The Straits Times, 1 March 2009

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    Lock icon BEST DEALS
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    Lock icon Workfare money paid out today
    633 1  -  Tan Dawn Wei Total of $343 million given to 271,000 workers a month earlier than planned There will be extra money in the hands of some 271,000 low-wage earners from today $343 million to be exact. They will get $294 million in Workfare payments and
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    Lock icon 'Flippers' back at condo launches
    497 1  -  Shuli Sudderuddin Not that easy "Even though this is a very popular project, the response is still very bad and it may be difficult for buyers to make a profit right now." PROPERTY AGENT LESLIE YAP, on recently launched Caspian in Jurong. He noted that
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      67 1 ASEAN SUMMITopens IIMEPAGE2 PAGE16 FEWER FOREIGN students )MEPAGE6 WENDY JACOBS may be discharged fS) IEPAGE8 M bW NETWORKS help in finding jobs PAGES18&19 FROM $3,000 A MONTH JOB to a $300 million business ITPAGE21 jflalK/^^bj-l i^k jBt 'Amu Wr tw'^s LIVERPOOL fall further behind SPORT index weather/tides 17 letters 28
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    • asean summit
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        Lock icon Asean'open for business'
        729 2  -  Clarissa Oon Senior Political Correspondent In Hua Hin Spore, Thai and Indonesian leaders stress closer cooperation to tackle global crisis Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday had his first meeting with new Thai Premier Abhisit Vejjajiva and spoke with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on the sidelines
        ALPHONSUS CHERN  -  729 words
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      Lock icon White-collar job seekers nudged to get creative
      602 3  -  Aaron Low Government is helping to retrain professionals to join fast-growing creative industries WHAT'S ON OFFER The Workforce Development Agency (WDA) is offering eight new courses in seven fields. 1 Games development: Two courses for technical artists and game programmers Fees: From $520
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      Lock icon Downturn fears of Malay workers
      436 3  -  Nur Dianah Suhaimi No exceptions "Retrenchments are not targeted at specific communities. Because there are many lower-skilled Malay workers, the recession will obviously affect our community." MP HALIMAH YACOB, who is also NTUC's deputy secretary-general For two hours yesterday, 80 Malay union leaders gathered at
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      Lock icon Citigroup's third US rescue may not be its last
      720 4 Dark days ahead "Citi will face a tough credit cycle in the next two years, which will likely result in weak and volatile earnings. We cannot rule out the possibility that further government support may prove necessary." STANDARD POOR'S ANALYST SCOTT
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      Lock icon THE UNRAVELLING OF A FINANCIAL GIANT
      317 4 1998 Citigroup traces its history to 1812, but it became a financial behemoth in 1998 with the U5537.4 billion merger of Travelers Group, led by Sanford "Sandy" Weill and John Reed's Citicorp. Travelers, which owned brokerage Smith Barney Holdings Inc, had a year earlier
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      Lock icon Big blow to Saudi prince
      1200 4 Jan 11, 2009 Citigroup board member and ex-Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin, who had drawn heavy criticism for his role at the embattled bank, resigns as a senior adviser. Mr Rubin had famously said a year earlier that the current financial crisis was just cyclical and
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      Lock icon Private schools push harder for students
      950 5  -  Mavis Toh Larger ones trying to stem fall in enrolment numbers as crisis hits The recession has taken a toll on private schools, two of which folded recently, leaving students in the lurch. Meanwhile, several private schools especially the more established ones are acting
      STEPHANIE YEOW; CAROLINE CHIA  -  950 words
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      Lock icon $1 million aid scheme for TMC students
      286 5  -  Teo Wan Cek About 200 incoming students will benefit from a $1 million help scheme offered by private education provider TMC Educational Group. The bond-free scholarship, worth $5,000 each, will be offered to students with diplomas or ITE certificates and pursuing a degree
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      Lock icon Grad trips still a must, but on a smaller budget
      578 5  -  Huang Huifen Estelle Low Kimberley Lim SUNDAY TIMES STREET POLL East Asian destinations like Taiwan, Hong Kong and China, and Australia and New Zealand, follow close behind. Grad trips typically occur in May, June and July, the time after students
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      Lock icon Bad boy Edison gone good?
      767 6  -  Jocelyn Lee The actor, whose sex photo trial is ongoing, says he has 'matured ana learnt a lot' over the past year It is easy to see why Hong Kong actor-singer Edison Chen is a smooth operator with the ladies. In town for a Carl's
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      Lock icon CECILIA TO EDISON: YOU'RE LYING WITH YOUR EYES OPEN
      334 6 Hong Kong In her first interview about the photos of her and other actresses frolicking in the nude with Edison Chen that flooded the Internet, Hong Kong actress Cecilia Cheung (below) slammed the Chinese-Canadian actor. She accused him of using nice
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      Lock icon Merlion damaged by lightning
      281 7  -  Huang Huifen A lightning bolt struck the Merlion statue at about 4.30pm yesterday. The national icon at One Fullerton facing the Singapore River lost part of its top left mane and is believed to have its right ear chipped. About 20 to 30 people nearby, including
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      Lock icon Bleaker prospects for night workers
      1365 7 These are particularly dark times for people who work nights. Musicians are running out of gigs, night bank traders are looking for day jobs, pubs are quieter and cabbies report a drop-off in fares. Elizabeth Soh reports. It is bleak enough working at night at
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      Lock icon Tuas chemical spill: Death toll rises to 3
      273 7  -  Estelle Low Kimberley Lim A worker died yesterday, bringing the fatality count from a chemical spill in Tuas to three. Two other workers died on Friday in the incident at Chemic Industries, when they suffered burns after a small quantity of nitric
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      176 7 Poly certs for leaders The first batch of 31 grassroots leaders have earned poly certificates in community development and community leadership. The certificate programmes, launched in October 2007, are run by The National Community Leadership Institute and Republic Polytechnic. Topics like communication skills, financial management and policy administration
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      Lock icon Wendy Jacobs may leave hospital this week
      552 7  -  Jamie Ee Wen Wei Wendy Jacobs may be discharged from hospital this week, said her husband Fandi Ahmad. The 35-year-old South Afri-can-born model has been bedridden for the past month after a fall in her Jakarta home. She was warded in a hospital
      STFILE  -  552 words
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      Lock icon SM: Find ways to honour seniors
      500 8  -  Mavis Toh S'poreans need to reflect on how they relate to the elderly in a greying society Making the adjustment "It is timely for us to reflect on how to adapt and adjust to this 'silver tsunami. How we should relate to the elderly,
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      Lock icon More PAP women leaders and activists
      310 8  -  Aaron Low Women have grown more politically active and assumed more leadership roles in the People's Action Party (PAP) in the 20 years since the party's Women's Wing was set up, Defence Minister Teo Chee Hean said yesterday. He highlighted the increase in the
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      Lock icon Singapore's national treasures
      802 9  -  Tan Dawn Wei COLLECTION OF CULTURAL RELICS Building plan of City Hall Ensconced within the National Archives, this blueprint was the work of municipal architect F.D. Meadows. Then known as the Municipal Building, City Hall was constructed from 1926 to 1929 and housed departments in charge of
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      Lock icon Tears and joy for liver donor's family
      895 10  -  Jalelah Abu Baker Donor's adoptive mother and foster siblings meet the woman who received his organ in 1995 Saving others "If another child survived and is doing well with the death of my child, then I find happiness in that." MADAM SALACHI In
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  • world
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      Lock icon Recovery plan may be too bullish
      712 11 US budget projects robust economic growth that doesn't gel with grim realities New York The US economy is spiralling down at an accelerating pace, threatening to undermine the Obama administration's spending plans, which anticipate vigorous rates of growth in years to come. A sense
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      Lock icon 'Fred the Shred' becomes chief punching bag
      733 11 London In the British popular imagination, the global financial crisis now has a name, and it is Fred. As in Mr Fred Goodwin, former chief executive of the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), known as Sir Fred to more decorous Britons, and "Fred
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      Lock icon ANZ 'plans bid' for Asian assets of RBS
      195 11 Hong Kong Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ), the fourth-largest Australian bank, is preparing to bid for the Asian business of troubled Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), the South China Morning Post reported yesterday. The newspaper quoted unidentified sources as saying
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      Lock icon Stanford charged with massive Ponzi scheme
      368 11 Houston US securities regulators have accused Texas billionaire Allen Stanford, his college roommate and three of their companies of carrying out a "massive Ponzi scheme" over at least a decade and misappropriating at least USsl.6billion (552.4 billion) of investors' money. Meanwhile, a Houston judge
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        Lock icon $300m loan for Micron plant
        151 11 San Francisco Micron Technology Inc, the largest US producer of memory chips, received a loan of $300 million from the Singapore Government to use on upgrading a plant in the Republic. The company said it expects to draw $150 million from the one-year term loan
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        Lock icon First GE dividend cut in 71 years
        88 11 New York General Electric cut its annual dividend for the first time since 1938 as the global recession and credit crunch sapped profit at its finance unit and threatened the company's AAA credit rating. The quarterly dividend was lowered 68 per cent to
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        Lock icon GM plans to spin off Opel
        103 11 Ruesselsheim, Germany The European unit of US carmaker General Motors said it planned to spin off its German arm Opel and needed 3.3 billion euros (556.5 billion) in state aid to avert job cuts and site closures. Following weeks of speculation about Opel's fate,
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        Lock icon Signs of Chinese recovery
        101 11 Beijing China's stimulus spending has started to nudge the economy in the right direction, but the global financial crisis could still take a turn for the worse, Premier Wen Jiabao said yesterday in his first online chat with netizens. "The financial crisis, rarely seen in 100
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      Lock icon Drought emergency declared in California
      230 12 Los Angeles Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (right) has declared a state of emergency in California and warned of possible mandatory water rationing as the state struggled through its third consecutive year of drought. Three dry winters have left California's reservoirs at their lowest levels since 1992.
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      Lock icon Obama ready to do battle with lobbyists
      514 12 Taking on the critics "I know they're gearing up for a fight as we speak. My message to them is this: So am I." PRESIDENT OBAMA US President says budget plan won't sit well with insurers, oil majors and banks Washington A combative
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      Lock icon US exit from Iraq sparks debate
      536 13  -  Ahagyashree Garekar Some are worried over instability but others say it's the right policy US Correspondent Washington US President Barack Obama's decision to exit from Iraq settles a long-running question, but also begets new ones about stability in the volatile region. There is unease
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      Lock icon THE INVASION OF IRAQ
      230 13 Timeline of the war March 2003: US-led forces invade Iraq May: US President George W. Bush announces "Mission Accomplished". Sept: First post-Saddam Cabinet sworn in. Oct: US acknowledges that no weapons of mass destruction were found. Dec: Saddam captured. April-Aug 2004: Clashes between coalition forces and
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      Lock icon No long-term presence in Afghanistan for US
      348 13 Washington The United States has no desire for a long-term military presence in Afghanistan despite plans to send more troops to the war-torn country, the US President said. "One of the things that I think we have to communicate in Afghanistan is that
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      Lock icon New envoy to Iraq 'a skilful diplomat'
      276 13 Washington Mr Christopher Hill (right), named by President Barack Obama as the new US Ambassador to Iraq, is a shrewd career diplomat who has tackled some of the thorniest international problems. The media-friendly envoy has served as the lead negotiator in efforts to
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      Lock icon Soft toilet paper? Here's the rub
      289 13 i New York Americans like their toilet paper soft and smooth, but fluffiness comes at a price: millions of trees cut down for that comfort. Although toilet paper can be made at similar cost from recycled material, it is the fibre taken from standing
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      Lock icon Pay to use the 100 when you fly?
      296 13 London Passengers on Ryanair have learnt to live with paying £2.50 (555.60) for a cup of coffee. Now they may have to get used to paying another pound to relieve themselves of it, The Times of London said yesterday. Europe's largest budget
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      Lock icon Asean poised to tackle severe tests
      564 15  -  Kor Kian Beng Group determined to meet challenges as one, says PM Abhisit In Hua Hin Asean stands ready to tackle the severe tests that will come its way as the global economic crisis worsens, Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said yesterday as he
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      Lock icon Strong regional response needed as global trade falters
      626 15  -  Clarissa Oon NEWS ANALYSIS Senior Political Correspondent In Hua Hin Asean leaders are now hammering out a response to the deepening economic recession, but such a show of solidarity is merely a prelude to an upcoming whirlwind of summitry aimed at shoring
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      Lock icon Anthem, picture book make debut
      211 15 Cha-am, Thailand South-east Asia now has an official anthem and its own cartoon characters. The 60-second anthem titled The Asean Way made its debut at the opening ceremony of the Asean Summit yesterday. A choir, accompanied by the Royal Thai Navy Symphony Orchestra, sang the
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        Lock icon Asean to sign energy pact
        81 15 Hua Hin South-east Asian nations are to sign an energy security agreement today that will allow their members to buy oil at a discounted price during times of crisis. "Under the agreement, oil exporting states will supply petroleum to a country that is facing a
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        Lock icon Plan for warning system on conflicts
        112 15 Cha-am, Thailand South-east Asian nations are set to endorse an early warning system to defuse conflicts that could derail their goal of becoming a European Union-like community by 2015, according to a confidential document obtained by The Associated Press yesterday. The final draft of
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        Lock icon Rescheduled summit in April
        69 15 Hua Hin The proposed dates for the postponed Asean Summit with six dialogue partners are now rescheduled for April 10-12, Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya said yesterday. It is the first time that the summit is being held in two parts. The 14th Asean Summit, originally
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      Lock icon Push for human rights starts with a stumble
      404 15  -  Nirmal Ghosh Thailand Correspondent In Hua Hin Asean's attempt to promote human rights as part of its charter got off to a rocky start yesterday when leaders of Myanmar and Cambodia refused to hear members of civic groups from their countries. Thus
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      Lock icon Wen makes online chat debut
      487 16 He is clearly popular as questions pour in on wide range of topics Beijing Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao underscored his popularity yesterday in his first online chat, deluged with about 500,000 questions by netizens on subjects ranging from a shoe-throwing protest to his cooking skills.
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      Lock icon China chides Japan over Diaoyu spat
      650 16  -  Sim Chi Yin China Correspondent In Beijing After days of escalating rhetoric on both sides, China yesterday called on Japan to "speak and act prudently" on their Diaoyu islands dispute, even as Tokyo moved to downplay their differences. Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi told
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      Lock icon Water cannon used on Hindraf demonstrators
      77 16 Kuala Lumpur Malaysian police yesterday used water cannon on ethnic Indian demonstrators and arrested 17 people. Some 300 Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) supporters had gathered outside a police station here to demand better medical treatment for P. Uthayakumar, a Hindraf leader who was
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        Lock icon Curb on Christian use of 'Allah' back
        99 16 Kuala Lumpur The Malaysian government has withdrawn permission for the conditional use of the name "Allah" by Christian publications to describe God. The decision effectively re-imposes an earlier ban on Christians' use of the word pending a court ruling. Bernama yesterday quoted Home
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        Lock icon Bangladeshi army rallies behind govt
        66 16 Dhaka Bangladesh's powerful army has reaffirmed its support for the government of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina after a mutiny by paramilitary troops killed at least 80 people, mostly army officers. The mutiny by Bangladesh Rifles border guards last week was over pay and command and
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        Lock icon New law on food safety in China
        42 16 Beijing China's legislature enacted a new food safety law yesterday, promising tougher penalties for makers of tainted products in the wake of the melamine-tainted milk scandal. The law goes into effect on June 1. AP
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        Lock icon Thaksin calls off HK speech
        57 16 Hua Hin Former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra yesterday said he had called off a planned speech in Hong Kong after the Thai authorities threatened to hunt down and extradite the exiled leader. He had been due to speak on "Financial Crisis, Political Uncertainty: Lessons from
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        Lock icon US could boycott UN racism conference
        48 16 Washington The United States has said it would not attend a United Nations conference on racism next month unless the wording of a document it considers anti-Israeli is changed. It would, however, resume observer status in the UN Human Rights Council. Reuters
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        Lock icon China, US to resume military exchanges
        104 16 Beijing China and the United States have agreed to resume high-level military exchanges during talks here that a senior US official described yesterday as his best ever. The two-day meeting was the first between the world powers since China suspended military exchanges in October
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      Lock icon Samy Vellu accused of transferring govt funds
      281 16  -  Carolyn Hong Malaysia Bureau Chief Kuala Lumpur A former top officer of the Malaysian Indian Congress' (MIC) education arm yesterday alleged that party president S. Samy Vellu had transferred RM2 million (*****,000) from government funds to a MIC welfare foundation. Ms P. Chitrakala
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      633 16 Beijing Bangkok London Jakarta Los Angeles Johannesburg Paris Kuala Lumpur Madrid Bahrain Manila Barcelona Mexico City Busan Sydney Santiago Singapore Today: Partly cloudy, showers with thunder over many areas in the afternoon. Outlook: Monday: Afternoon showers with thunder. Tuesday: Afternoon showers with thunder. A'r Quality Sunrise Sunset K?a PSI: 26
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  • jobs
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      Lock icon In tough times, it's about who you know
      801 17  -  Mavis Toh Networking gives job-seekers an edge over those who just fill in application forms When marketing manager Jacob Ng lost his job last Christmas, he flipped through his collection of name cards. From those that he selected, he renewed contact with
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      Lock icon NETWORKING TIPS
      136 17 IMake a list of contacts, including former colleagues and schoolmates, and people you've met at conferences. Send them an e-mail, explain that you're looking for a job and ask for advice and referrals. 2 Before attending a networking event, find out more about the company and people who
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        Lock icon Keen on marketing job in any industry
        307 17 Joreen Yeo Moon Leng, 27 She left her job as a marketing executive at an exhibition company in January this year to explore better work prospects and has been looking for a job since. She has more than six years of experience in
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        Lock icon Working towards landing his dream job
        282 17 Tang Chee Mun, 29 He is currently a part-time cataloguer at the National Archives of Singapore. He writes synopses for audio-visual material including Parliament proceedings, documentaries and news. He has two years of experience as a freelance film reviewer. He is looking for a
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      Lock icon ASK THE EXPERT
      404 17 JI have worked in this company for a few months. Sadly, my health has not been good and I have had to take medical leave every now and then. But with the recession and fears of retrenchment, I wonder how I should discuss my situation with my
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      642 18 What's happening to the six who have been featured in this column Marco Wong, 28 Looking for a position in wealth management "I received about 20 e-mails, but some positions are not relevant to my interest. I had a recommendation for a job in a foreign
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      112 17 Two job fairs to check out Creative Industries Fair 2009 Organised by the Singapore Workforce Development Agency (WDA), it showcases job, career conversion and skills upgrading opportunities in areas like arts culture, media communications and design. Event details: Today at Marina Square, The Central Atrium 10am to 10pm Mall Jobs
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      1562 19 Consumers will get more protection as banks %^^4 and insurers come under the Act in April, j^J Ik reports Finance Correspondent Lorna Tan p|p Consumers can ex- to protect their own interests or for them, said Case executive di- policy wordings, prod- U pect higher levels of who are unable
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        1268 20  -  Lorna Tan Seksun's ex-chairman Felix Ong avoids expensive restaurants and karaoke bars Finance Correspondent BEST AND WORST BETS Q: Your worst investment is... In recent months my portfolio, while conservative, was affected by the global downturn. I am down over 1 million even though I
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        847 21  -  Joyce Teo Success of two new launches encourages a few developers to release their projects Property Correspondent Thanks to the mini-buzz created by two new successful launches Caspian in Jurong and Alexis Alexandra a few developers have decided to release their projects for sale. It
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        964 23  -  Lorna Tan There are many websites that offer tips on how to manage your money Finance Correspondent Many of us may find financial terms and jargon confusing and intimidating. But that should not stop us from picking up some basic know-how and embarking on
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      299 24 YOUR PERSONAL ADVISER: CAREER John Dave Ng Team Leader People Search Advice provided in this column is not meant as a substitute for comprehensive professional advice. E-mail questions to lorna@sph.com.sg QI graduated from the National University of Singapore with a major in chemistry
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      1825 22 Advertising Feature Pru tyou A cut above the rest Many people visit their When Randi went to the National up due to Cindy's insistence. I dis- In addition to PRUshield for hairdressers not iust to Cancer Centre (NCC), she sent an covered the cancer at Stage One and hospitalisation coverage,
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      330 23 SESrQE www.singapore.idp.com/ Jr w open your uuarld Participating Universities Disciplines Australian National University •Medicine Diagnostic Radiography Bond University Graduate Entry Medicine Biomedical Science Curtin University of Technology nontictru Deakin University Dentistry Traditional Chinese Medicine M^n^rfurlivCTstty Optometry Naturopathy RMIT University Psychology Nutritional Medicine Taylors College Nutrition and Dietetics Western Herbal Medicine
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      182 24 f Er, what is j^ <—* //jy\ lmo every news f^ report on fWhere do you see this?^ the economy these days, as well as in the biannual statements on Singapore's exchange rate policy issued by the Monetary Authority of Singapore. GovernS^T T^N men\ s use What does it mean?
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      1410 25  -  Kwan Weng Kin With Aso's popularity diving, the ruling party is hard put to find a successor who can do the job Japan Correspondent In Tokyo Patience is running thin in Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). With Prime Minister Taro Aso's popularity
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      1013 25  -  Ravi Velloor Pakistan's picturesque Swat valley, a tourist hot spot until a few years ago, has returned to a surface calm, thanks to a ceasefire declared by the Taliban after it fought the nation's army to a standstill. Last week, children were trickling back into schools,
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      309 25 Wendy Jacobs Fandi's wife had a fall The fall that left Ms Jacobs, 35, confined to a hospital bed for some weeks was so severe she suffered temporary memory loss. It also affected her mobility and her speech. The wife of Fandi Ahmad, the "ormer soccer star, had fallen
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      1103 26  -  Michelle Tay Embattled banking giant's litany of woes goes on and on like a recurring nightmare Once vaunted as the "Citi (that) never sleeps", one of the largest full service banks in the world, Citibank, has been kept awake lately all night
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      947 26  -  Oo Gin Lee How sweet it is The industry is now backing the new subscription business model, where users pay a subscription and then get all the music they want from the store over a period, buffet-style. I was a rabid music fan in
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      713 26 Media mogul Rupert Murdoch's mother, Dame Elisabeth Murdoch, turned 100 on Feb 8. Angela Neustatter visited her at her home before her big day A lane lined with lemon gum trees, sharply aromatic in the heat of early afternoon, leads to a large
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      336 27 EDITORIAL One caller wanted to know the Traffic Police hotline and then asked the officer to make the call for her. Another complained about a neighbour who had confronted him about his blaring music. He said his nine-month-old baby needed loud music to go to sleep.
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      148 27 Carelessness behind 95% of bush fires When I read this article, I was disappointed. If careless acts like these continue to happen, they may cause a firestorm. For instance, recently, there was a major firestorm in Australia. Many innocent lives and homes were lost as a result. To make
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      198 27 We are truly going to rise or fall together. We are in j the same boat and, thankfully, we are rowing j in the same direction." I hillary CLINTON, US Secretary of State, on China s continued investment in American Treasury bonds Today, a film with
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        154 27 I had no inkling that Britain's idea of secularism had turned it into a country where an airline employee is forbidden from wearing a cross on her necklace at work, or where a nurse offering to pray for a patient is suspended, until I
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        139 27 As a frequent user of public transport here, I have noticed that many commuters at bus interchanges choose not to queue in the designated lanes for their buses. When the buses arrive, they would ignore those already in the queue and get on board. It is
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        131 27 I refer to the article, "License all agents, say experts" (Feb 8). I have been a licensed property agent since 1992, and am a member of the Institute of Estate Agents (IEA) and operate my own agency. I fully support the move to license
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        110 27 I refer to the articles, "Good reasons not to say T do'" and "Out of love, out of pocket" (Feb 8). In the current economic crisis, when a breadwinner can lose his job, a marriage can face its most serious test. Couples whose marriages have
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        169 27 I belong to the group of workers classified as PMET, or professionals, managers, executives and technicians. I was a project manager drawing $4,500 a month before I got retrenched. As part of my job scope, I used to interview and recruit drivers with a
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        164 27 We refer to the articles, "Why buy when you can rent?" and "Pets, handbags, toys and more" (Feb 15). As an animal welfare organisation set up to help stray and abandoned dogs in Singapore, we are absolutely against the idea that dogs are
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        228 27 I refer to the report last Sunday, "Singapore's phantom workers". The $800 to $900 pay range reported is lower than the actual amount needed to hire a foreign worker. While the actual wage the worker gets is about $800 to $900, there are hidden costs.
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        208 27 I refer to last Sunday's article, "Singapore's phantom workers", where employers prefer hiring foreigners to locals (who include Singaporeans and permanent residents) because locals are deemed to be picky. However, I have come across calculating employers who would make every working minute count, that is,
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        106 27 I was sad to read last Sunday's report, "Long-time Dempsey Village tenants move out". How can the new landlord raise the rentals now, when there is a global economic crisis? It will be an understandable move if the economy is booming, but we
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      353 28  -  John Harvey Clothes By Stocksfield: Acumen (2008) Everybody knows clothes maketh a man. Author John Harvey explores the different facets of clothes, deconstructing them as symbols of social embodiment and cultural identity. With a background in literature, the Cambridge lecturer delivers the book in a scholarly yet fashionable style.
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      991 28  -  Don't put off till tomorrow what you can do today, for there may be no tomorrow Lee Wei Ling The Straits Times carried last week a story about a group of Singaporeans whose rented minibus had careened off the highway and plunged down an embankment near Milford
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      630 28  -  Cecil Fung [THE EX-PAT FILES] When I first arrived in Singapore to work six months ago, one of the first things that greeted me was a giant mosquito. It had black and white stripes on its body and its bite could be lethal. This mosquito named
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      360 28 "This is dependent on an individual's role and job requirements. Our main priority is for employees to work comfortably and, at the same time, project a professional image to our customers at all times." MR D.M. ARULRAJ, Standard Chartered Bank's regional head of South-east Asia human resources, on
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      62 27 Send yOUr letters to the Forum Editor via e-mail to suntimes@sph.com.sg or fax at 6319-8289. Please include your full name, address, telephone number and, for women, your preferred honorific such as Miss, Mrs, Mdm or Ms. The Forum Editor reserves the right to edit a letter. Have something to share?
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      220 29 LEE SEE HOW Age: 95 passed away peacefully on 27 February 2009. Dearly missed and always remembered by loved ones. Wife: Heng Kirn Siang (deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Lee Tow Meng (deceased) Quek Siew Kheng Lee Tow Hua Lucy Ong Siew Koh Lee Tow Yong (deceased) Loo Yock Lim Lee Tow
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      109 29 CHIO POH CHONG Age: 87 passed away peacefully on 27 February 2009. Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones. (Wife: Ong Geok Kuan, deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Chio Cheng Kay Wong Sook Cheng Chio Cheng Say Song Ley Chun Chio Cheng Keng Lim Kok Hui Daughters: Sons-in-law: (Chio Kirn Hua,
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      68 29 OMNAMASIVAYA MDM KRISHAMMAH D/O KALIMUTHU Age: 69 passed away peacefully on 28.02.09. Sadly missed by all loved ones. (Husband: S. Ramalingam, deceased) (Former SGH-Driver) Sons: Daughter-in-law: R. Sundra Moorthi Selvi Hari Rajaswari R. Suthara Lingam (R. Samay Kannu, deceased) Grandson: Granddaughter: S. Kerusnasami S. Navasakhti All Relatives and Friends. Cortege
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      79 29 ATHMA SHANTHI POOJA NAMASIVAYAM SAMPATH KUMAR f N S KUMAR) Passed away peacefully on 16 February 2009 The family wishes to express their heartfelt gratitude and appreciation to all relatives, friends and colleagues for their prayers, attendance, kind assistance, condolences, and contributions during our recent bereavement. ATHMA SHAIMTHI POOJA will
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      93 29 Athma Shanti Pooja The family of the late RAJ END I RAN S/O M U RUGAIAH Departed on 16 February 2009 Memories of you will be cherished by all whose lives you have touched Wishes to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to relatives, friends, colleagues and business associates for
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      120 29 KOH JOO MONG BOBBY Age: 74 Passed away peacefully on 27 February 2009 Dearly missed and fondly remembered by loved ones Wife: Heng Cher Huang Jenny Children: Spouses: Koh Mvi Tian Geraldine Ng Kwok Yong Eddie Koh Mvi Len Angeline Lucas Markvoort Koh Mvi Khim Sherrilyn Leung Lit Wa (deceased)
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      27 29 16th Anniversary In Loving Memory Of Grace Tan Hwee Soon Who left us on March 1,1993 Sadly missed by husband, daughter and all those who loved her
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      42 29 6th Anniversary In Loving Memory of MATA GURDIP KAURW/OLATE MAHINDAR SINGH Village: Brahmpura Departed: 1 March '03 None knew her but to love her, None named her but in praise. Love's greatest gift Remembrance. Dearly missed and always remembered by loved ones
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      131 29 2nd Anniversary 1 st Anniversary In Loving Memory Of MOSES PEREIRA EVELYN PEREIRA (GIRLIE) Departed: 10 MAR 2007 Departed: 1 MAR 2008 We thank our Heavenly Father for blessing us with this gift of YOU. You attended to all our needs as little ones and continued to be concerned in
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      134 29 r have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith." 2 Timothy 4:7 Sabaratnam Paul Age: 68 Was called home to be with the Lord on 27 February 2009 and will be dearly missed by Mother: Mrs T. Sabaratnam Wife: Celia Lim Puay Kiang
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      41 29 Aathma Shanti Pooja VIJAYA MUTHIAH Age: 50 Departed: 16 Feb 2009 Aathma Shanti to be held on 3 March 2009 (Tue) at Sri Arasakesari Sivan Temple 25 Sungei Kadut Avenue S (*****9) at 7.00pm. Please treat this as a personal invitation.
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      242 30 TV times BIATHLON gamo v Chievo Verona, Reggina v European C'ship, Russia: Men's Pur- Fiorentina, Sampdoria v AC Milan, Sisuit (Live, Chi 1 3, 5pm). ena v Genoa, Udinese v Lecce. Spanish Primera Liga: Malaga v RecFOOTBALL reativo Huelva, Numancia v DeporEnglish League Cup, final: Manches- tivo Coruna Racin9 Santander
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      691 30  -  Jeanette Wang National shooter Lee and wife spend quality time in pursuit of Ironman dream Despite a height difference of nearly 40cm, national shooter Lee Wung Yew and his wife Lynn Ng have had no problems seeing eye to eye. In fact, they have been closer than
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      Lock icon French shatter Welsh dreams
      209 30 France 21 Wales 16| Paris Wales' rugby coach Warren Gatland blamed a lack of hunger, after seeing his side's dreams of back-to-back Six Nations Grand Slams crushed in a 16-21 defeat by France on Friday. Reigning champions Wales took to the field looking for a record
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      353 30 JOHANNESBURG Australia batted to a dominant position with a first-innings total of 466 in the first cricket Test against South Africa on Friday. They then took two South African wickets in four balls to ram home the advantage. The home side recovered some composure by reaching 85-3
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      61 30 Marlins' Desiree Tan (left) and Vipers' Nur Liyana Noordin fighting for the ball yesterday in the first match of this year's Sling HD Netball Super League. The game, at the Jurong East Sports and Recreation Centre, was won by the Marlins 38-31. In the day's
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      214 30 Pictures by Lim Sin Thai Sherman Man, 21 Undergrad Height: 1.7 m Weight: 61kg Exercise regimen: What I do during the week depends on the competition I am preparing for, such as a marathon or a triathlon. Right now, I am training for SMU's adventure race which involves
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      357 30 BASKETBALL NBA: Detroit 93 Orlando 85, Washington 113 Chicago 90, Atlanta 91 Miami 83, Boston 104 Indiana 99, Philadelphia 108 NY Knicks 103, Portland 102 Minnesota 82, New Orleans 95 Milwaukee 94, Dallas 110 Oklahoma City 108 (OT), Denver 90 LA Lakers 79, Phoenix 1 33 Toronto 113, Cleveland
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        160 31 How do you make women's football more attractive? Simple. Make the players wear tighter shorts. That was once the idea of Sepp Blatter. But, while the Fifa president's comments caused an uproar in 2003, he may be interested to see what the world's best players will be
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        183 31 PHOTOS: Most National Basketball Association stars could have almost any woman they want, but Marko Jaric had to go and take Adriana Lima from single men everywhere. The couple (left) eloped and got married in a small private ceremony on Valentine's Day in Jackson Hole,
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        185 31 "There're two scenarios here. It's an anagram, isn't it? If I get promoted I'm a god and if we don't I'm a dog." MICK MCCARTHY, manager of English Championship side Wolverhampton Wanderers Thierry Henry is in terrific form on the pitch he even headed
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        187 31 Carlos Tevez may be a millionaire footballer, but Manchester United's Argentinian forward has to ask his teammates for lifts to the training ground. It is not that he cannot a afford a car. His £140,000 (S$311,000) Bentley has been impounded. Police officers stopped him near
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      818 32 A day after beating Woods, Clark loses to Mcllroy while Cink eliminates Mickelson Marana (Arizona): The day after Tim Clark beat Tiger Woods, Clark lost to a teenage Woods worshipper Rory Mcllroy. And Stewart Cink, after making birdies on three of his first four holes, effectively iced
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      582 32  -  Jeanette Wang Like F. Scott Fitzgerald's fictional character Benjamin Button, Angela Stanford, in her ninth year on the LPGA Tour, seems to be blossoming in reverse. This time two years ago the 31-year-old American golfer was ranked No. 67 in the world. This time last
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      553 32  -  Jonathan Wong At a golf tournament two years ago, Joey Poh needed to remind herself to stay focused, to concentrate. So what did she do? She wrote it down on her hand. The word "concentrate" has since been scrubbed off. But another word is
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      200 32 Singapore Armed Forces 2| Geylang United 0| It was their fourth game in 11 days, yet defending champions Singapore Armed Forces FC still had too much in their tank against Geylang United in the S-League yesterday. The Warriors won 2-0. John Wilkinson
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        74 32 San Antonio Leßron James rebounded from a poor performance a night earlier to record 30 points and 14 rebounds as the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the ailing San Antonio Spurs 97-86 in their National Basketball Association game on Friday. In a blowout loss to
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        47 32 REUTERS Sao Paulo Brazilian star footballer Ronaldo, yet to make his debut for Corinthians, has been fined for turning up late at the team hotel at the end of a day off. He failed to meet an 1 lpm curfew on Thursday.
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      793 33 They drop to third after 0-2 loss at Boro, as Chelsea move up after beating Wigan in the starting line-up after a hamstring injury, Rafael Benitez's side went down 0-2 yesterday to sec-ond-from-bottom Middlesbrough at the Riverside Stadium. This, just four days after a stand-out
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      Lock icon Benitez's future still in the balance
      366 33 London Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez will not sign a new contract unless he is given guarantees about the club's future, despite the departure of the chief executive Rick Parry. The Spaniard insists victory in his power struggle with Parry will not persuade him to
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      237 33 London Manchester City are considering selling Robinho at the end of the season. They are planning on offering the Brazil striker plus cash in exchange for Chelsea skipper John Terry. Robinho may be Britain's most expensive player at £32.5 million (5571.1 million), but he is
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      1008 34  -  Rob Hughes HEART OF FOOTBALL Fergie will reward the League Cup regulars who took club to the final PROBABLE LINE-UPS Manchester United Ben Foster, Gary Neville, Rio Ferdinand, Nemanja Vidic, Patrice Evra, Cristiano Ronaldo, Darron Gibson, Paul Scholes, Ryan Giggs,
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      824 34  -  Tay Yek Keak OFFSIDE By sheer coincidence, the EPL and 10 movies featured in the Oscars or currently on our screens have something in common. They could have had Premier League personnel starring in them. Take a 100k... ALEX FERGUSON
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      1581 35  - A MAN OF COLOUR CHARISMA Richard jolly One of English football's maverick characters, Harry Redknapp has enduring and endearing qualities that drive his teams to stun fancied opposition HARRY'S WORLD BOBBY MOORE Harry Redknapp, who celebrates his 62nd birthday tomorrow, was born the son of a docker in London's East
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        421 37  -  Frankie Chee Stores all over town are screaming out hard-to-resist discounts. LifeStyle picks out some great ouys Friends of IT sales manager Dave Neo found it hard to ask him out this weekend. He was glued to his new toy a 40-inch Sony LCD TV. Mr Neo,
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        50 39 FordS-Max Info: 2.3-litre inline-4, 6-speed auto, 161bhp, 0-100kmh in 10.7secs Why buy: Thanks to the weakened euro and firmer yen, this well-equipped, solidly built seven-seater is being considered by folks who previously shopped exclusively Japanese. It is also more pleasurable to drive than most Japanese MPVs. Price before: $119,000
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        747 40 Photography enthusiast Chan Tik Seah retraces the steps of poets and artists to capture the breathtaking scenery of Huangshan in China's Anhui province Getting there There are no direct flights to Huangshan from Singapore, so most visitors fly to Shanghai and take a train there. The highest
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        762 43  -  Cheryl Tan A 'cleaner' alternative to foot reflexology is getting the thumbs-up here It is common to relax with a massage by a foot reflexologist, but another way of feeling good is taking hold. It is hand reflexology, which massage spa owners say is "cleaner" and
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        266 43 Confession 1: I am usually sceptical about the benefits of traditional Chinese medicine methods such as massage and reflexology. Confession 2: A session with hand and foot reflexologist instructor Lai Kok Heng almost turned me into a believer. When I went to him for a consultation
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        1348 44  -  Deepika Shetty Augusta, the world hub for golfing enthusiasts, is also a city teeming with hot spots that sizzle all year round Internationally, Augusta in the American state of Georgia is known as the host city of the Masters Golf Tournament, but there is more
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        845 45  -  Ronald Blum Crossing the Pond with my son to watch the top English football clubs Manchester, England Eric, my eight-year-old son, stretched his arms wide above his head, trying to hold up his new red-and-white scarf as he and most of the 45,000 fans at Anfield
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        815 46  -  Teo Cheng Wee The police wrote to me a few months ago. Apparently at 5.14pm on a September afternoon, I drove across double white lines on Dunearn Road. That equals a $130 fine and four demerit points. I was bewildered when I read the letter.
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        726 52  -  Karen Teng Childcare practitioner Patricia Pereira gets a career boost after receiving formal training in early childhood education AS AN operations manager for a chain of preschool centres in Singapore, dealing with hyperactive children and their anxious parents are part of Mrs Patricia Pereira's routine.
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        510 53  -  Karen Teng Striving to get a degree pays off for sales manager Elizabeth Too when she gets her promotion HER days as a Silk Air stewardess came in handy for her dream job, says Ms Elizabeth Too, 28. The mass communications diploma holder explains: "I
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        594 53  -  Cindy Tong Former engineer Tony Leung makes a successful mid-career switch with a bachelor's degree from MDIS LEARNING is not just a privilege of the young. With the Government actively promoting the merits of lifelong education, more adult learners are making a beeline to private educational institutions
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        569 55  -  Esther Yi The Singapore Institute of Management's Global Education arm is giving students a taste of overseas studies SPEND a month in an exciting city and have the opportunity to mix academic pursuits with eye-opening experiences. Mr Liao Rubin (right), a final-year University of London student enrolled with
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        394 63  -  Boon Chan SLUMBERLAND By Paul Beatty Harvill Seeker/ Paperback/ 243 pages/$32.65/ Major bookstores It is official. Berlin is hip. It is not just that this year is the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, that symbol of the Cold War. It is also the fact that
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        339 63  -  Yen Feng THECIRLWHO WAS COINC TO DIE By Clyn Maxwell Vintage/ Paperback/ 352 pages/ $21.45/ Major bookstores •Hrfrtrtr Halfway through Glyn Maxwell's novel about celebrity obsession, protagonist Susan Mantle throws up her hands and yells: I give up! I did the same thing, too. Which is a shame because
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        391 63  -  Fiona Chan THE LIEUTENANT By Kate Crenville Canongate/Paperback/ 302 pages/$32.65/ Major bookstores A boy made lonely by his intelligence grows up to be a man who feels like an eternal outsider, until he meets somt_... es his heart and changes his life. The story may not be a new
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        359 63  -  Clara Chow 90-DAY CEISHA By Chelsea Haywood Ebury Press/ Paperback/ 308 pages/$32.95/ Books Kinokuniya This is a strange creature of a book. It is part memoir, part travelogue and part literary psychoanalysis gussied up as pseudo investigative reportage. In 2004, at the age of 21, Canadian Chelsea Haywood arrives
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        670 64  -  Stephanie Yap In the 15th of a monthly column featuring groundbreaking works of local literature, we look at Heartland by Daren Shiau First Words As the title Heartland suggests, Daren Shiau's 1999 novel centres on that venerable Singaporean icon: the Housing Development Board estate. But instead
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        252 64 It is safe to say that Daren Shiau's Heartland is one of the most studied Singaporean novels. It has been used as a text at the National Institute of Education, was put on the O-level English literature syllabus in 2007, and is currently studied in a course
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        321 64  -  Goh Peck Keong HURRY DOWN SUNSHINE I By Michael Greenberg Other Press/ Hardcover/ 240 pages/$40.57/ Books Kinokuniya Sally Greenberg is a sprightly 15-year-old who grew up struggling to read but always had a precocious gift of the gab. On July 5, 1996, she sits at a playground watching two
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        282 64  -  Chang Tou Liang A ROMANCE ON THREE LEGS By Katie Hafner Bloomsbury/ Hardcover/ 261 pages/$41.56/ Books Kinokuniya Much has been written about the eccentric genius of Canadian pianist Glenn Gould (1932-1982): his premature retirement from public performance, obsessivecompulsive behaviour, chronic fear of infection and flying, programming quirks and visionary
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        253 64  -  Rachael Boon Ronald Wong (left), 22, is a law student at NUS as well as a co-founder of theatre group The Parables Company. He discovered his passion for theatre while studying at Raffles Institution. He is also involved in community projects and teaches speech and drama to children. The
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        878 65  -  Huang Lijie Hand-pulled noodles such as yi tiao mian (right), which are noodles made in a single strand of dough, are chewier and have a pleasant, springy bite. First impressions go a long way. No wonder more eateries selling freshly made noodles are twirling skeins of
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        784 67  -  Huang Lijie The sweet dessert snow ice is fast gaining fans who want to stay cool in the Singapore heat If ice kachang and ice cream had a love child, it would be snow ice. The sweet treat is made by feeding frozen blocks of milk, or
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        767 70  -  Wong Ah Yoke The former chef and co-owner of Michelangelo's has opened new eatery Mietta's in Arab Street Eats When Michelangelo's opened in Chip Bee Gardens in Holland Village 14 years ago, the Italian restaurant was such a hit that it helped to turn the quiet row of
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        649 71 Former beer lover Amir I^F" Solay did just that, and L I now he can sniff out what goes into a vintage Fiona Low When sommelier Amir Solay C.S. started out in the food industry 15 years ago, most diners could not pronounce "chardonnay". It is different
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        451 71 Ask any winemaker what his favourite wine is, and you'll get the inevitable answer: I have no favourite wine, just as I have no favourite child I love them all equally. Now, the truth is that there is always a favourite child, it is just that
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