The Straits Times, 4 May 2008

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    21 1 thesundaytimes A Singapore Press Holdings ~B*publication OU cents MAY 4, 2008 92 pages in three parts MICA (P) 116/12/2007 M straitstimes.com
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    Lock icon MPs to push for new law on seat belts in school buses
    638 1  -  Nur Dianah Suhaimi Following eight-year-old schoolboy's death, they plan to lobby Parliament for immediate action Enough is enough. No other child should die. Several MPs will be lobbying for new laws that will make it mandatory for school
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    Lock icon IF ONLY THEY HAD BELTED UP
    259 1 One accident happens almost every hour daily on I Singapore's roads. |Lone person dies in a WN road accident •■^^J every other day. On April 24, eight-year-old Russell Koh joined these sad statistics. i The Pei Chun Public School pupil was on his way
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    Lock icon KTM train derails, 6 S'poreans hurt
    191 1 Six Singaporeans were among 12 passengers hurt yesterday when a Singapore-bound train travelling from Butterworth derailed soon after it left a station in Seremban. The driver was killed in the accident, which disrupted Keretapi Tanah Melayu's (KTM) inter-city services for the southern sector and
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      66 1 ECCENTRIC BORIS JOHNSON wins London mayor race WORLD PAGEI4 PING PONG DIPLOMACY returns with Fukuda and Hu paceisQ £1 DIFFERENT BLOOD GROUPS but sick man to get kidney from wife PAGE 2 More details on Austria's HOUSE OF HORRORS WORLD Jttk PAG El 8 M TASTY TREATS for Mother's Day
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      Lock icon Their blood types don't match, but he's getting her kidney
      739 2  -  Nur Dianah Suhaimi Man to receive kidney from wife in region's first incompatible blood-type transplant A Singaporean renal patient will be the first person in South-east Asia to receive a kidney donation from someone with a different blood type. Mr
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      Lock icon Transplant is his last chance to live
      498 2  -  Nur Dianah Suhaimi For former airline officer Khairul Anwar Ibni, an ABO incompatible kidney transplant is his last and only chance to continue living. Mr Khairul, 46, discovered that his kidneys were failing seven years ago during a medical check-up at work. No
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      Lock icon AT A GLANCE: HOW IT IS DONE
      200 2  -  Nur Dianah Suhaimi ABO incompatible kidney transplants allow for a kidney to be accepted by a recipient even when blood types do not match. The difference between the ABO procedure and standard kidney transplants is in the preparation done before and after the
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      Lock icon Catching 'India fever;
      830 3  -  Teo Cheng Wee More Singaporeans are flocking to a booming India for work and university internships Three years ago, when senior executive Johnnie Tng was headhunted by a recruitment agency for a high-level job in India, he turned it down. Concerned about housing, food and schooling issues
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      Lock icon Cigarette peddlers show up in Geylang
      596 4  -  Aw Cheng Wei Working in teams, they do their illegal trade in back alleys, side lanes Peddlers from China and Vietnam are hawking bootleg cigarettes openly in the Geylang area, sometimes in broad daylight, and even stopping cars to sell their stash. The cigarettes
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      Lock icon 820,000 CIGARETTES SEIZED IN CHECKPOINT BUST
      176 4  -  Mavis Toh Hidden among the bricks were what Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) officers were sniffing for bootleg cigarettes worth $369,000 in street value. The haul last Friday at the Woodlands Checkpoint came from a 40-foot Malaysianregistered lorry. After a scan, ICA officers found
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      Lock icon Smith Street Food Centre reopens after $17.3m facelift
      353 4  -  Samantha Eng Chen Meiyue Brighter, cleaner and more airy. That's the opinion of many stallholders and customers when asked by The Sunday Times to describe the revamped Smith Street Food Centre. The three-storey market and food centre, closed in July 2006 for
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    • NTU, gateway to the world
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        Lock icon Race to the top
        228 5 MUSA Adlan is a young man in a hurry. As a graduating student majoring in Banking and Finance at Nanyang Business School (NBS), he says: "I chose NTU because with three years and a direct honours Business degree from NBS, it is the most efficient route
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        Lock icon New frontiers
        242 5 THIRD-year Biological Sciences student Kevin Khaw always wanted to work in the United States (US), but wondered if it would be right for him. To find out meant not only travelling there, but also immersing himself in campus life at "The Global Immersion Programme offered me invaluable research
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        Lock icon Expanding horizons
        270 5 ONE advantage of Singapore being a global hub is its cosmopolitan mix of students of all nationalities. Tan Wai Chern, 22, a graduating Electrical and Electronic Engineering student at NTU's College of Engineering, says that life on campus has more than prepared her for her Global Immersion Programme
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        Lock icon "he French connection
        227 5 WHEN Hana Suri chose NTU for her degree in Economics, she was already thinking globally. "I chose NTU because of the university's excellent international "I have always dreamed of going on explorations, and NTU is the door to discovering the rest of the world." standing. If I
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        Lock icon The world, your classroom
        143 5 Seeking global classroom and career experiences? NTU undergraduates are spoilt for choice. Besides the Global Immersion Programme, check out INSTEP or the INternational STudent Exchange Programme. This presents you with a real taste of international student life while pursuing your degree. From the United States and
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      Lock icon DPM Wong lauds 'kampung spirit' tack to boost bonding
      539 6  -  Zakir Hussain Grassroots activities help build trust among various groups, in bid to reduce tension in crisis As a grassroots leader in Eunos, Mr S. Lakshmanan frequently hears residents complain about noisy foreign workers at void decks. The 50-year-old consultant and
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      Lock icon ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY – AN ONGOING EFFORT
      234 6 ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY AN ONGOING EFFORT "We are not immune to home-grown extremism; indeed no plural society anywhere is. Recent self-radicalisation cases of terrorists in Singapore demonstrate this clearly. We need to ensure that, as a society, we have the right values and reflexes and practise zero tolerance for extremism
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      Lock icon Cabbies still flouting rules
      351 6  -  Shuli Sudderuddin Taxi drivers have had two months to remember that they cannot drop off and pick up passengers outside designated taxi stands within the Central Business District (CBD). Still, 14 cabbies have been caught flouting the rules since the Land Transport Authority (LTA) started enforcing
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      Lock icon 3 cats die from suspected thinner dousing
      181 7 Is a cat killer on the loose in Pasir Ris? On Friday night, the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) received a call about a mother cat and two kittens. They could have been doused with either thinner or acid.
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      Lock icon At least 10 preschools to reopen tomorrow
      689 7  -  Shuli Sudderuddin HAND, FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE To compensate parents, one school to give refunds, another to extend school term The first batch of at least 10 preschools reopens tomorrow. This comes 10 days after scores of kindergartens and childcare centres closed their
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    • special report: belt up, save a life
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        Lock icon Why I Idon't buckle up
        1025 8  -  Mavis Toh Nur Dianah Suhaimi Here are 10 reasons Singaporeans give for not strapping on their seat belts. The Sunday Times debunks them with the help of National Safety Council president Tan Jin Thong and studies done on the subject. By I wear the seat
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        Lock icon 3 collisions occur in a single crash
        420 8  -  Nur Dianah Suhaimi If a car is travelling at high speed and all the occupants are not belted up, the impact of a crash will cause all of them to be thrown from their seats. It is likely that the driver will hit
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        Lock icon 7 in 10 back-seat passengers don't belt up
        477 8  -  Chen Meiyue With no official data available on the seat-belt-wearing culture in Singapore, The Sunday Times team conducted a survey for six hours last Thursday from 9am to 3pm. We fanned out to different parts of Singapore Ang Mo Kio Street 61,
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        Lock icon BELT UP – OR ELSE
        178 8 BELT UP OR ELSE What happens in a car crash when all the occupants are not wearing seat belts? Here is a scenario based on a car with four adults and one child, with the child sitting at the back between two adults. The car is travelling at 80kmh and
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        Lock icon The things people do
        315 8  -  Dhani Osman At a cursory glance, the driver or passenger may seem belted up. But look closer and the game is up. Mindful that not belting up is an offence, some folk come up with sneaky ways to make it seem that they are law-abiding. Discomfort,
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        Lock icon I'd be dead if I hadn't belted up
        1045 9  -  Christopher Tan Christopher Tan Seat belts are life-savers so it makes no sense to count the dollars to install them in school buses SUNDAY VIEWPOINT Senior Correspondent In Hollywood fashion, the campervan left the dirt road and began tumbling 30m down a
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        Lock icon 'I never thought I'd be so badly injured in a car'
        848 9  -  Jamie Ec Wen Wei Madam Wai Foong Kwai was always careful about putting on a seat belt when travelling in Singapore. So when she sat in the car of a Malaysian friend during a holiday to Cameron Highlands two
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        Lock icon Chefs crab dish helped him win his wife
        457 10  -  Loh Keng Fatt It was not flowers, chocolate or fruits which Singapore chef Sam Leong gave his future parents-in-law when he first visited their Bangkok home in 1989. "When I was courting my wife, who's Thai, I asked what I should give
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        Lock icon Life's just a comic book for them
        306 10  -  Dhany Osman Ever wanted to tell your life story in a comic book? Just use a free online service offered by home-grown software designer Michael Lim. The 32-year-old Nanyang Technological University graduate has teamed up with fellow Singaporean Jairus Lee and Chinese national
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        Lock icon Skateboarder hopes to roll to global heights
        254 10  -  Shuli Sudderuddin It's easy to track down Mohd Firdaus Abdul Rahman. The Republic Polytechnic graduate in industrial and operations engineering trains at the Somerset skate park in the afternoon, and wraps it up as late as 10pm. The 21-year-old, who is waiting to
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        Lock icon No junk food in school canteen? We'll buy from minimart next door
        644 10  -  Samantha Eng Experts say outright ban may have effect of making unhealthy food more desirable to pupils Shuli Sudderuddin Not all pupils of primary schools are willing to swallow the dictum that only healthy food is good for
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          Lock icon $3.4m renewal for Hougang flats
          63 10 Residents of HDB blocks 520 to 533 in Hougang Avenue 6 can look forward to new facilities such as fitness corners and a security surveillance system. A Neighbourhood Renewal Programme, estimated to cost $3.4 million, was announced at a grassroots event yesterday by MP for
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          Lock icon Elderly woman's family sought
          57 10 The police are appealing for information to locate the next-of-kin of Madam Lav Ghim Geok, who is in her 80s. Slim-built with short hair and about 1.5 m tall, she was found wandering along Bukit Batok Road on April 22 at about spm. Those with information
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      Lock icon You're so old. Why are you cleaning toilets?
      1534 12  -  Teo Cheng Wee Alvin Lim Dhany Osman Is it a sad reflection of society that the elderly are in such jobs, asked a reader Cleaning toilets. Clearing plates. And many of these cleaners are elderly. Indeed, in the 13 years that Mr
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      Lock icon Pay $4k for 'get rich' trading tips
      746 13  -  Nur Dianah Suhaimi Investment seminars claim it's easy to make big bucks, but how good is the promise? If you are clueless about the bulls and bears, and about forex markets and options trading, but still want to make big profits, some catchy
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      Lock icon Inhalant abusers get after-care support
      455 13  -  Mavis Toh Two strikes and you are in. A stint in the Anti-Inhalant Abuse Centre (AIAC) is what a glue-sniffer, caught a second time, can expect. The centre, which is gearing up to handle the rising number of glue-sniffers, has unveiled measures to beef up
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      76 9 1 I The Sunday Times, in its drive to get people to belt up, is offering a car baby seat and booster seat worth $550 in a jj^k. V lucky draw. To take part, send your name I w\%"SPW anc' Part' cu' ars noon this Friday to: ■I Singapore Press
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      Lock icon Tories' Johnson clinches London
      879 14  -  Mark Rice-Oxley Nightmare for Brown, with Labour losing mayor post and over 300 local council seats In London Floppy-haired media celebrity Boris Johnson ousted Labour's mayor oi London yesterday, capping an election rout for British Prime Minister Gordon Brown. The result Mr Johnson polled 1,168,738 votes
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      Lock icon Spam turns 30 – and more virulent than ever
      401 14 Spam turns 30 and more virulent than ever Washington Post, AFP Washington Spam, the scourge of every e-mail inbox, celebrated its 30th anniversary yesterday. The first recognisable e-mail marketing message was sent on May 3, 1978 to 400 people on behalf of DEC a now-defunct com-puter-maker. It was a pitch
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      Lock icon KL cops kill wanted man in shoot-out
      342 14 The Star/Asia News Network Kuala Lumpur Police killed one of the state's most-wanted armed robbers in a shoot-out in Jalan Chow Kit, but not before he shot a police officer in the incident. Six other men were also arrested, ending a long hunt
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      Lock icon China issues national alert as HFMD spreads
      311 15 Reuters, AP, AFP Beijing China issued a nationwide alert yesterday to fight the hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) as the disease spread to at least three more provinces, including one in the south. This makes a total of five provinces hit so
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      Lock icon Game for diplomacy?
      770 15  -  Peh Shing Huei Sports has been used for diplomatic ends with varying degrees of success Call it Ping Pong Diplomacy Version 2008. Thirty-seven years after American table tennis players crossed the Pacific to open the doors of China, the simple game of bats and balls is once
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      Lock icon Dalai Lama envoys in Shenzhen for talks
      318 15 AP, AFP, Reuters New Delhi Two of the Dalai Lama's envoys will hold talks with Chinese officials today in southern China, a top official of the Tibetan government-in-exile said. Prime Minister Samdhong Rinpoche of the Tibetan govern-ment-in-exile based in Dharamsala, India, said the
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      Lock icon Asean countries to 'work together on rice crisis;
      557 16 Reuters, AFP, AP No concrete measures agreed on but proposal for cartel is shot down Nusa Dua (Bali) Asean nations agreed yesterday to cooperate over the rice market, but stopped short of concrete measures to deal with rocketing prices of the region's
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      Lock icon KL SHELVING SOME PROJECTS
      228 16 AFP, AP Kuala Lumpur Malaysia plans to delay non-essential projects and divert funds to secure the country's food supply amid spiralling global food prices. Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi announced this yesterday, noting that a RM4 billion (S$ 1.7 billion) plan to guarantee adequate food supplies can
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      Lock icon Driver killed, 12 hurt as train to S'pore derails
      530 16 Bernama, The Star/Asia News Network Seremban The Express Rakyat had just pulled out of Seremban station, some 300 km north of Singapore, when it went off the rails yesterday afternoon. Madam Lim Sim Eu, 49, was fast asleep when the Singa-pore-bound
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    • IN BRIEF
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        Lock icon Nato blast cracks statue's remnants
        109 16 AP Kabul An explosion has cracked historic remnants of one of the famed Bamiyan Buddha statues that were destroyed by the Taleban seven years ago. When Nato-led troops destroyed two pieces of unexploded ordnance close to the smaller of the two statues on Thursday, the
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        Lock icon Suu Kyi can vote in referendum
        155 16 Yangon Detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi will be able to vote in the referendum on Myanmar's military-backed draft Constitution. Local government offices yesterday posted lists of people who have the right to vote in the May 10 referendum on a proposed Constitution
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        Lock icon Missing millions: Shift in blame
        142 16 AP Taipei A man involved in a US$3O million (Ss4o million) fraud concerning Taiwan's failed attempt to lure a diplomatic ally from China said yesterday that the money was transferred to his associate's private bank account, disputing earlier reports that both of them have allegedly
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        Lock icon Man shot dead outside home
        118 16 Taiping A second-hand goods trader was shot dead outside his home in Taman Indah, Simpang, yesterday in what appeared to be an underworld contract hit. Mr V. Kalidas, 42, had just driven his car outside his home around 4.30 am when a man alighted from
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      Lock icon SHOCKING WAY TO COOK
      74 16 Japanese artist Takahito Kimura (far right) has a unique method of cooking: He "electrifies" food. He showed off his Electric Shock Cooking art installation at Kashiwa city in Chiba prefecture, suburban Tokyo, yesterday. The handmade sausages were connected to a direct-current power source for cooking and
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        Lock icon Well find Madeleine, says mum of girl missing for a year
        279 17 AFP, AP London The anguished parents of missing four-year-old British toddler Madeleine McCann (right) insist they have not given up hope, a year after their lives were shattered when she vanished from their Portugal holiday flat. As they prepared
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        Lock icon HK millionaire escapes jail term
        193 17 Hong Kong Stephen Gan, the former head of the Chinese analgesic balm maker Pak Fah Yeow International, has been ordered to perform 180 hours of community service for molesting two taxi drivers late at night. Gan, 46, known as the "Prince of White Flower Oil",
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      Lock icon Daughter of monster dad tried to run away before
      778 18 She fled to Vienna when she was a teen but was found by police and sent home Amstetten (Austria) Elisabeth Fritzl was once a feisty girl who stood up to her father and even ran away from home to Vienna to
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      Lock icon Bangkok to host Bollywood Oscar event
      436 18  -  Nirmal Chosh Thailand Correspondent In Bangkok BOLLYWOOD is coming to Bangkok, and with it, hundreds of millions of viewers and possibly millions of dollars in revenue for Thailand. Next month, the 9th Indian International Film Academy (UFA) awards ceremony will be held in the
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      Lock icon Seal tries to mate with penguin
      212 18 London An Antarctic fur seal has been filmed trying to have sex with a king penguin on a beach on Marion Island, a sub-Antarctic island that is home to both species. Two scientists, who witnessed the incident and captured it on camera, said they
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      665 17 li'lWHj|»ffflrt Bali Bangkok Kuala Lumpur Colombo Rome Ho Chi Minh City Toronto Shenzhen Dhaka Athens Istanbul Cairo Johannesburg Santiago Washington Tel Aviv Singapore Today: Mainly fair and warm except for late morning and early afternoon showers with thunder mainly over western and southern Singapore. Outlook: Monday: Late morning and early
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      436 19  -  Michelle Tay Trading money for money has always been a way to make a quick, er, buck. But with the Singdollar strengthening, examines if the time is right to speculate on money. Commercial banks do it, central banks do it, multinational corporations
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      740 19 So you want to buy a foreign currency and bet it will go higher, hoping to reap a handsome profit. Citibank Singapore's head of wealth management, Mr Salman Haider, says forex trading represents an investment opportunity under two scenarios. One is if you
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      330 19 Before you park your cash in a forex account, you need to consider several points, says OCBC Bank forex strategist Emmanuel Ng. First, because the Singdollar is appreciating, you might find it fairly attractive to invest in high-yield-ing currencies such as the New
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      384 19 This column features fresh financial offerings that adventurous investors can check out POSB Home Ideal First What it is: A home loan facility that allows flexible monthly instalments with interest rates pegged to Central Provident Fund (CPF) rates. Details: The package was created specially for first-time home
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        1520 20  -  Lorna Tan Forex trader is bearish on greenback and suggests holding instruments that will rise when dollar falls, like gold or other currencies Finance Correspondent Ask professional foreign exchange (forex) trader Ed Ponsi for his view of the United States dollar and
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        1048 21 Rather than trying to divine the future in the search for the next hot stocks or markets, a process that often leads to disastrous consequences, individual investors, who have limited time, resources and expertise to delve into the intricacy of investment research, should seriously consider
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        733 22  -  Joyce Teo Flats much sought after because of spillover demand from private homes market, but agents say rents are unlikely to rise much more Property Correspondent The rental market for Housing Board flats remains hot, with rents up in the first quarter as more home
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        98 22 Agents The flat should be in move-in condition, with a fully fitted kitchen, washing machine and television set. Air-conditioning will be a plus. Keep the flat simply decorated. Do give it a fresh coat of paint if it needs one. Flats with
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        90 22 HDB While you can rent your flat to several people, there is a limit you must observe. HDB allows a maximum of four occupiers in one- and two-room flats, six in three-room flats and eight in four-room or bigger flats. Make sure
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      296 24 MY SPACE Mr Lim Boon Hui, 26, SAF officer Wife: Yvonne Toh Five-room flat in Upper Boon Keng Road I love my home because... It is a hub where my friends and I can gather every other week. I have a pool table
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        876 25  -  Lorna Tan Finance Corresponden Death is inevitable, but we prefer to believe that it will not happen to us today or tomorrow. As a result, many of us choose not to dwell on it. You may think I am paranoid. But in my
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      242 26  -  Lorna Tan I In court documents and newspaper articles. When there is a will, the deceased's estate or assets can be accessed by the family and descendants and distributed among them only after a grant of probate has been obtained from the courts. The estate or assets are
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      702 26 YOUR PERSONAL ADVISER: CAREER f\ I will be turning 22 this year. I V^f ailed my A levels thrice. I have applied to the local polytechnic and am now waiting for the results. I am unsure, though, if
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      297 20 OPPORTUNITY IN ADVERSITY I Professional Forex Trader Clarence Chee, the developer of the Dynamite Forex System ar|d the Profit in Pivot System (PIPS), started T3B Forex Club has been coaching a growing group of successful retail investors privately on how to profit consistently from the forex market. hkd Come hear
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      358 21 Life doesn't stop at one stage. Your insurance plan shouldn't either. I m As your financial needs evolve over time, it makes sense to invest in a plan that grows with you, ™^r through the different stages of your life. A plan such as HSBC's Growth Cultivator that aims to
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      206 24 ON THE MARKET In this column, we bring you a sampling of properties up for sale. In the spotlight this week: Studios, one-bedders for less than $1m Pare Emily, freehold #01-12, 7 Mount Emily Road Units: A 689 sq ft one-bedroom unit Price: $930,000, or This sub-sale unit, next j|_
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      Lock icon Whither home health care?
      1574 27  -  Radha Basu Lack of funding and manpower shortage are hampering the industry's growth Senior Correspondent Blind, ill and all alone, Mr Jamil Bogel, 79, could have easily found shelter in a nursing home. But when social workers sought to ward him in late 2005, the tenacious
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      276 27  -  Radha Basu While a doctor at the doorstep is yet to become a norm in Singapore, increasing numbers of people are making use of home-help services. These are usually provided by voluntary welfare organisations (VWOs). They give frail or disabled folk cooked meals; clean their
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      374 27 Philip Yeo May Day award for civil servant Last Tuesday, Mr Yeo received a top May Day award from the labour movement. It praised his job-creating talent as he helped transform Singapore's economic landscape over the past 30 years. More than 283,000 jobs were created, for instance, by the
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      364 28 Buckle up and live EDITORIAL On May Day, over a six-hour period and in six different spots on the island, our reporters counted 585 occupants in 1,311 vehicles who did not wear their safety belts. We are perplexed that Singaporeans do not belt up as a habit, knowing that it
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      165 28 WHETHER MAIDS SHOULD HAVE A DAY OFF EVERY WEEt There are several simple reasons why many Singaporean employers are reluctant to give their maids a day off. You see, if the maid runs away, the Government will fine the employer $5,000. If the maid commits a crime such as
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      177 28 "I am Bigfoot, you are Big Monkey." MP BUNG MOKHTAR RADIN to DAP chairman Karpal Singh (right) at the opening session of the Malaysian Parliament .Jk "Congress is sending its prince to live and eat with dalits just to win their votes. He bathes with special
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      573 28  -  Michael Yeo YOUR LETTERS I refer to the reply by the Ministry of Manpower, "MOM details manager's work claims" (The Sunday Time, April 20). I left my ex-company in 2003 over a contractual dispute regarding benefits and medical entitlements as spelt out in my
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      111 28  -  N. Senthilkumaran The article, "Wanted: New 'director' for Capitol Theatre" (The Sunday Times, April 27), prompted me to write this letter. Singapore has sufficient performance venues and museums. The Capitol Theatre and its surroundings would be put to better use as hotels, serviced apartments
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      179 28  -  Edmond Lim While driving to work last Monday morning, I saw two separate instances of taxis speeding at at least 120kmh along the expressways. Both cabbies were driving recklessly in the extreme left lane and performing "Formula One (Fl)" feats. One taxi driver was
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      243 28  -  Tan Quee Hong I refer to the letter "Vexed by construction din" (The Sunday Times, April 27) by Ms Christine Goh Roske. The National Environment Agency (NEA) controls noise at construction sites using a set of maximum permissible noise limits stipulated under the Environmental
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      158 28  -  Gopinath Menon I refer to the letter, "School of the Arts a strong supporter of literature"(ST, April 26), from the school's corporate communications manager, Mr Er Ker Jia. If Singapore is to produce writers in English of the calibre required for the Booker Prize, budding
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      165 28  -  Nicole Yee (Ms) I read the article, "They call it puppy love" (The Sunday Times, April 27), with a sense of loss. Just the day before, my Persian cat, Cozy, had been stolen in front of my house, off Duchess Avenue. The cleaners
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      1367 29  -  Warren Fernandez Your right to safe streets depends on other motorists acting responsibly too SUNDAY WITH Deputy Editor It is Saturday night. Cars are inching their way out of the packed basement carpark at The Esplanade. There are polite waves and even
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      733 29  -  Linda Collins I'm not saying I'm going troppo Aussie slang for cracking up after living a long time in the tropics but something weird is happening. After 15 years in Singapore, the line between being a Western expat and seeing things through local
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      463 29 "If every passenger gives us $50 and asks for change, how will we have enough for everyone?'' CABBY CHARLES LIEW, commenting on the case of a taxi driver who was punched by a passenger when he said he had no change. Last Tuesday, journalist Andrew Bevan Jones was
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      627 30  -  Edwin Koo On April 25, the Maoists took the 240-year-old Himalayan kingdom of Nepal by surprise for the second time. The first time they threw a surprise party was on Feb 13, 1996, when they raided three police stations across the country. That was the beginning of
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      1782 31  -  Ravi Velloor No clear proof yet that there's merit in having caste-based quotas in varsities and public sector India Bureau Chief In New Delhi MM fL M^y merit is my 1% caste," says M the slogan "ii Mm. .^L. t .^L. T-shirt worn by a
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      986 31  -  Kwan Weng Kin DISPATCHES: TOKYO Two Sundays ago saw me making a beeline for the nearest department store after breakfast. The object of my desire: a new line of high-tech men's underpants that promise the wearer he can shape up just by walking
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      205 32 LIM TEO LIT Age: 93 passed away peacefully on 2 May 2008. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. (Wife: Nah Chwee Siang, deceased) Children: Spouses: Grandchildren: Grandsons-in-law: Lim Choo Leng Tong Ah Loi Lim Ping-Ping, Joy Dr. Richie Chuan Teck Soong Lim Ping-Shin, Grace Quek Gim Cheng, Charles
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      126 32 "The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not be in want.... and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever." Psalm 23 ANG KIAN HOCK Age: 78 years Was called home to be with the Lord on 3 May 2008. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones.
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      131 32 GOHYONGKWANG Age: 83 Passed away peacefully on Friday, 2 May 2008. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Kwek Kirn Chee Sons: Daughters-in-law: Goh Boon Leng Betty Chia Goh Boon Chye Pauline Tan Daughters: Sons-in-law: Phyllis Goh Keith Wooldridge Deborah Goh Arrow Chan Gwen Goh Goh Kok Leong
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      49 32 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to The Family of our Managing Director, Mr him Choo Leng on the demise of his beloved father LIM TEO LIT on 2 May 2008 From: The Management Staff of HSL CONSTRUCTOR PTE LTD \^Jr H^^^B CONSTRUCTOR PTE LTD N^^T B IBMVHHI CIVII-MARINI-.STRUCTURE.BUILDING J
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      169 32 IW /JXM Chan Swee Heng Age: 97 Wife of Late Teo Ec Lye Passed away peacefully on 3 May 2008 Dearly missed and fondly remembered by all loved ones. Children Spouse Lily Anne Lum Lvi Wah Datin Fauziah Abdullah (Deceased) Dato Dr Ezaddin Mohamed Rose Lum Woon Kum UK Gordon
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      188 33 "The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not be in want. Psalm 23:1 Charlie Chan Cheng Tee Age: 88 was called home to be with the Lord on 2 May 2008. Deeply missed and lovingly remembered by Beloved wife: Lucy Chan (Lucy Koh Lian Neo) Children: Spouses: Jeffrey Chan Wah
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      234 33 KO SWEE CHER Age: 88 passed away peacefully on 2 May 2008 leaving behind loved ones. (Husband: Chia Leng Ping, deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Chia Meng Haw Teo Roseline Chia Meng Keow Zainal Chia Maimah Bte Dron (Radiah) Chia Ming Thong Lee Soi Siang, Anna Daughters: Sons-in-law: Chia Meng Koy Kwek
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      56 33 ANG TUAN CHOH Age: 62 passed away peacefully on 2 May 2008, leaving behind loved ones. Sons: Ang Kirn Beng Ang Kirn Leng and all relatives. Wake is held at Blk 37 Sin Ming Drive #01 -577 Sin Ming Funeral Parlour. Hp: *****726 Cortege will leave on 5 May 2008
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      47 33 KOCHU KUNJU MUTHU (ex-Taxi Driver) Age: 84 yrs passed away peacefully on 3/5/08 leaving behind loved ones. Prakkash Family, Thomas Teddy Family Cortege leaves Blk 253 Yishun Ring Road, #02-1049 on 4/5/08, Sunday at 4.30pm for Mandai Crematorium. Enquiries Tel: 9146 0327 (Thenesh) 9237 2663 (Prakkash) I
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      29 33 a i 9th Anniversary In Loving Memory Of LAN TUAN HEE HYE Departed: 4 May 1999 Always remembered by Grandfather, Parents, Brother, Uncles, Aunties and all loved ones fa
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      35 33 Bth Anniversary In Loving Memory Of C. RAMASAMY Departed 4 May 1999 Though you have left us, you will remain in our Hearts forever. Always remembered by your Wife, Sons, Daughters, Grandchildren and Loved Ones.
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      400 33  -  Leonard Lim Bodybuilders suspended two years after failing to respond to repeated messages The Singapore Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation's (SBBF) efforts to combat the doping menace have been dealt another blow. Two participants at the National Championships at the Victoria Theatre on April 20
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      356 33 AP Atlanta As streamers poured from the rafters at the Philips Arena, Marvin Williams stood at centre court with arms folded, looking defiant, even with a sore knee. Zaza Pachulia grabbed a microphone and summed up this improbable series on Friday. "We're going to Game
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      203 33 AFP, AP Los Angeles It has taken 12 seasons, but Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant has won the National Basketball Association's Most Valuable Player award for the first time, the Los Angeles Times reported on Friday. Citing anonymous sources familiar with the outcome of voting
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        51 33 REUTERS Charlotte (North Carolina) American Jason Bohn rediscovered his putting touch to secure a two-stroke lead in the second round of the Wachovia golf championship on Friday. He shot a five-under 67 to total 135. Compatriot Anthony Kirn also shot a 67 and is second on
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        74 33 AP San Francisco Olympic gold medallist Antonio Pettigrew was identified on Friday in US court documents as a user of illegal and banned performance-enhancing drugs. The winner in the 4x400m relay at the 2000 Sydney Olympics is one of seven elite US athletes who are
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        85 33 AP Moscow Australian Open tennis champion Maria Sharapova has criticised the WTA Tour for threatening to fine her if she does not take part in a promotional photo session ahead of the Italian Open, starting in Rome on May 12. "I never do shoots before tournaments
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      161 34  -  Jeanette Wang YOU HAVE probably done the grand slump. Now, The Sunday Times' Pick It Up... Tennis series will get you off your butt and help you towards a grand slam. Over the next three weeks, Singapore's No 1 Stefanie Tan, 15, and national
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      212 34 Grip is the foundation of all tennis strokes. Where you position your hand on the eight-sided handle affects the angle of the racket face, which is the contact point with the ball. This in turn affects pace, spin and the placement of your shot. There are four
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      153 34 The ready position is vital for getting your body set up to return serve, play groundstrokes and execute volleys. It allows you to react quickly to your opponent's shots, allowing you to push off to the ball quickly. Your body should be facing the net, with your
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      278 34 [HOT BODS Text and pictures by Mugilan Rajasegeran Eric Lee, 27 Student and squash coach Height: 1.75 m Weight: 66kg Exercise regimen: I try to exercise two to four times a week by playing a variety of sports, such as running, squash, mixed netball and frisbee. Each session lasts about
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      166 34 The forehand is the most basic and most used shot in tennis: get it right and you will be able to hit with consistency and power. Start from the ready position. Just as your opponent initiates his/her forward swing, do a split-step. As you push off, prepare
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      255 34  -  Vernon Sim Chun Wei YOUR VOICE I refer to the letter "United rely on individual brilliance too" published in April 27's Sunday Times sport section. I applaud Sim Ming Howe's excellent statistical breakdown on the number of appearances, number of goals scored by Cristiano
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      209 34  -  Prue Harrison I suggest that the Singapore Gymnastics committee appeal to the South-east Asia Games organising committee to stage the gymnastics event somewhere else, if Laos do not and cannot have according to your article on Wednesday the adequate facilities for the event. Such
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        148 35 They are set to marry in a £3 million (SsB.l million) ceremony in Italy next month. So, imagine Wayne Rooney's rage when British tabloids splashed pictures of his fiancee Coleen McCloughlin (right) dancing with another man at a Miami nightclub just weeks before their
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        145 35 It has been contrasting fortunes for the Ronaldos on the girlfriend front. While the United one is going strong with his Spanish conquest Nereida Gallardo (right), the buck-toothed one has lost his long-term partner Maria Beatriz Anthony. Cristiano, for long linked with several
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        167 35 He once chewed on opponent Evander Holyfield's ear, proving he could eat anything. But it appears boxer Mike Tyson (right) has been enjoying rather finer food of late. The one-time mean fighting machine has ballooned to a monster 127 kg, reported The Daily Mail. Earlier
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        117 35 McLaren boss Ron Dennis showed last Sunday that he has a heart hidden beneath that soulless corporate exterior. When asked by SpeedTV about the weight of Robert Kubica's BMW Sauber, he replied: "He could lose a lot more weight if he had
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      686 36  -  Tay Yek Keak [OFFSIDE] Occasionally, when I'm feeling a little lonely, just a little blue, I close my eyes and think of Ronaldo. It's true. Man, what great scoring the guy has done over the years. So, I'm just wondering why Ronaldo that's
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      501 36 Gunners host Everton today in bid to keep unbeaten home record this season London It is the points, and not the prize now, for Arsenal. Destined to end their third season without any silverware, they are determined to finish it on a high note.
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      265 36 AP Birmingham Aston Villa manager Martin O'Neill launched a scathing attack on Liverpool, over what he believes to be the Merseyside club's "deliberate" and "disrespectful" attempt to unsettle Gareth Barry. O'Neill received a fax from Rick Parry, the Liverpool chief executive, on
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      274 36 AP, REUTERS Barcelona Rafael Nadal extended his incredible winning streak on clay on Friday, when he defeated Juan Ignacio Chela 6-4, 6-2 to advance to the Barcelona Open semi-finals. The Spaniard's win was his 101 st in 102 matches on his favoured tennis
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      770 37  -  Rob Hughes HEART OF FOOTBALL Chelsea manager is a fighter and has come up tops against Fergie, Wenger and Benitez Avram Grant is middle aged, Alex Ferguson is past that, and the two of them are playing mind games with the English League and the Champions
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      351 37 London Despite continuing speculation about his future, Avram Grant is confident that his job as Chelsea manager is safe. He has guided the club to the Champions League final for the first time, but questions still remain over his future. The Israeli yesterday said
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      Lock icon RONALDO WINS WRITERS' AWARD TO POST A DOUBLE
      219 38 London Cristiano Ronaldo has been voted the Football Writers' Footballer of the Year for the second year running. The award comes just days after the Manchester United winger won the PFA Player of the Year. The Portugal international has become only the
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      766 38 REUTERS They will be champs if Chelsea lose tomorrow or Fergie's men beat Wigan next Sunday London Manchester United took a huge step towards retaining their Premier League title yesterday, when they beat West Ham United 4-1 at Old Trafford after playing more than
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      379 38 REUTERS UNITED WIN TITLE IF If Chelsea lose to Newcastle. Or if they beat Wigan in the last weekend of the EPL. Manchester Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson acknowledged that his team have a "big chance" of wrapping up the
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        887 41  -  Sandra Leong Tourists chow down on Spore fare in guided tours to food haunts such as joo Chiat and Holland Village It's lunchtime on Thursday and the Food Junction foodcourt in Great World City is taken over suddenly by a gaggle of coupon-clutching Japanese tourists. Many
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        745 53  -  I Lee Siew Hua My high-spirited nephew Caleb has unstoppable energy. Quietening a six-year-old boy when he's bouncing off the walls in all directions counts as a feat in my book. But I've realised that his hunger for wonder is one of his "pause" buttons. Show him
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        769 53  -  I Colin Goh Two weeks ago, I trudged across midtown Manhattan to meet some folks concerning a future project. Their designated meeting place was the Jacob Javits Convention Centre, which, in some ways, represents the convergence of two aspects of my life. The Javits was where, some years
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        753 65 They look unusual and are sold on wooden skewers. Korean street snacks are gaining popularity here Korean street food kiosk Dong Dae Mun is doing brisk business here. So much so it has expanded from one stand to four in two years with a fifth
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        281 65 Here's a list of eight items on Dong Dae Mun's menu worth trying. 1. Bulgogi (chicken $0.90, pork $1.20, beef $1.50, per stick) A different marinade is used for each type of grilled meat. Each marinade uses between six and eight ingredients, including gochujang, a red chilli pepper
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        646 66  -  Huang Lijie Bakeries and eateries have come up with exotic fare to make next Sunday a memorable one for mums Celebrating Mother's Day, which falls on next Sunday, is now big business for Singapore's food industry. Mr Ho Toon Chien, 41, business development manager of Chinese
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        300 69 INGREDIENTS Seasoning paste (see below) 1 kg medium whole squid, cleaned V 4 cup cooking oil 100 ml diluted coconut milk, mixed from 50ml thick coconut milk and 50ml water 2 stalks lemongrass, bruised 1 turmeric leaf, finely shredded 2 kaffir lime leaves, whole
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        991 70  -  Wong Ah Yoke Dining at Takumi Tokyo in Keppel Marina is the next best thing to flying to Japan to eat the real thing Eats A spate of Japanese restaurants opening in the past couple of months has given diners here an even better choice of the
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        511 71 WINE CLUB/jenny Tan Malesan AOC Medoc 2004, $33.50 "I drink Bordeaux wine" has become a statement that evokes exclusivity. More often than not, names of top chateaux come to mind immediately. Perhaps it's the obsession that Asians have with the prestigious First Growth wineries the top wineries
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