The Straits Times, 7 August 2008

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    25 1 THE STRAITS TIMES 112 PAGES IN FIVE PARTS MICA (P) 115/12/2007 THURSDAY, AUGUST 7 2008 •m A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION ESTABLISHED 1845 80 CENTS
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  • Article
    Lock icon Anwar to be charged today
    615 1  -  Carolyn Hong He is served notice to appear in court, as poll is set for Aug 26 By Malaysia Bureau Chief In Kuala Lumpur THE suspense is over, be prepared for the drama. Malaysian police yesterday said de facto opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim will be
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  • INSIDE
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      Lock icon Europe's retirees fight back
      48 1 RETIRED workers in Europe, squeezed by rising prices and shrinking pensions, are fighting back. A group of German pensioners has even formed a political party. The pension crisis gripping Europe has forced governments to review or suspend reforms to retirement. SEE WORLD, PAGE 18
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      Lock icon Surgeon to run Ren Ci
      53 1 TWO men have been seconded to head the Ren Ci charity, three weeks after Buddhist monk Ming Vi was suspended from the top job. The two are orthopaedic surgeon Wong Yue Sic (left) and Mr James Toi, chief operating officer of the National Heart Centre.
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      Lock icon Single ID for firms dealing with Govt
      52 1 DEALING with government agencies is about to get easier for Singapore firms, co-ops and other organisations. By next year, they will be able to use a single identification number when dealing with agencies instead of a different number for each one. SEE MONEY,
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    Lock icon OLYMPIC TORCH'S FINAL LEG
    155 1 Basketball star Yao Ming, one of China's most idolised sportsmen, carrying the Olympic torch through Tiananmen Square yesterday. After a journey of 137,000 km through six continents, the torch has finally arrived for its final leg in Beijing, where 841 bearers will carry it on the
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    Lock icon All change at The Straits Times tomorrow
    254 1 ALL sections of The Straits Times will feature changes to content when the revamped newspaper appears tomorrow. The difference will be clear right from Page 1, as the paper will be redesigned, with a new masthead and new headline and text fonts to
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      50 1 Home-grown HW&m VILLAGE PEOPLE hr^J Collapse of STYLE ■piP Celebratlng 20 years of Ji TRADE TALKS CHAMPS Ail^T e ™ental art -m I «Andy Ho v,Mnini j g_ Heed the lessons of history Fashion insiders give aKMsaai William Choong streetwear a sporty twist It's not the end of the world
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    Lock icon SAF's never-ending search for top talent
    658 2  -  Goh Chin Lian PM highlights the urgency of grooming leaders for a vital institution By TIMOR Leste was in turmoil when Colonel Neo Kian Hong led 250 Singapore soldiers to help a multinational force restore order on the island. He was 35. When Sars
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      67 2 y I f 1 Show how much you appreciate him or her by sending in a special dedication. r\ I Just log on to teachersday.sg and tell us what makes your teacher special in six words before 31st August. Selected dedications will be published in I* W M jk The
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      369 2 SECTION ONE HOME Prime 2-4 Zero agents fees? No way Asia 6-14 Real estate insiders concede that World 18-24 fees will come under pressure next Review 26-27 month when the guidelines used to PY| "28 advise agents are abolished. But they dismiss the idea that they SECTION TWO could drop
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  • PRIME
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      Lock icon In our National Day Special
      160 3 "To ask me to pin this place down to a physical space or location is something else. I'd like to say Chinatown, which was where I spent my childhood, but Chinatown now is nothing like the one I knew in the 70s and 80s." KIT
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    • Article
      Lock icon 40 million card numbers stolen
      483 3 LOS ANGELES TIMES, ASSOCIATED PRESS US cracks biggest identity theft case; 11 people from five countries charged Boston THE US federal authorities say they have cracked the larg-est-ever case of identity theft, in which 40 million credit and debit card numbers and tens of millions
      LOS ANGELES TIMES, ASSOCIATED PRESS  -  483 words
    • Article
      Lock icon How the scam worked
      128 3 NEW YORK TIMES PROSECUTORS say members of the gang drove around and scanned the wireless networks of retailers to find security holes, a technique known as "war driving". Once they had identified technical weaknesses in the networks, they used them to install "sniffer programs", obtained from
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      Lock icon 18 more down with viral infection
      428 4  -  Lee Hui Chieh Chikungunya strikes 17 workers in Kranji and one in Yishun By ANOTHER 17 workers found with chikungunya at Kranji Way have made this outbreak the largest one in Singapore. The latest patient count includes two Singaporeans, two Malaysians, two Thais, one
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      Lock icon REMEMBERING HIROSHIMA
      74 4 A woman placing paper lantern floats on the Motoyasu River beside the Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima yesterday. The Japanese city marked the 63rd anniversary of the atomic blast that obliterated it and killed 140,000 people. Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba yesterday urged the next US president to support a
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      Lock icon MM Lee in Beijing for Games opening
      76 4 MINISTER Mentor Lee Kuan Yew arrived in Beijing yesterday to attend the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games. He is representing Singapore at the ceremony tomorrow. During his visit to the Chi- nese capital, he will meet China's Vice-President Xi Jinping. A statement
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      324 4 parkwayhealth.com Ist1 st August was Nurses' Day. At Parkway Health, we don't believe we should only IhjL^ recognise and honour our nurses once a year; we X-, would like to thank them every day for their selfless contribution all year round. Working in tandem with our 1,200 registered nurses are
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      34 4 ASUCEOFTHE WEALTH PIE ID Man i^^ t anuhli- I'ir. (3& Managing the money of the wealthy has long been the business of private banks. But now they are getting competition from a new quarter.
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      53 4 in the* prime. More Prime pages from Aug 8 TOP OF THE NEWS More room for the top news of the day. SPECIAL REPORTS Exclusive reports from Singapore and our bureaus across Asia and beyond. COMMENTARY OF THE DAY Our writers give their views on issues that matter. THE 1
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      1220 5 TARGET PROPERTIES mSDl^Lr^^ Sharing Asia's Growth Singapore Hong Kong Japan Malaysia China South Korea trust N CiA 1 1 »I«Ja3 tiMJI ?*\l I J At DBS Bank (including POSB), OCBC Bank and/or UOB ATMs KVntt) closing date: 13 August 2008,9.30 p.m. the laws of the Republic of Singapore) H y
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Torch back in Beijing, but arrival dogged by protests
      729 6  -  Chua Chin Hon Four foreign pro-Tibet protesters are arrested after hanging banners on poles near stadium By' China Bureau Chief In Beijing AFTER a five-month journey fraught with controversy, the Olympic torch relay returned to Beijing yesterday for its final leg
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      Lock icon China's marginalised groups find ways to be heard
      453 6  -  Sim Chi Yin By China Correspondent In Beijing THE knocks on the door grew louder and more urgent. Inside the central Beijing hotel room, seven foreign journalists had just started watching a secretly filmed documentary on ordinary Tibetans' views on Chinese rule
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    • CHINA
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        Lock icon No sign of activity at Beijing's 'protest parks' for Olympics
        620 8  -  Peh Shing Huei Little preparation observed at venues; would-be protesters' requests also rejected By Senior Correspondent In Beijing THE World Park in south-west Beijing has miniature Pyramids of Giza and a miniature Statue of Liberty and Eiffel Tower, but do
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        Lock icon Beijing sorry for beating, but sets new press curbs
        316 8 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Beijing CHINA has officially apologised for the beating of two Japanese journalists by police in north-western China, but Beijing has also set new obstacles for news media wanting to report from Tiananmen Square. Two Japanese journalists were
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    • EAST ASIA
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        Lock icon Bush to rebuke China on human rights before Games
        556 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS His speech today is likely to anger Beijing; Myanmar govt also criticised Bangkok IN A pointed message on human rights to be delivered on the eve of the Beijing Olympics, United States President George W. Bush
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        Lock icon 16, AND A HIT WITH WOMEN
        43 10 REUTERS Male entertainer Taichi Saotome, who plays women's roles, performing in Yokosuka, Japan. The 16-year-old is wildly popular with Japanese women because of his seductive performances which are said to capture the essence of femininity. PHOTO: REUTERS
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      • WORLD QUICKLY
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          Lock icon DRUG THEFT: TWO COPS HELD
          69 10 THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK JOHOR BARU: Two policemen have been detained to help investigations into the embarrassing theft of drugs from the Johor police headquarters last week. A search is on for a third cop involved in the case. Police have also questioned three journalists
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          Lock icon TEMPLE TENSION EASES
          69 10 ASSOCIATED PRESS PHNOM PENH: Tension over a border temple claimed by both Thailand and Cambodia has eased after troops from both nations pulled back from the site, Cambodian officials said yesterday. Agreement on a troop withdrawal from the grounds of the 13th-century Ta Moan Thorn temple was
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          Lock icon 'RESOLVE DUMPLING SCARE'
          111 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO: Japan called yesterday for a swift resolution of a health scare involving Chinese dumplings as it emerged that several people had fallen ill in China after eating the same product. The food poisoning cases in China appeared to cast doubt on Beijing's assertion that
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          Lock icon 'DEAD' PILGRIM WAKES UP
          93 10 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE NEW DELHI: An Indian pilgrim knocked unconscious in a stampede that killed 150 people woke up in a morgue as doctors prepared to perform a postmortem examination on him. Mr Mange Ram, 19, lost consciousness in the stampede at the Naina Dcvi shrine, triggered
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          Lock icon ARMY COUP IN MAURITANIA
          61 10 ASSOCIATED PRESS NOUAKCHOTT (Mauritania): Army officers staged a coup yesterday in the desert nation of Mauritania. The coup took place after the President and Prime Minister had fired the country's top four military officials. A brief announcement read over state television said the new "state council"
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    • INDIA/ SOUTH ASIA
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        Lock icon Musharraf restores 8 judges sacked last year
        439 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS, XINHUA Pakistan President's move comes as ruling coalition meets to find ways to oust him Islamabad PRESIDENT Pervez Musharraf yesterday restored to the bench eight judges he had sacked last year as his opponents in Pakistan's coalition government continued
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        Lock icon Last known K2 survivor airlifted from mountain's base camp
        269 11 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Gilgit (Pakistan) A PAKISTANI helicopter plucked the last known survivor of a climbing disaster from the slopes of K2 yesterday, ending a gruelling five-day ordeal on the world's second highest peak. Severely frostbitten Italian mountaineer Marco Confortola was airlifted
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        Lock icon India court halts lifting of ban on Islamic group
        221 11 ASSOCIATED PRESS New Delhi INDIA'S Supreme Court yesterday halted a lower court order lifting a ban on an Islamic group, which the authorities have repeatedly blamed for a string of deadly bombings. The Supreme Court ruling comes a day after the
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    • SOUTH-EAST ASIA/MALAYSIA
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        Lock icon Sharp rise in Borneo forest fires within a day
        514 12 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, REUTERS, BERNAMA 217 hot spots reported, up from 122, as fears grow of haze returning Jakarta FOREST fires in Kalimantan in Borneo have nearly doubled because of land clearing, amid fears that hazy skies could return to the region.
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        Lock icon Lead-tainted candy recalled by Johor firm
        255 12 ASSOCIATED PRESS Kuala Lumpur A MALAYSIAN confectionery maker said yesterday it has recalled a brand of candy from global markets after California's health authorities found it contained too much lead. Ms Lina Gan, a manager at Kee Wee Hup Kee Food Manufacture in Johor,
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        Lock icon Singapore pulls product off shelves
        129 12 JESSICA JAGANATHAN THE Singapore authorities have recalled a Malaysian candy from store shelves, after the United States found that it contained traces of lead. California's Department of Public Health issued a warning on Monday after its recent analysis found that the Ego Hao Jin Bang
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    • MALAYSIA
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        Lock icon Anwar lashes out at Abdullah
        613 14 He says PM is trying to deflect attention from his own leadership problems Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIAN opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim yesterday lashed out at Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi, holding him "personally responsible" for bringing the impending sodomy charge against him. He has claimed that Datuk
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        Lock icon Saiful 'wants justice to be carried out'
        210 14 BERNAMA Kuala Lumpur THE young man who accused Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim of sexual assault said he was thankful that the opposition leader was to be charged for the alleged offence. His lawyer, Mr Zamri Idrus, said that Mr Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan
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        Lock icon Supporters told to remain calm
        177 14 BERNAMA Kuala Lumpur DEPUTY Inspector-General of Police Ismail Omar yesterday warned supporters of Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim against doing anything unlawful when the de facto opposition leader attends court today. He said the police would not compromise with anyone who tried to undermine public order.
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      28 6 Candy recalled Ego Hao Jin Bang, a Malaysian brand of sweets, is being recalled from shops after it was found to be tainted with excessive lead. PAGE 12
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Backlash stalls Europe's pension reforms
      804 17 NEW YORK TIMES POLAND GERMANY FRANCE Govts face protests and political flak from workers fearful of being poor in old age Frankfurt INFLATION and a squeeze on living standards for older workers are fuelling a backlash in Europe, leading some governments to reconsider or even
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      Lock icon 1994 genocide: Rwanda fingers France
      411 19 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE 500-page report on atrocities names 33 senior French figures, details role of Paris Kigali (Rwanda) RWANDA has accused France of playing an active role in the genocide of 1994, in which about 800,000 people were killed. An independent Rwandan commission in its 500-page
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      Lock icon Forget Supermum, it's good ole mum
      285 19 London THE shine is wearing off from Supermum. Support for gender equality appears to be declining across Britain and America amid concern that women who play a full role in the workforce do so at the expense of family life, research from Cambridge University
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      Lock icon Love is in the air – on this wedding day
      318 20 Love is in the air on this wedding day ASSOCIATED PRESS London NO ONE wants rain on their wedding day. Particularly not when the bride, groom and pastor are being flown through the air strapped to the top of separate planes. Ms Katie Hodgson, 23, took to the skies of
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      Lock icon Texas executes convicted Mexican
      313 20 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS US Supreme Court rejects plea from UN chief and world court order asking for review Huntsville (Texas) THE state of Texas executed a convicted Mexican murderer on Tuesday, ignoring a last-minute appeal from United Nations chief Ban Xi Moon and a world
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      Lock icon Teen with weapons, Camp David map
      151 20 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Washington POLICE are investigating a Washington teenager who allegedly amassed an arsenal of deadly assault weapons, bomb-making materials and a map to the US president's weekend retreat. The authorities said high school graduate Collin McKenzie-Gude, who had a map of Camp David
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      Lock icon US court convicts Osama's ex-driver
      428 22  -  GUANTANAMO BAY AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Military trial seen as important test of controversial tribunals system MILITARY jurors yesterday found Osama bin Laden's former driver guilty of providing material support to terrorism in the first US war crimes trial since World War 11. Salim Hamdan now faces
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      Lock icon Paris for president! Hilton 'enters' race with spoof ad
      234 22  -  Los Angeles AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE t,.tl PARIS Hilton has thrown her hat into the United States presidential race, declaring her desire to campaign against "that wrinkly white-haired guy" and vowing to paint the White House pink if elected. The socialite on Tuesday
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    • SPOTLIGHT PEOPLE
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        Lock icon Accused bus killer to judge: Please kill me
        563 23 ASSOCIATED PRESS A MAN accused of beheading and eating parts of another passenger on a Greyhound bus in Canada shook his head and said "Please kill me", when a judge asked him if he wanted a lawyer. Vince Li Weiguang, 40, who
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      25 17 No more Supermum Increasing concern that mothers find it tough to balance work and home means that support for gender equality is declining. PAGE 20
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      411 25 INTERNET service providers (ISPs) are only calculating commercially in considering charging subscribers by the number of bits and bytes sent and received as well as or instead of the speed of transmission. While they make up their minds and certainly before they begin metering online usage
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      1923 25 Former British prime minister Tony Blair delivered the 22nd Sultan Azlan Shah Law Lecture, organised by the University of Malaya, in Kuala Lumpur last week. This is an excerpt of his address. IF YOU'RE like me and spend time in the company of
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      811 26  -  Andy Ho COLLAPSE OF THE DOHA ROUND: THE IMPLICATIONS By Senior Writer THE Doha Round is dead. If you were ever asked, a round is just a lengthy series of multilateral negotiations that World Trade Organisation (WTO) member states undertake for a group of issues. In contrast,
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      726 26  -  WILLIAM CHOONG By Senior Writer W THE collapse of the Doha Round y last week followed seven years of hard bargaining among the World Trade Organisation's (WTO) 153 members. The key sticking point was over the so-called special safeguard mechanisms which developing countries such as China and
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      33 25 Post-Doha scenario So the Doha Round of trade talks is dead. But what does it actually mean? And is there a silver lining to be glimpsed? PAGE 27 PUNCHLINES CRACKED- LARGEST CASE OF
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      667 30  -  Salma Khalik Twins' doctor says Jamuna should have cranioplasty performed here By Health Correspondent A TOP Nepalese neurosurgeon has accused Singapore doctors of failing to provide after-care treatment for former conjoined twins Ganga and Jamuna Shrestha. Dr Basant Pant, who heads the
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      320 30  -  LEEHUI CHIEH NEUROSURGEON Keith Goh plans to have Jamuna Shrestha brought back to Singapore for at least a medical assessment before the year is out. Dr Goh, who was on the team that separated Jamuna from her conjoined twin Ganga in 2001, wants
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      520 31  -  Theresa Tan With top posts filled and IPC status restored, the charity can now focus on fund-raising and new hospital By TWO men have been chosen to head the Ren Ci charity, three weeks after Buddhist monk Ming Vi was suspended from
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      180 31 PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong's National Day Message will be broadcast tomorrow, the eve of National Day, on local TV channels and radio stations. PM Lee's message in English, with subtitles for the hearing-im-paired, will be aired on Channel 5 and Channel News
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      353 31  -  Maria Almenoar By FIVE Honda CRVs stolen within days of each other late last month have been recovered by the police. One man has been arrested, and the police are looking for others who may be involved. The vehicles were returned to their
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      143 31 CHIEF Justice Chan Sek Keong (below) has become the first Singaporean to join the prestigious ranks of Honorary Benchers of Society of Lincoln's Inn in England. The Society of Lincoln's Inn is reputed to be the oldest of the four Inns of Court
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      291 31  -  JESSICA LIM MOTHERS who feed their babies breast milk exclusively for the first six months stand to save $710. The Consumers Association of Singapore (Case) came up with this figure by comparing the costs of breastfeeding breast pumps, cooler bags and ice packs
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      557 33  -  Jessica Cheam With guidelines axed next month, rates will come under pressure but big fall unlikely, say experts By PROPERTY experts expect agents to feel the pinch once fee guidelines are abolished next month, but the big question in the industry is
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      338 33  -  Joyce Teo By Property Correspondent MORE than 2,300 hopeful homebuyers have applied for one of the 578 condo-style units being built for the Housing Board in Ang Mo Kio. The showflat was a hot ticket, with 23,000 visitors since the project's
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      325 33  -  Carolyn Quek By THEY did not know how to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation, but when faced with an unconscious woman they had just pulled out of the sea off East Coast Park, two men turned to what they had learnt about the emergency procedure from the
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      439 34  -  Christopher Tan High oil prices driving down demand for cars at home and abroad By Senior Correspondent WEAKER demand for cars around the world thanks to high oil prices has contributed to lower certificate of entitlement (COE) prices here. Motor traders blame this H global trend for
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      295 34  -  Yeo Ghim Lay By PUMP prices fell yesterday for the sixth time in a month, but analysts have cautioned that it could be too early to rejoice. Concerns over oil supply have not subsided, said energy analyst Victor Shum of the consultancy Purvin Gertz. "We will not
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      335 34  -  Khushwant Singh By FOR failing to curb his irrepressible golden retriever on a morning in May last year, Mr Tan Woo Khiang became more than $3,000 poorer yesterday. A district court heard that his 2 1/2-year-old dog named Truffle pounced twice on Madam Ko
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      753 36  -  Amelia Tan »MASTERPLAN FOR INFORMATION COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY Mobile, independent learning is the goal for third phase of ICT scheme in schools By Grace Chua STUDENTS will soon get to blog during class their teachers will tell them to. Meet the classroom of 2014,
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      419 36 By Mavis Toh THE long-time president of the Singapore Cricket Club, Mr Anwarul Hague, and his deputy Leow Kirn Liat have resigned midway through their terms after the threat of a lawsuit from a club member. A third committee member had resigned in
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      16 34 VETERAN ACTRESS HUANG BIREN QUITS MEDIACORP TO BECOME FULL-TIME MUM: I was disappointed with salary package
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      973 37  -  Tan Guek Choo (Mrs) STAY-HOME MUMS I REFER to Madam Yeo Boon Eng's letter "Stayhome mum's life less hectic than a working mother's" (July 30). First, by using the phrase "responsible working mother's", is she implying that stay-at-home mothers are irresponsible? The very
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      341 37  -  Delvinder Singh I AM currently enrolled in a private law school pursuing an external LLB law degree from the University of London. I am aware that, despite the efforts put in to attain such a difficult degree, it will not eventually be recognised as
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        146 37 MRSYEDABDUL MUNEEF: "Last Friday at about Bpm, Woodlands Checkpoint into Malaysia was congested with vehicles and human traffic. However, I saw two police officers way before the bus departure bay area, who were composed and professional. I asked one about the congestion and they
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        120 37 MR CHIN KEETHOU: "Kudos to JTC Corporation for having the foresight to salvage about 30 old lamp posts, believed to date back to the British era, for preservation and reinstatement on transformation of the old Seletar airbase into a modern aerospace hub
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        88 37 MADAM LEE MAY SIA: "My gratitude to Ms Chiba during my son's education at the National University of Singapore (NUS). Without her help, he would not have had the chance to discover his interest in Japanese and go on to perform
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        72 37 MADAM CHUNG SIEW LENG: "I had bought a box of 12 doughnuts for my friend who was leaving Singapore on Saturday morning. I sent an e-mail message to Donut Factory about some missing doughnuts at 7.33pm. Kudos to service staff from Donut Factory who personally delivered the
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        244 37  -  Geoffrey Lim I THANK Mr Lim Chong Eu for his letter, "Helpful road messages a hindrance instead" (July 30). The Expressway Monitoring and Advisory System (Emas) signboards form part of our traffic management system to ensure safe and smooth flow of traffic. We use them to
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        143 37  -  Linda Ming (Ms) I REFER to last Saturday's letter, "How is it that McDonald's accepted Phelps' Visa and not mine?" by Mr Sheldon Daniel Trollope. McDonald's would like to clarify that we do not accept credit-card payment in our restaurants. However, our McDonald's restaurants at
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        214 37  -  Eric Ong I REFER to the letter, "Fans locked out of free Olympic event" by Mr Simon Owen Khoo (July 29). The friendly match between Canada and New Zealand on July 26 was initially slated to be free admission to the public. However, a few
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        42 37  -  Stephen Limbrick I REFER to the letter last Saturday, "Qantas service indifferent, insincere" by Mr Andrew Chia. Qantas is close to responding to the concerns raised by Mr Chia and will contact him directly. Regional General Manager Qantas
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      63 37 To buy, find and sell the latest range *^A of products and services, check out CATS Classified in The Straits Times. M3^ ■mm mJ *d J J Bonus Issue! Make sure you get your copy of The Business Times on National Day, where we'll be parading a host of exclusive
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      38 37 For more readers' views, log on to straitstimes.com. Access to letters online is free. ÜBIN HOOK-UP?: Super reservoir ALLOW IT: Dental Medisave NOT JUST A NATIVE PROBLEM: Shoddy service ONLY NATURAL TO MAX IT: Broadband WORRYING NUMBER: Suicides
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      Lock icon Flag raised in hope
      448 38  -  Marc Lim And Singapore camp is confident that it won't be the last time the national flag will fly high in Beijing By Sports Correspondent In Beijing THE Singapore flag was hoisted officially at the Beijing Olympic Games yesterday. For the last 11 editions, the traditional
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      Lock icon SPRINTER CALVIN LEAVES AT LAST
      66 38 Sprinter Calvin Kang (left, with his father Joseph) departed for Beijing yesterday. The 18-year-old sprinter was the last of Singapore's 25-strong contingent to arrive at the Olympic Games. He will compete in the 100 metres event on a wild-card entry. Singapore's other track and field
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    • OLYMPIC GAMES: BEIJING, AUG 8-24
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        272 39 REUTERS CAUSING RIPPLES AMERICAN swimmer Amanda Beard unveiled a fleshy photo of herself yesterday that left little to the imagination. Her message to the public: Do not wear fur. It came hours after Chinese plainclothes police banned her scheduled press conference at a Beijing hotel for "safety"
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        223 39 ASSOCIATED PRESS A GROUP of American cyclists who created a stir by arriving in Beijing wearing face masks have apologised to Games organisers. The display at the airport on Tuesday was the first time athletes were seen to be taking such measures at the
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        214 39 REUTERS AUSTRALIAN officials have told outspoken runner Tamsyn Lewis (below) to keep her opinions to herself and concentrate on her events after she launched a blistering attack on Olympic drug testing. Lewis, the world indoor 800 metres champion, admitted she had become disillusioned with
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        Lock icon BEYOND THE HYPE
        748 39 ASSOCIATED PRESS Phelps plays down 8-gold target but coach says US star is going for it Beijing THE curtain rose on the Michael Phelps show yesterday. And the American star of the Beijing Olympics could not have been more relaxed. Like a kid hanging out in his
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        793 39  -  Rohit Brijnath By in Beijing I'M WAITING for Michael. No surname required. I'm not alone. In the press room, at the airport, outside these borders, almost everyone is waiting for Michael. To appear, wave, swim. People look at this young man, with an erect walk and drooping
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        447 40 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE But Argentina aim to field Messi in the Olympics despite CAS' ruling Beijing JUST hours after the Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled that football clubs were not obliged to release players for the Olympics, Argentina ignited a major row. They insisted
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        441 40 ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Shanghai NORWAY outplayed defending champions the United States 2-0 in record-breaking fashion as women's football gave the Beijing Olympics an opening day of top-quality comebacks, performances and goals. Other gold-medal contenders Germany and Brazil drew 0-0
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        Lock icon Clubs are winners but football's a loser
        798 40  -  Richard Jolly ►►COMMENTARY By JESSE Owens and Mark Spitz, Steve Redgrave and Muhammad Ali, Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano. All are members of sport's most respected club. All are Olympic gold medallists. Argentina's Lionel Messi is unlikely to emulate his compatriots, the 2004
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        176 40 ASSOCIATED PRESS, REUTERS Hong Kong BUSINESSES, government offices, financial markets and schools were closed yesterday in Hong Kong and Macau, with the approach of a severe tropical storm named Kammuri. But Olympic officials said it would not affect horses and riders for the start of the
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        Lock icon Libya takes big Olympic step
        625 41  -  Marc Lim Although its 7 athletes aren't expected to win, just being in Beijing is an achievement By Sports Correspondent In Beijing IT IS easy to miss Libya at the Beijing Olympics. Its plain green flag hardly stands out in the sea of 204 others
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        Lock icon S'pore 'ideal for Games warm-up'
        303 41  -  Leonard Lim By IT IS one of the year's most anticipated events and promises to be the most spectacular opening ceremony in Olympic history. But Canada's 31 track and field athletes will be skipping tomorrow's gala festivities in Beijing's National Stadium. In Singapore since Sunday
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        Lock icon IOC urges nations to support YOG
        271 41  -  MARC LIM THE Beijing Olympics will feature all 205 member nations and territories of the International Olympic Committee. The lOC is hoping that the inaugural 2010 Youth Olympics in Singapore will be equally well supported. The call was made by lOC president Jacques Rogge
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        Lock icon Same old athletes in lycra tights
        691 41  -  Neil Humphreys »NOTES FROM THE LIGHTER SIDE By THE more things change, the more they stay the same. In the sporting world, no truer words have been spoken since a commentator screamed: "Marion Jones has won Olympic gold. She will be on such a
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      • GAMES SNIPS
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          Lock icon CANCELLARA TO RACE ON HIS OWN
          71 41 ASSOCIATED PRESS SWISS time-trial world champion Fabian Cancellara will have to ride the cycling road race on his own after his teammate's Olympic dream came to a sudden end. Michael Albasini fell during training in Beijing and suffered multiple fractures of his left collarbone,
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          99 41 INDIAN weightlifter Monika Dcvi yesterday claimed she was not guilty of doping and had been framed. Dcvi, who was due to compete in the 69kg category, was dropped from the team hours before she was to board a flight for Beijing on
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          73 41 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WALES swimming star David Davies stunned a press conference by conducting an interview in his native Welsh yesterday. The 1,500 metres freestyle bronze medallist from Athens spoke for five minutes, pa- PHOTO: tiently discussing the merits of his Australian and American rivals
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          83 41 AN AUSTRALIAN television channel was banned from official Olympic areas for a week by the International Olympic Committee for breaking the rules of non-rights holders at the Beijing Games. Channel Nine went into the swimming venue with TV equipment, which is prohibited by the lOC. The
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          53 41 ASSOCIATED PRESS JULIANA Felisberta Silva, one half of the top women's beach volleyball team from powerhouses Brazil, pulled out yesterday because of an unspecified injury. By pulling out before the competition begins on Saturday, she allows partner Larissa Franca to pick another teammate
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          71 41 ASSOCIATED PRESS FORMER Olympic hurdles champion Nawal El Moutawakel, the first woman from a predominantly Islamic country to win a medal at the Games, is set to become the highest-ranking woman in the Olympic movement. The Moroccan, who won gold in the 400
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          63 41 ASSOCIATED PRESS LLEYTON Hewitt says do not discount Roger Federer's chances of winning Olympic gold, despite the Swiss star's recent lacklustre play and the pending loss of his No 1 ranking. "There's only the French Open and Olympic gold that's not on Roger's career
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      391 42 »GOLF The PGA championship returns today with little fanfare given that the two-time defending champion, Tiger Woods, is still recovering from knee surgery. But the year's final Major will be the last chance for a comeback for: Phil Mickelson (No 2) Tee time: 8.45pm (Singapore time), with
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      164 42 THE par-70 Oakland Hills has been stretched to 7,446 yards, an increase from 7,099. Players will feel compelled to use a driver more often while negotiating narrow fairways bordered by strategically placed new bunkers. As always, the greens will be lightning fast and the primary
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        71 42 LONDON: Thaksin Shinawatra could be ready to sell Manchester City just a year after buying the club, according to reports yesterday. The former Thai prime minister has spent close to £70 million (SslB9 million) on transfers and wiped out £50 million of the soccer club's
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        75 42 LONDON: Players and managers, like Alex Ferfuson, who abuse referees will have nowhere to ide this season in the English Premier League. Referees have been ordered to stamp out dissent by confronting footballers who question their authority, reported The Guardian. Said Lord Triesman, the Football Association's
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        89 42 LONDON: Fredrik Ljungberg's spell at Upton Park is over after only \2 months as West Ham have agreed to pay £6 million (5516.15 million) to get him off their spiralling wage bill. The Swede was paid £85,000 a week and had an option for anotheryear if he
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      102 42 ASSOCIATED PRESS HE CAN ride a stationary bike during his slow recovery from reconstructive knee surgery and putt if he wants to. But "I have absolutely no interest," Tiger Woods told ESPN. "I'm not competing until next year, so I've got another five months to kill." He is
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      252 42 SWIMMING By Leonard Lim SEE Puay Kheng will be one of the coaches at the soon-to-be-reinstated Centre of Excellence, a centralised training facility at the Toa Payoh Swimming Complex. The 1990 Coach of the Year has agreed to the Singapore Swimming Association's (SSA) proposal that he
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      290 43 »SOCCER That's how many years it'll take for Chelsea to become most popular club: Scolari London LUIZ Felipe Scolari is desperately looking for love for Chelsea. The club's new manager has vowed to walk a different path from that laid by the brash Jose Mourinho,
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      193 43 MANCHESTER United are facing an injury crisis with nine stars set to miss their Premier League kick-off against Newcastle on Aug 17. Striker Wayne Rooney has been struck down by a tropical virus following his club's trip to Nigeria late last month. Michael Carrick is also in
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      48 41 sport. More sports We're expanding our menu to bring you reports on more sports We've tied up with The Times iju>of London to gd deliver more m analyses and behind-the- m wFSfSA scenes reports iW^Sj on the English Tj Premier League I STI DAY TO GO a I
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      82 41 Olympic action on TV THE Olympics will be telecast on six dedicated Star Hub cable TV channels. Channels 601 to 606 are available free to subscribers with a Hub Station, digital or High Definition set-top box. Those with analogue set-top boxes will get 'live' coverage of selected events, including the
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  • OBITUARIES
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      36 43 (Q)ii£ deepest Sumpat£a Jfeartfeft Goncfofences to Our Managing Director Mr Ng Ho Sen on the demise of his beloved father NG KING SAN Departed on 5 August 2008 From: The Management Staff of Aeoner Pte Ltd
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      137 43 This is the will of my Father, says the Lord, all who believe in the son will have enternal life and I will have eternal life and I will raise them to life again on the last day. John 6:40 MARYNG Age: 86 was called home to be with the
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      40 43 The family of the late TAN CHOOM MOOI Departed 2 August 2008 wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to relatives, friends, colleagues and business associates for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, donations and wreaths during their recent bereavement.
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      24 43 In Loving Memory Of CHUA TEO POH KHOON LEKIMM Departed: 26/2/93 Departed: 7/8/98 Love's greatest gift Remembrance Always remembered by Family and Loved Ones
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      106 43 "Verify I say unto thee. Today thou shall be with Me in Paradise." Luke 23:43 HARRY TAN HO SWEE (1941-2008) was called home to be with the Lord on 6 August 2008, leaving behind beloved Wife: Tan Hoon Hwee Sons: Daughter-in-law: Tan Wee Liat Tan Sock Chin Tan Wee Wen
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      41 43 2nd Anniversary In Loving Memory of t i ANNE MARY CHEANG SIEW ENG NEO Departed 6 Aug 2006 May the Lord grant her peace and perpetual light continue to shine upon her soul always. Dearly missed by family and loved ones
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      426 43 Wftfc Deepest Sympathy and Heartfelt Condolences to Johnson Anastasia Liew I on the demise of her beloved mother Madam Lo Chin Nyuk Departed on 6 August 2008 in Palembang, Indonesia From: Mr Lim Boon Heng Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam Ms Grace FuHaiYien Mdm Halimah Yacob MPs for Jurong GRC Bukit Batok
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      167 43 r"The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not be in want.... and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever." Psalm 23 TIANG ME LEE MARY Age: 95 Was called home to be with the Lord on 6 August 2008 Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones
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      351 44 wfj "I know that your goodness and love will be with me all my life, and your Wl house will be my home as long as I live. Psalm 23:6 TAN SIEW ENG CECILIA a Age: 91 Was called home to be with the Lord on 5 August 2008 She
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      170 44 A* Then He said to me, "It is done. lam the Alpha and the Omega, .ft the Beginning and the End. I will give to the one who thirsts from the spring of the water of life without cost." Revelations 21:6 TINO TAN HONG LEONG Age: 36 Was called home
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      119 44 TAN TEOW YEOW Age: 62 departed peacefully on 6 August 2008. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones and friends. Father: Tan Teck See (deceased) Mother: Lim Joo Eng Wife: Ng Lay Kheng Sons: Daughter-in-law: Tan Eng Sek Shirley Yeo Tan Eng Siong Brothers: Spouses: Tan Teow Chee Theresa
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      146 44 TEO BEE ENG Age: 81 Passed away peacefully on 5 August 2008. Dearly missed and always remembered by loved ones. Husband: Tay Boon Tuck (deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Tay Yew Teck Yeo Siew Muay Tay Yew Bock Zhou Chun, Joanne Tay Peng Kee Chiam Meow Leng, Brenda Tay Yue Keong Li
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      130 44 CHAN KIM HOO Age: 87 passed away peacefully on 5 August 2008. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. Wives: (Beh Li Kiau, deceased), Tan Cho Yiu Sons: Daughters-in-law: Chan Keng Choon Mok Lee Khoon Betty Chan Keng Tian Chan Keng Siah Nguyen Thi Thanh True Chan Keng Siang
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      167 44 "The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not be in want... and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever." Psalm 23 CHAN SING YEE Age: 89 was called home to be with the Lord on 5 Aug 2008. Dearly missed fondly remembered by loved ones. (Husband: Goh
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      37 43 Memory wanders as shadows fall Sack to the datjs of happiness, Daus beuond recall. A vision comes before us, So calm, so dear, so sweet, Of her lips now silent And whose lids are closed in sleep.
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      195 43 TV times CRICKET: 4th Test, day 1: England v South Africa (Live, Chi 10, 5.58pm). GOLF: PGA C'ship: Day 1 (Live, Ch26 Ch3o3, tomorrow, lam). SOCCER: Copa Sudamericana: Argentinos Juniors (Arg) v San Lorenzo (Ecu) (Live, Ch27, 7.15 am). Events SOCCER: S-League: Tampines v Super Reds (Tampines, 7.45pm). SGSFL Div
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        7339 45 TRANSACTION DATE: AUG 6, 2008 52-WEEK TEL HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY CURRENCY LAST TRADED SALE 'VOL 'OOO DAY HIGH LOW NET P/E M CAP SMIL 0R16 5 22 5 11C 24 20 5 37 5 141 17 19 5 194 25 5 15 17 5 25 5 14
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        1296 45 52-WEEK 1EL HIGH LOW CODE CURRENCY LAST TRADED SALE 'VOL 'OOO DAY NEI P/E MCAP SMIL COMPANY +0RHIGH LOW 2C 31 32 10 38 42 20 9 31.; 78 IE 12 13 17 18.; 77.; 30.; 12.; 48.; 72 23.; 88 2C 7.; 1 30.3 15.2 IE 21.5
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        51 45 HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY TRADED SALE 0R'000 HIGH LOW P/E $MI 20C 620C 398.3 3977.9 116 6065 Diamonds 5200 6095 IS DJ US Tech 6097 IS MSCI Spore 6101 ISS&P500 6170 SPDRS 288 6009 STI ETF 3013.7 6010 STIETFIOPV US20C US620C US1000 US1120C US1250C 3430.5 +2 151 295
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      469 46 BLOOMBERG Many home-equity clients barred from withdrawals due to falling housing values New York MORGAN Stanley, the sec-ond-biggest United States investment bank, told thousands of people this week that they will not be allowed to withdraw money on their home-eq-uity credit lines,
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      299 46 REUTERS New York FREDDIE Mac yesterday posted its fourth consecutive quarterly loss, set plans to slash its common stock dividend and doubled its reserves for losses on delinquent loans and home foreclosures. Just three weeks after the United States authorities
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      465 46 BLOOMBERG Washington UNITED States Federal Reserve policymakers have indicated that interest rates will not be budging until next year, as they wait for the credit crisis to abate and inflation to ease. The central bank, which left its benchmark rate at 2
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      35 46 AFP Yesterday's close: 13,254.89 (+340.23 points) »Japanese shares staged a powerful rally, snapping a three-day downturn as investors cheered a drop in oil prices, gains on Wall Street and a weaker yen.
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      22 46 AFP Tuesday's close: 21,949.75 (-565.17 points) Hong Kong financial markets were closed yesterday because of tropical storm Kammuri.
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      32 46 AFP Yesterday's close: 2,719.37 (+28.62 points) Chinese shares closed 1.06 per cent higher, as gains by oil companies on falling crude prices offset losses by shares of properly developers.
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      36 46 AFP Yesterday's close: 4,969.1 (+148.7 points) Australian stocks surged to close up 3.1 per cent following a strong lead from the United States and renewed hopes of a fall in domestic interest rates.
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      26 46 AFP Yesterday's close: 1,133.59 (+4.73 points) Malaysian shares closed 0.4 per cent higher following gains on Wall Street and easing crude oil prices.
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      33 46 AFP Yesterday's close: 15,073.54 (+112.47 points) »Indian shares closed 0.75 per cent higher, as Asian markets rallied after the United States Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged and oil prices fell.
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      20 46 AFP Yesterday's close: 2,187.21 (+1.59 points) »Indonesian shares closed flat despite an overnight rally on Wall Street.
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      38 46 AFP Yesterday's close: 676.35 (+9.23 points) Thai shares closed 1.38 per cent higher, as the bourse rose in line with other regional markets following gains on Wall Street and a drop in global oil prices.
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      109 46 m;MMtHI. t.lj.'lLlMsl^M!ffil3Bilill YESTERDAY'S CLOSE: 2,886.78 Aug6 CapitaLand 5.260 -0.020 CapitaMall 3.060 +0.050 CityDev ...10.940 +0.120 Cosco Corp... 2.700 -0.040 DBS Grp ...18.740 -0.080 F&N 4.340 +0.020 Sent Intl 0.555 +0.010 HK Land 3.960 +0.040 ISH ...17.380 +0.380 lardine C&C ...17.480 +0.580 Keppel Corp Keppel Land NOL
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      55 46 Aug6 Golden Agri 73,342,000 Oceanus 46,851,000 Cosco Corp 29,472,000 China Hongxing 28,943,000 Sing Tel 26,221,000 DBS DB eCWOBIII7 23,724,000 China Energy 21,508,000 Noble Grp 20,399,000 DBS MBL eCWOBI2O2 19,846,000 SunVic 16,812,000 JiutianC 15,737,000 Li Heng 14,761,000 Yangzijiang 13,880,000 KencanaAgri 13,554,000 SGX 13,247,000 DBSGrp 13,060,000 Capita Land 12,720,000 Ferrochina
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      134 46 Aug6 UNIT TRUSTS TABLE APPEARS ON MONDAYS SINGAPORE DOLLARS TO ONE UNIT )F FOREIGN CURRENCY Buying Selling lust dollar 1.2940 1.3100 Ian dollar 1.3340 1.3500 iuro 2.1230 2.1470 (lalaysian ringgit* ..0.4203 0.4210 <Z dollar 1.0010 1.0230 Sterling pound 2.6880 2.7190 JS dollar 1.3540 1.3700 SINGAPORE DOLLARS TO 100 UNITS
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      1225 46 Bonds, Loans Warrants TRANSACTION DATE: AUG 6,2008 52-WEEK TEL HIGH LOW CODE COMPANY CURRENCY LAST VOLUME TRADED SALE '000 3 4 2058 AdvModules W*****3 6 susp 33 135 4014 CapitalanBNPeC*****8 15 +1.5 132 23 12 4015 CapitalanBNPeC*****2 12 -0.5 1C 285 8 CapitalanBNPeCW*****1 10 +2 1C 10 1 3802 CapitalanBNPeCW*****4
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      411 47 BLOOMBERG It admits for the first time that longest post-war expansion could have ended Tokyo JAPAN'S government said the economy is "deteriorating", acknowledging for the first time that the country's longest postwar expansion has probably ended. "There is a high possibility the economy has
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      436 47  -  San Francisco REUTERS YAHOO has released a recount of the vote for its board that revealed a strong protest vote against five of nine directors, including chief executive Jerry Yang. The Internet company said revised vote tallies showed 33.7 per cent of
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      516 47  -  Los Angeles LOS ANGELES TIMES THE slowing economy is starting to hurt an unexpected segment of the advertising world: the Web, which has been growing fast for half a decade. Once thought to be immune to cutbacks, online advertising especially at Web portals and information
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      609 49  -  Grace Ng Bank says borrowers will then have more cash to seize other investment chances By Finance Correspondent DBS Bank has launched an unusual mortgage product allowing savvy customers to take advantage of cheap borrowing costs and free up cash for investment opportunities. The bank
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      321 49  -  Gabriel Chen By A DRIVE by Standard Chartered Bank (Stanchart) Singapore to expand its business in the Republic has delivered record results in the first half of the year. Operating profit before tax shot up 55 per cent to US$3l7 million (***** million), on income
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      482 50  -  Yang Huiwen vice-cnairman was informed of board's decision to retire him only yesterday By THE shipping industry has been stunned by the sudden departure of a man who has become synonymous with Cosco Corp Singapore. Mr Ji Hai Sheng, Cosco's vice-chairman, president and
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      417 50  -  Alvin Foo »TAKING STOCK By Markets Correspondent AS RALLIES go, it was nothing much to write home about, but the boost which regional markets received from Wall Street's 2.9 per cent surge was still gratefully received. The mood change sent the Straits
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      84 50 (0) Aug 6 JHH Jardine CSC Lyxor China H 10US$ JSH UOB MBL iCW*****0 Lyxor India Nifty 10 SIA 200 SI A UOB Keppel Corp ISMSCI India 100 Great Eastern DairyFarm KepCorp MBUCW*****3 CIHBAsean40 100US$ CENTS 3130 118.5 1748 58.0 1580 56.5 1738 52.4 649 49.0 1511 41.0
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      271 50  -  YANG HUIWEN DIRECTORS' TRADES THE executive chairman and chief executive officer of Fragrance Group has again upped his stake. Mr Koh Wee Meng bought 250,000 shares at 40.5 cents apiece on Monday. This raised his direct stake to 611.075 million shares, or 72.75 per cent
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      296 50  -  Chua Hian Hou By NUMBER portability proved a double-edged sword for Star Hub: Marketing costs soared before the changeover and profits took a hit. The three mobile operators in Singapore began a multimillion-dollar promotional frenzy to lock in users before June 13, which was
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      175 50 SEMBCORP Industries posted a 6.6 per cent rise in second-quarter net profit to $138.2 million. Turnover climbed 28.8 per cent to $2.58 billion, helped by strong growth in its rig-building, offshore, conversion and repair businesses. For the half-year ended June 30, the company's net profit rose
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      530 51  -  Chua Hian Hou Move will streamline way businesses and organisations deal with public agencies By MODERN life has become a bewildering clutter of identification (ID) numbers and other passwords. But for about 385,000 companies and other organisations here, relief is at hand
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      20 51 STOCK 1.03 billion TRADING shares worth VOLUME $1.69 billion UP Gainers: 286 Losers: 218 DOWN Unchanged: 874
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      94 51 Mid Cap 686.85 A 7.14 Health care 651.85 A 13.68 Small Cap 576.40 A 0.90 Consumer services 771.31 A 11.65 All Share 723.17 A 6.16 Telecoms 895.95 A 3.53 Fledgling 635.92 T -2.67 Utilities 516.56 A 14.68 China 390.65 T -1.99 Financials 745.32 A 4.90 China Top
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      214 51  -  BRYAN LEE »TECH FIRMS' PROFITS DROP TWO of Singapore's top technology companies posted weaker financial results yesterday, and warned that economic uncertainties may spell tougher times ahead. Venture Corp, which manufactures printers and other gadgets for brand-name firms such as Hewlett-Packard, said earnings for the
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      462 54 FOR many, Tang Da Wu (right), artist and founder of The Artists Village, is a mystery. The 65-year-old Singaporean is very me-dia-shy, and even eluded journalists when he was one of four artists representing Singapore in the Venice Biennale last year, a biennial contemporary art event in Italy.
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        830 58  -  Tara Tan With a record 27,000 shows last year, the arts scene in Singapore is even baiting visitors from abroad ARTS REPORTER THROW a pebble in any direction and you'd probably hit an arts event. The National Arts Council (NAC) announced yesterday that arts events
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      29 88 I In the spirit of f National Day and the Olympics, we celebrate home-grown style champs WIN! PREVAGEMD ANTI-AGEING TREATMENTS WORTH $1,440, SAMSUNG OMNIA PHONES WORTH $2,200
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      325 89 TEE HUN CHING Editor hunching@sph.com. sg It's not often that we get to mark two red-letter days at one go. So how does a news-zinc that prides itself as a style guide celebrate both National Day and the Olympics? Why, by getting Singapore's top fashion insiders to give
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      340 89 5 sets of PrevageMD anti-ageing treatment, which contains 1 per cent idebenone, worth $288 each. Simply answer this question: Idebenone is scientifically shown to be the most powerful antioxidant available in a skincare product today. True or false? E-mail your entries with your full name, NRIC, address and contact
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      445 90 Make it red and white. Here's our pick of 10 items that evoke the spirit of National Day and the Beijing Olympics lAt I.lkg, this sleek 11-inch widescreen notebook with a snazzy etched surface is just light enough for the tote. Lenovo IdeaPad UllO, $2,799, from Lenovo by Addon,
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      288 91 In case you haven't heard, Singapore Fashion Week (SFW) is taking a break this year. A pity, really, because I always make time in my packed calendar for the annual Singapore designers' showcase. Organised by TaFf (Textile and Fashion Federation of Singapore), the less glitzy, trade-based cousin of the
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      133 91 BIRTHDAY SPECIAL: As part of prestige skincare brand SK-ll's 28th anniversary, spend $200 or $500 at any of its counters at Tangs Orchard or Vivo City and receive gifts worth the same value. From tomorrow till Aug 14. LUXE TREATS: Receive a $50 Palais Renaissance voucher for every $500
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        359 91 What's a holiday weekend without checking out some memorabilia or a spot of serious bargain hunting? Urban rounds up the best National Day deals and Olympic promotions in town. National Day: The Robinson Group is having a 20 per cent storewide sale for regular-priced items at its stores
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        122 91 Estee Lauder has upped the service ante at its cosmetic counters with a range of free services for customers. The New York-based cosmetic giant has introduced Signature Services which pamper customers with any one treat from a list of six. No purchase is necessary and the Signature Services,
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        167 91 Shopping at River Island has just got cheaper. The British-based high street fashion and accessories store has slashed its prices storewide by 15 per cent permanently. A spokesman for River Island, Singapore, said the move is a response to customer feedback over prices at the store known for
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      678 91 Have a problem with the way you look? Don't sweat it. E-mail your queries to Hong Xinyi at sturban@sph.com.sg f N I'm bored with the same two j perfumes I've been using since I was V»^C a teenager, but I'm not sure what other scents will suit me.
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      182 91  -  Nadia Shah These two fash ion istas were spotted at the official opening of thejayson Brunsdon boutique at Wisma Atria on July 1 8 Alice Kek, 30, leasing executive What are you wearing? My Urban Co top cost about $40. My pants were made by my mother. This Coach
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      837 92 URBAN MAN Those white cotton ones at least. IMRAN JALAL saves you from a fashion faux pas Guys, it's time to pull up your socks. Yes, you heard us. Some experts say that after the face and the shoes, socks are what discerning folks notice next
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      506 93 MAKE ME OVER BROUGHT TO YOU BY CROCODILE INTERNATIONAL Crocodile's makeover series returns this week to spruce up an undergraduate's wardrobe KAREN TEE reports Student Lim Wei Vi is your typical undergraduate. "In college, we just roll out of bed and go to class in T-shirts and
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      855 94  -  TAN SHZR EE Chanel's new make-up director Peter Philips gave up fashion design to paint faces Nobody changes anything at Chanel. God forbid never muck around with the legacy of the legendary Coco. Even the divinely individual Karl Lagerfeld, head designer of the 84-year-old fashion house, reins it
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      167 94 Chanel's make-up guru Peter Philips dishes out some make-up dos and don'ts. French colours can work on Asian faces. The Oriental eye and face has an advantage over European features in its relatively flat contours, he says. This makes it a more even canvas for creating the perfect
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      302 95 Japan make-up artist brand RMK returns to Singapore after a four-year absence, reports KAREN TEE Make-up junkies may remember experimenting with this Japanese brand's sleek, minimalist products at Isetan counters. RMK is Japan's top-selling make-up for industry professionals, so fans here were disappointed when it exited the market
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      170 95 Can you spot the difference? The RMK artists made up only the right side of Jayne's face. If you've always envied Japanese women's powdery soft, flawless complexions, try using RMK's signature base make-up products. Here are the steps: Start with a clean face. Apply RMK's
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      200 95 RMK's international make-up artists, Toru Kobayashi and Takeshi Kukimoto, share some beauty secrets with Urban. To prevent eye make-up from sliding off your lids, spread a thin layer of concealer over them before applying eyeshadow. An easy way to make your make-up go from day
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      316 95 Japanese cosmetic brands have always had a loyal following here because they are formulated for Asian skin. Here are four of the most popular in Singapore. Menard In Singapore since: 1980, at selected beauty salons. Menard opened its first standalone boutique at Suntec City in
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      775 96  -  NOELLE LOH KAREN TEE With National Day and the Olympics round the corner, Urban celebrates looking good, the sporty way It's National Day this weekend and it's also the flag-off for the Beijing Olympics. One is Singapore's annual parade and concert. The other is the world's sportsfest which
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      508 97 NICHOLAS WONG, 35 Claim to fame: Wong not only has a string of awards to his name, but his label Nicholas, started in 2004, has also gone places. Besides local department store Tangs, it is also stocked at multi-label boutiques in Chicago, New York and Shanghai. Up next: a
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      518 97 GEOFF ANC, 34 Claim to fame: His studio, Geoffstudio, was set up in 1998 to handle still life photography before he decided to focus on fashion in 2001. Less than a year later, this self-taught lensman became known for his edgy images and was named Fashion Photographer of the
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      676 98 BEATRICE CHIARICHMOND, 34 Claim to fame: The agent provocateur of the theatre scene, this director has been responsible for some of Singapore's most provocative plays, including Shopping And F***ing. She won the 2006 Young Artist Award, the younger companion to the Cultural Medallion. Highlights: "I see two productions which
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      507 98 LIONNEL LIM, LATE 30s Claim to fame: Not many know this, but veteran stylist Lionnel Lim is also an avid dragon boater. A member of the Singapore Paddle Club since 2005, he has represented the club in competitions in Malaysia, winning two silver medals and one bronze medal. The
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      315 99 DANIEL BOEY, 42 Claim to fame: Meet the A-team behind some of Singapore's most prolific fashion events, including this year's Singapore Fashion Festival and last year's Singapore Jewelfest. Started in 1991 by hotshot show producer Daniel Boey, the team includes his protege Jerome Awasthi (third from right), 27,
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      731 100 From Oscar winners to indie darlings, HONG XINYI looks at the bevy of beauties who have graced the Batman movies over the years Forget the Bond girls. Now that the latest Batman movie, The Dark Knight, is expected to gross US$5OO million (Ss6B7 million) in the United States
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      822 101 Eight classic Nflce designs are updated in time to mark the Olympics. JEANETTE WANG reports from Beijing f you're sporty, fashionable, or fashionably sporty: get on your marks. Sportswear brand Nike is launching a new range just in time to catch some Olympic glory. Eight reinvented versions of
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      938 102  -  JUNE CHEONG SALON TODAY... As people seek more than a snip and perm, hair salons are transforming into spas in Bangkok f you thought hair salons are where you go to get a cut, colour or perm, get set for some new fringe benefits. Now you can enjoy
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      525 103  -  PRADEEP PAUL The gym isn't the only place you can get a workout. Singapore's parks provide ample opportunities as well PERSONAL \A 555£5» V V "workipa' sweat", he means it in the most literal way. Exercise, he believes, should be done outdoors even in scorching Singapore. The 41-year-old
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      517 104  -  TAN HSUEH YUN POSH NOSH The Canteen is a sliver of a restaurant, carved out of a busy walkway, on the ground floor of Shaw Centre. Its clean, pared down look (who knew fluorescent lighting could look so chic?) says a lot about this new incarnation of
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      186 104 Maybe it was because the Brazilian football team was in town. Maybe I just really needed a drink. All I could think of for a couple of weeks recently was caipirinhas, practically the national cocktail of Brazil. The problem was finding the main ingredient- cachaca, a potent
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      166 104 SWEET SALTED^ It's hard enough walking past a display of biscuits, but when the boxes say Salt Chocolate, well, resistance is futile. At Japanese snack shop Yamakawa Super, you can find permutations of popular snacks in flavours only the Japanese can concoct. So there's Kit Kat in a myriad of
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      178 104 Foraging for things to feature here is sometimes hit and miss. Some products look really good but turn out to be disappointing and have to be tossed in the reject heap. Not these pretzel sandwiches though. I just knew they were going to be good when I clapped
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      523 105 THEBAGPAGE/Nadicshch ADRIAN YAP Adrian Yap may have done Singapore proud by crossing the finish line first with gym buddy Collin Low in Amazing Race Asia 2 which aired in February, but he's not stopping to rest. The 29-year-old marketing manager of a media company says:
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      139 89 3 WHAT WE WANT Best buys inspired by National Day and the Olympics m L 4 FASH HAG l^fl^BSß 9 Get your priorities right,TaFf v WJM Wg 5 XINYI SAYS Bridal safety kits for your big day 6 URBAN MAN It's time to pull up your socks, guys 8 MAKE
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