The Straits Times, 17 April 2008

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    25 1 THE STRAITS TIMES 08 PAGES IN FIVE PARTS MICA (P) 115/12/2007 THURSDAY, APRIL 17 2008 •V A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 80 CENTS
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon New round of competition as mobile numbers go portable
    615 1  -  Alfred Siew ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY TAN WEIZHEN From June, a big hurdle to switching operators will be removed, prompting more intense fight to retain customers By Technology Correspondent CELLPHONE users can expect some intensive courting from their telecom operators, now that
    ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY TAN WEIZHEN; DESMOND LIM  -  615 words
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    Lock icon The $10,000 puppy
    52 1 A. TWO-MONTH-OLD chihuahua has cost its would-be owner more than $10,000 after tie was fined for trying to smuggle his pet into Singapore from Malaysia. Liu Langwu was nabbed at Woodlands Checkpoint last December after a Customs check found the puppy hidden in tiis car. SEE HOME:
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  • Article
    Lock icon 190,000 yet to file their tax returns
    255 1  -  T Chia Van Mm B^ DAYS after the April 15 deadline, 190,000, or 15 per cent, of Singapore's 1.49 million taxpayers have yet to file their returns. This time last year about 17 per cent had not filed. All is not lost, however.
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  • UPFRONT
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      Lock icon Singapore education draws global interest
      790 1  -  Jane Ng By SINGAPORE'S brand of education is already attracting interest worldwide, even from traditional education strongholds like the United States, Britain and Australia. In recent weeks, representatives from education institutions in the three countries have come here to forge closer ties with Singapore institutions.
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      379 2 SECTION ONE HOME Prime 2-4 The 'accidental lawyer' Asia 6-11 New Attorney-General Walter World 12-21 Woon speaks to The Straits Times Review 22-23 about his new appointment and PY| 24 now ne "stumbled" into the legal SECTIONTWO P^gfffi Home H1-H6 Forum H7 Banking on a green Singapore Sports H8-H11 Four
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  • PRIME
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      Lock icon Abdullah to unveil judicial reforms today
      848 3  -  Leslie Lopez »Judicial Commission to appoint judges »Greater independence for the judiciary Financial compensation to sacked judges Expression of regret by PM Abdullah By South-east Asia Correspondent FIGHTING back stiff opposition from his own Cabinet and administration, Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi is set
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      Lock icon Mahathir versus the judges
      284 3 THE 1988 Malaysian constitutional crisis began with a divisive Umno election the year before and ended with the suspension and the eventual removal of the Lord President of the Supreme Court, Tun Salleh Abas, from his seat. The Supreme Court in the years leading up to
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      Lock icon HDB-style living in Tianjin eco-city
      612 4  -  Jessica Cheam The $5.8b project is the biggest Spore-China venture in 15 years By A LANDMARK project to build an ecologically sustainable city from scratch in Tianjin will see a touch of HDB living in northern China. It will feature an LRT station within walking
      MND GRAPHICS: G. CHANDRADAS '  -  612 words
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      Lock icon Charities watchdog tells firm to stop fund-raising
      654 4  -  Jessica Jaganathan Sujin Thomas By and A COMPANY that has raised money for charities here was yesterday told by the Commissioner of Charities (COC) to stop all such activities. Love Foundation and its founder, Mr Jasons Lim Hua Tong, are "not considered fit
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      Lock icon Charities body refutes claims
      159 4 IN A written response to The Straits Times last night, the Office of the Commissioner of Charities (COC) denied Mr Jasons Lira's claims that he had applied for Love Foundation to be registered as a charity. "COC's decision to prohibit Mr Jasons Lim and Love Foundation
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      51 4 THE GAME HOTS UP With the property market cooling, the battle among Singapore banks to hang on to their customers is hotting up. We look at some imaginative E deals that m banks are offering. -i] Teen steals, mixes with bad company,.. Yet parents appeal her case in the High
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      146 5 AS BRILLIANT ftUOB M I( Sip LADY'S SOLITAIRE E -52 S2?C SPSS coco SK™ v V:. "^■P' AS A SIpLITAIRE Only a few shine through to enjoy such alluring privileges as 3X UNIS at over 30 luxury boutiques including Chopard, DFS, Hugo Boss, The Shopping Gallery (Hilton Singapore and Four
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Islamic parties win second regional polls in a week
      966 6  -  Salim Osman INDONESIAN POLITICS Surprise results may be sign of things to come in national elections next year By Indonesia Correspondent In Jakarta ISLAMIC parties have stormed back onto the political scene in Indonesia, capturing a second province in the country's
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    • CHINA
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        Lock icon EU trade chief: Games boycott won't work
        434 7 NEW YORK TIMES, REUTERS Bid to embarrass China could spark trade backlash instead: Mandelson London THE European Union's trade chief has warned that attempts to publicly embarrass China over Tibet will prove ineffective and could prompt retaliation against European economic interests. In a
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        Lock icon Behave, Canberra tells China Olympic torch guards
        262 7 ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE CHINESE guards travelling with the Olympic torch could face arrest if "they laid a hand on somebody" during its stop in the Australian capital, Canberra torch relay chairman Ted Quinlan said yesterday. Australian officials said the so-called torch
        ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE  -  262 words
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        Lock icon CNN clarifies China 'goons and thugs' statement
        348 7 Beijing FHE CNN television network said yesterday that its commentator Jack Cafferty was referring to China's leaders not the Chinese people when he described them as a "bunch of goons md thugs". The comments, made last Wednesday on CNN's political programme The Situation
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    • CHINA/EAST ASIA
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        Lock icon Health-care fiasco adds to Fukuda's woes
        833 8  -  Kwan Weng Kin Elderly besiege government insurance offices demanding to know why they must pay more By Japan Correspondent In Tokyo A NEW health insurance scheme for 13 million Japanese aged 75 and above has turned into a major administrative embarrassment for the Fukuda
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        Lock icon China hints at talks with Taiwan after Ma takes office
        469 8 REUTERS, BLOOMBERG Beijing CHINA hinted yesterday that talks with Taiwan could be a reality once the island's presidentelect Ma Ying-jeou takes office in mid-May, but stopped short of confirming directly what could be landmark discussions. Mr Ma, whose Kuomintang (KMT)
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    • INDIA/SOUTH ASIA
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        Lock icon 41 school kids die in crash on way to exams
        580 9  -  P. JAYARAM Bus plunges into canal in country where nearly 100,000 die in road accidents each year By India Correspondent In New Delhi A BUS carrying schoolchildren to an examinations centre plunged into an irrigation canal in western India yesterday,
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        Lock icon 17 die as train rams into bus in Bangladesh
        206 9 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS Dhaka AT LEAST 17 people were killed and 25 injured when a packed train rammed into a bus in Bangladesh early yesterday morning. The pre-dawn accident occurred at an unmanned crossing in Tangail district, 80km north of
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    • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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        Lock icon Jakarta cracks down on 'deviant' Islamic sect
        644 10  -  Salim Osman Some say curbs on Ahmadis practising not enough and want to ban group By Indonesia Correspondent In Jakarta NDONESIA has banned :he Ahmadiyah religious >roup from practising in the ;ountry, describing it as a decant sect. Yesterday's ruling by the ;ountry's
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        Lock icon SPEEDY WOOD WORK
        64 10 Igorot tribesmen racing their wooden scooters in the Philippine town of Banaue yesterday. The competition was held as the northern mountainous town celebrated the traditional Imbayah festival, a thanksgiving fete for its bountiful rice harvests. Colourful parades and the environmentally friendly scooter race are among the highlights
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        Lock icon Bintan casino plan already rejected, say local officials
        416 10  -  Lim Wei Chean Arlina Arshad By A MALAYSIAN property developer's plans to build a casino in Bintan to rival Singapore's twin integrated resorts have run into trouble with the local Indonesian authorities. Landmarks, which wants to build the 554.2 billion integrated resort
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        Lock icon Bandung to ban singer if 'sexy' act is not toned down
        397 10 THE JAKARTA POST/ASIA NEWS NETWORK Jakarta ANOTHER dangdut singer is making waves in Indonesia, and not just for her stage performance. The mayor of Bandung, Indonesia's fourth-largest city, has said that he would bar Dewi Persik from performing in
        THE JAKARTA POST/ASIA NEWS NETWORK; WWW.ASIANPHOTO.ORG/R-INDO  -  397 words
    • MALAYSIA
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        Lock icon Pro-Umno press tells party: Enough is enough
        712 11  -  Carolyn Hong Hazlin Hassan Let Abdullah get on with job, editorials say, adding that all should share blame for election losses By In Kuala Lumpur THE drawn-out power tussle in Umno, the dominant member of the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition, has come
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        Lock icon Lim Guan Eng on:
        157 11 SHADY LAND DEALS BY PREVIOUS GOVT "This is only the tip of the iceberg. Much more things to be uncovered." NEP AND CRONYISM "My statements on the excesses of the NEP talked about wiping out corruption. But they (Umno) tried to twist it tc mean removing
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        Lock icon Democracy must prevail in toppling BN, says DAP chief
        867 11  -  CAROLYN HONG Penang A KEY ally in Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's opposition alliance said it was not opposed to accepting defectors from the ruling coalition, but not at the expense of its integrity. The Chinese-based Democratic Action Party (DAP) has been
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        Lock icon Tamil-language daily critical of KL 'banned'
        216 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA has banned a leading Tamil-language newspaper critical of the government, its general manager said yesterday. Mr S.M. Periasamy, general manager of the Makkal Osai daily, said he had received a letter from the Home Ministry saying the paper's annual
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon 'Reform agriculture or risk social upheaval'
      635 12 REINVENTING FARMING A new report calls for current farming methods to be changed radically. It notes some of the problems with the system today and makes suggestions for changes to governments and industry. New report urges revamp of farming and food distribution to better
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      Lock icon Export bans push up rice and wheat prices
      177 12 FINANCIAL TIMES, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS THE food crisis continued to intensify yesterday, with grain prices rocketing after Indonesia blocked exports of rice and Kazakhstan banned exports of wheat. Indonesia's export ban pushed the price of rice in Chicago trading to an all-time
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      Lock icon China may bring Teheran back to negotiating table
      537 15  -  Sim Chi Yin Hopes raised as Beijing hosts talks on enticing Iran to halt N-work By China Correspondent In Shanghai CHINA yesterday raised hopes of bringing Iran into the nuclear negotiations involving the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council
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      Lock icon Teen proves Nasa wrong on asteroid threat
      311 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Berlin A 13-YEAR-OLD German schoolboy corrected US space agency Nasas estimates on the chances of an asteroid colliding with Earth after spotting that the scientists had miscalculated. Nico Marquardt used telescopic findings from the Institute of Astrophysics in Potsdam to calculate
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      Lock icon Islamic radicals tunnelled out of toilet in Moroccan jail
      121 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Rabat (Morocco) NINE Islamic radicals on the run for over a week after their escape had dug a 22m-long tunnel from a prison toilet. "Starting from a cell toilet, they hollowed out a tunnel 60cm in diameter, 22m long
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    • WORLD QUICKLY
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        Lock icon HUNDREDS FLEE VOLCANO ASH
        99 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE KUPANG (Indonesia): Hundreds of Indonesians fled their homes following a volcano eruption in which ash and smoke were thrown thousands of metres into the air, the authorities said yesterday. Breathing masks and clean water were rushed to the eastern island of Flores after the
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        Lock icon S. KOREA ON FULL BIRD FLU ALERT
        113 15 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SEOUL: South Korea yesterday issued a nationwide bird flu alert, deployed troops and put firefighters on standby to try to contain the spread of the disease, officials said. The Agriculture Ministry said in a statement that the "orange" vigilance level the
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        Lock icon RETURNED N. KOREANS TORTURED'
        99 15 REUTERS WASHINGTON: A United States watchdog on religious freedom has urged China to stop repatriating refugees to North Korea, where it says returning asylum seekers are often tortured in a push to suppress Christianity. The US Commission on International Religious Freedom said on Tuesday in a
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        Lock icon TEHERAN POLICE CHIEF ARRESTED
        90 15 NEW YORK TIMES TEHERAN: Teheran's police chief, who was responsible for a crackdown on immodestly dressed women in Iran's capital over the past year, has been arrested, a spokesman for the judiciary has confirmed. No reason was given at a news conference on Tuesday for the
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        Lock icon REPORTERS FREED IN ZIMBABWE
        47 15 REUTERS HARARE: A court in Zimbabwe yesterday acquitted two reporters charged with covering Zimbabwe's March 29 election without official accreditation. Pulitzer Prize-winner Barry Bearak, an American working for the New York Times, and British freelance reporter Stephen Bevan were arrested on April 3.
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      Lock icon Unmarried women hold key to White House win
      590 17 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE »U.S. ELECTION SURVEY As fastest-growing voting demographic, they could boost Democrats' chances New York UNMARRIED women could emerge as a key demographic in this year's US presidential election that campaigns must focus on in order to win the White House,
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      Lock icon Chemical used in everyday products 'may cause cancer'
      359 17 WASHINGTON POST, ASSOCIATED PRESS Washington A FEDERAL health panel has, for the first time, acknowledged concerns that a chemical found in thousands of everyday products such as baby bottles and compact discs may cause cancer and other serious disorders. The draft report
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      Lock icon Merck 'paid top docs to lend names to reports'
      318 17 NEW YORK TIMES, ASSOCIATED PRESS Washington DRUGMAKER Merck Co manipulated public opinion on its blockbuster pain pill Vioxx by paying high-profile doctors to add their names to scientific reports drafted by others, according to an article in the Journal of the
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      Lock icon A wheel bargain up for grabs on eßay
      183 19 ASSOCIATED PRESS Santa Monica (California) [T WON'T come with an acean view, but Santa Monca Pier's ferris wheel will still provide a lifetime of :hrilling rides for whoever maps it up from Internet juction site eßay. The 60-tonne Pacific Wheel has been
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      Lock icon Alert out as top US execs fall prey to online criminals
      610 19 NEW YORK TIMES E-mail scam nets personal data of rich and powerful by getting them to respond to 'subpoenas' San Francisco AN E-MAIL scam aimed squarely at top executives in the United States is raising fresh alarm over the
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      Lock icon 2.7m kg of trash picked up from world's beaches
      283 19 ASSOCIATED PRESS Washington THE world's beaches and shores are anything but pristine. Volunteers scoured 53,000 km of shoreline worldwide and found 2.7 million kg of debris, from cigarette butts and food wrappers to abandoned fishing lines and plastic bags, that threaten
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      Lock icon Grand welcome for Pope at White House
      530 20 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE He is expected to discuss US immigration and clergy sex abuse scandal during his visit Washington POPE Benedict XVI paid a historic visit to the White House yesterday, meeting US President George W. Bush and thrilling thousands of well-wishers on the
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    • SPOTLIGHT PEOPLE
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        Lock icon Potter lexicon author breaks down in court
        310 20 ASSOCIATED PRESS A HARRY POTTER fan who wants to publish an encyclopaedic guide to the popular fantasy novels broke down and cried on the witness stand as he reluctantly faced off in federal court against his idol J.K. Rowling. The British author is
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        Lock icon Seeing red over 'pink' joke
        130 20 REUTERS SPAIN'S Socialist Party has advised Italy's newly re-elected Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to have more women in his Cabinet after he told a radio station that his Spanish counterpart's Cabinet was "too pink". Women outnumber men in Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero's
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        Lock icon Helmut Kohl to remarry
        149 20 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS FORMER German chancellor Helmut Kohl, regarded as the architect of German reunification, will marry his girlfriend Maike Richter. The head of his office in Berlin, Mr Ulrich Pohlmann, confirmed a report in the Bild daily that Mr Kohl, 78, planned to wed
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      Lock icon Food crime a new trend
      424 21 THE phrase "crime against humanity" has never been used to describe perverseness in governments'food management policy. Two officials whose brief extends to staving off a scarcity crisis Indian Finance Minister P. Chidambaram and the United Nations special rapporteur for food, Mr Jean Ziegler have been
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      1120 21  -  Richard A. BITZINGER »S-E ASIA'S ARMS MARKET By Curie Maharani For The Straits Times THE first Singapore Airshow ended successfully in February with more than US$l3 billion (SslB billion) worth of sales clinched. Although most of those deals were for commercial aircraft and had been
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      917 21  -  Oo Gin Lee »NEW VIDEO GAMES RATING SYSTEM By retailers will have to put their money where their mouths are: Distributors must pay 80 cents for each MlB sticker on a game box, plus a flat $50 per MlB title that is rated. The $50 fee is
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      732 22 »UMNO AND ELECTION SETBACK New Straits Times Editorial IT HAS been five weeks since the general election in Malaysia. The Barisan Nasional (BN) was returned to power, albeit with a smaller majority and the loss of five states. Despite the shock of the
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      1021 22  -  Lan Bremmer »THE TURMOIL OLYMPICS By AT DIFFERENT times and in different settings, Chinese officials have billed this summer's Beijing Games as the "Green Olympics", the "High-Tech Olympics and the "People's Olympics". But given the sheer number of people and groups who mean to use the
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      1022 22  -  Andy Ho BIODIVERSITY STUDIES By Senior Writer IN THE environmentalist classic A Sand County Almanac, its author Aldo Leopold declared: "There are some who can live without wild things, and some who cannot." Actually, because the webs of life are so intimately woven together, none of
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      136 21 Time to stop infighting Instead of bickering and settling private scores, the New Straits Times says Umno should just let Abdullah get on with the job. PAGE 23 CONNECT, INTERACT AND ENGAGE WITH STOMP: WE WANT YOUR NEWS TIPS, PICTURES AND EMAILS. MMS/SMS: ***** e-mail: *****@stomp.com.sg Tel: 1800 *****57 NEWSDESK
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      1135 23 Singapore today Afternoon showers with thunder mainly over northern, western and central Singapore. ASIA WORLD WEATHER USEFUL NUMBERS SJJ^SgIJ C.™ if rf^— r 1 Emergency lines DO TODAY o i Police 999 WF* *mmr r^n"?^ R 1800-255-0000 1 B uy a ticket for a performance by -^E' TRKYn CivU Defence
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      16 23 JL~ 9 JL~ 9 JL~ 9 u/* THE STRAITS TIMES THURSDAY, APRIL 17 2008 l/r f/r
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      631 26  -  Salma Khalik HAND, FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE Primary 2 schoolgirl escapes death but prone to screaming fits By Health Correspondent THE life of a seven-year-old girl suffering from a severe case of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) is no longer in peril. But
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      254 26  -  LEE PEI Ql SO FAR, 241 schools and preschools have reported clusters of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) cases, with 22 of them seeing more than 10 per cent of their children down with the disease. Nanyang Kindercare Centre in Coronation Road, which
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      1032 27  -  K.C. VIJAYAN New Attorney-General wouldn't have studied law but for surprising turn of events at scholarship interview By Law Correspondent HE MAY be the country's top prosecutor, but Professor Walter Woon's entry into law was purely by chance. If the Public Service Commission had offered
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      436 27  -  Elena Chong By Court Correspondent WHILE the price tag on the puppy read RM1,400 about Ss6ls a two-month-old chihuahua has ended up costing a Singapore student much more than that. Liv Liangwu, who was caught smuggling the dog into the country from Johor,
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      350 27  -  Jeremy Au Yong By NEARLY a year after announcing plans to form a new party, veteran politician J.B. Jeyaretnam will file an application today to register it. The 82-year-old, who is slated to be its secretary-gen-eral, will make the application this morning at the
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      784 28  -  Jermyn Chow ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY TESSA WONG Sarawak yet to make official application but it will take three years to resettle pig farmers in new, $30m centralised farm By SINGAPORE may be chewing on the idea of once again importing pork from neighbouring Malaysia,
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      154 28 A 39-YEAR-OLD woman was charged yesterday with 10 counts of abusing her Indonesian maid in 2006. Housewife Chan Geok Joo is accused of repeatedly punching her domestic help in the face, pulling her hair, kicking her in the mouth and whacking her with
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      436 29  -  Teh Joo Lin 20% of calls from kids a key group targeted by police By THE police have had enough of prank calls. They are putting up posters to warn the public not to indulge in nuisance calls to the 999 hotline
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      548 29  -  Judith Tan By PATIENTS of a chiropractic clinic in Raffles Place have been left wondering why it has been shut since April 7. Global Corrective Chiropractic, located on the seventh storey of the Royal Brothers Building in Raffles Place, remained closed as
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      379 29  -  Keith Lin By THE outgoing head of the People's Action Party (PAP) Policy Forum wants to open up some of its internal discussions to a wider audience by inviting members of the public to join in. Mr Joseph Lee, who steps down as
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      440 31  - Four new tree banks for a greener future Shobana Kesava By FOUR new banks have been set up by the Government, but they are not designed to help investors save for the future. Instead, they will satisfy Singapore's growing demand for trees. The National Parks Board (NParks) has so far
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      541 31  -  Sue-ann Chia NC-16 rating for documentary featuring Chee Soon Juan and others at IMF-World Bank protest By A DOCUMENTARY by film-maker Martyn See featuring Singapore Democratic Party chief Chee Soon Juan and others has been passed by the censors with an NC-16 rating.
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      90 31 MALAYSIA'S newly appointed Foreign Minister, Datuk Seri Rais Yatim, arrives here today for an introductory visit. Datuk Seri Rais will call on Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew and Deputy Prime Minister S. Jayakumar during his one-day visit, according to a statement by
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      404 32  -  Patrick Sio I REFER to Tuesday's report, "JI escape: One blot should not mar good work, says Jaya". Those were words of wisdom from Deputy Prime Minister and Coordinating Minister for National Security S. Jayakumar to us younger management executives to pick up
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      305 32  -  Padmini Kesavapany (Mrs) I READ with interest Mr Dudley Au's letter ("Another view of the expat-local Indian gap", April 4). He has drawn attention to the prevalence of the caste system as a reason for the divide between local Indians and expat Indians. I am
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      140 32  -  Susanna Lim Poh Suan (Miss) RESIDENTS in Jurong West have made desperate calls to the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) to remove a pack of wild stray dogs that has terrorised the area, going on the rampage attacking and mauling community cats and residents' pets, and
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      330 32  -  Syu Ying Kwok WITH reference to Saturday's article, "Commodity prices raised by low stockpiles, says Jim Rogers", the Government should set up a full-service commodity centre and exchange to rival the Chicago Board of Trade in the United States. I agree with Mr Rogers
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      223 32  -  Andrew Wee Kien Han IT IS heartening that every so often, we read about increasing efforts to recycle. Of real concern, however, is the rise in use of hand-held electric components and hence rechargeable batteries. I follow in the footsteps of those who have
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      Lock icon Towards a more vibrant Malay Heritage Centre
      355 32  -  ZainulAbidin Rasheed I REFER to Saturday's Home cover story, "Heritage centre seeks full government funding to stay afloat". I would like to point out that full funding is not what the Malay Heritage Centre (MHC) is seeking. The MHC generated more than $800,000
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      250 32  -  Mathangi Kumar (Ms) TWO recent articles, "Teen sex infections likely to hit new high", April 6, and "Rise in STIs among teenagers", April 10, reiterate the need to reach out to this at-risk section of the population with comprehensive sexuality education programmes that
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        65 32  -  Norizah Nordin (Mdm) ON MARCH 21,1 left a plastic bag with my wallet inside at Moda Paolo Fashion House at Block 211 New Upper Changi Road. The shop staff contacted me and I rushed down. I checked my wallet and it was intact. I
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        57 32  -  hum Jan Tseng ON MARCH 16, I was at Singapore General Hospital. I approached Madam Chua Kirn Gek, assistant manager of the Patient Education Library, for information on gastritis, hypothyroidism and osteoarthritis. She photocopied some papers for me. Three days later, I was surprised
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        55 32  -  G. Sathyasenan ON MARCH 16, after shopPing at Fair Price in Thomson laza, I returned home to find my personal cards missing. I rushed back to the shopping centre, but to no avail. An hour later, "Lawrence" called, said he had found my cards and
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        52 32  -  Ng Siew Hong (Mdm) ON MARCH 30, I received a call from Ira of Toa Payoh South Community Centre to tell me my purse had been found. I would like to thank the kind man who handed it over to the CC and Ira for
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      56 32 For more readers' views, log on to http://www. straitstimes.com Access to letters online is free. EAT LESS FOOD: And help save the world SPEAK ENGLISH: Guest workers should learn a bit DOUBLE STANDARDS: Western media bias on China TIBETAN PARADISE?: If so, why do so many leave? NO MORE YOGA:
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      676 33 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE »SOCCER Drogba injured, Lampard worried Chelsea set for mass clear-out, which may include coach Grant, at season's end London CHELSEA are planning a mass clear-out of players at the end of the season, irrespective of whether coach Avram Grant hangs on to
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      Lock icon Rafa wants more money and less in-fighting
      395 33 ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON LIVERPOOL manager Rafael Benitez is set to demand an end to the squabbling at Anfield. He will also request total control over all football matters and a healthy summer transfer budget when he meets co-owner George Gillett next week. If
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      Lock icon Thaksin unhappy with City
      107 33 London THAKSIN Shinawatra, the Manchester City owner, is "not happy" with the club's recent performances. Asked whether he will replace coach Sven-Goran Eriksson with Portugal coach Luiz Felipe Scolari, Thaksin said: "There are no plans at the moment. We will evaluate at the end of the
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      556 33  -  Neil Humphreys »NOTES FROM THE LIGHTER SIDE THERE are rumours emanating from the English Football Association that Gary Lewin could be handed the England skipper's armband. Coach Fabio Capello believes in rotating the captaincy and on Tuesday revealed that Wayne
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      516 34  -  Lin Xinyi BADMINTON World No.l, who struggled to reach last-16,could be there for the taking By] SINGAPORE'S top shuttler, Ronald Susilo, cruised through the first two rounds of the Badminton Asia Championships (BAC) in Johor Baru yesterday. His reward is a last-16 showdown with world
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      568 34  -  Terrence Voon SPORTS INDUSTRY By' SPORT is becoming sexier, and the time is ripe for businesses to ride the industry's new wave of growth in Singapore starting with the sports media sector. This was the sentiment that emerged from the Singapore
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      Lock icon Cultural enrichment mandatory
      401 34  -  Leonard Lim »YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES By NO ATHLETE will return home empty-handed when Singapore hosts the inaugural Youth Olympic Games in 2010 for medals will not be the only prizes up for grabs. They can also win gold, silver or bronze pins by completing modules under the
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      Lock icon Siti and Nurul star for Bowen
      376 34  -  Christopher Ong »SPORTS IN SCHOOLS By( SHE provided the fire-power up front, while strike partner Nurul Huda Suhaimi created the chances. Together, Siti Amalina, 15, and Nurul, 16, were instrumental in delivering the Football Association of Singapore Inter-Secondary Schools Girls' Championship to Bowen Secondary.
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      1122 35 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS Star-studded, backed by big business The eight teams CRICKET India launches new era with the $2.7 billion IPL featuring world's top cricketers in 8 teams Bangalore UNLIKE football, cricket has never been very commercial. But that is going to change tomorrow evening. When the
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      243 35 ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS »OLYMPICS Beijing CHINA'S new National Stadium, the centrepiece of the Beijing Olympics and better known as the Bird's Nest, was opened to the international media for the first time yesterday. The 91,000-seat stadium's unusual design is created by twisted steel beams that
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        53 35 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE LONDON: The Rugby Football Union has removed Brian Ashton as England coach and appointed Martin Johnson, who takes over from July 1. The hiring of Johnson, England's World Cup-winning captain in 2003, was announced yesterday. Ashton has been offered the role as head of
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      385 36 ASSOCIATED PRESS »GOLF Los Angeles TIGER Woods had surgery on his left knee to repair cartilage damage on Tuesday, his second operation in five years on the same knee. He is expected to miss at least a month of golf while he recovers. The surgery, announced
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      665 36 ASSOCIATED PRESS BASKETBALL From angst to first, from stressed to best... Lakers finish as the Western Conference champions, thanks to Bryant and company Los Angeles THE Los Angeles Lakers began the season in chaos 5% months ago. They finished it as the Western Conference champions. From angst
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      614 36 BADMINTON Badminton Asia C'ships in Johor Baru, Ist rd (selected) Men's singles: Lin Dan (Chn) bt Andreas Adityawarman (Ina) 21-13 21-13, Ronald Susilo (Sin) bt AM Shahhosseini (Iri) 21-17 21-10, Lee Hyun II (Kor) bt Christopher Flores (Phi) 21-13 21-8, Ng Wei (Hkg) bt Liv Chin-lun (Twn) 21-12 21-16,
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      395 34 'mtESSSSSmm Want to gain an edge over the competition and prepare yourself for the job market? Sign up for these seminars to gain valuable and practical lessons on various topics related to career planning and development 26 April 2008, Saturday 10am to 1 pm 26 April 2008, Saturday 2pm to
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      66 35 TV times BASEBALL MLB: NY Yankees v Boston Red Sox (Live, Ch23, tomorrow, 7am). BASKETBALL: NBA: Utah v San Antonio (Live, Ch24, Bam). GOLF: China Open: Day 1 (Live, Ch24, lpm). Verizon Heritage: Day 1 (Live, Ch26, tomorrow, 3am). SOCCER: English Premier League: Everton v Chelsea (Live, Ch27, tomorrow, 2.55
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      160 36 "Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for thou art with me and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever." Psalm 23:4,6 WONG KAI PING Age: 85 passed away peacefully on 16 Apr 2008 Dearly missed and
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      40 36 In Memory of Our Beloved 19th Anniversary 35th Anniversary 11th Anniversary MDMSIVAHAMY MR.MDTHDKRISHNAN MR,K.RAMACHANDRAN(RAMA) neeGOWRIRAM Ex-ACSknßoy Xewton Chandra Black (Tankßoad) (Tankßoad) Ex-ACSianßoy "You will never be forgotten" From: Your Loved Ones Prayerswillbeheldonl7/4/08(Thursday)at7pmatSriSivanTemple(GeylangEast). < Please treat this as a personal invitation. J
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      103 36 "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith." 2 Timothy 4:7 ONG CHUEN BOONE Age: 69 was called home to be with the Lord on 15 April 2008, dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Elise Lee Yei Shui Son:
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      101 36 CHAN YIN HENG Age: 52 passed away peacefully on 14 April 2008. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by Husband: Kwa Hai Pen Mother: Leong Fong Keng Brothers: Sisters: Chang Hoong Chan Yin Teck Chan Leong Chan Yin Ling Chan Kong Meng Chan Yin Yun Chan Kong Fung Chan Siew Ying
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      174 37 ONG KWEE pL Age: 73 Jta JuM passed away peacefully on 15^ April 2008. mL Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Husband Ang Kirn San LjL Sons: Daughters-in-law: Grandsons: Granddaughters: JV HI Ang Yew Chye Khoo Heng Lai Ang Tze Pin, Tristan Ang Ru Mci, Renne 11 (L
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      166 37 "And now there is waiting for me the victory prize of being put right with God, which the Lord, the righteous Judge will give me on that Day." 2 Timothy 4:8 TEONG SAY PYN Age: 81 Was called home to be with the Lord on 15 April 2008. Dearly missed
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      134 37 ROBERT TAN SOON YEE Age: 73 Passed away peacefully on 16 April 2008. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Chia Sock Cheng Son: Daughter-in-law: Peter Tan Hai Chuan Sim Siew Eng Daughters: Sons-in-law: Eileen Tan Lay Tin Soh Weng Yew Lily Tan Lay Lay Kenneth Goh Kah
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      61 37 In Loving Memory Of Rosalind Yuping Foo wee Wong 17 April 1913 9 February 2008 While we mourn the death of our mother, we also celebrate her life. Our thanks to family members and friends for their attendance at her wake and funeral, and for their flowers, donations to charity
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      36 37 sth Anniversary In Loving Memory of SIM YEW CHENG DANIEL Departed 17th April '2003 Not just today but everyday, We remember the times we shared. Dearly missed and always remembered by family and all loved ones
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      88 37 SAIKH ABDUL KADER BIN JAMAL Age: 45 passed away peacefully on 13 April 2008. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Zarinah Binte Syed Sultan Son: Muhammad Shafizan Bin Saikh Abdul Kader Daughter: Tahira Bee Burial was done on 14 April 2008. We wish to express our sincerest
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      51 37 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to the family of the late Mr. Lim Thian Huat Departed 16 April 2008 From Management and staff of Bits Bytes Marketing Pte Ltd Wake at Blk 773, Pasir Ris Street 71 Singapore *****3 Cortege will leave on 20 April 2008 at 2.30pm for Mandai
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      46 37 6th Anniversary In Loving Memory of Our Beloved SUSEIA DASON NEE NITCHINGAM was called home to the Lord on 17 April 2002 Gone from our lives one so dear, But in our hearts forever near Dearly missed and fondly Remembered by family and all loved ones
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      600 39 REUTERS Housing agents say lower prices, mortgage rates are luring buyers New York WHILE the data says "no end in sight" for the United States housing crisis, real estate agents are beginning to see signs of life among people looking for homes to
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      323 39 REUTERS Washington UNITED States consumer prices moved up a bit less than expected last month. The number of new housing units on which work started, meanwhile, fell to the lowest in 17 years, leaving the Federal Reserve some room to lower interest
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      117 39 YESTERDAY'S CLOSE: 3,087.49 WM April 16 Stock Name Close Change CapitaLand 6.400 +0.160 CapitaMall 3.580 +0.080 CityDev 11.640 +0.240 Cosco Corp 3.080 +0.100 DBS Grp 19.060 +0.040 F&N 4.690 -0.030 Gent Intl 0.590 +0.005 HK Land 4.380 +0.090 ISH 16.780 +0.760 lardine C&C 17.500 +0.440 Keppel
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      135 39 April 16 UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS SINGAPORE DOLLARS TO ONE UNIT )F FOREIGN CURRENCY Buying Selling lust dollar 1.2490 1.2640 Ian dollar 1.3260 1.3420 iuro 2.1310 2.1550 (lalaysian ringgit* ..0.4293 0.4301 <Z dollar 1.0560 1.0780 Sterling pound 2.6490 2.6790 JS dollar 1.3490 1.3650 SINGAPORE DOLLARS TO 100
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      333 40 REUTERS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Zurich THE world's top bank regulator said yesterday it wants to tighten rules and raise the cost of issuing and trading risky securities, giving a clear signal that supervisors are cracking down following the United States sub-prime crisis. The Basel Committee
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      567 40  -  VINCE CHONG Ist-quarter figure better than forecast despite global uncertainties but inflation stays above 8% By China Correspondent In Beijing CHINA'S economy grew by a higher-than-expected 10.6 per cent in the first quarter, even as global uncertainties and the United States sub-prime crisis
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      220 40 REUTERS Tokyo MERRILL Lynch will announce a further US$6 billion to US$B billion (5510.85 billion) of asset write-downs in its quarterly results today, The Wall Street Journal has reported, citing a person familiar with the matter. The newspaper said in its
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      233 41 PLANS for a big-name theme park in Iskandar Malaysia are on track is the Johor economic zone continues its drive to attract investors. Malaysian investment arm Khazinah Nasional is in talks with a tiandful of foreign operators, ac:ording to managing director Azman Mokhtar yesterday.
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      604 41  -  Grace Ng Programme targets those who may not be able to support themselves in old age By i MS ZAITON Karim, 48, has struggled to manage the household finances for the past 18 years since her husband died. Times have become tougher still
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      396 42  -  Joyce Teo By Property Correspondent OWNERS at Regent Garden must complete the collective sale of their condominium after the High Court handed down a landmark decision in favour of developer Allgreen Properties yesterday. The $34 million sale, which the
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      386 42  -  Chua Hian Hou Skilled individuals needed to make Singapore a vibrant hub for the industry By THE Government will put in "significant" resources into developing home-grown talent and attracting skilled foreigners, as part of a new masterplan to transform Singapore into a vibrant
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      344 42  -  Nicholas Fang By SHIPPING group Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) is considering a merger with German line Hapag-Lloyd as part of its plans to be a player in the global consolidation of the industry. NOL president and chief executive Thomas Held said on the
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      257 42  -  Yang Huiwen TAKING STOCK By THE local market seized on good news from the United States which does not come by often these days as a reason to extend its gains to a second day, although trading volumes remained dismal. Investors were heartened
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      23 42 (0) April 16 CIMBAsean40 100US$ ISH OUE Keppel Corp :nts ...942 .1678 .1404 .1100 149.0 103.0 62.0 13. 4. 4. 5.
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      277 42 GOHENG YEOW DIRECTORS' TRADES SHARE deals by insiders at United Fiber System (Unifiber) may be leaving investors a little concerned that the firm has not put its unhappy past behind it. Unifiber's biggest shareholder, Tektronix Industries, sold 30 million shares on Tuesday last week. This
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      712 43  -  Lee Su Shyan Dubai-based firm plans to add more brands and make shopping a more exciting experience By Assistant Money Editor THE man who bought Robinsons this month has taken his first walk around the Orchard Road icon, unveiling
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      20 43 STOCK 1.24 billion TRADING shares worth VOLUME $1.48 billion UP Gainers: 348 Losers: 260 DOWN Unchanged: 970
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      91 43 GLOBAL PROPERTY SURVEY Mid Cap 782.04 A 7.57 Health care 794.74 T -1.80 Small Cap 648.25 A 0.73 Consumer services 819.65 A 5.06 All Share 786.77 A 7.01 Telecoms 970.65 T -4.73 Fledgling 700.36 A 7.48 Utilities 668.83 T -6.49 China 451.54 A 2.01 Financials 798.55 A
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      223 43 JOYCE TEO SINGAPORE is the ninth most expensive place to rent a three-bedroom apartment, according to a survey. Rents surged by 33 per cent last year, boosted by companies expanding operations at a time of limited supply of property, said the survey report, which
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      1443 45 Mystery moves East as fictional detectives solve cases using feng shui and shaman spirits, while putting Asian societies under the magnifying glass LONDON has Sherlock Holmes and his pipe. New York has Nero Wolfe and his beer bottle. And Singapore has C.F. Wong and his
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      144 45 Author: Qiu Xiaolong (right) No. of case files: Five, most recently Red Mandarin Dress (2007, $32.95 with GST, major bookstores) Beat: Shanghai, China, 1990s Detective: Chief Inspector Chen Cao, mid-30s. Profile: A published poet who studied English literature at university before being assigned by the government to the
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          503 47 IT HAS been a painful decision involving the sacrifice of some personal memories. But the family of the late artist Chee Kiang Siong eventually donated 12 oil paintings by their father to the National Heritage Board (NHB). These works are full of family history: They include a
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          456 47 THE photographs of the late Wu Peng Seng feature rare snapshots of Singapore history from as early as 1949. The landscape photographer, who was awarded the Cultural Medallion in 1990, captured nostalgic scenes of sveryday life from the 1940s and *****, such as fishermen going
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        465 48  -  Fara Tan NAC will soon offer a new rental subsidy scheme for artists and cut their waiting time for a studio ARTISTS facing an average of two to three years' waiting time for studios under the National Arts Council's (NAC) arts housing scheme may
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        237 48 Reuters PARIS Brigitte Bardot went on trial on Tuesday for insulting Muslims, the fifth time she has faced the charge of "inciting racial hatred" over her controversial remarks about [slam and its followers. Prosecutors asked that the Paris court tiand the 73-year-old Frenchwoman a
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        360 50 A documentary, yoga workshops and a forum are featured in the four-day contemporary Indian dance festival Tara Tan IN POOR rural villages in Bengal, girls as young as eight or nine are sold to men who train them in Nachni, a traditional Indian dance form. These girls,
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        510 50 Reuters, AP LOS ANGELES The last of Walt Disney's original team of animators, known as the Nine Old Men, has died at the age of 95, a Walt Disney Co spokesman said on Tuesday. Ollie Johnston worked for Disney for 43 years, drawing characters for
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        263 53 AFP TAIPEI Hong Kong movie star Andy Lav was ordered to pay NT$5.l million (*****,477) to a Taiwanese airline for damaging its helicopter during filming, a court official said yesterday. Lav accidentally brushed against the pitch stick of the chopper, loaned
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        238 53  -  Tiffany Fumiko Tay Singapore's oldest museum hits its target a month early THE National Museum of Singapore welcomed yesterday its millionth visitor since re-opening in December 2006. Singapore's oldest museum, which dates back to 1887, underwent a three-year redevelopment scheme. A surprised Ms Cai
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        361 55 HONG KONG Cantopop diva Anita Mvi left behind assets worth HK$3O million (555.2 million) to HK$35 million when she died in 2003. Her estate is now valued at HK$lOO million. Details of Mui's assets were revealed on Tuesday in a Hong Kong court hearing in which her
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      296 46 U SMU SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY ARTISTIC INTEGRITY vs. COMMERCIALISATION 22 April 2008, Tuesday, 6.00pm Panellists IvanHeng W Gaurav Kripalani Artistic Director A Artistic Director Wild Rice Ltd W *)t» Singapore Repertory Theatre Ltd Chairperson I Ong Keng Sen I Venka Purushothaman JA Artistic Director Jl, J"; Provost and Chief Academic
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      1974 59 Personal Business ji IRA FACTORY/ RK FACTORY/ RK FACTORY/ RK FACTORY/ PIS GOLD/ Rfek PRIVATE P% WANTED Ik BOOKKEEPING/ BK BUSINESS BK BUSINESS MM} WAREHOUSE SALES MJjJ WAREHOUSE SALES ||j|J WAREHOUSE SALES MJjJ WAREHOUSE SALES bw PAWN TICKETS L^jJ INVESTIGATORS bw EB SECRETARIAL/ MMJ OPPORTUNITIES ZXff OPPORTUNITIES SERVICES HjGHEST GOLD,
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      3438 61 Vehicles iik daihatsu iik daihatsu [ik daihatsu iik daihatsu [ik daihatsu [ik daihatsu [ik daihatsu [ik daihatsu [ik daihatsu [ik daihatsu HI/forsale HI/forsale HI/forsale HI/forsale HI/forsale HI/forsale HI/forsale HI/forsale You're often asked to think out-of-the box. Here, you can clearly see what this Material Tall Boy "box" is all about.
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      2496 62 Vehicles PK SUBARU PK SUBARU PK SUBARU PK SUBARU PK SUBARU PK OTHER MAKES PK OTHER MAKES PK OTHER MAKES PA SPORTS/COUPES/ PJK SPORTS/COUPES/ §p? FORSALE §p? FORSALE }jjjp FOR SALE }jjjp FOR SALE g^ FOR SALE FOR SALE fjjgf FOR SALE FOR SALE fgjjf CABRIOLETS gp? CABRIOLETS Turf City
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      3036 76 Travel Education Notices HK TOURS HK TOURS HK TOURS BK ACADEMIC BK ACADEMIC ftfi LANGUAGE ftfi LANGUAGE RK TUITION RK TUITION HK TUITION \jjjf \jjjf \jjjf yff courses yff courses Kr courses Mr courses Mr Hr Hr •v- A truly fascinating myraid of colours, '-».;v. 1111 'I 3 I r">l
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      3312 77 Wf\ PROFESSIONALS/ BK ENGINEERS llfc LECTURING/ RJk NURSING/ RH NURSING/ RH NURSING/ RH NURSING/ i-ty^ t* y^i l ■P EXECUTIVES lir mr teaching |g|P health care |g|P health care |g|P health care |gjr health care CAib Recruit Guide W itsizti ir^^^ i 1 Classified Jobs Executive Appointments suss*' i lLowerDeita^reciuires:l
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      2910 78 Classified Jobs v WS SALES SALES SALES SALES SALES SALES SALES SALES SALES [j^ CALL CENTRES/ rr^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^»-n SALES EXEC WANTED for Hair S SALES ASST NEEDED for mobile j,^^^^^^^^^^^—- FULL-TIME/PART-TIME IMMEDIATE VACANCY! Beauty products. 'N7 '0' level. phone S gaming shop. Very good H*****H35H SALES PROMOTERS SALES EXECUTIVE C||ffered:'Ba^cTcoTmislio" income'
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      2949 79 Classified Jobs v ISh CALL CENTRES/ ISh CALL CENTRES/ 19K HOTEL/RESTAURANT/ 19K HOTEL/RESTAURANT/ liX HOTEL/RESTAURANT/ IPk HOTEL/RESTAURANT/ UK HOTEL/RESTAURANT/ UK HOTEL/RESTAURANT/ f9fli ADMINISTRATIVE/ f9f\ ADMINISTRATIVE/ }gjjf TELEMARKETING }gjjf TELEMARKETING jjjff LOUNGE jjjff LOUNGE jjjff LOUNGE jjjff LOUNGE jjjff LOUNGE jjjff LOUNGE Hp? CLERICAL }jjjjf CLERICAL J W~~^St~^g^~§!io~^ M^t mWmWM The
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      2868 82 Classified Jobs Executive Appointments £l v HIV DESPATCH/ fSK DESPATCH/ Rh DRIVERS/ Rh DRIVERS/ Rh DRIVERS/ DELIVERY }^p DELIVERY CHAUFFEURS CHAUFFEURS EXGCIItIVG ADDOint FTlfintS LAM SENG HANG CO. PTE LTD is an established company with offices in SEA countries. In line with our business IliHH^^ Bkjs^J/7^l/i^#3 requirement we are inviting
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      1619 83 Making contact Does networking make you want to MptwOfk IPPP^fI 111\/ With lite to all and not just a selective tomise the message, mentioning pull your hair out or does it make you group of people. Say, "Please" topics of mutual interest, if any, smile and want to work at
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      653 85  -  TEE HUN CHING Editor hunching@sph.com.sg A day before I left for a six-day work trip to Paris recently, I scoured the shops here frantically for the perfect carryall. By my definition, perfection meant it had to be in black (so it wouldn't dirty easily and would go with
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      294 85 RjSTb 10 sets of Molton Brown products from Apothecary Co worth more than $110 each. Each set comprises Wonderful Lip Shine and either Heavenly Ginger Lily or Relaxing Body Cream Simply answer this question: Apothecary Co carries a cult range of skincare, fragrances and I make-up products. True or
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      221 87 Now that the Singapore Fashion Festival is over, where am I getting my fashion fix? Why, from fashion blogs, of course. Not only do they help moi keep a finger on the latest trends, their upbeat style of writing is also tres entertaining. Things have become even more interesting
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      97 87 FARMER'S MARKET: Pick up fruits, vegetables and flowers alongside your usual flea market finds at the Fresh Black Market on Sunday at House, 8D Dempsey Road, from 10am to spm. ESPRIT PROMOTION: Spend $150 at Esprit, including one denim item, from now till May 15 and get a limited
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    • FASHFLASH Karen Tee and Nadia Shah
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        261 87 Fans of minimalist Japanese casualwear brand Uniqlo, rejoice. The brand is finally setting up shop here. But don't work yourself into a tizzy just yet: Its first Singapore store will open only in August next year. Wing Tai Retail, which distributes various high-street brands including British-based
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        246 87 Here s a pretty bottle to dress up your bar counter. For the first time in Hennessy XO's 243-year history, the French cognac maker has launched the spirit in an exclusive limited edition decanter. Called the Magnificence, the bottle which is shaped like an inverted bunch of grapes
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        189 87 Ah, the 1930s an era of glamour, elegance and... escalators? That seemed to be the case when invited guests were treated to a runway fashion show on April 3, where models clad in *****-inspired dresses waltzed down an escalator at The Concourse of the National Museum of Singapore.
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      702 89 QI m a 20-year-old undergraduate and burning the midnight oil has taken its toll. I'm starting to see what I think are age lines around my eyes and forehead. Are there ways to conceal them and to prevent more from forming? A Quitting school, sadly, is not an
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      51 89 These bright and cheery quilted laptop cases don't just protect your PC, they also double up as oversized clutches. Just slip in your wallet and assorted stuff, fold it over and voila a day clutch. Raoul, $1 79 eacn, from 02-1 2 Paragon V J ST PHOTO: DESMOND
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      237 89 Melissa Lee These two head-turners were spotted at the We Will Rock You musical at the Esplanade Theatre on April 12 Jo Yap, 32, part-time student What are you wearing? I'm wearing Charles Keith mock snakeskin shoes that cost around $30. The black jeans are from City Plaza
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        760 91 Daphne, Kelly, Birkin are not names of friends but of bags we love. TIFFANY FUMIKO TAY finds out how totes get their monikers So you think the iconic Hermes Kelly bag was named specially after Grace Kelly? Think again. The scaled-down version of the classic saddle bag
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        983 93 From traffic-stopping hues to heavy hardwear finishes, painterly touches and woven handiwork to exotic skins, it's the little things that make this season's bags big style statements, says ANGELINE NEO HUE AND CRY For spring/summer 2008, designers went bold with colours. Primary shades like reds and yellows
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          126 95 The classic pocketbook handbag is one of the ultimate weapons in female power dressing. Who can forget images of then British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher pulling statements out of hers in Parliament? Paired with a suit, it adds a sexy, womanly touch to an otherwise androgynous pantsuit. Go
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          161 95 Dainty handheld purses might look pretty with an evening gown. But unless you're a tai tai, you're unlikely to be swishing around in a long, trailing silk number anytime soon. Rather than splashing out on a purse used only rarely, go for something that can do double duty
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          121 95 Fashion is all about the right mix 'n' match, so for a dressed down weekend type of do, nothing beats a hobo-style bag. The slouchy, sling carrier conjures up images of carefree hippies in the 1960s and is favoured by the boho-chic set made up of celebrities like
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          138 95 The way you carry a bag can affect your entire look. Nothing quite shows this like the structured tote. Hoist its handles over your shoulders and you look like a busy Urbanite with errands to run. Dangle it from your arms celebrity-style and you're transformed into a girl
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          121 95 Most laptop and document bags seem designed more for the office geek than the corporate chick. Women, however, have the advantage of choice. Instead of your average laptop holder, pick a stylish tote or document bag that's big enough to bag it all. Hardy materials such as
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          73 95 alldressedup 02-37 Paragon Anteprima 01-06 Paragon Calvin Klein Jeans Accessories Basement 1, Isetan Orchard Charles Keith 02-186 Vivo City ck Calvin Klein 01-07 Forum The Shopping Mall Fossil 01-139 Suntec City Gucci 01-40 Paragon Hogan 01-07 Paragon Mango 81-39 Ngee Ann City Nine West 01-33 Raffles City
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          37 95 Can't afford a designer bag? Go for a designer bag charm then. Many double as mobile phone accessories, keychains or even bracelets. NADIA SHAH shows you how to give your bags the royal treatment
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        191 96 Time to chuck out that dainty man purse and get a real man's carrier, guys. NOELLE LOH gets a handle on the options he man purse, or Murse, might have looked hip I on famous metrosexuals such as soccer star David Beckham in the early 2000s but let's
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        146 96 Forget that dire duffel bag resembling an upright bolster that lurked pin the corners of men's changing rooms. The new men's gym bag, with its increased height, is a towering success. It's shaped more proportionately to the average guy's body than the duffer's duffel bag, so it
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        134 96 Mention messenger bag and brands like Crumpler and Freitag, known for their hardy, sporty looking carriers, come to mind. For a slicker look that can take you to the office, though, think more dapper Mr Postman than cool New York bike messenger. Go for more classic materials like
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        167 96 BAG THEM HERE The trouble with the garden variety of classic briefcase is that there's something about a narrow, black leather box with gold buckles and hinges that screams "Uncle". To avoid looking boring and stodgy, go for a sleek laptop bag or an interesting looking folio case
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        758 98 Want a good price for that tote which you have tired of? So you paid big bucks for your designer bag, but after a few seasons your carrier has lost its cachet in your eyes. Rather than stash it in your closet, follow the example of loney-sawy fashion
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        242 98 02-08 Lucky Plaza Operating hours: Monday to Saturday, 1130 am to Bpm What to expect: Forget dingy second-hand dives. This place is striking for its vast amount of space. "We want customers to enjoy being in our shop and feel as if they are in a store selling
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        218 98 B1 -47 Raffles Place MRT station. A new outlet opened early this month at B1 -08 Tanjong Pagar MRT station Operating hours: Monday to Friday, 11am to Bpm; Saturday, 11am to 3pm I What to expect: A busy location where plenty of brand-conscious yuppies pass through daily. The
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        239 98 01-K4Far East Square Opening hours: Monday to Friday, I 1130 am to 4.30pm. Saturday, by appointment only What to expect: Owner Cecilia Tan really loves her bags and it shows. Almost all the bags in Brands Exchange are carefully wrapped in transparent plastic to protect them from prying
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        258 98 $g.be-a-fashionista.com The most recent sale was last Saturday at Swissotel The Stamford, which means you'll have to wait six months for more excess baggage What to expect: Once you get over the shock of seeing over 200 designer bags with four-figure price tags strewn bazaar-style in a hotel conference
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        312 99 PACK GO From handsome suitcases to roomy weekend bags, ANGELINE NEO offers tips and picks the best luggage companions for a smooth journey Buy the right case for everything There are vanity cases, shirt folders and shoe bags. Each is designed for a specific function, and they're worth investing in.
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        459 99 It's not just women who can get carried away. Urban speaks to two guys who own at least 30 bags each. Terence Trey Wong (right), 29, stylist His collection of over 100 bags ranges from your collectors' quintessential like the Hermes Birkin to no-brand totes. And yes, they
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        433 100 Lust, they say, is irrational and uncontrollable. But it is exactly what I've felt for the super-expensive Chanel Timeless Classic, Karl Lagerfeld's interpretation of the original Chanel 2.55, in nude lambskin ($4,300), since I first laid eyes on it at the Chanel boutique in Soho, New York, two
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        486 100 The Chanel 2.55 is the quintessential V I pocketbook bag. Coco Chanel designed it a f because she wanted a shoulder bag that jfl I would free women's hands. The bag derived I I its name from the date it was launched in
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        476 100 I am going to buy myself a Chanel 2.55 by the time I turn 25 in 1112I 112 years' time. Yes, I am aware that with a starting price of about $4,000, owning one of these is going to set me back by more than a
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      412 101 PERSONAL TRAINER Dance your way to fitness with a Latin dance-inspired workout There's a new workout in town, and it goes by the name of Zumba. Created by Colombian fitness trainer Beto Perez, it involves an hour-long class that uses low-impact Latir dance moves set to Latin
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      156 102 I was brought up to think of fermented beans as "poverty food". I grew up with Cantonese phrases such as "poke fermented beans", which is used on someone who has lived beyond his means and now needs a more austere lifestyle. It's an expression that means this
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      223 102 POSH NOSH reen tea f comes in I many V^^ y shapes and forms at the new OChaCha cafe in Raffles City's rambling basement. It's in cold and hot drinks, cakes and even parma cotta. The last ($3.90+) is a big cup of thick green tea-flavoured cream more
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      186 102 Muji is the place to go for tasteful, minimalist household products and also some tasty cakes. On an outing last week, I went wild in the food section and bought a bunch of snacks like black sesame baumkuhen ($2.90), orange baumkuhen ($2.30, left) and orange kouglof ($3.90, right).
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      583 103  -  /YeoQianhua FHEBAGPAGE When Fly Entertainment artiste Elizabeth Tan is not busy acting or hosting, she checks in on her online clothing store 60 Nicholson (www.6onicholson.com). She co-owns the two-year-old virtual store with three former Singaporean housemates whom she met while studying at Monash University in Melbourne. Says the
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