The Straits Times, 20 April 2008, Afternoon Edition

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  • 21 1 thesundaytimes A Singapore Press Holdings publication OU cents APRIL 20, 2008 1 00 pages in four parts MICA (P) 116/12/2007 straitstimes.com
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  • 700 1  -  Christopher Tan LTA, Nishimatsu and insurers led by japan's MSIG agree on undisclosed sums Senior Correspondent Claims amounting to hundreds of millions of dollars arising from the Nicoll Highway collapse have been settled as the tragedy marks its fourth anniversary today. The main parties
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  • 393 1  -  Nur Dianah Suhaimi The doctor who first identified hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) here 36 years ago is shocked at the recent rapid spread of the viral disease. Since the current outbreak three weeks ago, more than 2,600 cases have
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    • 67 1 FOOD PRICES SPECIAL (i > Dinner for 4 for LESS THAN $10 /SPAGE2 Hawker i^\ LC33 THAN $2 EWSPAGE3 FOREIGN^ BORN fcgk DANCERS M kick up a storm m .EPAGE4 M Singaporean meets Italian in Second Life and they are now MARRIED NEWS Jfcdt*-' PAGESIO&II VfT -k Why it's time
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    • 143 1 Men from China foodcourts and petrol stations. Who else will Qet already-doomed Derby in at your service A§ed between 20 and 35< kicked out of EPL? 8,*,? D cut for s T aying up in J they come from provinces suct^. the English Premier League. They are no longer out
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    • 218 2 Thanks for the copycat ad really! The new-look Sunday Times continues to be the talk of the town. A graphic about where you can get cheaper options of various foods on April 6 inspired Cold Storage and Shop N Save to come out with an advertisement that looked uncannily similar.
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    • 383 2  -  Shuli Sudderuddin Chen Meiyue Two food experts show you how to whip up tasty and nutritious meals Give $10 to chef Sunny Sia and he can whip up a delicious meal for a family of four. Lecturer Ong Eng Gim can do the same. The
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      1085 3 Last week, the Ministry of Trade and Industry revealed that 65 per cent of hawkers are holding their prices steady down from 75 per cent two months ago amid rising food bills. Samantha Eng and Aw Cheng Wei scoured hawker centres and coffee shops across the island
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    • 477 4  -  Aw Cheng Wei Distributors plan to absorb 80-cent sticker fee, starting with Grand Theft Auto IV Extra costs arising from the implementation of the new MlB video classification will not be passed on to the consumer. That is what the distributor of Grand
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    • 439 4  -  Nur Dianah Suhaimi The "gatekeeper" job will fall to vendors when the video game ratings scheme kicks in on April 28. Depending on whether certain games are rated either "16 and above" or MlB, the dealers are not to sell such games
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    • 371 6  -  Zakir Hussain First inter-religious games day sees about 1,000 of various faiths taking part in the fun Mr Andy Tan, 29, rarely gets the chance to play football with people from other religions. But he did yesterday morning. So did dozens more
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    • 240 6  -  Zakir Hussain People's Action Party (PAP) activists have been given a new task: Go beyond giving feedback on government policies and come up with alternative ideas. This message was conveyed by Transport Minister Raymond Lim yesterday at the PAP Policy Forum elections for new
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    • 1337 8  -  Jamie Ec Wen Wei With hiring rules now relaxed, more are here working in foodcourts, malls and petrol kiosks As a general worker in a car assembly in Fujian province, Mr Zhang Guozhi earned a paltry $300 a month. So when he heard about
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    • 182 8  -  Alvin Lim Hairstylist Roy Chen is 22, earns between $2,000 and $4,000 a month and dreams of making it big in his career. The Wuhan native arrived here eight months ago. Before that, he was learning hairdressing from a Japanese teacher based in
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    • 210 9  -  Alvin Lim He could not speak a word of English when he came here six months ago. But working alongside Malay and Indian colleagues means Mr Mao Vile, 20, is picking up the language. He is the only waiter from
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    • 234 9  -  Chen Meiyue He may be a dishwasher now, but Mr Bing Wan Li has big plans for his future. He hopes to continue working in Singapore and to bring his family here. "Singapore's environment is very good," said
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    • [ special report ]
      • 1234 10 As more and more people trade real-life relationships for pixellated ones, senior writer Sandra Davie goes undercover as Scoop Segall (left) in the virtual world of Second Life to suss out the L goings-on in fantasy land Bespectacled Marie Cheng, a fi-nal-year undergraduate, bought
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        847 10  -  Sandra Davie Dec 18, 2004. That's the day Rinaz Bijoux, a long-limbed, doe-eyed Asian beauty, tied the knot with hunky Italian Cartridge Patridge. It was a simple but elegant civil ceremony, exactly one month after they met. Cartridge had relentlessly pursued Rinaz, showing up everywhere she turned. She
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    • [ special report: digital liaisons ]
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        947 11  -  Sandra Davie Susie, 26, still remembers the day she met the love of her life, Adrian. It was Sept 18, 1997. She was hanging out with her Anderson Secondary schoolmates in Ang Mo Kio Central when she saw Adrian, who was from Deyi Secondary. Susie, nicknamed "Pocket Venus"
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    • 180 12  -  Christopher Tan Fhis charcoal-coloured, Futuristic MRT station may well oe the first here to win an iward from the Singapore Institute of Architects. The Stadium station, located it the future Sports Hub in Kallang, is one of 29 stations in the new Circle Line. The
      CHEW SENG KIM  -  180 words
    • 552 12  -  Nur Dianah Suhaimi Some childcare centres stand empty, while lives of those hit have been turned topsy-turvy Last week, Mr Frankie Loh drove back and forth daily between Malacca, where he had to attend to business, and Singapore so that he could be by the
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    • 134 12 HFMD is an illness caused by intestinal viruses, the more common strains being Coxsackie virus and Enterovirus 71. The usual symptoms are: Fever for two to three days Sore throat and runny nose Rash (flat or raised red spots, some with blisters) on the palms of hands,
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    • 366 16  -  Shuli Sudderuddin This is the target amount he hopes to raise from this year's President's Challenge events which will help 48 beneficiaries The President wants your help to raise $8 million. This is the target announced by President S R Nathan at the launch
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    • [ Sunday people ]
      • 332 17  -  Aw Cheng Wei Mrs Rosalind Tan wants to create another butterfly garden. Called Madame Butterfly by colleagues at Alexandra Hospital (AH), where she has created such a garden, she hopes to repeat the feat at the hospital's new site in Yishun in 2010. The senior
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      • 268 17  -  Loh Keng Fatt Noting that Singapore has one of the world's highest rates for myopia, Dr Cheryl Baumann and her husband opened The Lasik Surgery Clinic (LSC) at the Paragon in 2005. Three years later, it has done more than 23,000 operations, making it
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      • 215 17  -  Shuli Sudderuddin You may have seen 21-year-old Choo Pei Ling at a concert in Orchard yesterday. However, instead of dancing to the music of artists like Asian Idol Hady Mirza, she was tuned in to a greater passion. She led a team of
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    • 733 18  -  Mavis Toh No happy ending "Once you start, it's hard to quit. I thought I wouldn't get addicted, but I did." MR J. TONC, 42, who started glue-sniffing when he was 15 and moved on to heroin at 18 They got their 'high'
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    • 316 18  -  Mavis Toh From the heights of ecstasy, he plunged into the depths of despair literally. Overdosed on a potentially deadly cocktail of glue, sleeping pills and alcohol, Mr Lim Sing Sing had jumped from the 15th-storey kitchen window of his North Bridge Road flat. That
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    • 79 13 THE ST. REGIS SINGAPORE GRAND OPENING 20 th APRIL 2008 OVER A CENTURY OF GRACIOUS HOSPITALITY FINDS ITS HOME IN SINGAPORE. For over a century, The St. Regis has set the standard for luxurious hospitality with its glorious heritage of excellence, innovation and unmatched service standards. And now, this extraordinary
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  • world
    • 574 19  -  Chua Chin Hon PHOTOS: Anti-Western sentiment spills into the streets as Chinese citizens vent anger over disrupted torch relay China Bureau Chief In Beijing Waving flags and chanting patriotic slogans, hundreds, if not thousands, of protesters took to the streets of several Chinese cities yesterday
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    • 313 19  -  Nirmal Chosh Thailand Correspondent In Bangkok The Olympic torch run through Bangkok yesterday was relatively peaceful, with China's supporters far outnumbering a group of protesters gathered along the 10.5 km route. Some 2,000 police officers were deployed to keep order after Prime Minister
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    • 210 20 AP, AFP San Angelo (Texas) More than 400 children taken from the compound of a polygamous sect must remain in state custody and undergo genetic testing so that family relationships can be sorted out. Following Judge Barbara Walter's ruling last Friday, a
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    • 159 20 Washington Don't be surprised if models on the catwalks of London and Paris this year go for the "Little House on the Prairie" look. While serious debates continue to rage on the right of officials to seize some 400 children from the compound of a
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    • 433 20 Bernama, Reuters, AP Govt wants to turn Sarawak into Malaysia's new 'rice bowl' as prices of staples and fuel escalate Kuala Lumpur Malaysia is allocating RM4 billion (S$ 1.7 billion) to increase food production, including a plan to grow rice on a massive
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    • A MATTER OF AESTHETICS
      • 636 21  -  Lee Tee Jong Just as in Singapore, the quest for good looks is fuelling a thriving and competitive business in other parts of the region. Our correspondents report on the state of aesthetic medicine in South Korea, Japan and Thailand SOUTH KOREA South
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      • 396 21  -  Kwan Weng Kin JAPAN Japan Correspondent In Tokyo Clinics offering cosmetic surgery are on the increase in Japan and so are the number of complaints over botched jobs. The rise coincides with the popularity of minor cosmetic operations that involve only minor incisions
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      • 389 21  -  Nirmal Ghosh THAILAND By Thailand Correspondent In Bangkok With a booming aesthetic treatment industry attracting younger and younger clients and generating more and more complaints Thailand has begun to bring the field under control. The Medical Council of Thailand is working to frame regula-
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      • 675 22  -  Susan Sachs In Paris They stare out from ads on every bus shelter, subway car and magazine in France: beautiful women without an ounce of fat on their bodies. The fashion world has celebrated thinness, and these women are the queens of
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    • 879 23 AP But 84-year-old Sri Lankan is not bitter, saying it's his fate Hipauwa (Sri Lanka) Age may have slowed him down, but Mr P.P. James wakes up early every day to head into the fields and harvest rice. The short, wiry 84-year-old hikes up
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    • IN BRIEF
      • 83 23 AP Camp David (Maryland) US President George W. Bush and South Korean President Lee Myung Bak celebrated the first success of their new relationship with a dinner that featured a symbolic main course: Texas Black Angus beef tenderloin. Less than 24 hours before the
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      • 107 23 Reuters Jakarta Police have arrested three people from Timor Leste in relation to attacks on Timor Leste's President and Prime Minister two months ago. Rebel soldiers in Timor Leste were blamed for the attacks on President Jose Ramos-Horta and Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao on Feb
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      • 65 23 AFP Beijing A severe tropical storm hit southern China yesterday, bringing gale-force winds which forced flight cancellations and the evacuation of 210,000 people on Hainan island, state news agency Xinhua said. Typhoon Neoguri swept through Guangdong and Macau in the afternoon. The casino enclave closed its
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    • [ Sunday people ]
      • 602 24  -  Lee Tee Jong South Korea Correspondent In Seoul South Korea's first astronaut returned to earth yesterday after nine days in space, during which she introduced the universe to kimchi. Ms Vi So Yeon's stint aboard the International Space Station (ISS) makes her country
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      • 129 24 AFP Seoul The 28-year-old son of South Korea's Unification Church founder Moon Sun Myung has succeeded his father as the religious sect's top leader. Reverend Moon Hyung Jin on Friday became the chairman of the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, taking charge of
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  • Page 24 Miscellaneous
    • 624 24 Bangkok Amsterdam Beijing Kuala Lumpur Berlin Paris Los Angeles Phuket Auckland Adelaide Brisbane Athens Mexico Busan Shanghai Mecca Singapore Today: Morning showers with thunder over many areas of Singapore. Outlook: Monday: Morning showers with thunder. Tuesday: Afternoon showers with thunder. /t"o\ Air Quality Sunrise f Sunset [_~~J PSI:44(Cood) 7.00 am
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  • invest
    • 372 26 The current downward trend in home loan rates provides a compelling reason for home owners to review their mortgage packages. Lorna Tan looks at five things to consider when refinancing your home loan WITH interest rates in Singapore still falling and the property market
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    • 1060 26 IWhen you should consider refinancing Scenario 1 The savings outweigh the costs of refinancing. In other words, do your sums first. Scenario 2 You do not plan to sell your property within the next 12 months. Maybank Singapore's head of consumer banking, Ms
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    • 486 26 OFF THE SHELF This column features fresh financial offerings that adventurous investors can check out. Great Eastern's CreatLink Ideal Investor What it is: A single-premium in-vestment-linked plan that provides enhanced returns for retirement. Details: It invests in funds across a range of asset classes, geographical regions and industries. There is
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    • [ me & my money ]
      • 1072 27  -  Lorna Tan They pay dividends and he can cash out quickly when he needs to move his money elsewhere Finance Correspondent Working as an apprentice in a construction firm, developer Victor Ow used to sit at the back of a lorry huddled with
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    • 334 28 MY SPACE Teo Liak Ping, 31 Freelance writer and designer Five-room HDB flat in Punggol Lives with husband Low Jo-fan, 29, a teacher I love my home because... It's cosy. We incorporated our own ideas into the design and decor, so it's everything that we
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    • 316 28 ON THE MARKET In this weekly column, we bring you a sampling of properties up for sale. In the spotlight this week: Condos near MRT stations The Pare Condominium, freehold #09-10, 5 West Coast Walk What it is: A 1,216 sq ft, three-bed-room apartment What it costs: $1,139 million, or
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    • [ property ]
      • 624 29  -  Fiona Chan Investors check out posh units in cities like London, where values have fallen Property Reporter As the global credit crunch drags on, home prices are falling all over the world, from Britain and Spain to India and Australia. But in
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      • 170 29 AQUARIUS HOUSE St George Wharf, London England Touted as London's most exclusive riverside apartments, Aquarius House is the latest instalment in a new large-scale development along the Thames known as St George Wharf. The 14-storey tower, expected to be completed in 2010, sits next
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      • 172 29 RESIDENCE 8 Xintiandi, Shanghai China You could be Chinese actress Gong Li's neighbour in this brand-new condo in Shanghai's stylish Xintiandi area, all for the same price as an apartment in Holland Village. Residence 8 offers one- and two-bedroom units as well as
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      • 186 29 JARDINE SUMMIT Tai Hang district Hong Kong Hong Kong may be the only Asian market where high-end home prices have skyrocketed as much as in Singapore in the last year. Recently, the ever-popular pursuit of luxury homes in the financial hub has
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      • 150 29 THE ST MORITZ Jakarta Indonesia This US$l billion (Ssl.4 billion) mixed development by the Lippo Group boasts the tallest tower in Indonesia and three blocks of luxury apartments. Each block is targeted at a different market, and units are sized and priced
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      • 148 29 BANYAN TREE RESIDENCES Laguna Phuket, Phuket island Thailand In Singapore, $2.5 million is barely enough to buy a semi-detached house in the East Coast. In Phuket, that could get you a 4,000 sq ft, fully furnished villa with a private lap pool and jet pool.
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    • [ small change ]
      • 1003 30  -  Bryan Lee Economics Correspondent As a mortgage war breaks out among Singapore banks, homebuyers have emerged the clear winners as lenders slash interest rates to grab new customers and retain existing ones. Rates have plummeted to less than 2 per cent.
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    • 854 31  -  Paul Heng YOUR PERSONAL ADVISER: CAREER /~\l need advice on how to deal with V_/the many calls I have been receivingtrom headhunters. Since about a year ago, I have been getting about two calls a month. I am in my late 30s and married,
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    • 705 28 stomp pick Ms Teo Liak Ping sent STOMP pictures of her five-room HDB flat in Punggol. She tells Melody Zaccheus how she and her husband designed their home with a retro theme. Do you have a favourite space in your home? Send us a picture. We will consider them for
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    • 403 31 movements of, say, a stock such warrant price will move if the Where do as Group Holdings or a underlying stock changes by 1 f vo(J see t n j s 7 y stock market index such as per cent. Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index. The DBS warrant will cost
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    • 1101 32  -  K.C. Vijayan Younger set of leaders expected to inject vibrancy and bring fresh perspectives Law Correspondent [t looks very much like a game of musical chairs. The Attorney-General, Mr Chao Hick Tin, who is a former judge of appeal, returns to the
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    • 1473 32  -  Chang Ai-Lien Science Correspondent Who says humans are the only species to pay for sex? Monkey business abounds with long-tailed macaques, whose frisky males use grooming as currency for a romp. According to work by a researcher here, the less available females are,
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    • 1563 33  -  Bhagyashree Carekar Singaporeans are helping to develop cutting-edge products at California HQ Visitors to Google's sprawling northern California headquarters cannot help but pause at "Meng's Wall". The wall is unremarkable in itself but beneath an eye-catching replica of a space shuttle hang rows of photographs. They
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    • 427 33  -  Alfred Slew There are no big signs or grand entrances befitting an Internet giant. Instead, first-time visitors to Google's office in Singapore will find that it shares a common service office with other small investment firms on the 25th floor of the spanking
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    • Article, Illustration
      335 33 HEADLINERS $10,000 puppy Chihuahua smuggled in Student Liv Liangwu, 21, was fined $10,000 by a court last Wednesday for smuggling the two-month-old dog into the country from Johor. This was the maximum fine for importing an animal without a licence. Liv escaped jail, the usual sentence for offenders. He will
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      1061 34  -  Tan Dawn Wei Anyone can be happy, no matter what his circumstances are, says father of positive psychology For someone who has devoted the last decade of his life to teaching people how to be happy, Dr Martin Seligman is surprisingly reserved in person. On stage, he
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    • 342 35 EDITORIAL When the French Michelin restaurant guide launched its Tokyo edition last November, its first in Asia, prominent figures of the city's restaurant scene turned up their noses at it. How dare the French presume to know about Japanese cuisine and Japanese society, they
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    • 142 35 BLOGOSPHERE THE OLYMPIC TORCH DRAMA In London, police had to keep pro-Tibet protesters away from the flame. In France, demonstrators hurled water at the flame and lunged at the torch-bearers. If this is what democracy is all about, then I do not want any part of it. Terence Lee http://extrascoop.blogspot.com/2008/
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    • 137 35 QUOTES OF THE WEEK I truly believe that brains can be bought, but hearts and minds have to be won. MS CAROLINE LIM, PSA's global head of human resource and corporate affairs, on retaining talent Right now, I'm dating my tennis racket. SERENA WILLIAMS, w tennis star, on how the
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    • [ YOUR LETTERS ]
      • 340 35  -  Deborah Tan (Miss) If a girl knows she is strong and beautiful, if she is confident and secure, will she simply give herself to anyone? If a boy understands that he is a man and has a world to conquer and people to
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      • 265 35  -  Ruth Kan (Ms) How can the trend highlighted in the article, "Teen sex infections likely to hit new high" (The Sunday Times, April 6), be checked? Perhaps the issue with teen sex is not so much that it is "unprotected", but rather, that young people engage
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      • 355 35  -  Tan Puay Hoon (Ms) I refer to the letter, "Elderly toilet cleaners a sad reflection of society here" (The Sunday Times, April 6), by Dr Anne Chong Su Van. The Restroom Association (Singapore), or RAS, supports her call to resolve this issue. As a non-profit
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      • 438 35  -  Ling Pek Ling (Ms) We thank Mr Jason Chiam ("Pay TV woes: Vote with your remotes"; The Sunday Times, April 13) and Mr Foo Yoon Fatt ("Exclusive media rights kill competition") for their comments. The Media Development Authority (MDA) protects consumer interest
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      • 257 35  -  Jean Tan (Ms) We refer to the letter by Mr Michael Yeo Khee Hiang, "MOM, why the differing views?" (The Sunday Times, March 30). In 2003, Mr Yeo sought assistance from the Ministry of Manpower to resolve a dispute with his ex-employer over his contractual
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    • 1199 36  -  Warren Fernandez Will recent reports of fresh plans for the Capitol Theatre finally happen after almost two decades? I'm not holding my breath... SUNDAY WITH Deputy Editor For too long, the once-lovely Capitol Theatre has stood forlorn and forgotten, the unwanted child of Singapore conservation.
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    • 710 36  -  Andrew Raven EX-PAT FILES Right now, it's spring in Canada md my hometown of Montreal is emerging from its harshest winter in recent memory. More than a dozen snowstorms pounded the city of 2.5 million, leaving behind almost 4m of the white stuff. One dumping
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    • 376 36 STREET VIEW "I propose that we implement a cap of 20 per cent on foreign talent representation in every national team...l am sure Singaporeans will be as proud of local athletes who do not win but who have given their best." Straits Times reader CALVIN NC on how Singaporeans should
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    • 25 34 Yes yr [poll results! 84% £r'"' Should providers jTT" of free meals use i\° cheaper rice to cope 10/o with higher demand? Tota votes: 228
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    • 51 35 Send yOUr letters to the Forum Editor via e-mail to suntimes@sph.com.sg or fax at 6319-8289. Please include your full name, address, telephone number and, for women, your preferred honorific such as Miss, Mrs, Mdm or Ms. Something tO Share? A viewpoint, photo or video? Send it to stomp.com.sg or SMS/MMS
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  • Obituaries
    • Obituary, Illustration
      225 37 LEE SOH TING Age: 93 passed away peacefully on 18 April 2008. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Husband: Loh Gim Chuan (deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Granddaughters: Grandsons-in-law: Arthur Law Chee Wan Kwah Kirn Seng Law Scow Leng Edwin Koh Loh Chee Tat Ho Ah Fong Law Lucy Loh
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      52 37 With Deepest Sympathy and Heartfelt Condolences to our Managing Director Mdm Margaret Loh Lay Eng Mr Frederick Ng Keung On the demise of their Beloved mother mother-in-law LEE SOH TING Departed on 18 April 2008 From: The Management Staff of Airelated Travel Pte Ltd Airelated Services Pte Ltd Airelated Engineering
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      33 37 With Deepest Sympathy and Heartfelt Condolences to Mr Alvin Law and family On the demise of his beloved mother LEE SOH TING Departed on 18 April 2008 From: The Management Staff of AICL
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      33 37 With Deepest Sympathy and Heartfelt Condolences to Mr Alvin Law and family On the demise of his beloved mother LEE SOH TING Departed on 18 April 2008 From: The Management Staff of MGR
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      36 37 :t =-^*fe^ Jj?' With Deepest Sympathy and Heartfelt Condolences to Mr Alvin Law and family On the demise of his beloved mother LEE SOH TING Departed on 18 April 2008 From: Jeffrey Tan U/WesTech Electronics Ltd
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      55 37 MAISIE REGINA CHANDER nee ZUZARTE Departed on 14 April 2008 Wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all priests, relatives, friends, colleagues, church members and prayer groups for their kind assistance, attendance, I condolences, prayers, wreaths and I donations during their recent j «L. bereavement. J&f I j^"
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      216 38 Jesus said, "I am the resurrection and the life. SbU Those who believe in me, even though they die, will live." John 11:25 I AMANDA YEU SHU IIJNCi 10 August 1982-25 April 2002 6th Anniversary Always Remembered Loved Mother's Pride Joy Amiable to all Around Her Never Selfish Diligent in
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      39 38 |p With Deepest Sympathy and Heartfelt Condolences to Mr Alvin Law and family On the demise of his beloved mother LEE SOH TING Departed on 18 April 2008 From: The Management Staff of k Sun Power Co. Ltd 2
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      59 38 In Loving Memory Of MARY TAY MUI HONG JUSTIN LOH AH SAH Departed 4 May 2000 Departed 20 April 2007 The World changes year to year, And friends from day to day, But never will the one we love, From memory pass away. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by Sons,
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      45 38 We, the Family of the Late ONG KWEE 10 Departed 15* April 2008 i wish to express our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to relatives, friends, colleagues and business associates for their kind assistance, attendance, \w condolences, donations and wreaths during our /recent bereavement. i J
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      89 38 TIMOTHY H.T. YAP 'One thing I ask of the LORD, only that I do seek: to live in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the LORD, to frequent His temple.' Psalm 27:4 In the world 23-8-1957 to 20-4-2004 In
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      82 38 OM NAMO NARAY4NA CHANDRA VATHANA Age: 65 (1943 2008) passed away peacefully on 6 April 2008. The family wishes to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to relatives and friends for their kind assistance, attendance and condolences during their recent bereavement. KARUMATHI PRAYERS: will be held on Sun, 20-4-08, night
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    • Obituary, Illustration
      60 38 LEE SIEWTUCK Age: 61 passed away peacefully on 19 April 2008. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Hum Foonglin Daughters: Grandsons: Li Huifen Li Yongyi Li Huijuan Li Yongxian Li Huijing Body is resting at Blk 101 Serangoon North Aye 1 Cortege will leave on 23 April
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      144 38 "The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not be in want....and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. Psalm 23 ALAN SEAH KHEN SEN Age: 63 was called home to be with the Lord on 19 April 2008, dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife:
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      126 38 LOO TECK KEE RICKY Age: 46 Was called home to be with the Lord on 19 April 2008. Dearly missed and lovingly remembered by Father and Mother Wife: Sharon Lee Bee Lian Sons: Darren Loo Tai Yee Marcus Loo Tai Wei Brandon Loo Tai An Nicky Loo Tai Lei Sisters:
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      63 38 JENNYYONG SOW CHUN Age: 65 was called home to be with the Lord on 18 April 2008. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Cortege will leave Blk 816, Tampines Aye 4 on 22 April 2008, Tuesday at 11.30 am for Mass at Holy Trinity Church, Tampines Street 11
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    • Obituary, Illustration
      34 38 14TH ANNIVERSARY In Loving Memory Of Olga Mavis Misson Departed 20 April 1994 Your presence we miss Your memory we treasure, Loving you always Forgetting you never. Dearly missed always remembered by loved ones.
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      30 38 2nd Anniversary In Loving Memory Of CHARLIENEOKIMCHYE Departed 20 April 2006 Jesus said "lam file Resurrection, and Thelifiahethatbelieveth in Me though he were dead, yetshalllw live." Always remembered by famtty&lovedones
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      150 38 "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 23:6 LEE AI TECK PETER Age: 83 Was called home to be with the Lord on j 19 April 2008, leaving behind loved ones. >
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      81 38 7TH ANNIVERSARY In Loving Memory Of EDNA LOURDES TEO AI LING Departed 20.04.2001 7th Anniversary Offer Memorial MASS at Sts Peter Paul Today 10.00 am 225 A Queens Street Time may heal the broken heart, Time may make the wound less sore, m But time can never stop the longing,
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    • Obituary, Illustration
      41 38 With Deepest Sympathy and Heartfelt Condolences to The Family Of The Late JENNY YONG SOW CHUN (Former Principal of Serangoon Junior College) (1997-2002) Departed on 18 April 2008 From School Advisory Committee, Staff and Students of L, Serangoon Junior College —X
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      36 38 j~ With Deepest Sympathy and Heartfelt Condolences to The Family Of The Late JENNY YONG SOW CHUN (Former Principal of Serangoon Junior College) (1997-2002) Departed on 18 April 2008 From Serangoon Junior College Alumni Association —X
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  • sport
    • 648 39  -  Jeanette Wang In golf, when it comes to the long and short of it, there is no surer way to lower your score than to work on your short game. After all, about 70 per cent of all your shots in a round are taken
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    • 256 39  -  Douglas Chua Hock Lye YOUR VOICE e-mail your letters to stvoice@sph.com.sg I AM not a fan of any of the Big Four clubs. But I love attractive football, which is what the sport is all about. And, this season, by a mile, Manchester
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    • 263 39  -  Rezuan Ramli I AM alarmed at the number of for-eign-born players in the national football squad. The number of such players in the team should not be more than five. Even if we qualify for the World Cup, what is the point
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    • Article, Illustration
      310 39 HOT BODS Text and pictures by Lim Wui Liang Mohamad Shahruddin, 30 Undergraduate Height: 1.71 m Weight: 60kg Exercise regimen: I train two to three times a week, jogging for 45 minutes or more. I also do weight training, working out on core muscles such as my hamstrings and quadriceps.
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    • 241 39 GOLF China Open in Beijing, 3rd rd: 205 Damien McGrane (Irl) 68 69 68 208 Michael Lorenzo-Vera (Fra) 67 69 72 Oliver Wilson (Gbr) 72 66 70 210 Scott Strange (Aus) 73 71 66 Singaporean: 220 Mardan Mamat (Sin) 72 74 74. LPGA Ginn Open in Orlando, Florida, 2nd
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    • [ Sunday people ]
      • 141 40 Carly Zucker has a body most women would kill to have. It is due to her job as a personal trainer. But her famous washboard stomach could soon disappear; she is planning to marry the man she adores. "I
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      • 193 40 David Beckham was the YIP guest at a Los Angeles Lakers basketball match last week. And given his status as one of the world's most famous footballers, he was given a seat with a close-up view of the action. But with wife Victoria away shopping, the 32-year-old, who
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      • 130 40 Freddie Ljungberg has always been something of a fashionista. Many remember him being featured in an ad wearing nothing but Calvin Klein underwear. They know that he is never self-conscious. Last weekend, the former Arsenal soccer star, who now plies his trade with West Ham,
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      • 170 40 Former tennis star Anna Kournikova revealed a shocking sight last Sunday. Her heantv and glamour were gone. Instead, the 26-year-old was full of bones and muscles. Those who saw the Russian pin-up at a Florida triathlon observed that she has lost the that catapulted her to
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    • 526 41 Unbeaten 116 by Aussie off just 54 balls helps Chennai to blast Punjab Mohali (India) Australian Michael Hussey stole the show from New Zealander Brendon McCullum on the second day of the inaugural India Premier League (IPL). On Friday, the opening day, McCullum hammered a world
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    • 152 41 This shot of the Washington Redskins cheerleaders performing during the opening match in Bangalore was taken from a pay TV channel. This and similar ones are not available on the wires because Agence France-Presse, Reuters, Associated Press and other top news
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    • 276 41  -  Leonard Lim Paddlers Wang Yuegu and Li Jiawei, highly fancied to break Singapore's 48-year Olympic medal drought come August, have kept alive their hopes in the opening rounds of the Brazil Open. World No 6 and top seed Wang overcame Japan's Reiko
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    • IN BRIEF
      • 51 41 AP NEW YORK: Isiah Thomas was fired as coach of the New York Knicks on Friday, ending one of the most embarrassing periods in the NBA franchise's history. The move will be hailed by Knicks fans, who had been calling for Thomas' dismissal since early in the
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      • 48 41 AP MONTE CARLO (Monaco): No positive doping tests were reported at the world indoor championships, track and field's governing body said yesterday. The lAAF carried out 127 tests at the three-day meet last month in Valencia, Spain including 67 for the performance enhancing blood-booster EPO.
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    • 583 42  -  Leonard Lim Many fans not prepared to pay rates as high as three to four times the norm Some hotels are full, but many have yet to fill more than half their capacity As the hype builds towards Singapore's first Formula One race in September,
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    • 471 42 AP |ohor Baru Chen Jin of China upset compatriot and world No 1 Lin Dan in the semi-finals yesterday at the Asia Badminton Championships, the last qualifying tournament before the Beijing Olympics. Chen quickly downed the defending champion 21-13, 21-14. Lin, once again, was
      AP  -  471 words
    • EPL MANAGERS IN TURMOIL
      • 357 43 REUTERS Liverpool Rafael Benitez has reiterated his determination to stay at Liverpool, despite the boardroom fights between the club's two owners, George Gillett and Tom Hicks. "At this moment, I have two years on my contract. I am really pleased and happy here
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      • 742 43  -  Rob Hughes HEART OF FOOTBALL If Blues cannot beat Pool and Man U, Abramovich may seal Israeli coach's fate Chelsea and Avram Grant are a week away from knowing their fate. They travel to Liverpool in the
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      • 466 43 AFP London Midfielder Cesc Fabregas, who was impressive in Arsenal's 2-0 Premier League victory over Reading at the Emirates Stadium last night, "hopes" his future remains with the Gunners. Arsenal, whose hopes of the title and European glory have evaporated in recent weeks, started
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      • 856 44  -  Tay Yek Keak OFFSIDE Barring a cataclysmic collision between Earth and a giant asteroid which would render the final result of the Premier League title to be quite irrelevant, I say again that Manchester United will win the title. So, I've taken the
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      • 628 44 AFP Manchester (England) Manchester City's Premier League clash with FA Cup finalists Portsmouth today has been overshadowed by club owner Thaksin Shinawatra's veiled criticism of manager Sven-Goran Eriksson. The former Thai Prime Minister caused a stir at Eastlands this week, when he announced from
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    • 425 45 Champions draw with Blackburn to set up title-decider with Chelsea on Saturday By Wang Meng Meng If Avram Grant had little to talk about after Chelsea's 1-0 midweek win over Everton, he would have had even fewer words after Manchester United snatched a late equaliser
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    • 534 45 Wang Meng Meng It is times like these that grown men are brought to tears. It is when fans of relegated clubs are forced to question their allegiance and when deflated managers face not only the axe but also the ignominy of
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    • 699 45 He was the Lions' midfield dynamo and record cap holder with 123 international appearances. But not many know that Malek Awab is also a loyal supporter of English Premier League flops Derby County. He has been standing by the Rams for more than three decades.
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    • PREMIER LEAGUE WEEKEND
      • 52 45 Arsenal 2 Reading 0 Adebayor 30 Silva 38 Fulham 0 Liverpool 2 Pennant 17 Crouch 70 Boro 0 Bolton 1 McCann 60 West Ham 2 Derby 1 Zamora 20 Means 65 Cole 77 Wigan 1 Tottenham 1 Heskey 12 Berbatov 6 Blackburn 1 Man United 1 Santa Cruz 21
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      • 188 45 Pts 1 Manchester U 35 25 6 4 73 19 81 2 Chelsea 35 23 9 3 60 24 78 3 Arsenal 35 21 11 3 66 29 74 4 Liverpool 35 19 12 4 62 26 69 35 18 7 10 50 29 61 6 Portsmouth 34 16
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      • 91 45 Here's how: 1) Install Color Cam software SMS "Zap"to ***** (9741-9401 for pre-paid customers) to download the Color Cam software on your mobile phone. You will receive an SMS with instructions to download and install the Colorcam software. You will need a GPRS
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  • Page 39 Miscellaneous
    • 322 39 Events CRICKET landseAvTheresiansT'dos (3pm), HolSCA League, Div 1: SCC Cougars v Ka- landse B v Police (4.30pm) CCAB. Hang Colts I (SCC), Marina I v CSC I (Kallang), SRC I v SCC Lions (SRC) SOCCER 9.30 am. Div 3: Bengal vIA 111 (Fernvale S-League: Woodlands Wellington v A), P&C v
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    • 3265 41 a Selangor Sunday 20 April 2008 Meeting P^l Sunday 20 April 2008 Meeting Turf Short Course C SelangOr MirHAEL ANDREW rHAIG W RACE 4: COMPASSION TROPHY CLASS 4 2000 M TIME: 15:25 Racing ReSUItS RACE 1: RESTRICTED MAIDEN (2) (WEIGHT FOR AGE) RACE 6: CLASS 3 (2) 1200 M (TURF)
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  • Page 46 Miscellaneous
    • 124 46 SUMIKOTAN Why Ronald and Jiawei mi fk had a good break-up \m page 14 Wk FASHION CLOWN ifeM Is football commentator James Burridge^a^ colourblind? m PACE 6 n TjQllfc I BTB I I NEW BREED OF £m W rT\ m n) n foreign talent SU^JPP China dancers at clubs is_yU
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  • lifestyle
    • hot
      • 1318 47 Has Singapore really become noisier over the years? Or are we just less tolerant these days? Mak Mun San Systems engineer Tan Shao Vi will never forget Valentine's Day 2001. It was when he fell out of love. With his daily commute, that is. It
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      • 239 48 Short of hiding in a soundproof room, you can never escape noise in an urban setting like Singapore. But there are ways to cut noise disturbance to a minimum. 1. Wear ear plugs (above) Three kinds of ear plugs are available. Disposable ones made of
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      • 883 49  -  Cara Van Miriah Local nightspots are hiring more foreigners mainly because of their willingness to work long hours It's not unusual to see a foreigner working as a bartender or waitress. Filipino bands, too, are a dime a dozen on the local entertainment scene. Now,
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      • 160 49 Riaan Van Wyk (right) Age: 28 Height: I.Bm Weight: 92kg Marital status: Single and available Hometown: Johannesburg, South Africa Family: Youngest of two children who grew up on a farm Languages spoken: English and Afrikaans, which is an Indo-European language, spoken mainly in South Africa Working
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      • 133 49 Cassandra Zhou (right) Age: 23 Height: 1.68 m Weight: 50kg Marital status: Single and available Hometown: Shenzhen, China Family: Only child. Mother, 53 and father, 54, run own business Language spoken: Mandarin Working at: St James Power Station for the past two years Salary: About $4,000
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      • 1294 50  -  SYLVIA TAN The proliferation of Japanese eateries all over Singapore means there is one not far from you WRITTEN BY While there is only one Little India in Singapore, there are many Little Japans at Central Mall along Singapore River, in Liang Court shopping centre and in
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      • 875 51  -  Tan Vi Hui Football Channel guest presenter John Burridge's outrageous outfits have outraged some fans but the peacock in him says it is good to ruffle a few feathers Unless you're a colour-blind football fan, it is best to put on some shades and tone down the
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      • Article, Illustration
        463 53  -  Boon Chan Hot numbers Steamed Buns and Onion from singers Chet Lam and Aska Yang are whetting fans' appetite Steamed Buns and Onion are currently simmering in the charts. No, they're not the latest in haute fusion cuisine but the titles of two Chinese pop songs. Steamed Buns
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      • 765 53  -  Sariwati Latif If the mention of warehouse sales conjures up images of jostling and chaos in your mind, banish the thought. Nowadays, warehouse sales are held in air-conditioned comfort and while they may be packed with bargain hunters, queues are orderly and civilised. Once
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        995 55  -  Tan Vi Hui The recent death of a sleepwalker is a wake-up call for sufferers to seek help if they put themselves at risk Banker Lee H.F. once woke up in the middle of the night to find a light-bulb in her hand. No, it wasn't some bizarre
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      • 954 56  -  Tiffany Fumiko Tay Not true, say doctors about reports of organ-transplant patients taking on the personality of their donors He had a change of heart, literally. American Sonny Graham underwent a heart transplant in 1995 and started exhibiting traits of his deceased donor soon after,
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      • 636 56  -  Anthony Yeo In this fortnightly column dealing with life issues, veteran pyschotherapist Anthony Yeo writes on the issue of getting older, not getting old Life Lines I was invited to a panel discussion on growing old with the intriguing title "It's not possible to be
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      • 691 58  -  PHILIP LEE Australia has plenty to offer friendly people, diverse landscapes, unusual experiences By AUSTRALIA is unique. It is an island and a continent. It has many different faces from its gleaming metropolitan cities and pristine shorelines to its rolling vineyards and crackle-dry deserts. In fact, Australia
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      • 1137 59  -  Sumiko Tan Let me count the ways. The healthiest break-ups are when both parties can't stand the sight of each other anymore If there's a silver lining in the ex-lov-ers' spat between national athletes Ronald Susilo and Li Jiawei, I guess it is that they
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      • 727 59  -  Lee Siew Hua My office at the World Bank, where I'd worked recently, was next to the rooms of two fun and friendly colleagues with lots of opinions. I'd hear their conversation all day. Their friends from elsewhere in the Washington institution also descended on
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      • 763 59  -  Colin Goh By now, many of you must have seen that You Tube clip of a man's cellphone recording of his altercation with a taxi driver. Apparently, things were ignited when the cabbie, asked to move his vehicle, responded with the F-word. "The F
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        424 69  -  Bernard Koh Reader: Joanna Dong, 26, vocalist She stars in The Theatre Practice's madcap Chinese opera, The Soldier And His Virtuous Wife, which ends its run tonight. She was named Best Supporting Actress at this year's Life! Theatre Awards for the musical, If There're Seasons. She started performing and
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      • 462 70 AP A plastic surgeon in Florida has written a children's book about plastic surgery New York Divorce. Bullies. Foster care. There are books for children on just about every tough subject these days. But mummy's plastic surgery? Dr Michael Salzhauer, a Florida plastic surgeon, has written about
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        436 70  -  I Bernard Koh Eco-activists will celebrate Earth Day this Tuesday. Cultivate junior's green awareness early with children's books that tackle environmental issues. THE GIVING TREE By Shel Silverstein Harper Collins/Hardcover/ $31.05 with GST/Major bookstores A tree provides a boy anything he wants, from apples to snack on, later
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      • 323 70 Fiction 1.(1) Remember Me? by Sophie Kinsella 2. (3) Change Of Heart by Jodi Picoult 3. (2) The Witch Of Portobello by Paulo Coelho 4. (5) Brida by Paulo Coelho 5. (10) For One More Day by Mitch Albom 6. (6) P.S. I Love You by Cecelia Ahem 7.
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      • 1008 71  -  Huang Lijie While the Singapore edition is welcome news, some wonder if there are enough eateries which can make the cut The Michelin Guide is coming to town but will the guide to fine dining end up being a slim volume with few pickings for gourmands?
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      • 395 71 LifeStyle asked 21 foodies and members of the F&B industry here which restaurants they think have potential to become Michelin-star eateries. Here are their top eight picks, in no order of merit: MY HUMBLE HOUSE (left) What: Run by the famed Tung Lok restaurant group, its
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        155 72 Les Amis' chief sommelier Timothy Goh gamely agreed to a blind taste test of three bottles of wine from supermarket shelves 1. Villa Antinori, Toscana, 2001, Italy, a blend including chardonnay and trebbiano Verdict: "This wine has been oxidised so it's hard to tell where it comes from.
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      • 718 72  -  Huang Lijie At 27, Timothy Goh is the youngest chief sommelier here and was named Sommelier of the Year Mr Timothy Goh had his first taste of wine at 20. Now, seven years on, he is one of Singapore's youngest chief sommeliers. If that isn't achievement
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      • 619 72  -  'Jenny Tan WINE CLUB/ Ask any wine lover for his take on wine Utopia, and most will say the same thing to retire in his own vineyard. It's a dream that is not hard to understand. Imagine waking up in the morning to the breathtaking scene
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      • 766 73  -  Huang Lijie Retired French chef Ewen Yap's dedication to cooking once drove him to steal lemongrass from London's Kew Gardens Singapore Cooks Mr Ewen Yap, 73, is not shy to admit that his dedication to food and cooking once drove him to theft. He was cooking
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        743 73  -  Cynthia Low This week, three cookbooks that use tempting pictures with every recipe a great way to entice even the most reluctant cook to the kitchen. First, a confession. I am addicted to buying cookbooks. Any excuse will do, but most often it's the pictures that tempt me
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      • 716 74  -  Sandra Leong The Pulau Übin legacy continues with a third restaurant, simply called Übin, opening its doors last week The Pulau Übin legacy that of good, kampung-style seafood by the beach is continuing yet, this time in Joo Chiat. Last week, LifeStyle reported
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        629 75  -  Huang Lijie Tidbits Variety is the spice Foodies who love nibbling on a variety of dishes at dinner should try the Small Bites menu (right) at One-Ninety, where tasting portions of entrees are available. Not to be missed are its Roasted Togarashi Salmon With Miso Vinaigrette ($l5) and
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      • 719 76  -  Wong Ah Yoke It's a game of hide and seek if you are looking for Tokkuri at the Icon shopping mall, but the result is worth it Eats For a beautifully designed condominium such as the new Icon near the Tanjong Pagar MRT station, its ground-floor shopping
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      • 373 76  -  Foong Woei Wan f Cheap Good Eating is one of our national pastimes, as is talking about it. And almost invariably, friends, colleagues and cabbies would enthuse to me about char kway teow, chilli crab or some other sinfully fatty, wickedly tasty indulgence. In other words,
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      • 849 77  -  Huang Lijie In this first of a six-part series on chef-owners, Chef Chan Chen Hei shares why he likes running a smaller restaurant now Small and intimate, that is the way Chef Chan Chen Hei, 54, likes his restaurant these days. Indeed, his eponymous restaurant at
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