The Straits Times, 3 February 2008

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    19 1 thesundaytimes FEBRUARY 3, 2008 88 pages in three parts MICA(P) 116/12/2007 ttV A Singapore Press Holdings publication OU Cents
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    Lock icon 1m troops for China's blizzard relief
    524 1 OP OF THE NEWS BEIJING CHINA doubled the number of troops aiding winter storm relief efforts to more than one million as the government warned yesterday that the worst of the savage weather may be yet to come. Mobilising the might of the state,
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      27 1 YOUTH OLYMPICS: GO SINGAPORE! iJ^Ol *v£i(fjfa«. I r Bi ■■■■■■■■■Mil EUUSE w22m ■tffTZS »#y>^^^ i7rnw?TTfTasi DESIGN: MIKE M DIZON ST PHOTOS: MUGILAN RAJASEGERAN and LIM WUI LIANG
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      Lock icon Filipino man, 27, found dead in Whampoa flat
      545 2  -  ur Dianah Suhaimi Shouts heard at rented unit, dead man's three co-tenants helping police in investigations TWENTY minutes of shouting and furniture being thrown about was followed by sudden silence at a Whampoa neighbourhood yesterday morning. The ambulance arrived at Block 16,
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      Lock icon Where's the bank, and where's my safe box?'
      706 3  -  Tan Dawn Wei Branch closed, contents of man's box returned to him in plastic bag; bank says customers informed via letters, phone calls WHEN Mr Stephen Yuen went with his wife to take out some jewellery from his safe deposit box at
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      Lock icon Cracks found at 3 levels of Bukit Timah Plaza carpark
      287 3 THREE storeys of Bukit Timah Plaza's carpark have been sealed off since Thursday night after cracks were found in the structures. The management committee (MC) sent out circulars on Friday to inform residents and shop owners of the cracks and
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      Lock icon China amputees beg to get quick money
      1511 4  -  Nur Dianah Suhaimi Jamie Ec Wen Wei SEEN IN STORE Beggars stay at budget hotels, and even have 'minders' who collect money from them HE SITS hunched on the floor just outside the Tampines bus interchange during the evening rush hour, one good
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      Lock icon 'Scared of cops, so we don't stay too long'
      487 5 THEIR STORY THE beggar said he was from Guangzhou and has been jobless ever since he lost his leg in a car accident a few years ago. He was spotted begging outside Paya Lebar and Bedok MRT stations. He refused to
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      Lock icon Know your S'pore? Citizens as clueless as new migrants
      960 5 10 basic questions put to S'poreans, new citizens and PRs; majority couldn't muster passing grade of 75 per cent Tan Dawn Wei, Samantha Eng, Alex Liam Chen Meiyue THEY know what "kiasu" means, but not what the crescent moon and five
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      Lock icon Prices up, so some delicacies are out
      615 6  -  amie Ec Wen Wei, Chen Meiyue t Alex Liam SEA cucumber may be a popular item in reunion dinners but some Singaporeans are giving the delicacy a miss, after a supply shortage caused its price to double this year. Housewife Yap Qui Hong,
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      Lock icon $5,888 for reunion dinner, anyone?
      493 6  -  Jamie Ec Wen Wei IT HAS been a good year, the bonuses are in and some people appear more willing to splurge on their Chinese New Year reunion dinner. The Hua Ting restaurant in Orchard Hotel offers one of Singapore's most expensive reunion dinners at
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      Lock icon All geared up for biggest-ever Chingay kick-off
      81 6 DANCERS performing the grand finale item, Celestial Web, yesterday at the full-dress rehearsal for Chingay Parade 2008. This year's parade on Feb 16 has a store of surprises for viewers. It will kick off with the biggest-ever opening ceremony in Chingay history. The
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      Lock icon Karung guni men get 'almost new', pricey goods
      758 7  -  Jamie Ec Wen Wei Boom time for second-hand dealers as people 'upgrade' A SEVEN-MONTH-OLD flatscreen TV, price $550. Louis Vuitton monogram handbag, price $400. These are just some of the deals available at second-hand shops, all because Singaporeans are furiously "upgrading". With
      LIM WUI LIANG  -  758 words
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      Lock icon Cabin pressure loss: SIA jet turns Lack
      154 7 A SINGAPORE Airlines flight carrying 232 passengers and 13 crew members had to turn back to Changi Airport yesterday after the aircraft experienced loss of cabin pressure. SQBO2, which was about 90 minutes into its flight to Beijing, was ascending towards a cruising
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      Lock icon More cars, accidents lead to more highway jams
      1257 8  -  Mavis Toh Tan Dawn Wei Crashes happen mainly on CTE and PIE because traffic volumes on these 2 expressways are highest and TRAFFIC jams never used to be daily affairs for cabby Lim Keow Siong, 44. But in the last year, he
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      Lock icon He's happier selling noodles than crunching numbers
      591 8  -  Lorna Tan FINANCE CORRESPONDENT AFTER 18 years of crunching numbers in the corporate world, Mr Samuel Fang decided to hang up his neckties even though he was well on track to earning a five-figure monthly salary. He opted instead for a sweaty job
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      Lock icon Looking for a room to rent? Try ex-army camp
      547 9  -  Mavis Toh Two former barracks redeveloped as hostels to meet housing crunch caused by surge in number of foreigners here WHEN rent for engineering student Wu He Kun and his three friends got too high, they turned to a former army
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      Lock icon Gift hampers for SPH readers
      131 9 MR LIM Kirn Foo, 42, received a Chinese New Year bonus yesterday a hamper containing two cans of abalone, one pack of bird's nest and a pack of chicken essence, worth $168. He and his familywife Cindy Tee, 40, son Wei Jie, eight, and daughter
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      Lock icon WILL MERGER WORK?
      617 10  -  SEATTLE MICROSOFT'S BID FOR YAHOO! Proposed deal sets off Shockwaves in corporate world MICROSOFTS dramatic offer to buy over Yahoo has set off shockwaves in the corporate world and attracted the attention of government regulators in both the US and Europe. There was no response from Yahoo
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      Lock icon Microsoft's earlier bids rebuffed
      292 10 AP, Reuters, Bloomberg SAN FRANCISCO MR JERRY YANG, the chief executive of Yahoo, was finishing a company board meeting on Thursday when he got a call from Mr Steven Ballmer of Microsoft. The Microsoft CEO's message was curt. Microsoft would make public a hostile U5544.6 billion
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      Lock icon Barisan handouts in Penang
      466 11  -  Chow Kum Hor MALAYSIA CORRESPONDENT KUALA LUMPUR MALAYSIA'S ruling coalition has started dishing out millions of ringgit to schools and organisations in Penang in what clearly appears to be an effort to woo voters in the state ahead of the general election. Top guns from the
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      231 11 AP LONDON HEATHROW Airport has introduced a new security system for some of its passengers on Friday, requiring them to undergo iris scans and be fingerprinted before boarding their flights. The biometric data will be taken with the help of eye scanners that photograph
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      Lock icon Four more arrested in HK photo scandal
      86 11 AP HONG KONG HONG KONG police arrested four more people in connection to a series of racy photos circulated on the Internet that show several partially nude local celebrities. Police arrested three men and one woman late on Friday and early yesterday on
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      Lock icon Braving the human crush, just to get home
      710 12 Reuters, AP, AFP Travellers delayed by winter storms in China have to cope with little food, few toilets and frayed tempers AS 200,000 other travellers surged towards a train at Guangzhou station, 17-year-old Fang Fang fell. A quick decision may have saved
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      Lock icon Stranded travellers = big pool for hiring
      322 12  - Stranded travellers big pool for hiring GUANGZHOU Reuters WHEN worsening weather stranded hundreds of thousands of Chinese travellers in southern China's Guangdong province this week, at least two men saw an opportunity to hire workers. The crowd, the cold and a bleak weather forecast had forced many travellers mostly migrant
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      Lock icon 10 dead as US storms disrupt air and land travel
      229 12 AP CHICAGO WINTER storms at both ends of the United States snarled air and land travel, killing at least 10 people, blocking major highways and even leaving 400 train passengers stranded in the mountains of the Pacific North-west. Nearly 19.5
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      Lock icon Gales and heavy snow keep UK rescuers busy
      173 12 AP LONDON GALE-FORCE winds and heavy snow lashed parts of Britain, causing chaos at sea and on roads and requiring rescue operations that saved scores of people. Rescuers airlifted 37 people from two vessels that ran aground off Britain's north-western coast. A
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      Lock icon Chinese New Year bills shoot up
      760 13  -  hua Chin Hon Severe winter storms in China pushing up prices already at 11-year high CHINA BUREAU CHIEF BEIJING THIS Chinese New Year is turning out to be the most expensive ever, families complain, as fierce winter storms whipped up prices already at an
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      Lock icon Feeling the pinch
      211 13 HOW rising prices are affecting three families in Beijing. The Yis Family of six who survive on about 3,000 yuan (S$590) a month. This is the combined pension payout of the two grandparents in the family. CNY spending last year: 1,000 yuan; mostly on food, beer, and
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      Lock icon Chen's trip to Spratlys raises hackles
      445 15 AP, AFP Visit to disputed islet is condemned by Manila, and could irk Beijing too TAIPEI TAIWAN'S President Chen Shui-bian, no stranger to controversy, has found a new means of provoking international outrage: by visiting the Spratlys. He inaugurated a runway yesterday on a
      AP, AFP; ST GRAPHICS  -  445 words
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      Lock icon Thai PM admits he picked 'ugly Cabinet line-up
      399 15 Xinhua, The Nation/Asia News Network BANGKOK THAILAND'S newly elected Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej has admitted he was not completely satisfied with his Cabinet, portraying the line-up as an "ugly duckling". The admission, made just before the Cabinet line-up goes for royal approval,
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      Lock icon Third submarine cable cut in Middle East
      259 15 AFP, Reuters MUMBAI A THIRD submarine cable has snapped, just days after two breaks under the Mediterranean Sea disrupted Web access in the Middle East and Asia. The Falcon cable was cut 56km from Dubai, between Oman and the United Arab Emirates, on
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      Lock icon Sovereign wealth fund? Too risky, says Japan
      208 15 Reuters TOKYO JAPANESE Finance Minister Fukushiro Nukaga has said "no" to the idea of setting up a government investment fund, or sovereign wealth fund, because of the risks involved. "If, by some chance, a loss is incurred (by the fund), how will the
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      Lock icon Protege and The Warlords top HK Film Awards nominations
      342 15 AP HONG KONG PHOTO PROTEGE, the story of a drug dealer's downfall, and the historical epic The Warlords were among the leading contenders in the nominations list announced yesterday by the Hong Kong Film Awards. Derek Yee's Protege was nominated in
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      Lock icon Sarkozy quietly marries girlfriend
      292 16 Reuters, AFP, AP PARIS FRENCH President Nicolas Sarkozy and his girlfriend Carla Bruni were married at Elysee Palace in a low-key ceremony yesterday, local district mayor Francois Lebel said. He told Europe 1 radio that he had performed the ceremony, which came less than three months
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      Lock icon Britney's Dad takes charge
      418 16 AP POP STAR'S TAILSPIN James Spears appointed by court to look after singer's welfare and finances LOS ANGELES THROUGHOUT the course of Britney Spears' months-long emotional tailspin, one question has lingered: Why doesn't her family take drastic measures to stop this? On Friday, they did. Britney's
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      108 2 INDEX asia Feeling the pinch This Chinese New Year is turning out to be the costliest ever as winter storms in China cause prices, already at an 11-year high, to rise further. 13 Market boom? Keep calm... 17 Embracing an ageing Spore 25 Skaters get icy reception.... 29 Couch Surf
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      22 9 m Want to voice your views? Contribute to the forum pages of the new, bilingual my paper SEND YOUR E-MAIL TO myp@sph.com.sg
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      143 12 A Gift For All Occasions Jk -4k j\ A historical treasure of national heritage, ak people in the ancient times believed that the exquisite liv li (coloured glaze) emblem is imbued with superior dynamism that V promotes earthly energies, enhances one's wisdom and alleviates stress. In addition, the luxurious looking
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      623 16 us^ a Bangalore Cebu Barcelona Christchurch Frankfurt Kuala Lumpur Chlangmal Kunming Honolulu Perth Lisbon Mecca New York Sydney Vancouver Vienna Singapore Today: Partly cloudy, Business showers with thunder in Woodlands Jurong Central Distrjct Changi the afternoon over Part l Thunder- Thunder- Thunder- Partly western, soutnern anu cloudy storms storms storms
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      Lock icon Don't lose your head (or your shirt) in market turmoil
      1192 17  -  Lorna Tan looks at why investors panic and gives tips on how to stay cool amid the current turbulence IN A few heart-stopping moments on Jan 22, marketing manager Henry Foo, 30, saw the value of his stock portfolio plunge
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      Lock icon Confessions of a former stock-market speculator
      351 17  -  Lorna Tan MR PATRICK Lim, the associate director of financial advisory firm Promise Land Independent, recalls vividly the anguish he felt when he lost nearly $380,000 on the stock market in less than seven hours in 1998. This was when Malaysia unexpectedly introduced capital
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      468 17  -  Kevin Kerr Don't trade commodities blindly have a plan AUTHOR YOU don't know where you're going unless you have a plan to get there I truly believe that. So many new commodities traders jump into these markets with no real plan or objective, and often they wind up
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      320 17 Reuters US stocks put on best weekly showing in five years NEW YORK US STOCKS rose on Friday, capping Wall Street's best week in almost five years, after Microsoft Corp's U5544.6 billion (Ss63 billion) bid for Yahoo Inc overshadowed news that employers cut payrolls for the first time since
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      Lock icon Financial planner saves half nis annual income
      1463 18  -  Lorna Tan ME MY MONEY GE manager builds foundation with fixed income products such as endowment plans FINANCE CORRESPONDENT WHEN Mr Harold Ng, 46, joined the insurance sector in 1990, one of his main goals was to achieve financial independence fast so that
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      Lock icon Where can mum park funds until ome market cools?
      386 18  -  Geoffrey Ying YOUR PERSONAL ADVISER: FINANCE Q MY MOTHER is expecting to receive a windfall of about $800,000. She wants to invest in property but feels that now is not the right time as home prices are too high. Therefore, she
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      Lock icon Prices unlikely to fall yet even if launches nave been stalled
      775 19  -  Joyce Teo PROPERTY Larger developers can still hold out, but some may be more open to slightly lower offers PROPERTY CORRESPONDENT SENTIMENT in the property market is lacklustre, showflats are quiet and developers are delaying launches. So there is
      FRASERS CENTREPOINT, CREDO REAL ESTATE  -  775 words
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      Lock icon A shiny, modern loft with a view
      407 19 "MY HUSBAND, Teck Kiang, and I moved into our two-plus-one-room apartment at Kovan Melody late last year. We chose the place for its location as it is not only close to our offices but also right next to the Kovan MRT Station. When
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      Lock icon Looking for a job that entails meeting people
      750 20  -  Evelyn Teo YOl ERSONAL ADVISEI REER Defining your goal There are many jobs that allow you to meet people and these are not confined to customer service or HR. You need to determine exactly what career you want and from there pursue
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      168 18 Footwear Apparel Selected models. Pictures for illustration only Lunar New Year's Eve: 6 Feb open till 6pm. Closed on 7&8 Feb, Business resume on 9 Feb. Getting there: Z Stadium Drive %%9 FREE Shuttle Bus Services (Every 30 mins) Mon-Fri, 11am to 8.30pm \\s%Bedok MRT Bedok South Road Bedok South
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      80 19 MY SPACE StORID PlGK HtltB-^i^-^ il lSl Finance manager Do you have a favourite \'9L CPlit thic space in your home? Send HI) |LM ffl ,p us a picture. We will '-M consider them for Wv-\ X\?*&-^^/^>,i\d^'-^. She tells MelodV publication in STOMP and l-tV'U »f^H SIUU" The Sunday Times.
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      337 21  -  Tao Li National swimmer The teenage swimming star created waves of controversy when she reportedly did not want to give up part of her prize money to her sports association. The Asian Games gold medallist was reluctant to give 6 per cent, or $1,425, back to youth development, as
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      1453 21 The law makes a distinction between 'simple' and 'grievous' hurt, so that police are not burdened with investigating petty or private disputes, writes Ben Nadarajan MAN gets punched in the mouth, loses a tooth or two and requires stitches on
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      889 22  -  Kwan Weng Kin JAPAN CORRESPONDENT IN TOKYO DISPATCHES DO SINGAPOREANS have a sense of humour wicked, insightful or plain bleah? Are they reflexively defensive whenever the name Singapore is invoked? Can they laugh at themselves now and again, have a lark? The answer would be, but
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      Lock icon Packed like sushi in a Tokyo train
      673 22 pore, Singapore trains are apparently running way below maximum capacity. One recent report said that although an MRT train can pack in up to 1,800 passengers, they carry only up to 1,400 during peak hours. In comparison, the car occupancy rate on the
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      1084 23  -  Kishore Mahbubani MANY years ago, when I was serving as Singapore's Ambassador to the United Nations (UN), I told Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew that I would like to give out free copies of his books to my fellow UN Ambassadors. He said: "Absolutely
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      1445 24 PROGRESS REPORT ON HELPING THE ELDERLY Senior Correspondent Braema Mathi looks back on how far Singapore has come in improving life for the elderly "GOOD Progress" that's what the Ministerial Committee on Ageing said recently when it reviewed its work in implementing recommendations to improve conditions for
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      278 22 LLUSTRATION: LUDWIG ILIO 'He's got good skin-as if he takes bird's nest soup every day.' SINGAPORE COMEDIAN KUMAR, on Foreign Minister George Yeo whom he interviewed on Arts Central weekly programme Front 'I think the infatuation with the whole thing is that watching us go through things makes other people
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      283 25 "Singapore is a symbol of youthfulness. It is the guide for all youths in our society, forever changing for the better with the Integrated Resort and Singapore Airlines' A380. All these things just tell everybody that we are forever youthful and keeping
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      802 26  -  Leonard Lim Athletes who do not run to form overseas will be asked to foot the bill THE miserable state of Singapore athletics is making Loh Lin Kok, the long-time president of the Singapore Athletic Association, an angry man. The lawyer is determined to reverse
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        66 27 SINGAPORE'S paddlers came up tops at the first stage of the Southeast Asia Table Tennis Olympic Qualification tournament at the Toa Payoh Sports Hall yesterday. In the men's singles, Cai Xiao Li won his three round-rob-in games to advance to the semi-finals. Feng Tian Wei achieved
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      356 28  -  ACCRA AP, Reuters NIGERIA will attempt to reach a fifth successive African Nations Cup semi-final today, but will need to get past hosts Ghana to keep up their record of consistency. The Super Eagles scraped into this year's quar-ter-finals, despite scoring just two
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      321 28 AFP DUBAI TIGER Woods' hopes of a fifth consecutive golf tournament win nosedived yesterday when Ernie Els swept by him to take the lead after three rounds of the Dubai Desert Classic. Woods ended his run of 21 straight sub-par rounds dating back five
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      697 29  -  Jeanette Wang Olympic-sized rink a must for S'poreans to compete at world level HER fourth birthday wish was to learn to figure skate and that came through. Now 11, national skater Ng Vi Ching dreams of performing in the Winter Olympics. But
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      426 29  -  Jeanette Wang SINGAPORE has the potential to produce an Olympic figure skating champion to end its chase for the elusive gold medal. The assessment comes from Rita Zonnekeyn, the International Skating Union (ISU) technical committee member, who has been a figure
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      376 29 Text and pictures by Terence Tan Patrice Yap, 34, sales manager Height: 1.66 m Weight: 50kg Exercise regimen: I play beach volleyball one to two times a week. The sport trains my hand-eye co-ordination. Playing in a team
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      550 30 AP SUPER BOWL XLII: Live, Ch22, tomorrow, 7am Super Bowl win could see them labelled the greatest NFL team GLENDALE (Arizona) THIS one is for history. No longer can the New England Patriots ignore it. Beat the New York Giants today, and it means more than
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      820 30 Terrence Voon IT IS not just Americans who will be skipping work tomorrow for the Super Bowl XLII match-up on television. Germans, Danes, Indonesians and even Singaporeans are also likely to call in sick, take leave or report late for work, so they
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      199 29 AMERICAN FOOTBALL Super Bowl XLII: New York Giants v New England Patriots (Live, Ch22, tomorrow, 7am). CRICKET Commonwealth Bank Series, Ist ODI: Australia v India (Live, ChllO, 11.15 am). FUTSAL XL World ss: Bowl final (3pm). Plate final (spm). Cup final (7pm) Live, Ch24. GOLF Dubai Desert Classic: Day 4
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      139 30 "For to me, to live is Christ, and to die, is gain" Phil 1:21 DAISY ONG LEH WAH Age: 85 was called home to be with the Lord on 1 Feb 2008 leaving behind loved ones. (Husband: Tan Geok Soo, deceased) Children: Spouse: Catherine Tan Van Hua (Tang KumWah, deceased)
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      93 30 SUSHILA PANCHARATNAM MRS SUSHILA HOON Age: 50 Departed on 01 February 2008. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Husband: leremy Hoon Ching Sing Children: Hoon Chi Tern Hoon Shu Mci Parents: Parents-in-law: Arumugam Pancharatnam Hoon Meow Ming Padmavathi Pancharatnam Tang Siew Ching Brothers: Sisters-in-law: P. leyaratnam Savithri Chettiar
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      94 30 ATHMA SHANTHI POOJA MARIMUTHU GOUNDER KALIANNAN Age: 77 Passed away peacefully in India on 9 Jan 2008, leaving behind Wife: Angammal Kaliannan Sons: Daughter-in-law K. Tamilselvam S. Thanalaxshmi K.Thanabal Daughter: Son-in-law: K. Kinawathy S. Nallathamby PBM Grandsons: T. Shankar T. Prem Kumar The family wishes to express our heartfelt gratitude
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      25 30 12 ih Anniversary Dnlovmg memory cf LO CHENG POH Departed 3/2/1996 Sadly missed and always remembered by wife, son, daughter-in-law, daughter, grandchildren and great grandsons
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      63 31 With Deepest Sympathy and Heartfelt Condolences to Mdm Lim Fei and family of the late MR TAN TOCK SAN jp, bbm Departed on 30 January 2008 Deeply missed and remembered by: Shanmuga Rethenam (Shan) Chairman and CEO And management and staff of SG AVIPRO FINANCE LIMITED SG COMMODITIES TRADING LIMITED
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      28 32 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to The Family of The Late JULIANDA BERNARDO GARDOSE Departed on 31 January 2008 From: The Management Staff of ALTEON A BOEING COMPANY
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      98 32 "The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not be in want... and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever." Psalm 23 ONG HOCK CHUAN Age: 77 was called home to be with the Lord on 2 Feb 2008. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife:
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      107 32 "The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not he in want and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever." Psalm:23 BABY LER CHO SIANG Age: 65 Was called home to be with the Lord on 1 February 2008. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by family and loved
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      44 32 Ist Year Anniversary ONG GEOK LEE Departed 3rd February 2007 From earth's toil to heavenly rest In the arms of Jesus you rest We rest secure in knowing that Someday, one day we'll meet once again Fondly and dearly missed by family loved onet
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      136 32 r Henry Ng Eng Wah, PBM and Family Members of The Late LIM SOH GOH Departed on 25 th January 2008 wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all relatives, friends, business associates and colleagues for their kind attendance, assistance, condolences, donations and wreaths during their recent bereavement.
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      39 32 The family of the late DOROTHY TAN Departed 28 January 2008 wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to relatives, friends, colleagues and business associates for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, donations and wreaths during their recent bereavement.
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      51 32 3rd Anniversary D.ABRAHAM 21st Feb 1944 3rd Feb 2005 Days and nights have passed Tune seem not to have heal Our broken hearts Memories are our only treasure Till we meet you in heaven EverLovingYOU Wife:Vasujji Daughters: Sons-in-law: Caroline Robert Daisy Junesh Irene Yusoff Grandchildren: Chrlstabel, Daniel, Krysten, J Royston,
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      116 32 TAN MUICHOO Age: 79 passed away peacefully on 1 Feb 2008, leaving behind loved ones. Husband: Lim Boon Hong (Deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Anthony Lim Kia Seng June Chua Lang Eng William Lim Kia Song Angela Sect Puay Koon Godson: Goddaughter-ln-law: Lim Kiah Yong Tan Siam Hong Daughters: Son-in-law: Catherine Lim
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      69 32 The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not be in want..... Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.' Psalm 23 Ist Anniversary In Loving Memory of Tan Liong Kew Departed on 3rd February
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      39 32 The family of the late MDM FOO LEE HWA Departed 28 January 2008 Wish to express our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to relatives, friends, colleagues and business associates for their kind assistance,attendance, condolences,donations and wreaths during our recent bereavement.
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      59 32 S/O LATE SARDAR POORAN SINGH Mandhali Passed away peacefully on 01 February 2008 leaving behind Mother: Mdm Mucktar Kaur All brothers, sisters-in-law, sisters, brothers-in-law, nephews, nieces and loved ones. Bus 1 leaving from Khalsa Dharmak Sabha at 2.30pm. Bus 2 leaving from Blk 121 Ang Mo Kio Aye 3 at
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      35 30 Memory wanders as shadows fall saclctotnedays of happiness, Days beyond recall. A vision comes before us, So calm, so dear, so sweet, Of her lips now silent And whose lids are closed in sleep. b
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      37 32 Memory wanders as shadows rail Bade to the days of happiness, Days beyond recall. A vision comes before us, So calm, so dear, so sweet, Of her lips now silent And whose lids are closed in sleep.
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      949 33  -  Cheryl Tan Singaporeans travelling abroad get a glimpse of foreigners' way of life by opting for home stays which are free, thanks to Couch Surfing website HE WAS a complete stranger, someone she knew only through the Internet. But undergraduate Josephine Yeo chose to spend
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      137 34 STOMP is rallying Singaporeans to stand up for their nation and do their part in putting the country on the international map. It is doing this by making pitches to support two initiatives: for the Youth Olympics to be held in Singapore in 2010 and for
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      383 34  -  Daryl Chin By THE Stomp community is rallying behind Singapore's bid to host the first Youth Olympics in 2010. And it is doing this by getting Stampers to head over to make pledges in the "Click for Singapore!" initiative which
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      335 34  -  Tan Weizhen By' IF YOU are both a Singaporean and a Monopoly fan, take pride in our beautiful city and vote for Singapore to be on the inaugural Monopoly world board now. In the first Monopoly world edition being developed,
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      276 34  -  -JAMIE -MICHELLE -JU-LEN -MAIA -DAWN -EGENA "I won't lie to you. The most exhilarating moment in my life involved a girl, a hotel room in Hong Kong, and plenty of exercise." "I get an adrenaline rush each time I climb a tree. The higher
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      879 35  -  Chen Meiyue Samantha Eng Many know what the traditions are but not how they came about, a Sunday Times poll discovers RECEIVING red packets is something all children look forward to during Chinese New Year, but try asking teenagers why the sum of
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      374 35 Life can get overwhelming sometimes. But you don't have to suffer in silence. Write to Teen Confidential, and we will get trained counsellors to help you through your problem. Email your letters to stgeny@sph.com.sg Q Dear Counsellor, I am 19 and am in
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      479 35 What is good English? If you are unsure, write to The Sunday Times and we will try to get your queries answered. This is a weekly series in support of the Speak Good English Movement. The end of the word SOME of the most important
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      748 36  -  Tan Dawn Wei expat eye WHEN Ally Begg was shopping around for a rental apartment here, he thought his property agent was taking him to see units belonging to her extended family. The Scot later realised those "aunties" who let him in
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        222 36  -  Teo Yew Cheng WITH the Ministry of Transport planning to revamp the public transport system, it is also timely for the commuting public to practise common-sense courtesy which will hopefully lead to a more gracious society and smoother rides. After my retirement in 2005, I sold my
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        326 36  -  Wong Jock Onn RECENTLY, a few people have written to the Straits Times Forum about giving up one's seat to those who need it more. The idea seems to be that some Singaporeans should be gracious enough to give up their seats when the
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        135 36  -  Yeo Shuan Chee MY MOTOR insurance is due this month and I was shocked when I received the renewal quote from my insurer showing that my premium had gone up. My premium last year was about $600 with 35 per cent no-claims discount (NCD). This
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        107 36  -  M. Lukshumayeh I REFER to the letter from the National Environment Agency (NEA), "Smoking ban to be widened" (The Sunday Times, Jan 27). It is gratifying to learn that the NEA is committed to protecting the public from exposure to the harmful effects of
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        153 36  -  Alvin Choo Weng Kee I REFER to the letter, "Clubbing life not for the sick" by Mr Chen Sen Lenn (The Sunday Times, Jan 27). It seems to me that the writer has completely lost the plot. The woman, Ms Violet Lim, featured in the "She
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      43 37 PULSE READ TASTE PULSE READ TASTE R READ Four more days to the Chinese Year of the Rat. Here's all you want to know about that nasty or nice, depending on how you view it rodent. DESIGN: SALLY LAM ST PHOTO: AZIZ HUSSIN
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        748 38  -  June Cheong Cars are the latest canvases for people to show off their individuality PIMP My Ride is in town. No, not the hit MTV series on car customisation, but a drive by car owners to personalise their precious set of wheels. Forget flashy sports cars and
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        398 38  -  June Cheong YOU'VE heard of people sporting tattoos. Well, businessman Vernon Wong has gone one up on that, and tattooed his car. The 32-year-olds Toyota Camry is covered with koi fish, samurai swords, Japanese devil masks and cherry blossoms a heady design effect reminiscent of florid tattoos
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        346 38  -  Deepika Shetty REAL estate agent Vincent Koh's mode of transport is a car that's really easy to get "sold" on, and not just because it is a Mercedes. Even from a distance, there is no missing his name, his contact number and his agency's guarantee "to sell your
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        470 38  -  Deepika Shetty JUST a week ago, Mum-of-two Angela Bowskill's Nissan Sunny car was white. But now, it is making a big splash on Singapore's roads literally. It is covered in bright splashes of glorious graffiti that has transformed it into street art on wheels. It is
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          1063 39 In this 2nd monthly issue, read how different families celebrate Chinese New Year and get tips on preparing your child for the festive season .k. MediaCorp artiste Adrian Pang and his wife Tracie celebrate Chinese New Year with their sons Zack, 8, and Xander, 7, the good
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        244 40 AT LEAST six pictures allegedly featuring Cheung, 27, were posted on the Net. The first one circulated last Tuesday morning shows a half-na-ked, dazed-looking woman in bed. The second one posted that evening shows a naked Cheung or her lookalike in a bathroom. Two photos
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        356 40  -  Foong Woei Wan Have the scandalous photos of Edison Chen, Gillian Chung and Cecilia Cheung been doctored? FEW could believe it when the first fuzzy alleged photo of pop stars Edison Chen and Gillian Chung in bed surfaced on the Net last Sunday. What was a girl
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        184 40 Edison Chen, 27 The Canadian-born rapper-actor has starred in the award-winning Infernal Affairs films, founded a street fashion company and seems serious about his new squeeze, Vincy Yeung, the niece of Emperor Entertainment chairman Albert Yeung. But he hasn't lost his bratty image. He hit the headlines
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        364 40 THE first picture that rocked Hong Kong and launched thousands of online postings popped up on the Internet last Sunday evening. In it, a man who looks like Chen, 27, is in bed and beside a woman who looks like Chung, 27.
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        316 40 Reuters A HIT movie about the exploits of a few forgotten housewives and an international squabble over Olympic qualifiers has turned the minor sport of women's handball into a major craze in South Korea. Based on a true story, Forever The Mo- ment
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        1165 41  -  Wong Kirn Hoh In the last instalment of New Asian Heroes, an eight-part series on Asians who lead inspiring lives, meet Eric Chen, who suffers from autism and wants to raise awareness of the illness ERIC Chen has the demeanour of a geek. His
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        923 42  - WORD OF MOUSE Douglas Tseng As Chinese New Year approaches, some people want to take the Mickey out of the festive decor and ratify your perception Rat=mouse? Gnaw way THE Year of the Rat hasn't squeaked in yet and already there's a gnawing problem. With just a few days to
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        423 42  -  Douglas Tseng THERE'S more to those furry drain-dwell-ers than you might think. Check out these rat facts. Rodents rule: Rats are part of the rodent family that makes up about 40 per cent of all mammal species. There are over 2,000 species including beavers, squirrels,
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        342 43 Remy (left) The courageous rat who dreams of becoming a gourmet chef in Disney/Rxar's animated movie Jatatouille (2007), which is up for a Best Animated Picture Oscar this month. Splinter A mutated rat who plays Yoda to a quartet of rebellious Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
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        126 43 ST PHOTO: A CURATOR putting final touches to the stamps for display at A Rat's Tale exhibition in the Singapore Philatelic Museum to usher in the Year of the Rat. Famous people born in that zodiac year depicted on the stamps include (clockwise from
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        575 43  -  Jessica Lim THEY may be half the size of the usual mandarins exchanged at home visits this festive season, but Emperor Tangerines are proving a big hit in the run-up to the Year of the Rat. The tiny treats, which come from Guangzhou,
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        869 44  -  /lak Mun San If the number of dating agencies being set up is any indication, many Singaporeans still need help to find love BOY meets girl. He takes her out on a couple of dates. She decides he is not The One and tells him she
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        201 44 Club2040 Who can join: Singles in their 20s to 40s. Matchmaking services are for men only Activities: Group events such as bear-making workshop, crystal keychain and cellphone accessory workshop as well as talk on the benefits of fragrances. Matchmaking clients will receive a grooming-cum-personality profiling workshop, two sessions
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        815 45  -  Bernard Koh Tiffany Fumiko Tay The best Scrabble players are all weirdos. And they'll agree with me on this' -Teacher Mark Kwan (right), who has won 163 of the 184 Scrabulous games he has played online Meet Mark Kwan and Bing Yeo two Singaporeans who have mastered
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        322 45 ROGER Nesbitt's legal woes may be over after making changes to his popular Facebook application Bogglific last Saturday. The maker of the game, along with Scrabulous creators, brothers Jayant and Rajat Agarwalla, received cease-and-desist orders from Hasbro and Mattel which claimed copyright infringement over their games
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        260 46 Imagine writing a book without being able to use your hands. Still, that has not stopped the four writers featured here Stephanie Yap WRITING a book is in itself an impressive accomplishment, a labour of love that can take months, usually years. Now,
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        217 46 AUTHOR: Jean-Dominique Bauby (1952-1997), a prominent French journalist and editor who suffered a massive stroke in December 1995 at the age of 43. When he regained consciousness 20 days later, he discovered that he was completely paralysed, except for being able to move only
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        209 46 AUTHOR: Christy Brown (right, 1932-1981), an Irish poet, author and painter who suffered from cerebral palsy. As a child, he was incapable of voluntary movements but his mother was supportive of him, and at the age of five he managed to grab a piece of
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        205 46 AUTHOR: Stephen Hawking (above, born 1942), a renowned British theoretical physicist who was stricken with Lou Gehrig's disease as a 21-year-old graduate student at Cambridge University. He gradually lost the use of his limbs and his voice, and is now almost completely paralysed. BOOK: He has
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        180 46 AUTHOR: Hirotada Ototake (right, born 1976), a Japanese elementary school teacher and former sports journalist who was born without arms and legs due to a rare genetic disorder called tetra-amelia. BOOK: Gotai Fumanzoku or An Unsatisfactory Body (1998). Translated into English as No One's Perfect (2003).
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        1152 47 NYT Women cannot afford to look old if they want to make it in life, according to a new book on how the avoid the dreaded wrinkles NEW YORK In a new self-help book called How Not To Look Old, chapter headings in screaming capital letters
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        547 47 AFP NEW YORK Does Hillary do botox? Did that yellow jacket with the black detail that she wore in South Carolina suit her? Yes, with a woman in the running for the White House, the claws are out and looks and fashion are prime topics
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        1038 48  -  Jane Brody NYT If you suffer from dizzy spells, check which of four types of dizziness you have. And a cure may be at hand DIZZINESS can throw one's whole life out of kilter, literally and figuratively This is what befell Ms Cheryl Schiltz in 1997,
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        303 48  -  Gerard Yeo Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) experts answer your queries in this fortnightly column. Remember, you should not self-medicate. Always consult a practitioner. Send your questions to stlife@sph.com.sg SINSEH SAYS I have had stomach cancer for three years. The cancer went into remission but I
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        614 49  -  WONG SHER MAINE In a happy coincidence, mother and son will renew vows of their own marriages at a mass wedding on Yuan Xiao Jie By' FOR their 20th wedding anniversary, senior insurance executive Gimmy Yeo Siok Thiam planned what he thought would be the perfect
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        386 50  -  WONG SHER MAINE There is much more to Yuan Xiao Jie than eating glutinous rice balls By lanterns and lantern riddles." There are many different stories behind this. The one which Ms Sim recounts is a legend in which some hunters killed an animal belonging to
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        561 50 Find out what fengshui masters have to say about falling in love in the Year of the Rat ACCORDING to Mr John Lok (right), principal consultant of FengShuiooll.com, if you are a 27-year-old single born in the Year of the Rooster, forget looking for love in the
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        768 51  -  LIM YANN LING Originating from Singapore, yu sheng, or raw fish salad, is now served with an assortment of new ingredients to whet the appetite By] THE colourful melange of condiments gleaming in the glaze of its prized plum sauce makes yu sheng a mouth-watering
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        136 52 Besides exotic ingredients, auspicious phrases are part and parcel of the yu sheng ritual. Say these out loud when you add the different condiments and toss the yu sheng: man nian you yu Add slices of raw fish, symbolising abundance throughout the year. hong yun dang
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        896 53  -  Frankie Chee Sir Robin KnoxJohnston may be a frequent flyer but the UK Yachtsman of the Year says he'd rather be on a boat any day BETWEEN the sea and the sky, Sir Robin Knox-Johnston definitely prefers the former. The chairman of marine events company
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        1056 54  -  Ignatius Low In these days when all you need is to click a mouse to buy music online, are music lovers richer for it? ABOUT a month ago, I made my first purchase from the Apple iTunes Store. It was a tedious
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        891 54  -  Mathew Pereira MARCUS, the youngest of my three kids, has talked about moving to Japan to work and live there. When I heard this, I thought it was a fantastic idea. This boy who is all of 16 has dreams and ambition. He
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        821 54  -  Tay Yek Keak HERE we go again. Chinese New Year. The Year of the Rat, which by the way, sounds like a gangster movie such as American Gangster or The Godfather or Scarface in which the rat meaning the snitch, the weasel, the fella looking like
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          674 64  -  Stephanie Yap BOOK OF THE MONTH Celebrated young writers deal with the seemingly simple task of making someone up in this short story collection THESE days, it seems the best way to make it in the literary world is not to slog away at submitting short stories to journals,
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          297 64  -  Ong Sor Fern LAST RITUALS By Yrsa Sigurdardottir Hodder& Stoughton/ Paperback/ 423 pages/$30.79 (without GST)/ Major bookstores LAST Rituals is your average zippy little crime thriller. What gives it an extra bit of zing is the unusual setting Reykjavik, Iceland. While Icelandic music has penetrated the global market thanks
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          292 64  -  Lee Sze Yong THEREFORE REPENT! By Jim Munroe and Salgood Sam Idea Design Works/Paperback/ 160 pages/ $22.83 (with GST)/ Books Kinokuniya ANGELS are coming down to Earth. However, the winged creatures are anything but angelic: Gun-toting and dressed in army fatigues, they are cleansing the world of humans
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          306 64  -  Lee Sze Yong FIGHT FOR TOMORROW Written by Brian Wood, art by Denys Cowan and Kent Williams, cover by Jo Chen Vertigo/Paperback/ 144 pages/ $19.64 (with GST)/ Books Kinokuniya I PICKED up this graphic novel because of Chen's cover art, which mimics the styles of Hong Kong gongfu
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          323 64  -  Stephanie Yap LIONS IN WINTER: STORIES By Wena Poon MPH Publishing/ Paperback/ 209 pages/ $19.80 (with GST)/ Major bookstores IN THE title stoi 1 ry, a Singaporean college student in New York finds himself in the Chinese enclave of Flushing, Queens, during Chinese New Year. He is having a
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          302 64  -  Yong Shu Hoong SUBMARINE By Joe Dunthorne Hamish Hamilton/ Hardcover/ 304 pages/ $34.20 (with GST)/ In major bookstores from March FROM the innocuous title of Submarine, you might think that this is a wholesome piece of teenage fiction celebrating adventure and adolescent aspirations. Well, think again. What lies between
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        742 65  -  Stephanie Yap FIRSTWORDS In the second of a monthly column featuring groundbreaking works of local literature, we look at Fascist Rock, which captures the angst of young people in a young nation READING Fascist Rock: Stories Of Rebellion feels at times wonderfully of-the-mo-ment and it's not
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        220 65  -  Stephanie Yap A NOTORIOUSLY private person, Claire Tham was declared all but uncontactable by the National Library Board. Last year, it had tried to get her permission to use Lee, one of the short stories in her debut collection Fascist Rock, for its Read! Singapore literacy campaign.
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        323 65  -  Stephanie Yap THREE CUPS OF TEA By Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin Viking/Hardcover/ 338 pages/$39.50 (without GST)/ Major bookstores WHEN recreational mountaineer Greg Mortenson was descending from a failed attempt to reach the top of Mount K2 in 1993, he became disoriented and ended up in a small
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        288 65  -  Stephanie Yap CHINGLISH By Oliver Lutz Radtke Gibbs Smith/ Paperback/ 110 pages/ Sll 25 (without GST)/ MPH ANYONE who has visited China since it threw open its doors to tourists in the late 1980s will have seen bilingual signs in Chinese and English dotting its cities. However, a good
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        310 65  -  Kristina Tom WAYS TO LIVE FOREVER By Sally Nicholls Scholastic/ Paperback/ 200 pages/ $19.80 (with GST)/ Books Kinokuniya THE star-dot-ted purple cover etched with inspirational quotes like "Every minute counts" may give you pause. But don't be deterred by the overtly saccharine packaging. This is a complex debut
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        271 65  -  Ong Sor Fern THE OTHER BOOK By Philip Womack Bloomsbury/ Paperback/ 271 pages/$15.95 (without GST)/ Major bookstores A YOUNG boy discovers that wizards are real, magic is possible and a parallel universe exists. Sounds like a certain successful series about a boy wizard with a light-ning-shaped scar? The
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        334 65 Fiction 1.(1) The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini 2.(2) 7th Heaven by James Patterson 3. The Appeal by John Grisham 4. (4) Double Cross by James Patterson 5. (3) P.S. I Love You by Cecelia Ahem 6. Lions In Winter by Wena Poon 7. Duma Key by Stephen King
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        823 66  -  Yeo Qianhua Tiffany Fumiko Tay Sushi and sashimi may be so yesterday. Japanese eateries are offering a variety of new fare for adventurous diners and TWO weeks ago, the Goto Japanese Restaurant opened its doors at Ann Siang Hill. And if you step in there
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        449 66 Goto Japanese Restaurant 14 Ann Siang Hill, tel: 6438-1553 Open: Tuesdays to Saturdays: noon to 2.30pm and 6.30 to 10pm, Sundays: 11.30 am to 1.30pm, closed on Mondays Speciality: Kaiseki cuisine, a traditional multi-course dinner that usually spans up to three hours and comprises an
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        516 66  -  Huang Lijie SANDWICH shop Pret A Manger the first outlet here of the trendy British chain has closed a year after opening, swallowed up by an expansion push into Hong Kong and China. The ground-floor shop in The Ogilvy Centre in Robinson Road has been shut
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        863 67  -  Chris Tan Lim Jeck Kiau Tan Chor Hiang Judy Toh and Kok Van Lee ASK THE FOODIE Q Chinese New Year is just round the corner. Every year I have to make pineapple tarts for my extended families, and they last for only about two weeks after which
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        387 67  -  Jenny Tan Chateau Bela 2004 ,$36 WINE countries such as France, Germany, Italy, Austria and Australia are familiar lifestyle travel destinations. But when I mentioned at a dinner recently that Chateau Bela is a Slovakian venture between the famous German winemaker Egon Muller (of Weingut Egon
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        731 68  -  Wong Ah Yoke If you want decent food and casual ambience, Uluru delivers EATS THE name Uluru may be a bit of a tongue-twister, but it is one that could be tripping off the tongues of foodies soon. Named after the famous sandstone rock formation
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        565 68  -  Huang Lijie SIX hundred and ninety. That is the extra number of Vietnamese sandwiches that Baguette, a sandwich store in Raffles City, has to sell a month to adjust to an increase in rent. Indeed, food and beverage (F&B) outlets have not been
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        342 69  -  Huang Lijie Lo Hei Yusheng It isn't just raw fish and salad that go into yusheng these days YUSHENG, or raw fish salad, has gone from a humble dish eaten by fisherman in Guangzhou, China, to being a Chinese New Year delicacy here. The dish brings
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        536 69 HAI TIEN LO 7 Raffles Boulevard, Marina Square, Pan Pacific, Tel: 6826-8240 Cost: $68 (four persons) This cobia fish yusheng (above) is topped with a generous serving of imperial swiftlet bird's nest, which makes the already healthy salad dish more nutritious. KURIYA JAPANESE RESTAURANT 1 Scotts
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        263 69 HERE'S a look at how two people celebrate Chinese New Year. Mr Horst Fuetterer, 56, deputy director of the College of Culinary Art at the Singapore International Hotel and Tourism College (Shatec) "I'm German but I'm married to a Singaporean Chinese and I've been celebrating CNY since I
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        853 70  -  Huang Lijie Co-owner Veronica Tan makes sure you get what you ask for at Peach Garden RESTAURATEUR Veronica Tan's childhood ambition was to work for Singapore Airlines. "I love interacting with people and I wanted to be in the service industry. Working at SIA, which is known for
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        354 70  -  Thng Lay Teen CHEAP GOOD MADAM Chia Hong Peng has been selling laksa since the *****. In 1978, a family friend gave her a tip about the dish, after which sales of her laksa ($2, $3) really took off. The elderly Hainanese man, who had come
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