager of Shiseido Her eclectic style is a marriage of vintage and modern, and she wears it with the flair of a person who thoroughly enjoys fashion. "I know what I like and once you're comfortable, you exude a natural confidence." she
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      454 104 Nurul Aini, 24, actress and host She may be the Ryan Seacrest of Malay channel Suria's singing competition Anugerah 2007, but fashion wasn't always TV host Nurul's strongest suit. Growing up, she was always wearing drab sweaters over equally drab jeans. But this self-professed ugly duckling, who will
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      476 104 Jita Tulsi, 50, beautician It's hard to believe that Tulsi is a day over 45. If being in your 50s means looking this good bring it on. The mother of four has been in the beauty business for 30 years, running a beauty salon in Roxy Square. Not
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      318 105 Piya Sadhwani, 42, real estate agent Marrying ethnic garb and high-street labels is what Sadhwani does well. Rather than wear a traditional Indian costume from head to toe, she mixes it up with clothes from Warehouse, Bebe, Guess? and Zara. The mother of two boys, aged nine and 15
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    • 460 106 AP, REUTERS A dance tribute to designer Gianni Versace on the 1 Oth anniversary of his death draws the stars Milan paid tribute to Gianni Versace on the 10th anniversary of the Italian designer's murder, hosting a star-studded ballet performance at La Scala on Sunday night.
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      712 108 Straight from a three-day celebration in Rome, Italian fashion legend Valentino talks to MAY YIP about where he's at after 45 years in the business A price tag of US$lO million (5515.1 million), fireworks that can rival a National Day Parade display and more red-carpet celebrities than at
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    • 176 111 Ginger and I, we haven't always got on. Growing up, I used to spit out the spicy, pungent slices I accidentally ate during dinner. But I have since learnt to love the aromatic root and my new fave is ginger-flavoured brown sugar. At home, we have been
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    • 212 111 The Royal Copenhagen Tea Lounge, that oasis of relative calm amid the frenzy of the Great Singapore Sale in the Takashimaya Department Store, relaunched its menu last week with new items. And one of the most promising was the Copenhagen Salmon Platter. This came with two different
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