The Straits Times, 18 May 2008

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  • ASIA'S TWIN TRAGEDIES
    • 118 1 Thousands of earthquake victims and rescuers fled the areas near the disaster's epicentre in Beichuan county yesterday, fearing floods from rivers blocked by landslides. Monday's quake triggered landslides, which blocked the county's Qingzhu River and created two fast-rising lakes. For now, the banks appear to
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    • 144 1 Myanmar opens its door a bit Myanmar's junta yesterday opened the door slightly to a world desperate to help the victims of Cyclone Nargis. For the first time, a large contingent of foreigners were allowed into the country to help the survivors of the disaster, while another group of foreign
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  • 515 1  -  Nur Dianah Suhaimi Bigger school buses exempt; subsidy for needy to cope with any fee increase due to rule Dhany Osman The green light has been given for seat belts on school minibuses. The Government will start by making it compulsory for all new
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 68 1 WHAT A WASTE Uneaten food tossed from homes... Jlf JT ■>* and markets adds up to big bucks lEPAGESB&9 NO SHOW Miss Singapore Universe pulled off the air )MEPAGE2 j wmt- a DOCTORS' CHARGES Let GPs offer subsidised medicines PAGE 34 BSa<^ SARS WIDOW REMARRIES A new start five years
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    • 33 1 r wk^ r _t m fill im fe Beichuan county resident Peng Zhijun, 46, survived under the rubble by: Eating cigarettes and paper napkins Drinking his own urine out of his shoe WORLDPAGEI4
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  • home
    • 817 2  -  Tan Dawn Wei Beauty pageant dropped from TV due to poor ratings and lack of sponsorship One of Singapore's most coveted beauty titles, Miss Singapore Universe, will be handed out on Tuesday, but with little of the usual fanfare. Few people know when it is
      CAROLINE CHIA  -  817 words
    • Article, Illustration
      589 3  -  Aw Cheng Wei It should have been a routine five-minute walk to the hawker centre, but Pratheepa Baskaralingam's mother is now in hospital. On Friday, the quick-thinking housewife had averted what might have been a tragedy when she spotted a truck heading towards her two children and her
      JM CHIN PING; COURTESY OF MAHESWARAN BASKARALINGAM  -  589 words
    • Article, Illustration
      193 3 Magistrate goes to hospital to charge recovering 36-year-old with murder of her Sec 1 son A mother has been charged with the murder of her 13-year-old son. A field magistrate visited Tan Tock Seng Hospital yesterday morning to charge Kang Kah Li, 36. Her son, Tan Eu-Jin, a
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    • 830 4  -  Alvin Lim Gabriel Yue Spore company allegedly owes $23,500 in rent for Joo Chiat quarters On Wednesday, some foreign workers had to endure a six-hour wait to gain entry into their Joo Chiat quarters. The reason? The landlord of two double-storey shophouses, shared by
      DESMOND WEE  -  830 words
    • IN BRIEF
      • 121 4 Singapore and Hong Kong could learn from each other's experiences, a view shared by Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong and Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang, who held discussions over lunch yesterday. They also exchanged views on recent developments in East Asia and the progress of
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      • 46 4 The HDB will launch the sale of 4,000 homes in Punggol later this year under the Build-To-Order scheme. This was announced yesterday by Mr Mah Bow Tan, the Minister for National Development, at an exhibition on remaking Punggol into a waterfront town.
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    • 871 5  -  Khushwant Singh Khushwant Singh He claimed that 11-year-old initiated sexual relationship and even professed her love for him Two contradictory tales of sex and rape were heard in the High Court last week when a man went on trial for sexually assaulting
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    • 160 5  -  contemporary paintings Stephanie Yap Emotions flowed over at the memorial marking the 100 th day of artist Chua Ek Kay's death, with his wife shedding tears as she recalled a crucial exhibition by him in 1988. Money was tight, their son Benson was just
      ALBERT SIM  -  160 words
    • 809 6  -  Nur Dianah Suhaimi While the law doesn't ban other activities, police say multi-tasking motorists can be charged if they drive without due care Keeping both hands on the wheel, or eyes on the road, while driving is not a common practice among motorists
      ASHLEICH SIM  -  809 words
    • 1201 7  -  Wong Kirn Hoh Wife of doctor who died while fighting the Sars epidemic in 2003 weds author and entrepreneur Five years ago, many who knew Dr Koh Woon Puay wept with her when she lost her surgeon husband Alexandre Chao to Sars. Fate seemed to
      CAROLINE CHIA  -  1,201 words
    • 1089 8 Food wastage here hit 558,900 tonnes last year, even as people complain of steadily climbing prices and people elsewhere suffer food shortages Shuli Sudderuddin Stacey Chia Becky Lo Undergraduate Low Qiong Xia, 21, reckons that her family of four tosses out about
      ASHLEICH SIM; FRANCIS ONC  -  1,089 words
    • 199 8 In the past week, two overseas reports tallied up the cost of wasted food. Britain A study by the Waste and Resources Action Programme, a private company, said Britons were throwing away staggering amounts of good food. Over half of the 6.7 million tonnes of food discarded
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    • 80 9 Minister of State for Community Development, Youth and Sports Yu-Foo Yee Shoon (centre) was awarded an honorary doctorate in education by Wheelock College in Boston on Friday. She is seen here at the college's commencement ceremony with her fellow awardees, United States Senator John Kerry
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    • Sunday people
      • 378 11  -  Loh Keng Fatt Taiwan-born Vivian Lai knows Singapore well. In her job as a MediaCorp actress and show host for nine years now, she has traipsed to many places, from remote shooting locations to swanky restaurants. She has now discovered something new museums. "I never
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      • 264 11  -  Stacey Chia Avid fans of Korean TV dramas who can say only "kimchi" can now learn the language while catching up on missed episodes. An enterprising South Korean, Ms Ha Bo Vi, the director of event company Boom Korea, noticed that many Singaporeans were
        ALAN LIM  -  264 words
      • 213 11  -  Carmen Onggo If you are a friend of Mr Raj Sundarason, look out for him on TV when you catch the Champions League final on Thursday morning, Singapore time. The cameras may just catch him and his brother-in-law cheering on their favourite
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  • world
    • asia's twin tragedies
      • 935 12  -  Tracy Quek Singapore Dart team digs through rubble of mountain township China Correspondent In Hongbai Township, Sichuan Province As day broke yesterday, rescuers from Singapore rolled into the shattered township of Hongbai in the mountains of south-western Sichuan province to begin a daunting task the
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      • OTHER RESCUE TEAMS
        • 66 12 AFP Mianzhu Russian rescue workers pulled a survivor from rubble in Dujiangyan City late last night, the first foreign team to find a person alive in the debris, Xinhua news agency reported. The rescuers located the survivor in what was once a dormitory building, it said. It
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        • 109 12  -  Shifang The 47-strong South Korean rescue team arrived in Shifang City at midnight on Friday with life detection equipment, breathing apparatus, gas masks and search dogs. "We will give 100 per cent even if there is just 1 per cent of hope," said the team's
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        • 131 12  -  Beichuan The second group of 29 Japanese rescuers yesterday reached Beichuan county, one of the worst-hit areas, where their countrymen had earlier moved their operation to from Qingchuan County some 100 km away. Armed with fibre scopes, grabs and drilling equipment, the first group of 31 Japanese
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      • 640 13 Xinhua, AFP, AP Man rescued after four days under debris never lost the will to live Mianyang (Sichuan) Mr Peng Zhijun made up his mind after Monday's massive earthquake buried him alive he would survive no matter what. The 46-year-old was working in a building
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      • 173 13 Washington Post Washington For people trapped under earthquake wreckage like in China, a successful rescue often marks the beginning not the end of the danger. Crushed muscle tissue can flood the bloodstream with toxic substances that can kill within a few hours. Even if a person
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      • 469 14 AP, AFP Rivers, blocked by landslides from the quake, threaten to burst their banks Beichuan (Sichuan) Thousands of Chinese earthquake victims fled areas near the epicentre yesterday, fearful of floods from rivers blocked by landslides triggered by Monday's powerful earthquake and its aftershocks. Soldiers
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      • 175 14 AP Beijing Huge swathes of farmland were destroyed by the earthquake in central China, but the losses should not lead to food shortages or big price hikes nationally, a senior official said yesterday. The devastated province of Sichuan is an important
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      • 77 14 The Singapore Red Cross: $650,000 The Singapore Buddhist Lodge: $430,000 Mercy Relief (as at noon yesterday): Over $17,000 Sing Tel: $200,000. Sing Tel, through its wholly-owned subsidiary NCS, which has operations in Chengdu, will work with the local authorities to help families and those affected by the
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      • 41 14 Salvation Army (as at 6pm yesterday): Close to $300,000 Singapore Island Country Club: $50,000 Red Cross Singapore: $1.8 million Mercy Relief: $396,079.31 World Vision Singapore: $253,000 The Rahmatan Lil Alamin Committee: $93,375.85 Islamic Religious Council of Singapore: $10,059.26
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      • 862 15 The Myanmar government has set up camps for victims of Cyclone Nargis. A Sunday Times correspondent in Yangon visited one of these camps on the outskirts of the city, as well as a village which has yet to receive any government aid. Here is a
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      • 493 15  -  Nirmal Chosh Thailand Correspondent In Bangkok Myanmar's government yesterday took foreign diplomats and aid workers on a tour of the cyclone-hit Irrawaddy delta for the first time, to showcase its relief effort and assure aid agencies that their assistance was being put to
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    • 657 16  -  Sim Chi Yin George Yeo says outsiders must accept that affected governments know their local situations better China Correspondent In Beijing Countries which want to help others struck by disasters must respect their autonomy, said Foreign Minister George Yeo yesterday. He was speaking to Singapore
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    • 351 16  -  Sim Chi Yin Ihe Chinese leaders whom Foreign Minister George Yeo met during his official visit were "interested, if somewhat intrigued" by his trip to Pyongyang last week, he said yesterday. China is impoverished North Korea's closest ally and hosts the protracted six-nation talks
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    • 545 17 'GOONS AND THUGS' REMARK BY CNN COMMENTATOR... Letter of apology from network over on-air remarks about Chinese people lacks maturity, say Beijing critics Beijing CNN's apology for offending comments about the Chinese people is not sincere enough and shows no readiness to understand the Chinese
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    • IN BRIEF
      • 85 17 Reuters, AFP Washington: US Senator Edward Kennedy (right), a leading Democrat and patriarch of a prominent American political dynasty, was hospitalised with symptoms of a stroke, CNN reported yesterday. The station said he was taken from the Kennedy home in the town of Hyannis to a nearby
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      • 88 17 AP Beijing: In a sign of warming relations, China has invited the head of Taiwan's incoming ruling party to visit the mainland, where he is to meet President Hu Jintao. Kuomintang (KMT) chairman Wu Poh-hsi-ung will start a six-day visit on May 26, said party
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      • 96 17 The Star/Asia News Network Kuala Klawang: Malaysia and Indonesia will not refer their dispute over the oil- and gas-rich Ambalat Block to the International Court of Justice, as their governments have formed a group of eminent persons to study the issue. "We have agreed
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    • 678 18  -  Carolyn Hong MAHATHIR CHALLENGES GOVT Ex-premier fires salvo as XL calls for probe into report alleging he was involved in judge-fixing Malaysia Bureau Chief In Kuala Lumpur Former premier Mahathir Mohamad yesterday challenged the government to prosecute him over his alleged role in judge-fixing during his
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    • 195 18 Kuala Lumpur A somewhat forgotten controversy that arose during the March 8 elections has resurfaced: Who decided to scrap the use of indelible ink? Yesterday, Election Commission (EC) chairman Abdul Rashid Abdul Rahman disclosed that it was the Cabinet that had disapproved of its
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    • 267 18 The Star/Asia News Network Petaling Jaya Malays have loosened their grip on political power to the point where nonMalays no longer respect them and their institutions, former premier Mahathir Mohamad said yesterday. Non-Malays, he declared in the latest posting on his blog www.chedet.com, have questioned
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    • Article, Illustration
      557 19  -  Roger Maynard Rising number of teenage girls in Australia are fighting, boozing and committing crimes Australia Correspondent In Sydney Australia is grappling with a new and ugly social phenomenon girl gangs. Drunken and violent behaviour are not uncommon on this nation's inner-city streets. But it is no longer
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    • 228 19 Reuters London Crime committed by girls has increased by more than a quarter over the past three years, government figures show. The Youth Justice Board's annual Workload Data research, released on Thursday, showed that since 2006, young females some as young as
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    • Sunday people
      • 292 20 AP Seattle A renowned Asian antiquities expert, Roxanna Brown, has died while in custody in connection with a federal investigation into illegal trafficking of pilfered South-east Asian art. A spokesman for the medical examiner's office in Washington state said on Friday that an autopsy
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      • 191 20 Reuters Melbourne Australia's most wanted mobster, "Fat Tony", has finally been extradited from Greece to serve his 12-year jail sentence for cocaine trafficking in Melbourne. Antonio Mokbel arrived on board a chartered luxury Gulf- stream jet yesterday and was driven straight to a maximum-security
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 657 20 1 mmmmmmmmmmm' Beijing Chiangmai Honolulu Frankfurt Stockholm Moscow Tokyo Toronto I Chengdu Busan Chicago Manchester Melbourne Mecca Paris Rio de Janeiro Singapore Today: Partly cloudy. Outlook: Monday: Partly cloudy. Tuesday: Showers with thunder in the late morning and early afternoon. Air Quality Sunrise Sunset PSI: 42 (Good) 6.56 am 7.07pm
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  • invest
    • 781 22 The usefulness of trusts has not diminished with the recent abolition of estate duty. Lorna Tan looks at why people set up trusts and presents some interesting real-life trusts DESPITE the scrapping of estate duty in February, trusts once a financial tool used by
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    • 653 22 Here are some real-life trusts provided by lawyers and trust firms. Cases from Characterist: Money safe from creditors Businessman Leslie Tong (not his real name) set up a trust immediately after receiving a large inheritance of $4 million from his father. He is married to
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    • Article, Illustration
      369 22 This column features fresh financial offerings that adventurous investors can check out HSBC Revolution What it is: HSBC's new banking platform targeted at young professionals and executives (YPEs) aged 25 to 34. It offers them not only a credit card but also banking services and wealth management
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    • me & my money
      • 1107 23  -  Lorna Tan Now at the top of his industry, financial adviser who once barely knew what to do with his own money talks about how he saves and invests Finance Correspondent Mr Apelles Poh, 44, can afford to relax and live
        ASHLEICH SIM  -  1,107 words
      • 290 25 MY SPACE Ms Irene Kiew, 30 Interior designer Five-room flat in Bukit Panjang Lives with her husband, Mr Melvin Tan I love my home because... It is a place where I can rest and de-stress. As my work has a lot of
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    • property
      • 892 26  -  Fiona Chan Demand and rentals likely to stay healthy as supply remains limited, say analysts Property Reporter The housing market in Singapore has started to turn bearish and investors are duly retreating from residential properties and property-re-lated stocks. But there are
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    • small change
      • 777 27  -  Alvin Foo Buying exchange-traded funds, stocks of oil firms and alternative energy sources are some ways you can cushion the impact of high prices Markets Correspondent DRIVING to Changi Airport for dinner or to send off someone used to be a no-brainer decision even for
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      • 716 28  -  Raymond Yeo YOUR PERSONAL ADVISER: FINANCE f~\ I am filing for divorce. My wife and I have an V^HDB flat with a joint-name tenancy status of equal share. Both of us are working, and we are childless. My wife, however, did
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      • 228 29  -  Fiona Chan FINANCIAL QUOTIENT Where do you see this?j On anything that refers to a building under construction, ranging from hoardings to property advertisements. f What does it mean? J When a building is completed, its owners will apply for a Certificate of Statutory Completion (CSC),
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      • 503 29  -  Evelyn Teo YOUR PERSONAL ADVISER: CAREER QI am 29 years old, and I am considering switching careers. I have been in the supply chain and shipping industry for 4 1/2 years. I am now thinking of going into the tourism and
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    • 944 30  -  Teo Han Wue The Shanghai Book Company s history dispels perception of the Chinese-educated as being conservative For many of us in Singapore, the Shanghai Book Company store is living history. It's so entrenched in our memories that recent media reports of it being
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    • 321 31 r EDITORIAL 1 Muhamad Musa, 36, comes to Singapore from Batam every few weeks on a tourist visa. A Singaporean handler provides him with the ingredients to make curry puffs. Once the puffs are made, he and several other Indonesians fan out to different parts of
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    • 180 31 RESPONSE TO DISASTER: CHINA VMYANMAR The Myanmar junta's response is illogical as it does not have much experience in fighting and recovering from big natural disasters, while China troops have fought many battles, with the flooding of the Yellow and Chang Jiang rivers each year. When foreign aid comes
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    • 174 31 "I stand by that date." MR ANWAR IBRAHIM, Malaysian opposition leader, on how his Pakatan Rakyat alliance would take over the government before Malaysia Day on Sept 16 "Retire? That wife of mine will just throw me out of the door." SIR ALEX FERGUSON, manager of
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    • YOUR LETTERS
      • 195 31  -  I refer to the article, "You're so old. Why are you cleaning toilets?" (The Sunday Times, May 4). The elderly are not only asked to do such "demeaning" jobs but are often exploited by the agencies that employ them. They are paid unfairly and often
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      • 393 31  -  Marietta Koh Ai-meng (Mrs) I refer to the article, "Love to love you baby" (The Sunday Times, last Sunday). In it, Ms Radha Basu mentioned that in the case of intelligent and educated single women, the greatest obstacle to having kids is not being able
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      • 92 31  -  Phua Kin Keng I refer to the letter, "Noise: Any limits on mass exercises?" (The Sunday Times, last Sunday). Parks attract more users who enjoy a wide variety of recreational and leisure activities. Exercise groups like those described by Mr Tan Chiu Sang are particularly popular,
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      • 256 31  -  Christina Goh (Ms) I refer to Mr Goh Kian Huat's letter, "Saving at the cost of efficiency?" (The Sunday Times, last Sunday), in which he inquired about the response time of Hong Kah Town Council to residents' feedback. Mr Goh cited the case of
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      • 113 31  -  Julia Ng Please refer to the letter by Mr Michael Yeo, "Injury claims: Ex-manager disputes MOM clarification" (The Sunday Times, May 4). As explained in our earlier reply of April 20, based on information provided by Mr Yeo and his ex-employ-er, Mr Yeo was
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      • 191 31  -  Dr Kenson Kwok I thank Ms Grace Goh for her letter last Monday, "Why 'no' to photo shoot, museum?" and her interest in the Peranakan Museum. As she highlighted, photography without flash is allowed for visitors to the Peranakan Museum. We encourage our visitors to
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      • 132 31  -  Magdalene Tan (Ms) With regard to the article, "Mum, you could be paid $23k a month" (The Sunday Times, last Sunday), I am tempted to suggest that an exorbitant salary be paid to mothers. However, no amount can equate the hours of toil a mother puts in
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      • 174 31  -  Tan Saw Bin (Ms) I am a working mother of three children, and I believe working mothers contribute to the family more than stay-at-home mums. However, I disagree with the basis for computing the economic worth of stay-at-home mums ("Mum, you could be paid $23k a
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    • 1372 32 To stay ahead globally, Singapore like many other countries is trying to attract talent, but efforts will be hampered if locals don't welcome them Warren Fernandez Deputy Editor Imagine if you could read the minds of people around the world to fathom what they
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    • 737 32 THE EX-PAT FILES The latest incarnation of the planet's most popular video-game franchise, Grand Theft Auto IV, blew into stores worldwide late last month on a storm of controversy. The game, which allows players to visit strip clubs, rob little old ladies and mow down
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      334 32 "Work dictates life, and young people seem to be caught up in working long hours. Is it necessary to work such long, late hours?...We should go for high productivity, not long hours." MINISTER IN THE PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE LIM BOON HENG, speaking at a Mother's Day dinner two
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    • 1314 33  -  Salma Khalik Cheap medicine for the chronically ill and more doctors at polyclinics EARLIER this month, Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan spoke of his concern that the lure of good money in aesthetic treatments might draw too many doctors away from mainstream medicine. He promised: "I
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    • 264 33 Each week, we bring you an excerpt of a book that is topical, or of general interest. Tomorrow is Vesak Day, so here is a recent work on Buddha. An End To Suffering: The Buddha In The World By Pankaj Mishra Farrar, Straus and Giroux (2004) This well-received
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      364 33 SingTel's iPhone deal On sale in Singapore by year's end SingTel said last Monday that it had struck a deal with Apple to sell the iPhone in Singapore. StarHub and Ml are expected to clinch similar deals. More than 5.4 million sets have been sold in the United States
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    • 911 33  -  Grace Chng The cellphone is not yet officially available in Singapore but it has a big following already A vibrant ecosystem of hackers, software developers and accessory retailers has sprung up to support a growing Apple iPhone user base in Singapore. This is amazing, given that the
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    • 940 33  -  Ong Hwee Hwee DISPATCHES My usually mild-mannered Taiwanese colleague was almost hollering into the phone. "If you insist on that, you would have to ask your President to talk to my President," she said in exasperation. She was calling on my behalf
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  • Obituaries
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      56 34 With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to the Family of the Late R. RAJENDRAN Departed on 16 May 2008 Bon Voyage to a Wonderful Person Friend A colleague who was passionate, unassuming, very sincere And a True Friend and Confidante We will always Remember and Miss You, Raja From: The Management
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      63 34 "When you have a buddy Treat him with gentle care For you will never know his va Until you see the empty chaii I 1 R. RAJENDRAN Departed on 16 May 2008 We miss the laughter. We miss the moments we had. We will always think of you. 'Now and
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      56 34 We, the family of the late June Kwek Ai Ling Departed 13 May 2008 wish to express our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to Mr Mah Bow Tan, Minister for National Development Mrs Mah, I relatives, friends, colleagues, grassroots leaders, business associates and neighbours for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, donations
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      98 34 K. KAJENDKAN (s/o the late Ramakrishnan) i passed away peacefully on 16 May 2008. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wife: Rani Daughter R. Shemalatha Son-in-law Mega Son R. Naresh Kumar Mother Mdm Salachee Mother-in-law Mdm Letchimi Brothers, sisters, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, nephews, nieces, friends relatives. The family would
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      71 34 The Family of the Late HENG AIK MING, WINSTON Departed on 14 May 2008 wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to relatives, friends and colleagues for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, donations and wreaths during their recent bereavement. Special thanks to Dr See Siew Ju, doctors and nurses
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      118 34 7 4 Lawrence Freddie Shirley May Yap Hong Seng OolChltGim 18.5.1920 -18.5.1983 16.12.1924 7.7.2001 While the ravages of time have dimmed our pain Sweet remembrance of you surface once again In your memory, we wander to your resting place Eternal rest for your souls in silence we pray Our yester-years
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      119 34 "Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. Psalm 23:6 MARY FUN Age: 75 Was called home to be with the Lord on 16 May 2008. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones.
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      144 34 "Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life; and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever." Psalms 23:6 KHONG KAM THONG Age: 67 was called home to be with the Lord on 17 May 2008 leaving behind loved ones. Wife: Chan MoiYing
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      137 34 "Her cheerfulness is our inheritance" MRS SAVUNTHIRI MATHIAPARANAM Born 25 May 1917 passed away peacefully on 17 May 2008. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. (Husband: Mr V Mathiaparanam, deceased) (MrVMathi) Daughters Son-in-law Senthi Malar K.S. Kamalacumar Braema Grandchildren Senthil Kumar Cumaresen Kamala Malar Cumara Cumaran Sister Brother
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      77 34 DEPO D/O DARSHIN SINGH Age: 59 passed away peacefully on 16 May 2008. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Husband: Mansa Singh Son: Kuldeep Singh Daughters: Jasvendar Kaur Sharan Kaur Gill .Body is resting at Blk 118 [Yishun Ring Road (#OB-683 Tel: *****699 Cortege will leave on jlB
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      80 35 PETER HOWARD NEWMAN Age: 71 Chairman and Co-Founder of Newman Goh Property Consultants Pte Ltd Passed away peacefully on 15 May 2008. Cremation will be held in London on 23 May 2008. Memorial Service will be held in Singapore at the end of the Year. With deepest condolences from all
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      54 35 The Family of the Late SELINA THAM CHOI CHUN Departed 12 May 2008 wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to relatives, friends, colleagues and business associates for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, donations and wreaths during their recent bereavement. Special thanks to the doctors and nurses of Wards
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      77 35 ENG SIAM MUI Age:7s passed away peacefully on 16 May 2008, leaving behind loved ones. Husband: Kwek Chin Tong (Deceased) Son: Daughter-in-law: Kwek Chock Meng Lim Siew Cheng Daughters: Sons-in-law: Kwek Cheok Hwee Chee Wee Tiong Kwek Cheok Buay, Agnes Yam Hon Mun Kwek Gioh Leng 9 Grandchildren and all
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      53 35 First Anniversary In Loving Memory of FOO GEE KIONG Departed 18 May 2007 Rest in peace, Dear loving husband and father, One long year has passed; You are gone, but still are living In the hearts of those who stay. I Deeply missed and always remembered by Wife Han Moi
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      117 35 ■H-r*.»"' 9 "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith." 2 Timothy 4:7 CHUI CHONG HEE Age: 74 was called home to be with the Lord on 17 May 2008, dearly missed by loved ones. Wife: Chan Yuet Meng Daughter: Son-in-law: Chui
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      140 35 Jesus said: "Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me. In my Father's house are many rooms lam going there to prepare a place for y0u....50 that you also may be where I am." John 14:1-3 Henry Cheah Wee Hock Age: 80 Was called
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  • sport
    • 248 36 Jeanette Wang Want to be a tennis ace? Then get your serve right. Often considered the most important shot in tennis, the serve not only puts the ball in play but can also be a lethal attacking and point-winning weapon. Statistically, 60 to 65 per cent
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      275 36 For starters, Dewandaka teaches the flat serve, where the swing path is directly through the ball so it does not spin. "Positioning is important," he emphasised. Set up your feet behind the baseline with where you want the ball to go. Your left foot should be in front
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    • 385 36  -  Calvin Ng Li Wei [YOUR VOICE] I refer to the letter "FAS will continue investing in local talent" by Eric Ong of the FAS, Your Voice, The Sunday Times (May 11). It is erroneous to compare our Foreign Sports Talents (FSTs) with footballers of
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    • 389 36  -  Tay Hung Yong I am an amateur bodybuilder who competed twice in local competitions, drug-free. I wish to share my experience. First, I feel we need to define bodybuilding. It literally means building up the body, which means anyone who engages in activities
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      255 36 Text and photo by Jacqueline Teo Cheng Nee 34, Administrative Officer Height: 1.58 m Weight: 49kg Exercise regimen: I jog three or four times weekly, from skm to 21km. Also, I swim two or three times a week, covering between I.skm and 3km. I also cycle once a
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    • 280 36 BASKETBALL NBA play-offs, s-finals (best-of-seven series) Western Conference: Utah 105 LA Lakers 108 (LA Lakers win 4-2) Eastern Conference: Cleveland 74 Boston 69 (Series tied at 3-3). CRICKET Third day of the Ist Test at Lord's: New Zealand 277 all out in 86.2 overs (B. McCullum 97; Sidebottom 4-55)
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    • 409 37  -  Leonard Lim STEFAN TSENG'S PROGRESS July 2006 Rewrote Francis Nathan's 1987 mark of 15.24 m. Stefan leapt 15.42 m first, then 15.52 m, at the Asean Schools Championships in Thailand. July 2007 Broke his own mark, leaping 15.69 m at the International Association of
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      188 37  -  Leonard Lim Two weeks after regaining her status as Singapore's Nol paddler, Li Jiawei (right) notched another mo-rale-booster ahead of the Beijing Olympics. Li upset world No 4 and former world champion Wang Nan 11-4, 11-8, 11-5, 11-5 in the quarter-finals of the China Open yesterday. The
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    • IN BRIEF
      • 84 37 AP Madrid Spain coach Luis Aragones omitted Real Madrid striker Raul, 31, from his squad for Euro 2008 yesterday, ignoring pressure to recall the national team's all-time leading scorer. Raul, who has scored 44 goals in 102 international matches, has not played for Spain
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      • 56 37 Reuters London England openers Alastair Cook and Andrew Strauss safely negotiated a rain-interrupted opening session on the third day of the first cricket Test against New Zealand at Lord's yesterday. At lunch, England had reached 89 without loss after resuming on 68 for no wicket, in
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      • 37 37 Team Singapore were crowned Silver League champions at the Cartier International Polo tournament yesterday. They defeated Argentina 7-4. The South Americans finished third. England were second and the Thai Polo Club fourth.
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    • 447 37  -  Michael Lee South African gelding favourite in the 16-strong field for Spores richest race Horses from South Africa, France and New Zealand will be the ones to beat in today's $3 million Group 1 Singapore Airlines International Cup. Sixteen horses will line
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    • 266 37 AFP Rome World No. 1 Maria Sharapova pulled out of the WTA Rome International yesterday. She complained of a strained calf muscle, propelling title-holder Jelena Jankovic into the final. "When I stepped on my left foot today, I knew there was no chance I was going to be
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    • 455 38 AFP But they face an uphill task against a China aiming for their third straight victory Jakarta South Korea's strategy of throwing matches to get a favourable draw at the Thomas Cup has paid dividends, as they prepare to face mighty China in the
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    • 544 38 AFP Jakarta An invincible China clinched their sixth consecutive Über Cup yesterday, toppling Indonesia 3-0 to send an ominous warning ahead of the Beijing Olympics. The result was widely expected, even with the revitalised Indonesian women, a former world force, in their first final
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    • unday people
      • 96 39 This stunner (right) has been making heads turn. Not only with her looks, but also because she has been going past men on the racing track. She could be heading to Formula One to take on Lewis Hamilton. The 26-year-old American, Danica Patrick, who became
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        137 39 England ace Steven Gerrard (right) tried some man-to-tran marking as he grabbed a gender bender's fake boobs. The Liverpool star, 27, made his play for transvestite Martine McClutchbag's twin strikers, as he passed "her" outside a gay bar on a night out with wife Alex Curran. The scene
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      • 194 39 Jens Lehmann (left) is not convinced by the claim that England once produced the best goalkeepers in the world. "Every country thinks that," he says. "The Germans think that, the Spanish think that, and the Italians are also very proud of their 'keepers."
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      • 107 39 After basically falling off the face of the earth for two years, Anna Kournikova (below) is back with a new sponsor (K-Swiss), a relaunch of Kournikova.com, and a special prize for those who sign up. The winner gets a 15-minute phone call with a woman
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    • 358 40 AFP New Jersey Players will have a second chance at the second round of the Sybase Classic. This was after heavy rain and flooding forced officials to scrap what little play took place. No golfer managed to finish more than 15 holes before
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    • 391 40  -  Jeanette Wang He overcomes food poisoning to win Indonesian event by three strokes Singapore golfer Lam Chih Bing produced his best golf for a wire-to-wire victory in the Mer-cedes-Benz Masters Indonesia at Emeralda Golf and Country Club yesterday. He fired a final-round one-over 73 to
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    • 532 40 AP, AFP Salt Lake City A season that began in histrionics is halfway to history. A season that began in tiny torn pieces is halfway towards becoming one eye-pop-ping, jaw-dropping quilt. The Los Angeles Lakers on Friday reached the midway point of their patchwork journey-
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    • 50 40 Defending champions Marlins (in light blue) retained the Netball Super League crown yesterday, defeating the Stingrays 49-37. Susan Sidhu (left) was key to the Marlins' success at the Toa Payoh Sports Hall: The goal-shooter converted 27 of 35 attempts. ST PHOTO: LIM WUI LIANG
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    • 716 41  -  ;okj [OFFSIDE] This is a very important announcement: Sepp Blatter, the president of Fifa whom I didn't vote for, is officially the most dangerous spoilsport in the world. He's such a killjoy I have a dartboard with his photo
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    • 770 41  -  Rob Hughes HEART OF FOOTBALL He is set to be first Asian in Champions League final when United meet Chelsea The big names for Manchester United v Chelsea in Moscow trip off the tongue. Ronaldo, Rooney, Tevez or perhaps Drogba, Essien, Lampard. But it
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    • 527 41 Carson (California) Double world sprint-champion Tyson Gay is already feeling the pressure of expectation in his build-up to the Olympic Games in August. Although the soft-spoken American ruled at last year's World Championships by winning both the 100 m and 200 m,
      "That's my main focus. Reuters; REUTERS  -  527 words
    • 175 41 AP Wellington New Zealand will ship rice to China in August: 300 cans of creamed rice to provide a quick blast of carbohydrates for its Olympic athletes. The supplies, which will underpin New Zealand's Games effort, will leave the country for Beijing on June 30,
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    • 894 42  -  Rob Hughes Nigerian scores the only goal in the Final against Cardiff to give Portsmouth the coveted trophy Nwankwo Kanu, the big Nigerian who has won everything in his life including a comeback from heart surgery when he was just 20 poached the
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    • 389 42 AFP, Reuters Bangkok Manchester City, weakened by the absence of several top players, were yesterday humbled 1-3 by the Thai League All-Stars during their end-of-season tour. Their embattled manager, Sven-Goran Eriksson, later refused to comment on his future. He also
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    • 303 42 London Avram Grant (right) will have to win the Champions League to keep his job as Chelsea head coach. According to The Sun, the Israeli has not been given any assurances that he will remain employed next season, despite leading Chelsea
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  • Page 36 Miscellaneous
    • 342 36 TV Times BADMINTON (Delayed, Ch2l, midnight), Argentina v Thomas Cup: Final (Live, Ch2l, 7pm Germany (Delayed, Ch2l, tomorrow, and RTMI, 7.30pm). 1.30 am). BEACH SOCCER HORSE RACING World Cup Qualifier: Final (Live, Singapore Airlines International Cup Chi 1 3, tomorrow, 1 am). KrisFlyer International Sprint (Live, Ch22, 7.20pm). CRICKET NPower
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      • 1202 44  -  I Sandra Leong Mountain bikers who crave the thrills and spills of going off-road have a new playground on Pulau Übin Heavy rain beats down on mountain biker Tan Hong Chun, 29, as he steadies his bicycle at the top of a slope as high as
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      • 178 44 Four spots to look out for at the Ketam Mountain Bike Park on Pulau Übin: IFreeride Skills Park and Dirt Skills Park The former is for Bike Trail enthusiasts stunt riders who nagivate manmade obstacles without letting their feet touch the ground. The latter is also known as
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      • 374 45 Three competitive cyclists give their take on the park: Mr Tan Hong Chun, 29, is a commando officer and member of the Singapore National Team. At the Tasik Kenyir International Mountain Bike Challenge held last month in Malaysia, he came in second in the downhill category "This is
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      • 744 46  -  Bernard Koh Let's party on the MRT Look, there are aliens up there Bang! Bang! Time for a finger-gun battle Flash mobs, groups of strangers who meet to do wacky things for a short time, are making heads turn here It's a busy
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      • 875 47  -  I Mak Mun San y Try not to e-mail or text Venerable Sik Kwang Sheng. If you have something to say to the abbot of Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery, call him on his mobile phone directly. "E-mail and text messages cannot convey
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      • 837 48  - Dubai home away from home I Cara Van Miriah As more local firms flock to the bustling Mid-East city to set up shop, more S'poreans are heading there to live and work When Singaporeans learn that Mr Ahmad Fuad and his family live in Dubai, some wonder why they have
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      • 381 48 Ask the locals where to find authentic Singapore food in Dubai and they would most likely point you to the Singapore Deli Cafe in Trade Centre Road in the Karama area, Bur Dubai. Run by a Singaporean couple Mr Ahmad Fuad and his wife, Madam Zah
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      • 298 48 The opportunity for travel is the one thing that Singaporean architect Gregory Low likes about living in Dubai. The 47-year-old was bitten by the travel bug when he was posted there by his company, DP Architects, three years ago. During his free time, he has explored the
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      • 636 49  -  Anthony Yeo In this fortnightly column on life issues, veteran pyschotherapist Anthony Yeo points out the difference between education and qualifications I Life Lines When it was time for my sons to enrol in university, I said to them: "Go get an education. I care less about
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        484 49 Reuters Fat deposits in the buttocks and hips may not be such a bummer after all as this may lower the risk of diabetes A type of fat that accumulates around the hips and bottom may actually offer some protection against diabetes, researchers in the United States
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      • 1402 50  -  Ong Hwee Hwee Taipei might be crowded and confusing, but this city will win you over with its contrast of old and new, urban and rural 48 Hours This city grows on you. That was the pre-departure advice from one of my friends when I decided
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      • 728 51  -  PHILIP LEE Victoria's three major mountain resorts throb with excitement in winter BY\ IMAGINE waking up in the morning and seeing through the windowthe alluring sight of untrodden overnight snow. And imagine feeling the crisp, nippy mountain airthe moment you step out of your lodge into
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      • 116 51 Fly in style and comfort with Singapore Airlines' new First, Business and Economy Class seats onboard the 8777-300ER aircraft. Wider legroom, nreater nrivacw and the world famous Singapore Airlines service these are what Singapore Airlines passengers can expect. What's more, you
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      • 1096 52  -  I Chua Mvi Hoong No one has immunity from infidelity, an act that flies in the face of the sanctity of the vows we take when we get married I was sitting in a hotel wine bar with some friends, having a quiet drink after a long,
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      • 838 52  -  Lee Siew Hua One day, I bought cranberry-orange scones in all their fluffy, buttery glory, and lovingly snapped a picture. I've loved these scones with their vivid flecks of orange peel and cranberrry since I first arrived in the United States. Then I began scrutinising nutrition
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      • 733 52  -  I Colin Goh Growing up in a half-Peranakan household that spoke mostly English and just as much Malay as Hokkien or Teochew, and being educated in a mission school (then) famed for churning out bananas, I never really pondered the fact of my Chinese ethnicity
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      • 270 61  -  Tay Suan Chiang Clothes maketh the man (or woman), but much is also to be said about our crowning glory. Look at what bad hair can do to good people Too much Too little Too late She may have a multi-millionaire boyfriend, but sadly, Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi
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        368 61  -  Tay Suan Chiang Yung Ong Who: Yung Ong, 28. The Nottingham University graduate is the director of operations at upmarket furniture store Proof Living in Stamford Road. It carries brands such as Poltrona Frau, Vitra and Cappellini. Car: A titanium grey Lotus Exige "lat I've been driving
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      • 321 61  -  Tay buan Chiang Style Cheat-sheet While women can't seem to get enough of shoes, some men seem to think that a single pair is enough to get them through every occasion. Stylist Jansen Siak, 35, points out the must-haves in any man's wardrobe, slippers excluded.
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        947 62  -  I Stephanie Yap Hit debut thriller author Tom Rob Smith honed his skill writing scripts for soap operas after university The Read Interview* It is safe to say that English writer Tom Rob Smith, 29, has enjoyed a triumphant start to his novelistic career. His debut novel, Child
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      • 321 62 Fiction 1. (1) Change Of Heart by Jodi Picoult 2. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini 3. (8) Thanks For The Memories by Cecelia Ahem 4. The Children Of Hurin by J.R.R. Tolkien 5. (3) Remember Me? by Sophie Kinsella 6. (4) The Witch Of Portobello by Paulo
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      • 630 62  -  Stephanie Yap THE SORROWS OF AN AMERICAN By Siri Hustvedt Sceptre/Paperback/ 306 pages/ $32.65 with GST/ Major bookstores Even literature lovers might be hardpressed to recognise the name Siri Hustvedt at first glance. But append the handle "wife of Paul Auster", and it's likely that lightbulbs
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      • 638 62 BBC News Mumbai It's not often a banker is called the voice of his generation. But Chetan Bhagat shot to the top of the Indian bestseller lists with his revelations about elite student life and what goes on behind the scenes in call centres.
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        734 63  - Bernard Koh I Alphabet Soup WAVE By Suzy Lee Chronicle Books/ Hardcover/ 40 pages/ US$lO.B7 (S$ 15) from amazon.com or $22.95 (without GST) in bookstores next month Korean artist Suzy Lee (right) did not want her art to be confined in galleries, so she decided on a medium that was
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      • 849 64  -  Tiffany Fumiko Tay Bak chang is a-changing, with many new creations of the traditional treat on sale for the festival this year The price of rice is rocketing. And with Duan Wu Jie, or Dragon Boat Festival, coming up on June 8, restaurants are trying to lure customers
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        367 64 What: Vegetarian brown rice dumpling with wild mushrooms and chestnuts, and Dragon Boat rice dumpling with spicy minced pork (left), $5.80 each. Where: Hua Ting Restaurant at Orchard Hotel Singapore, tel: 6739-6666, four-day advance orders are recommended for bulk orders. What: Steamed dumpling filled with pineapple paste (right),
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      • 868 65  -  Rebecca Lynne Tan Kallang Leisure Park is now a dining haven after a $70-m makeover Once a quiet mall, Kallang Leisure Park (below) has had a swanky $70-million facelift and become a dining haven. The place, which unveiled its new look in November last year, is
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      • 776 65 In the 2nd of a five-part series on the food and beverage industry, three young and promising service crew members share their success stories with Lim Yann Ling Exclusive role At Lawry's The Prime Rib at Paragon, Sapiyah Binte Md Zinan (left), 20, is checking the evening's reservations
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      • 630 66 Tidbits Rebecca Lynne Tan Cheesy desserts, anyone? Pan Pacific Singapore has just wheeled out a three-month pastry promotion featuring cheese that you'd find hard to scoff at. The delectable array includes everything from croissants and cupcakes to bread. But taking centre stage as the star attraction is
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      • 158 66 A two-Michelin-starred chef is in town. Goodwood Park Hotel has brought in French chef Emmanuel Renaut for an eight-day gourmet promotion this week. Renaut is the chef-owner of Flocons de Sel in Megeve, a premier ski resort in the French Alps. He will be serving dishes
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      • 596 67  -  Huang Lijie You'll need that to wrap zongzi, or Chinese rice dumplings, says retired chef Loh Hock Eng Singapore Cooks The men just don't get it. The task of making Chinese rice dumplings, or zongzi, says retired chef Loh Hock Eng, 65, is best left to women.
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      • 500 67 MAKE IT YOURSELF: TEOCHEW SWEET SAVOURY MEAT DUMPLING INGREDIENTS 72 bamboo leaves 4 Tbs cooking oil I,4kg pork belly, cut into 4cm cubes 40g coriander powder 20g five spice powder 2 tsp white pepper 2 tsp sesame oil 4 Tbs plus 1 tsp salt 1 tsp powdered chicken stock 200g
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        807 67  -  Lynthia Low This week, we feature three books from Australian chefs. Each writer has a very different style, but they all have one thing in common a love of their country's fresh produce. Breakfast at Bill's is a regular part of many Sydneysiders' weekends and in this book,
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      • 859 68  -  Tiffany Fumiko Tay Spicy creation by culinary student comes out tops in contest by food website SoShiok.com to find new local dish Move over, chicken rice. If Ms Haryani Borhan had her way her Spicy Singapore Pie would be the newest Singaporean delight. After all,
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      • 660 69  -  I Wong Ah Yoke f Marrying two very Singaporean food passions was an auspicious beginning for the first laksa steamboat restaurant here Eats Singaporeans love laksa. And they love steamboat. Yet no one thought of marrying the two until Mr Scan Lim opened his first laksa
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      • 435 69  -  Thng Lay Teen Cheap Good Half the fun eating dao xiao mian ("knife-cut noodles") at Formosa Delights (Ban Mian) in Food Junction, a foodcourt at the basement of Great World City, is watching the chef prepare it. As the name suggests, the noodles, which
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      • 730 70  -  Rebecca Lynne Tan He went against his parents' wishes to pursue cooking, but Jonathan Tan has no regrets today His parents told him he would regret it, never mind that both of them were great cooks. His mother was even a chef. But that didn't stop 38-year-old
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      • 522 70  -  'Jenny Tan WINE CLUB/ Franz Hirtzberger Axpoint Cruner Veltliner, Smaragd 2006, $89 The references for wine consumers, when they want to buy wine, have become almost predictable. The same names crop up again and again: Robert Parker, Wine Spectator, James Halliday... While the above
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