Today, 9 January 2004

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    12 1 TODAY sets you thinking todayonline.com Friday January 9, 2004 MITA (P) 002/11/2002
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    Microsoft gets Creative with digital entertainment
    385 1  -  Tor Ching Li i COACH potatoes, watch out The world of digital entertainment is scheduled to attain nirvana this summer, with the launch of Zen PMC, or Portable Media Centre. Bringing you movies on the move is the world's leading IT company, Microsoft Corp,
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    Buangkok's blessing in disguise
    653 1  -  Teo Hwee Nak Flap over MRT station having an unexpected fallout FOR all the controversy and unhappiness it stirred, the Buangkok MRT station may well be the best thing that ever happened to the town of Sengkang. It is not just about a sleepy former kampong
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      37 1 NEWSJW/TEWS H Sars scare 3 Hong Kong journalists hospitalised with fever/4 EDB boost H It wants to help nurture entrepreneurs in JCs/6 mr brown On the Penal Code Rethink/36 ITS FUN I TO WATCH CELEBS IN DISTRESS
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  • HOT NEWS
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      Lock icon Abdullah: Sit down and talk
      551 2 Channel News Asia Malaysian PM does not want to resort to third-party arbitration LET'S sit down and talk. That's the strategy Mr Abdullah Badawi wants to use to resolve the SingaporeMalaysia water dispute. Unlike his predecessor, the new Malaysian Prime Minister is not keen on
      – Channel News Asia; AFP  -  551 words
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      Lock icon Mrs Lee is back and smiling
      130 3  -  Lee Ching Wern LAST night, Mrs Lee Kuan Yew (pictured, with Senior Minister Lee) made her first public appearance in two months since she suffered a stroke in late October. Dressed in an elegant, brown batik cheongsam, Mrs Lee looked radiant and was all
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      Temasek completes SingTel bonds and shares sale
      295 3  -  Chan Chao Peh TEMASEK Holdings said yesterday it has completed its sale of Sing Tel bonds and shares worth US$l.25 billion ($2.12b), ahead of its Jan 12 schedule, and there are currently no plans for further sale. "As our current target funding needs
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      Lock icon SIA to mind its pees and queues
      145 3 -AFP SINGAPORE Airlines will comply with a controversial new US government directive banning passengers from loitering near toilets on flights to the US. "We shall observe this new directive, but this does not mean passengers cannot wait outside a toilet if it is
      -AFP  -  145 words
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      Lock icon HK scribes hospitalised
      473 4 Agencies 3 who covered Sars case in Guangzhou are down with fever HONG KONG In an ironic twist of fate, three Hong Kong journalists who covered the Sars case in Guangzhou involving another journalist have themselves been hospitalised after coming down with fever when they returned from
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      10 million mobile nos with prefix '8' launch
      223 4 THERE will be room for about 10 million new mobile numbers from April, when the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) gradually issues new numbers with the prefix "8". The pool of available mobile numbers with the prefix "9" has diminished to
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      Lock icon Novel 'grocery grab' at kiosk-supermarket opening
      202 4 FIVE charities went on a "grocery grab" yesterday at the launch of the ExxonMo-bil-FairPrice alliance site a supermarket and petrol kiosk rolled into one. They were given 10 minutes to shop on a fixed budget The Marine Parade Family Service Centre team, comprising "The
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      EDB to spur gung-ho spirit in youth
      466 6  -  Derrick A Paulo Today Exclusive Board plans to pour its resources into junior colleges to boost creativity in students EFFORTS to turn schools into fertile grounds for entrepreneurship and creativity are set to get a huge boost this year. Today has learnt that
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  • HOME NEWS
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        Lock icon CNB nabs 4kg of heroin
        152 8 Newsßadio 93.8 Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) officers have seized nearly 4kg of heroin with a street value of $1 million. This was the largest haul of the drug in recent years. Officers recovered the drug in separate operations on Wednesday. They first trailed a drug
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        Lock icon US official arrives today
        107 8 AFP Mr John Bolton, the US Under-Secretary of State for arms control and international security, will arrive here today for talks on security issues related to the fight against global terrorism, State Department officials said on Wednesday. He will then travel to Malaysia to meet members
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        Lock icon Special SOS Sars service
        94 8 AFP Medical and security assistance provider International SOS is offering a new service to evacuate clients stricken with Sars. The Sars Risk Management Service, launched this month, provides clients round-the-clock access to medical help and evacuation on international flights or by land ambulances should they contract
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      Turf City brouhaha
      559 8  -  Joy Frances Shopping centre, tenants end contractual dispute amicably NINE tenants of shops found themselves at loggerheads with the Turf City Shopping Centre management, when they tried to end their tenancy a month before their contracts ran out. "We decided to vacate our stalls by Dec 31,
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      Lock icon A lesson for the Lions
      433 10  -  SiowJiaßui Spore soccer teams could do with a dose of the Wallaby spirit I AM a passionate soccer fan who has been following the fortunes of the Singapore soccer team with interest I hope that my letter will help rekindle a constructive debate on how
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      Microchips to track errant pet owners
      198 10  -  Roys ton Ang WITH Sars back in the news, it is time to take the problem of stray animals seriously. The SPCA has been rounding up stray animals that have been abandoned by irresponsible pet owners. I don't think this is an ideal solution
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      No further dilution of Sing Tel holdings
      148 10 TEMASEK completed its recent US$l.25 billion ($2.1 billion) placement of Sing Tel-related securities as part of our corporate financing exercise and ongoing active management of our portfolio. This fund-raising follows the active acquisition of regional and international businesses and capital deployment last year.
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      Women should know risks involved
      286 12 Men should not be the only party at fault I REFER to the letter, "Shankar case a cautionary tale" (Today, Jan 7), by Sara Dean, who seems to lay the blame for sexual crimes on men. Here is my take: A woman who goes outside
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      Maids should pay their dues before coming
      340 12  -  Pamela Wong I REFER to the report (Today, Jan 6) which urged employers to bear the heavy burden of debt that newly-arrived maids face, so that they can start earning a salary from the first day of work. I feel the recruitment process
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  • BUSINESS NEWS
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      Lock icon Keppel may buy BP's petrol retail business
      292 14 Bloomberg The purchase can increase value of SPC, before Keppel divests it: analyst KEPPEL Corp is considering buying BP's petrol retail businesses in Singapore and Malaysia, in what is viewed as a precursor to a sale of its stake in Singapore Petroleum Company
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      Lock icon CORPORATEbriefs
      107 14 Channel News Asia The initial public offer (IPO) of China-based Celestial NutriFoods was 13 times subscribed, based on its total invitation size of 1 1 8 million shares. The IPO attracted a number of institutional investors, including CX Life Sciences, part of the Hong Kongbased Cheung Kong group. The
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        ST Index- 1841.68 +5.72
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        World markets
        55 14 Index Nikkei 225 Value *****.65 Change Pis +79.83 +0.74 Hang Seng Ml Ordinaries Taiwan Wtd 13,203.59 3304.60 6169.17 +45.91 -5.30 +27.92 +0.35 -0.16 +0.45 Korea Comp 824.15 -2.92 -0.35 KLCI 813.20 +7.44 +0.92 SET Index 773.55 +22.58 +3.0 Jakarta Comp 730.82 +21.45 +3.02 Phils Comp Shenzhen B 1495.50
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        SGX most active
        55 14 By volume Excelpoint Nucleus DatacrftUSS Chartered LantroVis GES Hi-P UniFiber FuYu FAC 2OOUSS Close 0.395 0.350 1.500 1.820 0.170 0.770 0.980 0.205 0.905 2.630 Change +0.005 -0.025 +0.130 +0.005 +0.020 +0.025 +0.030 +0.400 '000 +1.3 99,655 -6.7 80,687 +9.5 68,884 42,261 +3.0 41,940 +2.7 37,475 +2.6 36,917
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        SGX top rises
        81 14 By$ By percentage Fortune Reil HKS Close Change 5.350 +0.425 GulTech W*****7 FAC 200USS 2.630 +0.400 Benefun 20k Venture 21.800 +0.300 SeeHS W*****0 DBS 15.700 +0.200 ChipEngSW0406i; SIA 11.400 +0.200 TAC 200USS SPH 19.500 +0.200 Sunlight W*****4 Jardine C&C 6.200 +0.150 NOVENA STI ETF 100 18.440 +0.140
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        SGX top falls
        80 14 By$ By percentage ShangAsia2kHK$ GrealEasI Close Change 7.550 -0.450 10.900 -0.200 Easyknil 5k HKS Des Studio JMH 400USS OCBC 9.450 -0.200 12.300 -0.200 Hiap Hoe El Nets CITYDEV 6.450 -0.150 Falmac OUE 7.000 -0.100 BBR CHT JSH 500USS Easyknil 5k HKS 0.995 -0.095 4.720 -0.060 0.150 -0.050
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        Lock icon Singapore
        95 14 Bloomberg THE ST Index (STI) rose for a 1 Oth day its longest winning streak in more than 1 6 years. The STI added 5.72 points, or 0.3 per cent, to close at 1,841.68 yesterday, extending a nine-day, 6.7 per cent climb. About 1.5 billion shares worth $1.1 billion
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        Commodities
        21 14 Bold us$/oi iilver us$/oz 'latinum us$/oz iubber cents/kg 'aim oil RM/tonne irent crude US$/barrel 420.500 6.250 837.200 211 1795 31.30
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        Lock icon Your S$1 buys
        40 14 SGX, Bloomberg Information provided by UK£ fen HK$ m Euro Rupiah Baht U.JU7/ 0.3244 62.608 4.5782 2.2413 0.4669 4936.0 22.991 Peso 4$ Indian Rs Won C$ ftjan NZ$ NTS 32.568 0.7677 26.821 699.86 0.7599 4.8813 0.8787 19.918
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      Lock icon ST Engg profit falls to $325.6m
      286 18 Dow Jones Earnings slip nearly 2% on higher tax burden and lower investment and interest income SOUTH-EAST Asia's biggest defence contractor, Singapore Technologies Engineering, reported weaker-than-expected fullyear earnings yesterday owing to higher tax charges and lower investment and interest income. The group's net profit
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      Warrants on SIA and DBS launched
      172 18 REFLECTING strong investor demand and a booming equity market, DBS Group Holdings has launched yet another covered warrant its fifth in a month this time on the shares of Singapore Airlines. It plans to issue 20 million cash-settled warrants priced at 24.19 cents each
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      CORPORATEbriefs
      167 18 Tat Hong Holdings has secured a $1 19-million equipment-leasing contract through a joint-venture subsidiary for the leasing of mining equipment over a five-year period to PT Gunugbayan Pratamcoal. Noble Group has bought a stake of 8.9 per cent in Australia's Austral Coal for $1 1.5 million, making it the
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      Lock icon SIA chief tells staff to brace for tough year
      433 22 Bloomberg Low-cost carriers, use of long-range aircraft among challenges ahead SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) faces a tough year, with low-cost carriers and increased competition in the long-haul sector just some of the challenges that will come "thick and fast", chief executive Chew
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      Lock icon CFM Holdings IPO targets $3.7 million
      233 22 Dow Jones CFM Holdings expects to raise about $3.7 million in net proceeds from its initial public offering to be launched today. The company, which makes stamped metal components, is offering investors 22 million new shares at 23 cents each, it said in a
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      Lock icon Growth to last 6 to 7 quarters: NUS prof
      119 22 Dow Jones THE Singapore economy is likely to remain on an uptrend for six to seven quarters, according to a professor at the National University of Singapore, the Business Times reported yesterday. Professor Chow Kit Boey, the director of NUS Consulting
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      Lock icon Dollar hits peak in almost 4 years
      155 22 Bloomberg THE Singapore dollar climbed to its highest level in almost four years yesterday after the benchmark ST Index rose for a 10th straight day, buoying expectations of more demand for local equities from overseas investors. The dollar gained 0.2 per cent to
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      Lock icon Citigroup and Deutsche Bank come under Parmalat probe
      366 24 Reuters Banks questioned about $755 m bond underwriting and handling loans unit MILAN/PAEMA (Italy) Italian prosecutors investigating the Parmalat fraud scandal met representatives of Citigroup and Deutsche Bank on Wednesday as they turned their sights on banks linked to the crippled food
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      Lock icon IMF: US deficits may threaten economic growth and dollar
      174 24 -AFP WASHINGTON The big American deficits which have been dragging the US dollar down could have negative consequences for the US and the global economy, the International Monetary Fund warned on Wednesday. An IMF report said that the greenback has been
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      Lock icon Malaysia probes Libyan nuclear link
      337 30 Reuters US and British intelligence agencies join investigations KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian police are working with American and British intelligence services to find out the country's role in Libya's nuclear weapons programme, which was abandoned recently and has been opened to international inspection. A Malaysian government
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      Blair will quit if proof shows he lied about Dr Kelly
      213 30 LONDON British Prime Minister Tony Blair put his job on the line when he said he would quit if a high-profile inquiry into the death of a top weapons scientist shows he had lied to Parliament Mr Blair stood
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    • GLOBALEroundup
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        Lock icon Eight killed as US chopper comes down in Iraq
        74 30 Reuters A US Black Hawk military helicopter came down near the town of Falluia in Iraq yesterday, killing all eight people on board. A military spokesman said the helicopter was carrying four passengers and four crew members on a medical evacuation
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        Lock icon Face-recognition system in Aussie airports
        73 30 -AFP Reuters Australia said yesterday a high-tech Australian-designed face-recognition system to screen airline passengers for potential terrorists trying to enter the country is being put on trial. A spokesman for Customs Minister, Mr Chris Ellison, said trials of the Smartgate system have been successful so
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        Lock icon Bids for new contracts to rebuild Iraq open
        107 30 Reuters After more than a month's delay, the United States opened the bidding on Wednesday for US$5 billion ($8.5 billion) in new contracts to rebuild Iraq. This is the first in a string of lucrative deals funded by US$lB.6 billion approved by
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        North Korean leader was in hospital last year?
        76 30 North Korean leader Kirn Jong II may have been briefly admitted to hospital last year for treatment of intestinal problems, although he has now recovered, the Tokyo Shimbun reported yesterday. The newspaper quoted North Korean sources in Beijing who said it was
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      Lock icon Dancing in mid-air
      66 30 An acrobat suspended from high-wires floating past a helium-filled balloon during a performance in Sydney. Called "Of Angels and Light", the show was part of the Sydney Festival at the Olympic Park on Wednesday. It was performed by Italian acrobatic-dance troupe Studio Festi, which consists of performers
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      Lock icon Bush proposes drastic immigration rules to draw votes
      226 30 Agencies WASHINGTON United States President George W Bush unveiled sweeping immigration proposals which would allow an estimated eight to 12 million undocumented aliens, threatened with deportation, to work legally in the US, aides said. Mr Bush's advisors are hoping that the move
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      Lock icon $17,000 bonus? So what?
      431 32 AP US soldiers would rather leave Iraq than be paid more to stay there BAQOUBA (Iraq) Although the US Army had on Monday announced increased re-enlist-ment bonuses of up to US$lO,OOO ($17,000) for soldiers in Iraq, Afghanistan and Kuwait, the troops in Iraq baulk at the
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      Lock icon Tung draws fire for consulting China on reforms
      179 32 Reuters HONG KONG A pledge by Hong Kong's unpopular leader to consult Beijing first on democratic reforms stirred deep anger in the city yesterday. Newspapers and pro-democracy politicians said he was inviting more interference from China. Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa said in
      – Reuters  -  179 words
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      Lock icon French Muslims split over veil ban
      232 32 Reuters PARIS France's main Muslim groups were split yesterday over a looming ban on Islamic head-scarves in public schools, with their nominal head branding pro-veil protests as dangerous but other leaders approving them. Mr Dalil Boubakeur, the moderate chairman of the French Council of
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      High and loud, but still unheard
      124 32 LONDON Why is it that even when operas are sung in English, it is so hard to understand? The answer, it seems, lies in the volume in which the sopranos have to sing to be heard above the sounds of the accompanying symphony orchestra,
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      866 36  -  A review is on to ensure that laws remain relevant, especially those relating to sex I AM sure all of you are quite excited about the recent announcement that the Penal Code is under review by three parties the Ministry of Home Affairs, the Ministry of
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        84 36 -AFP Move over Kate Moss. A South African calendar featuring semi-nude women who took part in a "big bottom" contest is selling like hot cakes and more copies may be printed soon to meet the demand. The calendar, which has major sponsors including diamond
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        69 36 Reuters The Sydney Opera House, defaced last year by antiwar protesters, will receive a As 9 million ($3B million) security upgrade, including digital surveillance cameras and new locks for its hundreds of doors. More and better-trained security staff would be employed and tighter controls
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        70 36 Being the First Couple does not mean the Bushes are free from parenting headaches. In a book released yesterday, the Bushes' twin daughters Jenna and Babara, 22 were described as over-indulged and determined to see themselves as victims, the Guardian reported. The Bush girls are
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        98 36 -AFP Bangkok has posted a one million baht ($44,000) reward yesterday for information leading to the arrests of those who masterminded the attacks in the far south this week which left six dead. A reward of 500,000 baht was offered for information
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      837 38  -  Choo Ai Leng There's nothing more fascinating than privileged celebrities getting hauled off to court THE hottest ticket in the Big Apple this month isn't on Broadway but in a Manhattan courtroom, where domestic goddess Martha Stewart will go on trial on Monday for alleged
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      267 38  -  Atiyyah Mohamed Said Bollywood hunk Salman Khan Salman Khan, 36, crashed his car into a bakery in Sept 2002, resulting in four injuries and a death. He was reportedly drunk. Khan pleaded not guilty to the charges, and legal complications have pushed the trial back to
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      446 40  -  Janice Lee Though, come to think of it, mistakes can make one 'famous'! 'TV) ERR is human, to forgive -L divine. These wise words were ingrained in me when I was very young. I've come to the conclusion, however, that it is not in the nature
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        275 43  -  Pauline D Loh Go the whole hog and pair a chunky Italian sausage and garlic sauce with grilled chipolatas Know your pasta: Penne is "quill" in Italian, which reflects its tube shape. This pasta goes well with chunkier sauces, and is also often used in salads or baked.
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        441 44  -  Lynette Leong EThe recommended daily intake is two servings of fruit and two servings of vegetables. Health Promotion Board Eat more fruit and vegetables to curb major illnesses IN Chef Peter Tsang's kitchen, fruit and vegetables are indispensable. Peter, who works at the
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        65 44 HAVE a healthy Sunday this weekend with your family. Visit the Pasir Panjang wholesale market where you will get tips on how to include fruit and vegetables in your daily meals. Fresh fruit and vegetables will be on sale at discounted prices from 9am
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        287 46  -  YONG SHU CHIANG FILM REVIEWS WHEN the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, it became a symbol of triumph for democracy over communism and brought modern living, with all its trappings, into the former East Germany. Junk food, imported provisions and spanking new cars were all welcomed by
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        333 46  -  Serene Foo Don't expect much, sit back and be thankful for what you get FILM REVIEW Paycheck But when his contract is up, Michael receives an envelope of random objects in it and is told that he had agreed to forfeit all payment. With no recollection of
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        122 46  -  KARMAN TSE FILM REVIEW by i A GHOSTLY mother-son pair, aggrieved at their unjust deaths, bear a grudge all the way from the grave. Introduced in Ju-on (meaning "the grudge" in Japanese), this sequel shows their deadly curse continuing to envelope all who set foot in the woman's former
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        137 46  -  YONG SHU CHIANG FILM REVIEW by PEGGED as a feminist Dead Poets Society, this stirring film looks at women's struggle to overturn stereotypical and subservient roles ascribed to A A A j. them in 1950s America. Julia Roberts is an inspirational teacher whose modern, West Coast liberalism
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        329 48  -  YONG SHU CHIANG Film delves into life of troubled mystery writer FILM REVIEWi BY The Singing Detective MYSTERY writer Dan Dark (Robert Downey Jr) has a disease that turns his skin into scaly patches and makes him itch all over. He is not the only one afflicted. Sitting
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        104 48  -  SERENE FOO FILM REVIEWi BY Richard Linklater's The School of Rock is like The Sound of Music done rock-style. Comedian Jack Black plays Dewey, a down-and-out hell-raising rocker who decides to pose as a substitute teacher to earn some money. When he sees the musical potential of
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      627 50  -  Raymond Tham Screen-life isn't translating into real life for these two stars, who have no plans to hit the kitchen this Chinese New Year ANOTHER local dish will take centrestage in a new television serial. Last year, the long-running and hugely popular MediaCorp TV's Channel 8 series
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      289 54  -  Raymond Tham news@newstoday.com .sq I ULIUS Caesar. Nelson Rockefeller. Leonardo I Da Vinci. J They came from different eras and were famous for different reasons. But they had something in common: They were all born in the Year of the Monkey. Those born in this
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      166 54 SEND good wishes for prosperity, happiness, success and longevity in a different way this Chinese New Year. RISIS has made this possible with five Year of the Monkey sculptures. These works of art are plated in gold the symbol of success 24k gold to be exact. Two the
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      972 56 Katrina Karim has a few recommendations for your family reunions this Chinese New Year Intercontinental Singapore Celebrate the Year of the Monkey with friends and family with fine Cantonese cuisine from the award-winning Man Fu Yuan Chinese Restaurant. From Jan 22 to Feb 5, enjoy specially-created set
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