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  • 15 1 weekendTODAY July 23 24 2005 mica(P) 114/07/2005 /feDIACORP we set you thinking todayonline.com incorporating JMTCfIiS
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  • 1537 1  -  Val Chua and Jasmine Yin What other charity bosses earn here and abroad val@newstoday.com.sg EVER since it was revealed that Mr T T Durai, former chief of the National Kidney Foundation, earned $600,000 a year including a 12-month bonus MPs, commentators and others related to the charity scene
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  • hot news
    • 521 3  -  Lee U-Wen Despite criticism, new NKF board says other schemes will go on u-wen@newstoday.com.sg ON FRIDAY, in its first public event after the recent string of controversies, the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) announced a $2.5 million contribution to help needy Singaporeans. A project under the organisation's
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    • 93 3 It's all very well getting into the spirit of National Day, but this show of patriotism seems to have gone awry with one HDB flat-dweller's flag hung back-to-front, and another's ignominiously draped over with laundry. Reader Gregory Pek, who sent in the photo, said: "I am perturbed by
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    • SINGAPOREsnippets
      • 158 3 Channel NewsAsia A week after ComfortDelGro adjusted its taxi fares, SMRT announced a similar structure, effective from Aug 1, which will help increase the income of taxi drivers. The flag-down fare for Mercedes and London limousine taxis will rise by 20 cents to $2.60. Every 25
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      • 140 3 Channel NewsAsia The CPF's Dependents' Protection Scheme (DPS) will be privatised from Sept 17. Members covered under the scheme will be informed of their new insurer either Great Eastern Life Assurance or NTUC Income through the mail from Friday. While DPS members do not need to
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    • 151 3 LONDON Roman Polanski won his libel case against Vanity Fair on Friday, ending a trial in which he gave video evidence from Paris to avoid extradition to America, where he is wanted for having sex with a 13-year-old girl, BBC reported. The noted film director
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    • 943 4 Channel NewsAsia Agencies Man is shot dead as he leaps security barrier and tries to board a train at Underground station LONDON Amid a massive manhunt for four would-be suicide bombers involved in Thursday's attacks on London's transport network, a man suspected to be one
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    • 183 4  -  Tor Ching Li BY 2010, Singapore can boast of about 1,000 research scientists armed with PhD for its research arsenal. This vision, laid down by the chairman of the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*Star), Mr Philip Yeo, in 2001, was reinforced at the agency's
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    • 235 4  -  Tan Hut Leng OVERSEAS Chinese need to know where traditional Chinese customs and values stand in this globalised village, to cope with powerful influences on their sense of identity. "Chinese overseas especially have learnt that their identities cannot remain unchanged," said Minister Mentor
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  • Singapore news
    • 477 6  -  Jasmine Yin Vinita Ramani AVA issues warning, importers say turtles looked like their cousins jasmine.yin@newstoday.com.sg THEY look a lot like the popular child's pet terrapin called red-eared sliders, but these baby turtles recently found being sold in pet stores here are of a
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    • 282 6  -  Loh Chee Kong AS THE eldest granddaughter, MediaCorp actress Fiona Xie was what she called her grandmother's "first project". Fiona was such a handful for her grandmother, Madam Chua Phek Lang, 73, that she'd once joked she didn't need any more grandchildren after her.
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    • 122 6 938Live THERE has been an increase in the number of foreign workers deployed in sectors they are not supposed to work in. In particular, many marine workers were illegally deployed in the conservancy sector. The Manpower Ministry (MOM) said there was a two-fold increase
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    • 201 6  -  Vinita Ramani THE Chinese stripe-necked turtles (picture) were just one of many exposes by Acres' Wildlife Rescue Team which, posing as buyers of wildlife and pets and armed with hidden video cameras, has been conducting checks on 100 pet shops in the past two months. It
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    • 320 6  -  Loh Chee Kong FOR the fourth straight year, SingTel is organising its Touching Lives Fund, an annual programme to help less-privileged children and young people in Singapore. This year, SingTel hopes to raise $2 million for more than 20,000 members under
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  • world news
    • 1046 8  -  Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr Washington disappoints New Delhi on key issues of Security Council seat and terrorism news@newstoday.com.sg INDIAN Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's three-day visit to the United States this week turned out to be extremely pleasant. In the words of Indian officials, the July
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    • 299 8 AFP NEW DELHI With even the wedding invitations being investigated by police, few will admit they are on the guest list of let alone boast they are planning to attend the marriage in Dubai this weekend
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    • GLOBALroundup
      • 62 10 AP The health minister of Queensland, Australia, quit yesterday amid a scandal over a surgeon blamed for the deaths of at least eight patients. The minister, Mr Gordon Nuttall, has been under fire in an inquiry into how surgeon Jayant Patel was allowed to practise in
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      • 31 10 AFP Fifty-two prisoners have launched a hunger strike at the US Guantanamo Bay terror suspects camp, apparently in protest at their detention, military authorities said on Thursday.
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      • 56 10 AFP German President Horst Koehler gave the green light on Thursday for a general election on Sept 1 8 which could usher in the country's first woman leader. Opinion polls snow that Ms Angela Merkel, the conservative challenger to Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, is nearly certain
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    • 195 10 Agencies SEOUL North Korea called yesterday for a peace treaty with the United States to replace an armistice signed at the end of the Korean War in 1953. "The building of a peace mechanism is a process which North Korea and the US
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    • 153 10 -AFP SYDNEY An Australian permanent resident wrongly kept in jail and detention for almost a year will seek As7 million ($8.9 million) in compensation, she said. Ms Cornelia Rau, who has a history of mental illness, told The Australian newspaper that she had been "treated
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    • 495 10 AFP Agencies Asean's credibility at stake as dispute rages on VIENTIANE (Laos) A dispute over Myanmar's looming chairmanship and a charter to encourage accountability are likely to dominate the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) meeting starting in Laos on Monday. Myanmar has been
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    • this QUIRKY world
      • 56 11 AP Police say one man could be responsible for a string of bizarre break-ins in Florida over four years involving a naked perpetrator who sometimes tickles the feet of sleeping elderly women. Most of his victims were over 60 and he'd tickle them until they awoke.
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      • 80 11 AP A woman who was branded with letters from a searing hot manhole in Manhattan has filed a suit seeking damages from the New York State utility arm. The woman was skateboarding when she fell along Second Avenue and burnt her buttocks and arms as a result.
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      • 58 11 AP Two bears wandered into two separate motels in New Mexico, scaring the guests away. One bear was lured by the smell of fresh popcorn, and another walked in, went to the public telephones and also had a dip in the pool. The officials used tranquiliser
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    • 143 11 -AFP LONDON Millions of people who undergo routine health scans with radioisotopes are unwittingly going radioactive and risk triggering security scares at airports. The British medical journal The Lancet warned yesterday that patients may remain radioactive for up to 30 days after being scanned or treated
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    • 291 11 AFP Crackdown on hate literature, militancy following London blasts ISLAMABAD Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf tightened the reins on Islamic schools and vowed to silence preachers of hate as part of a national crackdown on militants that was launched after the London bombings. About 1,000
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    • 115 11 AFP SEATTLE Police have shut down a "sophisticated" smuggling tunnel dug under the United States-Canadian border and arrested three suspected drug traffickers. Canadian and US investigators spied on the progress of the freshly-dug subterranean route for five months before sweeping in to bury what
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  • voices
    • 463 12  -  BELLERINAYEO Production costs shared by MediaCorp and Singapore Pools I Letter from Presidents Challenge 2005 Secretariat I REFER to the article, "The tyrant who will be missed" by Ms Denyse Tessensohn (July 18) where she asked if corporations are the donors to
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    • 189 12 THE article, "AirAsia jets in to 'make peace' "Guly 22), cited AirAsia CEO, Mr Tony Fernandes, in attributing the following quote to the Ministry of Transport's (MOT) Permanent Secretary, BG (NS) Choi Shing Kwok: "We are businessmen, we don't hold grudges, we want what's best for Singapore". Mr Fernandes
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    • 350 12  -  LIM YEAN TENG I Letter from ASSOC PROFESSOR I I Chairman, Medical Board I National University Hospital I I REFER to Mr Chin Shih Wei's letter, "Put minds at ease on risk of infection" (July 14). We extend our heartfelt condolences
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    • 390 12  -  ANG KAI HUI KELVIN WONG KOKKEONG Letter from I REFER to the Land Transport Authority's (LTA) reply ("Cecil St divider has improved traffic flow", July 19) to readers' letters about the chaotic conditions the unwelcome road divider has created at
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    • 797 14  -  Neil Humphreys And celebrate the fact that the Americans bought the right hote MY WlJ^Ji S aunt doesn't say much, but she does insist on saying goodbye by kissing me on the lips. When I first started going out with my wife, her aunt kissed me
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    • 228 14  -  FANNY CHAN Letter from I REFER to Andrew Chia's letter "Will you know when the price is right?" (July 22). Mr Chia wrote that the presence of Raffles Hotel reminds us of our colonial baggage and our forefathers' subservience to their colonial masters, and
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  • Businesstoday
    • 244 16  -  Chow Penn Nee THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) said that its policy stance on the Singapore dollar would not change after China and Malaysia stopped pegging their currencies to the United States dollar. "We do not believe changes in the yuan
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    • 711 16 Agencies Currency rises for first time in 7 years, but central bank cautious about excessive strength THE ringgit rose for the first time in seven years after Malaysia, following a yuan revaluation by China, removed a peg to the United States dollar that was imposed during the
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    • 402 16 AFP SHANGHAI A basket of the United States dollar, the euro and Japanese yen likely forms the backbone of China's new currency regime but its composition and weighting will remain secret as the central bank seeks to outwit speculators, analysts said
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    • business news
      • 394 18  -  Val Chua Joins OCBC, DBS in offering new packages since changes in property rules val@newstoday.com.sg UNITED Overseas Bank (UOB) has become the third bank in Singapore to come out with higher interest rate packages for those seeking housing loans of up to 90 per cent
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      • 115 18 HONG KONG Malaysian budget carrier AirAsia said on Friday that it had decided not to buy Singapore rival Valuair, a move it had earlier considered. "We have considered it but we decided that we are not going into Valuair," AirAsia chief executive Tony Fernandes told reporters
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      • 117 18 Bloomberg MAPLETREE Investments raised the maximum $211 million it was seeking in an initial public offering of its property trust after the 310.9 million units available were heavily over-subscribed, bankers involved in the transaction said. Shares in Mapletree Logistics Trust were sold at 68 cents each,
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      • 289 18 Bloomberg FUNDS under management in Singapore increased 23 per cent last year, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) said on Friday. Asian stock markets rose during the year and asset-management companies moved regional portfolios to the country. The MAS said total assets managed by
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      • Market WATCH
        • 53 18 Nikkei 225 Hang Seng Ordinaries laiwan Wtd Korea Comp KLCI SET Index lakarta Comp Phils Comp Shenzhen B Wumbai Sensex *****.05 *****.46 4371.10 6380.73 1074.22 939.69 1172.24 1954.40 210.71 7423.25 Pis -91.68 +166.32 +27.90 -13.30 -0.43 +17.75 +14.73 -6.36 +7.58 +118.93 -0.78 +1.14 +0.64 -0.21 -0.04 +1.93 +1.27
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        • 32 18 JS$ JK£ fen 1K$ <M iuro (upiah 0.6026 0.3444 66.898 4.6839 2.2765 0.4959 5897.2 Peso A$ Indian Rs Won C$ Yuan NZ$ 33.685 0.7864 26.215 613.73 0.7333 4.8881 0.8777
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        • 22 18 Sold us$/oi iilver us$/oi 'latinum us$/oi 426.80 7.16 888.00 Rubber centsAg 302.50 Palm Oil RM/tonne 1 402 Brent crude us$/barrel 55.78
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        • 118 18 Dow Jones SHARES closed slightly higher on Friday, showing only a mild reaction to overnight moves by China and Malaysia to revalue their currencies. While selected property companies with exposure to China gained and boosted the ST Index, tne impact was partly offset by weaker technology companies that export
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        • 61 18 SGI Bloomberg Information provided by fy volume SIX PanOcean )io-Treat (afflesH biosensors 'Food jipitdldiul bartered JniFiber Mlgreen ling Tel Close 0.995 0.710 0.940 1.080 0.845 2.770 1.440 0.390 1.320 2.750 Change +0.040 +0.025 +0.045 +0.050 +0.045 +0.070 +0.010 +0.050 +4.2 +3.6 +5.0 +4.9 +5.6 +2.6 +0.7 +3.9
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        • 75 18 By Close Change Creative 50 12.100 -0.300 KepCorp 12.300 -0.200 OCBC4.55SNCPS100 102.500 -0.100 Venture 15.800 -0.100 NOL 3.640 -0.080 JurTech 1.820 -0.070 SembMar 2.530 -0.060 Sp Land 5.800 -0.050 HSI*****SGAePW*****9 0.125 -0.045 HSI*****SGAePW*****9 0.200 -0.045 By percentage Close Change CrealiveMBLeCW*****3 0.005 -80.0 Startech W*****3 0.005 -50.0 Goldtron
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      • 268 19 Agencies CAPITAMALL Trust (CMT) said on Friday it would be distributing 2.51 cents a unit for the second quarter ended June 30, beating its forecast by 7.8 per cent CMT, which is managed by CapitaMall
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      • 368 19 Dow Jones Fab 7 start-up costs eat into margins, but deficit smaller than expected CHARTERED Semiconductor Manufacturing, the world's fourth-largest contract chip maker, recorded a smaller-than-expected loss in the second quarter, thanks to strong sales in its communications and computer segments. For the three
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  • which
    • 467 21  -  Pearlyn Tham Don't lament your slight frame, just check out this season's menswear IF YOU are an ectomorph without a statuesque physique and rippling muscles to flaunt, here's the good news. Your body type characterised by a slender and lightweight frame that does not accumulate bulk will
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    • style
      • Article, Illustration
        933 22  -  Brenda Chew and Eveline Gan More than relics can be found at museums like hip merchandise eveline@newstoday.com.sg YOU won't find tacky touristy ornaments or souvenir t-shirts at the hip museum shops sprouting up these days. Instead, you are more likely to find funky antique replicas, pretty home accessories
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      • 728 23  -  Pearlvn Tham It's tea time! The new Ginvera Green Tea Skin Care Range is full of goodness for your skin pearlyn@newstoday.com.sg HAVE you realised how the world of beauty is borrowing its inspiration from that of gastronomy? Think strawberry moisturisers, coffee body scrubs, chocolate face masks, body
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      • 354 24  -  Pearlvn Tham Everyone's skin is different so why use generic products, says MTM pearlyn@newstoday.com.sg MEDIACORP artiste Ann Kok used to think that all she needed to keep her skin looking healthy was a basic homecare regimen and a monthly facial. That was before she visited MTM
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      • 180 24  -  Brenda Chew WEAR shades the next time you enter Tangs because the new Stila counter will dazzle you. The shelves are adorned with silver, sequin-like tiles that reflect the spotlight and make the blemishes on your face more obvious than ever. No worries though,
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      • 233 24  -  B rend a Chew MEDIACORP artiste Zoe Tay survives on barely three hours of sleep a day. She works long hours in the day and tends to the needs of her baby son Brayden at night. No wonder she needed a rejuvenating spa
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    • makan
      • 513 26  -  Michael Seah Dine under the stars on tasty, unpretentious Indonesian fare food@newstoday.com.sg RIVERSIDE Indonesian Restaurant is nestled among a clutch of restaurants opposite Clarke Quay, where balmy breezes and a star-lit backdrop make al fresco dining the order of the day. Despite the soothing ambience and the option
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    • gadget
      • SHOPPING GUIDE
        • 87 28 WEIGHING 780g and measuring 71x94x1 88mm, the Handycam DR-HCI from Sony is one of the smallest high-defi-nition video (HDV) camcorders available today. Fitted with a high-preci-sion Carl Zeiss Vario-Son-nar T* lens, it features 1 Ox optical zoom and an advanced optical multi-layer coating to reduce unwanted
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        • 92 28 WOULD you like to run like the wind along to your favourite tunes and not get tangled by headphone wires and straps? Check out the Vibes wireless MP3 player. This nifty contraption weighs 50g and gives you eight hours of playtime on a single charge.
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        • 120 28 FOR those who can't get enough of emoticons on their computers, try the Panasonic SC3 mobile phone that comes with an emoticon illuminating message capability. The feature lets you express your emotions in different colours on the front LED and you can customise messages by changing
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        • 146 28 INCORPORATING Dual Layer DVD-R (DVD-R DL) technology that enables up to 24 hours of recording on a single DVD-R DL disc, Pioneer's DVR-630H-S DVD recorder comes with a 1 60GB hard disk drive (HDD) for an amazing 455 hours of recording time. Images are recorded at
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      • 560 28  -  Trevor Tan This user-friendly device records and plays multimedia files trevor@newstoday.com.sg HAVE you ever wanted a device that can record and play audio and video files and that allows you to transfer, store and preview pictures? Well, the NHJ MPM-201 multimedia player is your wish come true. The
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      • 349 28  -  Seah Slew Hua THE compact 6101 might just stop the roving eyes of Nokia fans who are at risk of straying to the sleeker, lighter models that other mobile phone manufacturers have been rolling out Although the clamshell is still a little
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      • 459 29  -  Seah Siew Hua Mobile Phone Review: SGH-E730 This camera phone has an audio player siewhua@newstoday.com.sg FEATURE-packed multimedia phones are nothing new. And they tend to be bulky and can overwhelm users with their different functions half of which you probably have no use for. But
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    • car
      • 571 30  -  Nick Syn Fiat's compact hatchback proves that being different can be a good thing news@newstoday.com.sg FIAT makes distinctively styled cars that much is certain. This trait is one of the Italian marque's unique selling points. The new Panda (picture), however, adopts a styling tack quite different
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        574 30 IN ALMOST 60 years of its existence, Vespa has churned out 17 million twowheelers. The scooter's status as an iconic machine so fondly regarded that it's enjoyed more successful comebacks than John Travolta is well cemented. The Vespa LX 150 (picture) is the latest in this long
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      • 555 31  -  Sheldon Trollope The latest GT's pared-down elegance only makes it more desirable news@newstoday.com.sg '"P'HE black dress is one of those staples -L that no woman's wardrobe should probably be without Its style is timeless, it suits every evening occasion from a black tie dinner to a night
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      • 369 31  -  Colin Yong GENERAL Motors' rebranding exercise two years ago, which saw the re-introduction of the Chevrolet name to the Singapore car market and the disappearance of Daewoo, was a canny move. Until last year, Daewoo sold an average of
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      • news tracks
        • 97 31 Mercedes-Benz has announced that its new R-Class (picture) will have fourwheel drive as a standard feature. The car is an unusual combination of a sports saloon, station wagon, multi-purpose vehicle and sports-utility vehicle. It goes on sale in the United States later this year and in other
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        • 94 31 The new Volvo C7O (picture), which will be officially launched at the Frankfurt Motor Show in September, will have a folding metal roof instead of the current model's fabric soft top. Built on the same platform as the highly-acclaimed S4O and V5O, the sleek convertible will
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        • 109 31  -  Colin Yong Although it was toying with the idea of building a convertible version of its latest Swift hatchback, Suzuki has finally scrapped its plans to do so. The Japanese car maker showcased the Concept S-2 (picture) at the 2003 Tokyo Motor Show and the 2004
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    • property
      • 364 32 PRIVATE home prices in Singapore edged up 0.5 per cent in the April-June quarter from the previous quarter, continuing the slow recovery that began in the middle of last year, according to data released by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) on Friday.
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      • 85 32 Shobha Tsering Bhalla D'PALMA, a new freehold boutique project is being launched on Sunday. The development located at Lorong Mydin Kembangan features 18 highquality units in a five-storey building that comes with a swimming pool, car park and other recreational features. It will have a mix
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      • 842 32  -  Shobha Tsering Bhalla Looking to invest in property? Here's why Australia could be an excellent hunting ground shobha(gnewstoday.com.sg IN THE first comprehensive exposition of its properties in the region, listed Australian developer Australand together with its principal shareholders CapitaLand, is showcasing 20 projects from all over
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